AN OTTOMAN QURAN DATE 1263H. (1847 AD) SIGNED AL-HAJJ ABD AL- GHANI AL-WAHBI, OTTOMAN, 19TH CENTURY

Ottoman Koran dated 1263H. (= 1847) Signed Al-Hajj 'Abd al-Ghani al-Wahbi Arabic manuscript on beige paper, calligraphed in beautiful and regular "naskh" in black ink on 15 lines per page, opening with a very beautiful double frontispiece illuminated with a fine floral decoration, the titles of the suras in white "ruqa" on background golden, 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 of the Hegira". Binding with flap in brown morocco decorated with golden palmettes. Turkey, 1847 17.5 by 11 cm