SHAYKH AL-ISLAM MEHMED ES`AD EFFENDI (D. 1753): LEHÇETÜ`L-LÜGAT

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Lot 12 | SHAYKH AL-ISLAM MEHMED ES'AD EFFENDI (D. 1753): LEHÇETÜ'L-LÜGAT
SHAYKH AL-ISLAM MEHMED ES'AD EFFENDI (D. 1753): LEHÇETÜ'L-LÜGAT

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.)





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Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York



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