Catalogue 217: CHF 20. - Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

Beautiful handwritten work of a eulogy in prose and verse
on king Ghazi al-Din Haidar by Muhammad Sadig Han, also
known as „Ahtar“ Huglawi, who lived under the reign of the
above mentioned Ghazi al-Din Haidar in Lucknow (Lakhnau),
today capital of Uttar Pradesh in India. His father Muhammad
La’l was also a poet and writer of works in Persian and Urdu.
The manuscript consists of the complete text in 19 chapters.
Beside the praise for his prince it contains valuable geographical
information about Lucknow, Persian anectotes (for example
on Hâtami-i Tâ-î, the Persian kings of the sassanian dynasty),
the caliphs of the islamic period, the Greek and Persian philosophers,
their theories, works and discoveries, persian poems and
a few Arabic poems. Some of the texts and illustrations are not
completely executed. The first word from the following page is
written in the left corner of every page. There are annotations
and pencil notes in Devangari (Hindi) on some pages. The first
2 pages with rich ornaments are a praise to god, followed by a
page showing king Ghazi al-Din Haidar hunting and sitting on
his throne while his subjects honor him. Most of the fine colour
drawings show court scenes with men & women, elephants or
animals in the wild with hunters (text description based on the
expertise in German of this manuscript by Dr. Shirin Sanati-
Müller, Heidelberg). Storey, Persian literature I, 707.
Illustrated japanese leporello folded book
poets’-portraits, colored figures with texts
674. Japanese Gallery of poets. XIXth c., lg. in-8vo,
leporello folded, 35 plates with colour plates of the po-
Harteveld Rare Books Ltd., CH-1700 Fribourg 117
ets with an example of a famous poem. Original tissue
bookcovers, wooden box. HRB 79369 2500.-
675. Kammavaca, Burma. - 18th Century Kammavaca.
Burmese Prayer Book. Handwritten texts - Birmanische
Handschrift. quer folio, (13.7x58.5 cm.), 10 large loose
leaves (out of ?) with gold and black texts on both sides,
between 2 original wooden boards. HRB 79395 3500.-
Burma. - 18th Century Kammavaca Burmese Prayer Book. 10
leaves. With full description on history and techniques available.
www.kammavaca.net
676. Orthodoxes Kirchengesangsbuch. Altrussisch
neumierte liturgische Originalhandschrift, o.J. (um
1830), in-4to, 118 (statt 120) Bl., kirchenslawische
Handschrift auf Papier, Schriftspiegel à 12 Zeilen, altrussisch,
neumiert, mit farbig aquarelliertem Frontispiz,
15 farb., teils golderhöhten Initialen, 9 farb., teils
golderhöhten Kopfstücken, sowie zahlreichen, z.T. mit
Schmuckfarben akzentuierten roten Federwerksinitialen,
Lederband d. Z. mit reicher Blindprägung über Holzdeckeln,
4 Messingnieten auf Hinterdeckel, 2 Schliessen,
sehr schönes (restauriertes) Exemplar. HRB 84133 8500.-
Prächtiges Chorgesangsbuch der russischen Altgläubigen. Die
russisch-orthodoxe Kirchenmusik besteht ausschliesslich aus
Gesang und ist fester Bestandteil des Kirchenritus. Bis ins 17.
Jh. waren diese Kirchengesänge einstimmig und wurden in der
altrussischen Neumenschrift von Hand notiert (sog. „Semantische
Notation“ oder „krjukovaja notacija“). Zar Alexei I. liess
im 17. Jh. die Liturgie reformieren und führte in der Folge den
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