An Album of Ottoman Calligraphy, signed by Mehmed Imamzade, Turkey, first half 18th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, composed of 10 panels of 6 lines each, written in Naskh script in black ink, verses separated by gold florets embellished with blue and red, margins ruled in gold, laid down on stout paper with ebru outer borders, ebru binding gilt-stamped with floral and chinoiserie cloud motifs 

In generally good overall condition, some wear to binding, calligraphy bold and clean, as viewed.
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Born in 1688, Mehmed Rasim Efendi (who signed his early works 'Mehmed Imamzade'), studied under Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah Efendi, the foremost student of Hafiz Osman (d.1698, see previous lot). He was a calligraphy teacher at both the Galata and Topkapi Palaces, and it is thought that he taught a total of almost a thousand students during these two posts. He is responsible for sixty copies of the Qur'an, a number of acrhitectural inscriptions in jali thuluth script, and innumerable single pieces, albums and hilyes. For more information, see M. Derman, Eternal Letters, Sharjah, 2009, pp.98-99.