Initial letter portrait, drawn in plumbago within the letter 'O', on a letters patent issued by Oliver Lord Protector confirming the grant of land in Ireland to Sir Hardress Waller, Westminster, 4 July 1657 — CROMWELL (OLIVER)

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Estimate: £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $4,746–$6,328
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, and Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 12 November 2014
Record ID: TB-2026-1994962
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Cromwell, Initial letter portrait, drawn in plumbago within the letter 'O', on a letters patent issued by Oliver Lord Protector confirming the grant of land in Ireland to Sir Hardress Waller, Westminster, 4 July 1657. Bonhams, 12 Nov 2014, lot 61. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1994962.

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Cromwell, Initial letter portrait, drawn in plumbago within the letter 'O', on a letters patent issued by Oliver Lord Protector confirming the grant of land in Ireland to Sir Hardress Waller, Westminster, 4 July 1657. Bonhams, 12 Nov 2014, lot 61. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1994962.

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From the same sale Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts, and Photographs · Nov 2014

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Le Neptune françois, ou recueil des cartes maritimes, levées et gravé…	Bellin	£3,000–£5,000
Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot: In Two Parts, Being a New and Exact S…	Collins	£2,000–£3,000
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ELWES (HENRY JOHN) and AUGUSTINE HENRY The Trees of Great Britain & I…	—	£800–£1,200

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