Lot 836
W. Ouseley, Persian miscellanies. London 1795.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
836
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
William Ouseley
Ouseley, William: Persian Miscellanies: An essay to facilitate the reading of Persian Manuscripts ... London: R. White 1795. 25,5 x 20,2 cm. With an engraved frontispiece and 9 engraved copper plates featuring examples of typefaces. XXXII pp., 2 leaves, 192 pp., 10 leaves. Marbled leather with a spine label and some gilding on the spine.
(Spine restored. Minor moisture and age stains; slight transfer of ink from the plates onto the opposite pages of the text.)
First edition of the useful treatise on the various styles of Persian handwriting, by the orientalist William Ouseley (1767–1842).
(Spine restored. Minor moisture and age stains; slight transfer of ink from the plates onto the opposite pages of the text.)
First edition of the useful treatise on the various styles of Persian handwriting, by the orientalist William Ouseley (1767–1842).