(2) ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. PRE 16THCENTURY. TOinclude a medieval illuminated page on vellum 6 1/2" by 4 1/2". Good condition. A Persian manuscript of poetry with chapter lead. 13 1/2" high by 9 1/4" wide. Shows...
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1992 THE CODEX MENDOZA COMPENDIUM, 4VOLUMESNorth America, United States, California, ca. 1992 CE. Written by Frances F. Berdan and Patricia Rieff Anawalt. Published by the University of California Press. A remarkable...
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16TH C. SPANISH COLONIAL STEEL / IRONBROAD RAPIERWestern Europe or North America, Spain or Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 16th century CE. A striking broad rapier, known as an espada ropera in Spanish or...
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21 BAROQUE ENGRAVINGS OF ARMOR (CUSTODIS-FONTANA)DavidCustodis (German, active early 17th century) after Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, 1524-1587), ca. early 17th century CE. Twenty one early Baroque engravings, broadsheets...
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15TH C. JAVANESE MAJAPAHIT BRASS SARASWATIFIGURESoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Eastern Java, Majapahit Empire, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. This is a rare brass depiction of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, the goddess of...
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17TH C. OTTOMAN LEATHERBOUND MANUSCRIPTOF ISLAMIC TEXT...Near East, likely Ottoman Empire, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A remarkable, leatherbound book containing hundreds of laid-paper pages of an Islamic text...
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19TH C. CHINESE QING SCHOLAR'S STONEOF PETRIFIED WOOD**Originally Listed At $1500**
East Asia, China, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A fine "gongshi" also known as a scholar's stone that is actually...
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ROBERT WOODRUFF FUNERAL MUSIC MANUSCRIPTMac Frampton (American/Georgia, 20th/21st century). Musical manuscript of arrangement by Frampton of religious music sang by niece Nell Watt at Robert Winship Woodruff's funeral....
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THREE HAND-WRITTEN 18TH/EARLY 19TH C.MANUSCRIPTS, INCLUDING: NEW LONDON, CT, PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD MILITARY DOCUMENT, C. MAY 1774, CONTAINING A LIST OF SOLDIERS BELONGING TO THE SECOND COMPANY WHO WERE...
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Gilman Marston Civil War General andPolitician Manuscript Archive 233 letters 82 essays and speeches ca.80 deeds receipts and miscellaneous business records. Ca 1830-1900 (bulk 1834-1859). A son of Orford New...
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Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins....
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CSN Engineer Benjamin S. Herring Archive1853-1891 This fine lot features the following: Benjamin Herring's gray military vest with four attached naval buttons plus six unattached naval buttons most likely from the...
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Ben E. Green Politician & Colonel UnpublishedHandwritten Memoirs & Related Ephemera 406pp manuscript; 2 pamphlets. Ca 1900. It never ceases to amaze how so many arguments for the causes of the Civil come together combine...
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1 vol. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Poems.London: F.S. Ellis, 1870. First published edition. 8vo, orig. gilt floral & circular decorated blue green cloth, gilt-lettered & decorated spine; edges untrimmed; corners...
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