NORTH AFRICA, DATED: 1289 H./1872
Arabic manuscript on laid paper. 208 leaves. Text copied in Maghribi in sepia, red and blue ink, at 13 lines per page, within a frame of three red and green fillets. The chapters are in red thuluth. On the verso of the third leaf, the title is set within a polychrome band enhanced with gold and ending in the margin with a vignette of foliage scrolls. In the body of the text, certain key terms are written in gold. Numerous marginal comments in brown and red. Bound in red morocco with cold-stamped and gold-stamped decoration. Several wormholes mainly in the margins.
Text: 17 x 10.5 cm; Page: 24 x 18 cm.
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