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ARTIST BOOK. MAHDAOUI, NJA. b. 1937. [ill.]; BENCHEIKH, JAMEL EDDINE. 1930-2005. [trans.] La Vol...
ARTIST BOOK. MAHDAOUI, NJA. b. 1937. [ill.]; BENCHEIKH, JAMEL EDDINE. 1930-2005. [trans.] La Volupte d'en Mourir: Conte de 'Ali b. Bakkar et de Shams an-Nahar. Lyon: Paul Mabboux, 1992. Portfolio, in burgundy cloth case (22 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.), signatures loose as issued, in French, 31 pages illustrated with silkscreen prints inspired by Arabic calligraphy, number IX of X numbered copies, signed in pencil on colophon page by artist and translator. Text translated from The Thousand and One Nights, tells the tale of a Persian youth's doomed love for the favorite concubine of Sultan Harun ar-Rashid. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
ARTIST BOOK. MAHDAOUI, NJA. b. 1937. [ill.]; BENCHEIKH, JAMEL EDDINE. 1930-2005. [trans.] La Volupte d'en Mourir: Conte de 'Ali b. Bakkar et de Shams an-Nahar. Lyon: Paul Mabboux, 1992. Portfolio, in burgundy cloth case (22 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.), signatures loose as issued, in French, 31 pages illustrated with silkscreen prints inspired by Arabic calligraphy, number IX of X numbered copies, signed in pencil on colophon page by artist and translator. Text translated from The Thousand and One Nights, tells the tale of a Persian youth's doomed love for the favorite concubine of Sultan Harun ar-Rashid. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing