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Lot 83
Sale 5364 - Books & Manuscripts
Nov 12, 2020
7:00AM ET
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$4,000 -
6,000
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$4,375
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Lot Description
[Illuminated Manuscripts] (Clegg, Ernest Costain) The Litany
Birmingham, (19)07. 4to. Sixteen illuminated leaves on vellum, each ornately decorated in Art Nouveau-inspired MS., floral border patterns and calligraphic lettering in various colors. Original full vellum over bevelled boards, stamped in gilt, front joint cracked, but holding; scattered light soiling to boards; all edges gilt; silk doublures and endpapers; by Worrall.