| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of valuable printed books, fine bindings, Oriental manuscripts and miniatures, autograph letters and historical documents : comprising a collection of English, French, German, Dutch and Italian bookbindings ; a presentation copy of T.S. Eliot, The waste land, 1923 [...] fine Persian miniatures; a handsomely illuminated Shiraz manuscript of Nizami; and the celebrated manuscript of the Razm Nama, executed by artists of the Emperor Akbar's atelier, the property of Gerald Reitlinger, Esq., the property of the Rt. Hon. Baron Inverchapel [...] also the last letter of the Duke of Monmouth, written on the eve of his execution |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1954 |
| Physical desc. |
55 pages, [10] plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
08/11/1954; 09/11/1954 |
| Including property of Rt. Hon. Baron Inverchapel, Gerald Reitlinger, Sheridan Russell, Mrs. Julian Vinogradoff, and books sold on behalf of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, donated by members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. |
| Includes a loosely inserted, printed list of prices and buyers' names. |
| Annotated by J.V.S. Wilkinson, including on the front cover ('Bought. Lots 197 to 200'). |
| Date & place of sale |
Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 November 1954, London |
| Person as subject |
Clark Kerr, Archibald John Kerr -- Baron Inverchapel -- 1882-1951 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Reitlinger, Gerald -- 1900-1979 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Russell, Sheridan -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Vinogradoff, Julian -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 901 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 907 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 920 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 921 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Bu 1263 |
| Rare books -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Burmese -- Catalogs |
| Authors' presentation copies -- Catalogs |
| First editions -- Catalogs |
