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A shelf of Folio Society books, titles to include The King's War, The Hellenistic Age, Holy Grail etc, and Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens (shelf full 26)

A folio of watercolours and sketches by fashion artist Yvonne Macfie, from the 1930s, all sketches are ladies in elegant gowns, dresses etc, all signed and dated

Illustrated Botanical. A collection of books comprising: The Rhododendron, illustrated by Carlos Riefel, in two volumes, The Leslie Urquhart Press, 1958-62, folio, internally very good, a few tiny spots, dust-jacket of first volume worn; The Camellia, illustrated by Raymond Boothe & Paul Jones, The Leslie Urquhart Press, 1956, folio, internally very good, lacking jacket, cloth splitting at joints & discoloured/worn; Old Garden Roses, Part Two, by Wilfred Blunt & James Russell, illustrated by Charles Raymond, London: George Rainbird Ltd., 1957, folio, internally very good, marks to endpapers, loss to base of cloth spine, jacket worn; I Ritratti di Piante di Iacopo Ligozzi, by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi, Pisa: Pacini Editore, 1993, folio hardback with glassine wrappers; The Glory of the Rose, illustrated by Lotte Gunthart, London: George G. Harrap, 1965, folio, internally bright but pages stuck from damp, jacket clipped & worn; The Lilies, by Pierre Joseph Redouté, London: Taschen, 2000, quarto, unclipped dust-jacket, very good & bright, dusty along top edge; One Hundred Flowers, by Georgia O'Keeffe, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987, quarto, very good & bright, jacket lightly scuffed with faint creasing (8)

Cameron, Elizabeth (Illust.). A Book of White Flowers, limited edition numbered 105/250, signed by the artist, printed on specially made Ventura paper, Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1980. Folio, quarter green buckram lettered in gilt with illustrated boards, internally very good, clean & bright, one faint mark to verso of list of plates, binding very good, tight & square, in protective mylar covers, housed in cloth slipcase

Lovett, Richard. [The author's personal copy of] The English Bible in the John Rylands Library 1525 to 1640, extra illustrated edition, i.e. unique, featuring an autograph letter signed by Enriqueta Rylands to Richard Lovett, thanking him for his services to the John Rylands Library, dated 18 January 1900, illustrated with 99 leaves of plates - some of these leaves containing more than one mounted print [the work only calls for 18 plates] - including many genuine antique prints (woodcuts, etchings, engravings and lithographs), plus thirty engravings within the text as called for, and four loosely-inserted plates, pp. xvi, 275, London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1899. Folio, finely bound in full crushed morocco by W. Pratt, lettered in gilt with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents generally good & bright, some offsetting from plates, some plates becoming loose from their respective leaves/mounts (some with creased or torn edges), marginal dampstaining from p.180 becoming more heavily pronounced at final leaves & endpapers, binding tight & square with wear to raised bands & extremities

Recorde, Robert. The Castle of Knowledge, scarce and important first edition of "the first comprehensive and original astronomical treatise to be published in English" [History of Science Museum], London: Reginalde Wolfe, 1556. Small folio (250 x 180mm), pp. [xvi], 286, [ii]. NB Eight leaves are supplied in facsimile (pp.209-212 & 217-228). Woodcut allegorical title and numerous illustrations within the text, pagination erratic but all signatures following on correctly and matching the copy in the Smithsonian [Dibner, Heralds of Science], a⁸ A-Z⁶ &⁶. The final leaf includes errata & colophon. [ESTC, S115662]. Internally well-preserved & bright, light handling marks & cockling, occasional early marginalia, small ink marks & blemishes in places, early owner inscriptions on title, marginal pale staining to final quarter, heavier staining to pp.25-34, heavier ink marks to pp.142/143, one short 2cm tear at top edge of p.60, early panelled calf, rebacked, worn but strong. Very scarce Provenance: The front pastedown features typed notes recording the book's passage through the family from Dr. Edward Swinfen (1742-1801) of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire. Armorial bookplate for Edward Swinfen Harris. Bibliographical notes pasted to front free endpaper "The Castle of Knowledge is special for three reasons: for one, it is the oldest surviving original English astronomy book, not merely a translation or abstract of Latin medieval or classical works. Secondly, it is simultaneously one of the first English books on astronomy that mentions and comments on Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium caelestium (1543) and the heliocentric system presented therein. Thirdly, and perhaps even more relevant in the context of this study, Recorde not only refers to Plato, but directly to Proclus on several occasions, so we know for a fact that he had immediate access to Neoplatonic source material." [The University of Bayreuth]

Shaw, Stebbing. The History & Antiquities of Staffordshire, first edition, Vol. I & Vol. II Part I [all published], London: J. Nichols & Son, 1798-1801. Folio, half-calf with morocco title labels lettered in gilt, numerous engraved plates and folding maps (2)

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). Autograph. Iconic publicity still by Eugene Kornman [also known as Gene Korman], promoting Monroe's film "Niagara", 20th Century Fox [1953], gelatin silver print, 25.8cm by 20.3cm, inscribed & signed in blue ink, 'Thanks Freddie x Marilyn Monroe'. This instantly recognisable image was given lasting fame by Andy Warhol in his Marilyn Diptych [1962]. The photograph is mounted with a typed caption, 'Marilyn Monroe (a 20th Century Fox Star) The girl with the biggest publicity boost during the post war years.' It is housed in an oblong folio album filled with similar publicity photographs depicting various stars of the 1940s to 1960s, including one of Marilyn Monroe with Victor Mature and Anthony Quayle at the Royal Film Performance, 1956, where Monroe famously met HM Queen Elizabeth II, though incorrectly captioned in the album. The album includes signed photographs of John Mills; Horst Buchholz; Leslie Phillips; Anna Neagle [shown meeting HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]; Michael Wilding; Leslie Caron; Kenneth More; Eva Bartok, and Christine Norden. A number of the unsigned photographs depict Freddie Watson (see provenance below), while others depict Rita Hayworth; Peter Cushing; Dermot Walsh; Zena Dare; Trevor Howard; Hazel Court; Kieron Moore; Susan Hayward; Jeffrey Hunter; Glynis Johns (nine photographs), and George Formby (eleven photographs). One photograph shows HRH Princess Margaret shaking hands with Gregory Peck at the UK premiere of "To Kill a Mockingbird" in 1963. The album, which contains a total of 60 photographs, was the personal scrapbook of Fred "Freddie" Watson, a publicity agent and commercial promotions manager. The scrapbook begins with a typed introduction, 'Until the embargo on the import of American films imposed by the British government in 1947, the film industry both British & American offered progress and opportunity. Publicity seemed to be the keynote to the successful presentation of a film and it was in this sphere I met so many of "my friends the stars". Fred Watson. May. 1949.' The photographs are mounted with typed captions by Watson in his role of handling UK publicity arrangements for The Rank Organisation, London Films, Columbia Pictures, and 20th Century Fox. The images of Watson show him working in this capacity. Contents generally well-preserved, though the pages have some undulation/cockling, and a couple of photographs have offsetting/staining from ink signatures. The cover includes a hand-painted design, 'My Friends The Stars'. Album measuring 31cm by 22cm by 5cm Provenance: By descent of Fred "Freddie" Watson, publicity agent and commercial promotions manager

Hogarth, David George. Excavations at Ephesus, the Archaic Artemisia, Atlas [atlas only], London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, British Museum, 1908. Folio, 56cm, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, pp. [iv], 18 plates. Internally well-preserved, clean & bright, cloth scuffed & marked

Heraldry. Dithmar, Justus Christoph. Commentatio De Honoratissimo Ordine Militari de Balneo [Commentary on the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath], first edition, two parts in one, text in English & Latin, Frankfurt: J. G. Conrad, 1729. Folio, pp. [viii], 89, [i], [iii], 4-8, [i], 2-40, [vi]. Main title in red & black with engraved vignette, plus vignette title for the second part [Statutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath], frontispiece portrait of Prince William, illustrated with 20 pages of coats-of-arms and three exquisitely engraved head-pieces. Internally very good, clean & bright, slight marginal loss to one leaf (not affecting text), some very faint marginal staining, blank endleaves with spots & marks, gutter wear & small marks to main title, front pastedown bearing armorial bookplate for M. P. van Welderen, Baron Rengers, worn half-vellum with marbled boards

Taylor, Alexander [Surveyor]. Manuscript plans of Knockando in Moray, Scotland, surveyed in 1774. Comprising 14 linen-backed, double-page maps, entirely hand-drawn in ink & watercolour on laid/chain-lined paper, each map measuring 54 x 74cm, each signed by Taylor. 1: Plan of the Farm of Clune; 2: Plan of the Farms of Balna Clach & Alt Winny; 3: Plan of the Farms of Knockanagore & The Lyn; 4: Plan of the Glebe Borlum & William Garrow's Improvement; 5: Plan of Milntown, Croften Lone & Knockanreich; 6: Plan of Bogg Chur & Upper Strondow; 7: Plan of the Tulishk Improvement; 8: Plan of the Leggans, Garroline More & Garroline Begg; 9: Plan of Knock Churn, Nether Knockans, Upper Knockans & Lynachurn; 10: unknown, pencil outline only; 11: Plan of the Farms of Upper & Nether Tandow; 12: Plan of Keradow, Cardinach & Nether Borlum; 13: Plan of Drum Divan & the Burntland Improvements; 14: Plan of the Mains of Knockandow; 15: Plan of Tam More. The condition on the maps is varied, some have handling marks, creasing, wear & loss, others are better preserved, all housed in a worn half-calf folio volume, boards detached. A unique record and remarkable piece of Scottish history (14)

Camden, William. Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most flourishing Kingdomes, London: Joyce Norton & Richard Whitaker, 1637. Folio, worn contemporary calf, featuring one map only ('Englalond'), eight engraved plates of coins, sold as a textual reference only with all faults

Megaw, Elektra (Illust.). Wild Flowers of Cyprus, limited edition numbered 25/200, signed by the artist, the author and the publisher, specially bound in green quarter crushed morocco lettered in gilt with marbled boards, top edge gilt, London: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1973. Folio, internally very good, clean & bright, binding tight & square, lower corners of boards worn with loss, tape residue/marks to endpapers

Canby, Sheila R. The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings, first edition, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Folio, hardback, publisher's gilt blue cloth, bold & bright dust-jacket, one neat score through front, else near-fine. Scarce

Quin, Edward. A Historical Atlas, first edition, London: Seeley & Burnside, 1830. Complete with all 21 hand-coloured & aquatint-etched maps, six of which are folding. Folio (42 x 33cm), publisher's contemporary half-morocco boards with paper title label, binding worn with detached boards, marginal wear & marks to contents but the maps generally appear very good and most have protective tissue-guards, sold as found with all faults A first edition of this scarce and unusual atlas that reveals the known world through receding clouds

Folio Society. Various works to include The Arabian Nights, illustrations by Detmold, Thackeray (WM) Vanity Fair, Greek Myths volumes 1 and 2, Trollope (Anthony) Rachel Ray, etc. (a quantity)

A French Gothic oak open bookcase,mid-19th century, the top section with ornately and crisply carved fleur-de-lys and flowering foliage, over open shelves and turned three-quarter columns, the panelled sides carved with fruiting vines, the base having two doors with carved linenfold panels flanked by open shelves with carved, pierced and gilt brackets, the crest with a painted coat of arms, all with inlaid geometric ebonised and ebony details,265cm wide55cm deep247cm highProvenance: The Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection.A similar folio stand is to be found in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, this designed by S S Teulon for his first major house commission, Tortworth Court, Gloucestershire, for the second Earl of Ducie. This stand formed part of the Handley-Read collection formed by Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in 1972Condition ReportDamage to leather trim to shelves.Trim missing to four shelves.No key to doors.Minor wear, generally good.The bookcase breaks down into smaller sections with the bottom section being in one piece and the gallery breaking apart into 3 pieces with the main section being on its own and the flanking shelves detaching. The shelves also come out of the unit to make it lighter for transport. The base does not break down into smaller sections and will have to be moved as a single piece. Please see below for additional measurements of each individual section. Flanking shelves:65cm wide55cm deep142cm highCentral shelf137cm wide62cm deep 173cm highBase unit92cm high265cm wide60cm deepThe finial to the centre left has been broken off and shows signs of a previous repair. There are also further chips and losses to the ornamentation occurring throughout the piece. The top of the centre right column shows signs of possible previews would worm due to a cluster of small holes.

William Butterfield's drawing table, the George III mahogany chest with an adjustable drawing slope on brass ratcheted supports, over two panelled doors with Bramah locks enclosing six folio slides, on moulded outswept bracket feet, with ebony moulding to the front of the cabinet, 115cm wide 73cm deep 92cm high Provenance: The Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection; purchased from Christopher Gibbs in 1981. William Butterfield (1814-1900) was a British Gothic Revival architect associated with the Oxford Movement. He designed many churches and, most notably, Keeble College, Oxford, in his signature polychromatic style. Condition ReportHinges to both top sections have been unscrewed. One lock missing. The back left castor missing. Some ebony trim missing. Wear and tear. With scratches to the front doors. The extending surfaces to either side missing a handle. The right surface appears stuck. Additional images uploaded.

GWR Victorian and Later Railway Plans Cardiff Railway and Bridges Banbury Road Bridge and Bridge at Claverdon (3), a bound folio of plans and sections for the Cardiff Railway 1899, engineers Sir Douglas Fox and Robert White, stamped to be returned to Engineers Plan Office GWR Paddington, 78cm wide x 55cm high, together with two linen backed plans, Construction of Banbury Road Bridge at 86 Miles 24 Chains, signed H L Batting 1907 Engineers Office Paddington, 130cm wide x 75cm high and Reconstruction of Bridge Nr Claverdon 118 miles 37.5 Chains, dated 1894 GWR Divisional Engineers Office Wolverhampton, 84cm wide x 63cm high, some wear/tears to edges, F-G, (3)

MacColl, (Dugald Sutherland), Nineteenth Century Art, folio, half morocco with marbled boards, with illus from pictures and objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow, 1902.

Monro (Sir Donald), Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, 8vo., Thomas D. Morison, Glasgow, 1884; Bourne (John C.), London & Birmingham Railway, royal folio, with dust jacket, David and Charles Reprints, 1970; Bourne (John C.), Great Western Railway, royal folio, limited edition no. 296/500, David and Charles Reprints, 1981. (3)

A collection of Folio Society books, most in their slipcases, titles including: Prescott (William Hickling), The Conquest of Mexico; The Goodman of Paris, trans. by Eileen Power; Rossetti (William Michael), The Pre-Raphaelites and their World: A Personal View; Ziegler (Philip), The Black Death; Perry (Maria), Elizabeth I; and others. (10)

A red leather Dents folio case together with a satchel and two other cases

[FOLIO SOCIETY] A collection of books to include; GIBBON, Edward, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, nine vols, each in individual slipcases; MATHERS, Powys, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, four vols, lacking slipcases; and seven other titles, all in individual slipcases (20)

The Macallan Folio 6, The Archival Series, 43% ABV, cased and with its original packaging sent by the distillery. Single Malt Scotch whisky, 70cl

[TOPOGRAPHY] The New, Complete and Universal History, Description, and Survey, The Cities of London and Weftminster [Westminister], The Borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent, 1787, printed for Alex Hogg, with maps and numerous illustrations, folio Condition Report:Both boards present but loose, lacking spine. Map at the beginning showing the plan of Cheap Ward present, but loose. The title page has some loss and is dirty. The book is collated as per the main description. Please view the photographs to satisfy yourself of the condition, sold as seen.

[FOLIO SOCIETY] TOLKIEN, J. R. R, The Lord of the Rings, three vols, all together in a single slipcase, together with a pictures by J. R. R Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin, slipcase (4)

[FOLIO SOCIETY] A History of England, three vols, box set, together with nine further volumes each in individual box sets and The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain (12)

[FOLIO SOCIETY] A collection of books to include The Story of the Renaissance, five vols; GALSWORTHY, The Forsyte Saga, three vols; Malory's Chronicles of King Arthur, three vols, each set in single box set; DUMAS, Alexandre, The Count of Monte Christo; TOLSTOY, War and Peace, each in individual box set; together with DICKENS, Charles, A Christmas Carol and NESBIT, E, The Railway Children, both in individual boxes and shrink wrapped (15)

[PHOTOGRAPHS] An oblong folio of photographs all laid down of black and white images of various places to include Scarborough, Bridlington, Flamborough Head, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Lynmouth, Cheddar Gorge, Weston Super Mare etc, together with another of topographical views and photographs of people and animals, and a further photograph album mainly empty (3)

[FOLIO SOCIETY] A collection of sixteen Charles Dickens books, all uniformly bound and each in individual slip-cases

Property from a Private London CollectionA double-sided detached album folio with a standing portrait of a youth, Deccan, India, 17th century or later, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, facing left, in a landscape, wearing a pink turban, with orange tunic and coat embroidered with floral motifs and fur lapels, laid on card within consecutive margins of calligraphic panels in black nasta'liq script on floral ground amidst gold scrolling floral tendrils on blue ground, between two bands of gold foliate scrollworks, further plain purple and gold borders, white, orange and white rules, wide gold and floral margins, square black ink seal above  ; the reverse with a div leading an angel mounting a composite lion midst a hilly and floral landscape, within consecutive gold and floral borders, wider elegant floral borders with scrolling gold leaves, within gold and red rules, mounted 32 x 19cm.

A Qajar calligraphic album, Iran, 19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, with 16 panels of shikasteh, nast'liq, and naskh script some on a gold ground or gold sprinkled paper, laid down on coloured card and mounted within the album, owner's seal to inside front cover and reverse of final folio, album 19.5 x 10.6cm. 

Juz’ 29 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 53ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page within red frames, opening folios with floreated frames in green, red, yellow, and blue wash, in contemporary brown, blind-stamped boards, rebacked, folio 23.4 x 17.5cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK

Juz’ 9 from a 30-part Qur’an, Ilkhanid Iran or Iraq, first half of the 14th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 33ff., with 5ll of muhaqqaq per page, fully vocalised, with remnants of illuminated frames on opening pages, gilt verse markers, rebound using earlier boards from another manuscript, margins renewed and extensive paper repairs, folio 44 x 30cm. Provenance: Ex Schøyen Collection MS 4468, offered with four other volumes from the same set at Sotheby’s as Lot 405 on 27 October 2020. The cataloguing note states a number of folios are later replacements using European watermarked paper, probably nineteenth century Italian. Among the watermarks are 'Ranie... Bonazzi', 'AC' and a device consisting of two opposing crescents surmounted by three stars within a serrated domed frame.This monumental manuscript is part of a group of ten surviving parts from a single set, with 19th-century paper repairs and restorations, all with similarly enigmatic bindings. An Ilkhanid attribution for these bindings is optimistic and given the condition of the textblocks, it seems more likely that a 19th-century owner used boards from a similarly monumental Mamluk Qur’an to renew this manuscript.  

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated Safavid compilation manuscript including the Haft Paykar of Nizami, Shiraz, Iran, 16th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 346ff., with 15ll. of nasta’liq within gilt frames, in two vertical columns, with copius marginal comments, 21 illustrations, a collection of different texts, defective at end, in an Ottoman brown morocco binding with flap and gilt decorated tooled medallions, folio 17 x 12.5cm.  

 Friederich Dieterich, ed.. Thier und Mensch vor dem König der Genien. Ein arabisches Märcen aus den Schriften der Lautern Brüdern in Basra, published by Hinrichs of Leipzig, 1881, printed in Berlin in 1879, Arabic text only, German and Arabic titles, appendix to the zoological section of the Rasā'il Ikhwān al-ṣafā, in original printed wrappers bound in cloth, folio 24.6 x 15.5cm.  

A copy of the Mawlid of Sheikh Hassan b. ‘Ali al-Shafi’i al-Azhari, Egypt, composed 1151 AH (1738-39AD), completed 4 Rabi’ I 1271 AH (25 November 1854), Arabic manuscript on paper, 34ff., with 13ll. of black naskh to the page, disordered possibly defective marginal commentary, in 19th century marbled board binding with flap, folio 22.2 x 16cm.  

A Qur'an, Ottoman Turkey, 17th-18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 3fl., each folio with 12ll. of black naskh, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in white riqa' on gold ground rectangular panels, text on gold speckled ground within gold borders with black rules, catchwords, the opening and final bifolios with gold illumination on blue ground, in modern red-brown binding, the inside with white floral decoration, 19 x 12cm.

A history of the dynasty of Qutb Shahi dynasty, Tawarikh Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah (r. 1580-1612), Northern India, Dated 17 sha'ban of the 11th year of the reign of Akbar II, circa 1817AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 275ff., with 18ll of nasta’liq per page within black and red frames, illuminated headpiece, illuminated double opening page with text in reserve on gold clouds and gilt sarlowh and polychrome painted flower motifs, in 19th-century Indian binding, recornered and rebacked, folio 29.4 x 17cm. Provenance: Delorme Collin du Bocage, 02/12/2022, lot 63 

Property from a Private London CollectionJuz 15 of a 30 part Qur'an, Safavid Iran, 17th century, Arabic manuscript in paper, 22ff., with 9ll of naskh per page, gold rosette verse markers and sura headings, marginal divisions in black-outlined gold, in Ottoman brown blind-tooled binding with flap, folio 25.5 x 17.2cm.    

A Cyanotyped facsimile of a fine album of calligraphy by Muhammad Hussein ‘Emad al-Kottab (1866-1936), Iran, early 20th century, the original signed by him and dated Rabi’ I 1317 AH (July 1899) in Tehran, 12ff., with 18 calligraphic panels in various scripts, each mounted on pink card with gilt frames, most illuminated by hand, original embossed red cloth binding with dated armorial bosses and clasp, folio 24.2 x 16.6cm.The original cloth binding with clasp and metal armorial bosses, dated 1317AH/1899AD and inscribed “Emad al-Kottab” meaning the album was carried out for his son. It seems likely therefore that the original was cyanotyped and this facsimile album prepared for his family circa 1900, as it subsequently passed by descent. Much of his work was donated to the National Library in Tehran by his family after his death.https://iranicaonline.org/articles/emad-al-kottab     

A printed copy of the Atbaq al-dhahab, Beirut, al-Matba’ al-Adabiyya, dated 1309 AH/1892AD, 53ff., typographic Arabic text, original printed boards, detaching, folio 21 x 14cm.   

Property from a Private CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA fragmentary illustrated folio of a boat in the style of Maqamat Al-Hariri by Yahya Ibn Mahmud Al-Wasiti, an illustration of camel and an Arabic manuscript folio on watermarked paper, 30 x 24.4cm.; 26 x 23cm.; 29 x 21cm. (3)

‘Abd al-Hakim ibn Shams al-Din al-Siyalkuti, Siyalkuti ʻala al-tasawwurat. [Istanbul], Dār al-Tiba'a al-'Amira, 1259 AH/ 1843AD,  typographic Arabic text, 138ff., with a handful of manuscript annotations, small ownership seal of Muhammad Said[?], annotations to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī's commentary on Najm al-Dīn al-Kātibī's treatise on logic, entitled al-Shamsīyah, and to al-Jurjānī's supercommentary, in original gilt-decorated green morocco binding with flap, folio 21 x 15.4cm.   

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold Without ReserveA group of calligraphies comprising 14 panels with a single line of elegant black nasta'liq and three fragments of a manuscript folio (17)

 Ahmed ibn Hijazi al-Fashni,  a commentary on the 40 Hadith of al-Nawawi, Cairo, Kastali Press, 1278 AH/1861 AD, typographic Arabic text. 153ff., later binding of leather-backed marbled boards, with flap, folio 24.6 x 15.5cm. The press is that of the Italian-born Jewish printer Musa Kastali.   

An illustrated Jain manuscript, 19th century or earlier, ink and opaque pigments on colored paper, 345ff., with 10 and 11ll. of black Sanskrit to the page, some with large red dots, 4 illustrations of deities, unbound, folio 13.5 x 12.5cm. Provenance: Acquired by the vendor from Henry Brownrigg in1996

Kitab sharh al-khazraji of Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Da’i al-Bukhari, Egypt or Syria, 19th century, 17ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 31ll. of black naskh script per page, important words and phrases in red, red morocco binding with gilt decoration, folio 21.5 x 16.5cm.Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s-1980s

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA Persian manuscript, Iran, 18th century, Persian mansucript on paper, each folio with18ll. black nasta'liq script, words and sentences overlined in red, one folio with red header and erased stamp or seal impression, opening folio with illuminated header, spine damaged, upper and lower cover lacking, some folios loose, the first with H. Kevorkian collection label numbered 703, poor condition, 20.5 x 11.4cm.  

An illustrated bifolio of a manuscript, Iran, 19th and margins early 20th century, ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with panel containing 15ll. of Persian nasta'liq text to each folio arranged in two horizontal folios, with later decoration of winged angels and seated figures in a rocky landscape, folio 33.5 x 27cm. 

Property from a Private London CollectionTalkhis kitab al-maqulat, Ibn Rushd’s middle commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, copied in Iran in the 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 219ff., with 17ll of naskh per page, headings and important words in red, red morocco binding incorporating elaborately gilt-stamped binding, painted with animals and plants in gold outline, folio 28 x 25cm.  

A large section from a Qur’an most likely copied in Daghestan, Arabic manuscript on Russian paper, 348ff.,  with 13 lines of naskh within double-ruled purple frames per page, sura headings in orange and green, extensive illumination, disbound with remnants of original sewing and numerous loose leaves, many leaves damaged with loss to text, folio 36 x 23cm., together with paper page marker cut as a foot print of the prophet

Two illustrated bifolios from a manuscript, Iran, early 20th century, ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, one folio of each with panels of diagonal and horizontal Persian nasta'liq script panels containing flowers on a gold ground to interstices, and an illustration of princess receiving visitors in an outdoor pavilion and a similar scene with male ruler, each 30 x 24cm. (2)

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar manuscript containing the 99 names of God, Iran, 19th century, 8ff. the opening folio with 4ll. of blue naskh, illuminated header, the following folios with the names of Allah in blue marbled end papers, within a floral lacquered binding, folio 21 x 12cm. 

A Qur'an juz', China, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff, 2fl., each folio with 5ll. of black sini script within double-ruled red frames, illuminated opening closing bifolios in red, green, and gold, contemporary blind-stamped boards, re-backed, flap repaired, marginal paper restoration, 25.5 x 20.5cm.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Muta bin al-Salih al-Sharqi: Dhakhira al-Muhtaj fi sala ala Sahib al-Liwa, Morocco, dated 27 Dhu al-Hijja AH 1315/5 May 1898 AD or AH 1325/ 1907-1908 AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 98ff., on the life of the Prophet Muhammad, with 23ll. of sepia Mahgrebi script per page, with polychrome decoration, opening folio possibly a later replacement, colophon dated, including a large polychrome diagram, in original morocco binding, folio 34.2 x 22cm.  

A Standing Portrait of Ahmad Shah Bahadur, India, possibly Murshidabad, 19th century, Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, facing right, with ornate turban, white jama with golden leaves, a bazuband on his right arm, holding a sarpech in his left hand, laid on card within silver speckled light pink margin, the folio : 29,8 x 19,6 cm. ; the painting : 22,2 x 13,8 cm.Provenance : Soudavar Collection, acquired in London, 1980-2000Condition Report: Paper slightly warped, rare discrepancies of polychromy, some stains, retouching, legends pencilled on the back.

Juz’ 4 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 19th century, 52ff., with 5ll. of Sini per page within double-ruled red frames, opening and closing pages with illuminated frames in green, red, and gold, within contemporary brown leather tooled binding with flap, incorporating earlier blindstamped boards, folio 29 x 19cm. Provenance: Private Collection, London acquired in the 1970s 

To Be Sold With No ReserveA late Safavid calligraphic composition, Iran, late 17th century, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, in three rectangular sections, the upper with lines of diagonal black nasta'liq within cloud bands, on a floral gold ground, with two seated figures, the lower two panels with lines of horizontal nasta'liq calligraphy, the right one with birds, within an outer border of gold and polychrome interlace and cartouches on a blue ground, folio 33.5 x 23.5cm.