AL-DURR AL-THAMÎN WA AL-MAWRID AL-MU'ÎN FI CHARH AL-MURCHID - Lot 62

AL-DURR AL-THAMÎN WA AL-MAWRID AL-MU'ÎN FI CHARH AL-MURCHID AL-MU'ÎN 'ALÂ AL-THARURI MIN 'ULÛM AL-DÎN SIDI MOHAMED BIN AHMAD KNOWN AS "MIYÂRAH", AND ABD ALLAH MOHAMED BIN YOUSSUF SENOUSSI. NORTH AFRICA, 19th CENTURY Arabic manuscript on paper. 270 leaves. Text copied in fine Maghribi script, with 19 lines per page within a frame of three red and blue fillets. Polychrome ink, gouache and gold. Verso of first leaf: the title is inscribed within an ornamental polychrome band, enhanced with gold, which is extended in the margin by a vignette composed of vegetal scrolls. Several marginal comments. Original binding with missing flap, in reddish-brown morocco with cold-stamped and gold-embossed decoration. Text: 13 x 9.5 cm. Page: 22 x 18 cm. Bound in leather from the same period, damaged at the edges and on the spine, with missing flap. Margins have been trimmed. One leaf has retained part of its original margins, containing text. Otherwise good condition.