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  • Esther scroll housed in an elaborately decorated silver case. Manuscript on vellum, text arranged in 19 lines, in Hebrew Sephardic Script.
    Esther scroll housed in an elaborately decorated silver case. Manuscript on vellum, text arranged in 19 lines, in Hebrew Sephardic Script.

    [ESTHER SCROLL].
    [Esther Scroll housed in silver decorative case, untitled]. early 19th century.
    Megillat Esther in Sephardic Script housed in an elaborately decorated silver case.
    £7,150.00

  • A lively set of Neapolitan military plates within ruled borders, captioned below image and with a 2-line description of the plate.
    A lively set of Neapolitan military plates within ruled borders, captioned below image and with a 2-line description of the plate.

    [NAPLES].
    Collezione degli uniformi del Reale Esercito e della Real Marina Napoletana 1844.
    £3,000.00

  • A fine collection of Qing dynasty watercolours depicting deities and immortals from Chinese folk religion, incorporating elements from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
    A fine collection of Qing dynasty watercolours depicting deities and immortals from Chinese folk religion, incorporating elements from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

    [CHINA.
    Watercolour Album Early nineteenth century].
    £25,000.00

  • Views of Iceland and Lapland.

    [Photographer unknown].
    Views of Iceland and Lapland. [c.1920].
    £350.00

  • Die byzantinischen Zellenschmelze der Sammlung Dr. Alex. von Swenigorodskoï und das darüber veröffentlichte Prachtwerk.
    Die byzantinischen Zellenschmelze der Sammlung Dr. Alex. von Swenigorodskoï und das darüber veröffentlichte Prachtwerk.

    BOCK, Franz.
    Die byzantinischen Zellenschmelze der Sammlung Dr. Alex. von Swenigorodskoï und das darüber veröffentlichte Prachtwerk. 1896.
    £2,750.00

  • Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,

    CAMERON, Verney Lovett.
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy, 1870-1894; London, Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877.
    £12,500.00

  • Tomb in the great mosque, Damascus.

    BONFILS, Felix.
    Tomb in the great mosque, Damascus. [c.1880].
    £275.00

  • Shooting party.

    [CEYLON].
    Shooting party.
    £150.00

  • First edition, first printing of The story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting, with illustrations by the author, with a page each from original manuscript and letter
    First edition, first printing of The story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting, with illustrations by the author, with a page each from original manuscript and letter

    LOFTING, Hugh.
    The Story of Doctor Dolittle [together with] A page of the original manuscript for 'Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake' [and] TLS. 1920.
    First edition with original manuscript and typed letter signed by the author.
    £7,500.00

  • Two responsa books published as one, published by the grandsons of Rabbi Kovo and his son in law Yeshoshua Chandali. Signature to title is by Rabbi Chaim HaCohen, chief Sephardic rabbi of Tiberias.
    Two responsa books published as one, published by the grandsons of Rabbi Kovo and his son in law Yeshoshua Chandali. Signature to title is by Rabbi Chaim HaCohen, chief Sephardic rabbi of Tiberias.

    KOVO, Eliyahu ben Yehudah; CHANDALI, Yehoshua.
    Shnei HaMeorot HaGdolim. 1739.
    £2,500.00

  • An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan by Ali Quli Khan printed in Tehran in 1856
    An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan by Ali Quli Khan printed in Tehran in 1856

    PRINCE IHTIZAD AL-SULTANEH [ALI QULI KHAN].
    Tarikh-e vaqaye' va savaneh-e Afghanistan, 1273 AH (1856-57 AD).
    £3,000.00

  • First edition of the first book devoted entirely to tobacco, De herb Panacea by Giles Everard
    First edition of the first book devoted entirely to tobacco, De herb Panacea by Giles Everard

    EVERARD, Giles.
    De Herba Panacea, 1587.
    First edition of the first book devoted entirely to tobacco.
    £15,000.00

  • First and only edition of "My Log" by Alexander Carnegy, a rare account of travel through the Arabian Gulf, stopping at Bahrain and Kuwait before travelling up the Euphrates. Owned by the author's nephew and cousin.
    First and only edition of "My Log" by Alexander Carnegy, a rare account of travel through the Arabian Gulf, stopping at Bahrain and Kuwait before travelling up the Euphrates. Owned by the author's nephew and cousin.

    CARNEGY, Alexander.
    "My Log." 1878.
    £14,500.00

  • The book is a compilation of texts from a number of the Red Books he had composed since his last publication, many of them now lost
    The book is a compilation of texts from a number of the Red Books he had composed since his last publication, many of them now lost

    REPTON, Humphry.
    Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. 1803.
    £8,500.00

  • The complete first edition of Victor Jacquemont's scarce Voyage dans L'Inde, with 290 plates, of India, the Himalayas, Kashmir, Punjab, Tibet, and Delhi.
    The complete first edition of Victor Jacquemont's scarce Voyage dans L'Inde, with 290 plates, of India, the Himalayas, Kashmir, Punjab, Tibet, and Delhi.

    JACQUEMONT, Victor.
    Voyage dans L'Inde, 1841-44.
    £25,000.00

  • Tiruchipalli.

    [India].
    Tiruchipalli. [c.1880].
    £125.00

  • an exceptionally fine example of this beatiful fairytale with additional english translation
    an exceptionally fine example of this beatiful fairytale with additional english translation

    BILIBIN, Ivan.
    The Tale of Tsarevich Ivan, The Fire-Bird and Grey Wolf. 1901.
    £1,350.00

  • Pesn' o Veshchem Olege: K stoletiyu o dnia rozhdeniia Pushkina 26 Maia 1899 god.
    Pesn' o Veshchem Olege: K stoletiyu o dnia rozhdeniia Pushkina 26 Maia 1899 god.

    VASNETSOV, Vasiliy; ZAMIRAILO, V. D. (illustrators); PUSHKIN, Alexander.
    Pesn' o Veshchem Olege: K stoletiyu o dnia rozhdeniia Pushkina 26 Maia 1899 god. [1899].
    £1,950.00

  • First edition of As the Story Was Told by Samuel Beckett, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of As the Story Was Told by Samuel Beckett, inscribed by the author.

    BECKETT, Samuel.
    As the Story Was Told. 1987.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, of his first expedition to Iraq and Mosul.
    First edition of Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, of his first expedition to Iraq and Mosul.

    LAYARD, Austen Henry.
    Nineveh and Its Remains: 1849.
    £500.00

  • The 1607 second edition of the maritime classic Nautica Mediterranea by Bartolomeo Crescenzi, with the rare portolan chart of the Mediterranean.
    The 1607 second edition of the maritime classic Nautica Mediterranea by Bartolomeo Crescenzi, with the rare portolan chart of the Mediterranean.

    CRESCENZI, Bartolomeo.
    Nautica Mediterranea. 1607.
    Second edition of this rare maritime classic, with the rare portolan chart.
    £37,500.00

  • [Grose Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Grose Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales]. [c.1870].
    £55.00

  • [Musuem, Sydney].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Musuem, Sydney]. [c.1870].
    £65.00

  • [Government House, Sydney].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Government House, Sydney]. [c.1890].
    £65.00

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