| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : including a series of late 18th century Indian natural history drawings ; fine Mughal miniatures, including a group from an Akbar-period manuscript of the history of the Barmecide family ; a hawking expedition attributed to Mir Sayyid 'Ali ; a portrait of Shahnawaz Khan by Ram Das ; Decanni, Central Indian, and Rajasthani miniatures, including a Bikaner miniature dated A.D. 1665 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures, including a leaf from the Majma al-Tavarikh ; fine drawings of the 17th century Isfahan school ; Persian lacquer and bindings ; an Armenian manuscript of the Four Gospels, A.D., 1745-6 ; a Georgian manuscript, Samadlobeli, A.D., 1746 ; an 18th century Ethiopic manuscript illuminated in the later Gondar style ; Arabic manuscripts including a Qur'an section of A.D. 1256 with contemporary gold-tooled binding, and a 14th century collection of treatises on geometry ; Persian and Turkish manuscripts, including an Anthology, Shiraz, c.1470-80 ; Nizami's Khamsa, 1527-8 ; Fuzuli's Hadiqat Us-su'ada, c.1530 ; and illustrated manuscripts of works by Firdausi, Tashrih Mansuri, and Hafiz |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1969 |
| Physical desc. |
163 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
01/07/1969 |
| Including property of: Rev. Gervase W. Markham, J.R. Meugens, H. de Vere Clifton, L.F. Sturge (from the collection of Sir Colin C. Scott-Moncrieff) and the late L. Illingworth-Butler, and other properties. |
| Copy 1: printed compliment slip from Sotheby & Co. attached to the front cover, with the following typed note: 'The property of the late Sir Chester A. [sic] Beatty, Per: John A. Wooderson, property no. J.338, lot no. 396' (Letter sent from Mahomet XVI of Morocco to Louis XVI of France). |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 62, lot 110 (In 07B); p. 151, lot 397 (Per 127). |
| Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 1 July 1969, London |
| Person as subject |
Beatty, Alfred Chester -- Sir -- 1875-1968 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Meugens, J.R. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Scott-Moncrieff, Colin Campbell -- Sir -- 1836-1916 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| De Vere Clifton, L.F. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Illingworth-Butler, L. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 127 |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Georgian -- Catalogs |
