Persian manuscript on paper, concertina-bound, 9 folios laid down on album pages in purple, pink, yellow, blue, red, green and creme, some gold flecked, the text in small shikastah script in black ink within cloudbands against gold ground decorated with coloured flowers, ruled in colours and gold, within a gold-flecked lacquer binding with marbled-paper doublures 

ex-Collection Mr Barbier de Meynard

In good overall condition, some slight fading to the album page colours, small losses to concertina binding, text and gold clean and fresh, as viewed.
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