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Lot 150
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$2,750
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Lot Description
[MANUSCRIPTS -- ILLUMINATED]. Cover title: A Collection of Thoughts. Illuminated manuscript, vellum. N.p., n.d. [20th century].
Small folio. Title-page within decorative gouache and gilt border, 61 illuminated leaves, decorative borders and letters in gouache heightened in gold. 20th century vellum gilt STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE.
Including quotes and aphorisms by Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, Stevenson, Thoreau, Shakespeare, Bacon, and numerous others, each with an illuminated initial, within wide illuminated borders.