Artistically illustrated manuscripts of works – Alisher Navoi – House of the Communist party of Uzbekistan – 1981 – Blanda

**Artistically illustrated manuscripts of works**: Publishing House of the Communist party of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1981. Paper Covers. 32 loose full colour plates in a folder plus 4 single pages with index and additional information in English, German, Russian and Uzbek. Top edge very slightly darkened, images all fresh and bright. Compiled by Hamid Suleiman at the Institute of Manuscripts, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and created by 15th and 16th century calligraphers, ornamentalists and artists to illustrate the poems of Alisher Navoi, these manuscripts are among the best items of book art from Herat, Tabriz, Bukhara, Shakhrulia and other cultural centres.