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Illustrated Divân de Hafez, North India, Kashmir, 18th-19th …
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Illustrated Divân de Hafez, North India, Kashmir, 18th-19th …
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Illustrated Divân de Hafez, North India, Kashmir, 18th-19th century
Persian manuscript on paper, incomplete, 12 lines per page, 2 columns, text in nasta'liq in black ink in blue-red-green-gold frames, decorated with 52 polychrome miniatures. Bound in red half-leather and blue cloth, later. Bound in red half-leather and blue cloth, later (Accidents, text missing at beginning and end, many pages restored and mounted on tabs, missing, heavy wear, not collated).
19.5 x 12 cm
Provenance: Bibliothèque orientaliste Maisonneuve, Paris
This manuscript is decorated with numerous paintings illustrating the various poems (Diwan) by the famous Iranian author Hâfez of Shiraz (1325-1390), a major figure in Persian lyrical literature.
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About the sale
BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS - FROM THE LIBRARY C. MAISONNEUVE
Auction location
Auction time
06/04/2026 at 2:15 PM
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