A COMPLETE WORK OF SAADI, KOLIYAT SAADI, PERSIA-SAVAFID 16TH-17TH CENTURY

Persian manuscript on paper, each page with a central panel enclosing 15 lines in nastaliq black script, surrounded by diagonally written scripts, ruled in gilt and blue borders, each chapter with an opening biofolio with a gilt and polychrome decoration. In Qajar lacquer binding decoration with a bird perched amongst flowering branches. 13.5 by 22 cm.

Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, better known by his pen name Saadi, was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname “Master of Speech” among Persian scholars.

Estimate € 5000 - € 8000