Exotic Books, Six Examples.

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Exotic Books, Six Examples. Including: two Ethiopic manuscripts on parchment, one large quarto format in wooden boards and blind-stamped leather; the other small 12mo format in wooden boards covered in cloth; an Arabic manuscript on paper in a leather binding with flap, quarto; illuminated parchment Ethiopic scroll, 4 in. x 9 ft.; another illuminated parchment Ethiopic scroll in a blind-tooled goatskin case, 3 1/2 x 7 ft.; and a palm-leaf manuscript approximately twenty-three leaves, 17 x 2 in. (6)
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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