A group of framed Medieval illuminated leaves
lot 452 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
one c.1470 initial 'H' from a German antiphoner, depicting the Annunciation 11 x 10cm, the others lines of religious text, on vellum (5)
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lot 453 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
typed letter signed to Frau [Gigi] Richter, California 1942, in German, 1 p.; another letter from Bruno Frank, 1920; 2 other letters. Also - a ... read more
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lot 454 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
Autograph letter signed to Gigi Richter, dated October 25th 1945, from Mexico, 4pp. Paalen writes 'Enclosed please find a letter of introduction for ... read more
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lot 455 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
Royal ephemera. Queen Victoria autograph letter in the third person to Lord Odo Russell, on mourning paper, dated July 1874, "to repeat her wish to ... read more
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Ronald Searle C.B.E. R.D.I. (British 1920-2011)
lot 456 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
"I fear Cambridge will present you with many new and difficult problems..." pen and ink drawing, signed and dated 1952, ink caption to the mount ... read more
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Photograph album - Buganda, Africa c.1900
lot 457 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
43 photographs (about 11 x 15cm), of Buganda, including the Infant King Daudi Cwa II with Apolo Kagwa, Lake Victoria and other areas of Uganda, with ... read more
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Victorian portrait photographs
lot 458 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
nine Daguerreotype or similar cased portraits, various small sizes (9)
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lot 459 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
early 19th century, formerly from Rushbrooke Hall, Suffolk, including numerous press cuttings, some manuscript material and memorabilia, etc
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Two Victorian photograph albums
lot 460 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
one with CDV family portraits, including a cabinet card signed of W Gladstone dated 1892; the other a nautical album with portraits within decorated ... read more
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A late 19th century Cambridge photograph album
lot 461 (The Library Sale, 29th Oct, 2020)
with 50 Cambridge and University views by GWW (probably George Washington Wilson), with printed captions and index numbers, mounted into a worn ... read more
Sold for £190 More details 7