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Siege of Lyon, 20 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 19329, two manuscript signatures, watermark ‘Patriotique’, low right corner cut, minor mounting traces, scuffed, good extremely fine, very scarce Pick S304b £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 5 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 103186, manuscript signature at left, a little scuffed but no folds, about uncirculated and scarce Pick S303 £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 5 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 55268, manuscript signature at left, one stain on reverse, a couple of pinholes, about uncirculated and an exceptional example Pick S303 £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 20 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 765, two manuscript signatures, watermark ‘De Lyon’, low right corner cut, significant mounting traces on reverse, scuffed, extremely fine, very scarce Pick S304c £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 5 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 13481, manuscript signature at left, a little scuffed but no folds, about uncirculated and scarce Pick S303 £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, an uncut strip of 25 Sous (5), ND (1793), manuscript signatures at left, good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce (5 notes) Pick S301 £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 10 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 2344, three manuscript signatures, original paper, one margin nick, overall good very fine to about extremely fine, rare Pick S1476a £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 20 Livres, first issue, 1793, serial number 3416, hand-written on the reverse of a 10 Livres assignat of 1791, red handstamp and several manuscript signatures, but missing the usual signature of Herzog, edge tear, minor tape on reverse, about very fine and rare with a missing signature Pick S1472 £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 50 Sous, ND (1793), manuscript signature at left, mounting traces but no folds at all, about uncirculated and a lovely clean example Pick S302 £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 50 Centesimi, 1848, serial number 585, one manuscript signature, an attractive, clean and white example, very fine and very scarce Pick S245 £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 5 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 80539, manuscript signature at left, one worm hole, extremely fine Pick S303 £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 3 Livres, second issue, May 1793, serial number 9870, three manuscript signatures, original paper, well embossed, good very fine and very scarce Pick S1477a £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 5 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 8071, manuscript signature at left, mounting traces on reverse, otherwise about uncirculated and scarce Pick S303 £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 50 Centesimi, 1848, serial number 2002, one manuscript signature, fine, scarce Pick S245 £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 6 Lire, printed value, 1848, serial number 1180, four manuscript signatures, beautiful white paper, extremely fine and far above average for type, a lovely example, very scarce Pick S249 £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 50 Centesimi, 1848, serial number 3649, one manuscript signature, a clean and attractive very fine example, scarce Pick S245 £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 5 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 3069, manuscript signature at left, mounting remnants on reverse, foxing, good extremely fine and scarce Pick S303 £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 50 Livres, first issue, 1793, serial number 2461, hand-written on the reverse of a 25 Livres assignat of 1792, red handstamp and several manuscript signatures, original about fine, very rare Pick S1474 £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Colberg, 2 Groschen, first issue, 1807, serial number 3886, six manuscript signatures, black ink, one small pinhole, slightly worn edges, no folds, overall extremely fine and rare Pick S1451 £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 25 Centesimi, 1848, serial number 2967, one manuscript signature, stains and minor margin damage, overall good fine and rare Pick S244 £200-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Mayence, 5 Sous, second issue, May 1793, serial number 32272, three manuscript signatures, extremely nice original paper and well embossed print, good extremely fine and an excellent example Pick S1475a £150-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 50 Sous, ND (1793), manuscript signature at left, minor mounting traces and one stain, extremely fine, scarce Pick S302 £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 6 Lire, hand-written value, 1848, serial number 14, four manuscript signatures, superb paper quality, tiny split at central fold, overall a very attractive and clean very fine and an extremely low number with far rarer hand-written value Pick S249 £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 2 Lire, 1814, serial number 268, three manuscript signatures, an entirely hand-written note on laid paper, with two and stamps, mounting traces, tiny repair to 4mm split in top margin, overall very fine and believed to be unique, an absolutely incredible item Pick S233 £2,000-£2,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Palmanova, 2 Lire (2), 1848, serial number 744 and 876, four manuscript signatures, good fine to about very fine (2 notes) Pick S247 £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 25 Sous, ND (1793), manuscript signature at left, lacking embossed stamp, good extremely fine, scarce Pick S301 £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Siege of Lyon, 20 Livres, ND (1793), serial number 16563, two manuscript signatures, watermark ‘Caise’, low right corner cut, minor tape remnants on obverse and mounting traces on reverse, paper with no folds and showing superb quality, about uncirculated and very scarce Pick S304a £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

FERNAND LÉGER (1881-1955)Cirque, 1950 Édition originale de ce manuscrit reproduit en lithographie illustrée de 65 compositions de Fernand Léger, dont 35 en pleines pages coloriées au pochoirL'ouvrage est entièrement composé et lithographié par Fernand Léger avec l'aide de Tériade et Marguerite Lang.Tirage à 300 exemplaires sur vélin d'Arches signés par l'artiste.Le texte manuscrit lithographié et les nombreuses lithographies de Fernand Léger rappellent le Jazz de Matisse, édité par Tériade en 1947Edité par Teriade, 1950In-folio, en feuilles, non rogné, couverture illustrée, chemise et étui de l'éditeur42,2 x 35,5 x 4 cmFirst edition of this lithographed manuscript, illustrated with 65 compositions by Fernand Léger, 35 of which are full-page stencil colours.In-folio, untrimmed, illustrated cover, publisher's folder and slipcaseFootnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, AthènesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Indonesia.- Sacrifice Manual, manuscript in Batak script, on Bast, 50 leaves, each with 11-12 lines of Batak characters in black ink to recto and verso, with red symbols interposed, 14 diagrams or tables within text, first and last leaves pasted to inside covers, some wear, leaves folding concertina-style into black wooden covers, upper cover with incised meander pattern, each leaf 95 x 175mm., [Sumatra], [19th century]. *** The largest group of illustrations consists of representations of chickens and other animals, similar in style and format to that of a magic book concerning sacrifices illustrated as plates 117-118 of Achim Sibeth, The Batak, 1991.

Irish War of Independence.- Walshe (Maurice Reginald, Irish Republican, imprisoned at Spike Island, Cork; Kilkenny Prison, Limerick Prison and elsewhere) Behind prison bars in Stricklands Command, manuscript, c. 124pp. excluding blanks, 1f. torn in half without loss, some ff. loose and others working loose, slightly browned, free endpapers torn and loose, original cloth, defective with loss, lacks spine, 255 x 194mm., [c. 1920's].*** An account of various incidents and imprisonment in the Anglo-Irish war of 1920-21. One incident concerns a Lieutenant Litchfield [Litchford] of the Lincolnshire Regiment, "A party of Republican Officers were surprised by a patrol of Police and Military at Knockroe Drangan. Hopelessly outnumbered... the small party would not comply with the order of 'surrender' and after a short engagement Lieutenants Fleming Lieutenant Patrick Hackett and Adjutant Martin Clancy were shot. The present writer was captured here. On the following evening... our friend Lieutenant Litchfield arrived from Tipperary with his Armoured car & I quickly learned that it was the intention of this officer to carry the dead Republican officers to Tipperary on the back of the car, and that I was to be placed immediately over the dead bodies of my comrades and secured there by means of a rope tied round my body and handcuffs placed on my wrists." - Walsh.Other headings include: "Tipperary Military Barracks"; "An informer in Camp"; "Jokes passed between soldiers and prisoners"; "Hostage taking from Tipperary"; "Fermoy Barracks Cork"; "Sentenced to death"; "Hunger Striking"; "Spike Island"; "Active Resistance"; "Removal to Kilkenny Prison"; "The making of the Tunnel" etc.Sir Peter Strickland (1869–1951), army officer.

Burma.- Folding manuscript of sympathetic-astrological magic, manuscript in Burmese, on cream paper, 33 leaves, text in black ink to recto and verso, 21 coloured illustrations and many other drawings of cabbalistic diagrams and charms to recto, some mostly marginal worming, some soiling and staining, leaves folding concertina-style into black lacquered covers, some worming, worn, each leaf 173 x 395mm., [Burma], n.d.

Irish Gaelic.- Penitential with prayers, Bible extracts and similar, manuscript in Irish and Latin, on paper, 280pp. excluding blanks, all but first title, titles and headlines in red ink, first f. lightly soiled, some water-staining in margins, some other marks in text, browned, later endpapers watermarked 1853, 19th century vellum, gilt borders, soiled and marked, r.e., housed within modern velvet-lined drop-back box, vellum-backed marbled paper over boards, spine gilt with morocco labels, sm. 4to, [Ireland], 1720.*** Colophon dated February 1720 (on leaf numbered 269) and the scribe named as Cormac Mac Cuan.Provenance: Rugby School Library, likely part of the Matthew Bloxam (1805-1888) bequest. Bought by a private UK collector at the 'Selected Books from Rugby School' sale at Forum Auctions, 18th November 2020.  

Arabic manuscript.- Illuminated manuscript Qur'an, 312ff., in Arabic on paper, single column, 15 lines, each page framed in gold, black, and red (with the exception of the final two leaves, which are on different paper and possibly in another hand and are framed in gold and black), verses separated by gilt circles touched with teal and pink paint, many gilt and painted rosettes in the margins, numerous headings in white on a gold ground in decorative pink, blue, or green frames with floral embellishments, and a beautiful doubele-page opening with multiple elaborate gold and color frames  enclosing seven lines of text, a couple of leaves with minor repairs to margins, scattered marginal spotting and soiling (a  bit heaver in places, but never severe), double-opening with a handful of minor ink smears in text, but in very good condition overall, later bright pink endpapers and pastedowns, ?original dark green calf, covers with gilt mandorla and cornerpieces, ruled in gilt, smooth brown calf spine, gilt decorative flap, a bit worn along spine and extremities, lacking the edge of the flap, 8vo (155 x 105mm.), Turkey, [early 18th century].*** A handsome manuscript Qur'an. Although we have not yet been able to confirm the identity of the scribe who copied this Qur’an, a laid-in note suggests that it is the work of Abdullah al-Zihni. Its beautiful double opening page is extraordinarily similar to another manuscript Qur’an copied by al-Zihni, sold at Sotheby’s in 2018 (sale L18220, lot 45) for £13,750.

[Hardy (Thomas)] Desperate Remedies. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, bookplate of Anthony Conyers Surtees, vol. 3 first text f. mounted on stub, a few small marginal chips or tears repaired, touching couple letters to final f. of vol. 1 but no loss,  occasional spotting or very light foxing, bound in green half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, spines a fraction sunned, a few faint scuff marks, t.e.g., [Purdy, pp.3-5], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1871. *** Hardy's rare first published novel, issued anonymously and so poorly reviewed in The Spectator that it was remaindered and Hardy lost money. He later destroyed the manuscript.

Nepal.- Ritual manual for protection from demons, Thyasaphu (concertina) manuscript in Sanskrit and Newari, on paper stained yellow with haritala, 38 leaves, with an additional 20 fold-out leaves mounted to fore-margin, text in black Newari script, 35 illustrations, folds strengthened, some chipping to fore-edge with small loss to some illustrations, some minor staining, leaves folding concertina-style into leather covers, lower cover protected with goat hair, lower cover detached along with final 2 leaves, housed in a custom morocco-backed box, each leaf c.80 x 180mm., Nepal, Phalguna Nepal Samvat 952 [February-March 1832]. *** The illustrations in a charming and lively Nepalese folk style, opening with a depiction of the wrathful form of the Goddess between two towering flowers. After two depictions of deities come nagas, serpent deities revered as the guardians of springs, rivers and rainfall. Further paintings show serpent-bodied grahas (demons associated with various illnesses), a panoply of deities, nagas, yantras and mischievous demons, bhutans, many of whom brandish skulls. The closing illustrations are larger paintings of Shiva with his consort, Uma, and the wrathful Bhairava on his corpse vehicle. The verso of the manuscript is filled with Sanskrit text, ending in a colophon which gives the date of completion as the fourth day of the dark fortnight of Phalguna Nepal Samvat 952. 

Ireland.- James VI & I (King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625).- Edgeworth (Francis, lawyer, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, d. 1625) Charter, grant to William Colley of land in Edenderry, King's County [County Offaly], D.s. "Fra: Edgeworth", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 3 sheets, some surface wear slightly affecting text, folds, small remains of Great Seal, modern ink stamp on verso, 435 & 540mm., 3rd July 1619.

Native American language.- Nantes (Bernardo de) Katecismo Indico da lingua Kariris, first edition, with blank leaf Z7 but lacking final blank Z8, trimmed close at head, just touching a couple headlines, a3&4 with small stain, some very light browning and occasional spotting, small worm trace within final text f. and blank Z7 (no loss), lacking rear free endpapers, hinges cracked but holding, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, toned, some light soiling, housed in cloth slip-case, [Sabin 5174 "very rare"], small 8vo, Lisbon, V. da Costa, 1709. *** A valuable witness to the now-extinct Karirí-Dzubucuá language of Brazil. Today, the roughly 4,000 ethnic Karirís are largely monolingual Portuguese speakers. The Catechism is printed with text in Portuguese and Karirí in parallel columns. Also included are two poems or “Spiritual Canticles" with text in Karirí and Portugese, as well as a longer explanation of the Catechism in Karirí.Provenance: Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duque de Palmela (1781-1850), first Prime Minister of Portugal (ink-stamp to title); Coll. Ang[?] (indistinct ownership inscription to title); C. R. Boxer (b. 1904), noted historian of Portuguese colonial history (ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper).

Tibet.- Sutra of Properly Arranged Establishment in Buddhahood or Confession Sutra, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper, 97 leaves, stained black and varnished, text in silver-coloured ink to recto and verso, in 6 lines except on opening leaves, which have text in one, two, three, four and five lines, some leaves frayed and chipped at edges, some portions of loss, mainly affecting peripheral leaves, occasional worming, dust-soiling (affecting legibility at points), leaves loose, housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, each leaf c.130 x 550mm., [Western Tibet, Ladakh], [c.14th-15th century]. *** A beautifully calligraphed and complete Buddhist Sutra manuscript from Tibet, dealing with the confession of moral downfalls. Provenance: Library of the Philosophical Research Society (founded 1934); Christie's New York, 18-19 September 2002, lot 215, purchased by a private UK collector. 

Binding.- Charles de France, Duc de Berry.- Office de la Semaine Sante, manuscript single rule border in brown throughout, some marginal spotting, contemporary red morocco, with central gilt arms of the Duke of Berry, spine ornately gilt, edges and dentelles likewise gilt, green silk doublures and endpapers,  a few tiny worm holes to spine, otherwise generally rubbed, 8vo (binding: 202x135mm.), Paris, Nicholas Pepie, 1712.*** Charles de France, Duc de Berry (1686-1714), as the grandson of Louis XIV and youngest son of Louis the 'Grand Dauphin', held the rank of 'fils de France', recognisable by the distinctive coronet.  

Ayrton (Michael) Collection of original illustrations, proof prints, and related ephemera for 'Tittivulus, or The Verbiage Eater', including seven sheets of original ink drawings with white correction fluid, two signed by Ayrton, one proof print with manuscript note 'Dear Max [Reinhardt], Herewith a further proof of Tittivulus... M.A.', two original drawings on acetate for transfer, one inscribed 'Prelim Frontis', a copy of the published book with bookplate of Max Reinhardt, and copy of 'Publications of The Nonesuch Press 1953', the drawings various sizes between approx. 200 x 170 mm (7 3/4 x 6 3/4 in) and 250 x 350 mm (9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in), some minor nicks and tears, the acetate sheets on toned acid mount support, the dust jacket to the book with nicks and small losses, all unframed, [circa 1953] (Sm. qty.)Provenance: from the estate of the late Max Reinhardt. Proceeds from the sale will benefit MaxLiteracy.org, which inspires creative writing in young people - set up in memory of Max and his authors.

Nepal.- Pancaraksa [Five Protective Goddesses], manuscript in Sanskrit, on paper stained yellow with haritala, 130 leaves, Newari script, 5 paintings, occasional chipping to edges, some staining, leaves loose in wooden covers, ink sketches to inside of covers, housed in a custom drop-back box, each leaf 85 x 332mm., [Nepal], [c.1700]. *** The five paintings in this well-preserved Pancaraksa (a collection of rituals invoking the protection of the five protective goddesses) are excellent examples of high-quality Nepalese painting of the late 17th/early 18th century. In this period, the influence of both Tibetan and Mughal traditions combined to form a style that was simultaneously soft and lively. The calligraphic quality of the script, unusual in Nepalese manuscripts, is also probably influenced by luxury Tibetan manuscripts. The scribe, who has added some ornamental features, is also probably responsible for the drawings of a Sakyamuni Buddha and various caityas (shrines) on the interiors of the wooden covers. 

Tibet.- Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper, c.209 leaves, lacks 7 leaves (1-3, 84-87), text in silver-coloured ink to recto and verso, on a black background, border treated with arsenic solution to prevent insect damage, text area polished with rice powder to stabilise ink, paper quite fragile with occasional chipping or fraying to edges, one leaf with more substantial loss (half remaining), occasional small insect damage or loss, leaves loose, housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, each leaf c.150 x 495mm., [Western Tibet, Ladakh], [15th-16th century].  *** Contains four chapters (62-64) of the multi-volume Satasahasrika Prainaparamita, belonging to the genre of Perfection of Wisdom texts composed sometime between 100 and 300 AD. Central to Mahayana Buddhist philosophy, the text was routinely broken up into smaller, more manageable parts for travel and in-depth study. Paper-flaws imply that the manuscript was prepared in a local setting, with high-quality paper in limited supply. 

India.- Stopford (James S., Sheriff of Fort William, Calcutta, 1844) Archive of his personal papers, including 2 journals (India and Egypt, 1839, and India, 1840), and extensive correspondence (c.90 letters of varying lengths), mostly from Calcutta, but also from other Asian locations, and one from Malta, including the odd manuscript plan, postal ink stamps, folds, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, housed in a ?contemporary box file with manuscript 'Letters' and decoration to spine, lid detaching, soiled, v.s., [1830s-1840s] (c.100 pieces) *** An excellent insight into the life of a colonial official in the first half of the 19th century. 

Egyptian Papyrus.- Oxyrhynchus (modern El-Bahnesa).- Letter of Commendation to Hermione, in Greek, manuscript on papyrus, single papyrus sheet, 176 x 92mm., with remains of a single column of 26 lines in literary script, loss of first few lines at top but three other margins visible, addressed horizontally on verso in larger script to Hermione, holes with loss of letters and three small pieces of tape, else generally good condition, mounted in glass and housed within modern cloth drop-back box with mounted label to upper cover, Egypt, [third century AD]. *** Oxyrhynchus (modern El-Bahnesa) was the capital of the 19th Nome and the third-largest city of Hellenistic Upper Egypt. This letter deferentially commends a person (presumably its bearer), into the care of a certain Hermione, evidently an influential inhabitant of the city. Excavated by Grenfell and Hunt, the letter was published by them in 'Oxyrhynchus Papyri XIV' (1920, p.184), as 'P.Oxy.XIV 1767' and recently republished online at Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri.Provenance: from the library of Ampleforth Abbey. Presented in the 1920s by the Egyptian Exploration Society, it was then sold as lot 12 in the sale, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures at Sotheby's, 7th December 2010. 

Nepal.- Hymn in honour of Tara, manuscript in Sanskrit, on blue-black dyed paper, 7 leaves, of which one blank, Sanskrit in 4 lines of gold Ranjana script, each leaf with old binding-hole, chipping and fraying to edges, a few times affecting text, one leaf with more considerable portion of loss, some staining, leaves loose in wooden covers, stained and worn, [Nepal], [13th or 14th century].  *** These leaves, from a hymn in honour of the female Buddha Tara, are an early example of the Nepalese tradition of Buddhist sacred writings on blue-black paper. The measured, gold Ranjana script is indicative of a date in the 13th - 14th century.

Cromwell (Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as Captain-General of the Army, 1599-1658) Commission appointing Samuel Rose Captain  Lieutenant in Sir William Constable's Regiment of Foot, D.s. "O. Cromwell", manuscript on vellum, folds, slightly soiled, lacks red wax seal in corner, 190 x 280mm., 10th January 1652.*** On the cusp of assuming full power as Lord Protector of England.

Burma.- Kammavacha, manuscript in Pali, on gold-lacquered stiffened cloth (from discarded monastic robes), 16 leaves, Burmese square 'tamarind' script, text in (browned) black lacquer, decoration in red lacquer, old binding-holes, a few tiny nicks to edges, still overall excellent, leaves loose in wooden covers, with decoration in red on gold lacquer, a few small chips to edges, rubbed but still bright, each leaf 125x 520mm., [Burma], [19th century]. 

Hugo (Victor) Les Miserables, 10 vol., mixed edition, half-titles, some foxing, the occasional light stain, vol. 9 final 2 leaves with marginal tears repaired, slightly later cloth, spines and cover extremities lightly sunned, vol. 2 & 10 with gilt spine lettering corrected in ink manuscript, a few small marks, corners bumped, 8vo, Paris [Brussels], Pagnerre [Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce], 1862. *** The first and second volumes published in Paris, the others Brussels. The Brussels is considered the first edition, published by Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce. The Paris edition was published by Pagnerre just 3 or 4 days later on 3rd April 1862.

Tibet.- Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses, manuscript in Tibetan, on white paper, over 400 leaves in 32 chapters, text in black ink to recto and verso, mostly in 8 lines, opening leaves with 4, 5, 6 and 7 lines, coloured miniatures to title and final leaf, small chip affecting title, title and final leaf reinforced through several leaves stitched together, some creasing, soiling and light staining, edges chipped and frayed, particularly at beginning and end, leaves loose between 2 wooden covers, upper cover with remains of painted decoration in black, red and green, upper cover with decorative carving to right fore-edge, lower cover plain, rubbed and scuffed, each leaf c.215 x 630mm., covers 230 x 695mm., [Tibet], [c.18th or 19th century]. *** A canonical text that occupies an entire volume of the Tibetan tripitaka, said to be the words of the Buddha as taught to a gathering of 1,250 arhats on the mountain called Vulture's Peak, near Rajagriha in Nothern India. The title is flanked by a pair of miniatures identified by inscriptions below: "homage to the supreme teacher" (i.e. Buddha Sakyamuni, the Buddha of the present) on the left and "homage to the venerable Maitreya" (i.e. the Buddha of the future) on the right. The final leaf bears miniatures of Manjughosa (Manjusri, patron deity of wisdom) on the left and "the great mother" (Prajnaparamita, the perfection of wisdom) on the right. Two groups of devotees honouring an unidentified buddha/bodhisattva figure occupy the lower register in the centre of the page.  

Ashendene Press.- Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine composta per Vgolino Verino Cittadino Florentino, Reprinted from the Original Manuscript with an Introduction and Notes by Walter W. Seton, one of 236 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Subiaco type with initials in red & blue, first two leaves of the original manuscript reproduced in collotype facsimile, original limp vellum with ties, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Hornby XXX; Franklin p.240], 8vo, Ashendene Press, 1921.*** The original manuscript, written in a late XVth century hand for the nuns of St.Clare, belonged to Lord Vernon and was bought by Hornby at the sale of Vernon's library at Sotheby's in 1918. "Another neglected Ashendene book: owners should take a more intelligent interest than to close it after admiring type...This and Omar Khayyam are the two Ashendenes which rank as serious critical editions". (Franklin).

Burma.- Burmese School (probably circa 1870s) Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, including nine vignettes with several featuring elephants, being both ridden and used in performative battles and displays, opaque pigments on card, heightened with white and gold, with yellow-banded borders but without any text, total sheet approx. 410 x 5000 mm (16 x 196 in), minor surface scuffs and losses of pigment, notably areas associated to folds, a few old repairs to splits and tears visible, folding concertina-style with red painted endpanels, heightened with gold-coloured decoration, scuffed, corners bumped and slightly worn, when folded 410 x 180 mm (16 1/4 x 7 in), [circa 1870s or slightly later]*** The British annexed Burma in 3 stages, following bitter disputes about commercial and diplomatic relations, in 1826, 1852, and Upper Burma in 1885, when the British expeditionary force under General Prendergast proceeded up the Irrawaddy to the Capital at Mandalay. By the end of November King Thibaw and his family had been deported to India, the Kingdom of Burma had ceased to exist, annexation being declared on 1 Jan. 1886. After the capture of Mandalay Palace, the contents of the Royal library, including the stunning painted folding manuscripts of court life, became known to the outside world. Similar examples to the present manuscript are held in the Victoria & Albert Museum (see acc. no. IS.13-1958), and the Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo (see MS 2475).

India.- Hindu Deities.- Hardy (C.C.) Tales of Hindu Deities, typescript, 19pp., last page with manuscript addition, watercolour title and 11 full-page watercolour depictions of Hindu deities, laid down on linen, 2 photographs pasted down, first page loose, pages slightly browned, original straight-grained half morocco, gilt, gilt title on upper cover, rubbed, lacks spine, folio, [c. 1910].*** Unpublished.

Sangorski (Alberto).- Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Woodman and the Nightingale and To Night, calligraphic manuscript on vellum with 4 miniatures, 10ff. and 2ff., signed by the calligrapher on colophon at end, text in red and black ink, 4 fine miniatures (2 full-page), title in red and gold with superb illuminated border, numerous initials of varying sizes and other decoartions in a variety of colours and all heightened with gold, silk guards to miniatures, in a stunning Relievo binding by Riviere & Son of full brown morocco over boards, with both covers bearing symmetrical designs of inlaid black morocco border within which is a frame of gilt-tooled acorns, vines, and oak leaves, all of which are detailed by green and black inlays, upper cover with recessed central arabesque panel depicting in molded and painted leather a pastoral scene of a grove giving way to a mill, haystacks, river, and church, lower cover with an identical recessed panel displaying a path entering a thick wood, spine in six compartments with gilt titling to two and black-bordered gilt panels to remaining four, gilt rules to edges, a continuation of the acorn and oak leaf design at turn-ins, green silk doublures, in fine condition and housed in the original silk-lined green morocco box, the upper cover of which is detached, 8vo (leaves 219 x 145mm., binding 225 x 161mm.), 1916.*** Magnificent manuscript in a stunning binding. Sangorski's unique vellum manuscript suitably echoes the romantic aesthetic championed by Shelley's poetry. Each of the four miniatures emphasises the influence of nature, either by literally or figuratively minimising the stature of the human figure (as in the full-page frontispiece depiction of the titular woodman and the sleeping woman at the title-page for "To Night"), co-opting it into allegory (as in the full-page characterisation of night itself as a woman), or eschewing humanity entirely (as in the miniature at the foot of page 13, which shows an expansive evening landscape in which a lone turret stands as solitary evidence of civilisation).Relievo binding requires a powerful fly-press, with which the binder can emboss the leather (or, in this case, leathers of many colours).Provenance: Phoebe A.D. Boyle (sale history but no evidence); Jerome Kern (label loosely inserted).

Trinidad.- [Census of inhabitants at 31 December 1784, with addition of totals for 1785, classified by place and status (adult males and females, children and slaves, colonists old and new and indians], manuscript in Spanish, 2pp., first page with tear and paper repair, folds, browned, 308 x 215mm. and 246 x 380mm., 1784; and 8 others, manuscripts and documents relating to Trinidad, including: copy of the act of cession of the island to Great Britain, 1801; copy of the articles of capitulation between General Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Henry Harvey on the one hand and D. Jose Maria Chacon, Spanish Commander in Chief on the other, Puerto de Espana, 1797; legal deposition on behalf of the master of a sloop who had sailed from the island with a cargo of tobacco, 1786 etc., manuscript and documents in Spanish, v.s., v.d. (9).

Dickens (Charles).- Mackenzie (R. Shelton) Life of Charles Dickens, 1 vol. bound in 2, plate with facsimile signature, extra-illustrated with c.310 portraits, plates, clippings, original front wrappers &tc relating to Dickens' life and work, lacks portrait frontispiece (another portrait supplied), lacks all after p.340 (of 484, without 'Uncollected pieces' section) but with 6pp. 'The Dickens Controversy' and one advertisement f. at end, vol. 2 with title in neat manuscript, text of p.161 divided between the vol. (portions trimmed and laid down, vol. 2 with tears affecting some letters), a few wrappers trimmed to size, the odd spot or minor soiling, bound in green half morocco by Stikeman & Co., spines sunned, light rubbing to spines and corners, t.e.g., 8vo, Philadelphia, [1870]. *** Provenance: Mary and Norman Hickman (bookplate). 

Tibet.- Confession sutra manuscript, title with overlay flap that covers two illustrations of  Buddhist deities, another leaf with two illustrations of praying Buddhist monks, with over 200 leaves of manuscript text, each leaf approx. 175 x 520 mm (6 7/8 x 20 1/2 in), some surface dirt and rough edges throughout, heavy signs of use, cloth stitched backstrip detached and with losses, wrapped in linen and presented in decorative wooden sutra box, with metal tooled and painted cover, 145 x 220 x 570 mm (5 3/4 x 8 5/8 x 22 1/2 in), [probably 18th century]

Tibet.- Charm scroll with an apocryphal Buddhist text, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper scroll, text in red and black ink, coloured illustrations, some chips and fraying to edges, some scattered small wormholes or traces, a few tape repairs, browned, c.90 x 5660mm., [Tibet], [17th century]. *** A remarkable manuscript that claims to be terma, a hidden source of true Buddhist doctrine. The text begins with invocations to the deities of the ten directions and pays them homage. Intriguingly neither the names of the deities nor their sacred realms are familiar from Buddhist or Bonpo sources. The next section claims to be translated from the Sanskrit, containing a long litany of unfavourable circumstances (astrological, demonic, natural &tc) with a prayer that they may be removed. After this come mantra and further spells for warding off evil. The other side of the scroll contains a long chain of talismanic charms, all in roundel form. Most of these consist of some kind of seed syllable encircled with a prayer, each bearing the name of some specific type of demonic injury. 

Humanist Treatise.- [Isabella Sforza (Lady, author, natural daughter of Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, wife of Cipriano del Nero, Lord of Porcigliano, 1503-61)] [Of the True Tranquillity of the Soul], translated by an unidentified English translator, manuscript in Elizabethan English, 111pp. excluding blanks (prologue 5pp., text 103pp., epilogue 3pp.), in a clear and legible Secretary hand, on paper, in light brown ink, ruled in light red ink, 55ff. water-stained (some slight and some with tide-lines) but all still legible, slightly browned, engraved cutting of the Curriers Livery Company on front free endpaper, original vellum, gilt diamond centre piece and corner pieces with a double line rule border, gilt initials "CL" on lower cover, damp-stained, upper cover with small piece of edge torn away, creased, soiled and splayed, lacks ties, lower cover in better condition but still creased and with a large brown mark, gilt panelled spine, 150 x 110mm., [England], [c. 1580].*** "...behold this booke this booke (I saye) presents unto us, that invaluable pearle of Tranquilitye, which, like the euer florishinge bay tree, can neuer be touched with any thunderbolts of adversitye." - Translator.A hitherto unknown translation of Isabella Sforza's Della vera tranquillita' dell'animo, first published in Venice, in 1544. The humanist treatise includes chapters on the "Dignity of Man"; "the principal passions"; "refraining from anger"; "to tame gluttony and wantonness"; "lay aside pride"; "tranquility" etc. The published work has twelve chapters, but the translator must have been working off an incomplete copy as this manuscript lacks chapter twelve. In his epilogue he writes, "Here, I am inforced to make an abrupt connexion of that wch followeth bicause there wanteth two leaves in the Originall; as though the starrs did envye the good of mankinde". The translator, as yet unidentified, has dedicated the work to his "deare mother" and writes that he "was imboldned to make choyse of this booke, bicause it is a worthy monument, both of a woman and a Ladye; Where by the waye I must needs note their irreligious, and unpardonable error, who being possessed with the spirit of slander, haue presumed to call women… errours of Nature: To these men (if I may lawfully call them men, who haue so disnaturd themselves, as to defame that sexe ?such is the principall cause; that they are men) to these men (I saye) to omitt all others, I will onelye urge the inimitable example of the noble Italian Ladye Isabella, the learned foundres of this neuer inough admired treatise. Shee was a woman; true but yet learned: indeed a wonder... ." The translator mentions few personal details but records twice "that it was gods will, that my lands and possessions should be... taken from me... ." 

Sri Lanka.- Waakyapota [The Book of Sentences], manuscript in Sinhala, Pali and Tamil, on 76 palm leaves, plus 2 blank palm leaves to front and rear, text to recto and verso, lengthwise in one column of ten lines to first 26 leaves, thereafter 2 columns of 10 lines, leaves loose, oblong polychrome painted wooden covers in red, yellow and green, covers and leaves strung together through twisted cotton cord in one of 2 small holes (present to each leaf and covers), covers slightly larger than leaves, small annotated leaf with title of text affixed to upper cover via cord, another label 'Wakkai-pota' pasted to lower cover, each leaf 56 x 167mm., covers 61 x 174mm., [Sri Lanka], [18th or 19th century]. *** This small palm leaf manuscript deals with non-religious topics such as astrology, grammar, and syntax. It was produced in the same manner and style as Buddhist manuscripts of the same period, which were typically made of the Ola leaf or talipot palm leaf. On the painted covers, the front of each beveled panel features scrolling floral and vegetal ornament with lotus flowers in yellow and green-black on a red ground, the interior covers not painted.  

Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binders.- Khayyám (Omar) Rubaiyat, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, with an introduction by A.C.Benson, printed on japanese vellum reproduced from an original manuscript written out and illuminated by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, this copy number 2 of 10 specially bound in a jewelled peacock binding with signed limitation by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, illustrations by E. Geddes, some with marginal discolouration (as often), sumptuously bound in straight-grain red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, inlaid with 102 separate pieces of variously coloured morocco, and enriched with 37 precious stones, upper cover with central oval sunken panel of green morocco featuring a peacock with outspread tail, the body inlaid in blue, white, brown and tan morocco, the outstretched tail plumes elaborately tooled in gilt with inlaid blue hearts and embellished with 31 garnets, both covers with a semé of roses and grasses tooled in gilt within an inner border of latticed panels divided in four by rose bouquet corner-pieces, all surrounded by an inlaid border of gilt foliate blue morocco, two filigree brass clasps each set with 3 garnets, spine with two green morocco labels titled in gilt, four other compartments with alternating rose and vine designs, the vine leaves inlaid in green, the whole tooled in gilt, with five raised bands, blue morocco doublures with gilt fillet and foliate dentelles, blue moiré silk flyleaves, edges gilt and gauffered, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe on rear turn-in, some light rubbing to spine ends, joints and corners with upper joint just starting to split at each end, lower cover with two small abrasions to central panel, housed within modern silk-lined drop-back box, folio (319 x 232mm.), Siegle, Hill & Co., [c.1910].*** Provenance: Marchioness of Winchester (1902-1995) [with a typed description by the binders, signed and dated by her in ink '30th September 1965', loosely inserted]