ID 828585 
Lot 12  | SHAYKH AL-ISLAM MEHMED ES'AD EFFENDI (D. 1753): LEHÇETÜ'L-LÜGAT
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000 
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Dictionary, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian manuscript on European watermarked paper, 245ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 13ll. of black and red naskh, within gold and black rules, catchwords, marginal notes and occasional in text annotations in nasta'liq, opening folio with a finely illuminated headpiece which is pasted upside-down from a 15th century manuscript, various later owner inscriptions on first flyleaf, in gilt stamped brown binding with flap, red leather doublures
Text panel 7 3/4 x 4in. (19.9 x 10.3cm.); folio 11 1/4 x 6 5/8in. (28.4 x 16.8cm.)
Provenance
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey | 
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey | 
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
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