Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - July - 2008 Issue
Illuminated Manuscripts and Leaves from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Death of the Virgin from Bruges manuscript (left), and the lovely Bathsheba.
Item 23 consists of two illuminated manuscript initials, the letters "P" and "B." These were taken from a larger French work from 1500-1520, perhaps from Tours. The work has been attributed to an artist identified as "Master of Morgan 85" from a Book of Hours in the Morgan Library. The "B" is a miniature with a drawing of David and Goliath within the letter, while the "P" contains an image of the nativity. $25,000.
As is now clear, text descriptions can hardly do justice to works that are notable for their illustrations rather than words. If you are interested in illuminated manuscripts or pages therefrom, both of great antiquity and a few of more recent vintage, you need to see this catalogue and CD. To reach John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, call 415-986-5826 or email [email protected]. Their website is found at www.johnwindle.com.
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
