27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscript.
Esther Scroll (Megillah Esther). Ink manuscript on five conjoined parchment membranes, rolled into a scroll on turned wooden handle, 27 columns, 16 lines per column, ink smudges, creased, repaired tear at beginning of first membrane, approx. 312cm x 17.3cm.
Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
Highlights include a first edition of an important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies published in 1687, a collection of watercolours depicting landscapes and ancient sites of Egypt and the Middle East, and a selection of mid-19th century albumen print photographs of Rome. Further notable lots include plates from a mid-18th century plan of Paris by Michael Etienne Turgot, a Victorian autograph album and a copy of Eugene Grasset's 'Plants and the Application to Ornament'.
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