EDWARD VI, King of England (1548-1553). Letters Patent in the name of the King, on vellum, confirming a decree of the Court of Augmentations allowing the Bishops of Worcester to continue to enjoy revenues deriving from various dissolved monasteries and convents, with seal. Bloomsbury Auctions, 0...
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed to Joseph Ellis of the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, arranging a jaunt with Wilkie Collins, with autograph signed envelope. Bonhams, 17860, 23 Nov 2010, Lot 134. Creation dates: March 1857
MARY I, Queen of England. Warrant signed ('Marye the queen' at head), on vellum, ordering Sir Edward Waldegrave, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to supply livery to Paul Bocher, plumber, yearly at the Feast of St John the Baptist, counter-signed by Waldegrave. Bonhams, 17860, 23 Nov 2010, Lot 186....
SMART, Elizabeth. 'A Little Book of Private Information on a Collection of Friends by anon', a home-made manuscript booklet, being an introduction to Californian society, written from Big Sur by Smart for her lover-to-be George Barker. Creation dates: 1940
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, being the Fitton Hours, use of Sarum, Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges). Sotheby's, L10241, 07 Dec 2010, Lot 25. Creation dates: Mid-15th century
ILLUMINATIONS. Christianus (Druthmar) of Stavelot, commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, decorated manuscript in Latin and Greek with a single word in a Germanic vernacular (probably Old Frankish/Old Low Franconian), on vellum. [Germany, almost certainly Bamberg]. Sotheby's, L10413, 07 Dec 2010, ...
SURGERY. Guy de Chauliac, Chirurgica Magna, the great manual of medieval surgery, decorated manuscript on paper, [Italy]. Sotheby's, L10241, 07 Dec 2010, Lot 22. Creation dates: [Circa 1450]
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.
PITT, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759-1806). WILBERFORCE, William. Autograph Letter Signed from Pitt to Wilberforce. Creation dates: Sep 1794