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Eighty-five P G Wodehouse books, including French Leave, Sam the Son, Blanding, Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, Company for Henry, Folio Society Short Stories, Folio Society The Plums of P G Wodehouse, Blandings Castle, Ukridge, Hot Water, The Clicking of Cuthbert, etc.

Annelise Firth (b.1961) folio of monoprints and etchings to include Girl with Fan and similar works, all signed and dated. (17)

Clutterbuck, Robert: History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford; Compiled from the Best Printed Authorities and Original Records,.. In 3 volumes. Nichols, Son and Bentley 1815-27. Folio, list of subscribers. Cont. half leather; rubbed; Vol.1 inner hinges cracked and the block has come away from the covers. (3)

Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in England and Wales. By the most eminent British Artists. With a Description of each Seat. Harrison & Co. N.D. C1788 (Plates dated 1786-88). After two counts, I can only find 99 plates of the 100, Hence missing one plate. Oblong 4to. Later half leather; light damp staining; Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, & c. of Noblemen & Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland. Forming part of the general Series of Jones' Great Britain Illustrated. L, Jones & Co. 1829, 1st. Edn. Engraved title page with vignette plus 298 engraved views on 149 Plates. 4to. Near cont. half leather over marbled boards and marbled endpapers. With the bookplate of 'Martin Drury' to front pastedown. VG Joseph Pannell: The Work of Charles Keene With an Introduction and Comments on the Drawings.. New York, R H Russell, 1897, 1st. Edn. With an Original Etching by Keene, mounted & bound in at the front, together with an autograph letter sent from 55 Baker Street, to S Read (10 lines), Signed is full & tipped-in to the front blank. Folio, original cloth gilt; rubbed and with tears to the spine; Edward Horswell: Sculpture of Les Animaliers 1900-1950. Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers Ltd, 2019, Title page Inscribed and signed by Edward. VG+ (4)

Polwhele, Rev. Richard: Devonshire. 3 vols. In one. Trewman & son for Cadell Johnson & Silly, 1797-1806. 1st. Edn. Folio, 3/4 leather; rubbed and the block is loose from covers. A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex. Including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the City and Diocese of Chichester, 2 volumes in 3 (vol.2 in two parts). T. Bensley & others, 1815-1832. With a total of 81 maps and plates, some hand-coloured. 4to. Half leather, vol.1 lacking the covers. (4)

Th. M. M. van Grieken: De plant in hare ornamentale behandeling. Groningen: J. H. v. d. Weijer, 1888. Met fraaie chromolitho's en onder andere 38 albumplaten. Losbladig, in folio gekartonneerd portfolio. Compleet. Schaars. Conditie: In redelijke staat, platen meest in goede conditie. Afmetingen: 42x29,5 cm.

Jacques Basnage: 't Groot Waerelds Tafereel. Verbeeldende in Konst-Prenten de Heilige en Waereldsche Geschiedenissen zedert den Aanvang des Waerelds, etc. etc. Amsterdam: J. Lindenbergh, 1721. In leer, folio. Met 2 frontispices, 2 portretten, 45 vignetten, 140 prenten en 3 grote prenten. Kaart op dubbele pagina van Griekenland en de Middellandse Zee los ingelegd, de wereldkaart op dubbele pagina ogenschijnlijk afwezig. Conditie: Zeer redelijk, leer iets ingescheurd op de knepen, binnenwerk met enkele kleine defecten. Afmetingen: 44,3 x 29 x 5,7 cm.

Suze Andriessen (1850-1924): De Hedendaagsche Piet de Smeerpoets. Amsterdam: Van Holkema en Warendorf, [1897]. Oblong folio prentenboek met papieren platten in chromolithografie, het binnenwerk met gelithografeerde prenten. Conditie: Redelijk: rug verstevigd met een stuk linnen, platten gekreukt en met enkele ontbrekende stukjes, enkele plaatsen verstevigd met tape (met name voorin). Naam in inkt bovenaan de eerste pagina. Afmetingen: 24x36 cm.

A MAHOGANY AND BRASS FOLIO STAND possibly Bunyard of London (no stamps to mounts), the folding easel stand articulated with extendable supports, with brass mounts to a large folder with central clasp, (requiring restoration throughout), 91cm high x 81cm long x 41cm deep

FOLIO SOCIETY MORRIS, J. Pax Britannica 3 vols. plus RUNCIMAN, S. A History of the Crusades 3 vols. plus 1 other, all in s/cases (7)

Folio of unframed studies of Flowers

KNIGHT, H.G. Saracenic & Norman Remains to Illustrate the Normans in Sicily 1840, J. Murray, London, cont. hf. moroc, folio of 30 tinted litho plts. incl. pictorial title, 3 of which are coloured

Dingle, John Edwin (Editor): The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China, North China Daily News & Herald Ltd, Shanghai, (1917), 2nd. Edn. Large folio, A Work Devoted to its Geography & Resources and Economic & Commercial Development. Containing 25 Bi-Lingual Maps, With Complete Indexes, and Many Coloured Graphs. Compiled and Translated from the latest and most authoritative surveys and records by the staff of the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment, Shanghai, China; Plus: Geological-Geophysical Atlas of the Indian Ocean. Moscow, 1975, DW, Folio (2)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.

Dingle, John Edwin (Editor): The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China, North China Daily News & Herald Ltd, Shanghai, (1917), 2nd. Edn. Large folio, A Work Devoted to its Geography & Resources and Economic & Commercial Development. Containing 25 Bi-Lingual Maps, With Complete Indexes, and Many Coloured Graphs. Compiled and Translated from the latest and most authoritative surveys and records by the staff of the Far Eastern Geographical Establishment, Shanghai, China; and Population atlas of China. Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1987. Folio (2)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.

CHINA: Views of Shanghai During the Great Snowfall of 1893, Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, [1893]. Fist edition, oblong folio (285 x 360mm), three-page preface, 12 collotypes with captioned tissue-guards, original sewn pictorial wrappers, printed decoration to inside. Covers a little rubbed. 'The winter of 1892-3 will be long referred to as the most severe within the limits of Western memory in Shanghai; and as this year, 1893, is the Jubilee of these great Settlements, a pictorial representation of Shanghai in her winter dress will, we trust, be considered both timely and interesting.' This publication was printed by Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929), the foremost publisher of collotype books in Tokyo. It is amongst the rarest photo books about ShanghaiProvenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.

A group of Chinese printed Buddhist texts and stories, 19 folios, after Shijia rulai yinghua shiji, originally published in the 13th year of Jiaqing (1808), illustrating episodic scenes from the Life of the Buddha, each folio with illustrations on one side and explanatory text on the reverse, each folio measuring 43 x 70cm (19) Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London. 释迦如来应化事迹 Condition ReportAll with foxing and staining marks. Two hard paper boards with tears to edges. Album imcomplete.

[Esper Esperovich Ukhtomsky]: (The Chinese Version of): Journey to the East of His Imperial Highness the Tsesarevich 1890-1891. 1898, Folio, Original Full vellum with elaborate gilt decoration. The only edition found in the public market other than one kept in the National Library of Russia and two formerly in the Qing imperial collection and now in the Palace Museum, Beijing and Peking University collection respectively, VGProvenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.目录页记:《俄太子东游记》, '王爵吴克托穆斯基'， '德来泽城璞洛喀次书坊藏板', '光绪戊戌年'(1898)Condition ReportA short surface scratch to the cover.light soiling and general wear commensurate with age and use.Minor staining to the edges of several pages.The ends of the tassel have unravelled slightly due to age.

General Chinese art, including: Giès, Jacques: Les Arts de l'Asie Centrale. La collection Paul Pelliot du Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet. Vol. 1, Folio, slipcase, Hu, H. H. and W. Y. Chun: Icones Plantarum Sinicarum, volume one only; Shanghai bowuguan cang qingtongqi. (Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum) Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 1964. (2 vol. Text and plates); etc. (qty.)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.

Chinese Art: Osvald Siren: collection, including: Les Peintures Chinoises Dans Les Collections Americaines, 3 vols. Planches 81-2000. Paris, 1928, Folio, slipcase; Ars Asiatica: vol. vii- Documents d'arts Chinois; Plus: Nott, S C: Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages. L, Batsford Ltd, 1936; Fenollosa, E F: Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art, Vol.1, Heinemann, no date; Bushell, S: Chinese Art vol. 1, L, Board of Education, 1924; Roger Fry, Bernard Brackham et. Al: Chinese Art, An Introductory Handbook to Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles, Bronzes & Minor Arts. L, Batsford, 1935 (qty.)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.

Halfpenny (Joseph), Drawn and Etched by… GOTHIC ORNAMENTS IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF YORK, 1795, Todd, Stonegate 1831. New Ed. 105 plates as listed inc 2 coloured, plus MILNES (W. H. Junr) SIX WAKEFIELD ETCHINGS, Wakefield 1890 – signed in pencil in folio (2)

Churchill (Winston S) The Second World War Reprint Society 1953. 6 vols ivory bds plus 7 Folio Society publications, 6 with slip covers (13)

VALLANCE (AYMER) The Art of William Morris, A Record by Amyer Vallance' with reproductions and designs and fabricsprinted in the colours of the originals. Examples of the type and ornaments used at the Kelmscott Press and manyother illustrations also a classified bibliography by Temple Scott at the Chiswick Press and published by George Bell & Sons,London MDCCCXCVII (1897) - Red and black printed title page with frontispiece portrait of William Morris with signature- historiatedfirst initials, plates and in text illustrations as per listing. Folio. orig. linen backed, blue cloth, spotting throughout, edges stained, binding worn and stained, box.

SKELTON (Joseph) 'OXONIA ANTIQUA RESTAURATA' printed by S & J Collingwood and published by J. Skelton, Magdalene Bridge 1823: 2 vols Folio. Vol. 1- Plates1 (Agas's Map of Oxford) plates 2-25 not engraved as per list, plates 26-89 (not as per index). Vol II plates 90 - 158. Rebound 1/2 calf with gilt title, some foxing throughout (2)

FOLIO SOCIETY:- 'The Works of Jane Austen', 7 vols in slip case, plus LE FAYE (DEIDRE) Ed. 'Jane Austen's Letters', 2003, plus 10 further titles, nine with slip cases (18)

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953), a printed folio folding menu for Le Diner de la Bonne Cuisine, to be served on 21st May 1935 at 9pm, in aid of the Cercle Ronsard, featuring a traditional oxtail stew (´Queue de Boeuf à l´ancienne´), fresh pea and parsley cream soup (´Crème de pois frais au cerfeuil´), stuffed suckling pig with sage (´Porcelet farci à la Sauge´) accompanied by asparagus, a Rouen-style duckling (´Caneton rouennais facon du Chef´), salad, and a dessert of pineapple with blackberries (´Ananas voiles aux Morères´), also including a wine and drinks list featuring Pouilly-Fuissé 1933, Chateau la Mission Haut-Brion 1923, various champagnes, a Fine Hennessy and more. The following three pages of the menu are dedicated to text, in French, relating to three of the courses, each featuring a printed drawing by Dufy at the base, including a fisherman at sea, a number of piglets feeding from a sow, and five ducks, signed and inscribed by Dufy in blue crayon to the top right of the cover. Note: the Cercle Ronsard was a charitable organisation associated with providing benefits for the unemployed. Provenance: inherited by the vendor's mother, Yvette Kapferer, daughter of Marcel Kapferer, the important French/Jewish art collector (1872-1966)

BOOKS: Rare, POSSEL, JOHANN, THE ELDER, (Posselius, Johannes), Translater, 1572, Greek epistles, ‘EYAFFEAIA KAI, Evangelia et epistolae, quae diebus dominicis et festis sanctorum in ecclesia . . . proponi solent. 62 text woodcuts of Gospel scenes, with illustration. 8vo, small calf bound folio, with gilt letterering ‘Posselivs’ to the spine, 15cm x 10cm x 2cm, Wittenberg: (Johannes Crato), 1572Greek verse translation of the liturgical Gospels and Epistles.Johann Possel (1528-1591) was a German Hellenist who held the chair of Greek literature at the University of Rostock. Author of Greek grammatical works, and Religious epistles.

Collection of 16 Boxed Folio books, many in mint condition, please see images for titles and further information.

Collection of 15 Boxed Folio books, many in mint condition, please see images for titles and further information.

Collection of 15 publications, many published by the London Folio Society. Titles as pictured.

Collection of 16 Boxed Folio books, many in mint condition, please see images for titles and further information.

Collection of 13 Boxed Folio books, many in mint condition, please see images for titles and further information.

Shang hai bo wu guan cang hua (Gems of Chinese Paintings from the Collection of the Shanghai Museum)Large folio, with embossed velour bindings, in presentation fabric trimmed case, 1959.

Margaret Hawkes (20th Century) - A folio containing a variety of artworks, to include: watercolours of botanical and animal studies; anatomical studies; life drawing and other figurative drawings, as well as two figurative oil studies, largest sheet approx. 51 x 64 cm

Folio Society (30) - classic literature and historical reference

Folio Society - a fourth edition (1972) of Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, being a facsimile copy of the third edition which was published as a limited (1600) edition in 1927; together with The Romance of King Arthur (1979) being an abridged version of Malory's Morte D'Arthur, illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Folio Society - a trio of Oscar Wilde together with Crimes from the Strand

Folio Society books. Comprising Folio 60, A Bibliography 1947-2006, Betjeman (Sir John) Selected Poems, Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, and Potter (Beatrix) The Tales 12 vols, with slip case. (15)

Various books, fiction, non fiction, to include Crime Stories from the Strand and Adventure Stories from the Strand, published by the Folio Society, Shakespeare complete works, further books relating to William Shakespeare, John Betjeman, Organ Building, Arnold Bennett, etc. (2 shelves)

STUMPF, J. Gemeiner loblicher Eydgenossenschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckeren Chronick wirdiger thaaten beschreybung. Zürich, Chr. Froschauer, 1548. 2 in 1 vol. W. 4 double-p. maps (of Europe (partly dam.), Germany, France and Switzerland), and num. woodcuts (portraits, battle scenes, plans & maps) in the text. Fol. Mod. hcf. (Loose in bind., lacking at least 40 lvs. throughout and a large portion of the 2nd part (all lvs. after folio 116), title-p. dam. and loose, a bit stained, especially towards end, some wormholes in places).NOTE: The woodcuts are best in the first edition, and this chronicle remained till Scheuchzer's day (early 18th century) the chief authority on its subject. - Sold w.a.f., sold primarily as a collection of woodcuts, not subject to return.

FOLIO SOCIETY -- HODGKIN, Th. The Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire. 2000-03. 8 vols. Ohcl. In or. slipcases. -- RULERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Nero. 1997. 5 vols. Ocl. In or. slipcases. -- (13).

(STEELE, R. & J. ADDISON). The Spectator. Ed. by D.F. Bond. 1965. 5 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- H.L. THRALE PIOZZI. The Piozzi Letters. Correspondence. Ed. by E.A. & L.D. Bloom. (1989-2002). 6 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- Id. Thraliana. The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale (…). 2nd ed. Ed. by K. Balderston. 1951. 2 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- J. BOSWELL. The life of Samuel Johnson. Ed. by R. Shewan. Lond., The Folio Soc., 1968. 2 vols. Ohcf. in or. slipcase. -- And 2 o. (17).

RUSSIA -- RADLOFF, W. Aus Sibirien. Lose Blätter aus meinem Tagebuche. (Reprint ed. Leipzig 1893). 1968. 2 in 1 vols. W. many b&w illustr. & 1 fold. map. Ocl. -- S. AKINER. Islamic Peoples of the Soviet Union. (W. an Appendix on the non-Muslim Turkic peoples of the S.U.) An historical and statistical handbook. 2nd ed. (1986). Ocl. w. dust-j. -- F. YOUSSOUPOFF. Lost splendour. Transl. from the French. W. an Introd. by N. Tolstoy. 1996. Ohcl. In or. slipcase. (Folio Society). -- Z.A.B. ZEMAN & W.B. SCHARLAU. The Merchant of Revolution. The life of A. I. Helphand (Parvus). 1965. Ocl. -- And 12 o. (16).NOTE: Books from the library of Prof. Dr. A.H. de Groot may contain some annotations in pencil.

GIBBON, E. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Ed. by B. Radice. Lond., The Folio Soc., 1983-90. 8 vols. Ocl. In or. slipcases. -- Ch. DARWIN. On the Origin of Species. Ed. by P. Barrett & R.B. Freeman. 1988. Ocl. -- (9).

HIERONYMUS STRIDONIUS. (Omnes quae extant opera in novem tomos, per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum digestae, ac ... emendatae). Operum septimus tomus (&) octavus tomus (&) Appendici huic inest quadruplex psalterium, (…) (&) nonus tomus (&) index rerum et vocum omnium annotatudignarum in tomos omnes operum. Basel, Froben, 1553. Tog. 5 parts (= 3 of 9 vols.) in 1 vol. 237, (3); 217, (3); (192); 422, (2); (214) pp. Fol. Beautiful cont. richly blind tooled cf. over wooden brds. w. brass clasps & catches. (New endpapers, upper inner margin faintly waterstained in places, else an excellent copy with ample margins).NOTE: The fourth edition of the monumental special edition of the holy church father Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus (347-420), edited by Erasmus of Rotterdam, one of the most ambitious projects of the Basel publishing house by Hieronymus Froben in collaboration with Nikolaus Episcopius, which was conceived in nine folio volumes. Present here are the volumes 7-9, the appendix and index. - VD16 H 3485; Dibdin I, 221-22. Not in Adams.

An easel and two folio cases.

Chinese 19th century A folio of rice paper paintings, beautifully bound in distressed silk. Contains 12 works on paper. Dimensions: 13 in. (H) x 10 in. (W)

Assorted Folio Society and other books (two boxes)

Two Qur'an sections, Mamluk Egypt or provinces, late 15th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, the first Qur'an XXII:1 to Qur'an XXII:38 with waqf inscription dated AH887 or AH897/1482 or1491AD, 14ff., 2fl., 7ll. of black naskh script to the page, sura heading in similar script in red ink, stacked red ink dot verse markers, in gilt light brown morocco binding with stylised lobed medallion, the flap with a lobed roundel ; the second,  XXIII:22 to XXV:20, dated Ah890/1485AD, signed Muhammad Abi ibn Muhammad.... al-Tukhi (?) al-Hanafi (?), 19ff., 1fl., 9ll. of black naskh script to the page, sura heading in loose script in red ink, stacked red ink dot verse markers, in gilt dark brown morocco binding with oval  medallion with rising and hanging trefoil above and below, each with loose text block, stained, fritted, some lossesThe first, folio 27.6 x 18.2cm. ; the second, folio 26.5 x 18.4cm.(2)PLEASE NOTE VAT WILL BE CHARGED ON THE HAMMER PRICE

A double-sided album folio with Safavid calligraphic composition signed Sultan Ali (Mashhadi) and a painting of a Mughal courtesan, Safavid Iran, circa 1500 and Mughal India, 18th centuryon paper, with a nasta'liq couplet in clouds on a ground of gold outlined scrolling vine, with gold and polychrome floral illumination in the top right and lower left corners, with six further nasta'liq verses including a bayt from Nizami's Makhzan al-Asrar in praise of the Prophet Muhammad set around the central panel in rectangular cartouches, signed al-'abd al-mudhnib sultan 'ali, wide gold and silver speckled cream borders, the reverse with a lady tying her turban, probably Ramkali Ragini, Mughal India, 18th century, on a terrace, her attendant holding a mirror, within speckled in gold dulled pink and thin gold margins ruled in black, laid on card within wide gold speckled cream borders,34.9 x 25cm.Provenance: Christie's 10 October 2013, Lot 174

A detached and illustrated folio from a Shahnama : Rustam mounted on Rakhsh evades a blow, Timurid or Safavid Iran, late 16th/17th century, Opaque pigments, gold and black ink on paper, possibly during his duel against Sohrab, in a meadow bordered by rocky outcrops, pennants bearers, drummers and trumpeters in the background, four columns of text in black nasta'liq script within thin gold margins ruled in black below, two above, the reverse with four columns of text similarly laid out, cropped26 x 21cm. Provenance : Sotheby's London, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 15 October 1984, lot 127

A detached illustrated folio from a Shahnameh : an enthroned ruler receives a visitor in a pleasure garden,   Tabriz or Qazwin, Iran, circa 1540, Opaque pigments heightened with gold one paper, his attendants behind him holding his bow, quiver and shamshir wrapped in cloth, courtiers standing and sitting in the foreground, four columns of black nasta'liq script above, two below, the reverse with four columns of similar script bordered in gold and double ruled in black, polychrome thin outer border, cropped25 x 15.5cm.Condition Report: This detached folio is cropped and was very likely mounted previously. it is lightly stained, pitted and lightly creased. The edges show some tears and minute losses. The corners are scuffed. The pigments, in many places flaked and lacking, and the gold have dulled as expected with the age of the work.  

An Ottoman treatise on Hadith treatise, copied by Abdullah ibn al-Marhum al-Hajj Mahmud al-Shahi known as al-Sankari al-Halabi, dated 1240 AH (1824/5 CE), Arabic manuscript on paper, 76ff., with 25ll. of informal black naskh with important works in red, later ownership inscription of al-Sayyid Muhammad Adib, dated to flyleaf at front, in paper wrappers, Folio 22.6 x 16.1cm.  

An illustrated detached folio from a Persian epic : a ruler beheads a prisoner, revival Timurid style, Iran, 19th century, Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, while another is being hung by the feet to a tree, a turban man addresses two mounted knights in the background, in a riverine landscape, four columns of text in black nasta'liq script ruled in gold and black within gold margins and blue and red rules above and below, the reverse with text similarly laid out, a heading in similar red script within plain rectangular panel over two columns, catchword to lower left corner34.4 x 21.6cm.

A detached album folio : a drawing of a young beauty sleeping under a tree,  Safavid revival style, Qajar Iran, late 19th/early 20th century, ink and gold on paper, under a richly decorated blanket, two standing young suitors and a recumbent deer to her side, a servant behind a tree and a sufi sage asleep against its trunk, within narrow polychrome and gold margins, laid on card, within wide pink borders with an elegant gilt decoration consisting a lion pouncing on a deer, a fox or wolf and fleeing deer in the background above, the sides with a rabbit and recumbent deer, two oxen and a wolf below, the reverse with pencil inscriptions, mounted33 x 20.4cm.Condition Report: The corners and edges are in good condition. The wide borders present as very clean with crisp gilt decoration. The floral margins are in very good condition. The scene is affected by a very slight tarnishing. The most noticeable affected area is in front of the dozing dervish.This works was taped to its mount.

A Qur’an section (juz'), China,19th century,Juz' X (وَٱعْلَمُواْ), Arabic manuscript on paper, 48ff. as numbered, 2fl., each folio with 5ll of black sini script within double red rules, with gold rosette verse markers, opening and closing bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated board with intersecting half circles flanked by inwards facing lotus flowers against green and red field above and with a petalled rosette or an iteration of quatrefoils below 3ll. of black sini script bordered by red swaying tendril against a gold field, in possibly contemporary tooled binding with flap decorated with a swaying flower within a central mandorla, cloud spandrels, latticed bordersfolio 25.6 x 18.5cm. Provenance: Private London collection formed in the 1960s-70s

An illustrated folio Bijan’s Tarikh-i Jahangusha-yi Khaqan Sahibqiran (A History of Shah Ismail I) by Mu'in Musawwir, Isfahan, Iran, circa 1780, Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a knight or ruler leads a charge routing a squadron of knights, in a rocky landscape, a line of elegant black nasta'liq script within gold clouds above and below, within narrow orange borders rules in gold and blue, wider blue margins with gilt floral decoration, on card, the reverse with older inventory stickers, some illegible comments or instructions in pencil, one barely legible "lot 78, s(o?)th 14/410"36.5 x 23.5cm.Provenance: Private collection London acquired 1960s-80sThere are three further paintings from the same manuscript in The David Collection, Copenhagen (Inv. no. 84/1980) carried out by Muin Musawwir, Riza-i Abbasi’s best-known pupil, who in the course of his long career illustrated at least six editions of the Shahnameh along with two or three editions of Bijan’s posthumous, historical text about the founder of the Safavid Dynasty, Shah Ismail. Only one of the paintings was signed by Muin, and it is possible that he had help on the work from his pupils.see File:"Shah Ismail holds an audience", from Bijan’s Tarikh-i Jahangusha-yi Khaqan Sahibqiran, Iran, Isfahan; end of the 1680s.jpg - Wikimedia Commons 

A detached album folio : seated portrait of Sultan ‘Ali Adil Shah II, Bijapur, Deccan, India, 18th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, facing right, reclining on bolsters, a floral sprigs in his raised left hand, his right to his chest, his tulwar near him, laid on card within black, gold and red rules, wide green borders, the reverse with short inscription or inventory reference in black ink, numerals in red and blue inkPainting 15 x 10.5cm., folio 37.4 x 26.7cm.Provenance: Property from the Private Collection of Toby Falk (1942-1997).The Bombay painter, who has been identified as Abdul Hamid Naqqash, was perhaps the greatest painter of this late period and is responsible for several powerful depictions of the young Sultan (Navina Najat Haidar and Marika Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy, New Haven and London, 2015, cats.66 and 67, pp.148-49). The present painting shares many of the same features found on the portraits of ‘Ali II by the Bombay Painter: the style of the face, lips and eyes as well as some of the textile details, such as the curtain, which were favoured by The Bombay Painter. However, a slight compressing of the proportions of the body and stiffness in certain details suggests that this painting is more likely the work of one of his followers.Condition Report: The corner of this painting are lacking. Some creases visible. Craquelure to pigments overall. Pitted, stained. Some minor losses now repainted.The department would recommend an inspection of this lot in person before placing any bids.

Two illuminated Qur'an sections (Juz') Ottoman Turkey or Provinces, 18th century or later,Comprising the II and XXVIII 'juz, Arabic manuscript on paper, 13ff. and 14ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh, some vocalisation in red, gold and polychrome verse roundels, set within gold and red rules, catchwords, sura titles in red naskh in illuminated cartouche bands, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, in contemporaneous gilt stamped leather binding with flap, the doublures gold-speckled paperText panel 27.5 x 15.4cm. ; folio 35.6 x 22.8cm.(2)

Juz 25 from a large 30-part Qur'an, Provincial Mamluk or Ilkhanid, 14th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 31ff., with 5ll of muhaqqaq per page, fully vocalised, gold and polychrome illuminated header and large lotus flower marginal roundels to opening folio, gilt verse markers, rebound using earlier boards from another manuscript, margins renewed and extensive paper repairs, Folio 44 x 31 cm.Provenance: Ex Schøyen Collection MS 4468, offered with four other volumes from the same set at Sotheby’s as Lot 405 on 27 October 2020; Sam Fogg, London, 2000.The cataloguing note in the Sotheby's sale above states a number of folios are later replacements using European watermarked paper, probably nineteenth century Italian. Among the watermarks are 'Ranie... Bonazzi', 'AC' and a device consisting of two opposing crescents surmounted by three stars within a serrated domed frame.This monumental manuscript is part of a group of ten surviving parts from a single set, with 19th-century paper repairs, restoration, and replacement folios, all with similarly enigmatic bindings. The Ilkhanid attribution of these bindings is optimistic - given the condition of the textblocks, it seems more likely that a 19th-century owner used boards from a similarly monumental Mamluk Qur’an to renew this manuscript. Folio, 5ll of muhaqqaq per page, fully vocalised, with remnants of illuminated frames on opening page, gilt verse markers, rebound using earlier boards from another manuscript. Margins renewed and extensive paper repairs. Ex Schøyen Collection MS 4468, offered with four other volumes from the same set at Sotheby’s as Lot 405 on 27 October 2020. Note that the bindings, though similar, are not uniform, with significant variation in pastedowns used especially.Provenance: Ex Schøyen Collection MS 4468, Norway since 1990s;  Check notes from viewing below and others… n.b. replacement leaves.https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets/five-volumes-from-a-large-quran-manuscript

Ibn Al-Arabi, Risalat al-Mi'raj (The Night Journey),  Probably Central Asia, dated 7 Muharram 1283 AH (22 May 1866)Arabic manuscript on unusual coated woven paper, 47ff., with 12ll. of black naskh to the page,  written in an informal hand, place, no copyist, in unrelated binding, Folio 21 x 15cm.