BIBLE. Ill. leaf in vellum, with text from Thessalonians in gothic script in 2 columns, with a 5-line large illuminated letter 'T' in blue against a gold ground, with one large initial missing, having been cut out and replaced with blank vellum. Produced by the Parisian workshop of the Pucelle c...
JACOBEAN TRADE. Completions penned on a bill of lading issued by the merchant Maurice Abbot for a cargo of nutmeg, cloves and calico bound from London to Venice. Creation dates: 10 Nov 1623
BOOK OF PSALMS. Miniature manuscript book of Psalms on vellum, being a selection of Psalms taken from Miles Coverdale's translation 'A Paraphrasis, upon all the psalms of David, made by Johannes Campe[n]sis' (1535 & 1539) and Bible Verses from 'The Fountayne or well of lyfe out of which doth...
WORDSWORTH, William. Letter to Samuel Dunn of Barnsley, in the hand of Mary Wordsworth but signed by William and with a brief addition in his hand, thanking Dunn for supporting his son William's application for the position of Secretary to the Birmingham and Derby Railways. Creation dates: 03 ...
FOSSILS. Autograph letter signed by Gustavus Brander to naturalist Emanuel Mendes da Costa, supplying a list of fossils in his own collection. Creation dates: 19 July 1754
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. Typed letter signed to Geoffrey Mason at his bank, informing him that he will change his signature on his cheques in the future. Creation dates: 06 May 1946
BOOK OF HOURS. Miniatures from illuminated manuscript, use of Sarum, Bruges, 1390s or c.1400; England c.1400 (added Missal fragment). Creation dates: 1390s - circa 1400
CRIMEAN WAR. Journal of Captain William Thomas Markham of the Coldstream Guards, kept while in England, at sea, and in the Crimea and environs (largely before Sebastopol). Bonhams, 21764, 12 Nov 2014, Lot 60. Creation dates: Feb 1854 - July 1855