AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY HAFIZ HUSNI AL-ADRATWI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1295 AH/1878-79 AD

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY HAFIZ HUSNI AL-ADRATWI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1295 AH/1878-79 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 75 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 7 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, verses separated by gold roundels, gold and polychrome cartouches marking chapters, one illuminated heading, 8 illustrations including Mecca and Medina (f.37b and 38a), in contemporaneous Ottoman gilt binding with flap and case

8 by 5.4cm.