PAGE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS
Finely illuminated leaf from a Fifteenth Century Book of hours in Latin, on a single double sided leaf
with several attractive 1 & 2 line initial letters in blue and red, trailing scroll work in alternate colours, initial capitals in text heightened in yellow, and one is heightened in gold, 16 lines to the page, 2 sides on vellum, 7" x 4½", in modern frame, English, circa
Item Date:
1450
Stock No:
42912
£225
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PALMERSTON
(Henry John Temple, 1784-1865, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, 3rd Viscount)
Fine passport document signed
printed in French with the details filled in by hand, made out for Alexander Gibbon and his wife to travel on the Continent with a courier, Louis Mayer and their servants, 1 side folio with fine engraved vignettes at the head and foot, London, 18th May 1840 tipped into the leather bound passport with the written dates of entries and exits with the customs stamps, the first one is Frankfurt on 16th July, Stuttgart on the 31st, then Munich, Innsbruck, Florence, Venice, Parma, Tuscany, Rome, Naples, Torin and Dieppe and many more, 28 pages are stamped on both sides with blanks at the end, the last entry is Dieppe on the 9th June
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
42844
£375
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PIATTI
(Alfredo Carlo, 1822-1901, Italian Violoncellist and Composer)
Autograph letter signed, in English, to ‘Dear Hann’
asking him to “go next Monday to give a lesson to the Honble Miss Norah Dawney, daughter of Lady Downe. Lady D. will write to you about it, this time the lesson would be at the Dowager Countess of Sefton, 2 Lyall Street, Belgrave Square about 11. Miss Norah is only a beginner, and you must look well after her intonation. The hair of her bow wants renewing, will you see to it?...”, much of the writing on the last page has been crossed out, 3 sides 8vo., Royal Hotel, Edinburgh headed paper with vignette at the head, 13th May no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42879
£225
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PICKTHALL
(Muhammad Marmaduke (born Marmaduke William), 1875-1936, English Islamic Scholar)
Autograph Letter Signed to STORRS
(Sir Ronald Henry Amherst, 1881-1955, Near Eastern Expert and Governor) accepting an invitation “with pleasure. I will try to be punctual to 7.15. Evening dress, I presume...”, 1 side 8vo., Pont des Anglais, 8th December
Item Date:
1908
Stock No:
42945
£175
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HUGE PHOTO OF MAHARAJAH PRATAP SINGH
PRATAP SINGH
(Maharajah of India, 1846-1922, Lieutenant-General, Prime Minister of Jodhpur)
Enormous Sepia Albumen photo, signed ‘Harry Singh’
showing him half length in ceremonial uniform looking to one side, 19½” x 11”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
41668
£1750
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