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Lot 176
Sale 6370 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Nov 26, 2025
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2025
Timed Online / Philadelphia
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$200 -
300
Price Realized
$260
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Lot Description
[Fine Bindings] Humphreys, Henry Noel. The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. An Account of the Development and Progress of the Art of Illumination, as a Distinct Branch of Pictorial Ornamentation, from the IVth to the XVIIth Centuries
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. First edition. Large folio. Additional chromolithographed title, 39 mounted chromolithographed plates and one uncolored plate by Owen Jones. Contemporary half red morocco, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering in one, others ornately tooled, all edges gilt, rubbing, front hinge starting, spotting throughout.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.