GORGEOUS PERSIAN / ARABIC MANUSCRIPT - DOHENY COPY Vibrant Illuminations, Tree-of-Life Lacquered Binding Start Price USD 6,500.00 Current Price USD 6,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 06, 2008 End Time Saturday, December 06, 2008 Location St. Paul, MN See more about 'GORGEOUS PERSIAN / ARABIC MANUSCRIPT - DOHENY COPY' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! AL-JAZULI'. Dala'il al-Khayrat [Poems, Prayers and Blessings in Praise of the Prophet]. [Persia, c. 1800]. The Hoe-Chew-Doheny Arabic manuscript, gorgeously bound and illuminated, and housed in a custom made morocco slipcase by Riviere. Written in black naskh on a pale green background, gold discs between verses, Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq. Eight wonderful double-page illuminations with arabesque design; also a double-page stylized view of Mecca and Medina richly done in gold, blues, red, orange, green, violet and black. Bound in contemporary, wallet-style lacquered boards, with the Tree-of-Life motif on the boards and the doublures in colors and heightened with gold. Minors cracks and chips to binding, leather restored, a few minor stains and minor smudging to interior. Ownership seals are dated 'A.H. 1217' or 1802-03 A.D. 8vo, 197 x 122mm, 134 leaves plus 10 fly-leaves. The three leather book-plates on the last fly-leaf are those of Robert Hoe, Beverly Chew, and Estelle Doheny. The first two were important American bibliophiles and co-founders of the Grolier club. A beautiful manuscript with a distinguished provenance. Place a Bid!