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15051. RP 9326/1

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9326/1
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ILLUMINATION. Saint Agatha, initial 'O', miniature on vellum, southern Germany. Creation dates: 2nd half of 15th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14 Jul 2008
Extent:
1 colour print

15052. RP 9326/2

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9326/2
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PSALTER. 'Beatus' page, with initial 'B' miniature, from a Franciscan Psalter, on vellum, Bologna. Creation dates: Circa 1408
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14 Jul 2008
Extent:
1 colour print

15053. RP 9326/3

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9326/3
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BOOK OF HOURS. Vespers 'Deus in adjutorium' page, with initial 'D' miniature, from the Ghistelles Hours, on vellum, southern Netherlands. Creation dates: Circa 1300
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14 Jul 2008
Extent:
1 colour print

15054. RP 9326/4

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9326/4
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ILLUMINATION. A Man and A Lawyer, miniature on vellum, cutting from a Manuscript of Canon Law, France. Creation dates: Late 13th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14 Jul 2008
Extent:
1 colour print

15055. RP 9326/5

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9326/5
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ILLUMINATION. Christ giving the keys of Heaven to Saint Peter, initial 'S', miniature on vellum, Italy. Creation dates: Mid 13th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14 Jul 2008
Extent:
1 colour print

15056. RP 9327

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9327
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WALLIS, Samuel. TAHITI. 'Extracts from Captain Wallis's Journal', copied in a late 18th-century secretarial hand, covering Wallis's time at Tahiti and contact with the Tahitians, and the ongoing experiments with remedies for scurvy. Creation dates: Circa 1780
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 2008
Extent:
25 photocopies

15057. RP 9328

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9328
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JEVONS, William Stanley. Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Dudley Baxter, thanking her for a copy of her life of her late husband, the political writer and statistician Robert Dudley Baxter. Creation dates: May 1878
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 2008
Extent:
4 photocopies

15058. RP 9329

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9329
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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
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 2008
Extent:
1 photocopy

15059. RP 9330

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9330
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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, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 2008
Extent:
69 photocopies and 1 colour print

15060. RP 9331

Reference (shelfmark):
RP 9331
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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
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 2008
Extent:
44 photocopies