Featuring over fifty lots of extremely rare texts from the 12th to the 19th century, the sale comprises a selection of manuscripts gathered by collector Georges Antaki over decades. Many were originally brought together in the library of the Syrian monk Paul Sbath (1887 - 1945), and cover a wide range of topics: religious texts of both Christian and Islamic interest, medicine, astrology, and popular fables.
Lot 8
A MANUSCRIPT ON RELIGIOUS POETRY (DIWAN) Ottoman Lands, probably Levant, dated July 1701 AD
Unsold
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 11
A TREATISE ON THE CELESTIAL VAULT Near East, 18th-19th Century
Unsold
Estimated at £400 - £500
Lot 16
A MEDICAL TREATISE Syria, dated 10 August 1719 AD (1132 AH)
Unsold
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 23
AN ARABIC MANUSCRIPT ABOUT THE GREEK LITURGY Aleppo, Northern Syria, dated 18th July 1776 AD
Unsold
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 25
A COMMENTARY BY STEPHAN MINUKIUS ON THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN Syria or Lebanon, 1124 AH (1712 AD)
Unsold
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 27
THE FOUR GOSPELS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT Syria or Mount Lebanon, 18th-early 19th century
Unsold
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
Lot 39
THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS Ottoman Syria, dated 23 March 1816
Unsold
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 44
A GRAMMATICAL COMMENTARY ON IBN AJARRUM'S AJURRUMIYYA Ottoman Syria, dated 1119 AH (1707 AD)
Unsold
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 45
A TREATISE ON ARABIC LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR Ottoman Lands, possibly Syria, 17th century
Unsold
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 47
AL-QAMUS AL-MUHIT WA’L QABAS AL-WASIT: ARABIC DICTIONARY Possibly Iran, 16th century
Unsold
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Lot 50
A LONG SCROLL CONTAINING 13 LEGAL DOCUMENTS Ottoman Lands, probably Levant, 16th century
Unsold
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000