Sotheby’s Book Week in June and July brings auctions in Paris, London, and New York, offering rare manuscripts, major literary works and historic materials across eras.
Guarini. Il Pastor fido. Londres, 1718. Reliure de l'époque. Avec 7 autres ouvrages des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles.
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Salah al-Din Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud Qadi-Zada al-Rumi (d. circa 1140), Sharh ashkal al-ta'sis, (A Commentary On The Elements Of Geometry), Persia, Timurid, dated 15 Rabi' I 863 AH/28 January 1459 AD
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Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Hassan al-Busiri (d. 1296-97 AD): Al-kawakib durriya fi madh khayr al-burriya (Qasida al-Burda), copied by Sudun, Egypt, Mamluk, early 16th century
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Shihab al-Din Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Rajab ibn Taybugha known as Ibn al-Majdi (d.1447 AD), Irshad al-ha'ir ila takhtit fadl al-da'ir (Guide to the Right Path for the Perplexed in Drawing [Lines] of Surplus of Turn), copied by Ahmad ibn Husayn al-'Abbasi for Amir Sudun ibn Zadeh, Cairo, Egypt, Mamluk, dated 4 Shawwal 882 AH/17 January 1478 AD
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A monumental illuminated volume from a two-volume Qur'an, copied by Hafiz 'Abd al-Wahhab, Kashmir, North India, 19th century
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Abu Muhammad Al-Qasim ibn Ali Muhammad ibn Uthman Al-Hariri (d.1122), also known as al-Hariri al-Basri, Al-Maqamat, Near East, dated 675 AH/1276-77 AD
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An illuminated Qur'an commissioned for the director of the Prophet's Mosque, Medina, copied by Mehmed Rasikh al-Bursawi, Medina, Ottoman, dated 12 Dhu'l Qa'da 1269 AH/17 August 1853 AD
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Plantes de la France... Paris, 1808-1809. 4 vol. in-8. Reliure de l'époque. Édition originale.
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Muhammad ibn Idris ibn Malik al-Qalawusi (1307-8 AD), Al-khitam al-mafdud 'an khalasat 'ilm al-'arud (The Final Conclusion in the Summary of the Study of Prosody), Andalusia, dated 20 Ramadan 740 AH/27 March 1340 AD
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Abu 'Amr Uthman ibn Sa'id ibn 'Umar al-Umawi al-Dani (d.1053 AD), al-Taysir fi'l-Qira'at al-Sab' (The Facilitation of the Seven Readings), Near East, dated 683 AH/1284-85 AD
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Le Livre des rois. 1930. Riche reliure doublée attribuable à Paul Bonet. Avec 3 suites supplémentaires des illustrations de Schmied.
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Abu al-Muna Dawud ibn Abi Nasr known as al-Kuhin al-'Attar al-Isra'ili al-Haruni (fl. 658 AH/1260-61 AD) Minhaj al-dukkan wa dustur al-a'yan fi'l-tibb wa'l-saydalah (The Management of [Apothecary] and Regulations of Important Matters in Medicine and Pharmaceutics), Algeria, 18th century
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Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon... In-4. Belle édition donnée par Didot dans une élégante reliure de Bisiaux.
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Le Passant. 1867. Belle reliure en forme de guitare de Georges Adenis. Avec suite des illustrations.
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A compendium of four Hanbali texts by Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, Mamluk, last quarter 14th century
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Joel ben Simeon Mahzor, Italy, circa 1475
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Tableau de la boxe. 1922. Belle reliure Art déco de Georges Cretté. Eaux-fortes de Dunoyer de Segonzac.
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Les Aventures de Télémaque. Paris, 1808. 4 vol. In-12 [Avec:] - La Fayette. Oeuvres diverses. 1779. 2 vol. in-12. - Dumoustier. Lettres à Emilie. 1803. 2 vol. In-12.
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Flore médicale. Panckoucke, 1842-1845. [Avec :] Achille RICHARD. Iconographie végétale. Panckoucke, 1841. 5 volumes, Reliure de l'époque. 421 planches en coloris d’époque.
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A monumental Qur'an in Bihari Script, India, Sultanate, late 15th/early 16th century
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An illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Ali ibn Mas'ud ibn 'Ali known as Zayn al-Din al-Katib al-Kashi, Persia, Timurid, dated Rajab 898 AH/April-May 1493 AD
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Mahdi, known as Kuchak, ibn Nasr ibn Hasan al-Tabib Rashti, an illustrated anatomical text, Persia, Qajar, 19th century
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Mirza Rafi' al-Din Muhammad ibn Fath Allah Wa'iz al-Qazwini (d.1678), Abwab al-jinan, on the Qurʾan and the moral precepts of the Twelve Imams, copied by Sayyid 'Ali Jawahir Raqam, India, Mughal, dated 1085 AH/1674-75 AD
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Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari al-Ja'fi (d.870 AD), Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. seven, Tunisia, dated 2 Shawwal 860 AH/11 September 1456 AD
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Nuzhat al-Salatin wa 'ibrat al-Hawaqin (The Delight of Sultans and the Example of Emperors), Turkey, Ottoman, dated 970 AH/1562-63 AD
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Prayers for the seven days of the week, Turkey, Ottoman, first half 16th century
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Paradis terrestre. 1932. Reliure Art déco de Maylander. Enrichi 2 très beaux dessins originaux de Jouve.
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Le Decameron. [Paris], 1757-1761. 5 vol. in-8. Reliure de Root & Son. [Avec:] Estampes galantes des contes de Boccace.
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Mahzor (Roman Rite), Ferrara, Italy, circa 1500
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An illuminated Qur'an, copied by al-Sayyid ‘Ali al-Hamdi, illuminated by al-Sayyid Ibrahim, dated Rajab 1245 AH/December 1829 - January 1830 AD
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An illuminated Qur’an, North India, Mughal, 17th century
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Amir Khosraw Dehlavi (d.1324 AD), Khamsa, copied by Muhammad Husayn ibn Haji Muhammad al-Harawi, Khurasan or Bukhara, completed in 12 Rabi' II 967 AH/20 January 1560 AD
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Les Saisons. Paris, 1796. In-8. Maroquin rouge aux armes de Napoléon Ier.
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A book of Animal Fables from the Punjab, (The Lights of Canopus), a manuscript of the Anwar-i Suhayli of Husayn Va'iz al-Kashifi (d.1504/5), North-west India, probably Punjab Hills, perhaps Bilaspur, circa 1725-50
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An illuminated volume from a four-part Qur'an in Andalusi script on vellum, Spain or North Africa, dated [7]13 AH/1[3]13 AD
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Yusuf Mevlevi Qirshahri (Kirshehri), Risala-i musiqi, a treatise on music, autograph copy, probably Kirshehir, Karamanid, Jumada I 813 AH/September-October 1410 AD
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