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IRAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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TWO SAFAVID BOOK BINDINGS
IRAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Comprising a fine large tooled, stamped and gilt black morocco binding with flap, each cover with central cusped medallion issuing a trefoil, with spandrels and borders with cusped cartouches, the tooled decoration finely worked with foliage on punched ground, the decoration of the doublure arranged similarly, with remains of découpé medallions on gilt ground; a safavid tooled, stamped and gilt binding, the large gilt central field with cusped medallion, Chinese clouds and foliage, the doublures with découpé decoration; together with a large flap from a Safavid binding, with fine tooled, stamped and gilt decoration and découpé doublures
The largest cover 13 7/8 x 9in. (35.3 x 22.6cm.) (3)
IRAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Comprising a fine large tooled, stamped and gilt black morocco binding with flap, each cover with central cusped medallion issuing a trefoil, with spandrels and borders with cusped cartouches, the tooled decoration finely worked with foliage on punched ground, the decoration of the doublure arranged similarly, with remains of découpé medallions on gilt ground; a safavid tooled, stamped and gilt binding, the large gilt central field with cusped medallion, Chinese clouds and foliage, the doublures with découpé decoration; together with a large flap from a Safavid binding, with fine tooled, stamped and gilt decoration and découpé doublures
The largest cover 13 7/8 x 9in. (35.3 x 22.6cm.) (3)