A POETIC ANTHOLOGY India, late 18th - early 19th century  Persian manuscript on paper, 9ff., 20ll. to the page of black ink free-flowing naskh script, the opening folio with red and blue polylobed design filled with vegetal tendrils and arabesques, the text divided in parallel couplets rhyming the last word, the titles to different compositions in red ink in rectangular cartouches, within thin red rules, with several ownerships stamps, signed by Ahmad Nazeef Al-Qazi, stamped with his own library stamp dated 1215 AH (1800), the text panel 15.5cm x 9cm and the folio 22.8cm x 14.8cm.