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26 February 2020 | starting at 13:00 GMT

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Colonial School19th CenturyA horse and carriage outside a colonial house

Walter Spies(German, 1895-1942)A set of three stylised insect studies each 24.8 x 24.8cm (9 3/4 x 9 3/4in). (3)

COMPANY SCHOOL - INDIA Two botanical studies of large fruit (Bread fruit; Jack fruit) on a branch, with cross-section and pip detail, [c.1810] (2)

COMPANY SCHOOL - INDIA A botanical study of large fruit on a branch, with cross-section and pip detail, [c.1807]

ELPHINSTONE (MOUNTSTUART) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; Comprising a View of the Afghan Nation and A History of the Dooraunee Monarchy, FIRST EDITION, Longman, Hurst, 1815

FIRST SIKH WAR Inscriptions on the Seikh Guns Captured by the Army of the Sutledge 1845-46, FIRST EDITION, [?Calcutta, c.1847-9]

ADAIR (FREDERICK E.S.) Sport in Ladakh. Five Letters from "The Field", Fisher, 4to; and 3 others, India (4)

CONWAY (WILLIAM MARTIN) Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas, 4 vol. (including "Scientific Reports", and portfolio of maps), FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 150 DE LUXE COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894

LODWICK (R.W., BOMBAY CIVIL SERVICE) Humorous Sketches in the World We Live In, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "To the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone the friend & patron of his father this copy is presented as a mark of respect by R.W. Lodwick, Bombay, April 25th 1856" on the front free endpaper, Bombay, Drawn by the Author, and Lithographed at the Education Society's Press, 1856

John Ritso(British, late 18th/early 19th century)A view of a temple on a riverside in India

William Carpenter(British, 1818-1899)On the Benares road unframed

Circle of William Daniell RA(1769-1837 London)A merchant ship in India, thought to be on the Ganges

Philip Westcott(British, 1815-1878)Portrait of Charles Aiken (1827-1847) in India

Carlton Alfred Smith, RI, RBA, ROI(British, 1853-1946)An Indian street scene unframed

After Robert Ker PorterThe body of Tippoo Sultaun recognised by his family 59.7 x 70.2cm (23 1/2 x 27 5/8in)(SH).

Lady Constance Wenlock(British, 1852-1932)Figures on a mountain path overlooking the plains, thought to be India

Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachi Amarasekara(Sri Lankan, 1883-1983)A snake charmer

Julian Barrow(British, 1939-2013)Gateway of India from The Royal Bombay Yacht Club; The Maidans; Chowpatty Beach, a set of three works the first 28 x 33.9cm (11 x 13 3/8in); the second and third 22.6 x 30.5cm (8 7/8 x 12in). (3)

Abdulrahim Apabhai Almelkar(Indian, 1920-1982)A lady holding a fan mounted but unframed

Thakur Ganga Singh(Indian, 1895-1970)Three botanical studies two measure 45.1 x 35cm (17 3/4 x 13 3/4in); the third measures 38.1 x 30.1cm (15 x 11 7/8in). (3)

[KARELIN (ANDREY OSIPOVICH, attributed to)] Three good photographic panoromas of Nizniy Novgorod, one from a viewpoint above the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, the others views of the banks along the Oka River, [c.1890] (3)

DURAND (ANDRÉ) AND DENIS RAFFET Saint Petersbourg. Couvent de Smolnoi, vue prise d'Esplanade; Vue générale de Mourom, 31 Aout 1839; Vue de Nijni-Novgorod et du Monastère de l'Annociation, 2 Septembre 1839; Monastère de Troitza, Gouvernement de Moscou. Entrée méridionale et tour dite des Saints, [Paris, c.1840] (4)

RIGA, LATVIA SLIE (CHARLES) Christian of Grangemouth. John Duncan [offloading goods at Riga], [1828]

DURAND (ANDRÉ) AND DENIS RAFFET Moscou. La porte Sainte. Entrée du Kremlin; Cathédrale d'Ouspenski à la Pacrowka; Vue prise de la Montagne dite des Moineaux; Tour d'Ivan-Veliki. Intérieur du Kremlin, [Paris, c.1840] (4)

IRAQ - MESOPOTAMIA, ASHUR AND GERTRUDE BELL Album of 125 photographs (mostly gelatin silver prints on photo cards) relating to the German archaeological survey at Ashur, and Mesopotamia including a visit by Gertrude Bell, probably compiled by a member of the team, [c.1909-1911]

Henry Andrew Harper(British, 1835-1900)Dead Sea

LOWTH (GEORGE T.) The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Hurst and Blackett, 1855

BURTON (RICHARD) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, 2 vol., 1857; and another

Edward Lear(British, 1812-1888)Damascus

French Schoollate 19th/early 20th CenturyA Middle Eastern desert scene with figures and camels

Mary K. Ward(British, 19th Century)Two views across the Golden Horn, the first from above the Rumelihisarı and the other looking towards the Rumelihisarı the first 32.4 x 68.9cm (12 3/4 x 27 1/8in); the other 31.5 x 57.5cm (12 3/8 x 22 5/8in). (2)

Wladimir Petroff(Russian, 1880-1935)Interior view of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Wladimir Petroff(Russian, 1880-1935)Interior of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, from the aisle

Halid Naci(Turkish, 1875-1921)Figures at prayer inside a mosque

Maxime Dastugue(French, 1851-1909)Arab man in a courtyard

Joseph Schranz(Maltese, 1803-circa 1867)A view of Constantinople

Vittorio Amedeo Preziosi(Maltese, 1816-1882)The Galata Bridge, Istanbul

Turkish School19th centuryA portrait of a tartar on horseback 22.7 x 29.5cm (8 15/16 x 11 5/8in).

Turkish School19th centuryThree group figure studies by various hands including 24.1 x 33.7cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/4in) and smaller. (3)

Turkish School19th centuryFive figure studies of Turkish and Greek men two at 25.1 x 16.2cm (9 7/8 x 6 3/8in) and smaller. (5)

Continental School19th centuryMan in Turkish costume with a hookah and falcon

SEBAH (PASCAL) AND J. JOAILLIER Panorama de Constantinople pris de la Tour de Galata, [c.1880] (2)

EFFENDY (SELIM FARIS, editor) Album des Souverains Ottomans, Istanbul, Matba'at al-Jawaib, and Leipzig, Garte, [1885]

DAVIS (EDWIN JOHN) Life in Asiatic Turkey, Edward Stanford, 1879

DESCRIPTION DE L'ÉGYPTEDescription de l'Égypte, bound in 20 vol., COMPLETE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION, 1809-1822

CRESSWELL (KEPPEL A.) The Mosques of Egypt... Being a Series of Views in Colour and Monochrome of the Principal Mosques of Egypt with a Brief Note on Each Monument Describing its History and Architectural Features Accompanied by Detailed Plans and Maps, 2 vol., Giza, The Survey of Egypt, 1949

INDIA, EGYPT AND PORT SAID - PHOTOGRAPHY Album of views in Egypt India, Port Said and Gibraltar, by F. Meissner, Hippolyte Arnoux, Christian Paier, William Baker, and others, [1870s]

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