written MS. in a neat gothic hand, in excellent preservation, pale morocco extra, Ce second ouvrage est un roman ascetique, recherché pour sa singularité. L'auteur, Ja. Palladina de Theramo, ou d'Ancharona était Archidacre d'Averse, plus tard il devint éveque de Monopoli, et en 1400 Archeveque de Tarente. 2321 THEOLOGICA EXCERPTA, GRACE, fol. (format agenda), 450 pp. rus. 37s Saec. XVII This valuable manuscript, from the Collection of the Hon. Fr. North (Earl of Guilford), contains an immense number of abstracts from the Greek Fathers. It was written in Italy in different hands by thorough Greek scholars. Some of these abstracts seem to be in the handwriting of the celebrated Allatius (Leone Allacci). 2322 THOMÆ DE HIBERNIA TABULA ORIGINALIUM sive Manipulus Florum secundum Ordinem Alphabeti extracta a libris XXXVI Auctorum, folio, MS. upon vellum, with illuminated capitals, morocco, £3. 5s Sae. XIV. With the following colophon : Explicit Manipulus Florum compilatus a magistro thoma de hybernia quondam socio de serbona et Incepit Johannes Galensis (Waleyss) Ord. Fratr. Minor. Doctor in Theologia istam tabulam et Magister Thomas finivit." 66 2323 THORNE (George) Common Place Book, containing Adagia, Poematia, Rules of Good Life in Verse, Sententiæ, a practical Catechisme, &c. 12mo. on paper, autograph, old calf, 10s Saec. XVIII. 2324 TORRE, PESQUERA and CHANOCA Families: Certificaçion de Armas y Nobleza de los Linages de la Torre, Pesquera y Chanoca, folio, MSS. and printed matter, with Coats of Arms & Seals, old Dutch calf, from a recent sale at Utrecht, £5. 5s Contents: Certificate from Don Pedro de Salazar Giron, Rey de Armas del Rey Don Phelippe IV. as to the correctness and genuineness of the Pedigrees and Documents, dated Madrid, 1684, confirmed by Albert de Launay, Bruselas, 1664. Certificates from Philippo IV., dated 1637, with many signatures.-Services rendus au Roy en ces Pays-Bas, par le Comte de Rache, Mre. de Camp, gnal. des Armées, etc., constaté par plusieurs certificats et autres tiltres, 1663.-A Document signed by De Bastida, dated Ghent, 1619.-Copia que el Cardinal D. Francisco do Mendoça y Bobadilla, arcobispo de Burgos, describio y dio al R. Felipe II., etc., with Coats of Arms;-with several other MS. Documents, bound up with many printed Certificates, all relating either to the above mentioned noble families or other Spanish houses. 2325 TOURNEMINE (Père, "de la Compagnie de Jesus") Essay de la Science universelle, "Jacobus Allais scripsit 1694," 4to. 164 pp. calf, 7s 6d Saec. XVII (1694) This work of a well known opponent of Voltaire, is not quoted in the Biographie Universelle, amongt the works of the author, and seems unpublished. 2326 TOWERS (Joseph, "the celebrated Political Writer") Autograph Common-Place Book, containing Prayers for the Opening of the Service, Memoranda relative 15s 2327 VAUGHAN FAMILY: A collection of 108 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS executed by the Family of the late Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, comprising chiefly VIEWS in WALES, in a large 4to. portfolio of tinted paper, hf. bd. £6.6s exec. temp. 1820-51 Amongst others the collection comprises the following Drawings; Condover Hall, Seat of E. W. S. Owen, Esq. Salop, 1832; Pont-yr-att Coch, St. Asaph, 1820; Langedwyn, Seat of C. W. W. Wynn, Esq. 1829; Turn of Holyhead Road by Glyn Bridge, 1829; View at Eatingdon, Warwickshire, 1832; Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire, 1834; Glyn Bridge, 1832; Bridge at Voëlos, 1833; Ponty Paddock Bridge over the Conway, 1831; Hanrwst Bridge, 1832; Snowdon, from Capel Curig, 1837; Pont Aberglasglyn, 1830; Harlech Castle, 1831; Llanddwwc Church, near Corsygedal, 1833; Cynwd Waterfall, 1831; Crogen, Lord Dudley, 1831; Llanderfel Rectory, Church, Bridge, 1832; Llan St. Fraid Church, 1830; Dinas Bran, near Llangollen; Denbigh Castle, 1831; Hall at Mostyn, Flintshire, 1837; Kenilworth Castle; Garmons, Seat of Sir T. Cotterell, 1836; Criccaeth Castle, 1840; Conway Castle, 1840, etc. The celebrated English landscape painter Wilson was patronised and entertained as a resident guest by the Vaughans, in return he executed some of his best pictures for them. 2328 VERDE BARAONA. Carta executoria de Hidalguia de Sangre, &c. &c. de D. Miguel Verde Baraona Vecino de Sepulveda, folio, THE OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT, beautifully written on 145 leaves of vellum, with finely illuminated Capitals (the last containing a characteristic portrait,) and Headings in gold and colours, having PAINTINGS OF THE CRUCIFIX, BEFORE WHICH DON MIGUEL WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD are praying, and of his Coat of Arms, prefixed. Each leaf is officially stamped, and at the end are the Autograph Signatures of the Marquis del Arco and other Officials, dated Valladolid, 20 August, 1695, oak bds. £9. 10s 2329 VICOT (Pierre) et Nicolas de Valois, Les trois Livres, folio, 398 pp. old calf, 30s Saec. XVII A very elaborate treatise on Alchemy, consisting of about 400 pages, and containing the most curious secrets. See for instance, p. 204, etc. 2330 VIRGIL. An Italian MS. upon paper, unfortunately imperfect. Promium (of a more recent date), addressed "Al molto magnifico M. Pietro Paulo Santino, etc." 6 leaves; of the text of Virgil, 105 leaves, the earlier portion, with interlinear and marginal notes, by a contemporary hand, folio, original calf binding, £2. 2s 2331 VOLTAIRE, la Pucelle d'Orleans, with 5 minor pieces neatly copied by MR. SOUBREMONT FROM VOLTAIRE'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, 4to. 264 pp. old calf neat, £2. 2s "This very neat specimen of Penmanship was apparently made for Voltaire's own use, who, as is well known, used very frequently, indeed always, to read his unpublished Poems to his most favoured acquaintances, professedly for the purpose of obtaining their opinions." A well written copy of the very desirable original MS. containing many curious passages which were subsequently suppressed. The chants are differently divided and present important variations from those in the printed editions. b. ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS. 2332 KORAN MUJEED, A most magnificent and valuable Arabic MS. stout folio, 385 leaves, measuring 15 inches by 9, most beautifully written in Ornamented Black, Coloured, and Gold Arabic Letters, on the finest Khan Baligh paper, in Iranee Characters; the top, middle, and bottom lines of each page are in gold and blue letters, the title pages and headings of each Soorah very richly illuminated in gold and colours; a few Prayers, finely illuminated, are added; on the back leaves are the SEALS OF MAHOMED SHAH, Badshah, or King of DELHI; MEER GHOLAM ALLI KHAN TALPORE, KING OF SCINDE; and inferior Princes to whom this book formerly belonged; bound in the native Persian style, £60. This wonderful MS. was purchased at the sale of the confiscated Property of the late RUNJEET SINGH, and is of undoubted Antiquity. As the art of writing and ornamenting Oriental works has been much on the decline since this Koran was prepared, its value is much increased, and it could not be replaced. Each leaf is paged, but that for 202 is accidentally omitted. Arabic Manuscripts executed by Persian Artists are preferred to all others, as it is in Persia only where Oriental Penmanship was carried on as an Art, and where the Writers of MSS. ranked equal with the great Courtiers. Any Nobleman or Gentleman desirous of a really fine specimen of Persian Art should secure this volume. 2333 EVANGELIA IV., Armenice, Manuscript on paper, 18mo. beautifully written, with DRAWINGS of the Evangelists, and numerous ORNAMENTS, executed in gold and colours, £25. Sæc. XVI. This beautiful Gem is covered with a rich cinque-cento binding of gilt silver, elaborately carved, having on the obverse side of the cover a representation of the Crucifixion, with the Heads of the Four Evangelists as corners; and on the reverse the Resurrection, with the devices of the Evangelists as corners. The whole exhibits an exquisite specimen of Byzantine Art. It is enclosed in a silk bag, on which the Crucifix and other ornaments are worked in silver lace. 2334 CHINESE DRAWINGS. Eight Delineations of the Exterior and Interior of CHINESE HOUSES, drawn in colours by a Native Artist, with three other coloured Drawings representing Flowers and Birds, square folio, bds. 9s 2335 PRECES ET PRÆCEPTA HEBRÆORUM, Hebraice, small 4to. a beautiful specimen of Hebrew Caligraphy, written in very elegant Romano-Jewish Characters, with points, and having the commencing words in LETTERS OF GOLD, surrounded by ornamental borders, painted in various colours, upon vellum, richly bound in green velvet, the sides and edges thereof protected with centres, (having a lion rampant and three stars, as arms, engraved thereon), corners and clasps of solid silver, £35. Sec. XV. This elegant speciSome of the Prayers Illuminated Hebrew MSS. by Italian Artists are of very rare occurrence. men of Italian Art was a marriage gift, it is in the purest state of preservation. are intermixed with Benedictions in Italian, but written in Hebrew characters. 2336 HEBREW SYNAGOGUE SCROLL of the Book of ESTHER, upon vellum, 13 feet long by 11 inches, beautifully written in a bold hand, without points, within 12 CABALISTIC OR SYMBOLICAL CIRCLES, comprising many hundred SMALL DRAWINGS, the space between the circles filled up by LARGER DRAWINGS of curious SCENES (one of them Potiphar's Wife and Joseph), with the figures in the COSTUME of the XVI. or XVII. Century, £3. 2337 FERDOSI'S SHAH NAMEH, A SUPERB PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT, in royal folio, with upwards of SIXTY ORIENTAL ILLUMINATIONS, exhibiting the Costumes of the East, their Battles, Tournaments, and Feats of Arms, with the War Horses richly caparisoned, Judicial Groups, Conversational and other Parties; the whole figured in very brilliant colours, heightened with gold, &c. this very finely preserved Manuscript would be of considerable importance in the East, blue morocco, with a broad margin, almost uncut, a great curiosity, £26. 5s From the collection of Prince Ghoolam Mohumed, Son of Tippoo Sultan. 2338 SADI'S BOSTAN, an old Persian MS. 8vo. with beautifully ornamented title and 6 ILLUMINATIONS, stained, Persian binding, £2. Saec. XVIII. 2339 HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. A FULL SERIES OF ALL THE DEITIES AND INCARNATIONS OF THE HINDOO RELIGION, with some PORTRAITS OF INDIAN AND PERSO-INDIAN PRINCES, together 111 EXQUISITE DRAWINGS, comprising about 250 subjects, the largest measuring 14 inches by 10, carefully designed and executed in RICH COLOURS AND GOLD by most accomplished Native Artists during the last Century, Persian and Sanscrit names above each Drawing, with unarranged English explanations made in India; all the Drawings mounted, and bound in 4 vols. folio, old blue morocco, gilt edges, £63. (ca. 1750) A Collection important for its artistic and Mythological value. The Hindoo Pantheon surpasses that of Greece by the extraordinary variety in the forms of its Gods, and by their still more wonderful achievements. The belief of the Hindoos in these Heroes of the Vedas is universal and likely to remain so, in spite of civilising and missionary efforts. To all students of the Vedantic philosophy the above collection will be highly instructive, it ought to find a resting place in some Public Library in England or on the Continent. 2340 MINIATURE PORTRAITS OF THE MOGUL EMPERORS OF INDIA: a superb unpublished Gallo-Indian MS. comprising 100 Portraits, exquisitely executed by first-rate native Artists of the time, and 125 Drawings of Coins, with Biographies of each Sovereign, the whole arranged according to Dynasties by GENTIL, Chev. de l'ordre roy. du militaire de Louis, Capitaine au service de France dans l'Inde; with the title HISTOIRE DES PIECES DE MONNOYE QUI ONT ÉTÉ FRAPPÉES DANS L'INDOSTAN, tirée de plusieurs historiens du pays à FAIZABAD, 1773, folio, rich old red morocco, gilt edges, Arms on sides, in a strong leather box, £21. From the date and the place of composition, it can be seen that this splendid MS. was got up when valuable materials existed still, which have since been lost. The Coins are all authentic, many of them represent objects of Indian Mythology. Mr. EDWARD THOMAS, author of the "Coins of the Patan Sultans," stated to me that this superb manuscript was "A VERY GREAT LITERARY CURIOSITY." 2341 JAVANESE BIBLE STORIES, a Series of about 31 leaves made from mulberry tree, with 12 excessively rude DRAWINGS, showing the infancy of Art in Java, and a quaint conception of the Creation, fol. superb yellow morocco binding, £5. 5s 2342 SECUNDER NAMEH. BURRY and BHURRY, A very richly decorated PERSIAN Manuscript, written within FILLETS OF GOLD, round each page, while between every line and column throughout the volume is an ornament also of gold, folio, WITH FORTY MINIATURE ILLUMINATIONS, many the whole size of the page, ALL BRILLIANTLY PAINTED AND FINISHED WITH GOLD, green morocco, £25. 2343 PERSIAN DRAWINGS. A Collection of FIFTY-THREE highly-finished Persian Drawings in colours, consisting of Portraits of Shahs, Allegorical, Domestic, and other subjects, some with descriptions, and mostly within ornamental borders on floreated groundwork, the whole HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD AND SILVER, and mounted on FORTY-NINE sheets of stout native cardboard, measuring 16 inches by 11) 2 vols. folio, in elegantly tooled Persian bindings, £20. These volumes are very beautiful specimens of Persian Art. They are offered at a very moderate price. 2344 DRAWINGS of EASTERN COSTUME, comprising 71 full-length Figures (many of them Portraits) of all Classes and Races in the Ottoman Dominions, some of them executed with artistic skill, the names beneath each drawing in Turkish and French, size averaging 5 inches by 7, carefully mounted on tinted paper, 4to. blue morocco extra, gilt edges, £4. 2345 DRAWINGS of TURKISH SULTANS, a complete Series of 30 Portraits, executed in a superior style of Eastern Art, each drawing measuring 7 inches by 10, 4to. native binding, £3. Both these collections were brought from the East by Si Grenville Temple. 2346 JAPANESE DRAWINGS, a Series of 12 very curious coloured Drawings, mostly Views in Japan, very neatly mounted between two folio boards, £3. 3s 2347 PERSIAN ALBUM, 63 pp. of superb Persian Caligraphy, surrounded by a variety of gold borders, and further embellished by 5 DRAWINGS, small folio, unbound, £2. 2348 ARABIC MSS. AL-NATAFI, Commentary upon Kanz-el-Dekaik, a Work on Mahommedan Jurisprudence, in Arabic, 3 vols. small folio, finely written, rough calf, £3. 10s 2349 ARABIC Grammar, in Arabic, written in a neat and bold hand, with marginal and interlinear annotations in different hands, 8vo. 166 pp. bd. 5s 2350 BELLARMINI Expositio doctrinae Christianae, Arabice et latine, scripsit J. Caillamer, MS. on paper, 16mo. vellum, 2s 6d Melitae, 1640 2351 COMMENTARY on the Mohammedan Law of Jurisprudence, a very interesting Arabic MS. very well written in the Talik character, sm. 4to. 552 pp native binding, 30s This volume was taken by a German trooper from a Turkish Pasha. It remained in Southern Germany for about 200 years, and has now found its way to England. 2352 DERVISTICAL CHARM, or Incantation, neatly written, in Arabic, on two long narrow rolls of paper, each 24 inches broad, and nearly 5 feet long, ornamented with mystical circles and squares, inscribed in some places with unintelligible cabalistic characters, 7s 6d 2353 DICTIONARY. An ARABIC and TURKISH Dictionary, with all the Arabic words explained in Turkish, sm. 4to. (valued by Mr. Catafago at £2.) bound, 15s This old Manuscript was copied at Constantinople in the year 934 of the M. E., or about 341 years ago. It is to be regretted that the name of the author does not exist in it. 2354 DIZIONARIO Arabo-Italiano, sm. 4to. 636 pp. neatly written, vellum, 7s 6d 2355 FARED-AL-DIVAN, Arabic Poems in MS. 8vo. 140 pp. native binding, 5s 2356 1820 the same, 4to. 104 pp. a neatly written modern transcript, calf, 7s 6d 2357 FATUH-AL-MISR-WA-SAAID, the Conquests of Lower and Upper Egypt and Neighbouring Countries, 1 vol. sm. square 4to. 330 pp. eastern binding, £2. 58 2358 FATUH-AS SHAM, or Mahommedan Conquests in Syria, Egypt and Arabian Irak, said to be the third vol. of the work; probably part of Al-Wakadi, in 1 vol. small folio, 224 pp. well written, £5. 5s 2359 GHITI ALLOGAT, an Arabic Lexicon, explained in Persian, neatly written in Taalik, the words explained being marked in red, and written in Neskhi, written A. H. 1108, answering to A.D. 1696, folio, 646 pp. 188 2360 HARIRI. The Makamat Hariri, a great classical composition, consisting of 50 Discourses, read or spoken in public, by Abu Mohammed Casen of Bussora, who died A.D. 1121, fully described by Stewart in his Catalogue of Tippoo's Library, folio, 340 pp. neatly written, with the vowels, oriental binding, 36s 2361 MAKAMAT-IL-HARIRI. The Treatises of Hariri, folio, in a bold hand, 20s 2362 IBN HELIKAN'S Works: a very ancient and nearly complete copy in the correct and very clear handwriting of the learned Zouli, 3 vols. folio, rare, £4. 2363 KAFI, “Sharh-al-Mu'arribat." An Arabic Grammar, copied Anno Hegira 1259 (A.D. 1842), 4to. 92 pp. hf. bd. 7s 6d Saec. XIX 2364 KANZ-AL-LOGAT. A well-known Arabic and Persian Dictionary, by Mohammad bin-'Abd-al-Khalik, a Persian MS. in old handwriting, sm. 4to. 600 pp. bds. 12s 2365 KHUZANET-AL-MOOFTEEN, the Treasure of Wisdom, an Arabic Treatise on the Knowledge of Religion, &c. by the eminent Hoosen Humafy, folio, upwards of 600 pages beautifully written, calf neat, £3. 2366 KITAB-AL-MUSTATRIF, a Book of Novelties, in Arabic, folio, Oriental binding, £3. 3s Saec. XVI This miscellaneous work in prose and verse, divided into 84 chapters, contains a great variety of subjects, such as religion, moral philosophy, etc. etc., and describes the wonders of the earth, mountains, etc. etc. The anonymous author says, that he has compiled it from the Korān, the traditions, the history of Hermits, the work of Zamakhshari, etc. etc. 2367 ALKORAN, Arabic MS. in a very neat hand, with all the vowel points, sm. 12mo. strong oriental binding, 25s 2368 KORAN, in Arabic, MS. elegantly written within MYSTICAL CIRCLES on each page, 18mo. 674 pp. native binding, 21s ca. 1700 A great caligraphic achievement, there occurring not a single division in any of the words, though the circles are only 2 inches in diameter. 2369 KORAN COMMENTARY. A most extensive and valuable Commentary, expounding, as is believed, according to the Doctrine of the Sect of Shiites, all the Soorahs of the Koran, 2 stout vols. folio, MS. very beautifully written, Indian binding, £4. 10s 2370 Law (Mohammedan) an Arabic MS. on, sm. stout folio, very old and written in a peculiar way, with many commentaries, old binding, poor condition, 10s 2371 MOHAMMEDAN Prayer Book, Arabic and Turkish MS. including some chapters of the Koran, etc. 16mo. 388 pp. native binding, 6s ca. 1670 2372 MOHAMMEDAN Prayers, an Arabic MS. with the vowel points, beautifully written in the Talik character, the chapter headings executed in gold, each line divided and every page bordered by gold and coloured lineation, the initial ornamented, sm. 8vo. 280 pp. morocco extra, gilt edges, 25s page elegantly 2373 MOTANEBBI. Diewan-il-Mettineby: the Poems of Mettineby, an Arabic MS. 12mo. red morocco, 18s 2374 MUHAMMAD IBN-AL-HUSSAIN-IL-KURKHI, Kitab-al-Kāfi fi 'Ilm-al-Hissab," &c., a Treatise on Arithmetic and Geometry, Land Surveying, &c. in Arabic, 4to. 240 pp. hf. bd. 36s Saec. XVIII A most valuable and scarce Arabic work; beautifully written in the Nashk character. 2375 MULLA SALIH, the Ghayatal-Itkan fi Tadbir Badan al Insan: A voluminous Medical and Chemical work in Arabic, fol. 520 pp. bd. in red sheep, £3. 3s Saec. XVII. An important work taken from numerous Greek and Latin authors, quoted by the author, and amongst whom Galen is one of the most conspicuous. The last anonymous author of this compilation says that the work was commenced by Mulla Salih Effendi, who died without finishing it, and that then it was continued by Mulla Yahya Effendi, who being appointed Cadi of Rome (Constantinople according to D'Herbelot, the New Antioch, built by Nūshirwan,) had no time to complete it, and therefore" he entrusted it to me the Fakir (the poor, the humble, &c." In all probability this work, of which we have found no mention whatever, would increase our information relating to the amount of Greek and Latin Science which had penetrated amongst the Mohammedans, and it would be interesting to compare it with the well known works of Abulchasis Iber Sīnā, &c., as well as other Arabic works recently reviewed in the Journal Asiatique by M. Mullet, Dr. Sanguinetti, and other Orientalists. One of the most curious chapters contained in the present manuscript relates to the various symptoms and effects of the biting of venomous animals, such as snakes, serpents, scorpions, &c. &c. We could not find any mention of this work in the learned work of M. Wenrich, on the translations of Greek authors into Arabic. 2376 NASHIYA. A Commentary on Nashiya of Mulla Julal or Logic, 8vo. a very old Arabic MS. mended, bound, 12s 2377 SAB' AT ASRAR-AL-ILLAHIYAH, or "Nuzhat-al-Nafūs." The Seven Revelations of God, or the Delight of the Soul. (An Arabic Christian work, containing seven chapters on the Birth of Christ, Moses, David, Solomon, the Soul, Death, and the Day of Judgment. By two Priests named Rahiyah and Kasis, written at Bawūna in Egypt, A. D. 1479), folio, 216 pp. hf. cloth, 36s Saec. XV. An interesting work which seems perfectly unknown. 2378 SELECTIONS from the difficult portions of the Mohammedan Law, an Arabic MS. sm. 4to. 219 pp. the Commentary being interlineal, native binding, 7s 6ḍ 2379 SIRAJ-EL-WAHHAJ. A Valuable Commentary on Mahommedan Religious Sects, &c. in Arabic, 2 stout vols. roy. 8vo. finely written, cf. £2. 5s 2380 ASSYRIAN INSCRIPTIONS: The RUBBINGS of all the Cuneiform Inscriptions at Susa, taken by W. K. Loftus, Esq., in 1850, in all 160 pieces, most distinctly executed upon a thick greyish paper, the lot £5. The attention of great Public Libraries is drawn to this lot. On my becoming proprietor of the late Mr. Loftus' Library, I offered the above to the British Museum, but it appears from a letter of Sir Henry Rawlinson to whom I submitted these Rubbings, that they are a duplicate Series of those supplied by Mr. Loftus to the British Museum. Mr. L. received from the Trustees £500. a year for his Assyrian labours. I doubt whether all these rubbings are published; the printed Series seems to have been interrupted by Mr. Loftus's journey to India; returning from there his death took place. A set of the printed (lithographed) Inscriptions can be had for 12s. 2381 BURMESE. JATAKA, a Burmese MS., beautifully written with a style on 163 Talipot or Palmyrene leaves, in capital preservation, between 2 oak boards, gilt edges, £2. "Canterbury, Febr. 21, 1858. "The MS. which you sent me for examination contains a portion of a Burmese translation from the Pali of the JATAKA, a legendary or mythological account of the former births of Buddha. I have put the leaves in order, so that any one wishing to consult the MS. may easily find out what is wanting to complete the copy."-R. Rost. K |
