| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of important Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : comprising the property of Prince Michael Radziwill [...] including Persian and Indian miniatures, including examples of the periods of Akbar and Jahangir ; a magnificent manuscript of the Gullistan of Sa'di, written in Herat in 1500 for Sultan Husayn Mirza and illustrated with eight miniatures attributed to Bihzad ; fine French, Italian and Spanish miniatures, many from the Crawford of Lakelands or Holford collections, including a very fine Emilian fourteenth-century miniature and examples by the 'Master of the manuscript of St. George', Bartolomeo della Gatta and Vincenzo Raimondi... |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1961 |
| Physical desc. |
65 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) ; illustrations (1 color) ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
11/04/1961 |
| Including property of Prince M. Radziwill, John M. Stevens, Sir Robert Leighton, A.R.H. Mann, C.W. Dyson Perrins and Commander M.E. Wentworth |
| Copy 1: annotated with prices next to lot entries, including lots 63-66 (Ac 2251-Ac 2256 and Ac 2258-Ac 2259): 'Property of the late Sir Robert Leighton'. |
| Copy 1 contains a loosely inserted note card with handwritten CB accession numbers matched with CB Ethiopian manuscript numbers (between pages 14 & 15). |
| Copy 1 has a printed label from Maggs Bros. Ltd. pasted onto the front cover. |
| Copy 2: missing pages 15 & 16 (1 leaf), cut; annotated (lots 69 & 70 marked with a line next to each). |
| Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 11 April 1961, London |
| Person as subject |
Radziwill, M. -- Prince -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Stevens, John M. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Leighton, Robert -- Sir -- 1884-1959 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Mann, A.R.H. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Perrins, Charles William Dyson -- 1864-1958 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Wentworth, M. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 909 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 910 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 915 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 922 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 923 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 932 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- W 934 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- Bu 1248 |
| Chester Beatty -- Manuscript -- Thi 1355 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ethiopian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Burmese -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Thai -- Catalogs |
