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LawBlackstone (Sir William), Reports of Cases Determined in the several Courts of Westminster-Hall, From 1746 to 1779. Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers for W. Strahan, T. Cadell and D. Prince, 1781, first edition, two folio volumes, [2], xxxi, [15], 679, [1], 38; [20], 681-1333, [1], 46 pages, a couple of corner turns but generally very good, staining to edges of endpapers, contemporary calf (a little worn). ESTC T44778

Whitaker (Thomas Dunham)An History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of the County of York ....Longman Hurst, Rees ..., 1823, two folio volumes, forty-five plates after J.M.W. Turner et al., twenty-seven pedigrees, some amendments and redactions in ink, repairs to two plates, top edge gilt, half morocco (one volume re-backed, the other with restoration to spine including new head-cap). [Boyne p.175]Small repair to fore-edge of title and following three leaves, faint inscription to title page, small printed clipping pasted to title page noting presence of additional 'Cockerham' leaves. Repairs to Marrick Abbey and Aysgarth Falls plates, plate 20 of volume 1 bound in volume 2, occasional staining.

Sheriff of Kingston Upon HullIlluminated Address. Requisition to Henry Briggs, Esq., J.P. to Accept the Office of Sheriff of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1881., signed by the members of the Town Council and followed by the resolution. Hull: M.C. Peck, November 1881, quarto, nine interleaved illuminated pages on card, requesting that Henry Briggs accept the Office of Sheriff, signed by the members of the Town Council and followed by the resolution. All edges gilt, full morocco gilt binding (upper board detached).Illuminated Resolution, A vote of thanks to the outgoing Sheriff Henry Briggs, recording his achievements durng the previous year at a meeting in Hull Town Hall on the16th November 1882.Waterlow & Sons, c. 1882, five illuminated pages in card mounts, oblong folio, some foxing to mounts, all edges gilt, highly decorative full morocco gilt binding, the upper board's embossed gilt borders enclosing sunken mandorla with brass device and initials, brass 'cabochons' to corners and brass clasp (rubbing to board edges), housed in worn roan solander box with one end missing. (2)

Sheffield FloodHarrison (Samuel), A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield on March 11 & 12, 1864 ..., 1864, twenty plates, original cloth;with a small quantity of ephemera, comprising;An embossed memorial card for those drowned in the flood;Eight bar bills from various Inns in Sheffield, Tadcaster, Worksop, Wetherby, Doncaster, Easingwold and Ferrybridge, seven with engraved headers;A manuscript account for work on the Britannia and Conway bridges, large sums, one side of folio. Two armorial bookplates.

Horsley (John)Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain ... John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732, folio, [8], xxxii, 355, [1], 353-520, [40] pages, 105 engraved maps and plates, including five folding maps, re-backed calf binding.ESTC T115200 small hole in margin of 6D1 not affecting text.

Fell (Alfred) The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District: An Historical and Descriptive Account ....Ulverston: Hume Kitchin, 1908, numbered limited edition of 157, plates and maps as called for, errata slip, some light foxing, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt;Kohn (Ferdinand), Iron and Steel Manufacture. A Series of Papers on the Manufacture and Properties of Iron and Steel ...., William Mackenzie, 1873, folio, frontis, sixty-four plates (some double page, several with image edges slightly cropped by binder), marbled edges, modern half calf. (2)

Thoroton (Robert).The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, Extracted out of Records, Original Evidences, Leiger Books, other Manuscripts and Authentick Authorities.Printed by Robert White for Henry Mortlock, 1677, folio, [16], 507, [37] pages including imprimatur, 22 plates including double page map, 11 double page plates, two folding plates, four double sided plates of arms and small slip of arms, all edges gilt, morocco gilt by F. Bedford.small hole in M2 and 3R1, leather a little dry, joints worn and starting to crack, spine head and tail rubbed, corners bumped.[ESTC R22553][Provenance, from the library of Henry Huth]

Stephenson (Robert) and Stanwick (Fred'k)Plan and Section of an Intended Branch Railway from The Midland Railway, in the Parish of Wath upon Dearne in the West Riding of the County of York, to the City of Lincoln, 1845, surveyed by Jas Alexander and Chas F . Cheffins.Large oblong folio, approx 51cm x 75.5cm, comprising a page of notes and scales followed by a series of plans, each with inclination chart, labelled D & L No. 37-47, 51-63, 63a, 64-65, Swinton Br A-C and a page of cross sections. Original roan-backed printed wraps (well worn), significant central vertical fold.

Mailer (Norman)Moonfire, The Epic Journey of Apollo 11.Taschen, 2009, numbered limited edition of 1969, large folio Collectors' edition, illustrated throughout, signed print not present, original illustrated boards (446mm x 370mm). Housed in original moulded white resin box with domed porthole window.Accompanied by a 14mg sample of Moon rock from Lunar Meteorite NWA 4734.[Taschen gives a retail price of £3,500 for the book]

Blackmore (J.) and Carmichael (J.W.)Views on the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, from Drawings by J.W. Carmichael, with Descriptions by J. Blackmore. Numbers 1 to 6.Newcastle: Currie and Bowman, et al., 1837-38, six parts in five as issued. Folio, twenty-four engraved plates on mounted India paper, foxing to those in the first part, heavier on mounting paper, original printed wraps. Part 4 lacking stitching. A well worn set. [Ottley 7096]

Bury (T. T.)Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.Oldham: Hugh Broadbent, 1977, numbered deluxe limited edition of 250 copies, a facsimile of the 1831 original published by Ackermann, large quarto, 14 colour plate (one folding), facsimile wraps, all edges gilt, bound in Lavana calf by Zaehnsdorf, a Fine copy in cloth slipcase (slipcase mottled);Hill (D. O.) & Buchanan (George)Views of the Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway [and] An Account of that and other Railways in Lanarkshire.Aberdeen: Heritage Press, 1981, numbered limited edition of 250 copies, signed by the publisher, papermaker, printer and binder. Large oblong folio, a facsimile of the 1832 original, quarter leatherette. (2)

Bourne (John C.)The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, Including its Geology, and the Antiquities of the District through which it passes; Accompanied by a Plan and Section of the Railway, A Geological Map, and by Numerous Views of its Principal Viaducts, Bridges, Tunnels, Stations, and of the Scenery and Antiquities in its Vicinity.David Bogue, 1846, large folio, iv, 58, 57-76 pages, additional lithograph title, 33 lithographs (some lightly tinted) on 29 sheets in main part and 14 lithographs on four sheets in appendix. Lithographed vignette on India paper in text. Hand-coloured map, geological map and geological section. All edges gilt, re-backed and re-cornered half morocco binding, retaining original cloth and remnants of original leather.[Abbey, Life 399, Ottley 5930]

Bourne (John. C.) and Britton (John)Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway by John C. Bourne with An Historical and Descriptive Account by John Britton.J.C. Bourne, Ackermann & Tilt, 1839, first edition, large folio, 26 pages, tinted lithograph title with vignette, two maps on one sheet and 34 tinted lithographs on 29 sheets, woodcut within text. Title page almost detached, repaired tear to Blisworth Cutting plate. Re-backed half morocco binding (retaining previous back-strip, repaired tear to upper board cloth, leather rubbed).[Abbey, Life 398; Ottley 6465]

Ordnance Survey - North YorkshireA collection of twelve original six inch OS maps, comprising Sheets 51 (Swaledale - Askrigg Common); 52 (Grinton - West Bolton); 53 (Downholme - Hawxwell); 54 (Tunstall, Catterick); 66 (Bainbridge - Askrigg); 69 (Patrick Brompton); 82 (Bishopdale - Stalling Busk); 85 (Thornton Watlass - Masham); 98 (Buckden - Litton); 99 (Stonebeck); 100 (Masham Moor). Surveyed between 1847 and 1854.Southampton: Ordnance Map Office, individually published between 1852 and 1857, twelve linen-backed folding maps, each approx 65cm x 97cm and in eight sections, scale of 6 inches to the mile (1:10,560). Boundary line on sheets 100 & 101 lined in red, minimal red annotation to sheet 54, pencil annotation to sheet 53. Marbled paper covers to each map. Housed in black roan gilt folio book-form case with two part hinged spine and head-piece.Occasional light stain (see images). Wear to case.

Thomson (John)A New General Atlas, consisting of A Series of Geographical Designs, on Various Projections, Exhibiting the Form and Component Parts of the Globe; and A Collection of Maps and Charts, Delineating the Natural and Political Divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms and States of the World ...Edinburgh: John Thomson; London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy; Dublin: John Cumming, no date [c.1816], large folio, [4], xii pages, fifty-six double page hand-coloured maps, 1814, 1815 or 1816 where dated, some foxing and tanning, small hole in title page below imprint, the edges of maps 27 and 46 trimmed into the fore-edge borders. Well worn half calf.Page (536mm x 395mm).

Houghton (Rev. W.)British Fresh-Water Fishes.William Mackenzie, no date [1879] two volumes, folio in fours, forty-one chromolithographic plates, Salmon and Grilse stained, Powan badly stained, foxing to Trout, binding weak with some loose pages/plates, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt;Couch (Jonathan), A History of the Fishes of the British Islands.George Bell, 1877, four volumes, coloured plates throughout, original cloth gilt, (bindings weak and breaking, one backstrip detached).[Not collated]

Verdi (Giuseppe).Falstaff.G. Ricordi, no date [1951], numbered limited edition of 500 (plus 10), folio, [1], 394 leaves, facsimile of Verdi's original manuscript published on the 50th anniversary of his death, bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood, quarter morocco (spine head worn)

Thorburn (Archibald)Thorburn's Birds of Prey.Lamarsh, Maj. Iain Graham, 1985, numbered limited edition of 145, folio, 12 mounted colour plates, ownership inscription and bookplate to front flyleaf, light foxing to rear flyleaf, top edge gilt, slightly rubbed half morocco, lacking slipcase. Very small amount of light foxing to mounting page of plates, 1, 2, 5 and 7, plates not affected. See image for example.

A portrait of Yogini, India, Mughal or Deccan, circa 1730, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the yogini standing in profile against a pale green ground holding a staff and peacock fan and dressed in pink robes with a dark green mantle, her hair tied up and with an orange scarf wrapped around her head, scattered flowers at her slippered feet, within a pink border decorated with gold flowers, on a blue probably Safavid album page decorated with gold lotus flowers and acanthus leaves and applied pink lobed cartouches, painting 14.8 x 7cm.; folio 29 x 18.6cm. Condition Report: Borders trimmed, glued down on mount 

Two courtesans, Oudh, North India, 19th century, laid down on an earlier Safavid album folio, Iran, 17th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted standing, one holding a green flask and the other a small gem-set cup, their brightly coloured clothes and slippers in contrast to the dark grey ground, within a narrow blue border with gold flowers, the blue album folio with gold lotus flowers, acanthus leaves and applied cartouches, reverse blank, painting 15 x 7cm., folio 28.6 x 19.2cm. Condition Report: light staining to folio, painting possibly reworked 

An illustrated palm leaf manuscript, Orissa, Eastern India, 18th century, pen and ink on palm leaf, with numerous scenes depicting deities including Krishna and Shiva and Parvati, lines of text, the wood covers with red flowers on a yellow ground, folio 19.5 x 4.2cm. 

A couple making love, Bundi, Late 18th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold within a wide red border, depicted in a floral garden surrounded by a lake filled with fish and lotus plants, the man wears a beard and moustache and has long loose brown hair, with a European style hat with a feather plume on his head, he brandishes a musket, which he has discharged aiming at one of the fish, the lady is shown lying on her back wearing gold and pearl jewellery, a large curved tulwar in her right hand and a shield in her left, folio: 25.6 x 18.4 cm; painting: 21.8 x 15.8 cmProvenance: Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, early 1970sExhibited: Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1976Both participants are depicted in three-quarter profile, a viewpoint that became more common in Bundi in the later 18th century as Mughal artists dispersed from Delhi, but it is also found earlier as in a famous drawing in the National Museum, New Delhi, of a sultry-eyed beauty wearing a similar hat to the man, characterized by the late Cary Welch as ‘The Vamp’ (Welch, S.C., Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches, The Asia Society, New York, 1976, no. 42). This painting seems to be a caricature of perceived European habits in India, the Farangis, whose appearance in Rajput painting is based on the Dutch embassy led by J.J. Ketelaar which passed through Udaipur in 1711. This stimulated a rich if minor theme in Mewar painting analysed in Topsfield, A., ‘Ketelaar’s Embassy and the Farangi theme in the art of Udaipur’ in Oriental Art, vol. XXX, 1984/85, pp. 350-67. From Udaipur, the caricature of Europeans spread to other Rajput courts as here in Bundi. The man’s hair, beard and hat are based on the Farangis depicted in Mewar paintings.The increasingly precarious positions of the Rajput kingdoms under the Maratha dominance of the second half of the eighteenth century resulted in various changes in their painting styles. In Bundi a joyous kind of joie de vivre became the mode in which genre scenes, erotic encounters and ladies at play became dominant motifs in place of the Ragamalas and Rasikapriyas of earlier decades (see Archer, W.G., Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah, HMSO, 1959, figs. 17-28), with most of them less carefully painted than earlier work. Such scenes of lovers’ dalliance became increasingly passionate in the Rajput schools in the later eighteenth century; the erotic mood is enhanced by vivid colour clashes – here yellows, mauves, greens, blues and reds combine and clash to stimulate the erotic mood in the viewer. For a more decorous amorous encounter from Bundi with similar tonalities featuring Rao Ajit Singh, see Losty, J.P., and Galloway, F., Sringar: an Exhibition celebrating Divine and Erotic Love¸ Francesca Galloway, London, 2007, no. 21. A similar tender lover scene on a terrace is in the Brooklyn Museum (Poster, Amy G., et al., Realms of Heroism: Indian Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1994. no. 130).Condition Report: With some paint loss to white ground, overall good 

The Holy Family at rest, Pahari School, Kangra, circa 1810-20, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, in an outdoor wooded landscape, Parvati carries a sleeping Karttikeya while Shiva walks on ahead with a gleeful Ganesha carried upon his shoulders, Nandi follows behind carrying a sack full of sticks on his back, within wide pale pink outer border, fly leaf attched with small drawing of a standing woman, folio 20.2 x 24.6cm. 

Two illustrations from a manuscript, Sultanate India, 15th century and later, opaque pigments and ink on paper heightened with gilt, the first folio with multiple scenes, the upper showing two men seated near a river, one man handing a tankard of water to the other, below a male figure sleeping, and two women speaking together, below that a man, possibly a mullah receiving a veiled woman and two male figures, the upper and lower paintings overlaid on the text beneath, script in naskh; the second folio with two large illustrations overlaid on black naskh text beneath, the upper depicting a feast scene, the lower with an amourous scene with onlooker, the reverse with 23ll. of black naskh arranged in 4 columns, header in red above, 31 x 24cm. and 25.5 x 17cm. (2)Provenance: Hotel Drouot, April 6, 1998, lot 265 

The Prophet Muhammad, 'Ali, Hasan and Husayn in Paradise, Lucknow, Deccan or Kashmir, India, late 18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted haloed and wearing green, orange and silver robes flecked with gold, the sons with curls of hair peeking out from under their colourful turbans, a series of floral decorated tapestries beneath their feet, within lush flower filled gardens, blue sky above, within blue and outer orange borders, folio 27.2 x 23cm. 

A Hebrew bifolio, Near East, 19th century or earlier, Hebrew on vellum, with 13ll. of sepia script to the page, single folio 18 x 11cm. (VAT charged on hammer price)

A complete Armenian book of Gospels, 16th century or earlier, Armenian manuscript on vellum, 3 (of 4) portraits of the Evangelists, Armenian binding of blind-tooled polished calf over thin wooden boards, red and white striped cloth board liners, stamped leather covered wooden board covers, folio 13.2 x 9.3cm.  (VAT charged on hammer price)

A Syriac compilation of Old and New Testament stories, possibly East Africa, first quarter of the 20th century, Syriac manuscript on paper, 75ff., with numerous polychrome decorations within the text, some of angels, and full page illustrations, leather backed textile binding, folio 24 x 16cm. Provenance: Private French collection

A Kufic Qur’an folio, Near East or North Africa, 9th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, Surah 3 (Al ‘Imran), verses 55-66, with 14ll. of elegant black Kufic script script to the page, verse marked by clusters of three gold roundels outlined in black, with red dot reading markers, with one khams gold marker in the shape of the letter ha, 33.2 x 24.7cm. 

A Kufic Qur'an leaf, Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 10ll. of elegant brown Kufic script to the page, with red, green and yellow vocalisation, folio 29 x 19cm. Provenance: UK Private Collection since the 1970’s 

A bifolio and a folio from a Qur'an, Arabia, 8th-9th century, Arabic on vellum, with 8ll. of gold Kufic script to the page, folio 9cm x 13cm. diam. Provenance: Spink London, published in Paper, Parchment Steel & Stone, An exhibition for sale, Monday 27 April to Friday 15th May 1998, No. 1.

Two folios from a Mamluk Qur'an, illumination probably by Sandal, circa 700-710AH/1300-1310 AD, Surah 78 al-Naba' (the Announcement) - Surah 114 al-Nas (the People), Arabic manuscript on paper, 6ll. of neat black naskh script per page, polychrome and gold decorated rosette verse markers, gold and polychrome marginal roundels, each folio with a large header in gold Kufic, folios trimmed, each approx. 19.6 x 14.7cm. (2)Provenance: Bonhams, 12 October 2006, lot 8 

A Mamluk Qur'an section, Near East, 14th century, 6ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 4 lines of black Muhaqqaq script per page, with gold rosette verse markers, polychrome and gold marginal decorations of roundels and drop shapes enclosing arabesque, in modern brown binding, folio 26 x 18cm.Provenance: Private London collection formed 1960s to the 1980s

A Mamluk astronomical treatise, apparently based on The Book of Fixed Stars, compiled by Ahmed ibn Eldegüz ibn ‘Abd Allah, dated Jumada II 697 AH (March/April 1298AD), Egypt or Syria, Arabic manuscript on paper, 80ff., with 19ll. of black naskh to the page, opening folio with polychrome decoration, small seal impression of Muhammad Sadiq, disbound, folio 16 x 13cm. approx. Provenance: Private UK collection formed 1960s-1980s

A Group of Important Works - To be sold Without ReserveAbu’l-Hasan Kushyar Ibn Labban Al-Jabali (d. circa 1030 AD), Maj,a’ Al-Usul fi Ahkam Al-Nujum, an astronomical treatise, with diagrams and numerous star charts, folio 22x17cmProvenance: Previously in a private collection, acquired after 1965

A section from a large Ilkhanid qur'an, Iran, 14th century, Qur’an L (sura qaf), v.1 to Qur’an LIII (sura al-najm), v.31, Arabic manuscript on paper, four folios, each folio with 14ll. of large black muhaqqaq script, with gold roundel verse markers highlighted in blue, sura headings in blue thuluth script, the marginal marker in gold kufic script within illuminated circular medallions, mistara visible, catchwords, folio 48 x 31.1cm.Provenance: Christie's 10 October 2014, Lot 254

Four large Ilkhanid Qur'an folios, Persia, 14th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, with 15 lines of black bold naskh, polychrome and gold roundel verse markers, headers in bold black thuluth, gold and polychrome marginal decorations in the form of roundels containing script and a palmette, and a vase-shaped form, restored in areas, each folio approx. 38.2 x 28cm. (4)Provenance: Spink & Son, London

A Timurid prayerbook, Iran, 15th century, 30ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 9ll. of black Muhaqqaq script, gold rosette verse markers, with gold and cobalt marginal roundels, later 19th century black leather binding with tooled medallions and marbled paper fly leaves, folio 17.4 x 12.4cm.

Juz 6 of a Qur'an, probably Eastern Persia, 15th-16th century, Surah an-Nisā’ (4), v.148 to surah al-Mā’idah (5), v.82, Arabic manuscript on paper, 19ff. with 4 fly leaves, 9 ll. to the page of black naskhi script, gold roundels between verses, marginal medallions, illuminated in blue, green and gold, opening double-page illuminated predominantly in gold and blue , brown Morocco binding with blind-stamped central medallion, folio text 18.5 cm x 11 cm; overall 22 cm x 16 cm. Provenance: Spink & Son, London

A Quran folio in Muhaqqaq, Shiraz, Iran, circa 1525-1550, Arabic manuscript on paper, a single folio from a Qur'an with 12 ll. of Muhaqqaq to the page in black and gold, each line written within a ruled panel on varying coloured ground, a practice extremely rare in any period, verse markers of illuminated six-pointed stars in gold circles, the text bordered to the left by decorative motifs that mark the fifth and tenth verses - a fine eight-pointed, blue-bordered star with a golden centre and a brightly coloured floral design - and a cartouche richly illuminated in gold and colour, filled with arabesque and a central palmette, folio 44 cm high; 29.5 cm diam.Published: Paper Parchment Steel & Stone, Calligraphy and the Arts of Islam from the 8th to the 19th century, exhibition catalogue, Spink, 27 April - 15 May 1 1998, no. 12;Another folio is in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art and illustrated in David James, 'After Timur', 1992, Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries, no. 42, pp. 170-171

A Sultanate Qur'an juz, India, 15th or early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 20ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 6ll. of black-outlined gold naskh in two text blocks alternated with 3ll. of gold-outlined blue thuluth, gold verse markers, gold and polychrome medallion markers, sura headings in gold naskh within blue or red cartouches, the margins restored, occasional water staining, in stamped brown morocco, folio 26.9 x 21cm.Provenance: Private collection London formed in the 1960s-1980s

An illustrated folio from a copy of Firdawsis Shahnama.', possibly Shiraz, Iran, 1300-1340, gouache heightened with gold on paper, within text page, 24ll. of black naskh within six red ruled columns to the page above and below the painting, the reverse with 34ll. of text, slight smudging of miniature, painting 9.8 by 24cm; folio 35.2 x 26.4cm.Condition Report: Overall fair condition, the edges of the folio are slightly scuffed with minor tears and folds, small losses to paper at corners and at right edge. lower left corner and lower edge with repairs, light staining to paper overall, some darker areas of discolouration, minor smudging to ink but text is clear and legible, faint creases, the image with some rubbing to details and minor loss to pigments, the reverse with later identification inscription and museum inventory number in pencil in the lower margin, as viewed. 

Five folios from the anthology of poetry with extracts from Khosrow and Shirin or Layla and Majnun, Iskandarnama, Persia, early 16th century, Persian manuscript on paper, with 13ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns per page, header in red nasta'liq, the borders plain to one side of each folio and with openwork ogival medallions and saz leaves on a blue ground to the other, 25.5 x 16cm.Provenance: The Private Collection of Michel Abemayor (1912-1975)

Shaykh Muslih Al-Din Sa'di (d. 1292AD): Kulliyat, Persia, first quarter of the 16th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 359ff., incomplete, 18ll. of fine black nasta'liq per page, with certain phrases and words in gold and blue, margins with diagonal nasta'liq text, gold roundels to corners, with six illuminated headpieces, worn brown leather and card binding, folio 14 cm x 7.7 cm.Provenance: Ex. H. Kevorkian collection

'Abd Al-Hakim Al-Siyalkuti, Zubdat al-Afkar, A commentary and glosses upon a commentary by Khayyali upon a metaphysical treatise, compiled in 1024AH/1615AD, copied by Muhallad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Hasan Al-Shanayti, Egypt, Cairo, 1057AH/1647AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 161ff., 27 lines of naskh to the page, copied in elegant black naskhi script, with important words highlighted in red, modern leather binding, with flap, folio 20 x 13 cm.Published: Bonhams 14 October 2004, Lot 63

To be Sold without ReserveA Safavid illuminated folio from a Shahnameh, circa 1600, Persian manuscript on paper, opaque pigments heightened with gold and ink on paper, 20 lines to the page written in nasta’liq script in black ink within 4 columns, ruled in gold and black, the borders decorated with outdoor scenes of wildlife and foliage, the reverse with 20 lines text in nasta’liq script arranged similarly, 36.6 x 23.5cm. 

A manual of talismans and effective prayers, dated 17 Rabi’ I 1243 AH (8 October 1827AD), copied by an anonymous scribe for al-Hajj Muhammad Mehdi, an Isfahani merchant., Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 154ff., with 15ll of black naskh script to the page within gold rule, in safina format, three double-page illuminations, with index and numerous diagrams,  loft leather binding, folio 16 x 9cm

Kitab akbar al-salat, a devotional miscellany, North Africa, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 59ff., with 9ll. of black maghrebi text to the page, numerous folios with polychrome decoration, defective at end, rebound in gilt-decorated red morocco binding, taped repairs, folio 10.7 x 10cm. 

A Qajar prayer book, Persia, 19th-century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 35ff., with 11ll. of black naskkh script within cloudbands on a gold ground to the page, opening folio with illuminated header, with Iranian export stamps dated 1317 AH solar/1938-99AD, in contemporary dark leather binding,bages nibbled along all edges, folio 17.7 x 10cm. 

A Qajar illustrated copy of the Divan of the Seljuq court poet Awhad al-Din Anvari (d.1189-90), Persia, 19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 200ff., with 10 miniatures added later, with marginal commentary, with 12ll. of black nasta'liq text to the page arranged in two columns outlined in yellow and blue, lacking final folios, in stamped leather binding, folio 20.6 x 12.5cm. 

A miniature Ottoman Qur'an, signed 'Abd al-Fakir Muhamaddun, Turkey, dated 906AH/1501AD, rebound and with illumination of the 19th century, 466ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh within gold outer rule, with gold roundel verse markers, headers in white naskh on a gold ground, opening bifolio added in the 19th century, each folio with polychrome floral decoration surrounding 6 ll. of black naskh with single line in white naskh above and below, all on a gold ground, in 19th century gilt decorated brown binding with flap, folio 8.1cm. x 6cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection since the 1960s; and before that gifted to the vendor from her father in the US.

A Qajar illustrated copy of Nizami's Iskandarnameh from the Khamseh, Persia, 19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 230ff., with 14ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns, two illustrations, with Iranian export stamp dated 1312 AH/1933-34AD, in contemporary brown leather binding, folio 23.6 x 14cm.

A Group of Important Works - To be sold Without ReserveA Shikasteh calligraphic panel, Persia, 19th century, ink on paper, the black text arranged in cloudbands in reserve on a gold ground, within orange and blue outer borders, on an album folio, 24.5x16cm.

A collection of Hadiths and prayers, Persia, dated 13 Safar 1113 AH (8 July 1701AD), 224ff., Arabic manuscript on paper with interlinear Persian text in red and extensive marginal notes, with 8ll. of black naskh script to the page, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome headers and gold decorated margins, lower edge of text with losses, black leather binding with medallions, folio 21.7 x 14cm. 

An astrological manual, arranged according to the Christian calender, copied by Amin ibn Ibrahim Shabali, .Christian Levant, dated 28 Aylul (September) 1844, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff., with 19ll. of black naskh to the page, several diagrams and notes arranged according to the Christian calendar, later paper wrapper covers, folio 21.5 x 15.2cm. 

Majmua latifa, a compilation of devotional works, including the names of God, and poetry, copied by Musa b. Girgis, known as Ibn Abi Nawfal, al-Nahwi al-Tarabulusi, in the first part of Dhu al-Qi'dah 1202 AH (August 1788AD), Ottoman Syria or Lebanon, 52ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 15ll. of black naskh to the page, no biniding, folio 15.2 x 10.5cm. 

Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Al-Shirbini, Egypt, 17th century, Al-Siraj Al-Munir, Vol. 2 of a Qur'an commentary in four volumes, Arabic manuscript on paper, 594ff., 21 lines of neat naskhi script in black, with important words and titles highlighted in red, stamped brown leather binding, with flap, rebacked, folio 22 x 15 cm.Published: Bonhams, 29 April 2004, Lot 113

A Qur'an section, North Africa, text from Juz 15 to the end and text from Surat Yasin to the end, dated 1317AH/1899AD, the second half of the Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, 138 leaves, with 16 lines of maghribi script per page, with marginal annotations, full vocalisation in red ink and hamzah in green or yellow dots, sura headings in red, modern plain brown leather binding, with flap, folio 22.5 x 170cm.

Mir Muhammad Akbar (d.1722), called Arzani, Qarabadin-i Qadri, North India, 18th century, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 308ff., with 22 lines of black nasta'liq script with important words highlighted in red, ruled borders, an extensive pharmacopeia of compound medicines, arranged alphabetically by the diseases to be treated, 23 babs arranged in two books, each with an illuminated title page, later red cloth binding, some worming, folio 28 x 17cm.Provenance: Bonhams, 24 April 2002, Lot 121According to the author, the work is called Qadiri in commemoration of the most holy Imam and Wali Sayyid 'Abd al-Qadir Jilan. A similar manuscript is in the British Library, London Add. 17,952.

Kitab al-targhib wa-l-tarhib of Zaki al-Din ‘Abd al-Azim al-Mundhiri, hadith compilation, third part only, dated 19 Jumada II 11[40?] AH (1 February 1728AD), signed ‘Umar [Mawad?] Muhammad ibn ‘Umar,  Andalucia or North Africa, Arabic manuscript on paper, 138ff., with 27ll. of sepia Maghrebi text per page, some important words in blue and red, headings in gold outlined in black, opening 3 folios replaced, final folio with heading with kufic script and marginal decoration, modern yellow binding with flap, folio 25.9 x 20cm.