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...

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(including Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Ghent, of Bruges, circa 1470; Gospel Lectionary from Southern Germany, circa 1480), Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (including a Venetian Libro dell Acque of circa 1610), Printed Books (including Three Albrecht Dürer first editions, in one volume; Etienne Jodelle's Oeuvres & Meslanges Poetiques, 1574; Francesco Sbarra's description of equestrian ballets, 1667), Natural-History Books, Travel Books, Atlases, and Maps.