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#25456 Birmingham, NorfolkCounty – Reign of King George III (of Revolutionary War infamy). This is an extremely large two-page hand written English indenture on vellum, dated March 13, 1801 between Reverend Samuel Flack and no less than nine other parties in a complicated land purchase for the sum of one thousand pounds paid from the Rectory. Nicely penned with a printed vignette in the top left corner, blue revenue stamps with silver insert, tax stamps, armorial wax seals and signatures of all parties. Condition is less than Fine with original folds. $300

"Caricature" The artist, Edward Tennyson Reed (1860 - 1933), was an English political caricaturist for Punch beginning in 1889. He eventually became a caricaturist for Parliament. This original pen and ink drawing (3" x 4") is inscribed to Phil May. Phillip William May (1864 - 1903) was another English political caricaturist of the time who also worked in pen and ink. The subject's name is unknown. Beautifully custom framed with double mat. $450

Painting on Fabric. Archivally matted. $75

	#21395 Sir William Rothenstein. Portrait of Sir Frank Short (lithograph). Lithograph portrait of Sir Frank Short (1857 - 1945), eminent English printmaker. Inscribed, signed, and dated on stone by the artist. Crease to edge of print which does not affect the image. The bottom right corner of the paper has been torn; this also does not affect the image. Light browning to edges of the print. 11" x 18" in a mat which measures 16" x 20". $200
	#21394 Sir William Rothenstein. Portrait of Stephen Phillips (lithograph). RARE. Handsome lithograph portrait of Stephen Phillips (1864 - 1915), the English poet and dramatist. Printed in red. Signed and dated by the artist on the stone. Published in "Liber Juniorum" (1898). Light soiling to print. 11" x 18" in a mat which measures 16" x 20". $225
	"Turbiteens" from Cassell's Pigeon Book. Archivally matted. $50
	Ladies. Archivally matted. $75
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	#45461 "Colton's Baltimore, Maryland. Published by G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. No.43." This map is from one of many variations of reprints from Colton's original "General Atlas," that was printed from 1857 through 1888. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) founded the family publishing house in 1831, which remained a major American atlas publisher throughout the 19th century. G.W. (George Woolworth) Colton (1827-1901), Along with brother, C.B. (Charles B.) Colton (1832-1916), took control of the company around 1865. It is a steel engraving. Baltimore is divided into hand colored numbered sections surrounded by the renowned Colton decorative outside border. Displays street names, cemeteries, railroad tracks and stations and major buildings including Fort McHenry., featuring the North West, Main and Middle branches of the Patapsco River. The map title is located in the lower left corner and the one mile scale is located just left of the lower right. Simple compass rose is located in upper right corner. The reverse page contains detailed historical and 1855-1860 census statistics on a variety of subjects regarding the state of Delaware. Minor foxing outside border in margin. Size of Map: 33.5cm X 41cm (13 1/4" X 16") $750
	#45460 "Grey's Atlas Map of Delaware and Maryland, 98." This map is from [O.W.] "Gray's Atlas of the United States with General Maps of the World, Philadelphia, Stedman, Brown & Lyon 1873." It is one of many variations of reprints variations of reprints from Colton's (1800-1893) original "General Atlas," that was printed from 1857 through 1888. Colton may have copied this map's format from Sidney E. Morse (1794-1871) and Samuel Breese' (1802-1873) 1845 version of "Maryland and Delaware. (with) District of Columbia." Later, Publisher, A.J. Johnson used Colton's format of this map in his 1860 edition of "Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas." Johnson did not use the famous "Colton" border, but rather created his own and substituted an engraving of the US capitol where the inset of Washington, D.C. was. Gray completely omitted any decorative border in this example; however, portions of the map extend out beyond the simple border to where the Colton and Johnson decorative borders would have been. The map is a steel engraving. Delaware and Maryland are divided into hand colored counties and cities, major roads, railroads, geographic details, and major bodies of water featuring the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, Delaware Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. Inset in lower left corner presents "District of Columbia" with "references" identifying major sites by number and a "Scale of Miles." The reverse page contains "Gray's Atlas Map of New Jersey. 97." Fading on edge of page and two small tape markings on reverse. Size of Map: 30.2cm X 41.5cm (11 7/8" X 16 1⁄4") $550
	#21604 William Strang. The Flag (etching). Proof impression of the title page for The Pilgrim's Progress (1896). INSCRIBED "To Laurence W Hodson from Wm Strang." Scottish painter and engraver, William Strang (1859 - 1921), illustrated many books including Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' Coleridge's 'The Ancient Mariner,' and many others. He was also a landscape painter and an established portrait artist who many distinguished persons such as Thomas Hardy sat for. This image depicts a soldier and a nude woman. Matted and framed. The frame measures 12 x 8 inches and the image alone measures 8 by 3 inches. $350
	Edgar Allen Poe's Home in Bronx, N.Y. Signed by the artist. Custom Wood frame. $250
	#34603 The Silver Striped Herring, The Herring Carp. Plate number 408 from the book Ichithyologi, Ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere, Des Poissons. Printed in Paris and Berlin, 1785 – 1797. Size: 8 1/2 inches x 15 3/8 inches. Marcus Bloch, 1723 – 1799, was a German physician from Berlin who spent the earlier part of his career studying intestinal worms. At the age of 57, Bloch turned to the study of fish, and set the task of providing full descriptions and illustrations, in a splendid style, of the species known to him. One of the earliest students of fish, Bloch published a series of fish prints titled: Ichithyologi, Ou histoire naturelle generale et particuliere, Des Poissons, in which he described over 200 species for the first time. The prints remained a primary reference source for the next century. Bloch issued folio and octavo prints and each specimen was engraved on a copper plate and then hand-colored with watercolors. The plates contain the names of each fish in several languages. $550
	#34607 Snapper. Plate number 256 from the book Ichithyologi, Ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere, Des Poissons. Printed in Paris and Berlin, 1785 – 1797. Size: 8 1/8 inches x 15 7/8 inches. Marcus Bloch, 1723 – 1799, was a German physician from Berlin who spent the earlier part of his career studying intestinal worms. At the age of 57, Bloch turned to the study of fish, and set the task of providing full descriptions and illustrations, in a splendid style, of the species known to him. One of the earliest students of fish, Bloch published a series of fish prints titled: Ichithyologi, Ou histoire naturelle generale et particuliere, Des Poissons, in which he described over 200 species for the first time. The prints remained a primary reference source for the next century. Bloch issued folio and octavo prints and each specimen was engraved on a copper plate and then hand-colored with watercolors. The plates contain the names of each fish in several languages. $550
	#37205 These hand-colored lithographs are from the work entitled Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes avec les figures originales d'apres des animaux vivants, a work produced by the combined efforts of Geoffrey St. Hilaire and Georges Cuvier. Hilaire was a forerunner to later evolutionary biologists, such as Darwin. As his theories grew, his reputation and academic positions followed. From 1798-1801, Hilaire was a member of Napoleon's scientific staff during the attempted conquest of Egypt. After returning to France, he produced Philosophie Anatomique (1818-1822) and this Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes (11818-1837). They are the most important works with which he had a part, as they "were the sounding board through which he developed the most important components of his transcendental biology: the law of connections ('analogous' organs retain the same connections amongst themselves), the law of permanence (new organs are not created), and the law of balance (the development of one organ is made at the expense of another)." (American Philosophical Society) These magnificent prints are on chain linked, watermarked paper. $375
	#37219 These hand-colored lithographs are from the work entitled Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes avec les figures originales d'apres des animaux vivants, a work produced by the combined efforts of Geoffrey St. Hilaire and Georges Cuvier. Hilaire was a forerunner to later evolutionary biologists, such as Darwin. As his theories grew, his reputation and academic positions followed. From 1798-1801, Hilaire was a member of Napoleon's scientific staff during the attempted conquest of Egypt. After returning to France, he produced Philosophie Anatomique (1818-1822) and this Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes (11818-1837). They are the most important works with which he had a part, as they "were the sounding board through which he developed the most important components of his transcendental biology: the law of connections (‘analogous' organs retain the same connections amongst themselves), the law of permanence (new organs are not created), and the law of balance (the development of one organ is made at the expense of another)." (American Philosophical Society) These magnificent prints are on chain linked, watermarked paper. $375
	#41530 Flowers and Ferns of America by A. B. Henry, Illustrations from original watercolor drawings after nature by Isaac Sprague, C.E. Faxon and J.H. Emerton. Published in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1885 by Caie, Montgomery, and Moore (approximately 285 x 225 mm). Plate 2: Chromolithographs: Volume I: "Flowers of the Field and Forest," The Flower de Luc [Larger Blue Flag] (Iris Versicolor L.) Attributed to Isaac Sprague. Isaac Sprague, born in Boston (1811 – 1895) began his career as a carriage painter but, inspired by Thomas Nuttall's Ornithology, he began drawing birds of eastern Massachusetts. Impressed by his work Audubon recruited Sprague for an expedition to Montana in 1843. Sprague was charged with making drawings and measurements for Audubon's finished work. On his return from the West, he met Asa Gray and began creating illustrations for his publications, including the Manual of Botany (1856). Among Sprague's popular books are Flowers of the Field and Forest and Beautiful Wild Flowers, both of which went through many printings. $140
	#41538 Flowers and Ferns of America by A. B. Henry, Illustrations from original watercolor drawings after nature by Isaac Sprague, C.E. Faxon and J.H. Emerton. Published in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1885 by Caie, Montgomery, and Moore (approximately 285 x 225 mm). Plate 10: Chromolithographs: Volume I: "Flowers of the Field and Forest," The Long Leaved Aster (Aster Longifolius, Lamarck) Attributed to Isaac Sprague. Isaac Sprague, born in Boston (1811 – 1895) began his career as a carriage painter but, inspired by Thomas Nuttall's Ornithology, he began drawing birds of eastern Massachusetts. Impressed by his work Audubon recruited Sprague for an expedition to Montana in 1843. Sprague was charged with making drawings and measurements for Audubon's finished work. On his return from the West, he met Asa Gray and began creating illustrations for his publications, including the Manual of Botany (1856). Among Sprague's popular books are Flowers of the Field and Forest and Beautiful Wild Flowers, both of which went through many printings. $140
	#41543 Flowers and Ferns of America by A. B. Henry, Illustrations from original watercolor drawings after nature by Isaac Sprague, C.E. Faxon and J.H. Emerton. Published in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1885 by Caie, Montgomery, and Moore (approximately 285 x 225 mm). Plate 15: Chromolithographs: Volume I: "Flowers of the Field and Forest," The Pale Laurel (Kalmia Glauca Ait.) Attributed to Isaac Sprague. Isaac Sprague, born in Boston (1811 – 1895) began his career as a carriage painter but, inspired by Thomas Nuttall's Ornithology, he began drawing birds of eastern Massachusetts. Impressed by his work Audubon recruited Sprague for an expedition to Montana in 1843. Sprague was charged with making drawings and measurements for Audubon's finished work. On his return from the West, he met Asa Gray and began creating illustrations for his publications, including the Manual of Botany (1856). Among Sprague's popular books are Flowers of the Field and Forest and Beautiful Wild Flowers, both of which went through many printings. $140
	Manuscript #2029 This is a full-page incunabula leaf woodblock print with caption in Latin on paper from the "Rhodiorum Historia or History" of Rhodes by Guillelmi Caoursin. Which is one of the few incunabula that mentions the Order of St. John. Johann Reger printed it in the German city of Ulm in 1496. The leaf measures 274 x 194 mm with a 212 x 125 mm print entitled: "Beorius to be Hung." The verso contains 29 lines of Gothic script printed single column in Latin. (Hain 4368). Condition of this leaf is Fine. $1,000
	#41700 The Birds of North America by Theodore Jasper, A.M., M.D. Printed in Columbus, OH by Jacob H. Studer and Co., 1878. Plate number XCV featuring 1. American Lanier, 2. – 5. Owl, 6. Harris Finch, 7. Oregon Snow-bird. $150
	Manuscript #17511 An Incunabula Leaf from the Hungarian Chronicle of Johannes de Thurocz, which was the most extensive Hungarian work of this kind dating from the 15th century. The Chronicle was probably made on the impulse of dignitaries who were working in the Royal court of King Matthias Corvinus. Johannes de Thurocz, a member of Turiec a yeoman family, produced it while working from 1475 as a general notary of a regional judge. Erhard Ratdolt in Ausgburg, Germany printed it on June 3, 1488 for Theobald Feger. There are 8 lines of gothic text in Latin printed single column on paper as well as a 130 x 111 mm woodblock print of the coronation of King Besya. The verso contains 38 lines of the same text with no woodblock print. Beautifully custom framed. $1,500
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Manuscript #6800 This is a leaf from a Prayer book and Benedictional for the use of Cistercian Nuns, in Latin, France second quarter of the 16th century. There are eighteen lines in black ink of angular Gothic script from the section of Temporal Benedictions. Provenance: Cistercian House presumably a nunnery since the opening, and only illustrated, office for the profession of female novices, who promise to live secundum regulam sancti Benediciti. The Illumination within this Prayer Book shows considerable similarities with those of the Master of Francois de Rohan, active in Paris from c. 1525 - 1546. Condition of this leaf is Fine [F]. Beautifully custom framed. $750

Manuscript #15929 This beautiful illuminated leaf is from an anthology of Persian Sufi poetry, including works by Sa'di and Hafiz and is scribed in safina format, produced in Persia, on paper, 1770 AD. The scripts employed are the scarce shikasteh and the more common nasta'liq written diagonally on white within gold-bordered cloud bands. Verso: almost a mirror image in design. Beautifully custom framed. $350

	Manuscript #16858 This is an Incunabula leaf from "The Summa Praedicantium" or "Greatest Proclamation" written by the noted Dominican Theologian John Bromyard (d. 1390). Johann Amerbach printed this first edition in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Even though this edition is not dated it was printed before 1484. Its folio-sized pages are printed on paper with 53 lines of Latin text in double columns with copious rubrication in reds and blues. There is a beautiful 12-line historiated "E" in the right column. The verso contains the same amount and type of text. (Hain 3993, Goff J-260, Proctor 7615) The condition of this leaf is Fine. Beautifully custom framed. $900
	Manuscript #2295 Leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, France, Use of Paris, circa 1470 to 1490, in Latin and on vellum (127 x 90 mm). 15 lines written in brown ink in a letter batarde between 16 horizontals and two verticals ruled in dark pink with two two-line initials "D" and "E" in liquid gold on a blue ground with gold tendrils. There is a lovely panel border of blue and gold curling acanthus and sprays of naturalistic floral and fruits. Verso: 15 lines written in brown ink in a letter batarde between 16 horizontals and two verticals rulded in dark pink with one two-line initial "T" in liquid gold on a blue ground with gold tendrils with a similar panel as the opposite side of the leaf. Provenance: Charles Butler collector of pictures and books, whose fine library was sold in five sales between May 1911 and July 1921. Present leaf from lot 2379, 19 March 1912. $750
	Manuscript #2525 A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal, Spain, circa 1650, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Text is in a Spanish rounded gothic hand (Rotunda). Music is on a stave formed of five lines. There are six lines of music and verse. Verso: six lines of music and verse. The condition of this leaf is under fine [F-] due to high devotional usage. $650
	Manuscript #2537 A leaf from a Medieval Antiphonal or Choir Missal, Spain, circa 1650, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Text is in a Spanish rounded gothic hand (Rotunda). Music is on a stave formed of five lines. There are six lines of music and verse. Verso: six lines of music and verse. The condition of this leaf is under fine [F-] due to high devotional usage. $650
	Manuscript #2874 A leaf from a medieval manuscript Bible: Paris, France, mid 13th century, in Latin, on vellum. There are fifty-five lines of double column text in microscopic-miniscule Gothic script. There are book headings, chapter numbers, Book of Tobias [Doway-Rheims] non existent in the King James, Chapters 1-2, Miniature of Tobit lying in bed with a swallow above. Verso: there are fifty-five lines of double column text in microscopic-miniscule Gothic script. Bible leaves from the 13th century are becoming rare. Condition of this leaf is Fine. $3,500
	Manuscript #3142 A leaf from a medieval manuscript Bible: Paris, France, mid 13th century. In Latin on vellum (197 x 134 mm). There are fifty-five lines of triple column text in microscopic-miniscule Gothic script. This leaf is from the final section of the Bible and defines the Hebrew names in alphabetical order. This leaf ends with names beginning with D and starts with C. The letter “D” is four lines high in highly embossed gold on a ground of pink and blue with white tendrils. Verso: there are fifty-five lines of triple column text in microscopic-miniscule Gothic script. Bible leaves have become rare especially ones in fine condition. Condition is fine [F]. $625
	Manuscript #6802 This is a leaf from a Prayer book and Benedictional for the use of Cistercian Nuns, in Latin, France second quarter of the 16th century (207 x 143 mm). There are eighteen lines in black ink of angular Gothic script from the section of Temporal Benedictions. Provenance: Cistercian House presumably a nunnery since the opening, and only illustrated, office for the profession of female novices, who promise to live secundum regulam sancti Benediciti. The Illumination within this Prayer Book shows considerable similarities with those of the Master of Francois de Rohan, active in Paris from c. 1525 - 1546. $750
	Manuscript #18007 This is a hand written manuscript leaf from a Koran, Persia, middle of the 15th century, on paper (325 x 220 mm). This leaf comes from a large-sized Koran of fourteen lines of black Nasta’liq script and is of fine quality. All the leaves have elegant marginal devises recto and verso. This is a most imposing example from the Islamic Holy Book dating from about (1553 – 1558). Verso fourteen lines of black Nasta’liq script. Condition of this leaf is fine [F]. $450
	Manuscript #18931 This is an illuminated medieval manuscript Psalter leaf, in Latin, on vellum, Flanders, second half of the thirteen century (125 x 90 mm). There are eighteen lines in a rather small gothic script with single bar borders and serrated line extenders in pink, blue, and burnished gold. Verso: Eighteen lines of gothic script. Considering the age of this leaf, we rate is as Fine [F]. $575
	Manuscript #25460 This is a 1288 A.D. document, on vellum, written in Medieval Latin, (80 x 195 mm.) from the Abbess Jutta von Arnsberg of Freckenhorst, Germany with seal intact hanging from the original tab. There is a connection between Abbess Jutta von Arnsberg and Archbishop Frederick III von Saarwerden. Jutta’s Mother was Princess Adelheid von Blieskastel. The Blieskastel family were the ancestors of the Saarwerden family. The vellum is related to an annuity for goods purchased in association with the annual feast of St. Martin’s. The abbess served at the convent from 1272 – 1298, and her family lineage has been traced back to the ninth century. Her father was a Count, her mother a princess, and her other relatives were knights. The document has been translated from medieval Latin to contemporary Latin (readable). There are remains of mounts on the verso of this, otherwise fine document. From the collection sold at BoysTown. $1,750
	Manuscript #26405 This is a leaf from a Book of Hours, Holland, in Dutch, circa 15th century, on vellum. There are twenty-one lines of Gothic script in black ink, ruled in brown, with versal initials alternating in blue and red inks, delicate floral pen work in red and blue inks which create an exquisite panel border; major initial in blue pen work infilled with a floral on rectangular grounds. Verso: twenty-one lines of Gothic script. Condition of this leaf is Fine. $650
	Manuscript #32531 A leaf from a Koran, India, late 15th century, on paper (150 x 115 mm). There are fifteen lines to the page written in elegant bihari script with diacritics in black, the word Allah picked out in gold throughout, illuminated rosettes between verses, margins ruled in blue and red, illuminated devices in margins, sura headings in white on gold panels. Verso: fifteen lines to the page written in elegant bihari script. Condition of this leaf is just under fine [F-]. $375
	Manuscript #33440 A rare leaf from an astronomical table, measuring and recording the movement of the constellations, the fixed stars and the longitudes and latitudes for certain cities in the Muslim world, North African, Zij Ibn al-Raffa, 18th Century on paper, 17 - 19 lines of text to the page, copied in black, red and blue ink, within ruled borders (235 x 185 mm). Verso: 17 - 19 lines of text to the page, copies in black, red and blue ink, within ruled borders. Condition of this leaf is fine [F]. $350
	#24076 A framed leaf from an illuminated Qajar Koran during the rule of Nasir al-Din Shah (1848-1896), Persian, Tehran. 1866, on paper (220 x 200mm.). There are fourteen lines of text of bold naskhi script in a competent hand within gilded cloud-bands and ruled borders; small roundels make the verse endings, illuminated marginal ornaments, sura heading in red thuluth script within illuminated rectangles. Verso: fourteen lines of text of bold naskhi script in a competent hand within gilded cloud-bands and ruled borders. Condition of this leaf is Fine. $285
	#31393 A framed Leaf Qur’an, Kashmir, 19th Century, Manuscripts on gold sprinkled paper, with fourteen lines of black Naskh script within gold rules, illuminated marginal medallions. Sura headings in white within gold panels, illuminated opening, middle and final bifolios (240 x 145 mm.). $425
	#39220 A fairly large framed leaf from an illuminated Koran, Safavid Persia, early 17th century on paper (260 x 165 mm.). There are ten lines to the page written in large Naskhi script with diacritics and vowel points in black and red ink, gold roundels decorated with blue dots between verses, margins ruled in blue and gold, catch words in wide margins, illuminated marginal devices, occasional marginal commentaries, sura headings written in thuluth script on illuminated panels. $400
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