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The Chester Beatty Western manuscripts : Part I : Catalogue of thirty-seven illuminated manuscripts of the 9th to the 16th century § The Chester Beatty Western manuscripts : Part II : Catalogue of thirty-eight illuminated manuscripts of the 8th to the 17th century (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby & Co., London, 3 December 1968 and 24 June 1969)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1968-1969...Collector, Autumn 1991, pp.358-370). ¶ Price list lacking for Part II.......’s printed green boards. - Catalogue for a portion of the library of the......, pp.358-370). ¶ Price list lacking for Part II. Attractive, unmarked... ...of Western manuscripts. The highest price, £88,000, was paid by an anonymous......order of the executors (catalogue for an auction conducted (catalogue for......,450, then a world record at auction for any sale of Western manuscripts.......using the pseudonym “de Gourlay” for the “Speculum historiale” of......order of the executors (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby &... -
Précieux livres anciens espagnols, portugais, hollandais, anglais & français, voyages, découvertes, luttes & conquêtes des européens dans le nouveau monde, notamment au Brésil [other title:] L’Ancienne collection J. Ferreira das Neves (catalogue for an auction conducted by Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, with the expertise of Pierre Berès, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 June 1976)
Paris, Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, 1976...II, 429. ¶ Good, unmarked copy. No Price list.......wrappers. - Sale catalogue for a superb collection of Brasiliana, “... -
Printed books and manuscripts from the estate of John F. Fleming (catalogue of an auction sale conducted by Christie's, New York, 18 November 1988)
New York, Christie's, 1988...to James Barrie, $12,000). The top price was $280,000, paid for an eleven-......). The top price was $280,000, paid for an eleven-page autograph account by......library was sold by Swann Galleries, 26 January 1989 (341 lots). Donald C.... -
The Library of the Earl of Macclesfield removed from Shirburn Castle. Part one: Natural History § Part two: Science, A-C § Part three: Western Manuscripts § Part four: Science, D-H § Part five: Science, I-O § Part six: Science, P-Z; Addenda § Part seven: Bibles, 1477-1739 § Part eight: Theology, Philosophy, Law and Economics § Part nine: Voyages, Travel and Atlases § Part ten: Applied Arts and Science, including Military and Naval books § Part eleven, English books and manuscripts § Part twelve, Continental books and manuscripts (catalogues for auctions conducted by Sotheby's, London, 16 March 2004-2 October 2008)
London, Sotheby's, 2004-2008...in 1830” (saleroom report for Part Six, ibid., Spring 2006, p.76). ¶....... Lots numbered 1091-1571. VI (25-26 October 2005): 507 (1) pp.,....... Lots numbered 2291-2455. VIII (25-26 October 2006): 411 (5) pp.,... ...). Bjorn Lowendahl paid the highest price, £250,000, for the classic twelve......). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No price list.The Library of the Earl of......, pp.448-451. ¶ Unmarked copy. No Price list.The Library of the Earl of......). ¶ Annotated copy, partly priced. No price list.The Library of the Earl of......one: Natural History (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby’s,......paid the highest price, £250,000, for the classic twelve pages of......: Part two: Science, A-C (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby’s,......: Western Manuscripts (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby’s,......by Sotheby’s, London, 25-26 October 2005);(28 cm), 507 (1) pp.,......by Sotheby’s, London, 25-26 October 2006);(28 cm), 411 (1) pp.,... -
Bindings probably for the Pucci family of Florence
.... The models were Roman imperial coins, antique intaglios, and Renaissance......, as a style of binding appropriate for humanistic works. The models were....... The models were Roman imperial coins, antique intaglios, and Renaissance... ...of fifteen hundred books remarkable for the beauty or the age of their......the border with that on a binding for Francesco Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua,......, and books in fine bindings, London, 26-27 July 1920, lot 526 (“......, Barham House, Canterbury, London, 26-27 February 1951, lot 66 & Pl.... -
Précieux livres anciens espagnols, portugais, hollandais, anglais & français, voyages, découvertes, luttes & conquêtes des européens dans le nouveau monde, notamment au Brésil [other title:] L’Ancienne collection J. Ferreira das Neves (catalogue for an auction conducted by Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, with the expertise of Pierre Berès, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 June 1976)
Paris, Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, 1976..., 429 ¶ Good, unmarked copy. Lacking price list.......wrappers. - Sale catalogue for a superb collection of Brasiliana, “... -
Catalogue of the Ellesmere collection of drawings by the Carracci and other Bolognese masters, collected by Sir Thomas Lawrence : Part I (catalogue for an auction sale conducted by Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1972)
London, Sotheby & Co., 1972...(some in colour). 98 lots. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’......(1800-1857), and consigned for sale by his heirs. The total for... -
A Catalogue of fine printed books containing a collection of important books on gynaecology and midwifery which includes a collection of early obstetrical books, formerly in the possession of the late A.M. Hellman (catalogue for an auction conducted by W. & F.C. Bonham, London, 10 October 1979)
London, W. & F.C. Bonham, 1979...). Annotated copy, partly priced. No price list.... -
[Stock catalogues, unnumbered series] James Joyce : books & manuscripts § James Joyce : Ulysses : an exhibition of twenty-four inscribed copies of the first edition
New York, Glenn Horowitz, 1996-1998...(2) pp., illustrations. 141 items. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
[Stock catalogues, hors série] The Mattioli woodblocks : "…one of the most significant groups of early printing surfaces to survive…"
London / Amsterdam, Bernard Quaritch Ltd / Antiquariaat Junk BV, [1989?]...), [32] pp., illustrations. [53] items. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
Old Master prints (catalogue for an auction sale conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 8 December 2009)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 2009...), p.565-572. ¶ Annotated copy. No price list.......Benedetti of Foligno (1559-1614); for a discussion of the album before......, etchings and woodcuts, London, 26 April 1979, lot 117, and left... -
[Stock catalogues, unnumbered series] US open : New York 2013 § Dante – Fifty Books
New York, Pr / Ph Rare Books, 2013-2016...foreword). ¶ Unmarked copy. No Price list.... -
The Arabian Antiquities of Spain
London, Cadell & Davies, 1815 [-1816]..., with the complete volume offered for sale later in that year. The ninety-... ...this publication were enormous, the price of the volume is necessarily large......recorded in numerous drawings. That visit resulted in the publication of a......by Murphy as draughtsman, except for five (nos. viii, xi, xxxv, lxxxiii,......, with the complete volume offered for sale later in that year. The ninety-......1789, Murphy worked at Batalha for thirteen weeks, and afterwards......in unspecified diplomatic missions for the court of Portugal to the... -
Western manuscripts and miniatures [other title:] Catalogue of Western manuscripts and miniatures including illuminated manuscripts formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart. (1792-1872), Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968) and from the estate of the late J.A. Dortmond (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1992)
London, Sotheby’s, 1992...and office materials. The top price was paid by “Johnson” (Chiesa)......was paid by “Johnson” (Chiesa) for Phillipps Ms 1940, La description... -
Music, Continental manuscripts and printed books, science and medicine : Comprising printed books, autograph letters and manuscripts including the Edward German archive, an apparently unpublished and unknown piano work of Franz Liszt; an autograph transcription by Purcell of a canon by John Bull; seventeen poems by Egon Schiele; volumes from the diary of Eugène Delacroix; a document signed jointly by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, (c. 1750) and Carceri d’invenzione (c. 1760) (catalogue of an auction sale conducted by Sotheby's, London, 26-27 November 1987)
London, Sotheby's, 1987...20, realised £70,950; the highest price was £7480 for a poem entitled “......,950; the highest price was £7480 for a poem entitled “Visionen” (lot......Fine Art. Quaritch gave £19,800 for a copy (lot 84) of Galileo’s... -
Bindings for Jean II Brinon (ca 1520-1555)
...érences près; les monogrammes des coins portent en sus un ‘N’ bien......, Conseiller du roi, avec aux quatre coins son chiffre formé des lettres: b.e.......in Anthony Hobson, “A Binding for Geoffroy Granger” in Bibliothè......of the bindings executed by Roffet for Jean Grolier”)Mirjam Foot, The......Goiffeu, who was executed in Madrid for the part he took in the affair of......(Venice: Venturino Ruffinelli for Curzio Troiano Navò, 1545)......of Chicago, 1996, pp.691-692. The latest census mentions 13 volumes: Laurent......of J. R. Abbey (Oxford 1953), p.26 (cited)Howard Nixon, Broxbourne......-22 February 1918 (lots 468-899); 25-26 March 1918 (lots 1-342)]● H.P.......(New York [1965]), item 85 and Pl. 26 ($1250; “with bookplates of......letters and manuscripts, London, 26-27 May 1983, lot 507 (“......érences près; les monogrammes des coins portent en sus un ‘N’ bien......, Conseiller du roi, avec aux quatre coins son chiffre formé des lettres: b.e.... -
Libri e manoscritti : Fra i quali: Giovanni Antonio Antolini, Descrizione del Foro Bonaparte, Milano, 1801-06; Mercurio Geografico, 2 vol., Roma, De Rossi, circa 1700; Ottaviano Antonio Bayardi, Antichità di Ercolano, 10 vol., Napoli, 1755-1831; Canaletto e Visentini, Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum, Venezia, 1742; Giovanni Giardini, Disegni diversi, Roma 1714; William Newcastle, A general system of horsemanship, Londra, 1743; Luigi Rossini, Antichità romane, Roma, 1819-23; Sebastiano Serlio, Architettura, Venezia, 1551; Luigi Vanvitelli, Palazzo di Caserta, Napoli, 1756; Giuseppe Vasi, Magnificenze di Roma, Roma, 1747-61; Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Architettura, Firenze, 1513; Nicola Zabaglia, Castelli e ponti, Roma, 1743; Antonio Zatta, Atlante novissimo, Venezia, 1779-85 (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, Milan, 1 December 1993)
Milan, Sotheby’s Italia, 1993...(some in colour). 663 lots. Price list loosely inserted. Publisher’... -
European sculpture, works of art and ironwork: including a pair of North Italian Romanesque marble lions, late 12th century, three Florentine glazed terracotta roundels, early 16th century, two Italian bronze bulls, 17th century… and a fine collection of ironwork (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby’s, London, 22 April 1986)
London, Sotheby’s, 1986...£1000-£1500), setting a new auction price record for a Renaissance medal; the......1551 by Francesco da Sangallo, sold for £23,100 (estimate £1000-£1500),......a new auction price record for a Renaissance medal; the portrait......(26.5 cm), [122] pp., including 27... -
Les ruines de Pompéi, par F. Mazois Architecte, Inspecteur Générale des Batiments Civils, Chevalier de L’Ordre Royal de La Légion d’Honneur. Première Partie [title in volume III: Les Ruines de Pompéi, par F. Mazois…Et Continué par M. Gau, Auteur des Antiquités de La Nubie. Troisième Partie; title in volume IV: Les Ruines de Pompéi, par F. Mazois… Ouvrage continué par M. Gau, Architecte, Précédé d’Une Notice sur F. Mazois, par M. Le Cher Artaud, Membre De L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, et De L’Explication de La Grande Mosaïque Découverte a Pompéi en 1831, par M. Quatremère de Quincy, Secrétaire Perpétuel de L’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres… Le Texte de la Quatrième Partie a été rédigé par M. Barré, Professeur de Philosophie. Quatrième Partie]
Paris, Imprimerie et Librairie de Firmin Didot (volumes III-IV: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères), 1812-1838...further volumes: Gau wrote the text for the third volume, published in 1829;... ...to Naples until 1816, and then his visit was restricted to a month; in 1818......remain for nearly a year; his final visit, in 1819, was again very brief........ After studying for a short time in the studio of the......ère, winner of the 1808 Prix de Rome for architecture. Through the agency of......; in 1818 he was able to remain for nearly a year; his final visit, in......further volumes. Gau wrote the text for the third volume, published in 1829;... -
Italian plays 1500-1700 in the Folger Library : a bibliography (Biblioteca di bibliografia Italiana, 52)
Florence, Leo S. Olschki, 1968...are obtainable from the publisher, price €84 (“Testo mancante. Siamo...
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