Catalogue of important Western and Oriental manuscripts, drawings and autograph letters and some printed books
Subtitle: which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods ... 8 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W.1 on Wednesday, June 19, 1968
Publisher: Christie, Manson & Woods
Published: 1968
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Other titles: Important Western and Oriental manuscripts, drawings and autograph letters and some printed books
Notes: 136 lots.

Cover title: Important Western and Oriental manuscripts, drawings and autograph letters and some printed books.

Including an early Timurid manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, Shiraz, c. 1436, a fine album of Indian paintings, Delhi, 1836, the original drawings of Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus, 1715, a large-paper copy of Redoutés Les roses with plates in two states, 1817-24, forty-six letters written by Catherine the Great, empress of Russia, 1787-96, a fine Flemish manuscript book of hours, c. 1460, the Herrick Papers and the celebrated Warwick mss. of Sir Fulke Greville's Poems and dramas.

Rare Book copy: Price list tipped in.

Place of sale: London.

Date of sale: June 19, 1968.