Hidden friends : a loan exhibition of the Comites Latentes Collection of illuminated manuscripts from the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva. On view at Sotheby's on the occasion of the Colloque of the Comité International de Paléographie (catalogue of an exhibition held at Sotheby's, London, 20-28 September 1985)
London, Sotheby's, 1985
(27 cm), [66] pp., illustrations (some in colour). 43 catalogue entries. Publisher’s wrappers. - Exhibition of selected manuscripts from the large collection (over 300 items) assembled by Sion Segre Amar (1910-2002), deposited since 1977 in the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Geneva. The exhibition is organised around the theme of collectors and connoisseurs of illuminated manuscripts and illustrates numerous marks of ownership. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy.
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- Subjects
- Illumination of books and manuscripts - Collections, Switzerland - Comites Latentes
- Private libraries - Segre Amar (Sion), 1910-2002
- Authors/Creators
- Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Genève
- De Hamel, Christopher, born 1950
- Owners
- Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Genève
- Comites Latentes (Geneva)
- Segre Amar, Sion, 1910-2002
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