Break-in at the palace of Ravaṇa Folio from a dispersed Ramayaṇa manuscript, Malwa, second

This scene from the Sixth Book of the Ramayaṇa, the Book of War, narrates one of the battles between the armies of Rama and Ravaṇa for the liberation of Sita. In this episode the army of monke

The Rasikapriya is a treatise on rhetoric that poet Keshavdas composed in 1591 at the court of Orchha. Due to its relevance, the text was widely disseminated and was often illustrated in painting, as

Three beautiful pages from the same manuscript, one of the cornerstones of Persian literature, the Khamsa (quintet) that the Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi composed in the second half of the 12th cen

AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SUN GOD SURYA KASHMIR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY folio from a dispersed manuscript, gouache on paper, heightened in gold, depicting Surya in a bejewelled carriage drawn by seven horse

AN ILLUSTRATED MINAIATURE FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED FERDOWSI'S SHAHNAMA MANUSCRIPT Safavid Iran, 16th - 17th century

India 16th century and earlier, A Composite Folio , comprising an illuminated title page from a dispersed manuscript of poetry, Layla and Majnun, with a fragment from a miniature, c.1500, laid in the

Six small Persian folios, Isfahan, Persia, 17th century, from a dispersed illustrated manuscript of the Fixed Stars , gouache with gold on paper, laid on card, approximately 130mm x 70mm approximately

[CHOIR BOOK; ILLUMINATED INITIALS.] Large Latin choir book, tooled leather binding. Folio (17 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.). Calf over wood boards, tooled with blocking design of vining, scrolling borders; four r

Pappus of Alexandria (circa 290-350 CE) Mathematicae Collectiones. Venice: Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem, apud Hieronymum Concordiam, 1589.Folio, second edition, lacking initial blank, translated

Cini de Pistorio in Codicem, Vol. II, 1517 A handwritten and illuminated manuscript, second of nine books dedicated to Justinian Law, in Latin [not collated, bug damage to pages, colored edges, rubbin

Shakespeare (William) Much adoe about Nothing [and] Loves Labour's Lost, from the Second Folio, pp.101-144, double column, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, trimmed with slight loss to head

Shakespeare (William) The Tragedy of Richard the Third, from the Second Folio, pp.173-204, double column, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, trimmed occasionally just touching ruled border but

Heading: Author: Shakespeare, William Title: The Tragedy of King Lear - 12 consecutive leaves from the second folio Place Published: [London] Publisher: Date Published: [1632] Descript

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Winters Tale. [London: Thomas Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632]. Second folio printing of the play, extracted from a copy of the Second Folio edition of Shakespeare. Loose sheets

Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Luttrell Psalter (The), one of 1480 copies, colour illustrations, prospectus etc loosely inserted, original royal blue goatskin by Smith Settle with blocked desi

A SET OF FOUR MUGHAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS SHOWING COURT SCENES BY HAIDAR KASHMIRI, CIRCA 1600 each ink and gold leaf on paper smallest: 31 x 17 cm (12 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.), largest: 34 x 22 cm (1

Heading: Author: Shakespeare, William Title: Three complete plays from the 1632 Second Folio edition of Shakespeare's works Place Published: [London] Publisher: Date Published: [1632]

A late 13th century Medieval Period Illuminated Manuscript folio leaf on vellum from a French Bible. Hand-written Latin text in two columns with Red and Blue illuminations and Gilded detail at recto a

The first manuscript folio written in Kufic script, in black ink on paper, with red ink beginning of surah. Two surahs, surah Ghafir (The forgiver), verses 76-85, and surah Fussilat (explained in deta

America, British West Florida.- George III. Letters Patent grant to John Ritson of 600 acres of land on the Mississippi, 3 sheets, first printed with manuscript insertions, second sheet small pen and

A FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED SHAHNAMA: Probably Delhi, India, 18th century Ink, gold and gouache on paper, illustrated on one side with an archer on horseback in a pit, shooting at another man who takes s

ALEXANDER II: (1818-1881) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Duke of Finland 1855-81. Assassinated. D.S., Alexander, two pages, folio, Livadia Palace, 30th September 1872, in Cyrillic. The manuscri

PHILIP III: (1578-1621) King of Spain 1598-1621. D.S., Yo el Rey, as King, a bold and large good youth signature example, one page, folio, Royal Palace of Valencia, 1st of February 1602, to Juan Alfon

Knolles, Richard The Generall Historie of the Turkes London: Adam Islip, 1610. Second edition, folio, engraved portraits in text, engraved title frayed, soiled and laid down, with some loss, lacks A2,