Islamic religious content.

Persia, probably around 1780-1800. 8vo. (180 x 110 mm.). Contemp. Persian lacquer binding, spine in calf. Brown lacquered covers speckled with gold. 2 centerpieces with flowers and birds. Wear to corners. 176 leaves on dyed light blue paper. Written in Arabic/Persian in black ink with some words and letters in red ink. Text written on goldspreckled background. Marginal notations in red and black ink. Catchwords on foot of verso. Writing area 117 x 54 mm, all framed by gold and black hairlines. All outher margins also framed in gold. Elaborated and illuminated opening headpiece in colours and gold. Some quires in the middle neathly strenghtened in inner margins. Some faint staining to upper margins. Some upper margins renewed without loss of text. 2 lower corners gone, no loss of text. Title-page with marginal fraying and small closed tears. Colophon-leaf verso with marginal repairs in matching paper. Laiddown endpapers in dark blue. One leaf with a hole, loosing some words.