Rare Auction Broadside “Stranded Vessel for Sale” Packet Ship Schooner Stranded at Treacherous Beamer Rock Historic Dalgety Bay in Fife Scotland 1851 Glasgow, 1 November 1851. Packet ship broadside for the auction sale of Glasgow schooner called ‘London Packet’ … Continue reading
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Musician’s Mini Archive French Military Marching Band Giberne French Music Sheets Rare Müller Brothers Photograph circa 1860s Germany, France, circa 1865-1870. Nineteenth century musician’s leather pouch (French giberne) containing an albumen cabinet card photograph of the younger Gebrüder Müller (Müller … Continue reading
Tobacciana Document Archive Production and Trade Territorial Growing Claims Rare Primary Source Manuscript Documents Monasteries Engaged in Cultivation and Accused of Fraud 1752-1777 Palermo, Sicily, Naples, 1752-1777. Archive of 47 manuscript documents, pertaining to production and trade of tobacco, sometimes … Continue reading
Ancient Syria Archaeology Qalb Loze Basilica Roman Funerary Towers – Valley of the Tombs Photographed Plans circa 1851The Ancient Tomb Monuments Illustrated Here Were Razed by Isis in 2015 [Syria, 1851] – The Basilica of Qalb Loze and a Tower … Continue reading
William Shakespeare Renaissance Plays and Sonnets Miniature Edition in 40 Volumes Complete Set in Original Condition As Issued Edinburgh, Andersons Edinburgh Ltd., circa 1932. Charming set of Shakespeare’s works in 40 miniature books, each measuring approximately 5 x 3.5 cm … Continue reading
Canterbury, October 1880. Calendar of Prisoners tried, charged, and imprisoned at Her Majesty’s Prison at Canterbury. Original court document, with manuscript annotations by the clerk, listing nine convicts and three persons on bail. Folio. 3 pages, printed at the Kentish … Continue reading
Kingdom of Belgium, 1922-1957. Archive of military service papers and identification cards of Sergeant Major René Jules Charles Wege of Liège, a Walloon Belgian who was held captive by the Germans as a political prisoner of war for 53 days … Continue reading
Hanover, 1855. 8vo. 32 page German manuscript, a poetic or theatrical composition dealing with California and dedicated to Queen Marie, Consort of King George V of Hanover, during the California Gold Rush. Dedication page, written in French, signed and dated … Continue reading
Bombay: Wasserträger. Water carrier. Bombay, circa 1899-1901. Original miniature gelatin silver print photographic trading card, numbered and captioned in both German and English, “Wasserträger / Water carrier.” Number 35 from a series titled, “Photographien aufgenommen and gesammelt von Gustav Boehm … Continue reading
Collection of Eighteenth Century Tobacco Edicts Kingdom of Prussia Tobacco smoking under the reign of Prussian King Frederick William I (1713-1740) and Frederick the Great (1740-1786), the latter of whom dogmatically favoured snuff tobacco Berlin, 1726-1770. Unusual Tobacciana Archive … Continue reading