Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series: Medieval Manuscripts, Part IV - Catalogue of Persian, Turkish and Arabic Manuscripts, Indian and Persian Miniatures

London: Sotheby & Co., 1968. Hardcover. Green paper/boards. Black lettering and decoration. 149 pp. with color frontis and 4 additional color plates; 55 bw plates. VG, clean, bright, tight interior. Some general wear to covers (bumps to 3 corners and spine head/tail) and spine detaching but secured with clear tape. Item #149202

The oriental collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. 440 items including manuscripts, mostly from Bengal, of Indian or Persian origin. Among the items: a Nizami of Sir William Jones, illustrations to the Ramayana of Sir Ilijah Impey a copy of Hatifi's Shirin Khusraw with Turkish miniatures, a 16th-C. Qazvini, a Mu'in Shahnama and much more.

Price: $29.97