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Buried in wool.- Document certifying that Margaret Wild of Letcombe Regis in Berkshire has buried her infant in wool, wood-engraving of a skull at head and a skeleton in a coffin in margin, printed text with manuscript insertions, hole not affecting text, margins torn with loss, folds, browned and stained, 235 x 194mm., 1743; and another, a document certifying that John Coleman has volunteered to join the East India Company, 1771, v.s., v.d. (2).

Fossils.- Fallowfield (Ernst William, member of the Board of Trade Fort St George) [Account of a journey to Tiruvacara [Thiruvakkarai] and the petrified forest], manuscript fair copy, 8pp., folds, browned, unbound, Pondicherry, 22nd September 1896; and a small quantity of other manuscripts on Fossils, most in Italian, folio (sm. qty).

NO RESERVE [East Asian Palm Leaf Manuscript].- [Prayers], manuscript on palm leaves, numerous ff., 2ff. torn with loss, another partially split, without covers, g.e., 56 x 495mm., [?Burma], [late19th/early 20th century].

ENSA.- Vernon (Virginia, Chief ENSA Welfare Officer, journalist, fl. 1940-68) Collection of correspondence to Virginia Vernon relating to her service at ENSA, her work as a journalist and submitting a book for publication, numerous pieces, manuscript corrections and notes, folds, browned, v.s., v.d., 1941-57 (qty).⁂ Correspondents, including: Gracie Fields, Edwina Mountbatten, Richard Crossman etc.

NO RESERVE Forgery.- Lauder (William) A Letter to The Reverend Mr. Douglas, Occasioned By His Vindication of Milton..., closed tears to several ff., transverse ink stain to title, [Rothschild, 1312], for W.Owen, 1751; An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns in his Paradise Lost, with b4 advertisement f., interpolated passages marked in ink manuscript, several quires detached, [Rothschild, 1311], for J.Payne and J.Bouquet, 1750; "Philalethes". Pandæmonium..., contemporary ink inscriptions, including to title, ink and embossed library stamps, several ff. corners and/or edges repaired, [Foxon, P28], for W.Owen, 1750 § Douglas (John) Milton Vindicated..., for A.Millar, 1751 § Richardson (R.[ichard]) Zoilomastix..., half-title, embossed library stamp, for M.Cooper, 1747, first editions, soiling and/or browning, first two disbound, first edges uncut, else modern wrappers; and 5 others, including duplicates of first and second, 4to & 8vo (10) ⁂The third attributed variously to Lauder and to Douglas.

NO RESERVE Bedfordshire.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of ... Great Britain., vol. 1 part 1. only, Bedfordshire, extra illustrated, half-title, dedication leaf, 1 double-page engraved map, 92 plates, 25 hand-coloured, 2 double-page, newspaper article trimmed and laid down on blank, manuscript list of plates bound-in at end, occasional faint spotting, later half-morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1806

NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Schreiber (Fred) Simon de Colines..., frontispiece and illustrations, Provo, 1995 § Gravell (Thomas L.) & George Miller. A Catalogue of Foreign Watermarks Found on Paper Used in America 1700-1835, illustrations, New York and London, 1983 § Spielmann (Percy Edwin) Catalogue of the Library of Miniature Books, number 359 of 500 copies, frontispiece and plates, 1961 § Keynes (Geoffrey) A Bibliography of Rupert Brooke, frontispiece, plates, and illustrations, 1954 § Catalogue de le Bibliothèque de Feu M. Jérôme Bignon..., with auction prices in ink manuscript, Paris, Chimot, 1848, last original printed wrappers, with tears and creases, others cloth or cloth-backed boards; and 21 others, related, 4to & 8vo (26)

Fortification.- Lanteri (Giacomo) G.B. Zanchi & A.Lucini. Delle Offese et Diffese delle Citta, et Fortezze...con due discorsi d'Architettura Militare..., edited by Tomaso Baglioni, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, decorations, diagrams and illustrations, some full- or double-page, 3 folding, contemporary ink signature of Raphael Gualterius on title and preliminary leaf, some browning and light water-staining, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript and with old paper shelf label, lacking ties, rubbed and browned, slight worming, 4to, Venice, Roberto Meietti, 1601.⁂ First collected edition of three early works on fortification and the siege of fortresses, originally published in 1557, 1554 & 1582 respectively.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. MUSIC Selections from the Celebrated Sonatas composed by Arcangelo Corelli... Adapted for the piano forte... By Joseph Kemp, no date; with Corelli's Twelve Solos for the Violin with an accompaniment for the violincello to which is added a thorough bass for the piano forte or harpsichord, London, no date; A Selection of Choruses from Handels Celebrated Oratorios arranged... for the piano forte by I.W. Holder, and other works (some incomplete or supplied in manuscript form), bound as one, half leather, the upper cover with a gilt blocked leather bookplate for Countess B. Metaxa, folio; together with two other volumes of printed music, (3). Note: This lot sold with all aults, not subject to return.

[DOCUMENTS]. MUSIC Six assorted volumes of manuscript religious music, probably 19th century, many of Welsh interest; together with Mawl yr Arglwydd, sef Casgliad o Rannau o'r Psalmau a'r Hymnau, Trefriw, 1816, full-leather, oblong small quarto, (7).

Documents & Ephemera - Scotland - Linlithgowshire - Hilderstoun & Tartraven Silver Mines.  1730-1896. A fine archive of documents, letters, etc. relating to the Silver, Gold & Lead Mines at Hilderstoun or Hilderstone Hill, including 18th century manuscript copy of the 1592 Act "Mines & Metals", Instruments of Protest 1730 Alex Gillon of Wallhouse. 1745 Alex Gillon to John Meek lease of Hilderstoun. 1735 Memorandum of Wallhouse & other 18th century documents. 1856 Memorandum Robert Aitken, Lime Burner Silvermines regarding lead veins on Lord Hopetoun's property. 1870 Agreement Andrew Gillon of Wallhouse to James & Henry Aitken as to working gold at Hilderstoun Hill. 1856 sketch of lead veins on Hilderstone Hill. 1877 Lease of R. Addie & Sons of minerals on Wallhouse Estate. Various traced plans of old & new workings, shafts. 1874 A/L from R. W. Cochrane Patrick, Woodside, Beith re. mines & coinage struck from it in the Reign of James VI (Author of Records of the Coinage of Scotland from the Earliest Period to the Union collected by R. W. Cochran-Patrick of Woodside in 2 volumes (1925) & other related items. A fascinating archive.

Documents & Ephemera - Northern Ireland - Portadown.  Printed rental ledger 1937 & printed inside "Townland of … Rental of His Grace The Duke of Manchester for the Year Ending" 1937-1940 manuscript insertions for Townlands of Ballymore & Ballyoran with list of tenant's names, rental amounts, property addresses, as example "Clounagh - Calvert James, Church Body Reps, Portadown Urban District Council, Orange Hall, Ripley Reps", 80+ pages & loose documents within, some addressed to E. D. Atkinson & Sons, Solicitors of Portadown.

OGILVIE W. H. & DENHOLM ARMOUR G.  Horse Laughter. Nice poetical manuscript inscription by Will Ogilvie to the half title (refers to the preface by Guy Paget). Cartoon illus. Small quarto. Orig. pict. brds., chip to title page, not affecting text. 1st ed., 1938.

1926 GENERAL STRIKE AND OTHER EPHEMERA. A collection of various newspapers, 1926, all with articles relating to the first ever general strike in Britain. Plus a quantity of other unrelated printed pamphlets, an early 19th century manuscript will bound in full calf, various children's books including Kate Greenaway's Marigold Garden, etc. (a quantity)

Spanish School (18th century) The Crucifixionnumbered 483 in manuscript to verso, oil on canvas, 74cm x 46.5cm

English School (second quarter, 19th century), a portrait miniature, of Miss Jones by Her Father, half-length, facing straight-on, the lady's brown hair dressed in ringlets, wearing a white dress, inscribed ink manuscript to verso, oval, watercolour and pencil on paper, 8.5cm x 7cm, gilt-metal mounted black papier-mâché frame Condition Report: Slight fading to the gilding, a few scratches and chips to the frame. Please see attached photographs for examples thank you.

A late 19th century Scottish violin, the two-piece back 36cm long excluding button, ink manuscript label inscribed William Sommerville, Possilpark [Glasgow] 1896, rosewood tuning pegs, outlined throughout with 60cm long overall, cased, the bow apparently unsigned, 67.5cm long

A Medieval illuminated manuscript page, probably from a book of hours, depicting the crucifiction, 17cm x 12cm, c.14th century; another, similar (2) Condition Report: Good overall condition, some damage to larger picture. Please see attached images

An early 18th century Chinese Blanc de Chine porcelain figure, of Guanyin, modelled holding the infant allegorical of Bodhisattva, maternity and birth, the jar of pure water in the background, standing on a lotus flower, 22.5cm high, Kangxi/Yongzheng reign, c.1725; another similar, seated, picked out in polychrome, 10cm high, collector's manuscript label to verso, Qianlong reign, c.1750 (2) Condition Report: Minor chips and losses to blanc de chine. Head been glued on at neck on smaller figure. Please see attached images.

Letters Patent appointing George Abraham Gibbs as Baron Wraxall, of Clyst St. George, co. Devon, manuscript on vellum, 1 sheet, in red and black ink, illuminated initial 'G', Great Seal appended, in a red straight-grained morocco gilt case, 60.5cm long, Westminster, 11th January 1928; and Grant of Arms to George Abraham Gibbs, Baron Wraxall, of Clyst St. George, co. Devon, manuscript on vellum, 1 sheet, in black ink, the baron's and three other arms, signed by Sir Henry Farnham Burke (Garter king of arms), his seal in a gilt metal case, 20th February 1928, in a red leather covered gilt case, 57cm long (2) These illuminated scrolls, issued under the reign of George V, date from 1928, when George Abraham Gibbs, PC, DL (1873-1931), then Treasurer of the Household, was invested with the title of Baron Wraxall of Clyst St George in the county of Devon.The 1st Baron Wraxall had previously had an active career in the military, as captain in the North Somerset Yeomanry, and later lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War. He was however primarily known as a politician of the Conservative Party, first as an MP for Bristol West, and later as a government whip, before being appointed Treasurer of the Household in 1921. The first scroll proclaims Gibbs' elevation to the peerage as Baron Wraxall, and states the date of ceremony at Westminster as the eleventh day of January in the eighteenth year of Our Reign. The Royal seal attached to the scroll has George V enthroned, holding sceptre and orb, the reverse the standing monarch in military dress.The second scroll issued by the College of Arms, granting the Supporters, described as 'St Kilda Sheep', flanking the armorial. The wax seal in the gilt case attached to the scroll is that of Henry Farnham Burke. The tooled leather case is embossed with the royal cipher of George V

Ware, Sir James The History and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., 2 fronts., 18 single page plates, 19 folding plates, manuscript addenda, contemporary calf, Dublin, Robert Bell, 1764 4to

F. Castelli (Italian, 19th century)Portrait of a Young Lady, half-length, dressed a la mode, resting against a tree, a lakeside town in the background signed, oil on canvas, 50.5cm x 40cm, 19th century ink manuscript label to verso

ƟA Decoupé book of Shi'ite Du'a, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Northern India, dated Rajab 1293 AH (1876 AD)] 27 leaves (plus 2 flyleaves), complete, single column, 6 lines gold decoupé nasta'liq, text-blocks painted black, illuminated polychrome heading opening the text, leaves ruled in red, black and gold, a few small scuffs and some occasional fading to edges of gold text, otherwise excellent condition, 245 by 160 mm.; contemporary buckhram boards, ruled in gilt, rebacked, lightly scuffed A very striking example of decoupé calligraphy, where each letter is painstakingly cut-out and pasted on the page individually, probably from the northern regions of India and executed in the typical oblong format often seen in Shia prayerbooks of the period. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

A Monumental Indian Qur'an, mounted on one sheet of linen, in Arabic, single vast illuminated manuscript on paper [Northern India, possibly Delhi, dated 1288 AH (1870/71 AD)] 6 sheets of paper pasted together and sanded at joints to give the impression of one single large sheet, full text of the Qur'an in one single column, with 218 lines of black rounded naskh, title in heading above text block and closing colophon appearing at the lower edge, arabesque shapes and floral circular patterns lightly painted in gold over the text to decorate it, these providing a depth and texture to the image, framed in a striking blue border, also adorned with gold foliage and floral decorations, linen-backed, reverse blank, total approximately 1170 x 2060mm. The sheer opulence and quality of this piece, containing the entire text of the Qur'an, firmly indicates that it was produced by an accomplished Mughal workshop. The colophon stipulates that this Qur'an was “written and designed by the worshippers and supporters of the Bakht(s) at the time and in the court of the Shah”, and thus this piece would appear to be directly connected to the Bakht lineage, either Mirza Dara Bakht or Mirza Jawan Bakht, sons of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. It was produced only 13 years after the rebellion that ended Shah Zafar's reign, during the period when some of his former followers offered occasional support to his heirs, and as such must be one of the very last pieces of Islamic art produced for the royal Mughal family in the history of their 330-year-long empire. The only other comparable example to have appeared on the open market was another Qur'an, apparently on one single sheet measuring 1520 by 1680 mm. (thus smaller than the present example), signed by Ghulam Khaydar Sirhindi in Malerkotla and dated 1296 AD (Bonhams, 19 April 2016, lot 33, realising £11,250).

ƟAbu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, work of Maliki Fiqh, possibly his commentary on Tirmidh's Hadith Collection 'Aridhat al-Ahwazi', in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Seville, Andalusia, dated 1 Ramadan al-Karim, 523 AH (1129 AD)] one section from a larger work, 5 leaves (10 pp. of text), plus 2 later flyleaves, single column, 17 leaves fine sepia maghribi, with some accents and diacritics in red, later stylised inscription to front free endpaper bearing the title, a few small chips to parchment with slight loss (particularly to outer edges), else an exceptionally clean and crisp condition, 260 by 190 mm.; late nineteenth-century tan morocco, elaborately blind-stamped with Islamic geometric motifs, very good condition This is an exceptionally important relic from a Muslim community in medieval Seville, securely naming the medieval town of its copying in the colophon The text is by Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076-1148), a native of Seville, who was known for his scholarly contributions to the Maliki school and for the spread of Ash'ari theology throughout Islamic Spain. He travelled around many Islamic countries during his lifetime and studied under important and influential figures in Muslim communities of Andalusia and North Africa including Al-Ghazali and Ibn Hazm. The text here is a single section from a larger body of work, on Maliki Fiqh, probably a commentary on one of the chapters from the Aridhat al-Ahwazi (a collection of Hadith compiled over a two-decade period and completed in the year 270 AH, 884 AD). The colophon clearly indicates al-Arabi as the author of the work and identifies the scribe as Al-Hafiz al-Ajil Yousif bun Abdullah al-Farid. It then continues to give a precise date of copying, firmly within the author's lifetime, and places the creation of the manuscript in “Ishbillieh ... al-Andalus” Seville in Andalusia. Very few comparable manuscripts from medieval Muslim Seville exist. The Bavarian State Library in Munich has a copy of a maghribi Qur'an copied in Seville and dated 624 AH (1226 AD) (BSB shelfmark: Cod.arab. 1), and an illuminated Qur'an section from Andalucia appeared at Sotheby's that was probably compiled in Valencia in the twelfth century (24 October 2018, Lot 5), and an “Early Work on Hadith”, was attributed to Andalusia or North Africa from the 13th or 14th century (Christie's 27 April 2017, lot 85). Indeed the location of such manuscripts to a named town in Medieval Spain is itself of great rarity. A bifolia from another work of Hadith appeared at auction last year that was apparently copied in Granada and dated 483 AH (dated 1090 AD, Chiswick auctions, 26 October 2018, lot 23). Beyond these two no other comparables have been found that identify a precise location in the colophon. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Bifolium from an Abbasid Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Near East (possibly Levant regions), tenth century AD] single bifolium, containing 4 consecutive pages of Qur'anic verse, single column, 15 lines sepia kufic script, some vocalisation and diactirics in red, single surah heading in red kufic script, verses marked by pyramid formation of 3 dots, outlined in red, some light rubbing to outer edges, inner pages of bifolium rubbed with text fading in places, outer margins a little worn, overall clean and legible condition, each page c. 170 by 190 mm; loosely inserted into modern cloth-backed folder with flyleaves

ƟKitab al-Ilam ba Ilam Beit Allah Al-Haram … (A History of Mecca and the History of the construction of the Haram al-Sharif), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [Mecca, dated 27 Shawwal 1003 AH (1595 AD)] apparently complete, 53 leaves (plus 2 fly-leaves), single column, 21 lines black naskh, headings and some overlining in red, title in stylised calligraphy, illuminated heading opening the text in Safavid style with blue and gold decorations (rather rubbed), one contemporary illuminated miniature depicting the Holy Ka'aba pasted onto text, recto of this leaf darkened (possibly from early censorship of text), leaves ruled in green, yellow and red, catch-words throughout, index included in the preliminary section of the work, numerous ink ownership inscriptions to margins listing previous owners of the volume, a few small stains, overall excellent condition, 210 by 150 mm.; contemporary paste-boards, a little soiled and worn, rebacked in nineteenth-century leather During the mid-sixteenth century the Ottoman Empire was at its strongest during the reign of Suleiman I when the Ottomans had control over all the main capitals of the Islamic world including Baghdad, Cairo, Tunis, Damascus, Jerusalem, Medina and Mecca. This manuscript includes a general history of Mecca as well as providing a detailed account of the construction of the Haram al-Sharif, during that period of Ottoman rule. The colophon states that the volume was copied at the Madrisah Suleimaniya (The Suleiman School, established by Suleiman I, which is still active today) and inscriptions to the margins name important figures who funded the construction and restoration of buildings in and around Mecca, including the royal patrons Sultan Selim and Sultan Suleiman among others. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

An illuminated Hajj Scroll presented to a woman named Fatemeh bint Abdullah Al-Hussaynieh, depicting Mecca and Medina, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Egypt, dated 1137 AH (1724-1725 AD)] single scroll formed of 2 membranes, divided into 8 main divisions, comprising: (i) 'Bismillah' opening, formed of large stylised calligraphic script in gold and outlined in black, (ii) another stylised calligraphic section of du'a in gold, with decorations in blue surrounded by red and black flowers, (iii) a decorative section containing text describing the parts of Ka'aba with a panel of text below in thuluth (iv) an illustration of the holy Ka'aba (v) a decorative section containing text describing the sections of Ka'aba with a panel of text below in thuluth, (vi) a detailed illustration of Medina, (vii) the prophet's footprint in outline surrounded by prayers in black naskh, (viii) the colophon and final section naming the pilgrim and dating the document, all outlined in royal blue, some slight surface soiling, some of the filigree detailing in later hand, overall very good condition, total 1040 by 190 mm.; with contemporary paper wraparound of eighteenth century marbled paper and leather strap, housed in late nineteenth/century leather tube-case with lid An exceptionally scarce Hajj certificate scroll copied for a female pilgrim in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Hajj certificate scrolls with illustrations depicting Mecca and Medina are scarce in themselves, but to find one recording its owner as a woman is remarkable. The only comparable traced by us is British Library, MS. 27566 made for the Hajj of Maymuna, daughter of Abdullah al-Zardali, and is in a nearly identical format, but dated 836 AH (1433 AD), almost three centuries before the present example). That one is thought to be North African and possibly of Egyptian origin, and despite the difference in their age the emergence of this manuscript suggests the existence of a long-standing workshop in the region, who used this particular style of Hajj scroll for female pilgrims. Few Hajj scrolls are as sophisticated and colourful as the present example, and even fewer are signed and copied in such a competent hand. Where they do exist they are predominantly from large scribal centres such as Mecca or India (see the eighteenth- or nineteenth-century one from North India or Mecca, sold Sotheby's, 26 April 2017, lot 55, for £320,750, and that dated 1202 AH/1787-88 AD from India or Mecca, sold in Christie's, 7 April 2011, lot 267, for £62,750), and the present example and the British Library manuscript would appear to be the sole noteworthy survivals from Egypt or North Africa.  Please note:  The date should read 1237 AH and not 1137 AH (making it 1821 AD)

ƟNazm Al-Jawahra al-Sheikh Ibrahim al-Qani (a Treatise of Religious Doctrines in Poetic form), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [“the coast of Oman”, presently either Oman or most probably the United Arab Emirates, dated 4 Safar 1173 AH (1760 AD)] apparently complete, 5 leaves (possible lacking final free endpaper), double column, 15 lines informal naskh, red and purple decorations between the 2 columns, title on verso of first leaf, colophon at the end, contemporary ownership inscription on the first leaf, 220 by 150 mm.; nineteenth-century boards, leather-backed and edges in leather, marbled paper used to decorate covers, extremities a little rubbed, overall good condition This is a remarkable manuscript. Not only does it showcase a scarcely represented genre of Arabic literature, written in poetry instead of prose, but it was also copied in the greater Oman, making it an item of extraordinary rarity. The colophon stipulates that the manuscript was copied in Oman on the 4th Safar 1173 AH, and there is an additional inscription on the first leaf indicating that it was owned by Sa'id bin Yousuf al-Maliki in “a village of the great Oman” in the year 1190 AH (1776 AD), only 16 years after the manuscript was copied. In the eighteenth century, the greater region of Oman included all the land that has since been divided into the modern-day United Arab Emirates. Thus it is impossible to distinguish exactly in which of these two modern countries the present manuscript was written and the surname of the owner “al-Maliki” is common to the whole region. However, the terminology used in the colophon “sahil bahr” is often used to describe the eastern coast of Old Oman, which would indicate that it is in the modern day U.A.E, in either Abu Dhabi, Dubai or one of the neighbouring cities on that side of the Persian Gulf. Only one other Omani manuscript has appeared on the open market in the past few decades, in our rooms on 27 April 2018 (lot 38, achieving £38,000 hammer), which carried many physical similarities and attributes to the present manuscript. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Rustam Fighting Afrasiyab, with soldiers watching on from the hillside, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Ottoman Turkish, illuminated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire, c. 1600] single leaf, ink and gouache on paper, image depicting Rustam and Afrasiyab fighting on horseback, one severed soldier in the foreground and more soldiers peering over the hillside above them, reverse in single column, with 25 lines black naskh, both sides ruled in blue and gold, some light surface scratches and fading in places, overall striking bright and presentable copy, 300 by 195 mm.; in modern card mount A miniature from a rare copy of the Shahnameh in Ottoman translation. The reverse of this miniature shows the translation of the Epic Persian poetry in Ottoman prose, with the bold colouring and striking stylistic contrasts in the miniature drawing technique to a Persian copy from this period.

ƟAn Ottoman Anthology of Poetry, in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, second half of seventeenth century] textually complete, but possibly lacking final free endpaper, 79 leaves, single or double column, varying numbers of lines of black, red and green cursive naskh, contemporary foliation in red, a few small stains, gutters a little damp-stained, endpapers darkened, oblong 8vo, 215 by 80 mm.; contemporary Ottoman-style leather covers, blind-stamped with central medallion, ruled in blind, extremities a little rubbed, overall excellent condition With a typed British Library deposit letter signed by Persian and Turkish curator M. I. Waley, dated 2 February 1989. This anthology contains an interesting mixture of religious and secular verse, including Sufi poetry, apparently copied in one hand throughout and probably used as a collection for personal use and reference. Although much of the poetry included is anonymous, the few attributions present include poetry by Nezami, Fazouli, Katibi and Hayati among others. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟMuhammad bin Abdan ibn al-Boudi al-Damashqi, Shahr Mukhtasar al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (A Commentary on the fourth chapter of Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Jerusalem, dated Safar 920 AH (1514 AD)] 21 leaves (plus 2 fly-leaves), single column, 33 lines black cursive naskh in a cursive and somewhat unrefined hand in keeping with a practical medical book, key words and phrases in red, contemporary overlining to important phrases also in red, some contemporary annotations to margins, outer edges trimmed affecting marginalia, upper edges of hinges repaired affecting text in places, a few small scuffs and smudges to text, overall very presentable condition, 258 by 165 mm.; nineteenth-century morocco-backed pasteboards, blind stamped with central cartouches, extremities a little rubbed An important relic of two of the greatest medieval medical institutions of the Near East: copied half a millennia ago in the Salahi hospital in the Holy City of Jerusalem, and containing a text most probably written by the chief physician of the Nuri al-din Bimaristan of Damascus Provenance: The colophon in this manuscript indicates that it was copied in the Bimaristan al-Salahi (Salahi Hospital) in Jerusalem in month of Safar, 920 AH (1514 AD), doubtless as a practical medical handbook for use by physicians there. The Salahi hospital was founded in the heart of the Old City by Western Crusaders, and in 583 AH/1186 AD was reportedly refounded by Saladin, and endowed as a teaching hospital. It remained in use as one of the foremost medical centres of the Near East until the eighteenth century, when it fell out of use and became a fruit market. One of its cavernous halls presently holds the souvenir bazaar. Any manuscript from its once vast library is of great importance, adding to our knowledge of that lost book collection, and shaping our understanding of what was taught and practised there. This manuscript is likely to have been copied there from an exemplar in that library, perhaps for a visiting medical student or physician. Text: The Arabic commentary here focusses on the fourth book of Avicenna’s vast medical treatise, that on the spread of contagious diseases, such as fevers and viruses, which manifest the entire body and often have no physical appearance. What is also notable in this manuscript is that the author, who is named in the heading as the chief physician and head practitioner in the “Hospital of Damascus” (almost certainly the famous Nur al-din Bimaristan) proves difficult to trace with certainty, and this may well be the only recorded copy of his work, and perhaps the only surviving record of his life. This hospital was of no less fame in the Near East to that of its counterpart in Jerusalem, and was founded in 1154 by the Zengid sultan, Nur al-Din, in the al-Hariqa quarter of the city to the west of the Umayyad Mosque. It remained in use as the primary medical centre of the region until the late fifteenth century, by which time it had founded five further hospitals in the city. Its building presently houses The Museum of Medicine and Science in the Arab World. For a manuscript of Avicenna’s work, and an important copy of its first printing, see lots 28 and 67 here. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟA fragment from a medical treatise including sections on the pulse and urine, in Farsi, decorated manuscript on thick paper [Ilkhanid Persia, early fourteenth century] 38 leaves, single column, 17 lines black naskh, chapter numbers and divisions (bab) written in elongated and bold black script influenced by muhaqqaq with titles in red, wide margins, Ilkhanid or early Timurid seal impression in margin of folio 8r, some light waterstaining to outer margins (rarely affecting text), some light scuffing, disbound with some leaves loose, 180 by 150mm.; in modern half-morocco drop-box This manuscript was most probably copied in Tabriz, one of the main capitals of Ilkhanid Persia, which was a central location for learning and pursuit of the natural sciences, history and astronomy at the time. The fine execution of the calligraphy in the present manuscript and the distinctive divisions in its texts firmly place it in this region and period. A close comparable is the Dhakhirat-i Khwarazmshahi of al-Jurjani, made in Persia, c. 1300, formerly in the Hagop Kevorkian collection (Sotheby’s, 18 April 1983, lot 143). Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟAbu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abdallah Ibn Sina, known as ‘Avicenna’, Al Qanun fi al'Tibb (The Canon of Medicine), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, probably Jordan, or perhaps Jerusalem, mid-nineteenth century] 5 parts in 3 volumes, complete, 1282 leaves in total (being 342 in vol. I, 584 in vol. II, 356 in vol. III ), single column, 27 lines black naskh with headings in black or red, a few diagrams in the text, a few later manuscript inscriptions or annotations to margins in blue, overall exceptionally clean and crisp condition, contemporary ink ownership stamps to titles, belonging to “Malik Al-Qas li-Bas[] Sonbol”, 295 by 195 mm.; contemporary red morocco bindings, ruled in blind and tooled with provincial Byzantine stamps, contemporary paper labels pasted to spines identifying the parts in each volume, slightly rubbed and a few light scuff marks, overall excellent condition A handsome manuscript set of Avicenna's Qanun fi al'Tibb bound in 3 volumes and containing the complete 5 medical parts of the text. The generous spacing and clear headings present in the volume suggest it was probably used as a reference tool, and the exceptionally clean condition indicates that it was most likely used in an academic environment instead of a medical practice by working physicians. The absence of a colophon makes this manuscript rather difficult to place, however the use of what is evidently Egyptian paper alongside Byzantine leather and tooling in the bindings, suggests that this was compiled in the eastern Mediterranean. The script is relatively informal and thus probably copied in a provincial area of Jordan or perhaps somewhere near Jerusalem, the latter a hub for medical studies and the natural sciences in the region. For an example of the first printed edition of this work, see lot 28. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟMusa bin Muhammad Qadi Zadeh al-Rumi, Sharh al-Mulakhas fi'Ilm al-Hay'a (an Astronomical Treatise), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Timurid Persia, last decades of fifteenth century] 86 leaves (including 4 contemporary flyleaves), complete, single column, 19 lines black nasta'liq, some overlining and many diagrams in the text in red, some very light waterstaining to outer margins, overall very clean and presentable copy, numerous contemporary ink ownership annotations and stamps to endpapers, including some poetic verses, 170 by 100 mm.; eighteenth-century morocco with flap, ruled in blind with central cartouches to covers also in blind, a little stained and worn, head and tail of spine worn with slight loss to leather An astronomical comnentary on fourteenth-century Persian physician Mahmoud ibn Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Jaghmini's Al-Mulakhas fi'Ilm al-Haya, by celebrated Ottoman astronomer and mathematician Qadi Zadeh al-Rumi. The present work is one Qadi Zadeh's best known works, alongside the Sharh Ashkal al-Ta'sis (Commentary on Samarkandi's Arithmetics), but he is perhaps most well known for producing the first truly comprehensive stellar catalogue of over 992 stars, entitled the Zij'i Sultani alongside fellow astronomer Ulugh Beg. Qadi Zadeh was active in Samarkand until his death in 1436 AD, making the present manuscript a very early Persian translation of his work, copied only a few decades after the author's death. Other manuscript copies to have appeared on the open market in the past few decades have all been of Ottoman origin and in Turkish translation and dated firmly in the seventeenth century (Christie's, 11 April 2008, lot 152 and 8 April 2011, lot 40, for details). Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟMasa'il Ilm al-Astrab (a Treatise on Workings of the Astrolabe), in Arabic and Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Timurid Persia, c. 1490 AD] 53 leaves, apparently only lacking the first leaf of text, single column, 18 lines black rounded naskh, diagrams and illustrations relating to the astrolabe and its construction in red, many contemporary marginal illustrations, some wormholes and small nicks and tears, a few repaired over small sections of text, some margins repaired, lightly soiled and stained in places, 210 by 160 mm.; eighteenth-century boards, recased and repaired, modern gilt coloured decorations to covers There is a contemporary ink inscription below the colophon of this manuscript, in the same hand as the marginal annotations throughout, dating the manuscript 1103 AH (1492 AD) and firmly placing its copying in the fifteenth century. Please note: The date of the contemporary inscription of the manuscript is 1130 AH, not 1103 AH as stated in the printed catalogue, therefore the manuscript dates to c.1690 AD.  Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟNasir al-Din al-Tusi, Shahr Usul Ashkal kitab Uqlidis fi ilm al-Hindasa (an exposition on mathematics and geometry taken from Euclid's Elements), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Early Safavid Persia, first half of the sixteenth century] 162 leaves, apparently complete, single column, 20 lines black nasta'liq influenced by naskh, overlining and some phrases in red, numerous diagrams and tables throughout the text ruled in black and red, catch-words throughout, text-block ruled in red and gold, occasional marginal commentary in red and black, a few outer edges repaired, some light scuffs and small smudges to some sections of text, a few small chips and closed tears to outer edges (rarely affecting text), 195 by 110 mm.; contemporary red morocco boards with flap, ruled in gilt, rebacked and creases repaired, rather scuffed Muhamad ibn Muhamad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi (1201-1274) was a Persian scholar known for his extensive work on science, physics, mathematics and theology, and is often credited with the invention and identification of trigonometry as an independent division of mathematics. As well as compiling many important works in these fields, he is also known for translating the definitive Arabic editions of Euclid, Ptolemy and Archimedes' works among others. The present text is a translation of Euclid's Elements, focusing on the discussion of mathematical and geometric area, and is illustrated throughout with many detailed diagrams and charts. The earliest known copy of this work dates to the thirteenth century, however, few examples have appeared on the open market in recent decades, and it is considered a uncommon work in manuscript. The last example to appear is the Persian copy dated 1061 AH / 1650 AD, sold in Bonhams, 6 October 2008, lot 15, for £9,600, and perhaps we should add to this the abridgement of the work from Ilkhanid Persia and dated 701 AH / 1301-02 AD, sold in Sotheby's, 26 April 2017, lot 38, for £12,500. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟKhalasa al-Hisab (a Summation of Mathematics), copied by the scribe “al-Taqsil Abbas”, in Arabic with marginal commentary in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, probably Safavid Persia, dated Rabi al-Awal 1124 AH (1712 AD)] complete, 47 leaves (plus 1 flyleaf), single column, 10 lines black naskh, catch-words, numerous diagrams and charts in the text and margins in red, extensive marginal commentary in Farsi, a few scuffs and light stains, nineteenth-century ink ownership stamps to colophon and final leaf, overall very presentable, 205 by 150 mm.; contemporary leather-backed boards, edges repaired, scuffed A mathematical treatise covering principles of algebra and trigonometry (among other areas), that was probably used in a teaching environment given its wide interlinear spacing and margins. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).   

ƟNataij al'Funnun bound with a historical treatise, in Arabic and Turkish, decorated manuscript on paper [China (town of “Khong Fo”, probably Xingjiang/Eastern Turkestan), dated 1128 AH (1712 AD)] 104 leaves (plus an endleaf at each end), 2 parts in one volume, both complete, single column with 19 lines of cursive nasta'liq, important phrases and overlining in red, three leaves with diagrams in the text (first section), some water-staining to upper edge of volume, mostly affecting first section, some slight spotting elsewhere, contemporary annotations to endleaves, generally clean and good condition, 200 by 130 mm.; contemporary limp leather, blind-stamped and ruled, a little rubbed An early and important witness to the crossover of Islamic and Chinese book culture in seventeenth-century Xingjiang/Eastern Turkestan; perhaps the only such manuscript to come to the open market It is a little known fact that from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, Arabic and Persian manuscripts were sought out by Chinese scholars living in the border province of north-western China, and such manuscripts were copied in large numbers in the most westerly region of Eastern Turkestan, now Xingjiang (meaning ‘new dominion’). Following the Mongol invasion of China in the late thirteenth century AD, Chinese culture opened its intellectual horizons to the scholarship of its neighbours (especially that brought by the Mongol’s Uyghur Turkish bureaucrats). Occasional influences between these Chinese and Islamic book cultures can be demonstrated since the fourteenth century AD (see Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Persan776, and comment by D. Weil, ‘Islamicated China: China’s Participation in the Islamicate Book Culture during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century’, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 4 (2016), pp. 37-39). However, it was not until the last decades of the sixteenth century that these took root, with the scholar Hu Dengzhou travelling around China to collect Islamic and Persian texts, and the beginnings of importing such materials eastwards along the Silk Road. The present manuscript dates to the first few decades of this cultural movement. Such texts in the West are of enormous rarity with isolated examples in grand libraries such as the Beinecke in Yale (who own a fragment of an eighteenth-century Qu’ran), and Leiden University (who recently acquired the small collection of 29 manuscripts from the collection of Dr Frederick de Jong). The sole substantial holding is that of the Gunnar Jarring collection in Lund, Sweden, collected by that diplomat-scholar in the first half of the twentieth century in Turkestan and then donated to that library in 1982. We have been unable to trace another on the open market. The Nataij al-Funnun has received little scholarly attention, but is a scientific treatise dealing with important discoveries and relating them to the reign of the relative sultan in power at the time of their discovery. This manuscript is dated Rabi I 1124 AH (1712 AD) and signed by Chengiz bin Timur. The second section of this volume forms a historical account, described in the opening colophon as Waqamat wa'Tarikh al-Sultan Shah Jahan (events in history relating to Sultan Shah Janah) compiled by Al-Fadhil desi Efendi. This section is also separately signed and dated at the end of the volume, also by Chengiz bin Timur and dated 1224 AH (1712 AD). Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

ƟNur ad-Din Abd'ul Rahman Jami, Haft Awrang, comprising 4 parts only, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Timurid Persia, second half of fifteenth century] 4 parts in 1 volume, 180 leaves (plus 2 flyleaves), uncollatable, lacking at least 6 leaves, 4 columns, 21 lines fine black nasta'liq, 4 illuminated chapter headings for each of the sections, in blue, turquoise and gold, with headings in white eastern kufic script, 8 illuminated miniatures in the text, lightly rubbed and faded in places, illuminated headings and miniatures offset to facing pages, a few scuff marks, 3 leaves torn with loss and a few closed tears to 4 other leaves, catch-words throughout, ink inscriptions and ex libris stamps to upper pastedown, 232 by 170 mm.; eighteenth-century morocco, ruled and tooled in blind with centrally stamped cartouches also in blind, spine chipped and rubbed with slight loss to leather, corners bumped Provenance: Hagop Kevorkian collection, their number “550” on label on upper pastedown. Text: The present manuscript includes 4 chapters from Jami's famous Haft Awrang including Yusuf wa Zulaikha, Leili wa' Majnun and Khardnama Iskandari. This manuscript presents something of a chronological enigma. The texts are apparently dated “813” (being either 410 in Hijri years of 1435 in Shamsi years) at the end of each major section; yet this is a few decades before modern scholarship agrees the text was composed. Certainly the present manuscript is of the fifteenth century, and thus among the very earliest manuscripts to survive, perhaps produced within the author's own lifetime. It should be noted that the hand of these dates is not that of the main scribe, and may have been that of a near-contemporary who perhaps added these dates to denote an erroneous record of the text's copying or even its composition. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).  

Nur ad-Din Abd'ul Rahman Jami, Yusuf wa Zulaikha, three bifolia with miniatures from a dispersed codex, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript leaves on polished paper [Safavid Persia, probably mid-seventeenth century] 3 bifolia, each with text in 4 columns, 19 lines elegant black nasta'liq, headings in red, 3 fine full-page miniatures, each depicting a scene from Yusuf wa Zukhalia, heightened in gold and executed in an exceptional hand, tooling detail to gold, some oxidisation causing some pigments to darken, a few chips to paint in miniatures with slight loss, miniature and text-blocks ruled in green, blue and gold, margins illuminated with subtle gilt scenes of people enjoying food and drink in natural settings full of mythical and wild animals, including birds, gazelles, phoenix, and lions among others, bifolia split along creases with slight loss to inner edges of some leaves, some slight finger-soiling, overall very attractive, 310 by 233 mm. (each leaf c. 155 by 233 mm.); pasted to boards and tipped-into modern mounts Three exceptionally executed Persian miniature paintings from a fine Safavid Haft Awrang, boasting all the best qualities of manuscript production from the period of fine nasta'liq calligraphy, decorative gilt illumination to the borders and miniature drawings with skillful attention to detail using blocks of brocade prints to create striking and colourful scenes.

An exceptional Qur'an Scroll, reportedly once displayed above Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [India (probably Delhi), first decades of seventeenth century] single scroll formed of over 20 paper membranes, entire scroll mounted on fine polished paper forming wider margins around the textual scroll, comprising text from Surah al-Baqarah to al-Nas, being a near-complete Qur'an lacking only the first section of the first membrane (probably removed for the illumination of the opening section: see below), consecutive lines in fine black naskh, surah headings in red, some small sections of text rubbed and a few scattered spots, outer edges of scroll with some light water-staining, total length 16,100 mm. (16.1 meters) by 75 mm.; in early twentieth-century custom silver chest, inscribed “la Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad'ur Aasul'ullah”, this contained in another custom-made green morocco box lined with green silk, and these both placed inside a leather travel case fitted with a magnifying glass holder, typed letter from “E.C. Gould” loosely inserted containing provenance and physical description of contents The typed letter included here indicates that the scroll is of extreme cultural and historical significance, as it once “adorned the throne room of the great Moghul Emperor Shahejahan where it had a place of reverence right above the Peacock Throne”. The writer then explains that after the Emperor's death a scuffle took place among his attendants over the ruler's most treasured posessions, this being a prominent feature, which resulted in the first two “siparahs” being separated from the rest of the scroll.

A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF R.M.S. MEDINA , LOST 1917 approximately forty items comprising printed and manuscript ephemera in a wide range of conditions, each in an annotated plastic fronted envelope; together with a small surgeon's pocket set containing a syringe and other instruments in a brass case (A lot) Provenance: Medina Cargo Sale, Sotheby's Billingshurst, 1988 ~~*~~ Medina was a handsome 12,358 ton P&O liner built by Caird & Co. in 1911 for the London-Australia route. Chartered as a Royal Yacht to take King George V and Queen Mary to the Delhi Durbar of 1911, she was delivered to P&O in 1912 and remained in service during the Great War. She was torpedoed by U-31 off Start Point on 28th April, 1917 and her wreck is upright with a 15° list to port allowing for the partial salvage of some of her forward compartments.

THE OXFORD CAPTAIN'S WINNING BLADES FROM THE 1859 AND 1861 OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACES constructed from wood and painted and inscribed with the crew's names, colleges and weights, with leather locator and each stamped for position number 5 for George Morrison – 148in. (376cm.) long; together with a large collage presentation for the 1859, 1860 and 1861 Oxford University Eight crews, each approx. 7 x 6in. and inscribed with names and dates as appropriate – overall 38 x 31in. (96.5 x 79cm.); a photograph of the 1861 crew taken in the field in their rowing kit, their names inscribed in manuscript to reverse and the 1861 6 x 6in. winning silk pennant with fringe edging, painted with the college arms and inscribed in gilt to G. Morrison, Captain , contained within later glazed display case -- 17 x 9½in. (43 x 24cm.) (5) Provenance: George Morrison and thence by descent.

THE OXFORD CAPTAIN'S WINNING BLADE FROM THE 1865 OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE constructed from wood and painted and inscribed with the crew’s names, colleges and weights, with leather locator and stamped for position number 5 for Allan Morrison – 148in. (376cm.) long; together with a photograph triptych of the 1865 crew inscribed and dated as appropriate, the photos 7 x 6in.; and crew photographs for 1865 with manuscript names behind; and the 1865 6 x 6in. winning silk pennant with fringe edging, painted with the college arms and inscribed in gilt to A. Morrison, Captain , contained within section of later folding glazed display case -- 17 x 9.5in. (43 x 24cm.) (4) Provenance: Allan Morrison and thence by descent.

'BRITISH MARINE ALGÆ' mounted and arranged by Miss E.H. Boning, Torquay, circa 1860, comprising 30 gilt edged card pages, each mounted with dried specimens with manuscript title in Latin underneath, mounted to verso and recto, moiré silk lined end papers with maker's label, bound with thick full leather covers impressed with Greek key boarder and titles -- 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 25.5cm.)

A FINE MONOCULAR MODEL K.A. II MICROSCOPE BY SEIBERT, WETZLAR, CIRCA 1891 constructed in lacquered brass and signed and inscribed on the 5in. tube Seibert K.A. II , triple nosepiece, swivelling circular stage with calibrated edge and screw clamp, sub-stage condenser, iris polarising and reversible mirror and oxidised foot, contained within original fitted box with accessories including two further eyepieces, threaded nosepiece, containers, oil bottle, etc., manuscript notebook, the top with drop handle -- 14¼in. (36cm.) wide

A MANUSCRIPT AND WATERCOLOUR POCKET BOOK OF NAVAL SIGNALS, CIRCA 1800 completed in a clear copperplate hand and comprising twenty pages of numbered signals described with watercolour pennants including 173 numeric 'significations' decoded, 22 'pendant' signals, distress signals, signals made 'with sail and guns', 17 signals for 'Calling Officers to take Orders', Fire Ship signals (five of nine completed); 19 'Fog signals'; 'Signals made by Private Ships and used by the Admiral occasionally comprising approximately seventy signals over five sides; and six 'Signals made with Jacks, Pendants, and Whefts', the end pages with some loose silk colour samples, some blank panels with flags and pendants, bound between marbled card with securing flap ( some pages loose, several ?personal note pages at rear cut out, some foxing, staining, old wear ) -- 6 x 4in. (15 x 10cm.)

THE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S. CORLAND BUILT FOR CORY COLLIERS LTD, BY S.P. AUSTIN & SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND, 1917 the laminated and carved hull with gilt brass four-blade propeller ebonised above the waterline with lined and lacquered boxwood decks, with gilt brass fittings including anchors with studded chain, anchor winches, deck rails, ventilators, companionways, lined hatch covers with derricks and winches, open bridge with binnacle, telegraphs and lanterns, stayed livered funnel with safety valve extension pipe and hooter, fitted boats in davits, engine room lights, emergency helm and other details, mounted on two ebonised pedestal stands on raised moulded display base with ivorine builder's plate within original glazed wooden case. Overall measurements -- 20 x 58½ x 12in. (51 x 149 x 30.5cm.); together with a fleet register for Cory Colliers Ltd completed in manuscript with index of vessels to front, and owner's inscription for Mr R. Beale, Marine Superintendent, leather bound with gilt titles Provenance: Presented to Mr Greenacre, marine engineer and then ship broker at Cory, and thence by descent ~~*~~ Built and launched for Cory as Buffs in 1917, she was renamed and remained Corland in 1920 for the rest of her career. Her untimely end came on 5th February, 1942 when she was caught by German aircraft at anchor about 2½ miles north of 62 B buoy (near the Wash) carrying 4,800 tons of coal from Blyth to London and bombed. Fortunately her crew of 27 were able to abandon her without loss of life. **This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road**

A PATTERN 20 BOAT COMPASS BY E. DENT & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1908 the 4in. compass card mounted within liquid filled ebonised brass bowl with maker's marks signed as per title and numbered 44083 , gimbal-mounted within typical temple topped wood and brass case with candle lamp with bevelled glass viewing port and carry handle, shade slide, hinged door to locking arm, complete with pasted instructions counted numbered and indistinct manuscript date probably 25th July 08 -- 14in.x 12in. (36 x 30.5cm.)

Signed photograph of Yvonne Arnaud, together with a personal note ' With Every Good Wish ', signed and dated 1952, together with a manuscript song / poem by Susannah Blamire and related booklets

Collection of silver print snapshot images relating to Charles Edward Saunders (1870-1954), in two half-cloth gilt oblong albums, including his service in Boer War with City of London Imperial Volunteer Regiment, titled commercial issue (apx 180), own images including Colt-Browning M1895 machine gun, troop train and on board ship, other images including army camps, holidays, traction engines, with his manuscript caption list, G (apx. 250), with related 3¼sq. in. lantern slides of shooting at Bisley with the North London Rifle Club (15)

A mid-19th Century De Grave 'County of Essex' wooden Standard Measure Carrying Case, brass plate to lid engraved 'County of Essex No. 5 District, De Grave & Co London', trade label inside lid, manuscript label 'Bushel' front, iron carrying handles to each end, case 650mm wide, P-F

A manuscript volume containing “Log of HMS Victory at Portsmouth” 8 pages, 1867; “Log of HMS Serapis” Portsmouth to Alexandria 1867, 7 pages; and “Log of HMS Terrible” at Alexandria and various Mediterranean ports and back to Spithead, Portsmouth, Sheerness etc, 1868-69, 60 pages; 12½” x 8”, bound in brown half leather with gilt title. Good Condition (some binding wear). Plate 15

Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, Manuscript: 'Vanishing Cornwall', typewritten manuscript for non fiction book with annotations, handwritten notes in notebook, Proof: 'Vanishing Cornwal', typewritten Setting Copy with handwritten ammendments, Doubleday & Company, New York, Scripts: 'Vanishing Cornwall', four scripts for the BBC TV adaptation, 1st Draft Script, script with handwritten notes and amendments, two further scripts, file containing proof copy of book 'Vanishing Cornwall', typewritten location schedules, typewritten notes on scenes, typewritten commentary for documentary script signed in blue ballpoint pen 'Daphne du Maurier'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)

Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, Manuscript: 'The Flight of The Falcon', typewritten manuscript with handwritten annotations, a yearbook for Università Degli studi di Urbino 1960-61, copy of a three page article regarding the book.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)

"Local honks will enjoy it. But high-brows rather despise it...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. Mena, 27th March 1961, 'Bing', three pages, to Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen') a good long letter detailing her struggles with he husband's drinking, her son's film career and on completing "Castle Dor". 'The thing is, all being well, I plan myself to snatch a week with Rab in Paris, flying over on the 10th until the 19th, which will be fun if I can leave here with an easy conscience. Noble old Shaw will come for a week to be with Moper. The thing is, that I went up on March 9th for a couple of days to the flat, to see Rab's film he was showing and when I got back home the usual story - Moper had taken to Mr Gordon and Mr Haig. He was so bad that on returning from a yacht-club meeting Martin Luther had to drive behind him all the way home, in case he went into a ditch... He had no worries, and no single thing to make him do it, but I think he had guilt because he felt perhaps it was awful T.N.Ning not to go up to see the film, tho' I said Kits would understand... I must say, although the story was not very original and the actors amateur... he had photographed and directed the thing jolly well and I did feel very proud of him. It was an awful pity Moper was not there... but any visit to London seem so fatal for him. Though as it turned out, staying behind was fatal too'. Daphne continues 'its rather funny, M.L. told Moper he didn't do enough or take enough exercise, and asked why he did'nt put on old jeans and paint his own boats... Moper was obviously very offended! And I've noticed ever since he has gone about like an old man of 90, rather bent, and puffing and blowing as if he had heart disease... I'm afraid there is this queer sort of hypochondriac thing in him that has to be "ailing" - because really his physical health seems to be so good, and as I told you before, he eats jolly well. I sometimes think if we were turned out of here and had to build our own house it would do him good'. Of her writing; 'did I ever tell you what I have been working on the autumn past? I think I did. Foy asked me to continue and finish her father's manuscript, and I've done it... the Ladies Home Journal will take it to put in their September issue... and I cant tell you the pleasure is has been for me to do this. Such gratitude and happiness on her part (she is delighted with the story too) and rather different from my children who grumble over their Trusts and take them for granted! It was great fun doing the book, and trying to make it as the old man would have wanted it, though I had not a clue what he meant to do. The only waine thing is that Spencer Curtis Brown, who has just read it, says "Q's first half is so slow compared to mine, and I feel I have speeded up the book too much! It's all about the Fowey river and district in the 1860's. Local honks will enjoy it. But high-brows rather despise it T'is a "romantic" tale!''Moper' was Daphne's pet name for her husband Sir Frederick Browning. Foy Quiller-Couch was Daphne's lifelong friend and daughter of British writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944). Their two riding trips to Bodmin Moor inspired the novel Jamaica Inn. Du Maurier completed Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's unfinished novel "Castle Dor" (1961). (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)

Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, Manuscript: 'Castle Dor', typewritten manuscript from Chapter XXIV Book II with handwritten amendments, together with typewritten proof of 'Castle Dor', signed in blue ballpoint pen 'Daphne du Maurier' to title page, with handwritten amendments, from Curtis Brown Ltd, London, also four typewritten letters from E.F. Bozman of J.M Dent & Sons Ltd Publishers relating to Miss Quiller-Couch's request for Daphne du Maurier to finish her father's book, handwritten questions from Miss Quiller-Couch to Winifred Smith regarding the writing of the novel during Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's lifetime, two typewritten letters from Winifred Smith regarding working on the manuscript of 'Castle Dor' for Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, handwritten note from Winifred Smith, copy typescript, entitled 'About Castle Dor', touching recollections of her friend, the text refers to the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch which du Maurier completed at the request of his daughter, her friend, Foy Quiller-Couch.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)

Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, autograph manuscript, of a play entitled 'Mother', in pencil, written in a lined notebook initially used as an expenses book and stamped 'Lieutenant Regimental Adjutant Grenadier Guards'.'Mother' was the working title for her play 'September Tide'. The lead character 'Stella' was based on her publisher's wife Ellen Doubleday while 'Evan' was based on Daphne herself.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)

Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, autograph manuscript, 'Rebecca, A Play in Three Acts', handwritten adaptation of 'Rebecca' into dramatic form, in pencil and title page for the original manuscript of 'Rebecca' (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)