BOOK OF HOURS. Illustrated manuscript, use of Rouen, on vellum, including miniatures attributed to the Talbot Master. Sotheby's, LO9741, 08 Dec 2009, Lot 52. Creation dates: 15th century
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, being a Book of Hours, use of Paris. Containing 8 large miniatures as follows: St John on Patmos; The Annunciation; David in prayer; The Crucifixion; Pentecost; Burial service; Virgin and Child; God the Father. Creation dates: Circa 1475
HUNDRED YEARS WAR. Diplomatic document of safe-conduct issued by John Croft and William Lyle, councillors, and Nicholas de Ryssheton, doctor in law, as ambassadors of Henry IV, to the emissaries of the Duchess of Burgundy, Countess of Flanders and Artois, enabling them to travel freely in Artois...
MONBODDO, James Burnett, Lord. AUSTRALIA. Letter Signed from James Burnett Lord Monboddo in Edinburgh to a recipient (possibly Bernard de Jussieu) concerning the lack of language among aborigines of Australia (New Holland). Bonhams, 17809, 08 June 2010, Lot 161. Creation dates: Jul 1765
BAUDELAIRE, Charles. 'Les Fleurs du Mal', 2nd edition, by Baudelaire, with a section of manuscript poems and two page manuscript dedication, France. Creation dates: [Circa 1865]
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, use of Metz, one of a group of Metz Books of Hours associated with the Hours of Queen Isabel of Bavaria, including the following miniatures: Folio 13 recto: the Virgin suckling the naked Christ Child. Folio 89 recto: Christ seated in majesty. S...
NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821). 9 Letters Signed ('N') to Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, Duke of Feltre, Minister of War, on topics including the campaign of German Liberation and the march of the Observation Corps in Italy. Creation dates: Feb - Mar 1813.
CHARLES I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Autograph Letter Signed to his daughter Mary's father-in-law, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Creation dates: July 1641
AUDEN, Wystan Hugh. Autograph draft of an apparently unpublished poem beginning 'And Woof will revisit the movies', written on the verso of a typed letter signed 'Ido', in French, mentioning the suicide of Ernst Toller and quoting William Morris. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 5. Creation dat...