The adolescent heroine, Folio from a dispersed Rasikapriya manuscript Rajasthan, Mewar, second

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

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

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

Two Indian miniature paintings, Northern India, 18th / 19th century, one depicting a ruler with attendants on a terrace, labelled in Nastaliq script, the other a folio from dispersed manuscript of Fir

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

American Negro Poet.- Russell (Irwin, poet, 1853-79) A Negro Sermon, manuscript, 2pp., sepia watercolour portrait laid down on second page, slightly browned, folio, [c. 1876].

In 1640, Maharana Jagat Singh of the Mewar (r. 1628–1652) began a major campaign to illustrate religious and epic texts from the Hindu tradition. The first result of this project was a manuscri

[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

18th century manuscript concerning construction of church in Castro Chile, most likely the Church of San Francisco that was finally completed in 1771. Includes very interesting folding table at the en

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

Folio Society.- Manuscript facsimile.- Liber Bestiarum. MS Bodley 764, one of 1980 copies, facsimile volume with colour illustrations, original orange goatskin blocked with design by David Eccles, g.e

Property of a Okatie, SC Estate Description: Folio Society Manuscript Facsimile of the Liber Bestiarum MS Bodley 764, the manuscript facsimile hand bound in full goatskin leather, blocked in gold

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NO RESERVE Folio Society.- Manuscript Facsimile.- Getty Apocalypse (The), one of 1000 copies, colour illustrations, original morocco-backed pictorial parchment by Smith Settle with a blocked design by

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