Western manuscripts and miniatures (catalogue of an auction sale conducted by Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2000)
London, Sotheby’s, 2000
(27 cm), 140 pp., illustrations (some in colour). 87 lots. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - The miniature manuscript “Capricorn Hours” (lot 77), illuminated by Simon Bening, hitherto unknown, realised £2.6m. The last Sotheby’s sale conducted under Christopher de Hamel’s direction. Saleroom report in The Book Collector, Autumn 2000, pp.407-408. ¶ Annotated, partly priced.
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- Subjects
- Auction sale catalogues - Books - 2000
- Authors/Creators
- Sotheby's (London)
- Artists/Illustrators
- Bening, Simon, 1483-1561
- Auction date
- 20000706
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