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Bound volume of 76 prints by and after George Cruikshank (Frank Farleigh – proof

1782-1878

George Cruikshank

etching on paper

Renee Mauperin: Ten Illustrations to the Novel by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

1882

James Jacques Joseph Tissot

etching on paper

The Veil of Darkness

1809

British

etched copper plate

Bust of a Bishop

12th century

French

limestone

Qur’an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapter 4, verses 480–90

12th century - 13th century

Egyptian; Syrian

ink and color on egg-glazed paper

Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page

late 13th century

Syrian

ink and color on glazed paper

Manuscript Page of a Greek Lectionary

16th century

Byzantine

ink on glazed paper

Page from a Book with Biblical Texts

15th-17th century

Armenian

ink and color on glazed paper

Persian poetry anthology manuscript page

early 17th century

Iranian

ink, color, and gold on paper

Mohammedan Law, manuscript page

late 18th century

Turkish

ink and color, burnished gold on egg-white glazed paper

Qur’an manuscript leaf in small naskh script, chapter 22, verse 40

18th century (?)

Turkish

ink, gold, and touches of red on fine paper

Church Holiday Songs

late 18th century

Russian

ink and color on smooth, textured paper

Bible Stories

late 18th century

Russian

ink and color on rough, textured gray paper

Arabian Nights. Pl. l. Kamar Al-Zaman and the Jeweller’s Wife. “The boy displayed to the Dervish his bosom, saying, ‘Look at my breasts which be goodlier than the breasts of maidens and my lipdews are sweeter than sugar candy…’ “

1948

Marc Chagall

color lithograph on paper

MS Leaf: Bible Stories

late 18th century

Russian

ink on rough grey paper

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