AN OTTOMAN QURAN SIGNED AL-HAJJ 'ABD AL-GHANI AL-WAHBI, DATED 1263 AH/1846-47 AD

An Arabic manuscript on beige paper, calligraphed in beautiful and regular naskh in black ink on 15 lines per page, opening with a beautiful double frontispiece illuminated with a fine floral decoration, the titles of the surahs in white ruqa on gilt background, the verses separated by illuminated pastilles and the marginal illuminations of 'asharats and khamisats' in the form of florets. The colophon is signed: 'Al-Hajj 'Abd al-Ghani Al-Wahbi in the year 1263 AH'. Binding with flap in brown morocco decorated with golden palmettes. 17.5 by 11 cm