Page from a lithograph copy of Qazwini's "Wonders of Creation": Winged people of the Zabaj Islands

Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d. 682/1283-4) was a 13^th century Arab physician, astronomer, and geographer who spent his career in Iran and Iraq. His most famous text is 'Aja'b al-Makhluqhat va Ghara'ib al-mujudat (often known as "The Wonders of Creation"), an Arabic treatise on marvelous and fantastic creatures and things. It was translated into Persian in the 14th century. After being hand-copied and illustrated from the late 13th century onward for many centuries, it began in the 19th century to be reproduced using lithography. This page from an early copy of the lithographed text has been hand painted, reflecting the long tradition in which the text was enhanced with colorful illustrations.

A lithographed edition was published in 1847-48 in Tehran by Muhammad Husayn. This page appears to be from a second printing using the same plates, with some alterations, in 1866.