MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Vacation du mercredi 25 novembre 2026, 9 h 30

Exposition: jeudi 19 novembre 2026 – dimanche 22 novembre 2026, 10 h 00 – 16 h 00 · Ordre de la vente

Lot 2548

[Oriental manuscripts]. Qur'an.

Javanese, dated(?) 1909, pen and ink on paper, ±300 lvs., Arabic text (1st leaf Javanese), rubricated in red, contemp. blindst. leather, 4to.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2549

[Oriental manuscripts. Qur'an]. Leaf from a Persian Qur'an.

19th cent., 10,5x6,5 cm. (text only), nasta'liq calligraphy in pen and black ink on recto and verso, w. sm. gold ornaments to separate the verses, w. a gold border around text and a medallion in margin, probably indicating the juz' (2x). AND a similar manuscript leaf, 19th cent. (calligraphy in pen and black ink on recto and verso, w. sm. painted gold ornaments to separate the verses, w. a gold border around text, 1x gold banner in the text w. floral decoration in white, blue and green and a medallion in margin. Margins frayed, soiled and spotted; sl. affecting the text. Prob. verses from Al-Baqarah and Ali 'Imran).

Estimation 70 € – 90 €

Lot 2550

[Overijssel]. (Van Diggelen family). Archive of ±160 mostly manuscript documents,

1699-1940, pen an ink on paper/ vellum, partly w. wax seal(s) attached.

Estimation 200 € – 300 €

Lot 2551

[Pompe van Meerdervoort family]. "Inventaris van de effecten behoorende aen den Boedel van Zalr. de Heer en Vrouwe van Meerdervoort, Beijde overleden in November 1680".

Manuscript inventory, ±1680, pen and ink, (51) lvs. (incl. 6 blank lvs.), pen and ink, contemp. limp vellum w. leather ties, folio. WITH loosely inserted three 18th cent. manuscript documents (2 concerning the Van Meerdervoort family), i.a. a list headed "7 Cavel", enumerating various goods with their values (i.a. "2 contre fijtsels van cornelis en johan de Witt met vergulde lijsten" and several other paintings) and a manuscript signed "Cornelia Vivien" (a final quittance with her cousins, dated "23. January 1722").

Estimation 800 € – 1 000 €

Lot 2552

[Post Byzantine Greek manuscript]. Codex,

17th/18th cent.[?], pen and black and red ink on paper, (98) pages, 17 to 18 lines per page, bound in 20th cent. plain cl.

Estimation 250 € – 350 €

Lot 2553

[Post-byzantine Greek manuscript]. Syntipas. (The History of the Seven Wise Masters).

Greek text, pen and black and red ink, (127) leaves, mostly 16 lines to the page, probably first half 17th cent., bound in 20th cent. grey cl.

Estimation 500 € – 700 €

Lot 2554

[Post-byzantine Greek manuscript]. Vishnu Sharma. (Stephanites kai Ichnelates [or: The Fables of Kalila and Dimna]). Post-byzantine Greek translation by Theodosios Zygomalas. (1544-1607).

Manuscript, pen and black and red ink, (161) leaves, mostly 16 lines to the page, the copyist of the manuscript has dated his manuscript as finished in "1660", bound in 20th cent. grey cl.

Estimation 500 € – 700 €

Lot 2555

[Russia]. Lot

of 3 passports, letterpress and manuscript, Russian and German text, dated 1797-1798, 2 engr. coats of arms, 2 wax seals (1x crumbled), signed by the Russian ambassadors in London, Berlin and Warsaw. ADDED: 3 other passports, issued to the same, by the Dutch, British and French authorities.

Estimation 100 € – 150 €

Lot 2556

[Schiedam]. "Annotatien uit de Resolutien van de Wel Edele Groot Achtbare Heeren Raaden in de Vroedschap de stad Schiedam, beginnende met den jaar 1655 en eindigende met den jaar 1669.".

Manuscript, pen and ink, Schiedam, n.d. (late 17th cent.), (1),221p., contemp. gilt dec. calf, folio.

Estimation 80 € – 100 €

Lot 2557

[South Africa]. Mandela, N.R. (1918-2013). SIGNATURE

"Mandela" and "8.11.99", black ballpoint. - ON the htitle of: Idem. De lange weg naar de vrijheid. Autobiografie. Amst./ Antw., Contact, 1995, 580,(1)p., plates, orig. wr. (sl. dogeared). - WITH: a fold. election poster of the ANC.

Estimation 300 € – 500 €