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(Arthur C. Hilton) - "Achil" - Creeping Barrage, November 1919, on illustrated manuscript; various other watercolours

A large print of an illuminated manuscript relating to Gloucester, with coat of arms, hand coloured and gilt, framed together with a hand coloured ad gilt religious verse, framed (2)

25 various Documents, flyers, Receipts, Etc. mainly 18th. century; including: Sun-Fire-Office July 6th. 1775, proposals; 2pp, folio with vignette heading & 2pp of manuscript calculations; The Patriot, a tragedy.. from the Italian of Astasio. Dublin, 1785. 67pp disbound; [Morris, E]: The Adventurers; a farce in two acts. C Dilly, 1790. 38pp discount; The Apparition, a poem. Hills, 1710. 24pp discount, title-page stained & detached; Bank of True Love, Feb 14, 1847: valentine cheque. Etc. (Qty)

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY: The workes of our Ancient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed. Impensis Geor. Bishop: Londini, 1602. Title surrounded by architectural surround, 'progenie' leaf by John Speed, Woodcuts of Chaucer's arms and of the knight plus woodcut head and tailpieces and initials throughout. Fol. PP: (ii)blank front endpapers, (i)Title-Page, (i)blank, (viii) dedication & to reader, (i)the Progenie, (i)blank, (x), (i)large armorial title, (i)b, (xvi), + Leaves: 1-179, 178-350, 353-376, (xxvi), (i)Errata, (i)b. {[a1-c6, A1-Nnn6, Ooo4, Ppp1-Uuu6, + 2 leaves: (authors cited by Chaucer & Errata}. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration to centre of covers. Recased, preserving the original spine; front endpaper present (with manuscript notes); bottom corner of p84 torn off (just touching end letters); occasional light damp staining; two pages repaired;

Two documents: Ref: YORK: 1- Worley, Sir Francis (Poet, 1591-1652)- Beaumont, Sir Richard, of Whitley, Yorkshire. 30 November 1630. Enfeoffment of property "unto my cosyn Thomas Beaumont Sonne & heir apparent… unto Sir Francis Wortly of Wortly". Manuscript fair copy, 4pp, docket on verso, 3 small holes along folds; folds a little browned; (40 x 30.5cms); 2- Indenture on vellum folded, dated 1673. Re sale of fie farm rents, grant re Little Preston, Yorks. Signed by Sir William Bucknell, part signatures of William Hall and Fferdinando Bucknall. No seals attached; (61 x 42cms). (2)

1869-1882 AN ENGINEER’S MANUSCRIPT NOTE BOOK: 4to. PP: 71+50+110+14 Plates (245 pages in total), neatly hand-written in ink with numerous drawings in the text (many hand coloured), and 14 full page tipped-in plates. Subjects covered: “Brass & Iron founder” Larkin: Henry Carey Baird & Co. Philadelphia, 1881; tempering steel; Cornish Boilers; Typographical letters (8pp); Copying tracings Photographically; Hydraulic Rams; Water engines; Leith Harbour dredger; Sugar Mills; Feshn factory- made in England during 1871 and put up in EGYPT between Autumn and Spring, 1873 (pages: 53-112). vg

A Qur'anic Prayer Scroll, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [India (probably Kashmir), second half of nineteenth century] a single scroll formed of 5 membranes, complete, containing a few verses of prayers in Arabic, copied in a large stylised naskh script, dots in red and diacritics in blue, text outlined in gilt clouds, delicate blue and red flowers decorating areas around the text, entire scroll ruled in gilt, a few slight scuffs or stains, minor chips to extremities, overall attractive condition, backed with linen, 100 by 2500 mm.

Ɵ Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man, Kitab al-Fatawaa al-Anqariyaa (a work of Hannafi fiqh), two volumes, printed in Arabic by the Bulaq press [Egypt (probably Cairo), dated 1281 AH (1864-65 AD)] two volumes, complete, both including the fihritsts at the front of the volumes, printed in single column with extensive printed commentaries to the marginalia throughout, first volume with full-page manuscript gift presentation to Sheikh Muhammad Omar al-Izziya, very clean and crisp condition internally, 280 by 200 mm.; twentieth-century leather over pasteboards, covers stamped with circular mamluk-style devices, lightly scuffed else presentable

Ɵ "My three weeks at Pera", early photograph album of original photographs printed by Phebus [Turkey (Beyoglu region), dated September 1902]single album, containing 36 original photographs of the Pera (now Beyoglu) region of Istanbul, all but one captioned in a contemporary hand and each image with a green and gilt stamp by "Phebus", some images a little faded, manuscript title to first leaf, margins a little darkened or lightly soiled, images between 125 by 155 mm. and 195 by 260 mm.; album leaves stitched together, lacking covers and spineA remarkable album containing a personal traveller's journey to Pera (now Beyoglu) region in Istanbul. Scenes included contain: the Mosque of St. Sophie, Suleyman Mosque, Bebek, the Yanni brasserie, Cote de Bosphore, "Chateaux d'Europe", Quay of Constantinople and a group of Dervishes among others.

Ɵ "Kem" Kimon E Marengo. Set of 5 World War II propaganda posters depicting adaptations of Shahnameh scenes, in Farsi, apparent reprinted edition of the complete 6 scenes, chromolithographs on paper [London (for the Ministry of Information), 1942 or slightly later] 6 leaves (forming the complete set, a few light creases and chips to outer extremities, some scattered spotting and light surface dust, fair condition, versos blank, each 370 by 250 mm.Marengo was an Egyptian, who worked in Paris as a satirical cartoonist. At the outbreak of World War II, he was studying in Exeter College, Oxford, and turned his talents to aiding the Ministry of Information in London, producing over 3000 images on behalf of the British war effort. The Germans were increasingly using propaganda in Iran, and so Marengo was tasked with devising counter-measures. He drew on that nation's rich manuscript heritage, and repainted six images from the Shahnameh, replacing key figures with likenesses of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin overseeing the downfall of Hitler. These were initially produced as posters, and then as booklets of postcards, and dispersed during the Tehran conference when the Allied powers signed a declaration that committed them to Iran's independence.

Large collection of photographs of India, many originals from photographers including Murray, Bourne and Shepherd [India, most late nineteenth century] over 60 photographs, most individually mounted on thick card, all black and white or sepia-tint, some a little faded, some light surface scuff marks, many with manuscript captions beneath image, smallest 95 by 150 and most 280 by 230 mm. A wonderful collection of views of palaces, trainlines and cities of India, including the regions of Madras, Delhi, Sikri, Ghudderghat, Gwalior, Karli, Ahmedabad, Tanjore and Lucknow by important photographers including Murray, Bourne and Shepherd.

Leaf from an Abbasid Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [North Africa or the Near East, end of the ninth or early tenth century] single leaf, containing the text from Surah al-Baqarah (The Cow) and al-Imran (The Family of Imran), 2:272-3:41, single column, 17 lines informal kufic script, some vocalisation shown with red dots, roundels formed of red and brown circles marking important divisions in the text, a few dots and corrections added in a later hand, a few small scuff marks, outer lower corner of leaf chipped with loss to text, extremities darkened and worn, c. 150 by 215 mm. This leaf is comparable to early Abbasid leaves in "Script Style E" of F. Déroche's calligraphic table, where it is noted that such Qur'ans were perhaps intended for personal use. For more, see F. Déroche The Abbasid Tradition (1992, nos. 63-66. pp. 117-120).

Illustrated leaf form the Muqamat of al-Hariri of Basra, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Mamluk territories (probably Syria), probably c. 1300 AD] single leaf, containing a depiction of a young man paddling a small boat, single column, text in 13 lines black thuluth verging on muhaqqaq, some early water-staining causing some faint fading to pigments, some small chips to paint, c. 360 by 245 mm.; in card mount, framed and glazedThe first illustrated copies of al-Hariri's Maqamat were produced in the beginning of the thirteenth century, with only six copies surviving before the present manuscript was produced (two attributed to Syria: BnF, Arabe 3929 and 6094; two from Baghdad in the 1230s: St Petersburg, Academy of Sciences, inv.no.s23 and BnF Arabe 5874; and two further copies without a definitive origin produced around the middle of the century: Suleymaniye Library, Istanbul, in.no.2916 abd British Library, London, Or.1200). For more information on the Muqamat see lot 29.

Ɵ Abu Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali bin Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Hariri, known as 'al-Hariri of Basra', Maqamat al-Hariri (the Assemblies of al-Hariri), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on buff paper [Mamluk territories (probably Egypt), second half of the thirteenth century] single volume, 60 leaves, misbound and uncollatable, containing majority of anecdotes numbered 30-50 (of 50), single column, 15 lines elegant black thuluth with chapter headings in red, some ink annotations and marginalia from fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, some light water-staining to outer edges, a few leaves with edges repaired (not affecting main body of text), overall bright and presentable condition, 300 by 205 mm.; eighteenth-century leather-backed boards, covers stamped with circular motifs in Mamluk style, rebacked and outer edges repaired, covers slightly faded  The Muqamat of al-Hariri is arguably the most treasured work of literature in the Arabic language after the Qur'an. The text consists of fifty literary and poetic anecdotes, endorsing Arabic proverbs, idioms and expressions, presented to the reader by Abu Zady al-Harith who is commonly interpreted as the narrator of the stories. The social history of the Maqamat is deeply rooted in oral traditions, with many anecdotes meant to be memorised and retold in large gatherings. The immediate popularity of the text meant that manuscript copies were commissioned all across the Islamic territories from Andalusia to Eastern Persia with translations into Turkish and Hebrew appearing in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries as well. The rich imagery of the work also lead to the production of many illustrated manuscript copies, containing iconic illustrations of the famous scenes, and leaving an Arabic literary legacy comparable to that of the Shahnameh in Persian tradition.  Al-Hariri of Basra (d. 1122) was a poet and government official based in the city of Basra in Seljuk Iraq. Although the concept of the 'muqama' had already been established by the twelfth century, al-Hariri elevated the existing form of Arabic literature, a literary genre combining rhymed prose with intervals of poetry, to a fine artform with his Muqamat. The present codex is a fine and early example of the text, containing almost half of the anecdotes, copied only about 150 years after the author's death. Very few early copies survive in book form, for another example see Sotheby's, 1 May 2001, Lot 12.  For a leaf from an early illustrated Muqamat, see lot 28.

Ɵ Ali bin Muhammad al-Khazin, Tafsir Li'bab al-Ta'wil fi Ma'ani al-Tanzil, third volume only, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper ["Granada in the Andalus", dated Rabi I 890 AH (1485 AD)]single volume, 82 leaves, lacking first 9 leaves (replaced in twentieth century manuscript facsimile in a similar style), single column, 22 lines black maghribi script with headings and important words in red, some very slight darkening and finger soiling to the margins, a few small spots, else in very clean condition, 210 by 170 mm; twentieth-century leather over paste-boards, extremities slightly rubbedThis manuscript was copied in Granada in the region of Andalusia in the year 1485 AD. The 'Emirate of Granada', as it was known, was governed by Muhammad XIII of Granada (Abu Abd'ullah Muhammad az-Zaghall, 1444-1494) of the Nasrid Dynasty during this period and at the time of copying, this was last independent Muslim state in Western Europe. Granada then fell to the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella, monarchs of Christian Spain, in 1492, only 7 years after the copying of this manuscript. Al-Khazin (d. 741 AH / 1341 AD) was a Baghdadi theologian renowned for his scholarship of hadith and taqsir, who spent most of his life time between Baghdad where he was a Shaif'i jurist and Aleppo where he worked in a prominent school. The present text is one of his best known commentaries on the Qur'an and its meaning with regards to interpretations and uses of tanzil.  

Ɵ Abdullah bin Abdullah al-Tarjuman, Tuhfa al'Arib fi al-Radi ila Ahl al-Salib [Treatise on refuting the arguments of the people of the cross], in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Spain (Granada), dated 913 AH (1507 AD)]single volume, 55 leaves, single column, between 15 and 16 lines black and sepia maghribi script, possibly copied in two hands, title and some headings in red, catchwords and early foliation throughout, some ownership inscriptions to title and a few small annotations to margins, some small spots and stains, else presentable condition, 185 by 155 mm.; contemporary boards with flap, rebacked with edges repaired in leather, scuffed and wornAl-Tarjuman (d.1432), whose name literally translates to "the translator", was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1355 AD and spent most of his working life as a writer in Tunisia. Rather unusually, al-Tarjuman began his life as a member of the Franciscan Order, and it wasn't until he was 35 that he converted to Islam after living in Tunisia. His popularity grew in the Muslim world and he became known for his ability to speak Christian languages, which led to his later position in the court of Hafid Sultan of Tunis. He compiled number of notable works in Catalan and Arabic during his lifetime, but the present text is by far his most influential. It is a polemic rhetoric against "the people of the cross" (Christians) and affirms his belief in the prophethood of Prophet Muhammad as the messenger of Allah. This text was later translated into Persian and Ottoman Turkish, however in the centuries after the author's death, was popular among Muslim communities in North Africa and Andalusia. The colophon records that this copy of the work was copied in Granada by the scribe Sa'id bin Ahmad al-Azdi in the year 913 AH. 

Ɵ Kitab al-Jawharah al-Nafisah fi Ulum al-Khanisa (The Precious Jewel, on the ecclesiastical sciences), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper ["the Holy city of Jerusalem", dated 1551 of the Coptic Calendar] single volume, complete, 138 leaves plus a contemporary endpaper at each end, single column, 16 lines angular black naskh per page, headings and some vocalisation marked in red, 3 leaves of fihrist at the front of the volume, some faint marginal staining and finger-soiling, a few leaves with black ink-stains, two leaves adhered together from ink stains causing some loss to text, overall bright and attractive copy, 120 by 165 mm.; contemporary leather over boards with flap, contemporary tooling in Coptic-style floral rosettes and Ottoman medallions and corner-pieces, all stamped in blind and a little rubbed, remains of leather-ties to covers, upper cover rubbed and scuffed This is a popular theological and liturgical treatise on the ecclesiastical sciences compiled by the thirteenth-century by Coptic theologian Yuhanna ibn Adi Zakariyya ibn Sabba. The text covers a wide range of subject matter relating to ecclesiastical and ritual practices and is often referred to as 'encyclopedic' in its nature.  

Ɵ Safar Youhna al-Ra'ani (The Book of Revelations), in Bohairic Coptic and Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper ["The Holy City of Jerusalem", dated 9 April 1579 AD] single volume, complete, 108 leaves (including a contemporary blank), double-column throughout, large full-page illustration of the holy cross opening the text in polychrome colour, polychrome heading and illustrated initial opening the first page of text, a few small stains and smudges to outer edges of leaves, some light finger-soiling, else bright and presentable condition, 230 by 170 mm.; contemporary leather-backed cloth over boards, covers a little soiled and faded, extremities worn A fine example of the Coptic and Arabic manuscript tradition, found here with full-page and colour illustrations. The manuscript includes a complete colophon inscribed by Jubra'il bin Yousha (Gabriel son of Joshua) recording that the volume was completed in the Holy city of Jerusalem on 9 April 1579 AD.  

Ɵ Ignatius of Loyola, Kitab al-Riyadat al-Ruhiya ... (The Spiritual Excercises of Ignatius of Loyola), translated from the Latin original Exercitia Spiritualia into Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated 10 August 1703 AD]single volume, 170 leaves, apparently complete, single column, 17 lines cursive naskh with headings in red, a few scattered spots and stains, some faint finger-soiling, overall clean and presentable condition, 145 by 90 mm.; contemporary leather over pasteboards, covers tooled in blind, spine with raised bands, spine ends worn, covers rubbedIgnatius of Loyola (1491-1556 AD) was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest who co-founded the Jesuit Order. He is best known for producing this treatise, the Spiritual Exercises, a practical text containing meditations, prayers and mental exercises for the reader, originally in Spanish, but then translated into Latin for the first edition published in 1548 (during the author's lifetime). The present Arabic translation was presumably produced for an itinerant Jesuit resident in the Holy Land, who used it during his attempts to convert Muslims there, hence its small pocket-sized format. Other Jesuit translations of this work into Arabic are recorded throughout the eighteenth century, and the Maronite author Gabriel Farhat (1670-1732) also composed an Arabic spiritual handbook based on Ignatius' work.  

Ɵ Kitab Dastoor al-Adviyeh al-Mubarak fi Ilm al-Tibb (a guide to herbal medicine), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Jerusalem ("in the Salahi Hospital"), dated Shahban 1717 "miladi" AD] single volume, complete, 49 leaves, single column, 21 lines cursive black naskh, headings and important phrases in red, title and colophon copied in triangular 'v' shape decorated with red teardrops in outline, some contemporary marginalia throughout the volume, a few scattered smudges and stains, overall good condition, 225 by 160 mm.; contemporary leather-backed boards with flap, rubbed and worn with some chips to extremities (with loss) A rare medical treatise by thirteenth-century physician and doctor Hakim Davud bin al-Bayan Suleyman al-Israili al-Misri al-Matufi (d. 1244 AD). The colophon of the present manuscript stipulates that this eighteenth-century witness to the text was copied by a working physician, named Ilyas bin Abdullah al-Naseri, in the Sahahi Hospital in Jerusalem. The contemporary marginalia and informal presentation of the text strongly suggest that this was al-Naseri's personal copy, used as a guide to making herbal remedies for patients as he treated them in the Salahi Hospital.  

Leaf from a fine Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Abbasid territories (possibly Syria), ninth century] single leaf, containing text from Surah al-Hajj (Pilgrimage), 22: 36-43, single column, 15 lines brown kufic script, some vocalisation marked by red dots, diacritical strokes added in a later hand in black ink, remains of single round verse marker in gold to reverse, a few small nicks and tears (one small hole affecting text), reverse a little faded, extremities a little darkened, 165 by 230 mm. This leaf is from a fine and early Abbasid Qur'an, endorsing the "D.IV" variation of kufic script as described by F. Dévroche. For more information and another example of a leaf from the same Qur'an, see F. Dévroche, The Abbasid Tradition (1992, no. 32, pp. 82).

Leaf from an important Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Near East (probably Damascus, Syria), tenth century] single leaf, single column, three lines stylised elongated kufic script, red and green dots marking vocalisation and a cluster of gold circles in a triangular shape forming the verse marker, some oxidisation from ink causing erosion to parchment, some offsetting and faint damp-staining, outer extremities a little chipped, 330 by 225 mm. Parchment was an expensive commodity in the tenth century and the production of copies of the Qu'ran using only three lines to the page would have come at a great price. This leaf is a surviving witness to a small handful of lavish three-line Qur'ans produced in the ninth and tenth centuries, the most notable of which was produced for Amajur (d. 870 AD, Abbasid military officer and Governor of Damascus in later life) and later donated to the Great Mosque of Tyre in 262 AH (867 AD). It is perhaps this connection to Amajur that coined the term 'script of the Damascus school', associated to the type of Kufic endorsed in these three-lined Qur'ans. This leaf is comparable to another in the Nasser D. Khalili collection (accession number KFQ91) using the script identified as "D.vc" by F. Déroche in The Abbasid Tradition (1992, no. 58, pp. 109).

Ɵ Muhammad Abdullah ibn Muslin Qutabaya al-Dinawari al-Marwazi, known as 'Ibn Qutabaya', Kitab Qarib al-Hadith al-Sharif, containing third volume only (of three), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on thick buff paper [Abbasid territories (possibly Baghdad), dated Shawwal 580 AH (January 1185 AD)]single volume, 60 leaves, third and final volume of the text only, single column, between 15 and 16 lines cursive script with thuluth influences, early ink ownership inscriptions to title, some slight finger-soiling and staining, a few minor early worm-holes to lower edges (not affecting text), overall very attractive condition, 205 by 140 mm.; late eighteenth- or early nineteenth century leather over pasteboards, ruled in blind with centrally stamped Mamluk-style circular device to covers, spine a little faded, extremities rubbedIbn Qutabaya (d. 276 AH / 889 AD) was a Persian scholar, polymath and senior judge for the Abbasid Caliphate. During his lifetime he compiled a vast number of treatises on Islamic theology, hadith, Arabic grammar and history among other subjects. He remains one of the highest regarded hadith scholars and jurists of Sunni Islam, with many examples of his work being copied in manuscript form for an entire millennia after his death.  This treatise is a continuation of an earlier version of the Qarib al-Hadith by al-Qasim al-Salah, whereby Ibn Qutabaya compiled a larger body of work on the foundations of the previous text. The present copy comprises one volume of a three-part work and is a strikingly early example of the text. Al-Alam notes that Chester Beatty Library has a copy of the first juz' copied in Baghdad and dated 279 AH (892 AD) and a further two juz' are held in the Az-Zahiriya library in Damascus (Al-Alam bibliography, IV, pp. 137). Despite the legacy of Ibn Qutabaya's works, only one early manuscript copy of this work has been traced at public auction: Christie's sold an example copied in Fez dated Jumada II 458 (March 1066 AD) on 24 April 2015 (lot 248, realising £11,250). 

Ɵ Hasan bin Umar bin Hasan ibn Habib al-Halabi, Jami'yat al-Akhbar fi Isma' Al-Khalaf'a wa Muluk al-Amsaar (A historical and geographical account of the Caliphs and Kings of Islamic lands), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on buff paper [Ottoman Levant, dated Sha'ban 1125 AH (1713 AD)]single volume, 91 leaves, possibly lacking a fihrist at the front of the volume, else apparently textually complete, single column, 24 lines cursive naskh, headings and key words in red, catchwords throughout, contemporary marginalia and annotations throughout, waqf inscriptions for a private collector named Haj Ibramin Efendi Arabi (dated 1135 AH / 1723 AD), with their seal stamped to final leaf, some light water-staining to upper edges of leaves, a few scattered marks and stains, overall clean example, 222 by 165 mm.; contemporary leather-backed boards with flap, worn, covers and edges crudely repaired Habib al-Halabi (d. 1377 AD) was a Damascus-born historian that lived in Aleppo. He travelled extensively during his lifetime, notably visiting Egypt, the Hejaz and the Levant. The present work is a historical and geographical account of the early Caliphs and Kings of these regions, possibly inspired by his travels. The volume not only describes these rulers, but also offers insight into the geographical locations in which they settled, their 'Amsaar' (garrison towns), and the physical proximity of these locations to each other. Manuscript copies of Habib al-Halabi's works are uncommon, the two known works are Durrat al-Aslak fi Dawlat al-Atrak and Tadkirat al-Nabih fi Ayaam al-Mansur wa Banih, which are recorded in institutional ownership. However the present work is an exceptionally rare text, with no other copies traced in such institutions or sold at public auction. 

Ɵ Safi al-Din Abd' al-Mu'min ibn Yusuf ibn al-Fakhir al-Urmawi al-Baghdadi, known as 'al-Urmawi', Kitab al-Adwar (Book of Cycles, a treatise on the theory of music), in Ottoman Turkish, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman territories, dated 1131 AH (1718 AD)]single volume, complete, 32 leaves plus a contemporary endleaf at each end, single column, 15 lines black stylised naskh script with muhaqqaq influences, some headings and vocalisation in red, gilt head-piece opening the text, numerous diagrams throughout the text heightened in gilt, catchwords throughout, leaves ruled in gilt, a few annotations to the margins in a slightly later hand, some faint water-staining to upper edges of leaves (rarely affecting text), overall a very bright and attractive copy, 205 by 155 mm.; nineteenth-century calf-backed boards with flap, decorative medallion stamped to covers in blind, extremities and spine ends a little rubbedThis treatise is, perhaps, the earliest known text dedicated entirely to the theory and practice of music in the medieval Islamic world. It was compiled by the author al-Urmawi (d. 1294) in the thirteenth century, and explores musical divisions, scales, modes and also describes the workings of practical instruments including the five string lute. The treatise offers a scientific explanation to these theories and is comparable in style to the teachings of Avicenna on the same subject in his Danishnama'i Ala'i (a treatise on logic, metaphysics, music theory and other sciences).Little is known about the author's early life, but he is thought to have been born in Urmina, given his surname, in the modern-day Azari region of north-west Iran in the year 1216 AD. He travelled to Baghdad in his early life where his skills in calligraphy granted him the role of copyist in the famous library of al-Musta'sim of the Abbasid caliphate (the final Abbasid Caliph, d. 1258 AD). Towards the end of al-Musta'sim's reign al-Urmawi had become a famous musician and thus survived the fall of the Abbasid caliphate, and was supported through the patronage of private families including influential Juvayni family. The Kitab al-Adwar is one of two notable musical treatises compiled by the author during his lifetime. The second of is the Risalah al-Sharafiyyah fi l'nisbah al-ta'lifiyyah, compiled around 665 AH (1267 AD) and dedicated to his patron in later life Sharaf al-Din Harun Juvayni, focusing on musical intervals. These works have remained integral to the study of music in the Islamic world and have been used consistently since the thirteenth century.  

A calligraphic panel by Ismail Zuhtu, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, second half of eighteenth century]  single sheet, 3 lines competent black thuluth, gold circular roundels separating the verses, ruled in black and gold, then mounted on card with eighteenth-century marbled paper added to border, some light surface soiling, some very slight rubbing to final line of text (with slight loss), modern ink inscriptions to versos in ink, 182 by 240mm.  Signed inscriptions of authentication to the verso of this panel are in the hand of the celebrated Uskudar born scribe Necmeddin Okyay Efendi (1883-1976), whose talents extended calligraphy into the arts of marbling and bookbinding.   

Ɵ Sa'ad al-Din Massoud ibn Umar al-Taftazani, Tazhib al-Mantiq wa al-Kalam, one of there short treatises bound together, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Ottoman Turkey, one of the treatises dated 1190 AH (1776 AD)] single volume, 3 parts in one volume, 104 leaves, main text in single column, 21 lines black informal naskh, headings and overlining in red, extensive marginalia throughout, catchwords, leaves rather darkened and a little soiled, spine cracked with many leaves and gatherings loose, rather worn, early nineteenth-century inscription to leaf, 225 by 180 mm.; nineteenth-century marbled paper-backed boards, spine cracked and worn, remains of flap along outer edge of lower board, darkened and worn Provenance: Gifted by Suleyman Pasha to a Lisbon family in October 1840. An influential work on logic, including extracts on grammar and rhetoric, by the Persian polymath al-Taftazani (1322-1390 AD).

Ɵ Mawla Sal'a wa S'llim daima' abadan (a volume of Arabic Qasa'ida), 8 parts in one volume, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Ottoman Turkey, second half of nineteenth century]  50 leaves (including two endpapers), complete, catchwords throughout, single and double column, 13 lines of red or black naskh per page, each of the 8 sections with a separate illuminated polychrome heading, columns ruled in red and gilt, some in silver colouring, decorative circular gilt roundels with red and turquoise dots marking the verses throughout, leaves a little mottled in places, overall excellent condition, 223 by 148mm.; contemporary green cloth-backed boards with flap, outer edges in buckram ruled in gilt, rubbed and cloth lightly soiled  A charming anthology of devotional Arabic verses, rarely seen in poetic form, including verses in praise of the Prophet Muhammad.  

Leaf from a fine Abbasid Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Abbasid Mesopotamia, likely first half of the ninth century] single leaf, containing the text from Surah Ghafir (The Forgiver), 40:41-42, single column, 5 lines bold early kufic script in black, highly stylised script with notable elongation to the letters, dots and vocalisation marks in bold gold dots, one larger rosette marking the divide between the two verses present, a small area of corrosion to one letter along final line of verso, else a few small scuffs, edges a little darkened, overall very attractive condition, 150 by 225 mm.; in modern card mount The notably bold and stylised nature of this script is intended to reflect the unadorned written word. The lack of diacritics and vocalisation marked by gold dots are described as uncommon by F. Déroche in discussion about a very similar leaf (see The Abbasid Tradition, 1992, no. 22, p. 70). Another folio from the same Qur'an is in Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul (Ms EH.30).

Ɵ Section from the Kitab al-Hadi al-Fiqh al-Shafi'i, single gathering only, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Seljuk Persia, mid-twelfth century] single gathering only, 10 leaves stitched together, single column, between 14 and 17 lines cursive sepia script in an informal hand, some overlining, and small annotations in a later hand, leaves darkened and rubbed, final three leaves with small holes from oxidisation of ink, small worm-holes to inner edges, modern label adhered to lower leaf with inscription "81-21", 170 by 140 mm. Section from a work of Shafi'i fiqh by twelfth-century scholar al-Din Abu' al-Mu'ali Massoud bin Muhammad al-Nisaburi al-Shafi'i (d. 578 AH / 1182 AD), probably copied in the author's lifetime.

An Early Talismanic document containing the illustration of a horse, with surrounding prayers and inscriptions in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Probably Persian territories, c. 1200 AD] single leaf, containing a centrally placed primitive drawing of a horse fitted with saddle, with sacred passages of text in an early cursive hand in the borders, a few small holes and thinning of paper in places, remains of old fold lines, reverse blank, 225 by 157 mm. A rare and important witness to medieval Islamic drawing. The present primitive ink drawing of a horse is likely the product of an untrained artist's work, produced for the protective and magical properties of the ink used, which together with the encircling prayers and invocations would have been used to protect the horse and rider on their journeys. The presence of a saddle in the illustrations strongly indicates that the horse was used for travel, and the remains of old fold lines suggests the paper was folded up into a small rectangle and placed in a small pouch on the horse itself, as a talisman. The paper here is characteristically twelfth century and typical of paper from the eastern Persian regions.  

Leaf from a large Eastern Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on buff paper [Seljuk Persia, first half of the twelfth century] single leaf, containing the opening for the surah al-Insan (The Man), 76:1, single column, 15 lines angular sepia eastern kufic script, diacritics and vocalisation in red and green with some added in blue (possibly in a later hand), decorative rosettes marking the verses in gilt, ornamental devices to the margins also in gilt and heightened in orange and green, surah heading with additional prayers outlined in a gold box with a large gilt roundel extending into the margin, some early marginalia and commentary in red, leaf worn and a little mottled at outer edges with some loss to outer edges (including loss to marginalia and illumination), loss to text along old vertical fold (nor repaired), 340 by 275 mm.

A prisoner is brought to the King of Samangam, miniature on a leaf from an early Shahnameh, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Muzaffarid Persia, c. 1380] single leaf, miniature in ink and gouache on paper, depicting an enthroned king summoning forward a prisoner, with attendants in waiting, with possible later retouching to miniature, formed from two leaves from the same Shahnameh, text in four columns, 34 lines bold black naskh, with headings in red, also ruled in red, leaf a little darkened and mottled, some small nicks with fractional loss to paper, later paper margins mounted to the border, total 410 by 300 mm. Leaf from a large and early copy of Firdawsi's epic, containing the headline and subsequent text for the iconic moment in which a young Sohrab asks his mother (Tahmina) about the true identity of his father. The iconic tragedy of Sohrab is that he grows to become a great warrior, but dies at the hand of his father Rostam, who is unaware of the true identity of the warrior before him.

Bahran Gur in the blue pavilion visiting the princess, leaf from Hasht-Behesht of Amir Khusraw, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia (probably Shiraz), c. 1560 AD] single leaf, ink and gouache on paper, heightened in gold, depicting a full-page miniature of Bahram in the blue pavilion, seen sitting with the princess with musicians in the foreground, attendants and other rooms of the palace also in view, reverse with text in four columns, 19 lines fine black nasta'liq, some very small areas of fading or minor chips to pigment, some small areas of restoration, outer edges of leaf a little darkened and worn, total 273 by 162 mm.; in modern card mountProvenance: From a private Swiss collection in the 1960s, then apparently exhibited at the Institute du Monde Arabe, Paris in 2001: pencil inscription inside the mount.Illustration: A visually spectacular example of this iconic scene from Amir Khusraw's epic poem Hasht-Behesht (The Eight Heavens). The rich shades of blue and turquoise are championed in this depiction of the pavilion through intricate geometric mosaic patterns and carpets throughout. 

Ɵ Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi, Kitab Kamil as-Sina'a at-Tabbaiya (The Complete Book of the Medical Art), copied by Salam'ullah bin Habib'ullah bin Muhammad, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, dated 990-91 AH (1582-84 AD)]single volume, two books bound in one, each of these with ten chapters (together 20 chapters), 600 leaves, one leaf lacking in final gathering (replaced in manuscript facsimile), textually complete, single column, 21 lines black naskh, chapter headings and important sections in red, catchwords throughout, each of the twenty chapters with an index of the 'bab' within and each with a separate colophon, first six chapters of first book misbound in nineteenth century (with book 1 bound after book 2, and the maqalas in Book 2 misbound in the present sequence 3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), some very minor marginal staining to some small sections, occasional light mottling, a few outer edges repaired (only affecting the text of two leaves), overall very attractive and clean condition, 240 by 180 mm.; later leather over pasteboards, faintly pressed central medallions to covers, rebacked, edges a little scuffedExceptionally rare complete copy of a primary and fundamental work of medicine from the Golden Age of Islam, preceding and influencing Avicenna's Canon on Medicine Provenance:Produced for a wealthy and important patron in sixteenth-century Persia on fine paper, and in the hand of a single scribe, who names himself as Salam'ullah bin Habib'ullah bin Muhammad in a number of the colophons at the end of individual sections of the work. In addition, many of these colophons record dates of their completion showing that the whole codex took two years to produce (Book 1, maqalas 1 records a date of "Jumadi 990", while 2 has "Rajab 990", 3 has "Rajab 990", 4 has "Shaban 990", 5 has "Dey 990", 6 has "Muharram 991", 7 has "Safar 991", 8 has "Safar 991", 9 has "Safar 991", 10 has "Rabi Thani 991"; and Book 2, maqalas 5 and 10 record dates of "Rajab 991" and "Dey 991").  Text:Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi was a tenth-century Persian physician and psychologist, known in the west by his latinised name 'Hali Abbas', who is best known for this encyclopaedia of medicine. Al-Majusi was born in Ahvaz (southwest Persia) and was , perhaps, the most celebrated physician in the Eastern Caliphate of the Buwayhid dynasty, becoming royal physician to Emir 'Abdul al-Daula Fana Khusraw (reigned 949-983). The present medical treatise was compiled under Emir Khusraw's patronage, and hence is also known by the alternative title Al-Malikiyya (The Royal Book, or 'Liber Regalis' in Latin). Emir Khusraw founded a hospital in Shiraz and the 'al-Adudi Hospital' in Baghdad to show his support for the medical arts, and Al-Majusi was probably working in the latter in circa 981 AD, where he must have composed this work. He s thought to have died either c. 990 AD or 1010 AD.This work was monumentally influential in Islamic medicine, and even had a profound impact in the West. It was first translated into Latin by Constantinus Africanus in the eleventh century, for use as a primary text in the medical school of Salerno, and then it was translated again in 1127 by Stephen of Antioch. Knowledge of the work was so widespread by the fourteenth century that he is named in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in which the Doctor in the prologue is described as "Well read was he in Esulapius, / And Deiscorides, and in Rufus, Hippocrates, and Hali, and Galen". This text is divided into two distinctive books, and then these are each divided into ten 'maqalas' (sections), which are further divided into 'babs' (chapters), forming the twenty sections as represented here. The first deals with the theory of medicine, including anatomical structures (the physical structure of the body) and its physiology (the function of these parts), and the second examines the practical treatment of medicine, the application of medical treatments and surgery. Indeed, It is earliest known Arabic medical work to provide detailed instructions on surgical procedure. Complete manuscript copies of this text are exceptionally rare. The vast encyclopaedic nature of the text made it an expensive commodity in the medieval world, and the volume of text included meant that it would likely have to be copied across multiple codices. The present example appears to have been bound as two separate books at the time of copying before being joined together in one large volume in the nineteenth century (albeit bound in reverse order with Book 2 preceding Book 1.

Leaf from a Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Near East, c. 1600] single leaf, single column, two text blocks creating body of text, each formed of 4 lines black naskh framed within a line of thuluth at the top, middle and bottom of the page, Surah heading added in a later hand in a kufic style, panels on either side of text gilt with blue decorations, some smudges and small holes to leaf (from oxidisation of ink), leaf worn, c. 250 by 150 mm.; in card mount and framed (under glass on both sides) together with another large Mamluk Qur'anic leaf  

Ɵ Nizami Ganjavi, substantial section of the Khamsa (containing four of five of the epic's poems), copied by Ahzar' Abad Muhammad, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia or India, dated 20 Dey 1(0)52 AH (1642-3)]single volume, 330 leaves, containing Khosrow wa Shirin, Leili o Majnun, Eskandar Nameh and Haft Peykar (all but Makhzan ol'Asrar from the Khamsa), apparently complete sections in themselves, some leaves misbound, four columns of black nasta'liq, some headings in red, catchwords throughout, columns ruled in gilt and blue, some marginal worming (particularly to end of volume), a few leaves with outer edges repaired, a few small scuffs, else clean and presentable condition, 300 by 210 mm.; eighteenth-century western half-morocco, spine gilt in compartments, edges marbled, head and tail of spine worn with slight loss to leatherA large format and neatly copied manuscript containing four of five parts of Nizami's Khamsa. The lack of illuminated headings and relatively informal hand suggest that this was perhaps produced for scholarly use and then sold to a Western traveller in the late eighteenth century.

Ɵ Hamdullah Mustawfi al-Qazvini, Nuhzat al-Qulub (The Pleasure of Hearts), in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia (the town of "Yarafi", Qazvin province), dated 7 Shawwal 1072 AH (May 1662 AD)] single volume, 213 leaves, lacking a single gathering of 8 leaves, single column, 21 lines black nasta'liq with headings and important phrases in red, numerous diagrams and tables throughout, including two large double-page maps, heightened in silver (now oxidised), some minor staining to outer edges of leaves (rarely affecting text), first and final leaves with repaired margins, some very slight worming to lower edges, 290 by 190 mm.; contemporary upper board with central medallions and corner-pieces (lower corner damaged and leather around central medallion torn), rebacked and modern cloth-backed lower board, rubbed Provenance: Christie's, 25 April 1997, lot 58. Text: Hamdullah Mustawfi Al-Qazvini (d. 1339 AD) was a Persian poet, historian and geographer who took on an official role as the regional vizier for Ilkhanate Qazvin in the early fourteenth century before the Mongol invasion. He compiled three major works of prose and poetry during his lifetime: the first was Tarikh-i Guzida, a history of the world including the life of the prophets and pre-Islamic Kings, then came the Zafarnameh, a poetic work acting as a continuation of Firdowsi's Shahnameh taking the timeline right to the Ilkhanid era, and finally he wrote the Nuhzah at-Qulub, a geographical and historical treatise documenting the affairs and workings of the Ilkhanid Empire.  The Nuhzat al-Qulub was al-Qazvini's most influential work because it provided invaluable statistical and geographical information about Persia and Mesopotamia under Ilkhanid rule, and documented important political events leading up to the Mongol invasion.  There are two large double-page maps present in this work. The first is a detailed geographical study of thirteenth-century Persia and its surrounding territories, including the Arabian Peninsular, Central Asia and India, the second is a depiction of a globe taken from earlier sources, which is centred upon Mecca. Both of these maps use the grid form endorsing latitudinal and longitudinal lines in an attempt to position the relevant cities in their exact geographical locations to one another.    

Ornithological drawings on a manuscript leaf, probably from a dispersed copy of Qazwini's Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1700] single leaf, single column, 15 lines bold black nasta'liq with key words in red, panel on the lower half of the page with a drawing of two birds in their natural environment, a few small scuff marks, else excellent condition, 295 by 180 mm.; in modern card mount, framed and glazed A small extract from an important work on cosmology and the wonders of creation entitled Aja'ib al-Makhliqat, by the Persian scholar, Zakariyah al-Qazwini. The present copy is apparently from the same parent manuscript as a lot recently sold at Bonhams (18 June 2019, lot 2).   

Ɵ Risala Musiqi (a musical treatise), comprising two parts in one volume, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, dated Rabi II 1293 AH (1876 AD)]single volume, apparently complete, comprising two works, together 44 leaves plus a later endleaf at each end, single column, 33 lines black nasta'liq per page, many diagrams, tables and musical charts throughout the text, working copy with many later pen and pencil annotations throughout, outer edges of leaves a little darkened, many loose leaves with additional commentary loosely inserted, 345 by 225 mm.; contemporary morocco boards with flap, central medallions and ruling to covers painted in gilt, spine and extremities scuffed, a little rubbed This musical treatise comprises two separate works. The first of these is a short commentary on al-Urmawi's influential text on music theory, the Kitab al-Adwar, entitled Sharh al-Adwar by Abd al-Qadir al-Maraghi (d. 1435 AD), and the second is the Naqawa Al-Adwar al-Musiqiya copied by scribe Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Efendi al-Kunji in the year 1239 AH (1876 AD). Interestingly, the Sharh al-Adwar bears a colophon that is dated to the year 1198 AH (1784 AD) and stipulates that the volume was copied in the library of Hagia Sophia, strongly suggesting that this nineteenth-century copy of the present text was copied directly from an manuscript in the Hagia Sophia library for use as a working copy.For another musical treatise, see lot 51.

A fine calligraphic panel by Muhammad Shahbazi, in Ottoman Turkish, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Iran, dated 1398 AS (2018 AD)]single large sheet, containing two rhyming couplets of verse, copied in a very strong and skilled nasta'liq hand, text set against peach-coloured clouds outlined in red, with a background of elaborate gilt spiralling flowers executed with exceptional skill, text-panel framed within banner of blue foliage against a cream background, wide blue margins added, these hand-painted in gilt with dragons, a phoenix in flight and a wolf, this border signed "Qasimi Nijad" and also dated "98", in fine condition, total 390 by 280 mm.; mounted on thick cardA staggeringly refined and crisp example of modern Iranian craftsmanship, with the calligraphy by Muhammad Shahbazi and and illumination by Qasimi Nijad (whose signature appears on the lower edge of the outmost border), both modern masters of their respective arts. Shahbazi (b. 1967) is particularly acclaimed for his award-winning calligraphy that combines modern elements with influences from Safavid calligraphers Mir Ali Heravi and Mir Imad al-Hassani.

Ɵ Qur'an al-Karim, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Indonesia, late eighteenth century]single volume, 330 leaves, complete, single column, 15 lines sepia naskh, vocalisation in back with some diacritics in red, first, central and final facing leaves of text with elaborately decorated red and black decorative borders, formed of arabesque shapes extending outwards around the text boxes, verses marked with gilt dots outlined in black, leaves ruled in red and black, some very faint water-staining and scattered spotting or small stains, overall very presentable, contemporary folded piece of paper with du'a loosely inserted (folded in shape resembling pointer or paper aeroplane), 295 by 195 mm.; contemporary limp leather binding with flap extending from the right-hand side, covers and flap stamped with central and corner-pieces, and double-ruled with lines and 'sss' shapes border, all in blind, some small worm-holes and a little rubbed, overall attractive bindingA fine example of an early South-East Asian Qur'an, present in a contemporary binding (bound with the flap unusually on the right-hand side). Qur'ans from this region are uncommon to the market and the watermarks throughout this copy are of the "Pro Patria" paper-stock, most comparable to Churchill's no. 136 and 136 (Watermarks in Paper, Amsterdam 1935), which was widely circulated for the continental market in the late eighteenth century, firmly placing the copying of this example in the (likely late) eighteenth century.Only three comparable examples have appeared at auction in the last decade, all of which included the three double-page decorations (to the front, middle and end of the volumes) and were all copied on western watermarked paper. Christie's sold a copy on the 4 October 2012 (lot 285) that was described as "late 18th or early 19th century" and on European watermarked paper (although the specifics were not identified), then Bonhams sold a similar example on the 8 April 2014 (lot 16) that was also described as "late 18th or early 19th century" that endorsed "European watermarked paper (probably Dutch, bearing a coat of arms and the letters P V H)". Most recently Sotheby's sold a fine example that was dated 1315 AH (1897-98 AD) which was produced on Galvani Italian watermarked paper, this realising a staggering £30,000 hammer against a pre-sales estimate of £3,000-5,000. 

Ɵ Abu'l Fazl' ibn Mubarak, Ain-i Akbari, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Mughal India, late eighteenth century] single volume, 498 leaves, lacking at least 4 leaves (at the front of the volume, likely including the fihrist), single column, between 18 and 20 lines black nasta'liq per page, many headings and important words in red, catchwords and contemporary foliation throughout, numerous full-page tables and charts, most of these timelines, some very faint foxing and a few small spots or stains, else very clean and attractive condition, 300 by 210 mm.; modern leather over pasteboards, stamped and ruled in blind This text, compiled by Abu'l Fazl' (1556-1602) in the sixteenth century, is the third and final part of the official chronicle of the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar's reign entitled Akbarnameh. The Ain-i Akbari is itself a monumental treatise in five chapters that focuses on the administrative reports and statistical observations of the Mughal Empire as well as providing geographical statistics of the empire and accounts of the cultures and traditions of its inhabitants across respective regions in India.

Portrait of a Nobleman, artist signed Qasim Ra'isi, from a fine album leaf with three verses of Persian calligraphy to the reverse, illuminated manuscript on card [Mughal India, dated 1254 AH (1838 AD)] single leaf, ink and gouache depicting a nobleman holding a flower, heightened in gilt, with a line of fine black nasta'liq above and below the image, reverse with six lines of Persian verse in nasta'liq, signed Muhammad Hussain Zarrin Qalam, both sides ruled in orange and green and framed within wider silver-specked card border for album page, remains of linen edge to one side, some light scuff marks and finger-soiling, total 380 by 240 mm.

Parish Of Hutton, Dumfriesshire.  Assessment ... for Support of Poor. Detailed neatly written manuscript record filling approx. half of an old folio vol., including Estate of Annandale, Barony of Corrie, etc. 1855-1873.

(DALRYMPLE HUGH).  Rodondo or the State Jugglers. A manuscript version of this poem neatly written in an 18th century hand in a tall pocket book. 58pp followed by 14 line manuscript poem "On the New Front of Drury Lane Theatre" & two others.  Rodondo was a witty commentary on society and a defence of Scotland  during the Bute administration published serially in the Scots Magazine and then in book form from 1763. This manuscript comprises Cantos I & II and incorporates footnotes, not in the published 1st edition, which clarify the identities of persons alluded to in the poem. This book concludes with the initials H -- B -- or could it tenuously be H. D. ?

BEALE DR. Dialogues (on astronomy). 6pp manuscript "extract" in a square 128pp 18th cent. notebook & another similar with many other manuscript transcriptions, poems, literature & science incl., inter alia, The Splendid Shilling, an Imitation of Milton; A Defence of Angling; A Parody on News-Papers; Against Life; Orthodox Advice; Epitaph on a Miser; other epitaphs; To the Printer, the Self Tormentor; Positive Egotism Full Ridiculed; Prologue to the Fashionable Lover, On a Gentleman Treppaning a Highwayman; The Farmers Ingle; A Poem on the Earthquake at Lisbon; Obituary of 1785 etc. etc.  Final leaf of one vol. inscr. Aberdeen June 1758. (2)

HARVEY JOHN, of Garthamlock (1787-c1850). Manuscript farming & estate account book. 120 plus pp, incl. Yoker Farm, Gartcosh Farm, building account, bills due etc. Quarto. Soiled vellum. 1800 - 1806. 

KORAN, Manuscript.  Quarto. Ink manuscript throughout within red & black ruled borders. Generally loose or tending loose in fragmentary old goatskin binding, many leaves chipped, some very defective, browning & brittle throughout. Sold as seen. Poss. 17th cent. With an old manuscript note on a slip of paper "Hand written Mahomedan Koran (Bible), obtained from a Chieftain's (Afridi) stronghold at Bagh, Maidan in the ... of Tirah, by a member of a foraging party during Tirah Campaign 1897". (The British-Indian Tirah Expedition of 1897/1898 against the rebelling Afridi tribesmen on the North West Frontier).

Astronomy.  Pen & ink manuscript map of The Galaxies by Arthur Lang, Planetreeyetts, 21st February 1851. 7½" x 9". Framed. 

BAXTER WILLIAM E. (MP for Montrose Burghs), attr. to.  Notes of a Tour in Italy, Palestine, Syria & Turkey, in Asia & Europe, Hungary & Germany in 1873, 1874 & 1875. Manuscript. 157 pp. legibly written in a square exercise book. He comments that these are "Notes" because many of the places visited were recorded in previous journals and he is now describing impressions rather than scenes. Includes some political references.

Merry Lads Mild Liquoring Association.  Attendance & Minute Book manuscript 1904; also a small bundle of ephemera incl. Lanercost & Brampton interest & a few carte de visite photographs.

The Bell Inn.  Manuscript notebook containing details of joinery materials used, cost of furnishings, details of pomadE & list of suppliers for hair care & shaving products & very many recipes. At the end of the vol. are upholstery tips & information. Rubbed calf, commenced 1840.

Victorian Albums.  2 morocco gilt bound albums, c.1860, each with manuscript poems & quotations, pasted-in photographs, various drawings, etc. & 3 other leather bound albums containing carts de visite portrait photographs.  (5).

A Persian manuscript leaf, 19th century, painted with a battle scene beneath a horizontal band of calligraphy, frame size 35 x 26cm.

A Persian manuscript leaf, 19th century, painted with a battle scene beneath a horizontal band of calligraphy, surrounded by animals within foliage, frame size 39.5 x 27.2cm.

A Persian manuscript leaf, 19th century, painted with a hunting scene with horizontal bands of calligraphy, frame size 38 x 26cm.

A Persian manuscript leaf, 19th century, painted with figures in a courtyard within horizontal bands of calligraphy, frame size 38 x 26cm.

A manuscript hunting/gamekeeping account book 1782-1802 entitled 'The Account of the Deer Killed &c at Farmingwoods from 1782 to 1802 - 20 years', initial manuscript page titled 'Directions &c to London', listing 12 honourable gentleman and their respective addresses, including Marquis of Lansdown, Berkeley Square; Edward Moore Esq., Somerset House, etc etc, plus 43 pages of manuscript entries of Bucks and Does killed at Farmingwoods, individual dated entries detailing who each deer was given to plus overall tally on each page and some other details, top corner of 6 pages affected by offsetting from old newspaper cuttings left loosely inserted for many years, contemporary paper wraps, neatly rebacked, manuscript title on piece attached to top wrap. Farmingwoods estate, Northamptonshire, was, during the latter part of the 18th Century, in the possession of the family of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (1745-1818), of Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Arthur Henry Patterson, 3 titles: 'A Norfolk Naturalist', 1930, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to FFEP, original cloth gilt; 'Nature in Eastern Norfolk', 1905, 1st edition, pencil ownership signature of Naturalist and Wildlife Photographer Richard Kearton (1862-1928), to front pastedown, original cloth gilt; 'Notes of an East Coast Naturalist', 1904, 1st edition, some contemporary pen and ink manuscript notes on Patterson at back by an ''E.D.P.'', original cloth gilt; Sterland & Whitaker: 'A Descriptive list of the Birds of Nottinghamshire', Mansfield, 1879, signed and inscribed from Whitaker to Arthur Henry Patterson, with further Autograph Letter Signed to Patterson from Whitaker loosely inserted, original cloth, erroneously manuscript pen and ink titled to spine "List - Birds of Northamptonshire"; plus P.H. Emerson: 'Birds, Beasts and Fishes of the Norfolk Broadland', 1895, 2nd issue, original pictorial cloth (VGC copy) (5)