Western Manuscripts and Miniatures

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th December 2012. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 40 pp, colour ills. Lots.1-24. In addition to the 24 lots of this sale, the catalogue includes includes on pp. 27-32, "Lots 50-52, Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth, to be sold in the Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale, London… Read more about this item

London, England: Sotheby's, 1992. stiff paper wrappers. Illuminated Manuscripts. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 131, (5); 91, (9); 135, (7) pages. 3 Volumes. Auctions, June 23, 1992, December 6, 1993, and December 5, 1994. 95, 75, and 99 lots, respectively. Black and white illustrations throughout each volume.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 3rd December, 2002. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 74 pp, colour ills.. Lots 51-81. Neatly but regrettably colour-coded by the previous owner, a bookseller, with four coloured tape bands around the spine. Some scribbled prices and notes to contents, otherwise Near Very Good. Print-out of prices realized… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 5th July, 2005. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 210 pp, plates, ills. 106 lots. Near Fine.

(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS) SOTHEBY'S. WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES. London: 1982. 4to. Wrappers, with dust jacket. 100 lots. Estimate list laid-in.

(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS) SOTHEBY'S. WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES. London: 1986. 4to. Wrappers. Sale 7013, 74 lots. Price list laid-in.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21st June, 1988. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 161 pp, plates (some in colour). 126 lots. The items offered included: The Imhof Prayerhook, Antwerp, 1511, with 49 miniatures by Simon Bening; a Flemish Psalter with15 miniatures and over 100 marginal grotesques, c.1300; Books of Hours, including one with the device of… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 23 June, 1998. Laminated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 129 pp, numerous colour plates, ills. 77 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Livre de la Propriété des Choses, Paris, c1400, with 61 miniatures by Jean de Nizières; Servius, commentaries on Virgil, written for Gian-Galeazzo Sforza, Milan, c.1478,… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 22nd June 2004. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 166 pp, colour plates, ills. 85 lots. llustrations throughout of illuminated manuscripts or fragments on vellum from Italy, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, Spain, including Cristoforo Buondelmonti's 'liber Insularum Archipelagi', a consular diptych on ivory from the early 6th century,… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 17th June 2003. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 114 pp, colour ills. Lots 50-97. Neatly but regrettably colour-coded by the previous owner, a bookseller, with four coloured tape bands around the spine. Some pencilled scribbled prices and notes to contents, otherwise Very Good. Print-out of prices realized… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 2nd December 2003 . Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 122 pp, plates, ills. 89 lots. Neatly but regrettably colour-coded by the previous owner, a bookseller, with four coloured tape bands around the spine. Some scribbled prices and notes to contents, otherwise Near Very Good. Print-out of prices… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the second sale held on 19th June, 1990. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 177 pp, plates, ills. 131 lots. Among the highlights noted were: the Donaueschingen Pontifical, Reichenau Abbey, second quarter of the ninth century; manuscripts in Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Middle English, Hebrew, Church Slavonic, Armenian, Arabic and Ge'ez; texts by… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the second sale held on 19th June, 1990. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 177 pp, plates, ills. 131 lots. Among the highlights noted were: the Donaueschingen Pontifical, Reichenau Abbey, second quarter of the ninth century; manuscripts in Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Middle English, Hebrew, Church Slavonic, Armenian, Arabic and Ge'ez; texts by… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the first sale held on 6th December, 1993. Printed wrappers, 4to,. 91 pp, plates (some colour), ills. 75 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: two thirteenth-century medical manuscripts, one from the medieval library of Clare College, Cambridge, and both once in the library of Helmingham Hall; an apparently autogragh manuscript of Savonarola's… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 20th June, 1989. Laminated wrappers, 4to,. 143 pp, colour plates. 78 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: a two-volume manuscript of the Grandes Chroniques de France with 10 miniatures by the Virgil Master, Paris, c.1410; an early gothic Psalter with 19 miniatures, Brabant, c. 1250-75; the charter of… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 20th June, 1989. Laminated wrappers, 4to,. 143 pp, colour plates. 78 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: a two-volume manuscript of the Grandes Chroniques de France with 10 miniatures by the Virgil Master, Paris, c.1410; an early gothic Psalter with 19 miniatures, Brabant, c. 1250-75; the charter of… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th December, 2004 . Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 94 pp, plates, ills. 48 lots. Neatly but regrettably colour-coded by the previous owner, a bookseller, with four coloured tape bands around the spine. Some scribbled prices and notes to contents, otherwise Near Very Good. Print-out of prices… Read more about this item

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the Hebrew manuscripts (lots 14 to 22) in the sale held on 8th July 2008. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 31 pp, colour plates, ills. Lots 14 to 22. A shortened version of the sale catalogue, limited to the lots with Hebrew manuscripts (lots 14 to 22).. Very Good.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21st June, 1994. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 123 pp, plates, ills. 114 lots. Near Fine. List of prices realized and buyers loosely laid in,.

Sotheby's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 7th December, 2004 . Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 94 pp, plates, ills. 48 lots. Near Fine.