Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds

ƟJohn Speed, “The Kingdome of Persia with the Cheef Citties and Habites described”, copper plate engraving on paper, hand-coloured, Chiswell and B...

ƟIbrahim Müteferrika, Füyzat'i Miknatisiye (Treatise on Magnetism), printed in Ottoman Turkish, by the first series of the Müteferrika Press [Cons...

ƟIbrahim Müteferrika, Usulü'l Hikem fi Nizami'l Umem (Reasonable Principles of Public Order), printed in Ottoman Turkish, by the first series of t...

ƟL. Garreau, View of the Shore at Cazas in Lebanon, etching on paper [probably Amsterdam, c. 1790] single leaf, etching on paper depicting the vie...

ƟJean Chardin, Voyages du Chevalier Chardin en Persen et autres lieux de l’Orient, printed in French, edition nouvelle by Le Normant [Paris, 1811]...

ƟKitab Lituri'hat (book of divine liturgies), printed in Arabic and Greek, for the Orthodox Eastern Church [Vienna, 1862] single volume, complete,...

ƟAhmad Wasif Efendi, Majalis Al-Athar wa Haqa'iq al-Akhbar (A History of the Ottoman Empire), two volumes in one, printed in Ottoman Turkish [prob...

ƟArabic Almanac for the year 1254 AH, printed in Arabic, Bulaq Press [Egypt (Cairo), dated 1253 AH (1838 AD)] single volume, complete, single colu...

ƟAfter David Roberts, Collection of prints relating to Petra and the Holy Lands, chromolithographic prints [most London, 1839-1842] 20 loose leave...

ƟQawa'id al-Tarjuman (treatise on translation), by Khalifa Efendi, in Arabic, French and Ottoman Turkish, first edition in this form, printed by t...

ƟRis'hat ein al-Hayat, printed in Ottoman Turkish [probably Constantinople, dated 1269 AH (1853 AD)] single volume, single column, 6 pages of fihr...

ƟKitab Benedictariun (a Christian prayerbook), printed in Arabic, first edition in this form, by the Greek Orthodox Partiarchate [Jerusalem (Churc...

ƟA large volume of Persian Divan, lithographed in Farsi [Tehran, Iran, dated 25th Ramadan 1274 AH (1857-58 AD)] single volume, complete, opening a...

ƟDhil Qawa'id Othmaniya [on Ottoman grammar], first edition, printed in Russian and Ottoman Turkish [St. Petersburg, 1858] single volume, complete...

ƟKitab al-fikhulugium al-Kabir, for Use of the Roman Catholic Church, by the Franciscan Monastery of Palestine [Palestine, 1865] single volume, pr...

ƟAhmed Djevad, Etat Militaire Ottoman… Album des Figures et des Dessins…, first edition, printed in French and Ottoman Turkish, by Imprimiere du J...

ƟAl-Ta'il min al-Fiudat wa al'Dala'il (an Ottoman prayer book), in Arabic, lithographed on paper in black and red [Beirut, 1314 AH (1897-98 AD)] s...

Bayt al-Muqaddas, chromolithographic depicting a holy site in Jerusalem, printed in Urdu, by the Ravi Varma Press [India (Kerala), n.d., c. 1900] ...

Nagaur Sharif, chromolithographic print, in English and Urdu, by Hemchander Bhargava [India (Dariba, Delhi), c. 1910] single leaf, a little faded ...

ƟKaragöz, the Turkish satirical periodical, issues 209-593, printed in Ottoman Turkish [probably Constantinople, dated 1328-1332 AH (1910-1914 AD)...

ƟE. Dinet and Suleyman bin Ibrahim, La Vie de Mohmmed Prophete d'Allah, illustrated by E. Dinet, limited edition by M. Faroux [Paris, n.d., c. 191...

Ɵ“Abou'lkasim Firdousi”, Histoire de Minoutchehr selon le Livre des Rois, illustrated by Michel Simonidy, translated to French by Jules Molh, by E...

ƟCarte-Postales of Istanbul, album containing over 100 postcards depicting scenes from Turkey, Mecca and Medina, printed in colour [various locati...

ƟLes Arts Decoratifs Musulmans, the Albert Morance edition, by E. Weythe [Paris and New York, c. 1925] single volume, containing only 32 of 60 pho...

ƟMme. Hassan Bey (Egyptian foreign minister) in Argentina, album of original photographs of the Egyptian state visit [Argentina (Buenos Aires), da...

ƟTravel Guides for Isfahan and Tehran, printed in English [Tehran and Isfahan, c. 1944] two volumes, comprising: (i) A Short Guide to Isfahan, by ...

ƟLe Coran, facsimile edition of the Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an, translated to French by Jean Grosjean, limited edition, Club du Livre, published by Phil...

ƟArchitecture and Cities in Iran, collection of works, in Farsi and English [various locations, 1939-1997] 4 volumes, comprising: (i) Lockhart, Fa...

ƟPersian Art and Antiquities, a large collection of reference books, in Farsi and English [various locations, second half of twentieth century] co...

ƟModern Iranian Political History, including a large collection of works printed under the Pahlavi Dynasty and of royal commission, in Farsi [most...

ƟThe Land of Kings, edited by Ali Massoudi, second edition [Tehran, 1974] single volume, illustrations printed in colour throughout, very good con...

ƟA collection of works on modern Iranian history, in Farsi and English [various locations, c. 1970-2010] 8 volumes relating to the Pahlavi family,...

ƟHistory of the Persians, including Cyrus the Great, in Farsi and English [various locations, c. 1980-2000] collection of 8 volumes, including Boa...

ƟIsfahan and Shiraz, including Persopolis, collection of works, in Farsi and English [various locations, 1989-2009]5 volumes, comprising: (i) Kasa...

ƟThe History of Tehran, a collection of works, in Farsi and English [various locations, c. 1990] a collection of 8 volumes, including Old Tehran, ...

ƟQajar, Court Painting in Persia, by B. W. Robinson and Robert Ker Porter [Italy, 1990] single volume, printed on blue paper, colour plates mounte...

ƟStories from the Shahnameh of Ferdosi, by Soroush Press and Negar Books [Tehran, 1993] two volumes in one, printed in English and Farsi, decorati...

ƟPersia, Bridge of Turquoise, edited by Rolff Beny, with historical notes in Farsi and English on the plates [Tehran, 1993] single volume, illustr...

ƟPrinces, Poets & Paladins, Islamic paintings from the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan, Sheila R. Canby, for the trustees of ...

ƟQajar Portraits, collection of the Shalva Amiranashvili State Art Museum of Georgia [Istanbul. 2004] single volume, illustrations printed in colo...

ƟIslam, Art and Architecture, edited by Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius, first English edition [France, 2000] single volume, illustrations throu...

ƟSplendors of the Ancient Persia, Henri Stierlin, first edition [China, 2006] single volume, illustrations throughout printed in colour, 4to (360 ...

ƟThe Arts of the Muslim Knight, The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, concept and direction by Bashir Mohamed, first edition [Milan, 2008] sing...

ƟTravelling the Silk Road, Ancient Pathway to the modern world, illustrated edition [China, 2012] single volume, illustrations throughout printed ...

ƟA fine Mamluk Qur’anic Juz’, containing text Ha’Mim (26), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Mamluk Egypt, probably second half of fifte...

ƟJalal al-din Abu al-Fadi Abd’alrahman bin Abu’Bakir al-Sayuti, known as ‘al-Suyuti’, work on prophetic medicine, in Arabic, decorated manuscript ...

ƟA large Sub-Saharan Qur'an, copied by Rasul Muhammad Sali'Allah, in Arabic, bound decorated manuscript on paper [probably Ethiopia, dated 23 Juma...

ƟSection from a Maghribi Qur’an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Tunisia, first half of nineteenth century] single volume, 12...

ƟA fine Dala'il al-Khayrat, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [North Africa (probably Morocco), mid- nineteenth century] single volume, 2...

R.C. Carrington, Views over Ancient Appolonia in Cyrenaica, original watercolour on paper [Libya, dated 1864] single leaf, pencil and watercolour ...

ƟIlm al-Tibb, copied by Abd'alwahab bin Ahmad ibn Sahhuna al-Tanukhi al-Damashqi, known as ‘Ibn Sahhuna’, in Arabic, manuscript on paper [Levant r...

ƟAla’ al-Din abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi’Hazam al-Qarshi al-Damashqi, known as ‘Ibn al-Nafis’, Bughyat al-Talibin wa Hujjat al-Mutatibbin (a referen...

ƟMuhammad ad-Din abdulllah Mahmoud ibn Maudud al-Mausili al-Baladji, Kitab al-Mukhtar fi al-Fiqh, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Mecca,...

Deed granting aid to the poor people of Mecca, in Arabic, manuscript on paper [Saudi Arabia (Mecca), dated Shawwal 1228 AH (1813 AD)] single leaf,...

ƟDocument relating to Jerusalem, in Arabic, manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated 1192 AH (1778 AD)] single leaf, single column, 23 lines of cursi...

ƟAbu Hamid Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali, Kitab Kimiyat al-Sa’ad (on the Muslim faith and Sufi life), copied by Isma’il bin Shaikh Hamad Razm’A...

ƟNizami Ganjavi's Makhzan al-Asrar, together with Amir Khusraw's Matl'a al-Anvar, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, late se...

ƟIbn al-Malik, Sharh al-Wiqaya, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, possibly Lebanon, c. 1700] single volume, 109 leaves, apparen...

ƟTheology on the Qur'anic Arabic language, two parts in one volume, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, apparently dated 1...

ƟNazm al-Ma’ali fi Sharh Nathr al-la’Ali (Tales of Imam Ali), Persian translation of Nathr al-la’Ali attributed to Sadr al-Dahdabi, in Farsi, illu...