Illustrated Folio Manuscript, Persia, 19th/20th century, opaque color and gold on paper, possibly illustrating a poem by Nizami Ganjavi, four columns of Nastaliq calligraphy in reserves above and below a miniature painting depicting a fierce battle between camel riders, with a group of trumpeters in the background, framed and glazed, sight size 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-19
Illustrated Folio Manuscript, Persia, 19th century, opaque color and gold on paper, with four columns of Nastaliq calligraphy in reserves above and below a painting Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-19
Seven Sketches and Paintings, India, 18th to 20th century, ink, gold, and color on paper, a drawing of a kneeling ruler with polychrome turban, a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-09-16
Wilson, Alexander (1766-1813) American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates. Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, 1808-1814. First Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-11-12
A group of two works illustrated by Crane, each containing three stories with individual title pages. London and New York: John Lane, (1898). Folio, red Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2012-11-07
A group of two folio-sized books pertaining to decorative arts. By Vincent J. Robinson. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902. Folio, quarter vellum over green cloth, frontispiece. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2012-08-08
A group of seven cloth-bound volumes of the Players' Shakespeare. Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, n.d. number 279 of 550 copies. Illustrated by Norman Wilkinson. number Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2012-04-04
New Muentz Buech, Darinnen Allerley Gross und Kleine Silberne und Guldne Sorten. Munich: Adam Berg, 1597. Folio, title page printed in red and black, illustrated Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-07-23
London: Thomas Sawbridge & George Wells, 1686. 2 vols. in one. Folio, contemporary vellum. First edition of Malpighi's collected works, including his famed work on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09
Vegetius Renatus, Publius Flavius (Late 4th Century) Vier Buecher der Ritterschafft [German Translation of De Re Militari]. Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1529. Folio, title printed within Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-07-23
Carta Executoria de Hidalgia for Fernando de Presedo, Granted by King Philip II of Spain at Valladolid, 15 May 1567. Small folio-format manuscript on parchment, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-07-23
