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Lot 127

 A Qur'an, probably India, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 420ff., with 11ll of naskh per page within gilt frames, with sura headings written in silver, in 20th-century purple roan, gilt, re-margined throughout, with numerous repairs, folio 11.8 x 10.5cm.   

Lot 128

An illustrated copy of the Sihr al-bayan by Mir Ghulam Hasan Dihlavi, North India, circa 18th century, Urdu manuscript on paper, ink and opaque pigments, 105pp., with 11 lines of black nasta'liq to the page arranged in two columns with outer gold red and blue rule, illuminated headpiece, section headings in red, with 14 illustrations in the Lucknow style, in later plain green silk covered boards, folio 23 x 15.4cm.The Sihr al-bayan by Mir Ghulam Hasan Dihlavi, is the romance of Prince Benazir, composed in 1785. Mir Hasan emigrated from Delhi to Faizabad and then Lucknow, where he died in 1786 following the nawabs of Awadh and their patronage. This copy most likely dates from the last quarter of the 18th century, as it omits the anonymous preface which a friend of the poet supplied for the edition published at Calcutta in 1805. 

Lot 259

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA Qajar copy of the Sharh al-Kafiyya of Radi al-Din al-Astarabadi, Iran, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 310ff. approx, with 23 ll of naskh per page within gold and blue frames, inscription dated 1319 AH/1901AD on final leaf, Kevorkian MS 836, in contemporary binding, spine detached, text loose, in poor condition, folio 29 x 19cm.  

Lot 294

Property from a Private London CollectionA Timurid illustrated folio from a Shahnameh, Persia, 15th century, gouache heightened with gold on paper, with 8 lines of black nasta'liq arranged in four gold-outlined columns, depicting a ruler receiving Iskandar, the reverse with title in gold within a floral interlace panel, and diagonal and horizonal lines of nasta'liq and gold and polychrome floral detail, folio 32.6 x 23cm. Another folio from this manuscript was sold Christie's 13 October 1998, Lot 83.   

Lot 293

Property from a Private London CollectionA leaf from the Shahnameh, Sub-Imperial Mughal with later overpainting, circa 1600 and later, gouache heightened with gold on paper, with the central figure of Rustam carrying a mace, shield and sword outside the city walls, an attendant crying out in surprise, the palace rooftops above, with two lines of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns above and below, header above in red nasta'liq, the reverse with four vertical columns of nasta'liq, borders trimmed, folio 27 x 18.6cm. 

Lot 109

Juz’ 22 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 59ff.,with 5ll. of Sini per page within double-ruled red frames, fully vocalised, gilt verse markers, opening double-page with elaborate, finely illuminated frames, final double-page with much simpler illuminated frames, perhaps added later, in a contemporary cloth binding with flap, numerous loose leaves but complete, folio 30.2 x 20.2cm. Provenance: Private Collection, London acquired in the 1970s

Lot 135

A Biblical manuscript, Syria or Egypt, 17th-18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, a collection of psalms, defective at beginning and end, 145ff., with 16 lines of naskh per page, with detached leaves at beginning and end, sewing intact, including one with a full-page drawing of an angel, loose in a contemporary blind-ruled binding, heavily worn, folio 16.5 x 10.5cm.Provenance: Rims Encheres, 15/10/2021, lot 134There are many Arabic manuscripts of the Psalms listed in library catalogs, but some of them turn out not to be Arabic translations of the Biblical Psalms, but rather a completely new Zabūr Dāwūd, written by a Muslim and then rewritten several times by subsequent editors. The earliest examples of an Arabic version of Psalms are on a papyrus dating to the late eighth or ninth century. The two surviving leaves of this papyrus codex contain psalms 7–13, sandwiched between other stories and poetry about death and the afterlife.For a discussion on Arabic Psalms see David Vishanoff, Psalms of the Muslim Prophet David Rewritten Bible in a Qur’anic Idiom, March 10, 2019 published online.

Lot 107

Juz’ 5 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 19th century, 53ff., with 5ll of Sini per page within double-ruled red frames, opening and closing pages with illuminated frames in green, red, and gold, in contemporary tooled binding with flap, incorporating earlier blindstamped boards, folio 28 x 19.5cm. Provenance: Private Collection, London, acquired in the 1970s 

Lot 209

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qur’an, Qajar Iran, signed by ‘Ali Muhammad Isfahani Sultan al-Kuttab, copied for Aqa Mirza Mahmud, dated Rabi’ II 1306 AH/ December 1888AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 394ff., with 14ll of naskh within blue and gold frames per page, sura headings in gold thuluth, verse markers in gold, one illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, remargined, later catchwords, outer borders of folios 1v-2r richly decorated with intertwining stylised serrated leaves and flowerheads in two shades of gold, contemporary lacquered black morocco with borders decorated with floral and vegetal motifs in gold and some colour, doublures of brown morocco, unrelated brown slipcase, folio 26.2 x 17cm. The scribe supplied substantial missing sections of the original, earlier Qur’an. There is a questionable note attributing the original manuscript to al-Suhravardi.Provenance: Bonhams, 19 April 2016, Lot 18The colophon says that the manuscript was copied by the order of Aqa Mirza Mahmud Khan, who wanted this precious Qur'an to be revived. Muhammad 'Ali Isfahani, titled Sultan al-Kuttab, rewrote the missing part in exactly the same style as the original (shabih-nevisi) in Rabi' ii 1306/December 1888-January 1889. A note states that the original Qur'an was by Ahmad bin Suravardi (also known as Shaykh-zadeh), a naskhi scribe of the first decades of the 14th Century. He was a pupil of Yaqut Musta'simi in Baghdad and is recorded as having written many inscriptions of buildings in that city. His recorded work includes copies of the Qur'an, religious texts and calligraphic pages dated between AH 710/AD 1310-11 and AH 728/AD 1327-8. (See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. iv, Tehran 1358sh, pp. 14-16).The scribe Muhammad 'Ali Isfahani is recorded as a master of calligraphers whose naskhi script reached the highest degree and he was rewarded with the title sultan al-kuttab (King of scribes) under Nasir al-Din Shah. His recorded work that include copies of the Qur'an, prayer books and calligraphic pages are dated between AH 1268/AD 1851-52 and AH 1317/AD 1899-1900. (See Muhammad Hasan I'timad al-Saltanah, al-ma'athir wa al-athar, edited by I. Afshar, Tehran, 1363 sh, p. 283 and Mehdi Bayani, op. cit., vol. iv, Tehran, 1358sh, pp. 175-6).

Lot 147

A kufic Qur'an folio, North Africa or Near East, 9th/10th century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 14ll. of black kufic script, gold  and dotted lobed roundel marker,  clusters of three gold dots to mark verses outlined in black, vocalisation in red, 32.5 x 25cm.Provenance: UK private collection acquired circa 1985Footnotes: short NOTE to be done Déroche's 'group F' or D. IV mixed of bothof early Arabic scripts used for copying the Qur'an (see F. Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, London, 1992, p.42).The characteristics :  mashq which Déroche notes is a feature typical of leaves from Damascus. 

Lot 145

Kitab al-watriyya fi madh khayriyya, possibly Ethiopia, partially dated yawm al-khamis al-akhir, [25] Sha‘ban [1]227 AH / 3 September 1812  AD, devotional poetry, Arabic manuscript on paper, 107ff., 1fl., each folio with 12ll. of Ifriqi script, fully vocalised, important words outlined in red, with extensive marginal notes, contemporary goatskin binding with flap, with later repairs.

Lot 111

Juz’ 12 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 19th century, 58ff., with 5ll of black Sini per page within double-ruled red frames, gold rosette verse markers, opening and closing pages with illuminated frames in gold, red, and green, gold marginal roundel, gold header with script lacking, pages smudged, lacking binding, folio 28 x 20cm.Provenance: Private Collection London formed in the 1970s   

Lot 272

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated album folio : a ruler entertained, Deccani artist at a Mughal court, circa 1600, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, possibly depicting the emperor Akbar with a concubine, surrounded by attendants and musicians, on a dais, a reclining goat in the fore ground, laid on card between polychrome rules, thin floral margins bordered by wide margins with gold flowers on blue ground, the reverse with a mother and child at a window, within wide gold floral margins, very worn, 38 x 27.5cm.

Lot 250

Property from a Private London CollectionA Safavid copy of Layla ve Majnun, Safavid Iran, copied in Qazwin by Muhammad Bidakhshi and dated Ramadan 930AH/July 1524AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 86ff., with 11ll of nasta’liq in two columns per page within gilt frames, opening pages with gilt cloud bands and illuminated headpiece, in later brown binding with tooled floral medallions, folio 15.2 x 10cm. .  

Lot 185

To be Sold without ReserveTwo Safavid illustrations from `Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi's (d. 986AD), Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabita (Book of the images of the fixed stars), the constellations of Scorpio and Gemini, Timurid or Safavid Persia, 15th-16th century, ink and opaque pigments on paper, rebacked, each with lines of text in black and red in above, Scorio depicted as a horse with two heads, Gemini as two youths, painting 18 x 12cm., folio 28.1 x 22.2cm. (2)Footnotes: Al-Sufi’s Book of Fixed Stars was a 10th-century astronomical treatise that expanded and updated Ptolemy’s Almagest, integrating it with the rich star lore and nomenclature of the anwa' the pre-Islamic tradition. The manual described 48 constellations, each with a star chart and two depictions; as seen on a celestial globe and as it appears in the heavens. The two present folios show the constellations as they appear in the sky. 

Lot 214

Property from a Private London CollectionKuliyat 'Iraqi, Iran, early 16th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 15ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns, gold divisions in black rules, green, gold and blue margins between black rules, headings in gold or colours between gold floral panels, buff or pale blue paper margins with gold floral lobed medallions, the corners with palmettes, opening folio with finely illuminated heading, the margins inhabited by gold birds and animals amidst trees and plants the following six bi-folios with similar margins, brown morocco binding with gold stamped medallion, pendants and corner pieces, the reverse with gold foliated border, text block detached and loosening, with evidence of worming, poor condition, 23.4 x 15cm..

Lot 210

Property from a Private London CollectionJalal al-Din Rumi Muhammad Rumi (d. 1273) : Mathnavi, fragmentary, India, 19th century, removed form a larger volume, 241ff., 2fl., 19ll. of black nasta'liq script to the page, arranged in four double-ruled columns, illuminated opening folio and sections, sub-sections in red nasta'liq script, marginal annotations, trimmed, 32 x 22.5cm.

Lot 163

An Ottoman compilation text written in several hands,Turkey, dated 1113AH/1701AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 125ff., including the Kitab hadith arba’een of Imam Nawawi (d.1277), and an introduction to prayer, with 17ll. of black naskh to the page, final text with colophon stating that it was copied at Izmir in the medrese of Mahmud Efendi by ‘Ali bin ‘Abd Allah bin ‘Abd al-Qadir in the morning of Yawm al-Arbi‘a’ (8) in the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah 1113 AH (15 June 1701AD), numerous dated 18th and 19th century ownership inscriptions in Arabic, in later brown board binding, folio 19.6 x 13.5cm. Provenance: Private London Collection

Lot 218

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustration to a Ragamala: possibly Bhairav Raga, Oudh, India, late 18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, in a palace courtyard, Krishna receives an offering of pan while being attended to and entertained by courtesans, within outer blue border and gold flecked folio, framed, 36.5 x 24cm. 

Lot 482

A Standing Portrait of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar, India, possibly Murshidabad,19th century, Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, on a terrace, haloed, wearing is turban held by a sarpech, a long white jama decorated with gold leaves, holding his sword in the left hand and a jewelled leaf in the other, laid on card with silver speckled light pink margins, the folio : 30 x 19,5 cm., the painting : 22, 3 x 13,4 cm.Provenance: Soudavar Collection, acquired in London, 1980-2000

Lot 261

Property from a Private London CollectionAn early Qur'an  section (Juz'), Mamluk Egypt or Ottoman Turkey,16th century,  Juzz Qāla ’l-mala'u (قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ), Arabic manuscript on paper, 26ff. with 7ll. of bold black thuluth, opening folio with header in gold, gold roundels throughout, in brown morocco Mamluk binding  stamped with latticed roundel with rising and hanging palmettes, with label naming the section in Arabic black script, folio 26.7 x 17.8cmProvenance: Christie's 9 October 2009, Lot 293

Lot 258

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveAn astronomic manuscript, Near east, 18th century or earlier, Arabic manuscript on paper, substantial fragment comprising tables and star charts from an unidentified astronomical manuscript, disbound and heavily worn, unbound, folio 25.5 x 20.5cm.   

Lot 83

A prayer book, including selected suras from the Qur'an, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century, Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 85 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in naskh script in black ink, gold dots between verses, inner margins ruled in black and gold, catchwords, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, water staining mostly restricted to outer borders, modern brown leather gilt, with flap, folio 16 x 98cm.Provenance: Private UK Collection

Lot 87

A Qajar painting of a horseman, signed Malek Hussain Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, 19th century in a 18th century border, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the rider depicted turning in his saddle to look behind him as a hand grasps a rope around his waist, the horse galloping forward at full speed the knotted tail flying out behind him, within red marbled borders, outer album folio with delicately drawn flower and leaf interlace on a pale blue ground, painting 15.5 x 10cm., folio 31.6 x 20.6cm. 

Lot 200

Property from a Private London CollectionThree album leaves from a copy of Sadi's Gulistan probably copied by Imad Al-Hassani at Aleppo in 1595, the borders with fine drawings in gold of wild and fantastical animals in rocky and leafy landscapes, Persia, Tabriz, circa 1525-30 or Isfahan circa 1595, Persian manuscript on paper, with 10ll. to the page of nasta'liq, intercolumnar and interlinear rules in gold, significant words picked out in blue or gold, folio 29.4 x 18.5cm.; text area 15.3 x 8.8cm. These three pages are likely to originate from the same manuscript as pages now in various public and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. the Kunstgewerbe Museum, Leipzig and the Keir Collection, Dallas. For other illustrations and pages see Martin 1912, vol II pls. 250-251; Schulz 1914, vol. II, pls 68-70 and 73; Robinson 1976, nos III 220-222, pls. 51-52; Pope 1939 vol. V, pl. 892; and Welch 1979, nos. 45 and 46. Provenance: Bonhams, 15 October 2003, Lot 16 (part lot)

Lot 253

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveDivan of ‘Attar, possibly copied in Safavid Iran, late 16th-early 17th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 356ff., 1fl.,with 18ll. of nasta’liq in two columns per page, extensive marginal notes, one giving a date of AH [10]14 / 1605 AD, spaces left for illumination and paintings, trimmed, staining, water-staining, some repairs, sometimes affecting the text, occasional smudges, the first fly leaf with inscriptions in black ink and pencil, three inventory labels, one detached, in later brown binding, the upper cover reverse with H. Kevorkian collection label numbered 821, folio 24.4 x 13.8cm.

Lot 101

Shams al-Din Abi ‘Abd Allah al-Damashqi al-Hanbali Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Kitab akhbar al-nisa’. [Cairo?], circa 1905, typographic Arabic text. 101ff., probably spurious attribution of a medieval text on women, in textile-covered boards, manuscript title in Arabic, folio 19.6 x 14cm.  

Lot 175

A Qur'an juz', China, late 19th century, juz' 18, Arabic manuscript on paper,54ff., 4fl., each folio with 5ll. of black sini script within double-ruled red frames, opening pages and closed with illuminated frames in green, red, and gold, the reverse with the juz' title (Qad 'aflaha') in black ink, the last folio with the title of the following section (wa-qāla ’lladhīna) in black ink, in modern binding with flap, incorporating remnants of earlier boards and retaining a fragmentary paper label, 28 x 19.5cm.

Lot 174

A Qur'an Juz',  China, 19th century, Juz'22, Arabic manuscript on paper, 107 ff., 2 fl., 4 to 5ll. of black sini script per per page within double-ruled red rules, first page with illuminated roundel,  opening pages and closing pages with finely illuminated panels in red, green, blue and gold, final page with elaborately calligraphed and illuminated roundel, perhaps added by a second artist ; contemporary cloth-covered boards with flap, Chinese manuscript titles on flap and board, text-block split, one folio torn and taped

Lot 154

A Qajar prayer book, Qur’an excerpt (6:72-101), copied by Ibn Muhammad ‘Ali 1313 AH (1895-96AD), Arabic manuscript on paper, 10ll. of black naskh to the page within gold and outer blue rule, polychrome and gold marginal decoration, in stamped black leather binding, folio 16 x 8cm. diam. Provenance: Private French collection

Lot 162

An Ottoman Qur'an, signed Isma’il al-Zuhdi, a student of Suleiman al-Kashifi, apparently dated 1289 AH, but perhaps 1219 AH (1804AD), Ottoman Provinces, Arabic manuscript on paper, 606ff., with 15ll. of neat black naskh script within gold outer border per page, corrections in red, gold roundel verse markers, headers in white naskh on gold, some polychrome marginal decoration possibly added later, opening bifolio with roundels containing text within a polychrome and gold border, restored brown leather binding with lattice design, folio 24 x 13cm.Provenance: Private UK Collection since 1975Footnotes: See Derman, M. Uğur, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Istanbul, 1998, no. 26 for anothr work by Isma’il al-Zuhdi.

Lot 191

A Qajar grisaille painting of a bear, Zand or Qajar Iran, late 18th century, pen and ink on lacquered paper, a bear, his tongue lolling from his mouth, props himself up against a leafless branch, slight staining, laid down between various gold and polychrome borders on a wide green card margin with polychrome gul-o-bulbul illumination, mounted, painting 17.2 x 12cm.; folio 33.1 x 20.6cm.Provenance: Christie’s, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10th April 2014, Lot 22

Lot 270

Property from a Private London CollectionA composite calligraphic album folio, Safavid and Qajar Persia, 16th-19th century, the upper panel with a drawing in grisaille of two wolves, a portrait of a youth in the Safavid style, with calligraphic panels to left and above  mounted, glazed and framed, 41 x 24.2cm. 

Lot 144

Prayers and excerpts from the Qur’an copied by ‘Omar ibn Hassan, Sudan,19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, approx. 500ff., with 9-16ll of Sudani script per page, numerous minuscule interlinear and marginal annotations, loose in limp leather boards and folding wrapper with flap and tie, retaining hair,  with loosely inserted note “Copy of Koran - Given to the Hastings Museum by the late H. E. Dresser, the eminent ornithologist. Said to have been taken from a dead soldier at the Battle of Omdurman”, folio 23 x 17cm. The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan on 2nd September 1898.Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions, 09/07/2009, lot 30Henry Eeles Dresser (1838-1915) was a prominent ornithologist. The reverse of the note is a printed invitation from the Committee of the Haslemere Educational Museum, inscribed to Mr Ruskin Butterfield. William Ruskin Butterfield was a curator of the Hastings Museum.  

Lot 123

A Calligraphic exercise, Qajar Iran, dated Ramadan AH1235/1820AD, commissioned by a certain Haji Muhammad Amin (?) and written by ...(?) Khan, black and red shikasteh script within clouds on illuminated paper, within light pink borders and gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed, folio 17.5 x 12.5, panel 14.5 x 12.5cm., 36.5 x 31cm. framedProvenance: Adrienne Minassian, New York, 1955, Sotheby's, London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, 6 April 2011Exhibited: Islamic Art and the Written Word, Harvard Art Museums, 1983 Condition Report: Slight rubbing and orange hue tot he illuminated area. Strong black and red ink. Fold or glue mark visible across the panel (1/4 height).This lot has not been taken out of its mounts and frame to prepare this condition report.

Lot 76

An illustrated tantric manuscript, Nepal, 19th century or earlier, 14ff., with black and opaque pigments on yellow paper, the manuscript opening both ways and with script to both sides, 7ll. of horizontal script to the page, with 4 cosmic diagrams, and numerous paintings of deities and animals, the cover red leather with flap (damaged to one corner), folio 22 x 9cm. 

Lot 172

A Qur'an juz', China, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 54ff., 1fl., each folio with 5ll. of black sini script, within double-ruled red frames, opening pages and closing pages with illuminated frames in red, green, and gold, with geometric patterns and peonies, disbound, some staining and marginal wear 

Lot 105

Juz’ 18 from an Ottoman 30-part Qur’an, Turkey, 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 27ff., written entirely in gold, with 7ll. of gold naskh per page, outlined in black, fully vocalised, with gilt verse markers and a fine illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, with some marginal restoration, in modern pastiche binding with flap, folio 27.5 x 19.2cm.Parts from the same set have been offered in these rooms (Lot 282 on 28 April 2023) and Bonhams (Lots 7 and 10 on 8 April 2014).  

Lot 126

Dala‘il al-khayrat, Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d.1465AD), Morocco, 19th century, 218ff., incomplete, Arabic manuscript on paper, square-format, with 7ll. of Maghribi script within red and blue frames per page, section headings in gold, important words written in red or blue, with full-page diagrams,  contemporary deep red blind-tooled binding with flap, folio 12 x 11cm.  

Lot 74

Two folios from a dispersed Shahnama, Delhi, North India, circa 1840, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, illustrating the death of Rostam and Bahram Gur fights a dragon, each with lines of black nastaliq Persian above and below, the reverse of each with 25ll. of black nastaliq Persian arranged in four vertical columns, painting 21 x 12cm., folio 30.5 x 19.5cm. (2)Footnotes: The epic poem Shahnama, or Book of Kings, was composed in 1010 by the Persian poet Firdowsi and recounts the life of the Shahnama's heroic king Rustam, recognizable by his red beard.The illustrations in this lot recall the work of Ghulam 'Ali Khan and his studio whilst at the court of Alwar. It is there that the Mughal artist from Delhi produced an ambitious Gulistan for Raja Banni Singh, some time between 1840 and 1853 (William Dalrymple and Yuthika Sharma, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857, London, 2012, fig.9,10,12, pp.46-19). The Shahnama from which these folios originate is an illustration of the taste for dynastic histories and classical Persian works under the reign of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah.

Lot 247

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar book of verse, dated 1295 AH (1878 CE), Persian manuscript on paper, 22ff., with a few illuminated sections, in contemporary limp green leather binding, textblock loose, folio 11 x 6.8cm.   

Lot 181

A standing portrait of a smoking courtier, 20th century or later, in the Ottoman style, on paper, turbaned, wearing a long green tunic, smoking a long pipe, illuminated corner pieces, laid on card within marbled margins and borders, 13.3 x 7.3 cm. painting, folio 29.8 by 22 cm.

Lot 25

HERMES Paris, Boîte à cigarette 'Muratti'En métal argenté gainé de cuir rouge pointe de diamant, intérieur en métal doré, cigarettes d'époque. Signée à l'intérieur. Usures aux angles, tâches. Bibliographie: Catalogue porte-folio Hermès, 1929. 9 x 8 x 1,3 cmFootnotes:HERMES Paris, 1929. 'Muratti' cigarette box in silver metal covered in red diamond-tipped leather, interior in gold metal, old cigarettes.Wear on the corners, small stains.Bibliography: Hermès portfolio catalog, 1929.9 x 8 x 1.3 cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 184

A box of assorted books, to include for Folio Society volumes; 'The Secret Garden', 'Strong Poison', 'Persuasion' and 'Miss Marple Stories' along with publishing by Heron Books and 'Nanking Road' by Vicki Baum.

Lot 389

The Folio Society; Five assorted books relating to German activity during WWII, including a three volume series titled 'The Holocaust' by Martin Gilbert and 'The Berlin Diaries of Marie Vassiltchilkov'.

Lot 388

The Folio Society; two sets of books focusing on the Third Reich. 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich', in four volumes, by William L. Shirer and 'The Third Reich Trilogy', in three volumes by Richard J. Evans. In hard sleeve.

Lot 390

The Folio Society; a collection of fiction and non-fiction war books. To include 'The Diaries of Victor Klemperer', 'The Deceivers' and 'The Desert War Trilogy', by Alan Moorehead.

Lot 242

Four boxes of vintage books. Includes Cold Comfort Farm Folio Society, Verner's Pride, On Angels Wings, Handy Andy, Chronicles of Capstan Cabin, Babes In The Wood etc.

Lot 392

The Folio Society; eleven books, some surrounding WWI topics including 'The Somme', 'The Great War and Modern Memory', 'Master & Commander', 'The Thirty Years War' and 'In Flanders Fields'.

Lot 387

The Folio Society; two sets of two books, 'The First World War' and 'The Second World War', by Martin Gilbert. In hard shell sleeve.

Lot 391

The Folio Society; a quantity of war books, mainly surrounding WWII. To include 'On War' by Carl Von Clausewitz, 'Between Silk and Cyanide' by Leo Marks, 'Enigma' by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore and two examples still wrapped in cellophane.

Lot 1460

° ° Twenty one Folio Society books, mostly fiction, including Waugh, Brideshead Revisited; Doctor Zhivago; The Woman in White; The Bible; Thr Apocrypha, etc.

Lot 1459

° ° Seventeen Folio Society books, mainly arts and poetry related, including Lear, Complete Nonsense; The Arabian Nights; Dante, Paradiso; Blake, Jerusalem; Kenneth Clark, The Nude, etc.

Lot 1473

° ° Twenty six Folio Society books, all fiction, including Sons and Lovers; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Nineteen Eighty-Four; The Father Brown Stories, etc.

Lot 1464

° ° Twenty six Folio Society books, all fiction, including Moby Dick; The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Moving Toyshop; Wells, The War of the Worlds; The Time Machine, etc.

Lot 1461

° ° Thirty Folio Society books, mainly history and travel related, including Richard Fortey, Life; On The Origin of Species; North American Indians; The Victorians; Bryson, The Lost Continent; Ten Days That Shock the World, etc.

Lot 1463

° ° Eighteen Folio Society books, all fiction, including du Maurier, Daphne; Rob Roy; A Farewell to Arms; Wells’ The Invisible Man; Schindler’s Ark, etc.

Lot 1465

° ° A collection of Charles Dickens folio society books including Bleak House, Great Expectations and Dicken’s London

Lot 566

A folio of Brighton prints and folio of Brighton Posters etc and Israeli hands

Lot 33

Dark blue suit, white shirt, purple striped tie. This jug has the US flag tied with yellow cord and a gold cap at the top. The jug was commissioned for the Republican National Committee. Originally planned as a limited edition of 5,000 pieces, the jug did not sell well and only 2,000 pieces were said to have been produced. It was issued with a certificate and photograph of President Reagan in a decorative folio. Series: Presidents of the United States. Royal Doulton backstamp. Comes with certificate of authenticity. Artist: Eric GriffithsIssued: 1984Dimensions: 7.75"HEdition Number: 485 Edition Size: 5000Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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