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Folder 84

 File — Box: Christie's, Folder: 84
Identifier: Folder 84
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscript and book auction catalogs were purchased for the sake of  those pursuing bilbiographic research on manuscripts and rare books who might find valuable sale and provenance information in the catalogs. They record auctions that took place mainly through Bloomsbury, Sotheby's and Christie's, spanning from the nineenth through the late twentieth centuries. Similary, the donation received of jewelry auction catalogs are intended for those purusing research on the history of jewelry...
Dates: 1815-1997; bulk 1920-1997; Other: Date acquired: 2000
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books

Medieval & Illuminated Mss., Valuable Printed Books, 1989-12-06

 Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 84
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

(Including A Collection of Liturgical Books, English and Continental literature, science, illustrated and sporting books, autograph letters and historical documents - the properties of The Lord Kenyon, C.B.E.; Mr. Stanton C. Christensen; the late Mrs. James B. Conant; the late captain Charles Grant Dalton; Mr. Arun Gandhi; Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.; the late Mrs. Leonard Schuster; Matthias Wittgenstein.)

Dates: created: 1989-12-06
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books / Folder 84

Folder 85

 File — Box: Christie's, Folder: 85
Identifier: Folder 85
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscript and book auction catalogs were purchased for the sake of  those pursuing bilbiographic research on manuscripts and rare books who might find valuable sale and provenance information in the catalogs. They record auctions that took place mainly through Bloomsbury, Sotheby's and Christie's, spanning from the nineenth through the late twentieth centuries. Similary, the donation received of jewelry auction catalogs are intended for those purusing research on the history of jewelry...
Dates: 1815-1997; bulk 1920-1997; Other: Date acquired: 2000
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books

Medieval & Illuminated Mss., Portolan Charts, Printed Books, 1990-06-20

 Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 85
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

(Including incunabula, science, illustrated books, English and continental literature, autograph letters and historical documents including the Edwin Wolf II Collection of letters and memorabilia relating to Nelson, Hamilton, and their circle - the properties of Mr. Arun Gandhi; Mrs. Arthur A. Houghton; Mr. Edwin Wolf II; and from various sources.)

Dates: created: 1990-06-20
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books / Folder 85

Folder 86

 File — Box: Christie's, Folder: 86
Identifier: Folder 86
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscript and book auction catalogs were purchased for the sake of  those pursuing bilbiographic research on manuscripts and rare books who might find valuable sale and provenance information in the catalogs. They record auctions that took place mainly through Bloomsbury, Sotheby's and Christie's, spanning from the nineenth through the late twentieth centuries. Similary, the donation received of jewelry auction catalogs are intended for those purusing research on the history of jewelry...
Dates: 1815-1997; bulk 1920-1997; Other: Date acquired: 2000
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books

The Kissner Collection of Books on Rome, 1990-10-03/05

 Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 86
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

(Sold by order of the Executors of the late Franklin H. Kissner.)

Dates: created: 1990-10-03/05
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books / Folder 86

Folder 87

 File — Box: Christie's, Folder: 87
Identifier: Folder 87
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscript and book auction catalogs were purchased for the sake of  those pursuing bilbiographic research on manuscripts and rare books who might find valuable sale and provenance information in the catalogs. They record auctions that took place mainly through Bloomsbury, Sotheby's and Christie's, spanning from the nineenth through the late twentieth centuries. Similary, the donation received of jewelry auction catalogs are intended for those purusing research on the history of jewelry...
Dates: 1815-1997; bulk 1920-1997; Other: Date acquired: 2000
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books

Medieval & Illuminated Mss., Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, 1990-11-28

 Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 87
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

(The property of the tenth Duke of Leeds Will Trust; the Executors of the late Col. William Stirling of Keir; Mrs. E.H. Boerth; Mr. Colin Gunner.)

Dates: created: 1990-11-28
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books / Folder 87

Folder 88

 File — Box: Christie's, Folder: 88
Identifier: Folder 88
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The manuscript and book auction catalogs were purchased for the sake of  those pursuing bilbiographic research on manuscripts and rare books who might find valuable sale and provenance information in the catalogs. They record auctions that took place mainly through Bloomsbury, Sotheby's and Christie's, spanning from the nineenth through the late twentieth centuries. Similary, the donation received of jewelry auction catalogs are intended for those purusing research on the history of jewelry...
Dates: 1815-1997; bulk 1920-1997; Other: Date acquired: 2000
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books

Illuminated Mss., 1991-06-26

 Item — Box: Christie's, Folder: 88
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

(Including an unrecorded Book of Hours illuminated by Jean Poyet; a fine calligraphic manuscript perhaps by John Beauchesne), Valuable Printed Books (Including a unique fragment of the Sarum Breviary [Rouen, c.1492]; Vavassore's xylographic edition of Biblia Pauperum in Italian), Historical Bindings (Including the only known Italian binding for Thomas Mahieu; a fine fanfare binding by the Rocolet Atelier for Pierre Seguier), Autograph Manuscripts and Letters, and Musical Mss.

Dates: created: 1991-06-26
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / Auction Catalog Collections / Auction Catalogs: Manuscripts and Books / Folder 88

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