1940? Les Arts de l'Iran l'Ancienne Perse & Bagdad: 8 reproductions en couleurs de miniatures décorant les principaux manuscrits iraniens du Département des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Eight postcards, hand-painted in pastels and gold with folder cover, copies of work of the Bagdad school of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries--and an extra cover and two postcards from other Persian collections. $9.99 from David Curtiss at Old Not Sold, Sheffield, MA, through Ebay, April, '99.

"Lex deux héros, Kalílah et Dimnah," Arabe 3465, fol. 48. 

"Kalílah et Dimnah s'entretenant," Arabe 3647, fol. 21. One of my favorites in this set.

"Dimnah et le boeuf Shanzabeh conversant," Arabe 3465, fol. 62.

"Le Lion tuant le boeuf Shanzabeh," Arabe 3647, fol.40. One of my favorites in this set.

"L'oiseleur vient prendre dans son filet les colombes captives," Arabe 3465. fol. 84.

"Conseil des Corbeaux," Arabe 3465, fol. 95.

"Les corbeaux mettent le feu chez les chouettes," Arabe 3647, fol.78.

"Adieux d'Abou Zayd," an apparently unrelated card from Les Séances de Hariri, Arabe 3929, fol. 68.