Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts, 1997-11-26
Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 123
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
(Including The Hours of Anne Boleyn, an illuminated manuscript on vellum (Flanders, fifteenth century); an important binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier in fine condition; a coloured and illuminated copy of the Ninth German Bible (1483); the Schatzbehalter, illustrated with woodcuts by Wolgemut and Pleydenwurff; Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, printed by Aldus Manutius (1499); Editio Princeps of the works of Aristophanes (1498), and first edition of the works of Apuleius (1469).)
Dates
- created: 1997-11-26
Creator
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu