كتاب قصه كامروپ

Manuscript..

Persian.

Caption title..

Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin..

Written in India..

Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with some marginal notes in English; red ink in caption only; catchwords on rectos..

Note on flyleaf: [2 words illegible] Guiliemi Franklin Liber Kissa Camarùp vel Historia Canaropi principiis ex antiquo descritte[sic] in Persicam versionen et redditam. Auctore Mahomed Sale A.D. 1770 celeberrimi apud Berhampore [illegible] Allah Shah Jelal Abâdi. Translated by me and sent to Capital in December 1790 by Hc [illegible] Capt a Millet, W Fr..

Note on page preceding manuscript (in a different hand): Kissah Camroop. An Indian tale, Translated from Sanscrit into Persian and thence into English By Captain Franklin..

Naskh; 11 lines in written area 15 x 10 cm..

Pages numbered 1-393; 6 page glossary at end..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M116..

Modern tan leather binding..