Lot 225
Arab World.- [Shippard (William Henry, Captain)] [Notes on the Arab World], autograph manuscript, loose leaf notes, loose brown wrappers, [c. 1830s]; another (2).
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Arab World.- [Shippard (William Henry, Captain, army officer in the 29th Regiment, 1803-65)] [Notes on the Arab World], autograph manuscript, c. 190pp., loose leaf notes, a few small tears, slightly browned, folio, loose brown wrappers, inscribed "Arabian Manuscripts of the late Captain Shippard", a few marginal tears, [c. 1830s]; and another, Shippard's autograph manuscript notes on Persia, [c. 1830s], folio (2).
⁂ Subjects include: "Arab Musical Instruments"; "Progress of Arabians"; "Arab Commercial Stations"; "Baghdad"; "Morocco"; "List of Places where Arabian Coins have been found according to Lederburn"; "Cyrus"; "Odesa Steam Navigation"; "Sarmatia"; "Cambyses I"; "Assyria Media Persia"; "Caucasus"; "Observatory Meragha" etc.
Description
Arab World.- [Shippard (William Henry, Captain, army officer in the 29th Regiment, 1803-65)] [Notes on the Arab World], autograph manuscript, c. 190pp., loose leaf notes, a few small tears, slightly browned, folio, loose brown wrappers, inscribed "Arabian Manuscripts of the late Captain Shippard", a few marginal tears, [c. 1830s]; and another, Shippard's autograph manuscript notes on Persia, [c. 1830s], folio (2).
⁂ Subjects include: "Arab Musical Instruments"; "Progress of Arabians"; "Arab Commercial Stations"; "Baghdad"; "Morocco"; "List of Places where Arabian Coins have been found according to Lederburn"; "Cyrus"; "Odesa Steam Navigation"; "Sarmatia"; "Cambyses I"; "Assyria Media Persia"; "Caucasus"; "Observatory Meragha" etc.
