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An illustration to the Sur Sagar of Surdas, India, Mewar, circa 1700, gouache with ink heightened with gold, on paper laid on cloth, four lines of text in devanagari script to upper section on yellow panel and red borders, folio 45.5cm x 26cm and painted image excluding four lines of text 36.5cm x 22.5cm, framedProvenance: From a Corporate Collection The Sursagar is a devotional poem dedicated to Lord Krishna, written by the blind poet Surdas who is seen in this painting seated in front of a hut clapping cymbals. The composite scenes include Krishna dancing with the Gopis.   Condition Report: good condition other than some minor flaking and damaged edges and unexamined out of frame and sold as seenCondition Report Disclaimer

HIPPOLYTE HOSTEIN: LES AMIS DE L'ENFANCE, ill Louis Lassalle, Paris, Louis Janet, circa 1845, hand coloured litho front, 11 tinted litho plates as called for, original blind stamped decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt, some wear at head and foot of spine

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR, A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO, New York, Harper & Bros, circa 1851, added title and 31 plates printed in double columns, 4pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth gilt, very worn, losses to backstrip

ROBERT BURNS: POEMS CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT, London, John Sharpe, 1824, printed by C Whittingham, Chiswick added engraved vignette title and 4 plates (some foxing), 12mo, contemporary decorative blind stamped dark blue morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, marbled end papers, all edges marbled

DION CLAYTON CALTHROP: ENGLISH COSTUME, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1906, 1st edition, 4 vols, original blind stamped cloth gilt, top edges gilt (4)

"PAUL PRY": ODDITIES OF LONDON LIFE, [ill William Heath], London, Richard Bentley, 1838, 1st edition, 2 vols, 22 plates as list, original blind stamped cloth worn and darkened (2)

HENRY AND AUGUSTUS MAYHEW: THE GOOD GENIUS THAT TURNED EVERYTHING INTO GOLD OR THE QUEEN BEE AND THE MAGIC DRESS, A CHRISTMAS FAIRY TALE, ill George Cruikshank, London, David Bogue, 1847, 1st edition, 4 etched plates, 1pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth gilt + PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1876, ill John Tenniel, Charles Keene and Linley Sambourne, London, Punch Office and Bradbury Agnew & Co, 1876, added hand coloured title, hand coloured folding frontis, 14 black and white plates, no entries, original wallet form crimson morocco worn, all edges gilt (2)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE LIBRARY SHAKSPEARE, ill Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R Dudley, London, William MacKenzie [1873-75], 9 divs complete, 4to, original decorative blind stamped cloth gilt, all edges gilt (9)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS OF SHAKSPEARE, ed Charles Knight, London, Virtue & Co, circa 1873, vol 1 (of 2), added engraved vignette title and 25 plates as called for, folio, contemporary decorative blind stamped calf gilt, all edges gilt

WILLIAM KITCHINER: THE COOK'S ORACLE, London, 1829, new edition, 6pp adverts at end, 12mo, rebound calf backed cloth, spine gilt in compartments, morocco gilt spine label + CYRUS REDDING: A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF MODERN WINES, London, Henry G Bohn, 1851, 3rd edition with additions and corrections, engraved frontis, 32pp unopened ads at end, original blind stamped cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, (2)

THE DIAMOND ETIQUETTE FOR LADIES, London, G E Petter, Edinburgh, Johnson & Hunter, circa 1850, miniature book approx 50 x 32mm, 12pp adverts at end, original blind stamped red cloth gilt, one copy on COPAC

JOHN FLEETWOOD: THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST..., London for Thomas Kelly, 1843, added engraved vignette title, 20 plates, 4to, old decorative blind stamped tree calf gilt

ALEXANDER JAMIESON: A DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE, ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE, London for Henry Fisher, Son & Co, 1827, 1st edition, engraved frontis, 70 plates including 5 maps, 4to, contemporary blind stamped calf worn

EDWARD PHILLIPS: THE NEW WORLD OF WORDS, OR A UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY..., London, printed for R Bently, J Phillips, H Rhodes and J Taylor, 1696, 5th edition with large additions and improvements, added engraved title, 1pp adverts at end, folio, contemporary blind stamped calf worn

ADAM BADDEAU: MILITARY HISTORY OF ULYSSES S GRANT FROM APRIL 1861 TO APRIL 1865, London, Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington, New York, D Appleton, 1881, 1st edition, 3 vols, Royal Artillery Institution labels on front paste downs, original blind stamped cloth gilt, inner joints reinforced (3)

ROBERT MICHAEL BALLANTYNE: MARTIN RATTLER OR A BOY'S ADVENTURES IN THE FORESTS OF BRAZIL, London, T Nelson & Sons, 1858, 1st edition, 4 engraved plates as called for, original blind stamped pictorial blue cloth gilt

HENRY STEVENSON: THE BIRDS OF NORFOLK, London, John van Voorst, Norwich Matchett and Stevenson, 1866-70, 1st edition, 2 vols, 2 coloured and 3 tinted lithoplates as called for, original blind stamped cloth gilt, worn and soiled, vol 1 inner joints weak + OLIVER VERNON APLIN: THE BIRDS OF OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1889, 1st edition, hand coloured litho frontis and folding map as called for, original cloth gilt + STEWART ANGUS (ED): SUTHERLAND BIRDS, Golspie Sutherland, The Northern Times Ltd, 1983, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (4)

CHARLES DARWIN: THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX, London, John Murray, 1883, 2nd edition, revised and augmented, 17th thou, 32pp adverts at end dated January 1883, original blind stamped cloth gilt worn, small part losses and closed tears to backstrip

[JOHN LE KEUX]: ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY EMBRACING A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND POPULAR GENERA AND SPECIES OF THE ANIMAL WORLD, London, Longman & Co [1829], engraved plates collated complete, some leaves loose, original blind stamped cloth gilt

RICHARD DOYLE: THE STORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTS, London, Griffith & Farran, 1858, new edition, added hand coloured title and 7 plates as called for, original blind stamped green cloth gilt

CHARLES LOFTUS: 2 titles: MY LIFE BY SEA AND LAND FROM 1809 TO 1816, London, Hurst & Blackett, 1876, 1st edition, 2 vols, vol 2 16pp adverts at end, original blind stamped green cloth gilt worn; MY LIFE FROM 1815 TO 1849, London, Hurst & Blackett, 1877, 1st edition, 2 vols, original blind stamped cloth gilt, both works from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (4)

ANDRE ROOSEVELT: ANDEAN PARADISE, Quito Ecuador Candido Oriz Sanchez, 1939 (100), de luxe edition, numbered, 40 tipped in photogravure plates as called for, errata slip loosely inserted, large 4to, original cord bound blind stamped limp leather, no copy on COPAC

WILLIAM TOMBLESON: TOMBLESON'S PANORAMIC MAP OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY, London, J Reynolds [1887], new edition, engraved hand coloured panoramic map on 12 folded sheets backed onto linen, oblong, original blind stamped cloth gilt

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA: 3 titles: LIVING LONDON BEING "EHCHOES" RE-ECHOED, London, Remington & Co, 1883, 1st edition, 10 plates as list, original bevelled pictorial red cloth gilt; ECHOES OF THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, London, Remington & Co, 1884, 1st edition, engraved portfrontis, original bevelled pictorial red cloth gilt; LONDON UP TO DATE, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1884, 1st edition, 2pp adverts at end + CHARLES MANBY SMITH: THE LITTLE WORLD OF LONDON OR PICTURES IN LITTLE OF LONDON LIFE, London, Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co, 1857, 1st edition, 24pp adverts at end dated 1859, original blind stamped green cloth gilt (4)

BENJAMIN MACKERELL: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE FLOURISHING CORPORATION OF KINGS-LYNN IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, London, printed by E Cave and sold by S Birt, D Samuel in Lynn and by W Chase and J Carlose in Norwich, 1738, 1st edition, engraved folding frontis and 10 plates including 1 folding, old blind stamped calf worn, boards detached

KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND, 1910, 2 folding maps, original blind stamped cloth gilt worn

KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK 1916, with maps, original blind stamped cloth gilt soiled

JOHN STORER COBB: HISTORY OF HUNSTANTON, London and Norwich, Jarrold & Son [1868], 1st edition, 4pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth gilt, spine dulled, 2 copies on COPAC + PHILIP WILSON: HUNSTANTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, ed George Webster, Lynn Thew & Son, London, Simkin Marshall & Co, 1879, 6th edition, revised and greatly enlarged, engraved folding map at end (old repairs), advert end papers, original printed wraps, rebacked + ANON: HUNSTANTON, A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH, Hunstanton, J W Burton, circa 1880, reprinted from HOLIDAY NOTES TO THE LEICESTER CHRONICLE AND MERCURY, original printed wraps, not on COPAC + JOHN ELLIOT TAYLOR: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO HUNSTANTON, London and Norwich, Jarrold & Son [1894], 7th edition, folding map, 22p adverts at front, 14pp adverts at end, original pictorial wraps, lower wrap with small part loss, one copy of this edition on COPAC + F H PARTRIDGE "FHP": HUNSTANTON LINKS, Kings Lynn, Thew & Son, circa 1911, 1st edition, original limp cloth gilt, not on COPAC + JAMES FREDERICK JACKSON: THE ROCKS OF HUNSTANTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, FORE-AND AFTER-WORDS BELLERBY LOWERISON "BL", London, The Premier Press, 1910, 1st edition, double page map and 9 plates as list, 11pp adverts at end, 2 relevant autograph letters signed from Lowerison tipped in at front, original cloth gilt, rebacked, all works from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (6)

THE MULTUM IN PARVO GUIDE TO LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE MILES ROUND FOR THE RESIDENT AND THE VISITOR WITH CAB FARES, PRINCIPLE OMNIBUS ROUTES ETC, London, Edward Stanford, 1872, 1st edition, engraved folding frontis map, 14pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth gilt

G W BACON (PUB): BACON'S LARGE-PRINT MAP OF LONDON AND SUBURBS WITH GUIDE, (cover title), circa 1895, large scale coloured folding map, approx 690 x 885mm, original blind stamped cloth

[ARTHUR TAYLOR]: PAPERS IN RELATION TO THE ANTIENT TOPOGRAPHY OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF BRITAIN AND ON THE RIGHT MEANS OF INTERPRETING THE ROMAN ITINERARY, London, Williams and Norgate, 1869, 1st edition, 4to, original blind stamped cloth + WALTER RYE: 2 titles: AN INDEX TO NORFOLK TOPOGRAPHY, London, Longmans, Green & Co for the Index Society, 1881, 1st edition, original decorative cloth gilt; AN APPENDIX TO RYE'S INDEX TO NORFOLK TOPOGRAPHY, Norwich, Roberts & Co [1916], 1st edition, Rye's Norfolk handlists second series No 1, original wraps, all works from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (3)

H G WELLS: 4 titles: MEN LIKE GODS, London, MacMillan, 1914, 1st edition, 10pp adverts at end, subscription lib label on rear paste down, original blind stamped green cloth gilt worn; THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN, London, MacMillan, 1914, 1st edition, 10pp adverts at end, original blind stamped green cloth gilt; MEN LIKE GODS, London, Cassell, 1923, 1st edition, original blind stamped green cloth, spine dulled; THE KING WHO WAS A KING, London, Ernest Benn, 1929, 1st edition, original brown cloth (4)

BRAM STOKER: 4 titles: THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS, London, William Rider, 1912, 4pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth + another edition, London, William Rider, 1919, 4pp adverts at end, original decorative cloth; THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA, London, William Rider, 1913, 4pp adverts at end, 2pp adverts at front, original decorative cloth, v soiled, inner joints split; THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, London, W Foulsham, [1930], 2pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (4)

ROWLAND LANGMAID. A pair of dry point etchings, 'Newlyn and St. Michael's Mount' & 'St. Ives'. each signed in pencil & each with the Academy of Art, Nelson House, Birmingham blind stamp. Each 17.5 x 30cm.WE CANNOT SHIP THIS ITEM… Due to fragility, size or weight this lot is unsuitable for our in-house postal shipping service.Our recommended carrier for this lot is MBE (Plymouth) telephone +44 (0)1752 257224.

An early 20th Century mahogany and brass half-plate Field Camera, with roller-blind shutter and non-original lens board, set of three dds, Perken Son & Rayment 'Optimus' brass 7 x 5 Waterhouse stop lens, with stops in Morocco case, in Ross box, with inscription from Godfrey Batting 'Given me by Dad in 1895', G, handle missing, with canvas knapsack camera bag

An early 20th Century Cabinet Album, with 18th Century style cover, with two family silver prints, one with blind stamp 'M E Hawker, Red Lodge, Montana', and twelve chromolitho 'Forget-me-not' cards

Thornton-Pickard mahogany and brass Quarter-Plate Field Camera Parts, incomplete, without lens or bellows, including rear screen, a T-P Time & Inst roller blind shutter, tripod plate, together with a Watson simple shutter, three 3¼in sq DDS plate backs, a J.Swift microscope camera with shutter, eyepiece, 3¼in sq glass screen and Pentacon macro bellows

A Mahogany and Brass Half-Plate Field Camera, no maker's plate, serial no. 2818, F, double extension, hinged rear glass screen, Thornton-Pickard Royal roller blind shutter, later replacement lens board, an R & J Beck 8 x 5 Rectilinear 9in f/8 brass lens, with iris diaphragm, no. 6850 and two DDS plate holders

Mahogany and Brass Double Dark Slides and Accessories, assorted sizes up from quarter plate (4¼ x 3¼in) to whole plate (8½ x 6½in), camera back, Mackenzie-Wishart Daylight Slide and Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter

A late 19th Century mahogany sliding-box quarter-plate Tylar's 'Perfect' Camera, with maker's plate 'Tylar's Perfect Camera, 41 High Street, Aston, Birmingham', with possibly refitted Taylor, Taylor & Hobson f/8 6.16in sliding stop lens, serial no. 4241, circa 1898, with added Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, and six out of set of eight dds, one a.f, and focusing screen, overall G, but hinged front damaged and repaired, hinges now fitted externally, with note 'This old camera was purchased from Mr D J Johnson photographer late of Mt Sion Tunbridge Wells & belongs to AGB'

A late 19th Century black leather-covered mahogany quarter-plate Dallmeyer Hand Camera, with Dallmeyer No 2 Stigmatic Series II iris lens, serial no 58298 (lens finished by W Strachan and left factory on 12th August 1898), with Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter attached inside front door, with 'dovetail' vertical and horizontal shift to front, F-G, some tripod head marking, with attachable mirror/sports viewfinder, rear lens loose, and set of nine mahogany and metal flap-action dds

Godfrey Batting's Patent Focusing Lens Holder, with eight various threaded lens holders, three cylindrical adjuster-tube tool with two protrusions for adjusting internal threaded lens flanges, mahogany lens board, Thornton-Pickard 'Royal' roller blind shutter, and home-made lens, with a file of drawings, manuscripts, typescripts and letters concerning the design, patent and manufacture of his device, circa 1930-1931 (a lot)

A 19th Century mahogany and brass 7¼in x 4½in Collins Stereo Tailboard Camera, circa 1870, with original lensboard for single lens, with later brass Perken, Son & Rayment Rapid Rectilinear Waterhouse-stop lens, maker's plate 'C G Collins, 56 Cochrane Street, St John's Wood, NW', with one dds, G, with later lensboard, home-made sliding focusing screen, with pair of brass Wray 5in Stereo lens, serial nos 1201 and 1202, pair of unmarked brass stereo lenses and Thornton-Pickard stereo roller-blind shutter with unused lensboard (see following lot for another pair of suitable lenses)

A 19th Century mahogany and brass wet-plate 8in x 8in Meagher Tailboard Studio Camera, with septum slot, maker's plate 'Meagher, Manufacturer, 21 Southampton Row, London WC', focusing screen and dark slide, with wooden insert for quarter-plate, circa 1870, G, lens aperture in original lensboard later enlarged irregularly, now fitted with additional smaller horizontal lens board, with later Dallmeyer brass wide angle No 1aa Rectilinear Patent 5in iris lens, serial no 54196 (lens finished by Mr Godfrey and left factory on 21st May 1894), G-VG, ding to rear element mount, dark slide fitted with adaptors to half-plate, coverage of this lens appears to work for half-plate without vignetting, with another similar but slightly later dark slide, half-plate negative of street scene and three other later lensboards, one fitted with Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter

Ross Brass Lenses, 5¾in 'Special LA', with Waterhouse-stop slot and one stop, serial no 23060, mid-1870s and 5in No 3 Symmetrical lens, with wheel of stops, serial no 31289, late 1870s, F-G, with Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter and home-made pinhole camera (a lot)

Thornton-Pickard Roller-Blind Shutters, various sizes (7), with four maker's boxes, various, sizes, all extensively annotated by Godfrey Batting and Wizard shutter (a lot)

A Houghton mahogany and brass half-plate "Sanderson Junior" Field Camera, with Sanderson movements, fitted with Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, with three dds by another maker that fit but do not lock in properly

An early 20th Century mahogany and brass 3in x 4in Thornton-Pickard 'Tribune' Field Camera, with one dds, unfitted Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter, in maker's box, and unfitted Thornton-Pickard Rectoplanat f/8 iris lens, F-G

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 'SS Great Eastern' Stereo Card by Robert Howlett (1831-1858) and George Downes (1812-1877), ship under construction at Napier's Yard, Millwall, two workmen standing at pair of lever-arms designed to pump one of Richard Tangye's hydraulic rams to help launch the huge vessel sideways down the slipway, blind stamps for publisher 'Photographic Institution, 168 New Bond Street' and retailer 'Horne & Thornthwaite, 122 & 123 Newgate Street, London', December 1857, G, some foxing; several similar images exist with the camera set in similar position, including Richard Tangye himself leaning on ram-pump and larger group of workmen at the ready by pump levers, with differing hammers and adze on baulk in foreground (1)

FORTY FOUR LILLIPUT LANE PAINT YOUR OWN SCULPTURES, to include three boxed painting kits, two boxed 'The Jammy Dodger' with one instruction leaflet, two boxed 'Little Red Riding' no instructions boxed, 'Old King Cole' (instructions) boxed, 'There was a Crooked Man' (instructions) boxed, 'Ruby Cottage' (instructions), boxed, 'Humpty Dumpty' (instructions), boxed 'Painswick Post Office' (instructions), boxed, 'The Warren' (instructions), boxed 'Rosy Rafters' (instructions) boxed, 'Catmint Cottage' (instructions), boxed 'From Me To You' (instructions), two 'Suffolk Pinks', two instructions, one boxed three boxed 'Gypsy Cottage' (one instruction), boxed 'Three Blind Mice', 'Lamplight Cottage' (instructions), 'Little Birch' (instructions), 'Hansel and Gretal', 'The Gingerbread Men', 'Kentish Cottage' (instructions), 'Summer Sunday' (instructions), 'Cinderelle' (instructions), 'Old Mother Goose' (instructions), two 'The Climbing Rose' (two instructions), 'Marche House' (instructions), 'The Owl and the Pussycat' (instructions), 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (instructions), to include some un-named already painted etc (44)

An 18th century oak blanket chest, with two plank lift lid, four panel front carved with rosettes in diamond shaped borders, foliate blind carved frieze above, further channelled decoration, raised on stile feet, replacement hinges and lock, 128 by 44 by 61.5cm high.

A set of six mid Victorian mahogany balloon back dining chairs, with blind carved decoration, red/pink velvet upholstered seats, turned front legs and outswept rear legs, 63 by 51.5 by 90cm. (6)

A brass bound Chinese hardwood travelling dressing table/box, of rectangular form, the top lifting to reveal an inset mirror plate, the front hinged in two parts, swinging open to reveal a series of drawers and compartments with blind cut scroll carving detail, raised on a plinth and set with carrying handles, 22cm high x 27cm wide x 39cm deep

Ɵ Naima Tarih-i Naima (being a concise History of the Ottoman Empire from 1591-1660), printed in Ottoman Turkish, volume I only, on paper, by the Muteferrika Press [Constantinople, dated Muharram 1147 AH (1734-35 AD)] single volume, volume I only (of two), complete in itself with fihrist at the front of the volume, engraved head-piece at the beginning of the text (this leaf torn with loss to lower corner affecting text), some contemporary marginalia and inscriptions to endleaves, some faint spotting, else clean, 315 by 190 mm.; contemporary leather boards with flap, ruled and stamped in blind, a little scuffed, spine chipped with slight loss to leather

Ɵ Mu'arif Nizarat Jalil ... (a Qur'anic commentary), in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, lithographed in gold [probably Constantinople, dated Rabi I 1306 (1889 AD)] single volume, complete, lithographed throughout in gold, first and final leaf with decorative borders, opening of text with gilt heading, very clean and crisp internal condition, 200 by 130 mm.; contemporary morocco, blind-stamped with central medallions to covers, borders also ruled in blind, lightly scuffed A rare example of lithography using gold ink for the entire publication.

Ɵ Juz from a Mamluk Qur'an, comprising text from Juz IX (Qala l'Mala-u), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Probably Egypt, mid-fourteenth century] single volume, comprising text from Surah al-Araf (7:88) to Surah al-Anfal (8:40), single column, 7 lines of striking black muhaqqaq, diacritics and vocalisation also in black, large gilt banner opening the text, with rosette extending into the margin, gilt roundels marking the verses throughout, some very faint staining in places, a few outer edges of leaves repaired, some scattered worming, spine cracked with some leaves loose, 265 by 170 mm.; early leather over boards with flap, tooled and ruled in blind with central medallions to covers and ornamental decorative borders, rebacked and edges repaired, a little scuffed A skilfully calligraphed Qur'anic Juz', probably copied by a trained hand of the Mamluk court for a royal or noble patron in the region.    

Ɵ Hakim Tabib Abu Abd'ullah Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Sa'id al-An'amari al-Sikhbari, Al-Muntakhib min kitab qaniy'a Mulabib... (a work on Herbal Medicine), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Egypt, dated 27 Sha'ban 1003 AH (1594 AD)]single volume, 25 leaves, single column, 23 lines of black informal naskh with headings and key words in red, opening of text with title against a gold banner, contemporary foliation and pagination throughout, fol. 6 with tear to lower edge and small section to middle of text (with later repairs), a few more leaves with repairs to lower edges slightly affecting text, some marginal damp-staining, 215 by 165 mm.; modern Ottoman-style leather over pasteboards, covers with centrally-stamped medallions and ruled in blind, clean and bright conditionThe rigid and strict style of this script, copied by Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Shabbu al-Masi al-Maleki, is distinctly academic and completely lacking in the fluid flourishes of a professional scribe. Thus the text was likely copied by a practitioner of herbal remedies for personal or medical teaching purposes.   

Ɵ Two Qur'anic Juz', copied for Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Sheikh Qabilah Beni Yas, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper ["in the town of Al-Dhafra" probably from the north-western regions of the Arabian peninsula, dated Safar 1170 AH (1757 AD)]  single folio, containing two Juz' from the Qur'an, containing continuous text from Surah Yusuf (12: 53) to An-Nahl (16:128), complete, single column, 7 lines of black informal naskh, key words in red, vocalisation and diacritics in red and black, opening two sections of text within borders formed of overlapping circles forming geometric patterns, coloured in green, orange and yellow, verses marked by small yellow circles outlined in black and decorated with red dots, text-block framed within a double-ruling of red, some scattered foxing and staining, overall clean and presentable condition internally, 245 by 170 mm.; modern red morocco, with central blind-stamped medallion to covers, framed by geometric ruling, also in blind to covers, a little darkened in places The colophon of this two-Juz' volume explains that the text was copied for Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Sheikh Qabilah Beni Yas. This is a remarkably early reference to the Beni Yas tribal confederation, whose descendants from the leading six families currently form the United Arab Emirates. The Sheikh mentioned here is likely a member of the Al-Nahyan branch of the Beni Yas, who were residents of the al-Dhafra region before moving to Abu Dhabi in the eighteenth century. Sheikh Dhiyab bin Isa Al Nahyan was the first ruler of the Liwa Oasis (Abu Dhabi Emarate) from 1761, and was known to have a Bahraini born cousin called Hazza of the Al Bu Falah family, this perhaps being the Sheik to which the present volume is dedicated. The informal calligraphy and use of bold decorations in this manuscript have influences from Eastern African and neighbouring Arabian regions. The circular devices are very reminiscent of sub-Saharan Qur'an illumination and the vivid colours likely an Indian influence as well as a North African one, with trade routes between South India, Eastern Arabia (Oman and Yemen) and North-Eastern Africa (Ethiopia and Sudan) well established by the eighteenth century. The lack of illumination, and use of yellow, is also common for this area, as gold manuscript illumination was not usual practice for the region.   

Ɵ Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Al-Hadra al-Unsiyya fi al-Rihla al-Qudsiyya, also known as "al-Rihla al-Wustd" (a travel journal for al-Nabulsi's journey to Palestine, specifically Jerusalem and Hebron), among other extracts, working authorial manuscript copy and first appearance of the text, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [various places throughout the Ottoman Levant, probably c. 1101 AH (1690 AD)]single volume, 154 leaves, informal spacing with single and double columns, varying line counts and extensive marginal annotations throughout in the author's hand, occasional overlining in red, some scattered faint staining or light browning, overall clean and crisp condition, 210 by 145 mm.; fine dark brown morocco over pasteboards with flap, Ottoman style blind-stamped medallions to covers, with ruling and arabesque borders also in blind, hinges of spine cracked and spine ends worn, slightly scuffed else attractive bindingA monumentally important authorial manuscript copy of an eye witness account of the author's journey across Palestine, Jerusalem and Hebron, compiled during his travels in the 1690sText: Abd al-Ghani bin Ismail bin Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi was a poet, mystic and an esteemed scholar of theology and literature. He was born in Damascus in 1050 AH (1641 AD) and was a great traveller in his lifetime, notably visiting Baghdad, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Hijaz, before retiring back to Damascus. By the age of twenty, al-Nabulsi was formally teaching legal Fatwa in Damascus, and later spent seven years in isolation to devote himself to the mystic orders of Qadiriyya and Naqshbandi. His father Isma'il bin Abd al-Ghani bin Ismail ibn Ahmad al-Nabulsi was of Palestinian descent, the name 'Nabulsi' meaning 'from Nablus' (a village just North of Jerusalem), and was a scholar and jurist in the Hanafi School. Despite his Palestinian roots, al-Nabulsi (junior) very much associated himself with Damascus and often refers to himself as 'al-Nabulsi al-Damashqi' (al-Nabulsi of Damascus) in the present manuscript. Al-Nabulsi was a prolific writer and compiled many authoritative texts including both theological, poetic and travel treatises. Some of his notable texts are: Idah al-Maqsud min wahdat al-wujud (clarifying what is meant by the unity of Being), Sharh Diwan Ibn Farid (commentary on the poetic works of Ibn al-Farid), al-Sulh bayn al-ikhwan fi hukm ibahat al-dukhan (a legal treatise advocating the lawfulness of smoking tobacco) and Al-Hakika wa al-Majaz fi al-Rihla ila Bilad al-Sham wa Masr wa al-Hijaz (the truth and metaphor in travel to Syria, Egypt and Hejaz). On him see further Brocklemann (II, pp. 473); E. Sirriya 'Ziyārāt" of Syria in a "Riḥla" of 'Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1050/1641 - 1143/1731)', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (1979), pp. 109-122; and J. Gildermeister, 'Des 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi reise von Damascus nacht Jerusalem', Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, 36 (1882), pp. 385-400).This manuscript includes the original commentaries by the author on a journey to Palestine, Jerusalem and Hebron from which al-Nabulsi's text Al-Hadra al-Unsiyya fi al-Rihla al-Qudsiyya was compiled. Given the author's spiritual background, al-Nabulsi was primarily interested in visiting mosques, tombs and shrines in the region for ziarat (a form of pilgrimage to sites associated with Prophet Muhammad), however his mystical beliefs also drew him to spiritual and holy personalities on the journey as well. These human encounters with dignitaries, of past and present worlds, gained him barakat (blessings) and were just as important to al-Nabulsi as his visits to structural places of worship. Thus as well as descriptions of historical sites, which are documented over a period of about 45 numbered days throughout the text, this manuscript also includes descriptions of many encounters with important and influential figures along his journey, some of which come in the form of an Ijazah between al-Nabulsi and a respective recipient. Contemporary manuscript copies of al-Nabulsi's travel codices are rare. An autograph manuscript copy of his al-Hakika wa al-Majaz appears to be among the holdings of the Zahiriyya library in Damascus, where a revised edition of the present text is also listed (Ms. 95661, signed Ali Seyyed Muhammad al-Bashir al-Nadir and dated 1224 AH [1809 AD]). The present text has also been printed, with a summarised version issued in Cairo in 1902 and a publication devoted entirely to his description of the Haram-i Sharif edited by R. Gaf and lithographed by Sallfeld appeared in 1918. The hand in the present manuscript is consistent with an example of al-Nabulsi's signature in the al-Alam bibliography (IV, pp. 32).This manuscript is most probably one of only three copies to come to the open market in living memory. An incomplete nineteenth-century copy of al-Nabulsi's travel journal to Syria, Mecca and the Hejaz, entitled Al-Hakika wa al-Majaz fi al-Rihla ila Bilad al-Sham wa Masr wa al-Hijaz, was sold in Christie's, 7 October 2011, lot 104, signed by the scribe Salih al-Nabulsi (possibly a descendant of the author) and including a colophon that indicated that the manuscript was corrected against the author's copy. Also, an early twentieth-century manuscript copy of this text, signed 'Abd al-Ghani bin 'Abd al-Jalil bin Mustafa bin Isma'il, was sold by Christie's, 9 October 2015, lot 326.

Ɵ Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Khalil al-Halabi, Jadval Mu'arif Matla' al-Kawakib al-Khamisa asiyyara l'maqib al-Shams ... (being an astronomical treatise), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Damascus, dated Rabi I 853 AH (1449 AD)]single volume, complete, 8 leaves plus a later endleaf at each end, 10 full-page astronomical tables in red and black, some very slight marginal damp-staining, otherwise exceptionally clean condition, 280 by 95 mm.; nineteenth-century morocco over pasteboards, covers with centrally stamped device in blind, covers also ruled in blind, upper cover and extremities a little scuffedKhalil al-Halabi (d. 1455) was a Syrian astronomer who held the prestigious role of al-Muwaqqit (time keeper) at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The colophon records that the present manuscript was copied by the scribe Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Abu'bakr al-Tizini al-Hanafi al-Muwaqat in the very same location, during the author's lifetime. The scribe was therefore likely a student of Khalil al-Halabi and probably copied from an authorial copy, either for use as personal reference or for fellow students at the holy mosque.