| Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
| Title |
Catalogue of valuable printed books, manuscripts, autograph letters and drawings : the properties of Sir Charles Ponsonby, Bt., the Rev. Hugh Cuthbertson, M.A. and others |
| Publisher |
London : Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1962 |
| Physical desc. |
60 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
13/12/1962 |
| Including property of Sir C. Ponsonby, Rev. Hugh Cuthbertson |
| Annotated at: page 48, lot 196 ('£80'), (Sanskrit manuscript, 200 leaves) [InE 1472]; and page 50, lot 201 ('£8'), ('Prayer book and devotional texts, Amharic manuscript in black and red ink on vellum...'). |
| Handwritten slip between pages 50 and 51: 'Sir Chester bought No. 196 for £80 and No. 201 for £8. He bid up to £310 for No. 202 but it went to £400!!' |
| Also included (between pages 48 and 49) two sales catalogue cuttings: one of lot 183 ('Burmese manuscript' with 'Sinhalese' handwritten as a correction) from page 37 of a sale of 6 July 1964 [InE 1500]; the other of lot 182 ('[Fortune telling], Burmese manuscript', 34 leaves, early 19th century [Bu 1288]). Both are from a Sotheby's (London) sales catalogue of 6 July 1964, but not taken from the present CBL copy. |
| Date & place of sale |
Thursday 13 December 1962, London. |
| Person as subject |
Ponsonby, Charles Edward -- Sir -- 1879-1976 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Cuthbertson, Hugh -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- InE 1472 |
| Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Rare books -- Catalogs |
| First editions -- Catalogs |
| Authors' presentation copies -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Burmese -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Sinhalese -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
