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Lot 211
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,875
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[PSALTER - ENGLISH]. JONES, Owen (1809-1874). The Psalms of David Illuminated. [London: Day & Son, 1861].
Folio (418 x 305 mm). 106 chromolithographic illuminated pages including title and dedication on stiff card. Original publisher's brown relievo leather elaborately embossed in deep relief, lettered "The Victoria Psalter" on the front cover and with the Queen's monogram "VR" on rear cover, edges gilt (corners bumped, slight wear to extremities). McLean Victorian Publisher’s Book-bindings, p. 103.
FIRST EDITION of celebrated book designer Owen Jones’ illuminated psalter, dedicated to Queen Victoria. McLean Victorian Publisher’s Book-bindings, p. 103.