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Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds
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![Euclid, first printed edition, by the Medici Oriental Press (Typographia Medicea) [Rome, 1594]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/5bc6d658-757f-4e21-9412-abd500c6e2ad.jpg?h=175)
![C. Niebuhr, Description de L'Arabie..., by Nicholas Möller [Copenhagen, 1773]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/09261b21-ea14-4a7a-b877-abca00acef9d.jpg?h=175)
![C. Niebuhr, Voyage en Arabie ..., in two volumes [Amsterdam and Utrecht, 1776-1780]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/35fcc22a-cf94-40bc-902f-abca00acf8c1.jpg?h=175)
![Anthimos, Al-Hidaya al-Qawiya ..., first Arabic edition [Austria (Vienna), 1792]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/6dc231ea-d331-41f6-87fe-abca00acfed2.jpg?h=175)
![Antoine Laurent Castellan, Turkey, first American edition [Philadelphia, 1829]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/a52be80f-7ff7-4801-a02a-abca00ad01f5.jpg?h=175)
![M. Noel Desverges and M. Jomard, Arabie, single volume from L'Universe ... [Paris, 1847]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/7371008a-c660-4e4e-8e56-abca00ad0773.jpg?h=175)
![Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [London, 1894]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/dac8802d-2a97-4f4e-8029-abca00ad0c7a.jpg?h=175)
![Qur'anic 'Tarsh' amulet, wood-block printed on paper [Fatimid Egypt, twelfth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/838e3c3f-a1f5-4cb2-9ffb-abca00ad100b.jpg?h=175)
![Hand-carved Wood-block [probably Ottoman provinces, mid-eighteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/c9911afd-03b0-4da6-ba82-abca00ad12ee.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab Golestan Sheikh Sa'adi (the Golestan of Sheikh Sa'adi) [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1249 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/e3a793ed-5ebe-4722-b031-abca00ad162a.jpg?h=175)
![Naima Tarih-i Naima, volume I only, on paper [Constantinople, dated Muharram 1147 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1ab8ccde-75b2-4672-bfcf-abca00ad199c.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab Tarjama al-Jalistan al-Farsi, printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1263 AH ]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/295001ce-a2f2-4c64-b7b0-abca00ad1e95.jpg?h=175)
![Al-Khulasa al-Alfiyya, printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1253 AH (1835-36 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/0537a573-c0ad-4010-9329-abca00ad2453.jpg?h=175)
![Shar ibn Aqil al-Alfiyaat ibn Malik, printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1251 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/13e6e000-4cf1-4ae3-a6c7-abca00ad2783.jpg?h=175)
![Shudhur al-Dhab..., printed in Arabic, on paper [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1253]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1f7411d1-de11-471a-b79b-abca00ad2aa2.jpg?h=175)
![The Alif Laila, printed in Arabic and English, [India (Calcutta), 1839-1842]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/36a9314e-5270-4db2-99a7-abca00ad2f8f.jpg?h=175)
![Hasan al-Rashidi, Al-Durr al-Thamin ..., printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1258 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/4b43380f-1d30-4bfc-ae3b-abca00ad3295.jpg?h=175)
![Siyaha fi Amriqiyaat, printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1262 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/d9174f88-2333-4e03-b54a-abca00ad37d6.jpg?h=175)
![Hashiyat al-Imamat ..., printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1272 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/5b01803b-d040-4cf3-a403-abca00ad3e6b.jpg?h=175)
![Ilm Sarfand Marah wa Azi wa Maqsud [Ottoman Turkey, dated 1278 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/2f45bf77-5927-453a-a7d3-abca00ad43a2.jpg?h=175)
![Shahr al-Alamat al-Kafrawi ila matn al-Ajrosiyat, printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1280 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/65d7afc0-fb8d-49e4-ae3c-abca00ad46a3.jpg?h=175)
![A Christian publication on the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Church [Jerusalem, 1863 AD]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/385f0008-e171-4442-94cc-abca00ad4996.jpg?h=175)
![A large Qur'an, printed in Arabic [Malaya, or Singapore, dated 1287 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/b89fe26f-7529-45c9-9e6a-abca00ad4e90.jpg?h=175)
![Revd. T. P. Hughes (editor), The Khalid-i Afghani [India (Peshwar), dated 1872 AD]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/de94cae0-6ef1-487b-accb-abca00ad5168.jpg?h=175)
![Four legal treatises, printed in Arabic [Egypt (Cairo), all dated 1293 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/acb98a11-d997-43bb-8ce1-abca00ad5492.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab Mudakhil al'abadat, printed in Arabic [Lebanon (Beirut) 1881 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/64ec0cd6-cf5a-49c8-8dc8-abca00ad5784.jpg?h=175)
![Mu'arif Nizarat Jalil ...,, lithographed in gold [probably Constantinople, dated Rabi I 1306]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/d33b2406-c6c1-413c-810a-abca00ad5a9f.jpg?h=175)
![Muqamat of Hariri, lithographed in Arabic and Farsi [India, dated 1303 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/0bf264fa-f418-4b78-9ea0-abca00ad5fd3.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab Alif la'Ila, lithographed in translation to Urdu, on paper [India, dated 1307 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/60b8c9ab-3916-40e7-ba2d-abca00ad62f8.jpg?h=175)
![Mirza Hasan Fasa'i, Farsnama-i Nasiri, lithographed in Farsi [Tehran, 1314 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/40093b4b-049d-47f3-b8a2-abca00ad6672.jpg?h=175)
![Yemen in 1937 and 1938, collection of photographs [Yemen, 1937-38]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/c38739ea-1ade-4300-812a-abca00ad6f2a.jpg?h=175)
![J. M. Rogers, Topkapi Sarayi, limited edition reference books, in French [France (Paris), 1987-88]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/69a1ee78-0e6c-4aec-9ca8-abca00ad7b65.jpg?h=175)
![Collection of six Islamic art reference books [various locations, 1954-2002]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/e3d5a421-a234-4863-89e6-abca00ad7ed7.jpg?h=175)
![Bifolium from a fine Maghribi Qur'an, manuscript on parchment [Andalusia, 12th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/a8e62b5a-0fa5-4048-97ef-abca00ad81c2.jpg?h=175)
![Bilolium from a Mamluk Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 13th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/c7eb9314-e245-4209-8da5-abca00ad8521.jpg?h=175)
![Juz from a Mamluk Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Probably Egypt, mid-14th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1365bfb5-7a03-4961-849d-abca00ad8d55.jpg?h=175)
![Section from a Mamluk Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Mamluk Egypt, late 14th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/513abf05-969c-4760-add7-abca00ad9444.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab qaniy'a Mulabib... (on Herbal Medicine), manuscript on paper [Egypt, dated 1003 AH (1594 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1a1f8ce4-1937-4407-b234-abca00ad9bae.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab Tarikh al-Makke...(on the history of Mecca), manuscript on paper [Mecca, 1010 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/793cba4b-6b93-45d2-b59d-abca00ad9e9f.jpg?h=175)
![Ne'matullah bin Ahmad bin Mubarak al-Rumi, manuscript on paper [Egypt (Cairo), 1160 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/a309a177-a6c3-4613-8706-abca00adaae1.jpg?h=175)
![A lengthy talismanic scroll, manuscript on paper [probably Egypt, 18th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/4a6b50be-90ac-4884-a841-abca00adb1b3.jpg?h=175)
![Maghribi Dala'il al-Khayrat, manuscript on paper [North Africa, late 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/d0d95eec-7096-404f-ba61-abca00adb8b5.jpg?h=175)
![West African Qur'an in contemporry case, manuscript on paper [probably Nigeria, early 20th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/2a9d790b-8838-4a0e-8388-abca00adca19.jpg?h=175)
![A provincial Maghribi Prayerbook, manuscript on paper [Western Africa, late 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/354f0a2c-2509-4c5f-a5cf-abca00add0ed.jpg?h=175)
![Qur'anic writing tablet, on wooden panel [probably Morocco, early 20th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/88abfd92-e773-4efc-b6f2-abca00add3f5.jpg?h=175)
![A bound Sub-Saharan Qur'an, manuscript on paper [probably Ethiopia, late 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/58905106-2629-407d-a078-abca00add932.jpg?h=175)
![Tanbih al-'Anam ..., manuscript on paper [probably Harar, second half of 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/f1a414b2-df10-4e1a-934c-abca00adde7c.jpg?h=175)
![Small collection of scrolls, printed and manuscript examples [most North Africa, most 20th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/ab62dd53-b960-46e4-b13f-abca00adea5c.jpg?h=175)
![Leaf from a large Kufic Qur'an, manuscript on parchment [Abbasid territories, 9th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/3cc13012-dc31-41d7-a0e2-abca00adef98.jpg?h=175)
![Leaf from a Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Near East, 9th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/9ce64284-c2ae-4126-b12e-abca00adf29f.jpg?h=175)
![Group of Qur'anic leaves, manuscripts on paper [North Africa and Near East, 13th-15th centuries]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/7653c551-28e6-430e-a25e-abca00adf5bf.jpg?h=175)
![Al-Ghazali, Kitab Mujalis al-Taqiya, manuscripts on paper [Jerusalem, dated 1003 AH (1594 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/3c1d7b39-1779-426f-8bae-abca00adfec7.jpg?h=175)
![Tanweer fi Mathad ... (a work on Fiqh), manuscript on paper [Near East, dated 977 AH (1596 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/2fce8b26-f107-4bb3-b743-abca00ae0402.jpg?h=175)
![Kitab Iddat al-Du'ali (on Shi'a Fiqh), manuscript on paper [Near East, dated 1030 AH (1620 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/e3034bda-1046-4e2c-bbee-abca00ae0921.jpg?h=175)
![Al-Tarabulusi, Is'af fi Ahkam al-Awqaf, manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated 1040 AH (1630-31 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/b579943a-6fab-48fa-90b0-abca00ae0ef6.jpg?h=175)
![Sharh al-Tahrir fi Faru' al-Fiqh, manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated 1134 AH (1722 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/be06e37b-456b-4884-ba32-abca00ae2174.jpg?h=175)
![Ahmad al-Halabi, Jadval Mu'arif Matla' ..., manuscript on paper [Damascus, dated 853 AH (1449 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/4c59a405-eafe-4095-b434-abca00ae268e.jpg?h=175)
![Nazm al-Suluk... (medical dictionary), manuscript on paper [Levant, dated 974 AH (1556 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1eb75234-cfe3-4656-bf34-abca00ae2bfc.jpg?h=175)
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