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Click here to subscribeMOURIK, B. Naamrol der rechtsgeleerde en historische schryvers, welke over alle rechtzaaken en voorvallen in de rechten in Holland, (...) geschreeven hebben. (...) ten gebruike v. advocaaten, procureurs, notarissen, (etc.). Amst., B. Mourik, (1741). (16), 472 pp. W. engr. ti. 4°. Old wrps., uncut. (Spine dam., margins slightly foxed/browned in places, textblock remarkably clean). NOTE: Rare. - Dekkers, 119; V.d. Aa V, 340.
NYS, E. Études de droit international et de droit politique. 1896. Owrps., uncut. (Wrps. sl. foxed/dam., a few pencil annot.). Rare. -- J. KRYNEN & M. STOLLEIS, dir. Science politique et droit public dans les facultés de droit européennes (XIIIe-XVIIIe s.). 2008. Owrps. (A few pencil annot.). -- M.E. VILLIGER. Customary international law and treaties. 1985. Ohcl. -- Y.Z. BLUM. Historic titles in international law. 1965. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 7 o. (11).
PECKIUS, P. Verhandelinghe van handt-opleggen ende besetten: Dat is, arrest op persoon ende goederen. Ende nu vert. (…) d. S. v. Leeuwen. Dordr., A. Andriesz., 1659. (26), 573, (37) pp. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Faintly stained in places, sl. browned/foxed). NOTE: Rare first edition. - Dekkers 131; Roberts 235.
PIGEAU, (E.N.). Inleiding tot de burgerlijke regtspleging, of praktizyns handboek. Verm. d. P.J.B.C. v.d. Aa. Dordr., A. Blussé, 1811-12. 2 vols. Old limp brds., uncut. Rare. -- KORT EXAMEN der procureurs; of handleiding voor klerken, ter beoefening der judicieele praktijk. Benevens de formulieren der aktens. 1807. 2 in 1 vol. Bound, uncut. (Outer margin a bit stained in places. Rare. -- C.A. den TEX. Encyclopaedia jurisprudentiae. 1838. Or. printed wrps., uncut. (Sides loose, spine dam.). -- (4).
KELLENDONK, F. Mystiek lichaam. (1986). Ocl. w. dust-j. Very well-preserved copy of the rare hardbound first ed. -- Id. Letter en geest. Een spookverhaal. Utr., Stichting de Roos, (1994). W. drawings by J. Janssen. 4°. Ocl. Copy nr. 53 . -- Id. De brieven. Sam., ingel. & geann. d. O. de Jong & J. Goedgebuure. 2015. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 11 o. by or on K. (14).
REVIS, M. Gelakte hersens. Ford's leven - Ford's auto's. (1933). Or. dec. hcl., cover (presumably) by A. Oosterbaan & K. Strooband. (Foxing). -- I. EHRENBURG. 10 P.K. Het leven der auto's. Vert. d. M. Zwalf. (1931). Ocl. -- W.A. WAGENER. Sjanghai. 1933. Sm-4°. Ohcl. w. (rare!) dust-j. by E. Doeve. -- M. ter BRAAK. De absolute film. 1931. 4°. Owrps. w. photomontage by P. Zwart. (Cover (as nearly always) a bit dam.). -- And 2 o. experimental works from the same era. (6).
CORDIER, H., (ed.). Le voyages en Asie au XIVe siècle du bienheureux frère Odoric de Pordenone. Publiés avec une introd. & des notes. Paris, E. Leroux, 1891. clxiii, 602 pp. W. 1 fold. cold. lithogr. map & many text ill. & lithogr. plates. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands & gold lettering. (Spine chafed, discreet ticket at lower spine end, upper hinge broken, tear of c. 10 cm in fold. map). - Rare.
COSMETICS -- ZAMARINI, G. Tested Formulary for Perfumes, Cosmetics, Soaps, Liquors, Wines and Syrups. Mexico City, 1937. 525, (9) pp. 4°. Limp cf. w. orange and black tickets on spine, uncut. NOTE: Formulary containing hundreds of recipes for cosmetics. Authenticated by the author w. his signature. - Very rare.
ORNITHOLOGY -- VILLOT, F. & J. DELARUE. Les plus beaux oiseaux des deux mondes. Par., (c. 1873). 2 vols. (6); (6) lvs. W. 2 ti.-vign. & 20 handcold. and gommé lithogr. 4°-obl. Ohcl. w. pictorial brds. (Spine & hinges reinforced, sides yellowed, corners bumped, some foxing & yellowing to the pp., colours very crisp & bright). -- Added: A. THEURIET. Nos Oiseaux. Lille/Paris, 1894. 240, (4) pp. W. 41handcold. wood-engr. & numerous ill. in the text by H. Giacomelli. Or. pictorial cl. (Spine ends & corners bumped, ex libris on first free endp.). -- (3). NOTE: Ad 1: Not in Nissen IVB, Anker, Zimmer. Bibliotheque Nationale FRBNF31585229. Rare.
STERNBERG, F., hrsg. Knasterkopfs Annehmlichkeiten und Freuden. Ein nothwendiges und hochst nützliches Taschenbuch für jeden Tabaksraucher, dem seine Gesundheit lieb ist und der eine angenehme Unterhaltung wuenscht. Ronneburg, F. Weber, 1834. XVI, 163 pp. W. 8 handcold. lithographic prints. 12°. Later hcf. (Bookplate & autograph entry J. Verhoeven on paste down & first free endpaper, some yellowing in the text but an otherwise clean, well-preserved copy of this curious, charming work). NOTE: Arents IV, 1376: 'A "pocket book" containing all kinds of information for smokers'. - Rare.
ORNAMENTATION -- VRIES, H.J. de. Meetkunstig vlakornament. Ruim 100 motieven uit verschillende stijlen. Den Haag, Gebr. Van Cleef, 1891. 2 vols. W. extra loose lithogr. cover to each vol. and tog. 108 tinted lithogr. plates, for the greater part however in colour, loose as issued. In the or. clamshell clothbacked brds. w. dec. front cover and letterpress back cover. (Outer margin front side vol. 2 a bit stained, owner's entry on both front covers, some minor age-toning in places, but actually in pristine condition). NOTE: Rare and complete copy. Herman de Vries was a high school art teacher. - Cf. M.S. Thomas, De leer v.h. ornament, p. 289 (mentioning an incorrect number of 104 plates).
ZERO. Vol. 3. Dynamo. Dusseldorf, H. Mack & O. Piene, (1961). (Ca. 150 pp.). Sm-4°. Owrps. (2 tickets on front cover, sl. age wear, some moderate age toning). NOTE: Third and final issue of the famous periodical of the ZERO-group including various (original) artists' interventions. Contributions by Fontana, Klein, Piene, Mack, Arman, Manzoni, Spoerri, Tinguely, Castellani, Uecker, Aubertin, Rainer, Rot et al. Texts in German, English and French. Rare complete copy including the half-burned sheet and partly torn page (Yves Klein), a white sheet with a small perforation hole (Jean Tinguely/Otto Piene), a sunflower seed (Jean Tinguely) and a match to be used in pyromaniac experiments (Spoerri). The seed and match are glued on to the last sheet, 2 perforation holes on the back cover protect them.
ABC BOOKS -- (SWILDENS, J.H.). A-B boek, Vaderlandsch, voor de Nederlandsche Jeugd. Amst., W. Holtrop, 1781. (30), (4), 58, (2) pp., incl. engr. ti., 1 full-p. engr. w. different alphabets, 27 fine half-p. engr. (2 for the letter G) in the text & 4 full-p. engr. by L. Brasser, H. Numan, (a.o). Clothbacked brds. (Spine a bit dam., ti-p. laid down (small corner missing), inner margin strengthened in places, a bit thumbed). -- NIEUW ABÉ boekje voor lieve kinderen. (2e dr.). Leyden, D. Noothoven van Goor, (c. 1869). (24) pp. W. handcold. ills. Entirely strengthened with linen, as published. Or. ill. linen wrps. (Wrps. a bit browned/soiled). -- A IS EEN AAPJE. Amst., J. Vlieger, (1907). W. ill. by P. v. Geldorp. 4°. Or. lithogr. wrps. (Spine a bit dam). -- And 4 o. (7). NOTE: Ad 1: First edition. - Buijnsters 38; Cf. De hele Bibelebontse Berg, p. 200-203; Klkl 4; A is een Aapje p. 60-6. Ad 2: Rare early rag book. - A is een aapje p. 89.
ARABIAN NIGHTS -- ('BEROEMDE GESCHIEDENIS van de 1001 Nacht'). (Uitg. d.) Koffie- en Theehandel Fa. Wed, H.F. Schouten, Amsterdam, n.d. (c. 1900). W. 78 fine cold. lithogr. plates in slip-in album. 4°. Or. dec. hcl. Very rare, no copy found by us in a public library. - Not in 'Duizend min één boek'. -- Added: (ALBUM) SIPKES' JAMFABRIEK, Haarlem. (Album N° 3: series 33-48). (Haarl., c. 1912). W. tog. 96 fine tipped in chromolithogr. plates dep. scenes from i.a. the Arabian Nights. Fol. Or. clothbacked brds. ((A bit) loose in bind.). In the best possible condition. Rare. -- (2).
MÜLLER, J.F.L. De kluchtige poes en het hondje. Een tegenhanger van De Kluchtige aap en het poesje. Amst., J. Guijkens, (1838). W. 16 full-p. engr., all cold. by hand. Sm-8°-obl. Or. limp brds. (Back cover gone, small blank corner front cover gone, spine dam./strengthened w. paper, sides soiled). NOTE: Rare first edition. - Lust & Leering 89-90; Children's world of Learning 3746; Klkl 409.
SCHENKMAN, J. Sint Nikolaas en zijn knecht. Amst., J. Vlieger, (c. 1880). W. 8 chromolithogr. plates. 8°-obl. Obrds. w. mounted chromolithogr. plate on frontcover. (Spine a bit dam., book block shaken). -- Added: W.P. RAZOUX. Een aardige prentenboek met leerzame vertellingen, naar het beroemde Hoogduitsche kinderwerk: Der Struwwelpeter. 1898. 4°. Or. clothbacked brds. -- And 1 o. (3). NOTE: Ad 1: The Children's World of Learning 3776: "Rare later edition by Vlieger of one of the first really happy and exciting children's picture books, depicting all festivities around the feast of Saint Nicholas (...)." - Caljé-Van Gulik 472.
VAECK, A. De zalige sterf-kunst. Waarin geleert word, hoe ieder Christen in zyne gezonde dagen, om zalig te sterven, zig bereiden moet. In het Nederduits vertaalt. Waarby gevoegt is Een christen op zyn ziek- en sterf-bedde. Nevens eenige stichtelyke gezangen, toegepast op de dood en het sterven d. J.A. v. O(rsoy). Amst., H. Sligtenhorst, 1735. (34), (2 blank), 240; (8), 70 pp. W. 2 engr. fronts. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum. NOTE: Rare Dutch translation of "Zwei Bücher von der Sterbe-Kunst", only 1 copy in NCC. - From the library of Van der Hoeven and with his bookplate.
VALLARDI, G. Trionfo e danza della morte o Danza Macabra a Clusone dogma della morte a Pisogne nella Provincia di Bergamo. Milano, 1859. (6), iv, 41 pp. W. 7 fold. plates (ill. numb. I-VIII) & sev. text-ill. 4°. Or. printed brds. (Spine ends a bit dam., corners bumped). NOTE: Rare. - From the library of Van der Hoeven and with his bookplate.
WOLSSCHATEN, G. v. De doodt vermaskert met des weerelts ydelheyt af-ghedaen. Antw., P. Bellerus, 1654. (16), 328 pp. W. engr. front., 18 woodcuts in text after H. Holbein. Old vellum w. overl. sides. (Extra blank lvs. bound up before and after work to make bookblock fit in binding, small hole in leaf C4 barely affecting text, sl. browned). NOTE: Rare first edition. - Reichelt 28; Cat. Memento Mori, Dansen met de Dood 26; De Vries, Ned. emblemata, 197; Praz p. 539. - From the library of Van der Hoeven and with his bookplate.
LOW COUNTRIES -- "ACTIE VOOR GEVALLEN te Half Weege Haarlem" - "ACTIE VOOR GEVALLE by het dorß Ouderkerk" - "ACTION ENTRE LES PATRIOTTES et le Prussiens, proche le village d'Amstelveen" - "ACTIE VOOR GEVALLE aan Duyvendregse brug buyten Amsterdam". Amst., J. Buffa, n.d. (c. 1788). 4 cold. aquatints within circles by J.A. le Campion after G.A. Meysenheijm. Ø 112 mm (image size). NOTE: Rare complete series of 4 aquatints dep. scenes from the 'patriottentijd'. - Muller 4968 ("De zonderlinge fouten duiden genoegzaam aan, dat de platen in Frankrijk gegraveerd zijn. (…) Of er meerdere bestaan is mij onbekend").
LOW COUNTRIES -- AMSTERDAM -- CAMPION, A. le after J.A. MEYSENHEYM. Series of views on Amsterdam, numbered in the plates 2-4, 6-7, 11, 12, 14, 20. Amst., (etc.), J,. Buffa & Ambresonne, n.d. (c. 1790). 11 cold. aquatints within circles, incl. 1 duplicate. Ø 112 mm. (2 plates dam.). Rare series. -- Added: "AMSTERDAM. De Oude Doelen/Hotel du Vieux Doelen". Plain lithogr. view by Desguerrois and Co. 190 x 255 mm. -- And 1 o. (13).
SOUTH AMERICA -- BRAZIL -- "RIO DE IANEIRO" - "VILLA DE CAXOEIRA" - "MANDIOCCA" - "VÖGEL-TEICH am Rio de S. Francisco" - (N.pl., n.pr., n.d. (1830's?). 4 captioned plain lithogr. views, of which 3 by F.W. v. Couven and 1 by C. Heinzmann, 2 after Th. Ender and 1 after D. v. Martius. 366 x 486 mm (image size). (Some very light foxing along borders). NOTE: In very good condition, margins ample. Rare plates from 'Atlas zur Reise in Brasilien' by J.B. v. Spix and K.F.Ph. v. Martius. - Borba de Moraes 830.
DEVOTIONALIA -- "DESE SPRUIJT WAST IN INDIE IN CUSCO en[de] wert aldaer genoemt de Passie ons Heeren, Ende is een wonder voor onsen ogen. Psal(m?)". 17th c. (?). Anonymous tinted etching of the passion flower printed on vellum, captioned in the plate. 75 x 110 mm. NOTE: Very rare representation of the passion flower. Its individual features were found to be symbolic of the crucifixion of Christ/Passion of Christ. The first European report on passion fruit was by Cieza de León in 1553, when he was an official in Colombia. In 1569, Nicolás Monardes, a physician in Spain, associated the passion flower morphology with the crucifixion of Christ, because the flower has spikes protruding from the center, symbolizing the crown of thorns. Subsequently, the passion fruit flower was used by early missionaries in Brazil as an illustrative aid in an effort to convert the indigenous population to Christianity. - Rare, no other copy found by us.
FOUR SEASONS -- BRUYN, Nicolaes de (1571-1651). "VER" - "AESTAS" - "AUTUMNUS" - "HYEMS" - N.pl., A. v. Londerseel, n.d. (last decades 16th c.?). 4 engr. after Maerten de Vos, all captioned underneath the image and signed in the plates. Diff. sizes, but over all c. 220 x 276 mm. ("Ver" has a vertical misprinted area running into the image for about 140 mm, lower margin of "ver" w. small tear, 2 paper flaws visible in "hyems", margins of all prints cut close to plate edges, in some places beyond the plate edges close to image (especially the lower margin of "autumnus"), some chips in places, slightly browned, but in reasonable condition). NOTE: Very rare complete series of 4 allegorical engravings depicting the four seasons. First states (of 4). - New Hollstein, Nic. de Bruyn, 284-287-1(4).
STRADANUS, Giovanni (Jan v.d. Straet), (1523-1605). "Astrolabium". N.d., Ph. Galle, (c. 1600). Engr. by Jan Collaert II w. caption in the plate. 200 x 278 mm (plate size). (Cut close to/on plate edge, a bit soiled/thumbed). Hinged to mount. NOTE: Eighteenth engraving from the series 'Nova Reperta' (new discoveries) depicting Amerigo Vespucci using the astrolabium; in the night sky the shining southern cross is visible. First state (of 5). Very rare. - New Hollstein, Stradanus, 340-1(5).
SETY, O. & H. EL ZEINI. Abydos: Holy city of ancient Egypt. (1981). 4°. Ocl. Rare. -- S. CAUVILLE. Essai sur la théologie du Temple d'Horus à Edfou. 1987. 2 vols. Sm-4°. Owrps. -- U. & A. EFFLAND. Abydos. Tor zur ägyptischen Unterwelt. (2013). 4°. Obrds. w. dust-j. -- R. DAVID. A guide to religious ritual at Abydos. (1981). 8°-obl. Owrps. -- U. BARTELS. EDFU: Die Darstellungen auf den Aussenseiten der Umfassungsmauer und auf dem Pylonen. 2009. W. CD. 4°. Loose in or. limp brds. portfol. -- And 2 o. (8).
AL-JAHIZ, (Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri). Le livre des Avares. Texte arabe, publ. (…) p. G. v. Vloten. 1900. Cloth bind. Rare. -- Id. The same work. Trad. française avec une introd. & des notes p. Ch. Pellat. 1951. H. mor. (A bit browned). -- ABÛ al HUSAYN. Kitâb al Intisâr. Le livre du triomphe et de la réfutation d'Ibn al Rawandi l'hérétique. Trad. p. A.N. Nader. 1957. Owrps. -- Ibn HAZM. Tauk-al-Hamâma. Publ. d'après l'unique Ms. de la Bibl. de l'Univ. de Leide p. D.K. Pétrof. 1914. Owrps. (Spine dam.). -- (4).
AL-JAHIZ, (Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri). Works. Ed. by A. Hârûn. Vol. 1: The first section of the Dâmâd Collection. Vol. 2: The second section of the Dâmâd Collection. Cairo/Baghdad, 1965. 2 vols. Owrps., uncut & unopened. (Wrps. partly browned). - Rare. - Text completely in Arab.
DAUBANTON, A.G. Praktikale verhandeling over alle soorten van overeenkomsten, contracten, obligatien, en verbintenissen, die het geoorloofd is onderhands en tusschen partikuliere personen te passeren. Met een daar bij gevoegd formulierboek voor ieder der daartoe behoorende akten. Uit het Fransch vert. Amst., J. Allart, 1811. 2 vols. xxiv, 354; xvi, 416 pp. W. 2 engr. ti. Cont. hcf. w. beige & green labels. (Corners bumped, vol. 1 faintly stained at the beginning). NOTE: Extremely rare Dutch translation of "Traité pratique de toutes espèces de conventions, contrats, obligations et engagements qu'il est permis de passer" (1807).
BUREN, D. v. The fauna of ancient Mesopotamia as represented in art. 1939. W. plates. 4°. Owrps., unopened. (Anal. Or. 18). Rare. -- W. HEIMPEL. Tierbilder in der sumerischen Literatur. 1968. Owrps. -- L. SPELEERS. Le costume Oriental ancien. 1923. Owrps. -- M. BERNETT & O. KEEL. Mond, Stier und Kult am Stadttor. Die Stele von Betsaida (et-Tell). (1998). Obrds. (OBO 161). -- J. BOLLWEG. Vorderasiatische Wagentypen im Spiegel der Terracottaplastik b.z. Altbabylonischen Zeit. (1999). Obrds. (OBO 167). -- (5).
DICKSON, H.R.P. Kuwait and Her Neighbours. Ed. for publication by C. Witting. Lond., G. Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1956). 627, (1) pp. W. cold. front., 27 pp. of black & white plates, 15 text-ills., 2 maps and 12 geneal. tables (one is folding), end-pocket with 4 folding maps, of which one is coloured, and 2 fold. geneal. tables. (Light shelf-wear to the extremities, price-clipped jacket slightly dust-soiled/foxed and with a few nicks and chips, but a fine and complete copy). NOTE: A remarkable topographical, anthropological, and historical survey of the region written by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson (1881-1959), a British political agent based in the region for more than 25 years. - Rare first edition.
GOLDZIHER, I. Muhammedanische Studien. Halle, 1889-90. 2 vols. Hcl. Rare. -- Id. Die Zahiriten, ihr Lehrsystem und ihre Geschichte. 1884. Clothbacked brds. -- B. REINERT. Die Lehre vom tawakkul in der klassischen Sufik. 1968. Ocl. -- C.M. ABDOU. Rissalat al Tawhid. Exposé de la religion musulmane. 1925. Lge-8°. Owrps. (Wrps. browned & bottom of spine sl. dam.). -- E. CERULLI. L'Islam di ieri e di oggi. 1971. Hcl. -- (6).
HAGER, J. A dissertation on the newly discovered Babylonian inscriptions. Lond., Wilks & Taylor, 1801. xxiii, (1), 62 pp. W. 4 engr. (tinted) plates. 4°. Clothbacked old brds. (Corners dam./worn, weak hinges, a bit thumbed in places, sl. browned). NOTE: Joseph Hager (1757-1819) was an Austrian naturalized Italian linguist, lexicographer, orientalist, writer and academic. This work is dedicated to the Court of Directors of the East Indies Company in recognition of their 'wisdom, zeal, liberality, fine taste, and every other virtue' in forwarding scientific and humanistic research. - Extremely rare, no copy sold at auction or for sale found by us.
LABAT, R., (e.a.). Les religions du Proche-Orient asiatique. (1970). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- A. GABRIEL. Religionsgeographie von Persien. 1971. Ocl. w. dust-j. Rare. -- I. ENGNELL. Studies in divine kingship in the Ancient Near East. 1943. Owrps. -- J. KELLENS. La religion iranienne à l'époque achéménide. 1991. 4°. Owrps. -- E. v. WEIHER. Der babylonische Gott Nergal. 1971. 4°. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- And 11 o. (16).
LUZZATTO, P. Études sur les inscriptions assyriennes de Persépolis, Hamadan, Van et Khorsabad. Padova, 1850. Cl. (Ti-p. rep., some foxing). Rare. -- A.M. BISI. Il grifone. Storia di un motivo iconografico nell'antico Oriente Mediterraneo. 1965. Obrds. -- F. THUREAU-DANGIN. Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad. 1905. Owrps. -- H. LIMET. Les légendes des sceaux cassites. 1971. Owrps. -- Id. Textes sumériens de la troisième dynastie d'Ur. (1976). 4°. Owrps. -- And 3 o. (8).
FRANKRIJK, beschouwd in alle de deelen van deszelfs inwendig bestaan en regeering, met opgave der constitutie en van alles, wat behoort tot het staats- krijgs- rechts- en finantie-wezen, en bijzonderlijk van alle de belastingen, de rechtskosten, de opschrijving tot den krijgsdienst en de vergelijking der maten, gewichten en geldspeciën. (1e-)2e dr. Amst., J. Allart, 1810-11. 3 vols. (16), xxxvi, 280; xx, 353; xvi, 318, (1) pp. Mod. hcf. extra, w. marbled paper on sides, uncut. (Outer margin 2nd vol. faintly stained at the beginning). NOTE: Very rare. Inserted is an invoice, dated 28 Sept. 1811 by J.J. Homkes (=author?).
NALLINO, C.A. Raccolta di scritti editi e inediti. A cura di M. Nallino. Roma, 1939-48. 6 vols. Red cloth bindings w. gilt lettering. NOTE: The collected works of the Italian oriental scholar C.A. Nallino (1872-1938), who published his first treatise on Arab geography and astronomy at the age of 21. In 1938 he travelled in the Arabian Peninsula for two months, but died in Rome shortly after his return. - Rare and complete original set. I: L'Arabia Sa'Udiana; II: L'Islam. Dogmatica, sufismo, confraternite; III: Storia dell'Arabia preislamica. Storia e istituzioni musulmane; IV: Diritto musulmano. Diritti orientali cristiani; V: Astrologia. Astronomia. Geografia; VI: Letteratura, linguistica, filosofia.
RYCKMANS, G. Les noms propres sud-sémitiques. I: Répertoire analytique. II: Répertoires alphabétiques. III: Concordance générale des inscriptions sud-sémitiques. 1934-35. 3 vols. Owrps., uncut. Rare complete set. -- Id. L'institution monarchique en Arabie méridionale avant l'Islam. 1951. Owrps., uncut. -- Id. La chronologie des Rois de Saba et Dû-Raydân. 1964. Owrps. -- And 5 o. (smaller) works. (10).
SCHWARZ, P., Hrsg. Der Diwan des 'Umar ibn Abi Rebi'a. Nach den Handschriften zu Cairo, Leiden und Paris. Mit einer Sammlung anderweit überlieferter Gedichte und Fragmente. Lpz., T. Weicher/O. Harrassowitz, 1901-09. 4 in 2 vols. 4° & 8°. Cloth bindings. NOTE: Extremely rare original edition. The fourth volume was later published at Harrassowitz (1909) and it contains "'Umars Leben, Dichtung, Sprache und Metrik".
SILVESTRE de SACY, A.I. Expose de la religion des druzes, tire des livres religieux de cette secte, et precede d'une introduction et de la vie du Khalife Hakem-Biamr-Allah. Paris, M. le Garde des Sceauxe, 1838. 2 vols. Or. printed blue wrps., uncut. (Some small pieces of wrps. gone on spine, bookblock vol. 1 broken, a bit foxed). NOTE: First edition of this rare work by the French linguist and Orientalist Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy (1758 -1838). Sacy is regarded as the founder of Arabic study in France. - Atabey 1134. Not in Blackmer.
YEMEN -- MANZONI, R. El Yèmen. Tre anni nell'Arabia felice. Escursioni fatte dal Settembre 1877 al Marzo 1880. Roma 1884. Rome, Eredi Botta, 1884. (8), vi, (2), 446 pp. W. front.-portr., 21 (double-p.) plates, 2 fold. cold maps of Yemen, fold. plate of the game "abdùr", fold. cold. plan of Sana'a, fold. view of Sana'a, fold. view of Aden, as well as numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Lge-8°. Mod. cloth binding. (Some minor foxing). NOTE: Rare and richly illustrated account of Yemen, without doubt one of the fullest descriptions of life in San'a' and Turkish-occupied North Yemen.
NIEUWENKAMP -- KUNSTWERKE VON JAVA, BORNEO, BALI, SUMBA, TIMOR, ALOR, LETI u.a. Aus der Sammlung W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. Berlin, Auriga-Verlag, 1924. 188 pp. W. 211 illustr. 4°. Ocl. w. gilt vignette by W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp on front side. (Schriften-Reihe Kulturen der Völker. Abteilung: Bildwerke). NOTE: Braches, Bouwstoffen W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, p. 189. Blanks after p. 181 as published. Fine copy, rare.
TEMMINCK, C.J. Coup-d'oeil général sur les possessions Néerlandaises dans l'Inde Archipélagique. Leyden, A. Arnz & Comp., 1846-1849. 3 vols. xxii, 379; viii, 471; viii, 418 pp. Cont. hcf. w. gold dec. spines w. red & black letterpieces. (Some yellowing, some spitting, upper edges dusty). NOTE: Rare. - Rouffaer/Muller p. 3.
ALBERTUS MAGNUS. De secretis mulierum et viroru[m]. (Augsburg, J. Froschauer, c. 1500). (33 lvs.). 4°. Old vellum. (Bind. warped, margins ti-p. rep., sev. o. marginal rep., last blank (g4) lacks, rather stained throughout). NOTE: Drawing on Hippocratic, Galenic and Aristotelian theories on sex and reproduction, this work of natural philosophy examines the 'secret' nature of women. The discussion is both medical, philosophical and astrological. Some chapters are strictly medical and concern the signs of conception, the gestation period and the nature of menstruation, others deal with the influence that the planets and constellations have on the development of the foetus before birth. The text, attributed to Albertus Magnus, is accompanied by an extensive commentary traditionally considered to be the work of Henricus de Saxonia. - Rare. GW 735; VD 16, A-1413; Proctor 1858; Hain 555; Goff A-315. - From the library of van der Hoeven and with his bookplate.
BURY, (R.) de. Histoire de Philippe, et d'Alexandre le Grand, Rois de Macédoine. Dédiée au Roi de Danemarck. Par., 1760. xviii, 587, (1) pp. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & red label, mottled edges & marbled endpapers. (Sl. browned in places). NOTE: Good copy of this rare work by Richard de Bury (c.1730? – c.1794?), protégé of Count Bernstorf, ambassador of the Court of Denmark in Paris (hence the dedication of the work). He is more famous for the attacks he was subjected to by Voltaire, Grimm and La Beaumelle, than for his own writings. - Cioranescu, XVIII, 14192.
DIOGENES LAERTIUS. Kort begrijp, zijnde het leven, heerlijke spreuken, loffelijke daden, en snedige antwoorden der oude philosophen: Waar by komen eenige treffelijke spreuken en gelykenissen: uyt verscheyden heydensche en andere schryvers. by-een-gebragt d. P(aschier) D(e) F(ijne). Rott., J. Næranus, 1655. (24), 407 pp. W. engr. front. 12°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Front. torn on plate edge, margins stained in places). NOTE: Rare. - Geerebaert, XXXI, 1; Waller 468; De Vries 362.
PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Des wijdt-vermaerden Natuurkondigers vijf Boecken. Handelende van de Nature I. Van de Menschen. II. Van de viervoetige en kruypende Dieren. III. Van de Vogelen. IV. Van de kleyne Beestjes of Ongedierten. V. Van de Visschen, Oesters, Kreeften, &c. Hier zyn by-gevoeght de Schriften van verscheyden andere oude Autheuren, de Natuur der Dieren aengaende. Amst., Wed. G. de Groot, 1703. 568, (8) pp W. engr. front. (i.a. depicting Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge) & 53 fine small engrs. Cont. vellum. (Outer margin engr. ti. a bit foxed, engr. ti torn on plate edge (nothing lacks), sl browned). NOTE: Very fine copy of a rare Dutch Pliny edition with charming plates, depicting i.a. a whale-hunt and a dodo. - Geerebaert CXXVII, II.m.
Four very rare Chinese inscribed pottery jars, Han dynasty, with Oxford TL Test, each with a fine-grained pale grey pottery semi-spherical body with short neck and flared mouth, flat base with a bevelled edge, inscription in red pigment, the characters being in the traditional/archaic form and not easy to translate accurately, each jar is 13cm high, 15.5cm and 16cm diameter This extremely rare set of pottery vessels, jars or bottles, was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). They are very fine quality. They are in good condition with one jar having just a minor surface chip to the mouth and the others with only minor repairs to the vulnerable mouth edges. Each jar comes in a custom-made lined box. One representative jar from this set has been tested by Oxford Authentications, the ONLY testers of ancient pottery accepted by ALL major dealers, auction rooms and museums worldwide, with a result of a date of manufacture of "between 1500 and 2400 years ago". We show also the Thermoluminescence Analysis Report that will accompany these jars.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A rare Chinese white jade rice spoon, 19th century, the stone of excellent even tone, 12.7cm longProvenance - A. V. K. Murray collection.Small natural inclusions to the stone otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected. PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese Song Dynasty stoneware jar with rare stand and cover, Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279), the outer body and inner mouth coated in an iron glaze, the colour of which varies from a "silvery" brown to black, the applied decoration around the shoulder features a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, 24cm high Dragon Chasing Pearl This rare and impressive stoneware jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 -1279). It is quite "heavily-potted. The pearl represents wisdom, prosperity, power, immortality and the moon, and is also used as a symbol of feminine beauty and purity. The dragon, the most famous of Chinese mythological beasts, represents strength, goodness and life itself. Jars such as this are rare and the majority of known examples lack the stand and cover that accompany this particular jar. The reason for the unusual stand with the vertical cut-outs to its wall and the circular cut-out hole in its base is not known. Only the wall of the stand is glazed. These Song Dynasty "dragon" jars are not widely documented. They come from Sichuan province and were used for the storage of grain. Overall condition is very good with a couple of chips to the dragon and kiln scars: there is no restoration or repair.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A very rare Chinese painted pottery ding, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 8), the body with two square-cut handles, raised circular band around the top of the cover allows it to be taken off, turned upside down and used as a bowl, on three feet of human form, each brightly painted, 22cm diameter, 18cm high This unusual pottery tripod vessel, or "ding", was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a grey pottery, relatively highly-fired, both body and cover having a distinct ring when tapped. There are traces on the surface still remaining of its original "cold painted" pattern.In very good condition with some surface wear and the inevitable loss of pigment - there is no repair or restoration. Although we believe the cover to be the original for the body, it appears to have shrunk a little during firing and does not quite sit perfectly on the body. For reference: similar examples, although none with human-shaped feet, are illustrated and described in the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society (SEACS) book "Spirit of Han"..PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A very rare large Chinese pottery cocoon / listening jar, Qin Dynasty (221 - 206 BC) or possibly Warring States period (475-221 BC), with Oxford TL Test, the outer surface of the body is decorated with repeated cord or woven impressions with vertical bands then being made around the body whilst the clay remained soft, on the top of the body is a sturdy short neck with a circular mouth, body 52cm long, 44.5cm high This jar was originally made with no base or foot, the body being round, but a foot (that appears to be from a Western Han dynasty cocoon jar), has in modern times been fixed to the underside to enable this jar to stand upright on its own (presumably this could be removed but we leave to the eventual now owner). Vessels of this "cocoon" form were first produced by the Qin state during the Warring States period, although most known examples, typically of a more refined form including a foot, were made during the later Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). During this period (Han Dynasty) the cocoon jar was used for the storage of grain. However, it is known that during the Qin Dynasty, although smaller examples of cocoon jars were used for domestic purposes, larger examples such as this, although possibly also used for domestic purposes, were used by the military as listening devices. The vessel would be buried in earth with just its neck above ground. The large hollow body would act as an amplifier and echo chamber so that the vibrations of voices in an adjacent room, for example, could be heard, or, it is said, the enemy's movements or position could be determined by the sound of the hoof beats of their cavalry. This is a LARGE and imposing vessel.Overall condition is good although there are signs of repair to the edge of the vulnerable rim. In 2000 this vessel was tested by Oxford Authentications, the ONLY testers of ancient pottery accepted by ALL major dealers, auction houses and museums worldwide, and the Thermoluminescence Analysis Report that will accompany this vessel is shown with our images; this confirms the date of manufacture as "between 1500 and 2400 years ago".PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A rare Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture burnished black pottery jar (c.1350 BC), applied with high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base, 22cm high This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" and fairly highly-fired. Pottery jars from the Siwa culture are rarer than those of the preceding Qijia and Majiayao cultures and most known examples are made from an orange coloured pottery. Black pottery jars are rarer still ! The surface is finely burnished making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look. For reference: a similar example is shown in the China Institute book "Dawn of the Yellow Earth" (ISBN 0-9654270-3-X).PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A fine large Chinese Neolithic Banpo pottery amphora, c.4800-4300 BC), with Oxford TL Test, with a tall cup-shaped mouth and pointed base, decorated with repeated parallel cord impressions that are at a slight angle, applied loop handles, 41cm high This ancient pottery vessel was made over 6,000 years ago during the Banpo phase (of the Yangshao culture in present-day Shaanxi province. This form is probably the most well-known of Banpo pottery. Condition truly is exceptional. There is a small chip to the inner mouth edge and what appears to be a stabilised crack to part of the neck. Further repair should not, of course, be ruled out. Banpo amphorae are particularly rare and desirable and do not often appear on the market for sale. This vessel has been tested by Oxford Authentications, the ONLY testers of ancient pottery accepted by ALL major dealers, auction rooms and museums worldwide, confirming the date of manufacture. We show the Thermoluminescence Analysis Report that will accompany the vessel. A similar, although much smaller example at a mere 9 inches, is shown in the China Institute book "Dawn of the Yellow Earth" (ISBN 0-9654270-3-X).PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A rare Chinese famille rose ‘Sanxing’ yen-yen vase, Yongzheng period (1723-1735), the neck painted with the Sanxing (three star gods), above two figures riding on a horse, a woman being pushed in a wheeled sedan chair, and a female attendant in a landscape, 44.5cm high, wood stand There are some surface scratches to the exterior of the body which when looked through a 10 times loupe are not cracks and only in the glaze, some slight wear around the rim and to the base, otherwise in good condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A rare volume containing original copy material dated 1937-1940 of this ducted-fan experimental aircraft Comprising Prove details with 25 pages of text together with 73 drawings, many with photographs of this aircraft and its components under stress and destructive testing, the volume with blue fabric hardcovers, 31cm x 23cm; together with 31 handwritten pencil and typewritten pages of notes and calculations with supporting mathematical documentation and pencil sketches dated 23-7-40, in a folder inscribed 'Prove Campini'.
A rare manuscript report on the secret alliance between Tipu Sultan and the nawabs of the Carnatic, signed by the author N. B. Edmonstone (1765-1841) as Persian translator to the government of Bengal Fort William, Calcutta, dated 6th April 1800manuscript on watermarked paper, written in a neat secretarial hand, 42 bifolia tied through single hole with silk thread, paginated 1-81 (final leaf blank), folio, 325 x 215 mm.together with: a manuscript minute on the proposed changes to army regulations following the Vellore Mutiny, by John Cradock Howden, 1st Baron, 1759-1839, signed by Howden as commander-in-chief at Madras, dated Madras, 28th March 1807, written in a neat secretarial hand, 12 bifolia (21 pages) tied through single hole with silk thread, watermarked Turner & Sons, 1800, unpaginated folio, 325 x 210 mm.(2)Footnotes:Provenance [the first report] William P. Wreden Books & Manuscripts, Palo Alto, California (his invoice addressed to the below, dated 30th September 1964).Dr Frank Novak, from 1964.The Edmonstone document is a manuscript copy of the report to the government of Bengal on the cache of correspondence between Tipu Sultan and his ministers which was found at Seringapatam after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-9) and believed to reveal a secret alliance between Tipu Sultan and two successive nawabs of the Carnatic, Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1717-1795) and Umdat al-Umara (1748-1801), who were notionally allied with the British. The findings were used to compel Umdat al-Umara's successor Azim ud-Daula to sign the Carnatic Treaty, which ceded control to the British. The report was published as part of Governor-General Richard Wellesley's official account in Papers presented to the House of Commons from the East India Company, concerning the late Nabob of the Carnatic (London, 1802, volume 1, section A, enclosure c, pp. 4-18). Edmonstone was appointed chief secretary to the government of India in 1809.Among the most significant passages are these:Among the records of the late Tippoo Sultaun's Government discovered in the palace at Seringapatam, has been found a very voluminous correspondence between the Sultaun and his Vakeel Ghulam Ali Khan and Ali Rezza Khan, who accompanied the hostages delivered by Tippoo Sultaun at the termination of the war in 1792, to Madras. From this correspondence a numbers of papers have been selected, of which the tendency is, to fix a charge upon his late Highness the Nabob Maulah? Jah of a breach of the alliance subsisting between his Highness and the Honourable Company, to implicate the present Nabob.... ul Amrah, as a party therein, and to establish a similar charge against the latter after his accession to the M...d. From the contents of those papers the following facts may be collected. (pp. 1-2).That the objects of the proposed connexion were of a nature subversive of the Alliance between the Nabob and the Company, and directly hostile to the British Interests in India. (p. 52).pp. 79-81 It yet remains to be observed that, while Tippoo Sultaun (as we have now discovered) was endeavouring by Emissaries, by correspondence by every means in his power to conciliate the Alliance of every State in India, for purposes hostile to the British Nation in India, it is not probable, that he would respect any attempt to contract an Alliance with a Musulman Prince, who like the Nabob of the Carnatic, might have it in his power to be of the most essential service to his views in the event of hostilities between him and the Company, and it is not perhaps going too far to suppose that when (as appears by the printed translations of documents found at Seringapatam) Tippoo Sultaun proposed the landing of the French troops which he expected at Porto Novo...pp. 81-82 If to all the circumstances, inferences and arguments herein detailed, be added the perverse (not to say hostile) conduct of the Nabob ... ool Umra towards the British Government during the late war, the whole constitutes a body of powerful proof, that His Highness had connected himself for several years with Tippoo Sultaun, by ties of interest, and community of views, subversive of the fundamental principles of Alliance between him and the Company in the season of Peace, and absolutely hostile to the British Nation in that of war, and that, had the opportunity arrived, he would have openly supported the cause of Tippoo Sultaun, and the Musulman interests against that of the Company.The second reportCradock, Lord Howden, was appointed commander in chief of the Company's army in December 1803, during which time there was a mutiny at Vellore. The rules governing the army were undergoing changes and codification, and in this minute he argues that this will be detrimental to morale. However, he was recalled (as was the Governor-General, William Bentinck) as a result of the new rules, and the mutiny.Passages of note are as follows:'the dangerous consequences that would result from the extensive reduction now established of the influence of the Commander in Chief on military appointments'; these problems take place 'at the most fearful period, in which the world was ever placed' [i.e. war with France].'It will be acknowledged, I believe, by every Military Man, that Regimental Promotions in an army is the object of every officer's hopes and fears; that whatever acts upon that view, upon which his mind is ever fixed, will chiefly excite his emotions, his obedience, respect, and gratitude. Give this power, or withhold it, from the Officer Commanding in any army, and his exaltation or depression is the exact consequence.''It will be in vain to invite to 'Discipline', good order and efficiency, through the penalties of punishment alone, if unaccompanied on the other hand by the Allurements of Interest or Gratification'.'Is it left to a Civil person to determine who shall command at Dover Castle or Landguard Fort, or Speke Island, or the [...] of the Shannon, and that it is only when the enemy arrive at the gates that it is thought necessary to take the appointment with military consideration. The reverse of the existing arrangement is the case in England, Ireland and every military command [...] as no usage supports the present arrangement.''...it is such an overthrow of all the established discharge of function, so fixed by prescription, and so inalienable in imagination, that I see not the power, how a man of military feeling can remain, or accept the situation'.However, 'Government must be considered supreme in the disposition of the troops'.'If this be the case, if it is added to a thousandfold by an existing war with France, can reason approve that the distribution of the army should be taken out of the province of the Commander in Chief, and passed over altogether to the President of Fort St George, however accomplished his character may be as a statesman'.'The extreme convulsion in the military system, arrived at a period, both of general and domestic consideration, the least favourable for innovation, at a time, both of the world, and of India'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Umayyad or Early Abbasid amber glass beaker Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof deep cylindrical form, the rounded base with slight kick, the exterior with undulating trailed decoration 8 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceAcquired at Christopher Sheppard, Kensington Church Street, London, in 2006.The decorative scheme of the present lot, produced by trails of glass stretched vertically at regular intervals, is rare on early Islamic glass. For a comparable beaker sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 8 April 2008, lot 50.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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