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Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds
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Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds

Auction dates
30 Apr 2019 14:00 BST
Viewing dates
26 Apr 2019 09:30 - 17:30 BST
27 Apr 2019 11:00 - 16:00 BST
28 Apr 2019 11:00 - 16:00 BST
29 Apr 2019 09:30 - 17:30 BST
30 Apr 2019 09:30 - 13:00 BST
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 114 lots within this auction
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Item Type
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Ɵ Bartholomaeus Georgievitz, De Turcarum Moribus Epitome
380 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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A collection of early wood-cut and engraved plates of Ottoman Sultans and important Oriental figures
2,800 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ A Group of Maps, Plans and Views relating to Constantinople and the Ottoman Empire
380 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ Sir Paul Rycaut, The Present State of the Ottoman Empire..., 3 books in one volume, second edition
350 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ M. Briot, Histoire de L'Etat Present de L'Empire Ottoman: contenant les maximes politiques
280 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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Ɵ Guillaume Joseph Grelot, Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople..., first edition
750 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Guillaume Joseph Grelot, A Late voyage to Constantinople
500 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Ɵ M. de Ferriol & Le Hay Explication des cent estampes qui representent different Nations du Levant
1,000 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Reception of the French Ambassador le Vicompte D'Andrezel with Sultan Ahmed III
150 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Ɵ Lady Elizabeth Craven, A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople ..
180 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A Group of Costume Plates and Engravings relating to the Ottomans and Mamluks
180 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Ɵ William Alexander, Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manner of the Turks, first edition
350 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Panormic Sketch of Jerusalem, taken from the Governor's Palace, from sketches by Mrs Bracebridge
1,500 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Ɵ Julia Pardoe, The Beauties of Bosphorous ... views of Constantinople
180 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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ƟRev. Robert Walsh, Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Ɵ Rev. Robert Walsh, Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor
160 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Ɵ Michael Angelo Titmarsh, Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, first edition
80 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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Ɵ Arthur J. Joyce
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Théophile Gautier, Constantinople of To-Day, first English edition [London, David Bogue, 1854]
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Ɵ John Oldmixon, Gleanings from Piccadilly to Pera, first edition [London, Longman, Brown
80 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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Frederick George (artist, attributed to), Three illustrations for publication in the Illustrated Lon
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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L.B.H. Cremer (artist), Eastern Skyline, a view of Istanbul–Bosphorous, original illustration, water
100 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Ɵ Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople, first edition, 2 volumes
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Tristram Ellis (artist), View of Constantinople Harbour, signed etching on paper [n.p. dated 1893 AD
160 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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H.L. Bacon (artist), original illustration of Henry Morton Stanley's meeting Emin Pasha, watercolour
170 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Ɵ Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abdallah Ibn Sina, known as 'Avicenna', Al Qanun fi al'Tibb
17,000 GBP
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Ɵ Kitab Tahthib al-Ibarat fi fin an 'Akhadh al-Misahat (Treatise on Land Surveying)
3,000 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Ɵ Francis B. Spilsbury, Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria,
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ Small collection of works relating to Jerusalem & the Hebrew Language
120 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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Ɵ Nikolai Khanikoff, Bokhara: its Amir and its People, translated by the Baron Clement A. de Bode
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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A Collection of 13 engraved costume plates, most relating to North Africa, by Theodore Viero of Veni
140 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Ɵ A Cochinese Soldier, hand-painted engraving, on paper [probably London, c. 1850]
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Ɵ An Indian Qur'an, in Arabic, Urdu and Farsi, lithographed on paper [India (probably Bombay),
550 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Ɵ David Ker, On the Road to Khiva, first edition [London, Henry S. King & co., 1874]
200 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ Captain H. Wilberforce Clarke, The Bustan by Shaikh Muslihu-d-din Sa'di Shirazi, first edition
200 GBP
120 - 180 GBP
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Ɵ Sir Charles Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, 5 volumes including Supplement
320 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Ɵ Charles Marvin, The Russians at Merv and Herat, first edition [London, W. H. Allen & co, 1883]
60 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Ɵ The Gospel of Luke, in Arabic, lithographed on paper [Mequinez, Morocco, Gospel Missionary Union
400 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Ɵ Vues Photographiques des Fouilles d'Al Foustat, together with Apel et Ses Environs,both photobooks
300 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Ɵ Yemen in 1937 and 1938, documented by Italian traveller B.V. Clementi,
0 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Ɵ Art and Reference Books relating to Middle Eastern and Persian Art & History
400 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Document recording a grain delivery by Aspiy , manuscript on leather with clay seal [northern Afghan
0 GBP
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Ɵ Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, work of Maliki Fiqh, possibly his commentary on Tirmidh's Hadith Collection
10,000 GBP
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Bifolium from an Abbasid Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Near East (possibly L
1,900 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Three Egyptian documents, one fragmentary, in Arabic, on parchment and paper [Egypt, thirteenth and
400 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Ɵ Section of a Mamluk Qur'anic Juz', in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Ɵ A Sub-Saharan Qur'an, in a bound format, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ An Alif-Ba Mufradat, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Ɵ Kitab al-Lughat (a Treatise on the Arabic Language), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Ɵ Kitab al-Ilam ba Ilam Beit Allah Al-Haram …
12,000 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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An illuminated Hajj Scroll presented to a woman named Fatemeh bint Abdullah Al-Hussaynieh
26,000 GBP
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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An impressive Qur'an leaf, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Mamluk Meso
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Bifolia from three Mamluk Qur'ans, in Arabic, illuminated manuscripts on paper [Mamluk Regions inclu
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Ɵ Nazm Al-Jawahra al-Sheikh Ibrahim al-Qani (a Treatise of Religious Doctrines in Poetic form)
4,200 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Rustam Fighting Afrasiyab, with soldiers watching on from the hillside, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Ot
420 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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A Sultan in conversation with his Courtiers, Ottoman miniature on paper [Ottoman Turkey, probably c.
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Ɵ An Ottoman Anthology of Poetry in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper
380 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Ɵ A Fine Ottoman Qur'an, signed by Darwish Ibrahim Tahir Mustafa
0 GBP
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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