18th/19th Century The leather-bound book with covers freely painted in gilt with a scholar instructing a handsome youth, the interior with an ornate frontispiece and 116 double-sided pages, each with two columns of cursive script, occasionally accented by gilt and scattered with narrative illustrations; together with two double-sided manuscript pages illustrated with the Quranic narrative of Yusuf and Zulaikha; and three small manuscript pages, possibly 18th Century, depicting Laila and Majun and other narrative scenes (wear). Book 10 1/2 x 6 1/2in (26.5 x 16.5cm)
18th/19th Century The leather-bound book with covers freely painted in gilt with a scholar instructing a handsome youth, the interior with an ornate frontispiece and 116 double-sided pages, each with two columns of cursive script, occasionally accented by gilt and scattered with narrative illustrations; together with two double-sided manuscript pages illustrated with the Quranic narrative of Yusuf and Zulaikha; and three small manuscript pages, possibly 18th Century, depicting Laila and Majun and other narrative scenes (wear). Book 10 1/2 x 6 1/2in (26.5 x 16.5cm)
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