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Maktabi Shirazi, Kitab Layla u Majnun, a love poem, copied by Karam'ali, with 26 illustrations, in contemporary floral lacquer binding Qajar Persia, dated AH 1[2]54/AD 1838-39
Persian manuscript on thin paper, 73 leaves, 16 lines to the page written in two columns of clear naskhi script in black ink, intercolumnar rules in black, inner margins ruled in red, blue and gold, catchwords, headings written in nasta'liq script in red ink, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, small tears, discoloration, date in colophon tampered with to read AH 1054, contemporary floral lacquer binding decorated with floral sprays including wild red roses and tulips on a gold ground, doublures with verses from the text on a red ground, rebacked, split to spine 183 x 110 mm.