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Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed “W.H. Cleather” to his Sister Mary Littlehales,...
Early First-Hand Account of British Military Service in Ceylon

[Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed “W.H. Cleather” to his Sister Mary Littlehales, Describing his Early Service in the Military Regiment in British Ceylon, with notes on His Travel to Ceylon on Board HMS Thalia, Colombo Garrison and Officers, Local Society, Day Schedule et al].

1805-6. HMS Thalia, “18 leagues to the North of St. Jago”, 20 October 1805 and Colombo Fort, 21 June (completed.....

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A Collection of Seven Original Ink Drawings (Three initialed "C.A.") Used as Illustrations in...
Historically Important Tibetan Sketches

[A Collection of Seven Original Ink Drawings (Three initialed "C.A.") Used as Illustrations in Wilhelm Filchner's Book " Das Kloster Kumbum in Tibet. Ein Beitrag zu Seiner Geschichte (The Monastery Kumbum in Tibet. A Contribution to its History)" Berlin: Mittler & Sohn 1906].

ca. 1905. Seven ink drawings on thick paper ca. 27 x 23cm (11 x 9 in.) and slightly smaller. The.....

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Album of Ten Original Pen and Wash Sketches of Military Fortifications, Villages and Mountainous...
Original Sketches from the French Pacification of Tonkin in 1891

[Album of Ten Original Pen and Wash Sketches of Military Fortifications, Villages and Mountainous Views of Tonkin (North Vietnam) Taken by a Participant of the French Military Campaign on Pacification of Tonkin (1886-1896)].

Ca. 1891. With ten sketches in pen and wash on beige paper each ca. 13x21 cm (5 ¼ x 8.....

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Autograph Manuscript Notes on Vietnamese Law Written and Dated by Professor and Legal Expert...
Manuscript Notes on Vietnamese Law

[Autograph Manuscript Notes on Vietnamese Law Written and Dated by Professor and Legal Expert Charles Fruteau, Including 26 Lessons on Ritual, Administrative, Civil, Family, and Property Law, Titled:] Droit civil annamite.

Hanoi: 1914-1915. Period manuscript black ink on lined paper with annotations in the margins and in the text. Quarto ca.....

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Five Indian School Watercolour, Ink and Pencil Portraits Signed “CP,” Showing the Traditional...
Early Watercolours of Afghans

[Five Indian School Watercolour, Ink and Pencil Portraits Signed “CP,” Showing the Traditional Dress of People and Leaders in the Kingdom of Caubul [Kabul] During the Durrani Dynasty (1747-1842) Perhaps used as the Original Archetype Illustrations for Montstuart Elphinstone's, 1815 Book:] “An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its...

ca. 1815. Five cut-out portraits drawn in ink, pencil and watercolour drawings each ca. 21 x 12.5 cm (8 ½.....

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Elegant Grisaille Watercolour Showing Columbus Landing in America with the Explorer Encouraging...
Fine watercolour showing Christopher Columbus landing in the New World

[Elegant Grisaille Watercolour Showing Columbus Landing in America with the Explorer Encouraging his Party to go Forward, and a Group of Native Americans and a Spanish Ship in the Background].

Early 19th century. Grisaille watercolour, pen and ink on laid paper, ca. 12x8 cm (4 ¾ x 3 ¼ in).....

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Official Autograph Letter Signed to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain General of Cuba in 1834-38,...
First-Hand Account of the Imprisonment of an American Seaman by Cuban Authorities

[Official Autograph Letter Signed to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain General of Cuba in 1834-38, from U.S. Acting Consul in Havana John Morland, Asking for Release of Eugine Newman, an American Seaman of the U.S. Vessel “Cavalier” who was “confined in the Stocks at the Prison;” With: the Official Translation...

Havana: Consulate of the United States of America, 7 August 1834. Folio (ca. 33x20 cm). 1 pp., with an integral.....

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Two Watercolour Panoramas each on four Joined Sheets Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada from Hospital...
Two Artistic Watercolours of St George's, Grenada

[Two Watercolour Panoramas each on four Joined Sheets Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada from Hospital Hill," & "View of the Harbour, St. Georges, Grenada, from Belmont Hill." Dated on verso 1852.]

1852. Each panorama ca. 18 x 54 cm (7.5 x 21.5in.). Both watercolour panoramas consisting of four sheets of paper.....

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Two Detailed Manuscript Testimonials of a Voyage of the Merchant brig Jane to the West Indies in...
Interesting Manuscripts Documenting an Early Shipwreck in Montego Bay, Jamaica

[Two Detailed Manuscript Testimonials of a Voyage of the Merchant brig Jane to the West Indies in 1780, and the Circumstances of Her Shipwreck during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane, Notarially Certified in Montego Bay and London; [WITH] a Period Copy of Jane’s Portledge Bill for 1781].

Montego Bay (Jamaica) - London: 1780-1781. Three Folio Manuscripts (ca. 44x28 cm, ca. 40x26 cm and ca. 36,5x22 cm) folded.....

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Autograph Letter Signed by Charles W. Foster, an 18-Year Old Serviceman of the Corps of...
Historically Important Content-Rich Mexican-American War letter

[Autograph Letter Signed by Charles W. Foster, an 18-Year Old Serviceman of the Corps of Engineers, Written in Mexico City in the Last Weeks of the Mexican-American War].

Cassa de Correa, City of Mexico: 7 April 1848. Quarto bifolium (ca. 24,5x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on watermarked.....

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Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in...
Two Historically Interesting Early Letters from an American Businessman in Panama

[Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in Boston].

Panama: 20 September 1857 & 30 March 1858. Two Quarto letters (ca. 26,5x21 cm). 1 p. and 1 p. Brown.....

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Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Prayers” Part of a French Latin Book of Hours, with the...
Beautiful Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf

[Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Prayers” Part of a French Latin Book of Hours, with the lines from Two Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary: O Intemerata… and Obsecro te…, Illustrated with a Miniature Portrait of the Blessed Virgin Mary].

Paris: ca. 1510-1520. Single leaf, manuscript on vellum, written/decorated area ca. 14,5x8 cm (ca. 5 ½ x 3 ¼ in);.....

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Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Suffrages to Saints” Part of a French Latin Book of...
Beautiful Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript Leaf

[Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the “Suffrages to Saints” Part of a French Latin Book of Hours, Appealing to Saint Martin and Saint Fiacre and Illustrated with Miniature Portraits of Both Saints].

Paris: ca. 1510-1520. Single leaf, manuscript on vellum, written/decorated area ca. 14,8x8 cm (ca. 5 ¾ x 3 1/8 in);.....

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Interesting Content Rich Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife with a Description of Temples and...
First-Hand Description of Temples and Antiquities in Athens

[Interesting Content Rich Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife with a Description of Temples and Other Antiquities of Athens, Including the Acropolis, the Prison where Socrates was Sentenced to Death, the “Bema” or pulpit “where Demosthenes and other orators went to address the people," Hill of Areopagus, Temple of Hephaestus...

Athens: 6 December 1851. Quarto (ca. 27x21 cm). 7 pp. On two bifoliums. Brown ink on bluish wove paper, addressed.....

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Original Watercolour View of the Ruins of the Monastic City Gateway in Glendalough in Ireland]....
Attractive Watercolour of the Ruins of the Gateway to the 6th-Century Monastic Settlement in Glendalough

[Original Watercolour View of the Ruins of the Monastic City Gateway in Glendalough in Ireland].

[1871]. Watercolour on paper ca. 25,5x34,5 cm (9 ½ x 13 ½ in). Artist’s signature “A.D.”, slightly indistinct date and.....

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Manuscript Report by a Notable Portuguese Diplomat, Reporting on Napoleon's 1800 Campaign in...
Original Report on Napoleon's 1800 campaign in Italy, including the siege of Genoa and the Battle of Marengo by a Portuguese Diplomat

[Manuscript Report by a Notable Portuguese Diplomat, Reporting on Napoleon's 1800 Campaign in Italy, including the Battle of Marengo].

Livorno: 6 July 1800. Folio (36,5x24 cm). 10 leaves stitched together over pink ribbons; pink stitching in gutter mostly gone.....

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Anonymous Period French Manuscript Account of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia in 1812 Titled:]...
Original First-Hand Manuscript Account of Napoleon's Invasion of Russia in 1812

[Anonymous Period French Manuscript Account of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia in 1812 Titled:] Campaigne de Russie. Toujour victorieux depuis 19 ans, Napoleon revait la conquete du monde, et les limites de la terre semblaiens trop rapprochee, pour fixer le terme de ses exploits!...

[ca. 1820-1825]. Folio (ca. 32,5x22 cm), 73, [2] stitched with a string. Brown ink on watermarked lined paper, text in.....

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REMARKABLE PRIMARY SOURCE ON 17TH CENTURY RUSSIAN-WESTERN EUROPEAN RELATIONS]. Relatione...
Remarkable Primary Source on Early Russian-Western European Relations

[REMARKABLE PRIMARY SOURCE ON 17TH CENTURY RUSSIAN-WESTERN EUROPEAN RELATIONS]. Relatione d’Alcuni Costumi de’Sig.i Ambasc. Moscoviti, che ora si trovano in Livorno per passare all’Ambasciata di Venezia [Autograph Letter by an Anonymous Author from Livorno Witnessing the Muscovite Embassy to Venice (1656-1657) and Containing Vivid Observations and Remarks About Russians].

Livorno: ca. 1656. Quarto, ca. 27x19,5 cm (10 ½ x 7 ¾ in). Four pages; brown ink on cream laid.....

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