LAMBERT, John. 59 Autograph Letters written by the artist and cartographer John Lambert to Thomas Adams, agent to the Duke of Northumberland, reporting on progress on projects relating to the Duke's estates including some original survey notes. Creation dates: 1772 - 1801
WICKS, Sergeant Sam George. WORLD WAR I. Sample pages (6 - 17 March 1915), from Wicks' First World War Manuscript diaries recounting events on the Western Front, describing life in the London barracks of the 6th City of London Rifles before shipping out from England. Details manuscript account...
ILLUMINATION. Historiated initial 'C' on vellum, depicting a trio of renaissance musicians, [Ferrera, Italy]. BONHAMS, 16204, 04 Nov 2008, Lot 255. Creation dates: [Mid-15th century]
ILLUMINATIONS. Three miniatures on cuttings from choirbooks, on vellum, as follows: Historiated initial 'E', enclosing eight popes and bishops, [Italy, circa 1500]. Historiated initial 'E', enclosing a representation of the Resurrection, [northern Italy, 1st half of 14th century]. Historiated i...
ILLUMINATIONS. Five historiated initials, from a Gradual in Latin, on vellum, [Germany, 1st quarter of 16th century], as follows: The naked Christ childholding a globe, in an initial 'K'. A man clubbing a dog, in an initial 'I'. An ascending soul grasped by an angel, in an initial 'S'. A man kn...
MONTGOMERY, Bernard Law, first Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Autograph Letter Signed to Air Chief Vice-Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst. Creation dates: Jan 1944
ORLEBAR, Richard (1671-1733). KENNEL-BOOKS. Manuscript record, entitled 'Pedigree of Hounds' and being the earliest known kennel-book, of Orlebar's whelps bred in the years 1708-1727, and of hounds given to John Biggs, to the Duke of Grafton, and to the Earl of Halifax from 1716-1727. Creation ...
JAMES II and VII, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. PEPYS, Samuel. Autograph Letter Signed from James, Duke of York (later James II of England, VII of Scotland), as former Lord High Admiral of the English navy, to Pepys, as Secretary of the Admiralty. Tring Market Auctions sale, 28 Nov 200...
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, including 16 leaves with large initials and decorated borders, use of Rome. Flanders, Bruges. Creation dates: 1500 - 1510
BELLOC, Hilaire. Archive of nearly 200 letters (circa 1900-1927), mostly Autograph Letters Signed, to Emma (Dutreux) Pescatore, mother-in-law of his nephew Charles, and including the complete autograph manuscript of his farce 'The Haunted House' (1921), an early autograph poem, 'Storm' (dated in...