Description of Columbia University X892.8 Ad9: Adventures of Hatim Tai. Columbia University These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Ad9: Adventures of Hatim Tai. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Ad9: Adventures of Hatim Tai.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Manuscript codex. Title from inscription (f. 1r). Inscription: "Wm. W. Turner, Esq.-- from his Friend Ch[...] Wexford -- NYork 1853 -- and to his Friend -- Alexander I. Coltheal -- from W.W. Turner" (flyleaf verso at back of book). New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Ad9 14634253 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1144966996 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/X892_8_Ad9.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14634253 Persian-learner's copy of the story. In some sections, the story appears on rectos, and glosser terms in Persian and English appear on the facing verso (f. 1v-9v); in other sections, the story appears on both recto and verso, with vocabulary items annotated in English in the margin (f. 46-113). Persian with some English glosses Adventures of Hatim Tai. former owner Cotheal, Alexander Isaac, 1804-1894 donor Cotheal, Alexander Isaac, 1804-1894 former owner Turner, William W. 1810-1859 1r Adventures of Hatim Tai

paper

 ii, 111, i leaves : 224 x 182 (185 x 137) mm, bound to 227 x 184 x 21 mm 8 to 9 long lines. Written in large nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Description of contents in English Stamp Inscription in English

Red leather over pulpboard with faint gold-tooled (now greenish) frame of parallel lines; plain paper doublure.

The item is undated, but an owner's note places it before 1853. Likely copied in the 19th century.

between 1800 and 1853? Gift of Alexander I. Cotheal (library bookplate inside front cover). Given by Ch[...] Wexford to William W. Turner in 1853 and then to Alexander I. Cotheal (note in pencil, back flyleaf verso). Formerly owned by Alexander I. Cotheal (stamp, f. 1r) Persian prose literature Romances, Persian Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York