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A WWII group of four comprising 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal and Defense Medal, together with manuscript notes and photocopy photographs for Arthur James Cox.

DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, AL-JAZULI ( D. 1465), OTTOMAN TURKEY 20TH CENTURY Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, a large format with 11 lines to each page, written in beautiful and regular black naskh script, the first page with illuminated frontispiece, gold verse markers outlined in black and pointed by polychrome dots, ruled by gilt and blue borders, titles in red thuluth script, two page with 99 beautiful names of Allah and Muhammad, followed by the two illuminated illustrations of Mecca and Medina, followed by numerous prayers. The colophon is signed, handwritten in the style of t || DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, AL-JAZULI (D. 1465), OTTOMAANS TURKIJE, 20STE EEUW manuscript op papier op groot formaat, met telkens 11 lijnen per pagina geschreven in Naskh schrift. De eerste pagina is versierd met goudstift en gekleurde stippen met titels in rood Thuluth schrift, hierna twee pagina's met verschillende namen voor Allah en Muhammad, gevolgd door twee bijgekleurde tekeningen van Mekka en Medina. De colofon is getekend, handgeschreven in de stijl van de bekende Ottomaanse kalligraaf Hafiz Othoman. In een mooi gedecoreerde en gelakte lederen kaft - 103 x 77 cm

Engineers Site Book for Peoria & Oquawka Railroad, c.1850, Undated manuscript note book, c.1850's, ahrd cover with marbled boards 15cm x 18cm, tan cloth spine, inside front cover pasted down is a blue printed paper titled 'Specification for Laying Track on the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad', the first 59 pages contain mainly engineering and surveying notes with some charts, tables and corrections, specific projects are mentioned including Connecticut and Passumpic Rivers Railroad which started in 1840, a private railroad for E. B. Kellog. The Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad, commonly known as the Connecticut and Passumpsic, is a vital transportation artery spanning across the picturesque landscape of Vermont. Stretching from White River Junction to the Vermont-Canada border at Beebe Junction, Province of Quebec, Canada, this single-track standard-gauge steam railroad covers a distance of 109.605 miles. In addition to its mainline, the Connecticut and Passumpsic also maintains ownership of 52.006 miles of yard tracks and sidings, resulting in a comprehensive network totaling 161.611 miles of all tracks. Notably, the Connecticut and Passumpsic holds a leasehold interest in the assets of the Massawippi Valley Railway Company, further expanding its operational footprint. The Massawippi Valley Railway, although not included in this report, spans approximately 31.95 miles from Beebe Junction to Lennoxville, Province of Quebec, Canada. Additionally, a branch line extends from Beebe Junction to Stanstead, Province of Quebec, covering a distance of around 3.51 miles. The Connecticut and Passumpsic effectively manages and operates both its owned and leased properties through a leasing arrangement with the Boston and Lowell. This strategic collaboration ensures seamless connectivity and efficient transportation services along the entirety of its route. As a vital link in the region's transportation infrastructure, the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad plays a crucial role in facilitating trade, commerce, and connectivity between Vermont and Canada. With its extensive network and commitment to operational excellence, the Connecticut and Passumpsic continues to serve as a lifeline for communities and industries reliant on reliable rail transportation in the Northeastern United States and beyond.

The standard size microscope slide with a coverslip covering a section of microfilm, with paper labels to the top and bottom with manuscript that reads 'Part of Pigeon post dispatch sent into Paris during seige by pigeon, Bals.' the images is signed at the bottom 'Rene Dagron & Co.'The Siege of Paris (1871) occurred between 19 September 1870 – 28 January 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War. Napoleon III’s armies were pushed back after the Battle of Sedan, resulting in the Emperor’s surrender. However, the French Third Republic that was formed after his abdication were not ready for peace with Prussia. In response, the Prussians lay siege to Paris for four and half months. In order to bring the siege to a close, the Prussians fired 12,000 shells into the city within three weeks. In the end, however, it was starvation and working class resentment that brought peace to the city. The Pigeon Post - During the siege, communication was maintained with the outside world through the use of hot-air balloons and carrier pigeons. The first successful balloon flight out of Paris was Neptune, piloted by Jules Duruof, followed two days later by Ville de Florence, piloted by Gabriel Mangin. This second balloon contained a basket of carrier pigeons, which enabled messages to start being relayed into the city and more balloons to be sent out. French photographers used innovative microphotography, pioneered by John Benjamin Dancer in 1839, to enable the transferral of large amounts of important information. This process was overseen by Blaise, who printed the messages on photographic paper, and the images were then viewed through microscopes and microscope projectors.

Manuscript Book on The Use of the Globes & Astronomy, manuscript text book, dated 1840, inscribed to the inside of the cover Adine Josephine Edlmann 30th March 1840, containing various problems concerning astronomy, 125pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, hinges weak, original half leather, extensively rubbed, lacks spine, 20cm x 25cm and A Georgian manuscript maths book dated 1797, in beautiful copperplate script 19cm x23cm

Sowerby, James, The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells which Have Been Preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. London: printed by Benjamin Meradith, Silver Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, Sold by the Author, 1812-1829, 7 volumes, 1st Ed. 8vo, half morocco gilt, spines with raised bands, gilt edges, Vol7, Supplement without title page, all vols with recent owners bookplate, a good complete set (if you include the manuscript pages), with the very rare unfinished seventh volume. there are 648 hand-coloured engraved plates including several foldingNote: An Unusual Copy of this rare Book, all the volumes have period pen corrections and additions. Many of the printed specimen titles have been crossed out and corrected. There are additions to some of the text and all page numbers have been altered. There are handwritten index lists throughout, in Vol.IV page 39 & 40 are completely handwritten. All in the same hand writing with other hand written pages and corrections throughout. The later Supplement has no alterations.

Frank Mason Goode. Collection of Photographs from Palestine 15 albumen prints from Palestine and the surrounding area. Mounted on loose, thin book leaves, titled with descriptions and quotes. Leave size 280mm x 210mm. Image sizes are 154mm x 130mm and 101mm x 81mm. Egyptian Dromedaries, Peasants of Jerusalem, Hebron, Mount Serbal, The Plain of Esdraelon, Mount Carmel:The Convent, The Wady El Ain, The Brick Pyramid of Dashur, The Stone Pyramid of Dashur, The Wady Magareth, The Wady Mukatteb, The Approach of Edom, Mount Hor, Fallen Column at Shiloh and Mount Hermon. And 1 albumen print by Francis Bedford made during his tour with The Prince of Wales. Showing the oldest manuscript of Pentateuch, plate no.30. Mounted on loose book page with inscription. Some fading to images. Scattered foxing and dirt on mounts.

A Late 18th Century engraving of Mr Henry Blacker, the British Giant, extensively inscribed in manuscript on backing paper, 7.75" x 4.75" (19.5 x 12cm).

A KAMMAVACA MANUSCRIPT 19TH CENTURY61cm x 15cm Framed in a case, and glazed.

Queen Elizabeth vellum manuscript, 16th Century Indenture on vellum. Dated the 20th. Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, i.e. 1578, Between Thomas Clay(e) of Gretland (now Greetland) in the county of York, labourer to John Briggs.....with the remnant of the wax seal, 24 x 12cm

BLAKE, William: Bentley, GE (edit): Vala or The Four Zoas: A Facsimile of the Manuscript, Oxford UP, 1963, 1st. Edn. DW. Elephant Folio. Tears to dust jacket, o/w VG; The Book of Urizen. Reproduced in Facsimile from an original copy. Dent, 1929, 1st. Thus. 4to; Tiriel. Facsimile and Transcript of the Manuscript. Oxford, 1967, 1st. Thus. DW. VG (3)

CAXTON: 1- The Metamorphoses of Ovid, 2 Vols. G Braziller, New York, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1968, Limited edition 287/1200. Facsimile of the Phillipps manuscript of 1480, Full leather & slipcase. VG; 2- Jacobus de Cessolis: The Game of Chess. Facsimile from the Copy at Trinity College, Cambridge,. Scolar Press, 1976, Limited edn. number 168 of 500 copies. 23 large woodcut illustrations. Original rough hessian and morocco label VG; 3- The Dictes and Sayings of The Philosophers, a facsimile of the first book printed in England by William Caxton in 1477, Elliot Stock, 1877, Recent leather-backed boards, VG; 4- Rae, J: The Statutes of Henry Vii. In Exact Facsimile, from the very rare original, printed by Caxton in 1489, John Camden Hotten, 1869, 1st. Edn. Thus. Cont. leather-backed boards; rubbed (5)Provenance: Anne F Sutton's collection, most with her bookplate.

Fulham F.C. programmes - twenty-seven home matches 1949/50 - 1957/58; and two photocopies of memorabilia itemsCondition Report: Condition is consistent with age and use with the usual rusting of staples and about half with manuscript team changes.Some with traces of vertical pocket folding.

Fourteen football programmes for International matches 1949-66 including England v Ireland Youth International at Boothferry Park Hull May 14th 1949; eight England v Scotland at Wembley, Hampden Park, Newcastle etc; England v Portugal October 25th 1961; England v Austria May 10th 1967 etc (14)Condition Report: Condition varies but most in good condition with usual slight rusting of staples and some manuscript team changes.Two signatures to Hampden Park programme cover.

Qur'an Juz' XXI (أُتْلُ مَاأُوْحِیَ )China, 19th century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 59ff., 1fl., with 5ll. of bold black sini script to the page, the double-page opening with 3ll. of the same within thin green margins, framed by bands of geometric designs dotted in blue and green, the head board with a intersecting half-circles on floral ground, its asp with a floral roundel, the lower panel with tessellated with an iteration of square containing simplified quatrefoils similarly dotted, the closing double page similarly laid out, the panels and bands with gold and polychrome floral tendrils, lobed rosette verse markers, surah headings in gold script on blue dotted plain ground, within red thin double rules, later highlighted in black, the covers and flap lined with floral clothfolio 28 x 21.5cm. 

Juz 16 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 16th-17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 62ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headers in gold, marginal decorations in gold, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in green cloth binding with flap, folio 30.2 x 20.4cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

A Safavid calligraphic album,Iran, first quarter 17th century,Persian manuscript on cream paper, safina format, 10 panels, each with 3ll.of black nasta'liq in cloud bands on a gold ground, arranged in two columns, opening folio with illuminated header, later binding, olive green covers with medallions containing gold openwork cutout, attribution on the initial blank attributing the calligraphy to Mir ‘Imad d.1615panel 11.2 x 5.9cm., folio 18.9 x 10.5cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection  

Property from An Important Private CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveEleven detached folios,Central Asia or Iran, 16th century and laterPossibly Bukhara, comprising eight folios from the same manuscript, possibly a compilation of poems, each with 13ll. of black nasta'liq script within thin light orange margins within polychrome rules, the wide ochre, blue and green borders illuminated with fine floral and vegetal decoration to the verso, the recto with polychrome lobed medallions against a field of gold scrolling floral tendrils ; four folios with their text panels cut out, now lacking, each with their recto either scrapped or not yet laid ; one folio with its verso scrapped, only the text panel remaining ; one folio, likely from a different manuscript, the text panel with 14ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns, framed by two interlocked gold floral tendrils within gold and polychrome rules, the wide blue and cream borders with lobed medallions against a field of dense gold floral tendrils, one bearing a modern stamp ; one folio from another manuscript, text panel lacking, thin gold floral margins against light blue ground within polychrome rules, wide borders with similar decoration, the decoration to the verso against cream ground, the recto's against pale green ground including birds perched on branches, the verso inscribed in black and red devanagari (?) script ; one, fragmentary, two panels of slanted light blue nasta'liq script interspersed by three small panels of white nasta'liq script arranged in two columns, below an intricate headpiece composed of an intricate spiralling black tendril on gold ground within a gold lobed cartouche on pale blue ground with similar floral tendrils, gold and black half cartouches to each sides, above and below ; a register of smaller lobed medallions containing similar decoration above, within wide gold speckled green borders, the reverse with plain text panel within similar borders, detached from its mount ; some folios with light pencil annotations or other various markings together with a tiny cut out band of floral garland, lightly torn (11)The largest folio, 29 x 19.8cm. ; the largest cut out text panel, 16.2 x 8.6cm. ; the fragmentary folio, 24 x 16cm. ; the cut out band 4 x 1.5cm.

Juz 10 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 54ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headers in red ornamental script, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, one marginal decoration, in tooled deep red leather binding with flap, folio 28.5 x 20.5cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

Juz 23 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, circa 1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 48ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headers in red, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flap, folio 25.5 x 19.2cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s Footnotes: See the previous lot for an other juz from this set signed Shams al-adin bin Musa al-Sini ad dated 953AH/1546AD

Kitab majmua al-fatawi, A collection of fatwas,Ottoman Turkey, dated 23 Sha’ban AH 875 / 23 February 1471 AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 221ff., 3fl., with 25ll. of naskh script per folio, headings in red, numerous annotations ; with paginated index on initial blank leaf, copied in the 19th century, undated and unsigned ; contemporary leather backed-boards, lacking flap, early repairs to spine ; with marginal endowment inscriptions and seal impression for the madrasa of a mosque, in the name of Mehmed Efendi al-Shahsir Beg Kuz-zadeh (?) and waqf seal of Great Mosque dated AH 1328 /1910 CE, 27.5 x 18.5cm. 

Shaykh Muhammad al-Muta bin al-Salih al-Sharqi: Dhakhira al-Muhtaj fi sala ala Sahib al-LiwaMorocco, dated 27 Dhu al-Hijja AH 1315/5 May 1898 AD or AH 1325/ 1907-1908 ADArabic manuscript on paper, 98ff., on the life of the Prophet Muhammad, with 23ll. of sepia Mahgrebi script per page, with polychrome decoration, opening folio possibly a later replacement, colophon dated, including a large polychrome diagram, in original morocco bindingfolio 34.2 x 22cm.  

Juz of an Ottoman 30-part Qur'an,Turkey 16th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 28ff., written entirely in gold, with 7ll. of gold naskh script per page outlined in black, fully vocalised, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, opening folio with polychrome and gold illuminated headpiece, some marginal restoration, in modern brown leather binding with flap, folio 27.2 x 19.2cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s  

A Quran, Ottoman Turkeysigned Al-Sayyid Husein al-Hamdi, dated 1273AH/1856-57ADArabic manuscript on paper, 293ff. with 15ll. of black naskh to the page, with gold rosette verse markers, sura headings in white naskh on gold ground in cartouche, text within gold frame, opening bifolio heavily illuminated, colophon dated, in original gilt morocco, fore-edge with gilt decoration, with original leather slip casefolio 19 x 12.5cm.  

Juz 29 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 50ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, surah headers in red, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, extensive marginal and textual notes, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled  brown leather binding with flap, folio 26.1 x 19.2cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

Five Qur'an folios and a bifolioAndalusia, 12th Century,Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. of Andalusian maghribi script , vowels in red, other diacritics in blue, green and saffron, illuminated devices for verse-endings, together with another similar, with gold and polychrome marginal roundel, lobed quarter medallions as verse marker, stained, all mountedbifolio, 42.5 x 26.5cm. ; folios, 26.5 x 25.5cm. (2), 30.5 x 28.2cm. (2) and 26.7 x 25.4cm mounted(6)Provenance: Private UK collection acquired in the 1960s-80s

Property from an Important Qajar Family Lots 92-116A Qajar miniature Qur'an,Iran, signed Salih Muhammad Hassan al-Isfahani, dated AH 1241?/1825-26AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 175ff., with 21ll. of fine black naskh script within gold rule, vocalisation in red, with gold and polychrome verse markers, opening bifolio extensively decorated with gold and polychrome flowers, headers in blue naskh on gold ground with polychrome decoration, marginal decoration in gold and poychrome, in lacquer floral binding, back board loose, export stamps, in gilt-decorated red morocco slip case, owner's inscription dated 1328AH/Pahlavi export stamp dated AH 1315/1936 AD at frontfolio 10.6 x 7cm.Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection Footnotes: The scribe, Muhammad Hassan al-Isfahani, is known to have copied another three manuscripts, all of prayers and dated between AH 1237 and 1242/1821 and 1827 AD (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol.4, Tehran, 1358 sh., pp.147-48); another qur'an copied by Muhammad Hassan al-Isfahani for Sadr Al-A'zam (Prime Minister) Amin Al-Dawla was sold at Christie's 10 October 2013, Lot 115.  Condition Report: The lacquered covered shows some minimal losses to their edges and corners. The surface is scratched and shows some cracks overall, as expected for lacquered works of this period. Some scattered minimal losses can be noticed, mostly occurring in the marginal areas. The lower cover is now detached. The spine is in fair condition.Overall the text bloc shows strong edges and corners with minimal scuff consistent with the lot's age and use. The opening bifolio is now detached form the text bloc. It shows strong pigments overall and is in good condition. Its right hand side folio is backed. The blue pigment of the left folio starts to corrode though the page, affecting the reverse text panel. The marginal areas are clean throughout. Only the expected darker marks left by use can be noticed, although some very occasional darker stains can also be seen, perhaps on three to five folios. The text panels are clean and crisp. They show very scattered smudging.Dated seal impressions in black ink filled in blue ink to first and third last pages, likely export stamps. The last with brief annotation above.The slip case in a fair condition despite a tear to one of its softer side. The gilt is strong overall.

Juz 12 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, circa 1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 44ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headings in red, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flap, folio 25.5 x 19.2cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s Footnotes: See the previous lot for an other juz from this set signed Shams al-adin bin Musa al-Sini ad dated 953AH/1546AD

Juz 19 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 19th century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 53ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, extensive marginal and textual notes, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flapfolio 26.4 x 18.5cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

Juz 18 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 60ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, opening and closing bifolios with extensive polychrome and gold decoration probably added later, in tooled brown leather binding with flapfolio 25.5 x 18.5cm.Provenance: Private Collection acquired in the 1960s-80s

Various PropertiesProperty from an Important Private CollectionFour folios detached from an early Arabic manuscriptPossibly Central Asia, second half 16th century, possible date of 992 AH/1509-10ADPossibly consecutive, Arabic manuscript on paper, 4ff, with 21ll. of sepia naskh to the page, some lines corrected or pasted, one page heavily pitted, some losses18.5 x 13.5cm.

Property from an Important Private CollectionA group of thirteen detached folios form a manuscript,India, late 18th/early 19th century,six forming a quire, the others loose, the text panel with two column of black nasta'liq script, numerous headers,  wide gold speckled margins, together with three text panels of the same manuscriptfolio 28 x 16.5cm.(13)

A Qur’an,Kashmir, North India, late 18th-early 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper with Persian interlinear translation, 323ff., with 14ll. of black naskh script to the page, with heavily illuminated opening bifolio, simple gold roundels as verse markers, marginal rising an hanging drop shaped medallions picked in red above and below lobed medallions as various section markers, marginal decoration and copious notes within serrated gold leaves some mimicking botehs, in floral lacquer binding, in embroidered silk slip bagfolio 16.6 x 9.8cm. Provenance: Private Collection of Professor W.M. Ballantyne (1922-2021) 

Diwan of Ibn ʻUmar ibn ʻAli known as Ibn al-Farid (d.1235AH),copied by the Imam of the Haydarkhaneh Mosque (Baghdad), Muhammad Salih ibn al-Hajj 'Ali al-Azami, dated 29 Jumada I 1301AH/27 March 1884ADArabic manuscript on paper, 79ff., with 17ll. of black naskh to the page, some words and titles in red, in board covers covered in marbled paper, 22.5 x 16cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection since the 1940s

Juz 11 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century or earlier, Arabic manuscript on paper, 48ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, extensive marginal and textual notes, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled  brown leather binding with flap, folio 27 x 19cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

Property from an Important Private CollectionKitab fadail al-anam,Safavid Iran, 17th centuryArabic and Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper, 144ff., 9ll. of black nasta'liq per page within green, gold and blue outer rule, in brown leather tooled binding with central medallion, marbled paper interior, stamp impression on opening blank folio dated AH 1107/1695 CE folio 17.6 x 11cm.Condition Report: The corners and edges are scuffed overall. Smudges and staining can be noticed through the manuscript. The smudging and staining does affect the text panels. One panel badly affected with some words rendered illegible on four lines. Some minimal and very occasional losses to some part of words, perhaps corrections, sometimes showing in the form of white blotches. At least three folios with modern purple ink or pencil strokes. One folio with a double strike affecting the text panel. Another with some partially and badly erased - maybe with a damp rubber ? - doodles in the upper margins. Another with its panel stroke through vertically. The two first bi folios are weak with losses and tears to edges and corners and extensive staining. The first two folios were detached and are now patched back to the text block. The first fifty folios (approx.) showing large brown stain affecting the text panel. The last fourth of this manuscript shows some water staining to the upper and marginal sections of the folios and to the lower parts near the gutter. The last folio shows some traces of glue to its left marginal area. The front and back cover are scuffed and n places are becoming detached from the spine. 

Qur'an Juz' XVII (ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلْنَّاسِ),China, 19th century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 54ff., 1 fl., with 5ll. of bold black sini script to the page, the double-page opening with 3ll. of the same within thin black margins, framed by bands of gold tendrils against a black field, the head board with a calligraphic lobed medallions flanked by floral sprays and leaves against a green and a blue ground, the lower panel with tessellated with an iteration of simplified quatrefoils against similar ground, the closing double page similarly laid out, the headboard divided in three square panel, one calligraphic on white foliated script, the two others with large flowers and leaves on a blue and a green ground, the  bands with floral tendrils on yellow field, the lower panels with large gold flower blooms on simplified leafy designs against a pink and a blue field, lobed rosette verse markers, surah headings in red script on plain ground, within red thin double rules, some catchwords in modern blue ink, the lower cover and flap lacking, the closing double page, loosefolio 30 x 20.5cm.

Property from an Important Private CollectionA Qur'an juz' VIII (وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا),Qajar Ian, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 17ff., 1fl., 11ll. of black naskh script within gold and black rules to the page, sura headings in red ink within plain cartouche against gold ground, with gold rosette verse markers, within loose pink modern paper cover24 x 18cm.

A collection of Persian verses,Safavid Iran, late 17th-early 18th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, 96ff., with two fly leaves, with 18ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns to the page, diagonal text to margins, headers in red nasta'liq, some marginal notes, illuminated header to opening folio worn, final folio with some ink smudges, in later red morocco binding, with a later owner’s Persian label at rear, dated 1335 AH (1917 CE),17.4 x 9.4cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection

Qur'an juz XIII (وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ )China, 19th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 46ff., 2fl., 5ll. of black sini script to the page, the illuminated opening folios' headboards with intersecting semi-circles flanked with peonies, on blue and red ground, the pillars with red scrolling foliated tendrils, the lower board with a tessellation forming simplified radiating leaves intersperse with squat Bolnisi crosses26.5 x 20.4cm.

Property from a Private CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveAn opening folio from a Masnavi, Safavid Herat, circa 1500, 16ll. of Persian nasta'liq arranged in four vertical columns, with illuminated header,  to reverse, palace stamp of the Nawab of Murshidabad, laid down on paper; 22.5 x 14.2cm., together with an illuminated fragment of a manuscript, Safavid Herat, 16th century,21 x 17.2cm. (2)

Three "Nakhsh" embroidered panels: two cushion covers and a manuscript case,Iran, 19th centuryAll with dense floral decoration within large diagonal bands, the covers with tassels to each corners, the manuscript slipcase with modern white velcro patchesthe covers 52.6 x 48cm., the slipcase 22.5 x 30cm. (3)Footnotes: Nashk embroidery was typically used to decorate the elaborate trousers cuffs of women on the Persian court.

Juz 24 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, signed Shams al-adin bin Musa al-Sini, dated 953AH/1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 46ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headers in red, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flap, folio 25.5 x 19.2cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

A Kashmiri Qur’an, India, late18th/early 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper with Persian interlinear translation, 360ff., with 14ll. of neat black naskh and red nasta'liq translation to the page within gold and outer blue rule, gold roundel verse markers, headers in white naskh on a gold cartouche with gold, cobalt and red floral decoration, fine marginal decorations, profuse marginal notes in black and gold, opening and closing bifolios with gold and polychrome floral decoration around text roundels, elaborate gold and polychrome double page decoration, in polychrome lacquered papier mache board covers decorated with large boteh design filled with flowers issuing forth from a vase under an arch, folio 25.5 x 16cm. Provenance: Private UK Collection 

Khulasat al-Taqvim and other astronomical and astrological treatises,Compiled by Karim ibn Ibrahim, apparently completed in AH 1283/1867 CE,Persian and Arabic manuscript on paper, 60ff., with 22ll. of black naskh script to the page within red and blue outer rule, headers in red and blue, numerous diagrams, contemporary lacquered binding with astronomical quadrant depicted either sidefolio 20.2 x 13.5cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection 

A Qur'an section, Juz 26-30Copied by 'Abd Allah, North India, dated 1329AH/1911ADArabic manuscript on paper, 161ff., with 9ll. and 6ll. of bold black naskh script to the page, with gold rosette verse markers, surah headers in red thuluth, marginal decoration in gold and opaque pigments, with twenty title pages illuminated in gold and opaque pigments each of the twenty sections with a dated and signed colophon, the Qur'anic text followed by prayers, original rebacked brown tooled morocco binding, folio 22 x 13.5cm.Provenance: Bonhams, 17 October 2002, Lot 131  

An Ottoman prayerbookTurkey, 19th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 6ff., with 13ll. of black naskh script to the page, gold roundel verse markers, opening folio with illuminated header, colophon with the seal impression of Muhammad Amin, dated 1312 AH (1894/5 CE), and his ownership inscription to verso, as Muhammad Amin b. Muhammad b. Uthman b. Mustafa, a teacher at the Fatih Mosque in Istanbul, dated 1332 AH (1913-14AD), in red morocco bindingfolio 19.9cm. x 12cm.   

A Provincial Mamluk Qur'an Juz, Arabian coast, circa 14th century Juz' XXIV, Arabic manuscript on paper, 49ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 5ll. of thick black naskh script, with red double-interlinear divisions, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, sura headings in white thuluth script outlined in black on gold ground, with marginal black and gold illuminated circular medallions, opening folio with title in white thuluth script outlined in black on gold ground within green frame, colophon possibly added with date of Shawal AH 710/1320AD, in stamped brown morocco binding with flapText panel 10.1 x 7.3cm.; folio 17 x 12.5cm.Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 5 October, 2012, Lot 550Footnotes: Another juz' (XXVI) from the same Qur'an sold at Christie's South Kensington, 23 April 2012, lot 119. The colophon in that juz contained the date Safar AH710/1320AD, the same as ours, and the name of (Sultan) Da'ud b. Yusuf b. 'Umar b. 'Ali b. Rasul (r. 1296-1321AD).  

Property from a Private Collection, LondonTo Be Sold with No ReserveA group of seven folios from a Shahnameh,Safavid Iran, 17th century,Persian manuscript on paper, with 21ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four vertical columns, within a gold floral margin, headers in gold within a cloud band on a red hatched ground, redone at a later date,folio 36.5 x 25.4cm (7)

A calligraphic album (muraqqa),Iran, circa 1880, Persian manuscript on blue paper, 22ff., each with a rectangular panel of shikasteh script in cloud bands on a gold ground, later red board covers, inscription to reverse of final leaf dated AH1305 /1887 AD, Persian inscription on reverse of final leaf’s border dated 1305 AH (1887AD)folio 17 x 10.5cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection

A bilingual Coptic-Arabic Psalter,Coptic Egypt, Eastern Desert Monastery of St. Anthony, dated 26th day of Bashans (the ninth month of the Coptic Calendar) in 1546/1830ADCoptic-Arabic manuscript on paper, 264ff. (plus one paper endleaf at front, and 2 at back), apparently complete, single column of 19 lines per page in a late medieval Coptic bookhand with Arabic in Naskh script (the Arabic sometimes in column-wide blocks, but most often in thin columns parallel to the Coptic text), red rubrics, capitals in red or red edged with black pen, a few large initials in iridescent yellow, major texts opening with headbands of geometric penwork touched in dark faded red, numerous stylised yellow birds opening significant text sections, some water damage, spots and stains, with later paper repairs to edge of first leaf, binding of red pasteboards with leather spine and corners, with scuffs and lower board water damaged at edge with one corner warped This volume bears witness to the state of the Copts in the sixteenth century, when like the Samaritans and Christian minorities in the East they become integrated with and greatly reliant on Arabic book culture. Thus, in this book, with its distinctively Coptic decoration, the scribe has furnished the reader with a parallel translation into Arabic, and given an Arabic colophon on the last leaf noting that the work was finished on the 26th day of Bashans (the ninth month of the Coptic Calendar) in 1546, ff. 21.1 by 15cmProvenance: Bloomsbury Book Auctions, December 6, 2017, lot 98 Footnotes: A similar bilingual Coptic-Arabic psalter can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Acc. No: 2019.297.3     

Dala‘il al-khayrat,Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d.1465AD), Morocco, 19th century,incomplete, Arabic manuscript on paper, square-format, 218ff., with 7ll. of Maghribi script within red and blue frames per page, section headings in gold, important words written in red or blue, with full-page diagrams,  contemporary deep red blind-tooled binding with flapfolio 12 x 11cm.  

Juz 16 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, circa 1546AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 45ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headers in red, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flapfolio 25.5 x 19.2cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s Footnotes: See lot 159 for another juz from this set signed Shams al-adin bin Musa al-Sini ad dated 953AH/1546AD

Qur'an juz XII (Surah Hud, v.6 surah Yusuf .52)China, 18th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 61ff., each with 5ll. of bold black sini, punctuation in red, double red ruled margin, surah heading in red against a gold ground, marginal decorations, opening bifolio with red, blue and black and gold illuminated panels around three lines of text, modern blue cloth binding with flap, folio 23by 17cm.Provenance: Private UK collection acquired in the 1960s-1980s Condition Report: In modern binding; good overall 

Juz 25 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 16th-17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 57ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, surah headers in gold, marginal decorations in gold, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in green cloth binding with flap, folio 30.2 x 20.4cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

Juz 19 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 58ff., 2fl., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, extensive marginal and textual notes, opening and closing bifolios with polychrome and gold decoration, in tooled  brown leather binding with flap, folio 29.4 x 19.3cm.Provenance: Private London collection acquired in the 1960s-80s 

A Kashmiri Qur'anNorth India, late 18th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 384ff, with 15ll. of black naskh arranged within cloud bands on gold per page, gold roundel verse markers, surah headers in cobalt naskh on a gold ground with gold and cobalt floral decoration, 7 illuminated bifolios, extensive marginal decoration in gold and polychrome, margins trimmed, rebound, in floral lacquer binding, with possible date to medallion, folio 18 x 10.2cm. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collectionCondition Report: The lacquered covers shows some minimal losses to their edges and corners. The surface is scratched and shows some cracks overall, as expected for lacquered works of this period. Some scattered minimal losses can be noticed, mostly occurring in the marginal areas. The spine is in good condition.The text bloc is tightly bound safe for one central bifolio and for the sixth last folio which is now detached. The edges and corners are strong with some minimal scuffing consistent with the age and use of this lot. The gold, blue pigments and the black and red ink are strong overall. This lot presents as clean overall. The opening and closing bifolios are clean. The margins are clean with very light staining and very occasional and scattered pitting. Some occasional darker stains located to the edges can be noticed on two or three folios. The text panels are clean overall. The first central illuminated bifolio shows a stain to its right text panel. The first and last flyleaves are likely later additions.

A Safavid Diwan of Hafez,Safavid Iran, signed and dated 1014AH/1605AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 271ff., with 13ll. of fine black nasta'liq per page arranged in two columns, gilt floral decoration in headers and panels, opening bifolio with illuminated header and borders, an illuminated header on folio 14, 4 owner's seals to final folio, colophon signed but undeciphered, in brown morocco binding with cut out and tooled medallions17.6 x 9.5cm.

A prayer book (Dalail al-Khayrat),Turkey, copied by Suleiman Muratib known as Ebul Balakci-zade pupil of Sheker zade, dated 1168AH/1755AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 128ff, 2fl., 11ll. of black naskh per page within thin gold margins within black and red rules, heading in white naskh script on gold ground within lobed cartouches flanked by interlocked floral tendrils forming lozenges within thin white borders dotted in red, quartered plain gold roundels as verse markers, red annotations in text panels, sometimes interlinear, marginal notes in black and red ink, seal impression to first folio, notes in two different hands in black ink to front flyleaf, folios scuffed, patched in scattered places, some staining, closing bifolio detached, original binding with tooled lobed medallions containing intertwined scrolling floral tendrils, the corner pieces and flap with similar decoration, the fore-edge flap torn and fritted, the binding worn overallfolio 17 x 10.5cm.Provenance: Private Collection of Professor W.M. Ballantyne (1922-2021) 

An illustrated folio from a Persian epic, probably a Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi illustrating a story about Majnun,Safavid Iran, 17th century,Persian manuscript on paper, depicting a troupe of camels heralded by trumpeters, some parts re-painted, with four columns of nasta'liq text above and below, backed on brown card, in double sided plexiglass, 25 x 16.8cm. Provenance: Arthur M. Sackler Collection, (1913-1987), collected 1970 or earlier.