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PERSIAN BINDING . - Hand-Painted boards .

Persia: c.1899 . 0. Two original leather boards with hand-painted decoration to both sides. 29.2cm x 19.5cm. Both boards with early varnish which has darkend the images, A few small chips and very rubbed corners to boards. ** "Ornate book bindings and cover art have been central to the manuscript and bookmaking traditions in the Persian-speaking world in the last millennium. Although some regional characteristics are unique, most of the designs are shared throughout the Islamic world. This elaborate cover with flowers is typical of Persian lacquer book bindings from the Qajar period (1785–1925).." - See A Thousand Years of the Persian Book Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Literature, Library of Congress.
GBP 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 US$ 126.82 | JP¥ 19565] Booknumber: 49942

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