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
LACY, Henry de, fifth earl of Lincoln, 1249-1311. Grant, by de Lacy, of the village of Habrough (Lincolnshire) to the Abbot of Newhouse Abbey (Lincolnshire), on vellum, written in a secretary hand, with the large round equestrian seal of de Lacy in dark green wax, and his counterseal on the reve...
CRUIKSHANK, George. Manuscript draft of a speech to the Temperence Society titled 'Article on the Public Press 1850', in which Cruikshank criticises a review published in the Times newspaper of a show at the Drury Lane Theatre, and emphasises his own commitment to abstinence, London. Creation d...