POPHAM, Sir Home Riggs. SHIP'S BOND. Bond (manuscript completion in ink of a printed form) for the voyage of Popham's ship 'L'Etrusco' between Canton and Ostend, addressed to Messrs Robert Charnock & Co and signed by Popham, Jean-Baptiste Piron and Charles Constant De Rebecque. Creation dat...
POPE, Alexander. Autograph Letter Signed to his friend the portrait painter Jonathan Richardson, arranging for him to see the 'House & Pictures' of his patron Lord Burlington. Creation dates: July 1743
PEARCE, Thomas. Autograph manuscript by Thomas Pearce, clergyman of Somerset, dedicated to John Worth, of a version of his sermon preached at the funeral of John Warre, the eldest son of Edward Warre of Chipley in Somerset. Creation dates: March 1638
STOCKWELL, George, 1729-1805. Manuscript note 'This model was made May the 7 1774 by George Stockwell shipwright at Sheerness Yard', which was found inside Navy Board model 'H.M.S. Bristol' on restoration. Sotheby's, Marine Pictures and Nautical Works of Art Sale, 22 May 1991, Lot 343W. Creatio...
APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS. ILLUMINATION. Episolae et Carmina by Apollinaris Sidonius, Carolingian script on vellum, France, Brittany. Creation dates: 2nd half of 11th century
GREEK. Paterikon (Apophthegmata Patrum, Sayings of the Desert Fathers), for the use of an Arabic-speaking monastic community. In Greek with additional headings in Arabic, Mount Athos or Jerusalem. Creation dates: 18th century
NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French (1769-1821). LUTYENS, Captain Engelbert. 22 Autograph Letters Signed from Lutyens, orderly officer assigned to report each day on the activities of the captive Napoleon, to Major Gideon Gorrequer, St Helena. Christie's, 7590, 04 June 2008, Lot 143. Creation dat...
IRELAND - DOWN SURVEY. PETTY, Sir William (1623-1687). Manuscript on vellum detailing Petty's payment, in the form of land in Ireland, for carrying out the mapping of Ireland known as the 'Down Survey' which provided for land redistribution following the 1652 Act for the Settlement of Ireland. B...
YEATS, John Butler [Jack] (1871-1957). Collection of letters by Yeats: 8 Autograph Letters Signed and 15 illustrated Autograph Letters Signed to J C Miles, Nov 1896-dec 1940. Illustrated printed receipt with autograph insertions including signature, acknowledging receipt of payment from J C Mil...