| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of valuable printed books, autograph letters and historical documents, Western & Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : comprising a heraldic collection, including manuscripts by Sir Robert Cooke and Sir Bevill Skelton ; also works in English literature, notably the first edition of Omar Khayyam, 1859, in wrappers, uncut [...] a group of medieval Egyptian and Mesopotamian miniatures ; Mughal miniatures by Hunhar and Mir Kalan ; and a highly important sixth-century biblical manuscript from the monastery of St. Catherine of Sinai, the property of D. Maclaren, Esq. |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1954 |
| Physical desc. |
40 pages, [10] leaves of plates ; illustrations (some folded) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
12/04/1954; 13/04/1954 |
| Including property of Rt. Hon. Lord Derwent, Lord R. Crichton-Stuart, Provost and Fellows of Eton College, Charles Ramsden, Henry S. Reitlinger, Col. Sir Ronald Wingate and Col. Sir James L. Sleeman |
| Copy 1 annotated by J.V.S. Wilkinson. |
| Date & place of sale |
Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 April 1954, London |
| Person as subject |
Derwent, George Harcourt Johnstone -- Baron -- 1899-1949 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Crichton-Stuart, R. -- Lord -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Ramsden, Charles -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Reitlinger, Henry S. -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Wingate, Ronald -- Sir -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Sleeman, James L. -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Corporate name |
Eton College -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Rare books -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
