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Lot 300
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
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[GRABHORN PRINTING]. [MAGEE, David]. A Leaf from a Fifteenth Century Flemish Book of Hours. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press for David Magee, 1938.
8vo. Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Flemish Book of Hours, 14 gold initials on alternating red and blue ground, gold line-fillers on red, blue, and brown ground, panel border with sprigs of flowers, leaves, and animals on liquid gold ground (marginal stains from adhesive); text printed in red and blue, introduction by H. C. Schulz. Original ivory linen-backed decorative paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; original slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 120 unnumbered copies. Original prospectus INSCRIBED BY SCHULTZ, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, laid in: "Lucia, I heartily recommend the author of this publication to you. H. C. Schulz." GB 286.
Property from the Estate of Lucia von Borisini Batten, Sold to Benefit the Albuquerque Museum Foundation