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A complete late Safavid copy, with 20 similar maps, is in the New York Public Library (Spencer, Pers. ms. 9).
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IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
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ABU ISHAQ IBRAHIM AL-ISTAKHRI (FL. 10TH C.): TARJUMAH-I AL-MASALIK WA AL-MAMALIK
IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
The author's major work on geography, Persian manuscript on paper, 118ff. as numbered plus 7 fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black nasta'liq, titles in sepia thuluth, within red rules, catchwords, comprising 20 large colourful maps, last folios missing, in brown morocco binding
Text panel 9 1/8 x 4½in. (23 x 11.5cm.); folio 12 3/8 x 8¼in. (31.5 x 20.9cm.)
IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
The author's major work on geography, Persian manuscript on paper, 118ff. as numbered plus 7 fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black nasta'liq, titles in sepia thuluth, within red rules, catchwords, comprising 20 large colourful maps, last folios missing, in brown morocco binding
Text panel 9 1/8 x 4½in. (23 x 11.5cm.); folio 12 3/8 x 8¼in. (31.5 x 20.9cm.)