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  • four lines of elegant nasta'liq calligraphy by Morteza Salehi from 2020.

    SALEHI, Morteza (calligrapher)
    Quatrain of nasta'liq calligraphy c. 2020.
    £3,000.00

  • single illuminated painting of a figure by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei, from 2014.

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Copy of a Single Figure 2014
    £17,500.00

  • Painting of a flower and bird composition by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei from 2008

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Flower and Bird Surrounded by Floral Islimi 2008
    £37,500.00

  • Copy of an old Persian Miniature by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei from 2015.

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Copy of an Old Persian Miniature 2015
    £27,500.00

  • Original miniature painting of Moses and the Shepherd by contemproary artist Maryam Mirzaei

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Moses and the Shepherd 2013
    £30,000.00

  • Single panel of nasta'liq calligraphy by Morteza Salehi dated 2024 and entitled Hich.

    SALEHI, Morteza (calligrapher)
    'Hich' dated '2024'.
    £2,500.00

  • Miniature painting inspired by Kamal al din Behzad by contemporary artist Maryam Mirzaei.

    MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Copy of Pand-e Pir 2012
    £55,000.00

  • A fine panel of nasta'liq calligraphy from the celebrated safaciv calligrapher Mir Ali al Katib dated 936.
    A fine panel of nasta'liq calligraphy from the celebrated safaciv calligrapher Mir Ali al Katib dated 936.

    [CALLIGRAPHY]. MIR' ALI AL-KATIB (calligrapher).
    A Panel of nasta'liq calligraphy, dated 936 AH (1529-30 AD).
    £20,000.00

  • One of the pioneers of alpinism and alpine painting, Bourrit (1739-1819) accompanied de Saussure on his first ascents of the Alps.
    One of the pioneers of alpinism and alpine painting, Bourrit (1739-1819) accompanied de Saussure on his first ascents of the Alps.

    BOURRIT, Marc-Theodore.
    Nouvelle description générale et particulière des glaciers, 1787.
    £3,750.00

  • Collection of photographic plates shot in Ottoman-Empire-ruled territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by the pioneers of orientalist photography - Dumas, Bonfils, Bergheim, Arnoux and Quarelli.
    Collection of photographic plates shot in Ottoman-Empire-ruled territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by the pioneers of orientalist photography - Dumas, Bonfils, Bergheim, Arnoux and Quarelli.

    DUMAS, Tancrède; BONFILS, Felix; BERGHEIM, Peter; ARNOUX, Hippolyte; QUARELLI, F.
    Four albums of photographs of Ottoman Empire: c. 1860-1880].
    £15,000.00

  • [A Group of Butterflies and Moths].
    [A Group of Butterflies and Moths].

    [SEBA, Albertus].
    [A Group of Butterflies and Moths]. 1780.
    £4,500.00

  • A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
    A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.

    XENOPHON; FIELDING, Sarah (translator).
    Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates. 1762.
    £1,250.00

  • The second edition, much expanded of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, bound with Richard Bentley's Dissertation for the first time
    The second edition, much expanded of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, bound with Richard Bentley's Dissertation for the first time

    WOTTON, William; BENTLEY, Richard.
    Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning... 1697.
    £750.00

  • Andy Warhol, Cheddar Cheese, 1969, screenprint, signed by the artist, from the edition of 250, on wove paper
    Andy Warhol, Cheddar Cheese, 1969, screenprint, signed by the artist, from the edition of 250, on wove paper

    WARHOL, Andy
    Cheddar Cheese, from Campbell's Soup II 1969
    £55,000.00

  • The first edition in English of Virgilio Malvezzi's histories of the legendary Roman kings Romulus and Tarquin, translated by Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
    The first edition in English of Virgilio Malvezzi's histories of the legendary Roman kings Romulus and Tarquin, translated by Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth

    MALVEZZI, Virgilio; MONMOUTH, Henry Carey (Earl of).
    [Romulus and Tarquin]. 1637.
    £1,500.00

  • The first Foulis Press edition of Tyrtaeus' panegyric on martial spirit, Spartan Lessons, edited by the classicist James Moor
    The first Foulis Press edition of Tyrtaeus' panegyric on martial spirit, Spartan Lessons, edited by the classicist James Moor

    TYRTAEUS; MOOR, James (editor).
    Spartan Lessons; 1759.
    £1,500.00

  • The final lifetime edition of Thomas Hobbes's English-language translation of Thucydides History of the Grecian War
    The final lifetime edition of Thomas Hobbes's English-language translation of Thucydides History of the Grecian War

    THUCYDIDES; HOBBES, Thomas (translator).
    History of the Grecian War: 1676.
    £3,500.00

  • The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
    The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy

    CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
    Thoughts of Cicero, 1750.
    £450.00

  • This edition of Thomas Hobbe's Art of Rhetoric marks the first publication of his Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student of the Common-Laws of England
    This edition of Thomas Hobbe's Art of Rhetoric marks the first publication of his Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student of the Common-Laws of England

    HOBBES, Thomas.
    The Art of Rhetoric, 1681.
    £5,000.00

  • An excellent copy of Thomas Carlyle's essay on Chartism, with a tipped-in autograph letter and engraved protrait signed by him
    An excellent copy of Thomas Carlyle's essay on Chartism, with a tipped-in autograph letter and engraved protrait signed by him

    CARLYLE, Thomas.
    Chartism. 1840.
    £1,500.00

  • The first edition of Stewart Kyd's Treatise on the Law of Corporations, uncut in the orignal boards
    The first edition of Stewart Kyd's Treatise on the Law of Corporations, uncut in the orignal boards

    KYD, Stewart.
    A Treatise on the Law of Corporations. 1793-1794.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition in English of the collected letters of Paolo Sarpi, translated out of the Italian by Edward Brown
    The first edition in English of the collected letters of Paolo Sarpi, translated out of the Italian by Edward Brown

    SARPI, Paolo; BROWN, Edward (translator).
    The Letters of the Renowned Father Paul, 1693.
    £800.00

  • The first Merriam-Webster edition of An American Diction of the English Language in the publisher's presentation binding to Richard Cobden
    The first Merriam-Webster edition of An American Diction of the English Language in the publisher's presentation binding to Richard Cobden

    WEBSTER, Noah.
    An American Dictionary of the English Language; 1848.
    £5,000.00

  • The second edition of the collected works in English of Niccolò Machiavelli, bound in cotnemporary blind-ruled calf
    The second edition of the collected works in English of Niccolò Machiavelli, bound in cotnemporary blind-ruled calf

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; NEVILLE, Henry (translator).
    The Works 1680.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition in English of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre, translated out of the Italian original by Peter Whitehorne
    The first edition in English of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre, translated out of the Italian original by Peter Whitehorne

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; WHITEHORNE, Peter (translator).
    The Arte of Warre Anno. M.D.L.X. Menss. Iulii and M.D.LXII. Mense. Aprilis [1560-1562].
    £85,000.00

  • An attractive set in contemporary sprinkled calf of the collected works of Niccolò Machiavelli, following the English-language translation of Ellis Farneworth
    An attractive set in contemporary sprinkled calf of the collected works of Niccolò Machiavelli, following the English-language translation of Ellis Farneworth

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò.
    The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, 1775.
    £3,000.00

  • The first and only edition of this collecting of writings by Montesquieu in English translation
    The first and only edition of this collecting of writings by Montesquieu in English translation

    MONTESQUIEU, Charles Secondat (Baron de).
    Miscellaneous Pieces 1759.
    £800.00

  • The first edition in English of Aristotle's Metaphysics, translated by Thomas Taylor
    The first edition in English of Aristotle's Metaphysics, translated by Thomas Taylor

    ARISTOTLE; TAYLOR, Thomas (translator).
    The Metaphysics of Aristotle, 1801.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons
    The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons

    WEBER, Max.
    The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism. 1930.
    £6,750.00

  • The first edition of Sir Matthew Hale's posthumously published Analysis of the Law, with extensive manuscript annotations by the barrister Maurice Johnson
    The first edition of Sir Matthew Hale's posthumously published Analysis of the Law, with extensive manuscript annotations by the barrister Maurice Johnson

    [HALE, Sir Matthew; JOHNSON, Maurice (manuscript notes)].
    The Analysis of the Law: 1713.
    £9,000.00

  • A beautiful edition of Marcus Aurelius' meditations in English translation, finely bound by Riviere & Son
    A beautiful edition of Marcus Aurelius' meditations in English translation, finely bound by Riviere & Son

    AURELIUS, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.
    [Meditations]. 1900.
    £3,000.00

  • A handsome copy in contemporary tree-calf of Jean-Louis de Lolme's study of The Constitution of England
    A handsome copy in contemporary tree-calf of Jean-Louis de Lolme's study of The Constitution of England

    LOLME, Jean-Louis de.
    The Constitution of England, 1784.
    £450.00

  • The first UK edition of Leon Trotsky's biography of Joseph Stalin
    The first UK edition of Leon Trotsky's biography of Joseph Stalin

    TROTSKY, Leon.
    Stalin 1947.
    £550.00

  • The first edition of James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Public Wealth, an important early commentary on Adam Smith
    The first edition of James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Public Wealth, an important early commentary on Adam Smith

    LAUDERDALE, James Maitland (Earl of).
    An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, 1804.
    £800.00

  • The first edition of the first book in the English languages devoted to the Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, anonymously printed and attributed to Sir John Dodderidge
    The first edition of the first book in the English languages devoted to the Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, anonymously printed and attributed to Sir John Dodderidge

    [WOMEN'S RIGHTS].
    The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: 1632.
    £25,000.00

  • The first printing of si Karl Popper's lecture on human freedom Of Clouds and Clocks, inscribe dhim him to Alan Gould
    The first printing of si Karl Popper's lecture on human freedom Of Clouds and Clocks, inscribe dhim him to Alan Gould

    POPPER, Sir Karl Raimund.
    Of Clouds and Clocks 1966.
    £1,750.00

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