[Persian miniatures]. Amir Khusrau Dilavi. Khirad Nmeh Aina I Sikandhari (The History of Alexander the Great). Manuscript in Nasta'liq script, Persian, early 16th cent., (209) lvs., 4 columns to a page between line-borders in blue and gold, 4 delicate headpieces w. geometrical and floral decorations in colours and gold, 6 MINIATURES IN COLOURS AND GOLD, contemp. brown leather w. three blindst. floral central ornaments on both covers. - Bookblock and quires loose; all lvs. (partly) strengthened along margins (occas. w. sm. tears along margin); all miniatures occas. w. small pigment losses; probably lacks some lvs. at end. Rebacked; dam. along edges. = Provenance: from the library of E.J. Bullrich w. his gilt mor. bookplate on lower pastedown; with a carbon copy catalogue description in Spanish "Comprado a Maggs Brother en 1924"; a clipping from an exhibition catalogue ("Fiche catalogo Exp. 1945 Salon [...?]" and a catalogue clipping in English (w. the price in guilders). A famous and popular text describing the feats of Alexander the Great during his Oriental campaign. The catalogue clipping states i.a.: "The style of the miniatures clearly shows that they were executed by someone of the school of Herat and influenced by the famous painter Behzad. One of the most interesting of the miniatures is the one which shows a doctor at work trying to revive a fainted patient, in the background a traveller attacked by tigers (?) (...)." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.