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Lot 5
5. Hackney Carriages.- hA c k n e y co A c h & cA b r i o L e t fA r e s,
Regulations and Acts of Parliament, printed on silk, 4 figures and
9 images, tissue repairs to verso, short tears and punch holes to
corners and head, some browning and spotting, 860 x 900mm.,
[1832]. £750 - £1,000
*** ‘In 1832 the Hackney Coach Board was abolished and its
licensing powers and management of the licence duties passed first
to the Board of Stamps and then, in 1833, to the Board of Stamps
and Taxes. Its regulatory powers passed entirely to a metropolitan
magistrate nominated by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.’
- National Archives.
Lot 6
Lot 7
6. Heraldry Paintings.- ro L L s o f LL A n g At t o c k A n d gW y n fA m i L i e s,
2 watercolour coats of arms, on paper, framed and glazed, 290 x
240mm. & 295 x 240mm., [late nineteenth century]; and another,
modern, v.s., v.d. (3). £200 - £300
7. Persian manuscript.- [hi s t o ry o f pe r s i A n ki n g s], manuscript
in Farsi on paper, 160 ff.,written on versos only, 6 lines, a few
pencil transcriptions, attractive 19th century red panelled morocco,
gilt,little rubbed, presentation inscriptions and notes, inside covers,
4to, ? Iran, mid to late 19th century. £350 - £450
*** Apparently unpublished history of the kings of Persia, in a style
of Farsi, consciously avoiding arabic influence, perhaps connected
with court circles.
Provenance: Inscribed inside front cover: ‘E.H. Minns from
E.G.B., Christmas 1917’ E.G. Browne (1862-1926), eminent
Persian scholar, author of a Literary History of Persia (1902-24)
and Persia, aYear amongst the Persians (1893). Sir Ellis Hovell
Minns (1874-1953), archaeologist and palaeographer, Sanders
reader in bibliography, and first Disney Professor of Archaeology at
Cambridge (inscription, and bookplate inside back cover). Inscribed
to the eminent Orientalist Christopher Gandy on back free endpaper
‘To Mr Gandy as a souvenir of our firm friendship. London May
10th 1962 Ali Moshiri’, repeated in Farsi. Alis Moshiri, perhaps a
member of the well-known family of singers from Iran.
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