Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
Title |
Western and Oriental miniatures : including the property of the late Frank Jenkins, Esq., the property of A.R. Garling, Esq. of Sydney, Australia, and comprising Persian, Moghul and Bukhara miniatures, notably a page by Basawan from Akbar's MS of Babur's Memoirs; a finely illustrated Shah Nama; a noble 15th century manuscript written for Qa'it Bey, Sultan of Egypt; French and Flemish books of hours; and Cardinal Raphael Riario's Cicero, written by Bartolomeo Sanvito |
Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1954 |
Physical desc. |
23 pages, [6] leaves of plates (two folded) ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Note |
14/06/1954 |
Copy 1 includes a loosely inserted, printed list of prices and buyers' names. |
Copy 1 annotated by J.V.S. Wilkinson (with indications of possible purchases of at least lots 16, 17, and 22). |
Copy 1 missing print on the title page verso (Conditions of Sale) and has the middle quire separated from the binding. |
Copy 2 includes a label from Maggs Bros. Ltd. pasted onto the front cover. |
Date & place of sale |
Monday 14 June 1954, London |
Person as subject |
Jenkins, Frank -- Library -- Catalogs |
Garling, A.R. -- Library -- Catalogs |
Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Tb 1711 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 914 |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |