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Ceremony of Judgment: Noblemen as Judicial Arbiters, 1847
Located in Langweer, NL
style or is meant to mimic the appearance of hand-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have
Category
1840s Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$161 Sale Price
20% Off
Albrecht Achilles: The Warrior Prince of Brandenburg in Prayer, 1847
Located in Langweer, NL
manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or materials that gave a similar effect to
Category
1840s Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$151 Sale Price
20% Off
Letter from Louis Marcoussis to Countess Pecci Blunt - Early 20th Century
By Louis Marcoussis
Located in Roma, IT
Letter from Louis Marcoussis to Countess Pecci Blunt is an original manuscript.
The letter is
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper, Ink
Antique Print of Various Churches on Ceylon or Nowadays Sri Lanka, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
originates from 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts others
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols
Located in Middletown, NY
the idea of the picturesque. Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Manuscript
Materials
Leather, Paper
Original Antique Engravings of Various Churches on Ceylon
Sri Lanka
, 1732
Located in Langweer, NL
printed from original manuscripts others now first printed in English'.
Artists and Engravers
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
Youthful Extravagance: A Member of the Venetian Calza, 1847
Located in Langweer, NL
-painted manuscripts, the original artists might have employed techniques or materials that gave a similar
Category
1840s Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$151 Sale Price
20% Off
Ancient Arabic Calligraphy of Praying
Located in Roma, IT
Arabic Calligraphy of praying is a precious manuscript reporting Islamic Sacred Verses in an
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Ink
Pair of Framed Zoological Prints, Fish of the Nile
By Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
produced numerous manuscripts and studies of invertebrates of Egypt. The hand colored prints have been
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper, Elm
Antique Tabriz Carpet, Handmade Persian Rug in Floral Soft, Beige and Taupe
Located in Port Washington, NY
(1587-1629), artists and artisans designed illuminated manuscripts, embroidered silks, painted
Category
1920s Persian Tabriz Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$10,000 Sale Price
23% Off
Antique Persian Sultanabad Hunting Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
of art, a woven manuscript chronicling the noble virtues of strength, harmony, and beauty. Such
Category
Mid-19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
The Lovers’ Draught: Antique English Medieval Needlepoint Masterpiece of Romance
Located in Dallas, TX
light like burnished armor and illuminated manuscripts, underscoring the tapestry’s noble bearing and
Category
Early 20th Century English Medieval Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
American Mahogany and Cast Iron Copying Press with Paw Feet, Charleston, SC 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
consist of white pine. Copying Presses were used for pressing books and manuscripts to keep onion paper
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Manuscript
Materials
Brass, Iron
Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet with Rustic Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
presence, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Sultanabad rug unfolds like an ancient manuscript
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi - Arabic Calligraphy
Located in Roma, IT
Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi - Arabic Calligraphy is a beautiful and precious manuscript with
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Ink
Old Eastern Balkans Map, with Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, 1633
Located in Langweer, NL
middle fold. A few old manuscript names and underlining, please study image carefully.
Category
1630s Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
Ancient Persian Miniature: Men with Scimitar - Probably 18/19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
the human world. The handwriting of the manuscript in the back of the sheet is full of the detailed
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Ink, Tempera
Antique Map of Overijssel by De Wit, c.1680
Located in Langweer, NL
loss in the left margin. A small manuscript annotation in the top right margin. General age-related
Category
17th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$422 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Persian Kermanshah Masterpiece of Biophilic Elegance
Located in Dallas, TX
to experience a textile symphony of nature, geometry, and artistry intertwined, a woven manuscript of
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Arts and Crafts Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Rug, Ivy League Style Meets Nomadic Charm
Located in Dallas, TX
work of art into a cultural manuscript, carrying the voices of weavers who encoded their worldviews
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$11,400 Sale Price
20% Off
One Thousand And One Nights French Orientalism Art Nouveau Decorative Period
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
as One Thousand and One Nights from the fourteenth or fifteenth century Syrian manuscript into French
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Florence Sketchbook of Frank Lloyd Wright (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a limited edition facsimile of the manuscript sketchbook by Frank Lloyd Wright which served
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
Attractive Hand-Colored Antique Plan of Nagapattinam in India, 1744
Located in Langweer, NL
'A Collection of Voyages and Travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts others now
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$525 Sale Price
25% Off
Eagle: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
claimed would take more than a century to print. As he had hoped, his students used his manuscripts to
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Antique Manuscript
Materials
Engraving
Eagle: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
By Ulisse Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
claimed would take more than a century to print. As he had hoped, his students used his manuscripts to
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Antique Manuscript
Materials
Engraving
The Collector’s Choice: Late 19th Century Persian Lavar Kerman Palace Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
flanked by layers of floral guard bands. Each delicate detail serves as a botanical manuscript, a woven
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
The Iron Jewel of Persia: A Late 19th Century Halwai Bidjar Palace Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
weaver’s mastery — translating nature’s eternal rhythm into a woven manuscript of elegance.
The grandeur
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Modern Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
Venetian School, Ottoman Honey Merchant
Located in London, GB
also carried luxury objects such as carpets, inlaid metalwork, illustrated manuscripts and glass
Category
Early 17th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$219,081 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Print of Church Valley on the Island of St. Helena and a Hunting Scene
By Johannes Nieuhof
Located in Langweer, NL
from original manuscripts others now first printed in English', printed in 1744 for Henry Lintot. First
Category
18th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Persian Mahi Tabriz Rug with Modern Rustic Style
Located in Dallas, TX
acquire this antique Tabriz is to inherit not just a work of art, but a living manuscript of Persian
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Antique Persian Tabriz Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
. Together, they form a living manuscript—an illuminated margin around the woven text of the central field
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
The Sultan’s Soliloquy: Oversized 19th Century Oushak Masterpiece
Located in Dallas, TX
golds, burnished sand, and oxidized rose reads like faded script from a gilded manuscript, murmuring
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish American Craftsman Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Malayer Rug with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
pattern transform it into more than a runner—it becomes a cultural manuscript, a weaving of memory, myth
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Malayer Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$4,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Eastern European Paper Cut Ketubah, Jewish Marriage Contract
Located in New York, NY
daughter of Aharon. Manuscript in Hebrew composed in square script on paper. Signed by the Shochet and
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
Map of East Frisian Islands
Northwestern Tip of Germany, Ostfriesland, c.1595
Located in Langweer, NL
. Based on a manuscript map of Jan Bloemaert or Johannes Florianus.
Artists and Engravers: Abraham
Category
16th Century Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
$1,661 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Persian Sarouk Rug with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
of color, a timeless manuscript woven into wool. The enclosing floral border completes the design
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Sarouk Farahan Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
The Celestial Court: A 19th Century Indian Agra Masterpiece of Imperial Splendor
Located in Dallas, TX
vast field unfolds like a royal manuscript—each signature motif, hue, and contour a tribute to divine
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Chinoiserie Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
1910
s Persian Kerman Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
color and detail conjures the splendor of Safavid-era manuscript illumination, each botanical form a
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Regency Revival Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$14,559 Sale Price
33% Off
Anatomical Model of Gorilla by Dr. Louis Auzoux Plus Unique Handwritten Booklet
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Haarlem, NL
collection Delmas-Orfla-Rouvière), and the current example. Even more rare is the autograph manuscript that
Category
1860s French Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
1900
s Persian Shiraz Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
connection to the earth.
This antique Shiraz runner is more than floor covering; it is a living manuscript
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Spanish Colonial Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$5,488 Sale Price
31% Off
The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, First Edition, 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
manuscript in late 1921, and Charles Scribner's Sons published the book in March 1922. Scribner's prepared an
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique Manuscript
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Map of China and Korea incl Formosa and Hainan, by Janssonius, ca.1650
Located in Langweer, NL
. Professionally remargined at the top, with some manuscript additions in upper border. Small closed tear at lower
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper
1900
s Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
unfolds like illuminated manuscript margins. Vines dance upward in rhythmic scrolls, each curve entwined
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Revival Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$17,808 Sale Price
30% Off
The River Barge
By David Cox
Located in Fairlawn, OH
David Cox: With Remarks on His Works and Genius, was based on a manuscript by Cox's friend William Hall
Category
1810s Romantic Antique Manuscript
Materials
Ink
J-M. Hérédia
s Les Trophées with signed frontispiece portrait and EXTRAS
Located in Middletown, NY
, but his sonnets were circulated in manuscript form, and gave him a reputation before they were
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Manuscript
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Tabriz Renaissance: An Antique Masterwork of Persian Elegance and Heritage
Located in Dallas, TX
order from divine inspiration. This is not mere decoration, but a coded manuscript in wool—an emblem of
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$2,632 Sale Price
32% Off
Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Arnolfini Portrait she especially liked.[8] At that time, she gained access to the manuscript room at the
Category
1890s Academic Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ruins of Hailes Abbey, 19th century landscape sketch
Located in London, GB
1950s to the 1970s Matthews operated as a dealer in prints, drawings, rare books and manuscripts.
Scroll
Category
1830s Victorian Antique Manuscript
Materials
Graphite
Ancient Axum Gilt Coin Necklace and Bracelet Set in 18k Yellow Gold
Located in Miami, FL
in church mosaics and gold leaf on manuscripts- to reflect the Divine Light shining on the monarch
Category
15th Century and Earlier Ethiopian Antique Manuscript
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Correspondence by Augusto Murri - 1917/18
Located in Roma, IT
Correspondence by Augusto Murri is a set that comprises three manuscript letters addressed to
Category
1910s Antique Manuscript
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Earthbound Reverie: An Antique Malayer Masterwork of Aged Noble Beauty
Located in Dallas, TX
household.
The exceptional field unfolds like an archival botanical manuscript, its stylized floral lattice
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
$3,248 Sale Price
33% Off
Doris Leslie Blau Authentic 19th Century Persian Tabriz Botanic Rug
Located in New York, NY
patronage of Shah Abbas the Great (1587-1629), artists and artisans designed illuminated manuscripts
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Manuscript
Materials
Wool
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding The Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
By Icilio Federico Joni
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
as a commission for a specific book. There is another in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Manuscript
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel
Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting by Jean-Baptiste Glomy
By François Boucher
Located in PARIS, FR
Julienne" (last photo in the Gallery), a manuscript presenting the painting collection assembled by the art
Category
1750s Old Masters Antique Manuscript
Materials
Chalk, Ink
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding The Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
By Icilio Federico Joni
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
as a commission for a specific book. There is another in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Manuscript
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
18th Century Engraving "Attack with a Battering Ram" by Montfaucon
Located in Alamo, CA
manuscripts can be deciphered, read and studied). He is also regarded as one of the founders of modern
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Manuscript
Materials
Engraving
Repubblica Romana - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1879
Located in Roma, IT
Repubblica Romana is a beautiful historical manuscript embellished by meticulous decorations
Category
1870s Antique Manuscript
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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