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
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