Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)

(27 cm), 183 (11) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 237 lots. List of prices realised and buyers’ names loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - A spectacular copy of Charles Estienne, La dissection des parties du corps humain (Paris 1546), bound for Diane de Poitiers in white leather decorated in silver and black, “the property of a French Collector” (ex-Colbert-Gosford-S.P. Avery collections), failed to meet its reserve (estimate £240,000-£280,000). Saleroom report in The Book Collector, Spring 1993, pp.93-94. ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced.