[LITHOGRAPHED QUR’ANS / CALLIGRAPHY / FINE BINDINGS] Kur’an-i Kerîm [i.e., The Glorious Qur’an]

KAYISZÂDE HÂFIZ OSMAN NURI EFENDI (Calligraphed by) (?-1894). Matbaa-yi Âmîre / Nezâret-i, Maarif Umûmîyye, Istanbul, AH 1298 = [1882]. Original full brown morocco in traditional Ottoman style, blind tooled mystical sun on front and rear boards, with a fore-edge flap. Fading gilts on front board, slightly dusty edges, weak hinges, and some loosened pages. “Matbaa-yi Âmîre” stamp on the last blank page indicating “the copies without seals of the printing house are fake”. Otherwise, a very good copy. Scarce lithographed “Mushaf” in original fine binding, printed from the manuscript copy by famous Ottoman calligrapher Kayiszâde Hâfiz Osman Nuri Efendi, and edited by Kurenâ-yi Sâni [i.e., Second Chamberlain] Osman Efendi. Kayiszâde Hâfiz Osman Nuri Efendi of Burdur (AH 1311 = AD 1894), was an important Ottoman calligrapher advocated the style of Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801-1876), and who gained fame for his skills at scribing Mushafs. After serving as a reciter of the Qur’an in h