BLYTH
(Sir Chay, b. 1940, CBE, BEM, Managing Director, the Challenge Business International)
Photo, signed,
showing him holding onto a rope on a yacht, 6" x 4", no place, no date,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
25860
£15
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BODY
(George, 1840-1911, Canon Missioner of Durham)
Autograph Letter signed to Augusta Mary née Douglas,
(1811-1899,Lady Castletown), explaining that he and his wife have been at Perugia, and that if she is still in Florence they will call, 2 sides 8vo., Villa Palmieri, Florence, 5th November
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
14730
£15
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[BONCOMPAGNI
(Girolamo, 1622-1684, from 1651 Archbishop of Bologna, from 1664 Cardinal)]
Attractive Manuscript Permission to Carry Weapons,
in Italian with translation, bearing the Archbishop's family arms of a gold dragon on a red field, with his cardinal's hat and tassels, in strong colours, the text bordered with blue scrolls between pairs of red lines, saying that "Alessandro Pandino's name being inscribed in our roll, he is allowed to bear all kinds of Arms, offensive and defensive, except Arquebuses and daggers, we also prohibit him from carrying firearms ['bocche di fuochi'] in the City, unless passing through", vellum, 7½" x 8", Bologna, date and month left blank,
three small wormholes in blank portions, one just crossing a red frame line
Item Date:
1667
Stock No:
55686
£675
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BONES
(Stephen, Receiver of Poor Rates for East Greenwich, Kent)
Receipt Signed from Mr. Trigg for 4 shillings,
being half a year's rates "for the Relief of the Poor, and for the Repairing the Highways, and Cleansing the Streets of this Parish", printed with manuscript additions, 1 side oblong 8vo., 22nd November
Item Date:
1765
Stock No:
12202
£25
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BOOK OF HOURS
Facing Pair of finely illuminated leaves from a Book of Hours in Latin,
with initial letters in blue, mauve and gold, the right hand one with a beautifully penned border in the outer margin of trailing roses and other flowers, in blue, red, green and gold, together 4 sides 6" x 4½", vellum, Flanders or Northern France, circa
Item Date:
1450
Stock No:
56522
£750
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