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Lot 76
Sale 5364 - Books & Manuscripts
Nov 12, 2020
7:00AM ET
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$400 -
600
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$1,375
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Lot Description
[Fore-Edge Painting] a Kempis, Thomas The Imitation of Christ: Four Books
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. 8vo. 383 pp. Translated from the Latin by W. Benham. Illustrated "with fifteen etchings by L. Flameng and Ch. Waltner, from designs by J.P. Laurens and Henri Levi." Lovely fore-edge-painting depicting "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci. Full black goatskin, stamped in blind and in gilt; marbled endpapers and doublures; all edges gilt; book-plate on front paste-down; in a full leather slip case. A beautiful copy.