circa 1468-95, 24.8cm. by 16.5cm. contemporary leather covers, re-mounted and re-bound, each page restored with Japanese paper overlay. Provenance: Dedication on opening page to the Mamluk Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Abu'l-Nasr Qayit Bay ( r. 1468- 96): Endowment notice dated 879/1474-5; Christie's, London, 27th April, 1993, lot 29.