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161Paper Doll.- La Coquette, hand-coloured lithographed cut-out doll with 10 different costumes, with originsal box, Paris, H.Rousseau, [c.1850]

Lot 161

Paper Doll.- La Coquette, hand-coloured lithographed cut-out doll with 10 different costumes, with originsal box, Paris, H.Rousseau, [c.1850]

Hammer Price: £420

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162Peepshow.- [?Giroux (Alphonse)] Optique No.9 Le Palais Royal, hand-coloured etched peepshow, Paris, [c.1830].

Lot 162

Peepshow.- [?Giroux (Alphonse)] Optique No.9 Le Palais Royal, hand-coloured etched peepshow, Paris, [c.1830].

Hammer Price: £750

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163Peepshows.- Thames Tunnel.- An Explanation of the Tunnel under the Thames, hand-coloured aquatint peepshow, T.C.Brandon, [1843] & 2 others (3)

Lot 163

Peepshows.- Thames Tunnel.- An Explanation of the Tunnel under the Thames, hand-coloured aquatint peepshow, T.C.Brandon, [1843] & 2 others (3)

Hammer Price: £750

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164Queen Caroline.- Patchwork bedspread or tablecloth featuring a portrait of Queen Caroline and scenes from Egan's Life in London, [c.1821].

Lot 164

Queen Caroline.- Patchwork bedspread or tablecloth featuring a portrait of Queen Caroline and scenes from Egan's Life in London, [c.1821].

Hammer Price: £220

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165Silk Printing.- Royal Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford. [Silk Playbill for Benefit on Friday, May 28th, 1830], Stratford, Ward, 1830 & others printed on si

Lot 165

Silk Printing.- Royal Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford. [Silk Playbill for Benefit on Friday, May 28th, 1830], Stratford, Ward, 1830 & others printed on silk, mostly playbills (6).

Estimate: £500 - 700

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166Martin (John).- Milton (John) The Paradise Lost, 2 vol., Septimus Prowett, 1827

Lot 166

Martin (John).- Milton (John) The Paradise Lost, 2 vol., Septimus Prowett, 1827

Hammer Price: £1,500

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167Binding.- Bocel (Joelle, bookbinder) Le Museon, vol. 97, Louvain, 1984.

Lot 167

Binding.- Bocel (Joelle, bookbinder) Le Museon, vol. 97, Louvain, 1984.

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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168Greenhill (Elizabeth, bookbinder).- Peake (Mervyn) A Reverie of Bone and other poems, one of 320 copies, Bertram Rota, 1967

Lot 168

Greenhill (Elizabeth, bookbinder).- Peake (Mervyn) A Reverie of Bone and other poems, one of 320 copies, Bertram Rota, 1967

Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000

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169Kolovouris (Stefanos, bookbinder).- Shakespeare (William) Antony & Cleopatra, one of 300 copies signed by the artist, Guildford, Circle Press, 1979

Lot 169

Kolovouris (Stefanos, bookbinder).- Shakespeare (William) Antony & Cleopatra, one of 300 copies signed by the artist, Guildford, Circle Press, 1979

Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000

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170Circle Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, one of 50 A.P. copies, signed by the artist Ronald King, Guildford, Circle Press, 1978

Lot 170

Circle Press.- Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, one of 50 A.P. copies, signed by the artist Ronald King, Guildford, Circle Press, 1978

Hammer Price: £750

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171Doves Press.- English Bible (The), containing the Old Testament & the New Translated out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King Jam

Lot 171

Doves Press.- English Bible (The), containing the Old Testament & the New Translated out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First, 5 vol., one of 500 copies, Hammersmith, Doves Press, 1903-05.

Hammer Price: £14,000

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172Officina Bodoni.- Bembo (Pietro) De Aetna Liber, one of 125 copies, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1970; and another Officina Bodoni (2)

Lot 172

Officina Bodoni.- Bembo (Pietro) De Aetna Liber, one of 125 copies, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1970; and another Officina Bodoni (2)

Hammer Price: £320

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173Dulac (Edmund) Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, 1908.

Lot 173

Dulac (Edmund) Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest, 1908.

Estimate: £500 - 700

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174Rackham (Arthur) The Romance of King Arthur, 1917; and 2 other signed limited editions by Rackham (3)

Lot 174

Rackham (Arthur) The Romance of King Arthur, 1917; and 2 other signed limited editions by Rackham (3)

Estimate: £1,200 - 1,800

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175Rackham (Arthur) Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, 1932; and 3 other signed limited edition fairytale books by Rackham (4)

Lot 175

Rackham (Arthur) Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, 1932; and 3 other signed limited edition fairytale books by Rackham (4)

Hammer Price: £1,700

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176Robinson (William Heath).- Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, number 52 of 100 copies signed by artist, 1913

Lot 176

Robinson (William Heath).- Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, number 52 of 100 copies signed by artist, 1913

Hammer Price: £650

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177India.- Company School (19th century) A pair of botanical studies, watercolours, [early to mid-19th century] (2)

Lot 177

India.- Company School (19th century) A pair of botanical studies, watercolours, [early to mid-19th century] (2)

Hammer Price: £1,500

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178Indo-China.- Straits School (19th century) Five botanical studies, watercolours, [mid 19th century] (5)

Lot 178

Indo-China.- Straits School (19th century) Five botanical studies, watercolours, [mid 19th century] (5)

Hammer Price: £13,000

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179Journeys to Constantinople and the Qajar Empire.- Collection of passports and travel documents relating to several journeys undertaken between the 1840s and 18

Lot 179

Journeys to Constantinople and the Qajar Empire.- Collection of passports and travel documents relating to several journeys undertaken between the 1840s and 1860s, [mid-19th century]

Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500

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180Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on wove paper, sheet 208 x 135 mm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4

Lot 180

Persian School (mid-19th century) Portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar, opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on wove paper, sheet 208 x 135 mm (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in), tipped at corners onto album leaf, several nicks to edges, one larger neat tear in the upper left, spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1850]

Provenance:
Probably John Murray III (1808-1892)

*** One of a number of known portraits showing the young Shah, just after he ascended the throne, wearing a European-style frockcoat with gold braided epaulettes, but in this instance without the cannon as normally found (for a similar example, see Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, acc. no. 2023.238).

Hammer Price: £1,000

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