Continental and English Literature, 1991-12-16
Scope and Contents
(Including the first and second Latin editions of Breydenbach's Peregrinatio 1486, 1490 and first editions of Bembo, Casanova, Castiglione, Rousseau, Bacon, Boswell, Dryden, and Gibbon), Autograph Letters and Musical Manuscripts (Musical manuscripts include the complete archive of three generations of the Marchesi Family; and the full score of Mendelssohn's Elijah.),The Gottschalk Collection of Heinrich Heine (Including illuminated manuscripts and single miniatures with a fine initial “S” by Christoforo Cortese, ca.1420; two initials from an upper Rheinish Choir Book, ca. 1290; a splendid initial-letter portrait of King James I, 1603.)
Dates
- created: 1991-12-16
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
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