£4,000 - £5,000
VETERINARY ELITE, WRITTEN BY MASTER RODAH, AL NOQBA AL BAYTARIYYA Fî AWSAF KHAIL AL JIHADIYYA, HORSES IN THE ARMY OF SULTAN MUHAMMAD ALI PASHA, 1249
Mustafa Husayn Kisab
Arabic book, 238 pages, possibly the only Arabic book printed in Nastaliq script, red leather quarter binding with hand-made marbled paper, spine in compartments, the name and the collector’s name engraved in gilt -Muhammad Majdi-, minor watermarks, some wear at the corners of the leather binding
First printed by Nazerr Qasim Affandi, Jumada ll. 1249AH/1833AD
227 grams
15 x 10.5 x 2cm
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