Sales catalogue 542: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/94
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 542: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pera GN TUR YS oN Rk atoyew Nh. KULLIYYAT, OR COMPLETE WORKS OF SADI. [In Persian. | Beautifully written Persian manuscript, in Nasta’lig, on 382 leaves of paper, within gold and coloured rules. With nine sarlows illuminated in gold and colours. Royal 8vo. Original oriental leather binding with flap. [ Persia, XVIIIth Century. | yi Lore CE NEU Rey 272, COLLECTION OF CABALISTIC (REA TISESS INCLU Dine A COMMENTARY ON THE PENTATEUCH AND OTHER works. [In Hebrew. | Manuscript on 106 leaves of paper written by a North African (Moroccan) Rabbi in a distinctive North African (Maghreb) hand, a corruption of the Sephardic cursive, used by the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in rapid writing, and based on the Rashi hand. 8vo. Calf. [Morocco, XVIIIth Century. | | £12 Ios The work comprises :—(1). Collectanea on the Book of Genesis, with commentary on parts of the Haggadah (order of service for the first two nights of Passover) and on various verses. (H) Mystical exposition of the vowel-points and of the musical notation of the Pentateuch. (II) Treatise on the mystical names of God, in three parts. (IV) Treatise on the Divine Emanations (with sketches). (V) Excerpts from the mytical work Pardes Rimonim.
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