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1 Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet.- Revenue tablet, list of sheep, beams of timber, garden material etc., Lagash, [c. 2300BCE]; and 2 other similar cuneiform tabl
Lot 1
Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet.- Revenue tablet, list of sheep, beams of timber, garden material etc., Lagash, [c. 2300BCE]; and 2 other similar cuneiform tablets (3 pieces).  

Hammer Price: £950

2 Bible, New Testament. Single leaf from the gospel of St John, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a very small gothic bookhand, written in light bro
Lot 2
Bible, New Testament. Single leaf from the gospel of St John, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a very small gothic bookhand, written in light brown ink, [?Paris], [c. 1300].  

Hammer Price: £350

3 Book of Hours. Single leaf, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a large gothic bookhand, 18 lines, written in black ink, 1 2-line initial and 13 one
Lot 3
Book of Hours. Single leaf, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a large gothic bookhand, 18 lines, written in black ink, 1 2-line initial and 13 one line initials, initials and line fillers in gold red and blue, elaborate foliate borders, [France], [c. 1450].  

Estimate: £600 - 800

4 Book of Hours. Single leaf, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a large gothic bookhand, 12 lines, written in black ink, [France], [c. 1450]; and an
Lot 4
Book of Hours. Single leaf, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a large gothic bookhand, 12 lines, written in black ink, [France], [c. 1450]; and another fifteenth century small leaf from a French Book of Hours (2).  

Hammer Price: £500

5 Civil War.- [Account of manoeuvres by a Scottish soldier in the Parliamentary army], manuscript, [1646]; and 4 other ff. (10 pieces).
		 
Lot 5
Civil War.- [Account of manoeuvres by a Scottish soldier in the Parliamentary army], manuscript, [1646]; and 4 other ff. (10 pieces).  

Hammer Price: £850

7 Arabic .- [Arabic exercise book with a prayer at end], manuscript in Arabic, on paper, in naskhi characters, [Phillipps Ms. 18309], [Turkey], [17th century].
Lot 7
Arabic .- [Arabic exercise book with a prayer at end], manuscript in Arabic, on paper, in naskhi characters, [Phillipps Ms. 18309], [Turkey], [17th century].  

Hammer Price: £650

8 Marlborough (John Churchill first Duke of) Autograph Letter signed at the siege of Tournay on the Malplaquet Campaign, 1709.
		 
Lot 8
Marlborough (John Churchill first Duke of) Autograph Letter signed at the siege of Tournay on the Malplaquet Campaign, 1709.  

Hammer Price: £750

9 Turkish Manuscript.- Treatise on Language, Grammar, Logic and Religious Duties, composed for Mustafa Pasha, governor of Tripoli, [Phillipps Ms. 851], [?Turkey]
Lot 9
Turkish Manuscript.- Treatise on Language, Grammar, Logic and Religious Duties, composed for Mustafa Pasha, governor of Tripoli, [Phillipps Ms. 851], [?Turkey], 1743; and another Turkish manuscript (2).  

Hammer Price: £450

10 Jane Austen's Family.- ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev., married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), p
Lot 10
Jane Austen's Family.- ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev., married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen. Miscellanies [Verses and songs], poems dated between 1750-88.  

Hammer Price: £10,000

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