Sothebys: Oriental Manuscripts And Miniatures, SHANGRI,

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 15, 1970 - July 15, 1970
Page Size: 465 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
397 Magical scroll Ethiopia

USD - 4.00
398 A BURMESE MANUSCRIPT of a Buddhist text

USD - 4.00
399 A BURMESE MANUSCRIPT of a Buddhist text Burma

USD - 4.00
400 A BURMESE MANUSCRIPT of a Buddhist text

USD - 12.00
401 A PURANIC TEXT [Kashmir]

1900/1843

 USD - 108.00
402 QUR'AN Arabic

USD - 600.00
403 QUR'AN Arabic

USD - 5,280.00
404 QUR'AN SECTION Mamluk

USD - 1,800.00
405 MUHAMMAD IBN ISMA'IL AL-BUKHARI Mamluk

USD - 108.00
406 QUR'AN SECTION Persia

USD - 576.00
407 QUR'AN SECTION Persia

USD - 960.00
408 QUR'AN SECTION Persia

USD - 624.00
409 Prayer Book of Yusuf ibn Abdullah [Persia or Turkey]

982/1574-5

 USD - 14.00
410 QUR'AN India

USD - 84.00
411 DALAIL AL-KHAIRAT [Kashmir]

1200(?)/1785-6

 USD - 60.00
412 'Abd al-Latif ibn 'Abd al-Majid (d. circa 879/1474-5) Turkish

USD - Not Sold
413 QUR'AN India

USD - 24.00
414 ABU HASAN AL-WAFA'I AL-SHURUNBULALI (d. 1069/1658) [Turkish]

1221 /1806-7

 USD - 60.00
415 DALAIL AL-KHAIRAT India

USD - 12.00
416 Qur'an Turkish

USD - 28.00
417 Qur'an [Turkish]

20 Shawwal 1269/1853

 USD - 21.00
418 DALAIL AL-KHAIRAT [Kashmir]

1285/1868-9

 USD - 60.00
419 Qur'an [Turkish]

15th Muharram 1291/4th March 1874

 USD - 72.00
420 SA'DI KULLIYAT Persia

USD - 100.00
421 FIRDAUSI Herat

903/1497-8

 USD - 1,440.00
422 Jami. Diwan PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT on paper Persia

USD - 19.00
423 KUTB UD-DIN MAHMUD IBN MAS'UD USH-SHIRAZI Durrat ut-Taj Persia

USD - 91.00
424 SA'DI KULLIYAT [Shiraz]

Jumada II 926/May-June 1520

 USD - 720.00
425 Hafiz. Diwan PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT on paper Shiraz

USD - 19.00
426 NIZAML KHAMSA Shiraz

c. 1560

 USD - 360.00
427 HUSAYN IBN 'ALI AL-WA'IZ KASHIFI ANWAR-I-SUHAYLI [Persia]

15th Ramazan 974/26th March 1567

 USD - 960.00
428 Sharaf ud-Din 'Ali Yazdi Zafar Nama [Persia]

Monday 15th Rabi' II, 1017/29th July, 1608

 USD - 16.00
429 Khamsa NIZAMI [Persia]

1017/1608-9

 USD - 24.00
430 NIZAMI. Khamsa PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT on paper [Isfahan]

1[0]47/1637-8

 USD - 120.00
431 FIRDAUSI

USD - 60.00
432 A FINE ALBUM OF FORTY-FOUR PAGES OF NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY BY MIR 'IMAD AL-HUSAYNI

USD - 1,800.00
433 Ghiyath al-Din Khwandamir Khulasat al-Akhbar [Persia]

1109/1697-8

 USD - 19.00
434 QAZWINI provincial Persian

USD - 264.00
435 WAKA'I-NADIRI [India]

1192/1778

 USD - 48.00
436 FIRDAUSI probably Kashmir

USD - 1,440.00
437 QAZWINI Delhi

USD - 768.00
438 SA'DI. GULISTAN PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT on paper Kashmir

USD - 60.00
439 FIRDAUSI Kashmir

USD - 216.00
440 An abridged history of the life of Muhammad Turkish

USD - 4.00
441 THE ROMANCE OF AMIR HAMZA provincial Persian

USD - 48.00
442 A work on farriery [India]

1260/1844

 USD - 33.00
443 Haft Paikar Nizami [Kashmir]

1908/1851

 USD - 9.00
444 Mahabharata (Persian translation)

USD - 2.00
445 QUR'AN Persia

USD - 3,600.00
446 KHAMSA (WITHOUT MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR) NIZAMI Shiraz

c.1550

 USD - 2,880.00
447 AMIR KHUSRAW DIHLAVI A'in-i-Iskandari and Hasht Bihisht [Persia]

964/1556-7

 USD - 192.00
448 KAMAL UD-DIN KHUJANDI. DIWAN PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT on paper [Persia]

980(?)/1572-3

 USD - 480.00
449 FIRDAUSI [Shiraz]

[10]15/1606-7

 USD - 4,080.00
450 QUR'AN Persia

USD - 1,320.00
451 JAMI. TUHFAT AL-AHRAR (A Gift to the Free) PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT on paper Isfahan

c. 1620 and later

 USD - 1,200.00
452 AFZAL UD-DIN BADIL KHAQANI (d. 595/1198-9) TUHFAT AL-'IRAQAIN [Persia]

1039/1629-30

 USD - 1,008.00
453 QUR'AN Turkish

USD - 60.00
454 QUR'AN [Turkish]

1248/1832-3

 USD - 67.00
455 BOOK OF PRAYERS Persia

USD - 108.00
456 MAWLANA SADRU'D-DIN SHIRAZI Al-Sifr al-Thalith min Kitab al-Ingaf (on Islamic philosophy) [Persia]

1261/1845

 USD - 528.00
457 BHAGAVAD GITA

c.1840

 USD - 120.00
458 PSALTER Ethiopia

USD - Not Sold
459 KALILAH WA DIMNAH Turkish

USD - 72.00
460 NIZAMI Kashmir

USD - 72.00
461 THREE MANUSCRIPTS WITH QAJAR PAINTED LACQUER BINDINGS

1885

 USD - 720.00
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.