Books & Works on Paper including Caricatures

Times New Roman Baltic; Single illuminated leaf of 15th cent Times New Roman Baltic; Single illuminated leaf of 15th cent. Qur'an , containing t...

Single Illuminated leaf from a large 16th cent. Qur'an, Arabic manuscript in brown thuluth, interlinear translation to Persian in red, 12 lines, ...

Single Illuminated leaf from a large 16th cent. Qur'an, Arabic manuscripts in large black muhaqqaq, interlinear translations to Persian also in b...

[Ibn Arabshah] - [Kitab 'aja'ib al'maqdur fi akhbar Timur, (Book on the history of Tamerlane)] , edition with Latin preface by J. Golius, half t...

Islamic prayerbook.- - [Dala'il al-Khayrat], 240ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh, 11 lines, 2 leaves illustrated with images of Mecca and Medi...

Islamic Prayerbook.- - [Dala'il al-Khayrat], 461ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh script, headings in red, numerous decorations and illuminatio...

[Qur'an], 556ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh, 17 lines, ruled in blue, red and gold, 6f with decorated borders in orange pink and blue, small...

Yemen.- - [Large 18th cent. Qur'an], Al-Hussaini (Seyí Ismail bin Seyí Muhammed, calligrapher ) [Large 18th cent. Qur'an], comissioned by Muh...

Islamic Prayerbook.- - A Collection of Hadiths and commentaries on Divine Names, 233ff Arabic manuscript in black naskh, headings and key words o...

Ferdowsi (Abdu'l-Qasim) - [Shahnameh (The Book of Kings)], 380ff Persian manuscript in black nasta'liq script, titles in red, 25 lines in 4 colum...

Nizami (Ganjavi) - [Layli o Majnun (Layla and Majnun)] 91ff persian manuscript in fine black nasta'liq, 12 lines in 2 columns, oppening 2f illumi...

Medieval Lancashire.- - Burscough Priory. Charter by Benedict, prior of Burscough Priory Burscough Priory. Charter by Benedict, prior of Bursco...

Medieval Devon.- - Charter of enfeoffment by Walter Wodecock [Woodcock] of Bere... Charter of enfeoffment by Walter Wodecock [Woodcock] of Bere F...

Medieval Lancashire.- - Bolton by Bowland, Ribble Valley. Charter of John de Bolton to... Bolton by Bowland, Ribble Valley. Charter of John de ...

Winchester - Draft or copy letter as Lord Treasurer to Lord North and the... (William Paulet, first marquess of, administrator and nobleman, Lo...

Oxford - .- Assignment of lease by Thomas Foster of London (Edward de Vere, seventeenth earl of, courtier and poet, 1550-1604).- Assignment ...

French diplomat in Elizabethan England.- - Letter signed "…Mont" a diplomatic agent in London Letter signed "…Mont" a diplomatic agent in London (...

Suffolk, Mendham.- - Liber our Manerii se Walsam hall [Walsham Hall] in Mendham Liber our Manerii se Walsam hall [Walsham Hall] in Mendham, manor...

Scotland.- Ker - Charter, grant by Mark Ker to James Adamson of land at... (Mark, later first earl of Lothian, perpetual commendator of Newbattl...

Norfolk, East Rudham.- - [Manor court-leet of East Rudham], manuscript in Latin [Manor court-leet of East Rudham], manuscript in Latin, in at lea...

Norfolk, Castle Acre.- - Cecil The Surveighe of the Mannor of Castleacre in the County of... Cecil (Thomas, first earl of Exeter, courtier and so...

Norfolk, Barford.- - Berford in Comitatu Norff, manuscript terrier in Latin, 94pp Berford in Comitatu Norff, manuscript terrier in Latin, 94pp. (...

Tangier.- - Rutherford .- At a Court Martiall of His Matyes Officers in Tanger... Rutherford (Andrew, earl of Teviot, army officer, governor of ...

Byron - Autograph payment note signed "Byron", countersigned "Barclay & Co (George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824) Autogra...

Byron - .- A Chinese Ivory Brisé Cockade Fan, the guards carved with a... (George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824).- A Chine...

Scotland.- - Mure family of Caldwell and Glandeston.- Mure Diary, 3 vol Mure family of Caldwell and Glandeston.- Mure (Catherine, of Caldwell Ho...

Rossini - Autograph music quotation signed, 1 bar, manuscript music, browned (Gioachino Antonio, Italian composer, 1792-1868) Autograph mus...

Circus.- - Pablo Fanque Darby's Olympian Arena, & Equestrian Establishment, lithographed poster with seven vignette illustrations, 32 x 24 cm (12...

Transit of Venus.- - Palmer Collection of papers on the transit of Venus in 1874 Palmer (Henry Spencer, soldier and surveyor, head of the expedi...

Bell - [Notes from Bell's experiments with the Photophone] (Alexander Graham, inventor of the telephone and teacher of deaf people, 1847-1922) ...

Heraldry.- - Victoria .- Grant of arms to John Daye Barker of Broughton Lodge Victoria ( Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther...

Carty - Autograph technical notes with drawings, 12 sheets, v.s (John Joseph, American electrical engineer, 1861-1932) Autograph technical not...

[Brome - ] Rump: Or an exact collection of the choicest poems and songs... (Alexander, editor )] Rump: Or an exact collection of the choicest...

Dictionarium Rusticum & Urbanicum: or, a Dictionary of all Sorts of Country Dictionarium Rusticum & Urbanicum: or, a Dictionary of all Sorts o...

Defoe (Daniel) - Jure Divino: A Satyr, first edition , engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut device to title, errata on h1 verso, offsetting...

Lee (Sophia) - The Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times, 3 vol., first 3 vol. edition, half-titles, some occasional light foxing, a few small cont...

Wollstonecraft (Mary) - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, The Second Edition, vol A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, The Second Edition, ...

Collins (Wilkie) - No Name, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 and 2 half-titles (all called for), some occasional light soiling to margins, very lig...

Thackeray (William Makepeace) - The Adventures of Philip, 3 vol., vol.2 upper hinge starting, 1862 § Besant (Walter) All in a Garden Fair, 3 v...

Weyman (Stanley J.) - A Gentleman of France, 3 vol., presentation inscription 'From the author' to front endpaper, some light scattered foxing,...

Guélard (Jean Baptiste) - [Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes], 9 plates from a suite of 12, after Chr...

Hogarth (William) - A Harlots Progress, Plates 1-6, 6 etchings with engraving by and after Hogarth, on laid paper, each c.320 x 385 mm., [Paulson...

Hogarth (William) Circle of. - Head and shoulders portrait of a young man wearing a turban cap and banyan gown, oil on laid paper, 173 x 134mm., ...

Hogarth (William) - The Four Stages of Cruelty, the set in the first state with the additional ' 6d ' added to the price of '1s' with the stamp Ho...

Political (A) and satirical history of the years 1756 and 1757..., first edition , 71 engraved plates (of 75), pages yellowed and slightly soil...

Collet (John) - The Butcher and the Frenchman, the composition engraved by Charles White after Collet as The Frenchman in London, [BM Satires 4477...

Gillray (James) - A Vestal of -93, trying on the Cestus of Venus, (Lady Cecilia Johnston), etching and aquatint with original hand-colouring, 31...

Gillray (James) - "_ so Skiffy-Skipt-on, with his wonted grace", (the dandy Sir Lumley Skeffington), etching with original hand colouring, 257 x...

Darly (Matthew) - Wigs; Hats, 2 sheets each of numerous heads sporting different fashions, hand-coloured engravings on laid paper, each c.250 x ...

Darly (Matthew) - Mr Sharp and Mr Blunt, social satire of two gentlemen in an interior, one tall and lean, the other short and stout, with their c...

Sayer (R.) and J. Bennett. Publishers. - Father Paul disturbed, or the Lay Brother reprov'd, a portly friar holds a goblet in one hand and bread i...

Gillray (James) - A Hackney Meeting, depicting Byng, Mainwaring and Fox at a hustings event, original hand-coloured etching, 350 x 245mm., faint ...

Gillray (James) - The Soliloquy; Aside he turn'd for Envy, both referring to Fox's exclusion from office under Shelburne, the latter being one of ...

Gillray (James) - Britania's Assassination, or _ The Republicans Amusement; The Castle in the Moon, 2 satires on the threats to British sovereignt...

Gillray (James) - The Kettle hooting the Porridge-Pot; Crumbs of Comfort, 2 satires on the resignation of Fox, in the former being mocked by Shelb...

Gillray (James) - Bonus Melior Optimus, Or the Devil's the Best of the Bunch, a Coalition satire depicting Fox with a fox's head, encouraging Nort...

[?Gillray (James)] - A Coalition of Parties Give Justice her claims, Fox, with a fox's head, and North both hanged on a gibbet topped with a shiel...

Gillray (James) - A group of 4 satires on the coalition of Fox and North, A New Administration, or _ The State Quacks Administring [BM Satires 620...

A mixed group of 8 satires, including The Cheshire Farmers Policy or Pitt Outwitted, depicting Jonathan Thatcher riding his cow to market to avoid...

Rowlandson (Thomas) - Miseries of High Life, social satire of men competing to gain a lady's attention, original hand-coloured etching 250 x 345m...