Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Sale #725
Highlights include a superb copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer, the masterpiece of the private press movement, a unique association copy of the Cranwell edition of T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a first-edition set of The Lord of the Rings complete with the dust jackets, a remarkable naval document signed by Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, a dedicated section of books and manuscripts relating to India and South Asia including autograph letters by Mahatma Gandhi, and more.
10am
VIEWING TIMES:
Mon, Feb 6th 9am - 5pm
Tue, Feb 7th 9am - 5pm
Morning of the sale from 9am
Lyon & Turnbull
Broadside, 2 Powderhall Road
Edinburgh, UK
55.965644223513, -3.1964017
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![Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.](/sites/default/files/styles/category_card/public/media-images/2026-06/origen.jpeg?itok=0V_4_Lt2)







