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Click here to subscribeAn illustrated folio from a manuscript, possibly a manual on horsemanship, Rajasthan, 18th century, opaque pigments on buff paper, with three riders on horseback, two wearing full chainmail armor and carrying spears, a fourth figure standing below right and holding a dagger, the reverse with 12ll. of text, 18.6 x 14.2cm. Provenance: Private London collection
To be Sold without ReserveA double-sided folio from a Jain manuscript, probably Gujarat, North-West India, 18th-19th century, opaque pigments on paper, with 9ll. of black text to the page, the verso with an illustration of two armed sailing vessels leaving port, men standing on deck and manning the cannons below, a garrisoned fort on the landscape behind, the verso with 4ll. of black text and an illustration of soldiers attacking a walls of a city, on a red ground, mounted, glazed and framed, folio 26.5 x 12.3cm.
An early 19th Century Culpeper type monocular microscope, by William Harris, Cornhill, London, in an oak obelisk form case, the underlying drawer containing fittings and four professionally prepared ivory slides, and a period manuscript list of specimens, case 34cms high.Please note that from 19 January 2022, items containing ivory cannot be imported into the EU. The import of ivory into the USA is already prohibited. Self-declaration submission reference NQ3F81Y8.
PUBLIUS LENTULUS His Newes to the Senate of Rome Well-executed and attractive illuminated manuscript on card by C Rose, Illuminator, 43 Windsor Road, London, in gold and colours with decorative initials, margins etc., 19th century Signed, 38cm x 24cm. This epistle of Lentulus was first widely circulated in the 15th century, although from a rather earlier period, and purports to be a contemporary description of Christ`s physical appearance by a Roman official. Despite being spurious, it has had an influence on how Jesus is depicted up until the present day.
STATUETTE DE PRAJNAPARAMITA BLANCHE EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉKHASA MALLA, XIIIE/XIVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4887 15.2 cm (6 in.) highFootnotes:A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF WHITE PRAJNAPARAMITAKHASA MALLA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY卡薩馬拉王朝 十三/十四世紀 銅鎏金白般若佛母像 Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sWhite Prajnaparamita is part of a group of three deities from the Vajrapanjara Tantra which includes Bhutadamara Vajrapani and White Pratisara. In her two-armed form, the Mother of all Buddhas sits in vajrasana while interlocking her fingers in the gesture of teaching the Dharma. Flanking her shoulders are flowers blossoming forth the very same manuscript she emanates from.The delineation of her finger joints is a stylistic feature attributable to the Khasa Mallas. See a portrait of a Khasa Malla Queen in the National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C. (F1986.23), whose hooked nose, rounded chin, and supple physique closely resemble that of the present figure. Also compare with another Khasa Malla image of White Prajnaparamita, published in Alsop, 'The Metal Sculpture of the Khasa Malla Kingdom' in Singer & Denwood (eds.), Tibetan Art, Towards a Definition of Style, 1997, pp. 68-79, fig. 10; HAR 59110.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
STATUETTE DE VIRUPA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉTIBET, XVE/XVIE SIÈCLEInscribed in Tibetan along the rim of the base with dpal bi ru pa la na ma; 'Homage to the Honorable Virupa'.Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4804 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.) highFootnotes:A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VIRUPATIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY西藏 十五/十六世紀 銅鎏金毘魯巴像Published: Jan van Alphen, Cast for Eternity, Antwerp, 2003, p. 209, no. 71. Exhibited: Cast for Eternity, Antwerp Ethnographic Museum, Belgium, 12 April 2005 - 26 June 2005. Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThis Tibetan sculpture pays homage to one of the great luminaries of Indian Buddhism, the c. 9th-century Buddhist master, Virupa. Like other mahasiddhas (great adepts) of the medieval period, Virupa spent years in formal Buddhist training before withdrawing from monastic life to follow his own path. He is credited with a hyper-efficient meditative practice known as lamdre ('The Path with the Result'), which was later introduced to Tibet by the Indian teacher Gayadhara (d. 1103) and became a central tantric tradition within the Sakya school. Famed both for his exceptional wisdom and his wild ways, the iconography of this image is rooted in a famous episode from Virupa's life when, pointing his finger at the sun, he stopped its rotation in order to avoid paying his bar tab. (See the same iconography in another image of Virupa of about the same period, previously in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 7 October 2019, lot 802.)Formerly an abbot of Nalanda, Virupa received the 'Path', which is based mainly on the Hevajra Tantra, from the deity Vajra Nairatmya after giving up on decades of unsuccessful attempts at the Chakrasamvara Tantra. His subsequent rituals cost him his affiliation, as other members of the monastic hierarchy frowned upon his use of meat and alcohol. Banished from Nalanda, he wandered as a yogin, performing a number of miracles.In this 15th-to-16th-century work, the saint holds his left index finger to the sun while supporting himself with the left hand pressed behind him on a lotus seat covered with an antelope skin. Works showing the saint in this posture, full bodied, lounging with a gana-like effect are less frequently depicted, though these characteristics are shared by another Virupa published in Amy Heller, Tibetan Art, 1999, p. 164, no. 89. A Buddhist manuscript is folded into his chignon, and a floral garland falls around the shoulders, down the torso, and to his feet. A meditation strap—recalling his many hours in meditation—encircles his wide girth and the left shin. The figure is richly gilded and inset with turquoise stones. The face is painted gold and the lips, eyes, and eyebrows are likewise painted in the Tibetan manner, imparting a life-like appearance. The figure sits on a distinctive double lotus base with broad, rounded petals. An inscription and a delicately beaded border line the lower rim. Identical bases are shared by a set of six Sakya lamdre masters which sold at Bonhams, New York, 14 March 2017, lot 3262. In addition, two other portraits from the set, one of Damarupa (c.9th century) and the other of Chogyal Phagpa Lodro Gyaltsen (1235-80), are held in the Museum der Kulturen, Basel, published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 456-7, nos. 126F-G. The present Virupa very likely belongs to this set also.A baseplate, secured by a rim beneath the seat, bears a double thunderbolt (visvavajra) design similar to that on a c. 15th century Milarepa sculpture from the Nyingjei Lam Collection sold at Sotheby's, New York, 21 March, 2023, lot 108.Bonhams would like to thank Jane Casey for her assistance in preparing this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), Manuscript Image Size: 8 1/2 by 11 in. (21 by 27 cm.) All measurements are approximate. Signed (lower right), with Certificate Pablo Ruiz Picasso born (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.His full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso.He is best known as the co-founder of cubism.Cubism is when the artist breaks up objects and re-assembles them in abstract and geometric form.Pablo Picasso created over 20, 000 pictures. Picasso could draw and paint when he was very young. His first word was lapiz, the Spanish word for pencil.Perhaps his most famous painting is Guernica which shows the horrors of war after the bombing of the town of Guernica.He was 90 years old when a number of his works were shown in an exhibition at the Louvre in Paris. He was the first living artist to have an exhibition at the Louvre.Picasso had four children with three women. He died of heart failure on 1973. Please read our policy carefully: 1. All items are sold AS-IS, where is with all faults. We do not accept returns or refunds. All sales are final. 2. We will pack and arrange all shipments via UPS. Shipping costs to US address starts with 30 USD and 180 USD to International (depends on size and weight of the package). Packages should be shipped within two weeks after payment is received. Larger packages and international delivery may exceed this period. 3. Your bids signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire, or that you have chosen not to examine them. Images descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to authorship, age, condition, materials, provenance or any other feature of items being sold. 4. If the bidder refuses to pay for the invoice after the successful bidding, the liquidated damages shall be 30% of the amount of the hammer price, which shall be responsible by the buyer.
Stuart Moskovitz (B.1941), Manuscript Image Size: 17 by 29 in. (42 by 73 cm.) All measurements are approximate. Signed (lower right) Stuart Moskovitz (born 1941) is an American painter known for his abstract expressionist works. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City and went on to teach painting at various universities in the United States. Moskovitz's paintings are characterized by their use of bold colors and thick layers of paint, which create a sense of depth and texture. His work is influenced by his interest in spirituality and the natural world, and often incorporates organic forms and imagery. In addition to painting, Moskovitz is also a sculptor and printmaker. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the arts, and his works are held in major museum collections around the world. Today, Moskovitz is regarded as one of the most important American painters of the 20th and 21st centuries, and his work continues to inspire and captivate audiences. Please read our policy carefully: 1. All items are sold AS-IS, where is with all faults. We do not accept returns or refunds. All sales are final. 2. We will pack and arrange all shipments via UPS. Shipping costs to US address starts with 30 USD and 180 USD to International (depends on size and weight of the package). Packages should be shipped within two weeks after payment is received. Larger packages and international delivery may exceed this period. 3. Your bids signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire, or that you have chosen not to examine them. Images descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to authorship, age, condition, materials, provenance or any other feature of items being sold. 4. If the bidder refuses to pay for the invoice after the successful bidding, the liquidated damages shall be 30% of the amount of the hammer price, which shall be responsible by the buyer.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), Manuscript Image Size: 8 1/2 by 11 in. (21 by 27 cm.) All measurements are approximate. with Certificate Pablo Ruiz Picasso born (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.His full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso.He is best known as the co-founder of cubism.Cubism is when the artist breaks up objects and re-assembles them in abstract and geometric form.Pablo Picasso created over 20, 000 pictures. Picasso could draw and paint when he was very young. His first word was lapiz, the Spanish word for pencil.Perhaps his most famous painting is Guernica which shows the horrors of war after the bombing of the town of Guernica.He was 90 years old when a number of his works were shown in an exhibition at the Louvre in Paris. He was the first living artist to have an exhibition at the Louvre.Picasso had four children with three women. He died of heart failure on 1975 Please read our policy carefully: 1. All items are sold AS-IS, where is with all faults. We do not accept returns or refunds. All sales are final. 2. We will pack and arrange all shipments via UPS. Shipping costs to US address starts with 30 USD and 180 USD to International (depends on size and weight of the package). Packages should be shipped within two weeks after payment is received. Larger packages and international delivery may exceed this period. 3. Your bids signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire, or that you have chosen not to examine them. Images descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to authorship, age, condition, materials, provenance or any other feature of items being sold. 4. If the bidder refuses to pay for the invoice after the successful bidding, the liquidated damages shall be 30% of the amount of the hammer price, which shall be responsible by the buyer.
Keith Haring (1958-1990), Manuscript Image Size: 8 1/2 by 11 1/8 in. (21 by 28 cm.) All measurements are approximate. Signed (lower right), with Certificate Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 - February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Much of his work includes sexual allusions that turned into social activism by using the images to advocate for safe sex and AIDS awareness. In addition to solo gallery exhibitions, he participated in renowned national and international group shows such as documenta in Kassel, the Whitney Biennial in New York, the Sao Paulo Biennial, and the Venice Biennale. The Whitney Museum held a retrospective of his art in 1997. Haring's popularity grew from his spontaneous drawings in New York City subways-chalk outlines of figures, dogs, and other stylized images on blank black advertising spaces. After gaining public recognition, he created colorful larger scale murals, many commissioned. He produced more than 50 public artworks between 1982 and 1989, many of them created voluntarily for hospitals, day care centers and schools. In 1986, he opened the Pop Shop as an extension of his work. His later work often conveyed political and societal themes- anti-crack, anti-apartheid, safe sex, homosexuality and AIDS-through his own iconography. Haring died on February 16, 1990, of AIDS-related complications. In 2014, he was one of the inaugural honorees in the Rainbow Honor Walk in San Francisco, a walk of fame noting LGBTQ people who have "made significant contributions in their fields". In 2019, he was one of the inaugural 50 American "pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes" inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor within the Stonewall National Monument in New York City's Stonewall Inn. Please read our policy carefully: 1. All items are sold AS-IS, where is with all faults. We do not accept returns or refunds. All sales are final. 2. We will pack and arrange all shipments via UPS. Shipping costs to US address starts with 30 USD and 180 USD to International (depends on size and weight of the package). Packages should be shipped within two weeks after payment is received. Larger packages and international delivery may exceed this period. 3. Your bids signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire, or that you have chosen not to examine them. Images descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to authorship, age, condition, materials, provenance or any other feature of items being sold. 4. If the bidder refuses to pay for the invoice after the successful bidding, the liquidated damages shall be 30% of the amount of the hammer price, which shall be responsible by the buyer.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Graphite Manuscript Image Size: 9 by 11 in. (22 by 27.3 cm.) All measurements are approximate. Signed (lower right), with Certificate Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker who is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Picasso's artistic career spanned over seven decades, during which he created thousands of works in a variety of styles, from Cubism to Surrealism to Neoclassicism. His most famous works include "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907) and "Guernica" (1937). Picasso was a co-founder of the Cubist movement and is credited with revolutionizing modern art with his innovative use of form and space. He was also a prolific sculptor and ceramicist. Picasso's personal life was just as fascinating as his art. He had numerous relationships with women, including several marriages and many affairs. He also had a reputation for being a difficult and temperamental artist. Today, Picasso's works are held in major museum collections around the world, and his legacy as one of the greatest artists of all time continues to inspire generations of artists. Please read our policy carefully: 1. All items are sold AS-IS, where is with all faults. We do not accept returns or refunds. All sales are final. 2. We will pack and arrange all shipments via UPS. Shipping costs to US address starts with 30 USD and 180 USD to International (depends on size and weight of the package). Packages should be shipped within two weeks after payment is received. Larger packages and international delivery may exceed this period. 3. Your bids signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire, or that you have chosen not to examine them. Images descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to authorship, age, condition, materials, provenance or any other feature of items being sold. 4. If the bidder refuses to pay for the invoice after the successful bidding, the liquidated damages shall be 30% of the amount of the hammer price, which shall be responsible by the buyer.
Tommy Trinder (1909-1989) - English stage, screen and radio comedian of the pre- and post-war years - a unique unpublished manuscript for Trinder's autobiography, titled ' My Life Story - Or The Man I Love '. The manuscript covers some 40+ pages, and details Trinders' life from birth to the mid-1950s. The manuscript is incomplete and ends abruptly on Chapter 6 Page 19. A unique manuscript shedding light on the life of one of Britain's most important Second World War comedians. Supplied with a signed photo of Trinder. Believed to be from his estate.Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (1909 – 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!" He was one of the United Kingdom's foremost entertainers during the Second World War.
Star Wars. Manuscript for Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas. 125 Pages. Good Condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10
A Collection of Books, including a number of manuscript farm account ledgers; Clydesdale and Friesian Stud Books; agricultural pamphlets, hunting including Cleveland Hunt rule books and histories, poultry keeping, Giles, early 20th century volumes of The Connoiss\eur in full morocco bindings, Holy Bible, Giles annuals, family bible, leather bound connoisseur, etc. (qty)
Ginsberg (Allen) Wales: A Visitation July 29th 1967, first edition, one of 100 copies singed by the author and with a 7-inch audio recording of the poem inserted at rear, from the library of Tom Maschler with his bookplate to pastedown, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, original glacine wrapper, 4to, 1968.⁂ Three full-page photographs by Tom Maschler, the verse arranged to face the author's corresponding facsimile manuscript. From the library of Ginsberg's UK publisher, Tom Maschler. In his autobiography Maschler recounts the occasion of the writing of this poem. "The hills surrounding my cottage are dotted with sheep and Allen saw us as just two more sheep below the sky. He was immensely moved by the the landscape and in the afternoon, still heavily under the influence of the drug [the pair had taken LSD earlier that day] he began to write a poem called 'Wales Visitation'."
Woolf (Virginia).- Dickinson (Violet).- A sammelband of 19 printed works, Dickinson's engraved bookplate to pastedown, manuscript 'Contents Page' and other manuscript instances on some titles noting the author, short tear to first page of 'Durham School', hinge cracked, original buckram with red morocco spine label, faded, upper joint cracked but holding firm, chips to spine ends, 4to, [1920s].⁂ Rare Woolf association material from Violet Dickson (1865-1948), a close friend and possible lover of Virginia Woolf. Dickinson became close to Woolf especially after her father's death, and became one of the first pivotal influences in Woolf's early adult life. Their relationship - though unconfirmed whether it was sexual or not - was at least, according to Hermione Lee, "playfully erotic": "The teasing jokes, the demands for attention, the confiding of secrets, were part of an extortionate appeal for petting and mothering. Violet was her woman." Lee points out that Dickinson also played an important role in her writing: "She used Violet as her sounding-board for her evolving ideas about how to live, how to talk and how to write." After her marriage to Leonard, Violet Dickinson saw very little of Virginia, however they kept up correspondence. On 8th December 1936 Virginia wrote: "All I beg of you, is don't let anybody else read those letters". Virginia destroyed the letters from Violet but she kept hers and they were found when she died in 1948. - Hermione Lee, Virginia Woolf (1996).
Woolf (Leonard) A Calendar of Consolation, first edition, initialled presentation inscription from the author "Tony from LW Nov. 1967" to front free endpaper, endpaper lightly toned, one manuscript correction by Woolf to p.78, original boards, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine ends, spine a little faded, otherwise near-fine, 8vo, 1967.⁂ An uncommon Leonard Woolf item, scarce signed. Features two quotes from his late wife Virginia for entries on p.16 and 34.
Prince (F. T., English War poet, 1912-2003) Two Manuscript Commonplace Books of undergraduate student notes, together c.270pp excluding blanks, entries predominantly notes on lectures and thoughts, some copied poems, in English and Italian, some light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, [c.1932]; together with a interview pamphlet on the poet, 4to (3)⁂ A rare source of insight into the young mind of British War poet F. T. Prince (1912-2003), known for his much-anthologised war poem "Soldiers Bathing" (1942). The works contain records of his education and serious reading in the 1930s, when he was studying at Balliol College, Oxford University, and suggest how he was developing influences and style which would be important in his later works. Extracts include "early English alliterative Poems", Scandinavian Influence in English", "Chaucer's Language", "Notes on Miscellaneous Words", "The Language of Shakespeare", "Trinity Term, 1932" etc.
Scott (Paul) One Autograph Letter and one Typed Letter signed, to "Rene" and H.R.F. Keating, each 3pp. and 1p., on typed or manuscript headed paper, 4to, 78 Addison Way, London, 9th & 1st May 1975, the first thanking her for a call about the recent review of his latest book and discussing the launch party, the second thanking the journalist for his review of A Division of the Spoils, "I've read it several times, still feel - as I did on first reading - that it's the best and most perceptive I've ever had. Searching for the weak spots you don't pull your punches; you expose the vices but then, good heavens, turn them into the virtues they were aiming for. Not only that, you ask the major question, Why India, why India then? And answer it better than I could have hoped anyone could or would...", folds, the first lightly toned; and another early typed letter signed by Scott in the capacity of a company secretary, 1948, 4to (3)⁂ An excellent group of letters from Paul Scott, scarce in commerce. The first revealing a personable side to the writer and his connection to family. Another is addressed to H.R.F. Keating (1926-2011), who at this early point in his career was a journalist working primarily for The Times. Later Keating would publish his most notable series of novels featuring Inspector Ghote, and would become a reknown English crime fiction writer. The last letter is with The Falcon Press letterhead, thanking the recipient for her praise of a recently published work by the press. Here Scott signs it in the capacity as 'Secretary' to the company - his first novel was still four years in the future.
NO RESERVE Deighton (Len).- Milward-Oliver (Edward, author of Deighton's bibliography, 1946- ) Collection of Typed and Manuscript material relating to Deighton, including dummy books from the publisher, signed by Deighton and Milward-Oliver, loose publication sheets, and an annotated interview by Deighton, typed and autograph letters from Deighton, v.s., v.d., [c.1984-85].⁂ Material includes: (1.) A first edition of Len Deighton: An Annotated Bibliography 1954-1985, number 2 of 375 copies signed by the author and Deighton, and with page from London Match proof laid in as issued, additionally signed by Deighton. (2.) Bound advance typescript of Len Deighton: An Annotated Bibliography 1954-1985, number 1 of 5 copies, signed by the author.(3.) 2 copies of unbound dummy books of the same work, both signed by the author, proof sheets loose in dummy wrapper binding.(4.) Autograph Letter signed from Deighton to Milward-Oliver, 1pp., thanking him for everything [regarding the bibliography] and enclosing an typed sheet of 'Outstanding Interview Questions' entitled 'Mechanics of Creation' which Deighton has annotated in manuscript. (5.) Typed interview between Deighton and Milward-Oliver, 10pp., with manuscript note from Deighton on the upper wrapper (loose), West Berlin, December 1984. Additional manuscript annotations and notes from Deighton. (6.) Typed 'Foreword' by Julian Symons to the same work. (7.) Typed Letter signed to Milward-Oliver from Deighton, praising him on the bibliography "the result of all your work must make you very proud...I am such a slow worker that I've always felt I must put in long hours, long days and long years too. Its the hare and the tortoise, I suppose", 1p., 12th April 1985. (8.) Autograph Letter signed to Milward-Oliver from Deighton, thanking him for his hard work on the bibliography, 23rd March 1985. (9.) 3 printer's landscape proof sheets of the same work.
SRI LANKA - PHOTOGRAPHY ALBUMAlbum of photographs of Ceylon, with a journal, by Frederic William Bois, 169 platinum prints (59 prints approx. 152 x 203mm; the remainder ranging from 82 x 82mm. to 107 x 150mm.), and 2 albumen prints (82 x 82mm.), all mounted, mostly one or two to a side recto and verso, mostly captioned in ink on the page, mostly initialled 'F.W.B[ois], a few 'W. Bois', 29pp. of manuscript journal in ink by W. Bois (interspersed with photographs), contemporary green cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt 'Ceylon', 4to (260 x 205mm.), [c.1900-1907]Footnotes:FINE ALBUM OF 169 PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPHS OF SRI LANKA taken by Frederic W. Bois (1848-1921), whose family had been involved in trade in Sri Lanka /Ceylon from the 1860s, was a fine amateur photographer who had exhibited images at the Paris Exhibition of 1900.Subjects include views of Kandy and Colombo, local inhabitants and villages, street scenes and factories, ancient temples and antiquities, landscapes with bridges, shipping activities, and also colonial houses and family members. Bois's journal describes family trips made by motor car (shown in 4 images) in Sri Lanka, including a lengthy account of oyster and pearl fishing, undertaken by local fishermen, but also Arabs from Persian Gulf.Provenance: Winifred Bois, signed and dated 1906; C.J. Hurd-Wood, ownership label, both on front free endpaper.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Burmese red, black and gilt lacquered kammavaca manuscript, late 19th century, comprising two rectangular covers and sixteen leaves, each cover decorated with gilt deities and scrolling foliage on an iron red ground, two leaves similarly decorated and the remaining fourteen with lines of black Pali script, lengths of covers 55cm, lengths of leaves 53cm, all mounted within four framed and glazed display cases.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Blaeu's Atlas Large-scale facsimile reprint by Thames & Hudson, no. 129 of 500 copies, housed in a grey slipcase measuring approx. 55cm x 34cm The Book of Kells With a Study of the Manuscript by Francoise Henry Thames & Hudson, 1974, cloth-bound in corresponding slipcase Early Celtic Art Paul Jacobsthal, Clarendon Press, 1969, two volume set Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry Thames Hudson, cloth bound with slipcase (4) Condition Report:Available upon request
The Owl and the Nightingale. Reproduced in facsimile from the surviving manuscript, Jesus College, Oxford 29 and British Museum cotton Caligula A. IX. With an introduction by N.R. Ker. Published for The Early Text Society, by the Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto, 1963 (for 1962). Brown publisher's boards, titled and decorated in gilt. From single vendor Book and Magazine collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
The Useful Memorandum Book and Almanac 1867. A manuscript small format book of verse by an unknown hand. An interesting item that requires some research. Very good condition. 4" x 6¼". From single vendor Book and Magazine collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Paul's Letters by his Kinsfolk. Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London 1816. Dark green publisher's boards, titled in gilt. This volume contains 'With Some MS (manuscript notes) by Mr Hullmandel of six years residence in France under Napoleon's Regime'. This volume is very important in having one of the first early eyewitness accounts of the Battle of Waterloo. RARE. From single vendor Book and Magazine collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A large collection of vintage scarves including eleven souvenir scarves with France,Italy and Bristol in various materials including cotton and silk and a mix of four large silk scarves including a scarf Inspired by the 9th century Manuscript ‘The Book of Kells’ that measures approx 68cm x 68cm.
C. A. W - M. S. S. Poems. half calf, 8vo, c1830s.* a small book crammed full of manuscript poetry all in the same hand. With - W. Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, 8vo, org. decorative boards with vellum spine in defective d/w. Some staining to f.e.p. Signed limited edition of 1000 copies.(2)
LAWSON, W - A New Orchard and Garden or The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good for a rich Orchard ... as also the Husbandry of Bees .... (etc). calf backed marbled boards. small 4to. 1631. * verso and part of final leaf with manuscript receipt in a contemporary hand.
BROADSIDES : Lifton Agricultural Society. The Annual Meeting of the Society, will be held at Lifton, on Thursday, June 2nd, 1853. Size : 430 x 285 mm. T. W. Maddox, Bookseller, Launceston. With - two Election Broadsides for Andover (1847), and Bridgnorth (1852).With one other. With a 2 page manuscript letter in a scribal hand dated 1834, signed ' Exmouth.' with the remains of a torn and post ally used envelope also signed ' Exmouth, and dated 1821. .' * Edward Pellow, Viscount Exmouth
LANDSDOWNE, Lord - a polite 2 page MS letter addressed from Bowood, Dec.9th 1835, to Sainthill, Lansdowne, Cork.- With three manuscript books, one relating to the genealogy of Edward Sharp, another being manuscript interpretations of earlier documents. The third one in a difficult hand seems to also record earlier documents some connected to Ireland.(4)
MANUSCRIPT ESTATE PLAN : " A Plan of that Part of Crackpot Farm, commonly called or known by the name of High Pasture, situate and being within the Manor of Healaugh in Swaledale in the County of York 1768. 550 x 405 mm. * hand painted on parchment with the title within a decorative cartouche and an explanation within a cartouche in the opposite corner, and distance scale, and fantasy compass. * a most decorative map which is rolled.
KIEFER, ANSELM1945 DonaueschingenTitel: Manuscript. Datierung: 1968. Technik: Kohle, Bleistift, Deckweiß und Collage auf Velin. Maße: 48,5 x 67cm. Bezeichnung: Signiert und nummeriert unten links: Anselm Kiefer 68. Rahmen/Sockel: Rahmen. Im Rahmen beschrieben. Provenienz:- Privatsammlung Norddeutschland. Erläuterungen zum Katalog
° ° Schneider, Friedrich von - Overture (tragisch) fur ganzes Orchester - manuscript orchestral score, title and 48pp. 13 stave sections, with orchestration and the dynamics; title continues 'Verfafst und Herrn Open Director Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried gewidnet von Friedrich Scheider'; 19th cent. half morocco and marbled boards, oblong 4to. (? later 19th cent.) and Euripides - Poeta, Tragicoru Princeps, in Latinum Sermonem Conversus..., (translated and edited G. Striblinus et al). engraved title device, engraved headpiece decorations, historiated and decorated initials. 667pp., cols. 668-845 and (25)pp. old cloth with leather label, roy. 4to. Basileae: per Ioannem Oporinum, (1562)
Theodor Fontane - Liederbuch des literarischen Sonntags-Vereins zu Berlin genannt: Tunnel über der Spree. (Als Manuscript gedruckt.) Berlin [um 1859]. Pappband der Zeit.Sehr seltene Veröffentlichung der am 3. Dezember 1827 gegründeten literarischen Gesellschaft »Tunnel über der Spree«. Dieser Verein von Liebhabern der Literatur und Kunst bestand 71 Jahre. - Dieser Band enthält Gedichte unter den drei Überschriften »König und Vaterland«, »Dem Vereine« und »Komische und Geselligkeits-Lieder«. Die Beiträger tarnten sich hinter Pseudonymen berühmter Namen wie Petrarca (Ludwig Lesser), Cook (Christian Friedrich Scherenberg), Maler Müller (Hugo von Blomberg), Claudius (George Hesekiel), Spinoza (Rudolf Löwenstein), Bürger (Heinrich Smidt), Tasso (Hugo von Bülow), Immermann (Wilhelm von Merckel) u. a. - Theodor Fontane veröffentlichte hier zwei Gedichte von 1852 und 156 unter dem Namen des früher erfolgreichen Trivialautors Lafontaine. In seinem autobiographischen Werk »Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig liefert er eine Charakterisierung des Vereins.16,3 : 11,7 cm. 88 Seiten. - Vorderes Gelenk gebrochen. Rücken geklebt und mit kleinen Fehlstellen, Ecken berieben. - Durchgehend etwas stockfleckig.Schobeß 510 und 459. - Rasch 4410. - Goedeke Fortführung II, 1446, 23
A RARE GROUP OF 27 FOLIOS FROM A MANUSCRIPT, KASHMIR 18TH CENTURYBlack ink, gilt and watercolor on paper. The three mounts each with three delicately painted figural scenes depicting the avatars of Vishnu, and six folios of calligraphy on blue ground, each in a painted gold frame. (27) Provenance: Collection of Sigfred Taubert, thence by descent. Sigfred Taubert (1914-2008) was the director of the Frankfurt Book Fair between 1958 and 1973, and also a writer and enthusiastic collector of bibliophilic treasures from all over the world. From 1974 to 1978, he was a member of the board of the UNESCO International Book Committee in Paris. Condition: Very good condition with only minor losses, minimal wear, the paper slightly warped. Dimensions: Image size 6.6 x 11.6 cm, Size including mounting 36.2 x 50.5 cm
An early 19th Century commonplace album/scrapbook c.1820, containing several well executed pen, ink & watercolour sketches, including botanical studies, insects etc, plus manuscript poetry, verse, prose extracts etc, mounted engravings (some hand coloured), etc, ownership signature of A. Garbutt, Hull, at front, contemporary calf covered in later decorative floral silk, inner joints split, contents loose
North of Scotland Bank Limited, £100, 1 March 1930, serial number A 0008/0281, one manuscript signature low left, printed signature low right, unusual thinning in low left and top right margin otherwise the main body of the note still retains good paper quality, overall original good fine, attractive and extremely rare PMS NS 42 £2,200-£2,600
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