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MURAQQA-I-CHUGHTAI: PAINTINGS OF M A RAHMAN CHUGHTAI


Estimate: Rs 20,000-Rs 25,000 ( $275-$340 )


Muraqqa-I-Chughtai: Paintings of M A Rahman Chughtai

Introduction by Dr James H Cousins, foreword by Dr Sir Mohammad Iqbal, Muraqqa-I-Chughtai: Paintings of M. A. Rahman Chughtai, Lahore: Print Printo, no date but reprinted in the 1970s by Chughtai himself since he owned Print Printo. He had originally published it in 1928.

120 pages, of the 30 plates, 25 are in colour printed on art paper and 5 are full-page black and white line drawings. In addition, the title-page, and a page further on have multicoloured geometrical designs around the Urdu text. Two pages before the Urdu title-page too have Islamic calligraphic designs. Endpapers are printed in silver design. Each Urdu page printed in green ink with the text enclosed within a yellow geometric pattern, bound in maroon cloth with gilt title and ornamentation on cover
29.2 x 22.8 cm