Burmese Manuscript Leporello
n.p. n.p., 19th Century (?). Hardcover. Very good. Item #23667 .
Large accordion-style book measuring 6½ by 16 by 3½ inches. Double paper pages pasted together in red and gilt covers and all edges gilt. Neatly written in Burmese script with black ink throughout. Light wear to the covers, some occasional light dampstaining, and one leaf with damage to the center affecting a portion of four lines of text. This has been stabilized with archival tissue. Otherwise this is a very good copy.
We are told that this is the Story of King Narin.
Burmese leporellos, also called Parabaiks, are accordion-bound manuscripts from Myanmar (formerly Burma) made from strong mulberry paper.
Price: $2,000.00