BOOK OF HOURS. Miniature representing the Presentation in the Temple, above an illuminated initial and five lines opening none from the Hours of the Virgin, on a leaf from the Chester Beatty Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, by the Mazarine Master, Paris. Christie's, 8002, 23 Nove...
CONGREVE, William. Autograph letter signed to his close friend Joseph Keally of Kilkenny. Bonhams, 18992, 22 Nov 2011, Lot 221. Creation dates: Aug 1710
BENTHAM, Jeremy. The sole extant copy of the first edition of the 'Panapticon: or, the inspection-house', Dublin, 1791, corrected and annotated in Bentham's and in another hand. Creation dates: [circa 1791]
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord. Autograph letter signed, written from Venice, to Michele Leoni in Florence, thanking him for his translation of Pope's 'Eloisa and Abelard' and also referring to his translation of 'Ossian'. Bonhams, 18992, 22 Nov 2011, Lot 217. Creation dates: September [1818]
JAMES VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Letter signed to Louis XIII of France, referring to a recent journey through France of the Prince of Wales (the future Charles I). Christie's, 3013, 28 Nov 2011, Lot 236. Creation dates: March 1622
HARDY, Thomas. Autograph letter signed to William Lusen Thomas, founder of 'The Graphic', regarding the proof of 'A Group of Noble Dames' which was to appear in the Christmas issue of that publication. Creation dates: July 1890
INE, West Saxon King. Manuscript on vellum of the laws of King Ine (promulgated between 688 and 694), in facing Anglo-Saxon and Tudor English, written in the formal hand of Laurence Nowell, with autograph additions by his friend, colleague, and executor William Lambarde. Creation dates: [Circa ...
WALPOLE, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797). 34 Autograph letters signed to the Hon Thomas Walpole (1727-1803), cousin of Horace, and to Thomas's son, also Thomas (1755-1840), from Arlington Street, Strawberry Hill and Berkeley Square where indicated, along with 3 other letters. Creation da...