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                                                                               QUR'AN                                            QUR'AN
                                                                               SIGNED MUHAMMAD KNOWN AS FERAYAZI,                SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-LAYTHI,
                                                                               OTTOMAN EMPIRE, DATED AH 1172/1758 AD             OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 21 DHU'L QA'DA
                                                                               Arabic manuscript on paper, 228ff. plus eight     AH 1295/15 NOVEMBER 1878 AD
                                                                               flyleaves, each folio with 15ll. of tight black naskh,   Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 257ff. with four
                                                                               within red and gold rules, gold rosette verse     flyleaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh within
                                                                               markers, catchwords, gold and blue marginal       red and blue rules, gold circle verse markers,
                                                                               medallions, sura headings in red, illuminated     occasional notes and corrections in the margins,
                                                                               opening bifolio each with 7ll. of black naskh,    flower appliqués marking divisions, sura headings
                                                                               the final folio with 8ll. set within circular frame,   in red ink, the opening bifolio with bright gold
                                                                               colophon with signature and date, later brown     illumination framing 5ll. of text in clouds on floral
                                                                               leather binding without flap, the front cover with   gold ground, colophon signed and dated, in
                                                                               tooled and gilt medallion with pendants and       contemporaneous red-brown leather binding with
                                                                               spandrels, cream paper doublures                  flap with gilt lattice design, paper doublures
                                                                               Text panel 4¬ x 2æin. (11.8 x 6.9cm.); folio 6¬ x   Text panel 9º x 5qin. (23.2 x 13.7cm.); folio 12q x
                                                                               4ºin. (16.9 x 10.7cm.)                            8ºin. (32 x 21.5cm.)
                                                                               £2,000-3,000         US$2,300-3,400               £3,000-5,000         US$3,500-5,700
                                                                                                      €2,300-3,400                                      €3,500-5,700

                                                                               PROVENANCE:                                       PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York             Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York

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                                                                               EIGHT OTTOMAN QUR'AN JUZ'                         QUR'AN
                                                                               SIGNED HABIB AL-DAIMI STUDENT OF                  MUGHAL INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
                                                                               HASAN AL-RUSHDI, OTTOMAN EMPIRE,
                                                                                                                                 Arabic manuscript on paper, 524ff. plus two
                                                                               DATED AH 1187/1773-74 AD
                                                                                                                                 flyleaves, each folio with 9ll. of black naskh with
                                                                               Comprising juz' I, II, III, XII, XXIV, XXV, XXIX and   interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq,
                                                                               XXX each separately bound, Arabic manuscript      within thick gold and polychrome rules, gold circle
                                                                               on paper, each juz' comprising between 20         verse markers, margins with some commentary
                                                                               and 23ff., with 9ll. of black naskh, within gold,   and gold outer border, gold marginal medallions
                                                                               blue and red rules, gold rosette verse markers,   marking ashr and ajza', sura headings in white
                                                                               catchwords, sura headings in gold illuminated     thuluth on gold illuminated panels, catchwords,
                                                                               panels, opening bifolio of each juz' with gold and   opening bifolio with illuminated panel framing 4ll.
                                                                               polychrome illuminated headpiece, one volume      of black naskh, following bifolio with illuminated
                                                                               with a colophon signed and dated, each juz' in    headpiece, cloudbands and gold stenciling in
                                                                               contemporaneous red leather binding with tooled   margins, in red leather binding with medallion
                                                                               and gilt medallion                                design, the doublures with medallion and
                                                                               Text panel 7¿ x 4in. (18 x 10.1cm.); folio 9º x 5win.   pendants, incomplete including ayat I to LVI,
                                                                               (23.4 x 14.7cm.)              (8)                 binding mostly loose and in fragile condition
                                                                                                                                 Text panel 11 x 6¬in. (27.7 x 16.8cm.); folio 15 x
                                                                               £2,000-3,000         US$2,300-3,400               10¬in. (38.1 x 27cm.)
                                                                                                      €2,300-3,400
                                                                                                                                 £4,000-6,000         US$4,600-6,900
                                                                                                                                                        €4,600-6,800
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
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