Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (New York)

(27 cm), 310 (2) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 305 lots. Saleroom notices loosely inserted. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “Two lots were outstanding, the vellum dedication copy of Cresci Essemplare di piu sorti lettere 1560 in red goatskin with the arms of Carlo Borromeo [lot 26], which made $220,000 (Freilich v. Breslauer), and the Aldine Demosthenes (second edition) in a contemporary Venetian alla greca binding [lot 27], $150,000; both were estimated at $20-30,000” (saleroom report in The Book Collector, Autumn 1999, p.421). The consignor of both books was identified as “The property of an East Coast Estate”. ¶ Annotated, partly priced.