Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Burma.- Kammavacha, manuscript in Pali, on gold-lacquered stiffened cloth (from discarded monastic robes), 16 leaves, Burmese square 'tamarind' sc...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** China.- Medicine.- [Illustrated Compilation of Medical Texts], 6 vol., woodblock prin...

China.- Pathology.- Jiebin (Zhang) Leijing [The interpretation of Huangdi Neijing], 3 parts in 32 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 8/9 col...

China.- Surgery.- Shigong (Chen) Xinkan waike zhengzong [A manual of surgery], 12 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 8 columns per page, 20 ...

China.- Medicine.- Wenyin (Sun) Dantai yuan [The red platform and the jade desk], 6 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 9 columns per page, 2...

China.- Medicine.- Shizhen (Li, complier) Bencao gangmu [Medical Encyclopaedia], 32 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 9 columns per page, 2...

China.- Medicine.- Chaungshang jingyian [The experience of ulcers], 16 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 10 columns per page, 20 characters...

China.- The Ten Bamboo Studio [Shuzhuzhai shuhuapu (Ten Bamboo Studio collection of calligraphy and painting)], artist's manual with images from C...

Chinese language.- Goncalves (Joachim Alphonso) Arte China Constanta de Alphabeto e Grammatica, first edition, text in Portuguese and Chinese, tit...

Rongde (translator). Man Meng Han san wen he bi jiao ke shu [The Manchu-Mongolian-Chinese Interlinear Trilingual Textbook], 10 vol., first edition...

China.- Daoism.- Xianzhen baolu [Precious List of True Immortals], 2 vol., manuscript in Chinese on paper, text in black ink with red punctuation,...

Nepal.- Pancaraksa [Five Protective Goddesses], manuscript in Sanskrit, on paper stained yellow with haritala, 130 leaves, Newari script, 5 painti...

Tibet.- Sutra of Properly Arranged Establishment in Buddhahood or Confession Sutra, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper, 97 leaves, stained black and ...

Tibet.- Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper, c.209 leaves, lacks 7 leaves (1-3, 84-87), text in silv...

Tibet.- Charm scroll with an apocryphal Buddhist text, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper scroll, text in red and black ink, coloured illustrations, ...

Tibet.- Ritual of the Fierce Aspect of Buddhahood, manuscript in Tibetan, on simple native paper, complete in 42 numbered leaves, black ink on 5 r...

Tibet.- Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses, manuscript in Tibetan, on white paper, over 400 leaves in 32 chapters, text in black ink to...

Tibet.- Confession sutra manuscript, title with overlay flap that covers two illustrations of  Buddhist deities, another leaf with two illustratio...