WALLIS, Samuel. TAHITI. 'Extracts from Captain Wallis's Journal', copied in a late 18th-century secretarial hand, covering Wallis's time at Tahiti and contact with the Tahitians, and the ongoing experiments with remedies for scurvy. Creation dates: Circa 1780
JEVONS, William Stanley. Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Dudley Baxter, thanking her for a copy of her life of her late husband, the political writer and statistician Robert Dudley Baxter. Creation dates: May 1878
BOOK OF HOURS. Leaf from a Book of Hours, illuminated on vellum, showing Saint Mark, writing his gospels. Attributed to Jean Colombe, France, Bourges. Creation dates: Circa 1480
MORGAN, Sir Henry, circa 1635 - 1688. PANAMA. Official verified manuscript copies of documents relating to Morgan's 1670-71 expedition to Panama, prepared for the official inquest into the expedition, including Morgan's own account of the sack of Panama, signed by himself, [Jamaica]. Sotheby's, ...
AMERICA, BURNING OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WATSON, Rev George. Contemporary manuscript transcript of Watson's journal, recording his service with the American expedition under General Robert Ross and the burning of the White House. Bonhams, 16202, 24 June 2008, Lot 161. Creation dates: 1814 - 1815
BEVINGTON, Louise Sarah. ANARCHISM. Series of 18 Autograph Letters Signed (in the earliest letters by her married name 'Louisa S Guggenberger'), to Ethel Rolt-Wheeler, on anarchist topics, one letter including a poem, together with three related letters (one on the death of Bevington). Sotheby's...
ILLUMINATION. Illuminated leaf from a manuscript Bible on vellum, with an eight-line historiated initial of Baruch at his writing desk, from the Book of Baruch, Paris. Creation dates: Mid-13th century
KINGSTON, George Strickland. AUSTRALIA. Autograph Letter Signed to George Lovejoy, bookseller of Reading, Berkshire, asking him whether he accepts the position of Land Agent for the sale of land in South Australia. South Australian Office, London. Creation dates: Aug 1835