Ader: Archaeology & Arts of Islam and India, 172370, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025
Page Size: 118 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228

Folk theology manuscript,

Indonesia, Java, second half of the 19th century EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 286.00
230

Double-folio Qur'an,

North Africa or al-Andalus 13th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,950.00
231

Juz de Coran,

North Africa, Morocco or Tunisia 19th century EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
232

Book of prayers and texts about the Prophet,

Morocco 19th century EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,860.00
233

Muhammad ibn Suleyman al-Jazuli (d. 1465), Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book,

Sub-Saharan Africa early 20th century EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,040.00
234

Panegyric poem on the Prophet,

Sub-Saharan Africa 19th-20th century EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 364.00
256

Two poetic works

Ottoman Empire and Iran 16th century, 19th century EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
257

Small prayer book

Ottoman Empire 19th century, signed Na'ili EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 585.00
258

Illuminated Koran

Ottoman Empire 19th century EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 390.00
259

Three Christian Arabic books,

Egypt and Near East 18th-19th century EUR 50.00 - 150.00 EUR 156.00
260

Diploma in ijaza calligraphy

Ottoman Turkey, signed 'Ali Reza and dated 1849 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
261

Ottoman Qita calligraphy,

dated 1781 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
262

Qita calligraphic composition

Ottoman Turkey, probably Edirne 19th century EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
263

Ottoman Qita calligraphy, signed Mustafa

and dated 1944 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,040.00
264

Calligraphic composition in the form of a ship, located Bahcesaray, signed Maqsud

and dated 1873-74 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,210.00
265

Ottoman Qita calligraphy

Ottoman Empire, 1805 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
266

Man with daffodils,

probably Ottoman Turkey early 17th century EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,160.00
267

Smoker

Ottoman Turkey late 18th or early 19th century EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
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