Books and Manuscripts
Catalog Information: 456 lots | 441 with images
Viewing Notes:
5 Jun 2009 10:00-17:00 New York 6 Jun 2009 10:00-17:00 New York 7 Jun 2009 12:00-17:00 New York
Lot 3000: [BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, GENEVA VERSION.]
The Bible, That is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Old and New Testament. London: the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 [but Amsterdam: Jan Fredericksz Stam, 1633]. 3 parts in one volume. [3 (of 4)], 190; 127, [1]; 121, [11] leaves. Titles w [...more]
Lot 3001: [HERALDRY.]
Emblazoned Grant of Arms signed by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, on vellum, 10 x 17 inches, n.p., May 6, 1575, granting arms to John Marshall of London, heraldic shield emblazoned in its proper colors, with initial letter and borders decorat [...more]
Lot 3002: [HISTORY OF PRINTING.]
This lot features a collection of approximately 60 engravings, woodcuts, title pages, frontispieces, and broadsides. Loosely contained in the remains of an eighteenth century full red morocco binding for Lafreri's Speculum romanae magnificentiae, the [...more]
Lot 3003: [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT—SPANISH.]
Patent of Nobility and Grant of Arms to Don Juan Manuel de Zumenzu de Nabarette, in Spanish, 116 leaves, small folio (305 by 203 mm), Madrid, November 26, 1716, featuring illuminated title and concluding page, rubricated initial; bound with Patent of [...more]
Lot 3004: MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREA. 1500-1577.
PROFUSELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED.Opera quae extant omnia: hoc est, Commentarius in VI. libros Pedacius Dioscoridas Anazarbei de Medica materia. [Frankfurt]: Nicolai Bassaei, 1598. *4, **6, b-i6, A-Qqqq6, Rrrr8, Ssss-Tttt4, AA-TT6, VV4, [2 blank ll.], XX3. [...more]
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