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Bookbinding (Jild-i kitab)

Object Name:: Bookbinding
Date:: 19th century
Geography:: Iran
Medium:: Pasteboard; painted and lacquered
Dimensions:: H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm) W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) Including spine: H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm) W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification:: Codices
Credit Line:: Gift of Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, 1907
Accession Number:: 07.310.4

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