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H.M. Queen Elizabeth II signed 1985 Christmas card with gilt embossed Royal cyphers to the interior cover, colour photograph to the front cover of The Queen with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother in relaxed pose sitting on a bench, signed in ink 'Elizabeth R 1985' and Philip.


Quantity: 1 - Manuscript

Queen Elizabeth II - and Prince Philip Signed Christmas Card - 1985

This item will require an export permit from the Spanish Ministry of Culture if it needs to be shipped outside of Spain. This process can take approximately 1 to 3 months.

Álbum amicorum de finales del siglo XIX dedicado a Francisco Úbeda Antolínez. Muchos de los dibujos y

Varios - Álbum amicorum de Don Francisco Ubeda Antolínez - 1850

DEUTSCH.
Historisches Dokument: Originaler, eigenhändiger Brief (Autogramm) des Staatsmannes Léon Faucher aus Paris, datiert auf den 17. Februar 1853 (vermutlich an Adolphe Thiers)

Beschreibung & Historischer Kontext.
Ein hochspannendes und wissenschaftlich bedeutsames Autogramm

Léon Faucher (1803–1854) French economist, journalist, and statesman - Autograph signed Letter (probably to Adolphe Thiers) about political economy and economic research - 1853

Rare and Spectacular Original Papal Bull of Pope Leo XIII (c. 1878-1903)

Historical Description.
Rare and solemn Papal Bull issued during the pontificate of Leo XIII (born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, 1810–1903). Elected to the papal throne in 1878, Leo XIII was an

Papa Leone XIII - Bolla papale con Sigillo Plumbeo - Manoscritto su Pergamena - 1883

Italy: 19th century.

Fascicle of 4 pages (272×195 mm) entirely handwritten (except the last, blank on the verso) with an interesting historical-political account of the Rome Carnival of 1809, when the Papal States had just been annexed to the French Empire. The famous

Quantity: 2 - Manuscript

[Lotto di due manoscritti] - Relazione del Carnevale di Roma dell’anno 1809 - 1890

Life of Gian Carlo Antonelli, Bishop of Ferentino in Campagna. Paper manuscript, folio (270×205 mm), a gathering, unbound, of 12 unnumbered leaves.

[IN LOTTO CON:]

[AGAZZI, Vincenzo]. Office of Holy Week enriched with notes about the ancient and modern liturgy: with the exact

Quantity: 3 - Manuscript

[MANOSCRITTI] - Lotto di 3 manoscritti religiosi - 1783

A miniature leaf from a dispersed bi-lingual C17th Qur’an, a format especially associated with Ilkhanid and early Timurid manuscripts, with interlinear translation in red. It contains the end of chapter 81, Al-Takwir (Putting out the Sun), v.19-29, followed by the heading of

[Unknown] - Qur'anic leaf - 1680

An illuminated folio miniature from a Qur'an originating in the state of Bihar, India, circa 1425.  The leaf carries Surah Saba (Chapter 34, Sheba) v.31-37, one of the Qur'an's most vivid depictions of the Day of Judgement, the exchange between the arrogant and the oppressed as

Unknown - Qur'an - Bihar India - 1425


DEUTSCH.
TITELZEILE.
Józef Bohdan Zaleski (1802–1886; Nestor der polnischen Romantik) & Louis (Léon) de Wailly – Zwei kulturhistorisch hochbedeutende eigenhändige Briefe (ALS) aus Frankreich (1876 u. a.) zur polnischen Veteranenfrage und Emigrationsgeschichte – Unanfechtbare

Józef Bohdan Zaleski (1802–1886) Polish romantic poet & Louis de Wailly (1804–1864), European - 2 Autograph signed letters regarding Komisja Weteranów (Veterans' Commission) Polish Great - 1876

Division of a manuscript Quran on filigreed Ottoman paper.
Surah Al-A'raf (7) verses 179 to Surah Ibrahim (14) verse 25.
West African script.
Colophon on the first two pages indicating the date and the name of the copyist, and more rarely the parental names across six generations

Cheikh'Abd Al-Wahhãb - Coran manuscrit - caligraphie Maghrebî-Sahel - 1934

Exceptional manuscript from the 19th century, linked to Marcel-Blaise de Régis de La Colombière’s work, Commercial Knowledge of Goods or Descriptive Dictionary of all known articles of commerce, second edition, 1861.

Author’s stamp.

The manuscript comprises nearly 1,200

Marcel-Blaise de Régis de La Colombière, - Ensemble manuscrit lié à l'ouvrage de Marcel-Blaise de Régis de La Colombière - 1860

An anonymous, apocryphal autobiography attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. First published in French in 1817 by John Murray, one of the most prominent British printers of the time, the work achieved immediate success. It was immediately banned in France, but pirated editions were

[Napoleon] - Manoscritto giunto non si sa come dall'isola di S. Elena nel 1817 - 1830

A beautifully preserved and rare illuminated manuscript folio from a Qur'an originating in the state of Bihar, India, circa 1425. 

The folio contains scripture from Chapter 22, Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage), v:56-60 covering the fate of the disbelievers who denied God's signs,

Unknown - Quran India (Bihar), Surah Al-Hajj - 1425

Torah Bible Jewish Fragment 250+ Yrs Old From Yemen Handwritten on Deer parchment,

******Attention all Prospective Bidders*******

***This is an original,Torah Handwritten by a Sofer( scribe) on real animal Deer Skin Parchment***
***Aprox 250 yrs old****
***Original Hebrew

Quantity: 1 - Limited edition - Manuscript

Bible - Antique Manuscript Bible כתבי יד עתיקים Fragment From Yemen Handwritten בכתב יד on Deer Parchment - 1720

An attractive and finely decorated medieval manuscript leaf on parchment, originating from a French Book of Hours, dating to approximately 1390.

This remarkable leaf, more than 600 years old, is written by hand in Latin in a fine Gothic script and richly embellished with gilded

Anonyme - 14th century religious parchment with gilded floral decorations. - 1390

Italy: mid-19th century.

Manuscript (apocryphal?) containing some burlesque-satirical pieces by the poet Giuseppe Giusti (1809–1850) and published in print between 1844 and 1847. Of noble family, Giusti studied first in Florence and then in Pisa, where he earned a law degree in

GIUSTI, Giuseppe - Il Congresso di Pisa 1839 - 1850

A substantial Yemenite Hebrew manuscript codex on paper, comprising approximately 97 leaves (194 pages), written in a fine Yemenite semi-cursive book hand with extensive rubrication in red ink throughout. The volume includes decorative panelled borders, diagrammatic

Various authors — anonymous Yemenite scribe - Yemenite Hebrew Manuscript Anthology — Responsa, Wisdom Literature, Dream Interpretation, Tales, - 1858

Original manuscript - 16th century - on paper.

Condition: although more than 500 years old, the condition is good, but cut; the top, side and bottom edges miss a small portion of the text, the paper is slightly browned and has some stains. Elements that determine value: rarity,

Anonymous - Original Dutch Manuscript from religious musical Book - ca. 16th century - 1550

Private letter handwritten by the Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, John Acton, under the reign of Ferdinand IV, addressed to Count Ludolf, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Naples to the Ottoman Empire. The letter, signed by Acton with the Italianized name

Quantity: 1 - Signed by author - Manuscript

John Acton - Lettera autografata al Conte Ludolf.... Regno Due Sicilie Ferdinando IV Impero Ottomano - 1788

An illuminated Quranic manuscript leaf most likely produced in the Ottoman, dating back to AD1700.  The scripture is from Surah 4, An-Nisa (Women), v.69-75. It is written in bold black naskh. 

The verses of this manuscript establish a profound connection between absolute

Unknown - Qur'an - Ottoman - 1700

[Langres — Theological Manuscript — Oratorians]
Theological Disputations on Penitence, notably followed by the Tractates on the sacrament of matrimony and the Tractates on benefices. [Langres ?], 1664.489-(30)-94-91 pp.
A large manuscript Latin volume on paper, octavo, of 704

Quantity: 3 - Tipped in plates - Manuscript

[Langres ,Manuscrit Théologique , Oratoriens] - Disputationes theologicæ de Pœnitentia, suivies notamment des Tractatus de sacramento matrimonii et - 1664

A unique illustrated battle scene from a dispersed copy of Firdowsi's epic Shahnameh, depicting the battle/combat of Bahram, a major figure in Firdwosi's Shahnameh tradition. Bahram, son of Gudarz, appears in the cycle of wars between Iran and Turan. 

The illustration shows two

Firdowsi - Shahnameh - Illustration of Bahram's battle - 1780

Auktionsbeschreibung.
Spanien / Exil in Paris – Königin Isabella II. (1830–1904): Eigenhändig signiertes Weihnachtsschreiben („Yo la Reina“) an Kardinal José Milesi, Paris, 21. Dezember 1869.
Zum Angebot steht ein historisch hochbedeutsames, prachtvolles Original-Dokument der

Queen of Spain Isabella II (1830–1904) - Autograph Signed Christmas Letter ("Yo la Reina") to Cardinal José Milesi (1817–1905) - 1869

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