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221 Catalogue of fine scientific instruments: comprising a Japanese 4-draw telescope, an early 18th century surveyor's level, by Thomas Heath, a rare early Marshall microscope, an eight-day marine chronometer, by Charles Frodsham, and ivory pillar dial for the Italian hours, dated 1573, silver 'Butterfield' dials, by Michael Butterfield and Nicolas Bion, ivory diptych dials, microscopes, pocket globes and universal equatorial sun dials ; and watches and table clocks, comprising early quarter-repeating verge watch, a Scandinavian silver-cased chaise watch, signed Peder Nottestad, Christiania, a four-train verge chaise watch, signed Sebastian Bauman, a gold pair-cased half-quarter repeating cylinder watch, by Thomas Grignion -- gold and enamel cased watches and chatelaines, Breguet no. 2183, a quarter repeating ruby cylinder, a sixteenth century circular table clock with the inscription Pierre Avvray, and a late sixteenth century tabernacle clock [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1968   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
222 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising Mughal, Deccani and Kangra miniatures; Arabic manuscripts of the Quran; a Turkish manuscript of Hasan Chalabi's Tazkira; Persian manuscripts of Nizami's Iskandar-namah and Firdausi's Shahnama ; Italian, French and German miniatures, books of hours, psalters and choir books... [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1953   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
223 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising illuminated leaves from an Eastern French fourteenth-century biblical manuscript, the property of Gerald Reitlinger, Esq. ; an attractive Parisian early fifteenth-century Office of the Virgin, the property of Mrs. Nadine Wesley Smith ; interesting medieval text, and humanistic, MSS. ; a richly decorated French Renaissance horae, the property of E. Korner, Esq. ; also, the Andre de Coppet collections: part I, the property of the late Mr. Andre de Coppet of New York [...] comprising an exceptional Mesopotamian 13th century MS with 110 drawings ; a Sanscrit 15th century illuminated MS ; Spanish and English Romanesque MSS ; the Beaulieu Abbey Cantulary ; Mandeville's Itinerarium ; an interesting Venetian binding, perhaps from San Giorgio Maggiore ; MSS of the Vaticinia Pontificum, with fine drawings ; a handsomely decorated Speculum humanae salvationis ; a very attractive Bruges horae ; a MS from the library of Margaret of York ; and a noble Froissart, from the Clumber collection [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1954   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 2.
224 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising the property of the late William Withal, Esq., the property of Dennis Haworth, the property of J.R.W. Blathwayt ; and including a fine fifteenth-century Nizami and a most attractive Shiraz Hafiz ; a Haggadah, written and illuminated at Hamburg, 1767/8 ; an important early Byzantine illuminated manuscript [...] also a magnificent Bolognese 13th century Bible, perhaps illuminated by Oderisi da Gubbio or Franco Bolognese, the property of Denstone College, Staffs. [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1955   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
225 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the property of Sir Richard Brooke, the property of Dr Eva Short, the property of David M. Wacher, Esq., the property of the Education Trust, Ltd. (Bembridge School) ; and including a medical manuscript in Anglo-Saxon ; the early 15th century Flaunden missal ; a book of devotions magnificently decorated in the atelier of Philippe de Mazerolles ; fine books of hours executed in Paris, Bourges, Le Mans, the Valley of the Loire, Flanders and Italy ; a Cicero written by Bartolomeo Sanvito for Cardinal Raphael Riario ; manuscripts by Graily Hewitt ; also a collection of Persian miniatures, the property of Mrs M. Clifton, etc. [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1956   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
226 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the property of Sir Richard Brooke, the property of Dr Eva Short, the property of David M. Wacher, Esq., the property of the Education Trust, Ltd. (Bembridge School) ; and including a medical manuscript in Anglo-Saxon ; the early 15th century Flaunden missal ; a book of devotions magnificently decorated in the atelier of Philippe de Mazerolles ; fine books of hours executed in Paris, Bourges, Le Mans, the Valley of the Loire, Flanders and Italy ; a Cicero written by Bartolomeo Sanvito for Cardinal Raphael Riario ; manuscripts by Graily Hewitt ; also a collection of Persian miniatures, the property of Mrs M. Clifton, etc. [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1956   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
227 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising Persian and Indian miniatures ; a Samaritan Pentateuch, 13th/14th century ; and the Mahdi's Koran, removed from his tomb at the time of the capture of Khartoum ; French, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, German and English miniatures, of the 12th to the 16th century ; and a remarkable series of Mexican seventeenth-century illuminations, including the property of the late Professor Vladimir Simkhovitch of New York City ; English, French, Flemish and Italian books of hours, including the property of G.H. Tolson, Esq. [...] also a finely decorated Utrecht book of hours, the property of W. Mack, Esq. of Blaricum, Netherlands [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1960   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
228 Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising a Mamluk miniature of the 14th century ; six miniatures from a Herati MS of the period of Shah Rukh ; fine miniatures by Mu'in Musawwir and Govardhan ; a series of miniatures of Christian subjects by Mughal artists of the period of Akbar ; and other Persian, Mughal and provincial Indian miniatures, including a collection of lively Kalighat drawings ; a portion of a twelfth-century Qur'an ; a fifteenth-century Persian Nizami ; a sixteenth-century Shiraz Nizami ; a seventeenth-century Bukharan Nizami ; and a Hafiz from the collection of the Emperor Jahangir ; French and Italian miniatures, including two by a follower of Lorenzo Monaco and a Perugian example by a follower of Matteo di Ser Cambio ; a fine and rare Perugian illuminated office from the Dyson Perrins collection [...] and a fine series of Nuremberg illuminated choirbooks ; a finely illuminated breviary for the abbey of St. Peter of Blandin, Ghent [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1965   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
229 Catalogue of first day's sale : Japanese works of art: comprising the well-known collection of netsuke, the property of L.A. Luxmoore, Esq., including a magnificent ivory tiger and young by Tomotada ; a fine wood and ivory fish leaping a waterfall ; a group of rats by Ittan ; a pair of rats in ivory by Mitsuhiro ; an important wood eagle signed Masano ; a monkey in a tree trunk by Kwaigyokusai ; second day's sale, comprising the property of the late F.A. Richards, Esq. [...] including Fuchikashira ; fine netsuke in wood, ivory and lacquer ; superb inro including the celebrated blue lacquer inro from the Behrens collection ; lacquer boxes, trays, pipecases, including Kobaku, Kogo, Suzuri Bako and Bunko [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1964   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
230 Catalogue of fourteen illuminated manuscripts and fifteen early printed books (including five Pigouchet horae on vellum), together with the Credo of Charles V in gold & enamel case, and a picture of the Battle of Cannae, ascribed to Jean Foucquet, the property of Henry Yates Thompson [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1921   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 2.
231 Catalogue of French nineteenth and twentieth century paintings and drawings: the property of Mrs Edward Hutton of Westbury, Long Island [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1964   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
232 Catalogue of good netsuke, inro and lacquer and Japanese ceramics [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1980   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
233 Catalogue of highly important Japanese prints, illustrated books, drawings... from the Henri Vever collection [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1974   Shelf Location: RL Large.
Number of Holdings: 2.
234 Catalogue of highly important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: the property of the Kevorkian Foundation comprising Persian miniatures ; comprising Persian miniatures, including leaves from manuscripts of the Manafi al-Hayawan [c. 1300], the Kalilah wa Dimnah [c. 1333] ; the Shahnameh [c. 1340 and c. 1480], the Zafar Nama [c. 1436] and Sa'di's Kulliyat [c. 1580] ; miniatures attributed to Muhammad Mu'min [c. 1590], Muhammad Muhsin [c. 1650], Mu'in, 1696, 'Ali Quli Jabbadar, c. 1690 and Muhammad Hadi [c. 1775] ; two 14th century Mamluk designs for automata ; Indian miniatures, including examples attributed to Mir Sayyid 'Ali [c. 1550], Bihzad ibn 'Abd al-Samad, Basawan, [c. 1595], Abdul Qadir and Ibrahim Khan Naqash [c. 1650], and other Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures of the 16th to the 19th century ; also leaves from 16th century manuscripts of the Baburnama and the Harivamsa ; Mamluk, Persian and Turkish bookbindings ; a Qur'an by the scribe Yahyar ibn Mansur ibn Harrah, and a fine illuminated Qur'an of the 14th century ; fine illuminated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, dated 1444, 1459, 1539, and c. 1550 ; and manuscripts of the 16th and 17th centuries illuminated in the styles of Shiraz, Qazwin, Khurasan and Isfahan ; also the 'Bellini Album' [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1967   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
235 Catalogue of highly important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures, the property of the Kevorkian Foundation: comprising calligraphy and illumination, including Qur'an leaves from the 9th to the 15th century, Mamluk and Persian illumination, calligraphy by Kamal al-Din Husayn and 'Imad Al-Husayni ; three 14th century Mamluk designs for Automata, Persian miniatures, including leaves from manuscripts of the Manafi al-Hayawan (c. 1300), the Kalilah wa Dimnah (c. 1333), the 'Demotte' Shahnama, the Zafar nama (c.1436) and the Shahnama executed for Isma 'Il II ; miniatures attributed to Bihzad, 'Abd Al-Samad, Wali, Nuri Isfahani, Riza-i 'Abbasi, Muhammad Yusuf, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad 'Ali and Mu'in ; Turkish miniatures, including two late 16th century portraits of sultans ; Indian miniatures, including leaves from manuscripts of the Baburnama (c. 1590), the Akbarnama, and the Razmnama (c. 1616) ; a miniature attributed to Mir Taqi, an early 17th century miniature of the Virgin and Child, and leaves from an album made for Shah Jahan ; manuscripts of the Qur'an, and a manuscript written by Sultan 'Ali Al-Mashhadi ; an illuminated manuscript of the Shahnama dated 1457, and manuscripts illustrated in the styles of Shiraz, Tabriz, Bukhara, Qazwin and Isfahan ; a Turkish manuscript of Yusuf and Zuklaykha (c. 1580), and a manuscript of the Zafar nama with early seventeenth century Mughal miniatures [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1969   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
236 Catalogue of highly important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: the property of the Kevorkian Foundation : comprising Persian, Arabic, and Turkish calligraphy, including Qur'an leaves of the 11th and 12th century, and examples of nasta'liq and naskhi calligraphy ; a Mamluk design for an automaton, (c. 1315) ; Persian miniatures, including a leaf from the 'Demotte' Shahnama, miniatures in the Inju, Shiraz and Turkman styles, a leaf from the Shahnama executed for Shah Isma'il II, and drawings and miniatures in the styles of Qazwin and Isfahan ; a late sixteenth-century Turkish miniature of a picnic ; Indian miniatures, including a leaf from a manuscript of the Baburnama (c. 1590), a portrait of Babur (c. 1600), leaves from an album made for Shah Jahan with examples of his writing, and Mughal and Rajasthani miniatures of the 17th to 19th century ; manuscripts of the Qur'an of the 10th to 18th century, Nizami's Khamsa dated 1449, a manuscript of Jami's Yusuf and Zulaykha from the Imperial Mughal Library, Firdausi's Shahnama dated 1497 with miniatures by Muhammad Musa, Nizami's Khamsa dated 1521 with miniatures in the Shiraz style, and manuscripts illustrated in the styles of Shiraz, Tabriz, Bukhara, Qazwin and Khurasan [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1970   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
237 Catalogue of illuminated miniatures and single leaves from the ninth to the sixteenth century: a pair of illuminated leaves, from the long-lost text of the Hours of Etienne Chevalier, by Jean Fouquet, Paris 1452-56 ; thirty long-lost illuminated fragments from the Bible of Conradin of Hohenstauffen, c.1260-68 (in five lots) ; The Visitation, a miniature from a book of hours, from the workshop of the Boucicaut Master, 1408 ; Lancelot on horseback defeating one of the four knights, a miniature from Lancelot, The quest for the Holy Grail and The death of King Arthur, Paris, c.1430 ; Pentecost, a large historiated initial 'C', Milan, c.1430 ; Christ before Pilate, a miniature from a book of hours, probably by Jean Colombe under Fouquet's influence, Tours, c.1470 ; twenty-five miniatures from a book of hours, in the style of Jean Bourdichon, Loire Valley, late 15th century ; Mass of St. Gregory, a miniature from a book of hours, Ghent or Bruges, c.1500 ; David and Bathsheba, a large miniature from a book of hours, Paris, early 16th century ; a single manuscript leaf from a northern French ninth-century bible, taken from the Book of Zacharias ; a single manuscript leaf from the Ghistelles Hours, Flanders, c.1300 ; Christ enthroned adored by seven angels, and an angel blowing a trumpet, two large historiated initials from the same choirbook, probably Rimini, early 14th century ; four scenes from the life of Christ, on a single large illuminated leaf, north eastern France, c.1350 ; and the Flight into Egypt, a large miniature from a book of hours, northern France, possibly Rouen, c.1480. [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1981   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
238 Catalogue of important ancient American, Mexican, Mayan and Peruvian pottery and sculpture: including Mohicha, Nazca and Tiahuanaco pottery ; an Aztec stone figure of a lizard ; a fine Aztec stone figure of the Goddess of Water ; an unusual Nayarit standing female figure, the property of an American educational institution ; and an interesting Costa Rica stone figure ; also African, Asiatic and Oceanic art, the property of the late Mrs Julius Spier [...] and other owners [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1958   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
239 Catalogue of important Chinese ceramics and works of art: including early wares : a Han cocoon-shaped jar with imperial wood stand, [...] Ming porcelain : a fourteenth century copper-red decorated kendi, [...] Qing monochromes : two fine tea-dust vases [...] other Qing wares : an extensive group of blue and white, [...] works of art : an imperial Qianlong jade bowl carved with twin fish, green jadeite carvings, rhinoceros horns, glass and metalwork [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's Hong Kong, Ltd 1979   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
240 Catalogue of important Chinese ceramics and works of art: including early ceramics : a large Tang horse and a phoenix head ewer, two rare Yingqing pillows and a carved Dingyao dish, a large Yuan Yingqing figure of Buddha ; Ming blue and white [...] ; various Ming wares [...] ; Qing porcelain [...] ; works of art : a large dated Qianlong jade musical stone, a Qianlong gilt bronze and painted enamel vase [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's Hong Kong, Ltd 1981   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.

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