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Lot 315
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$5,000 -
7,000
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$6,250
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Lot Description
[BOOK OF HOURS]. A group of 25 leaves from medieval and renaissance manuscripts and printed books, including 5 or more from Otto Ege’s Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. Western Europe: XII-XVI Century [compiled Cleveland, c.1950] and Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries, 1121-1935 A.D [Compiled Cleveland, c.1950]. Various sizes, including:
Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. Leaf 18. A leaf from a Breviary. (France, Ca. 1260). Latin. Vellum, 5 ¾ x 4 ½ in (146 x 114 mm). -- Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries 1121-1935. Leaf 4. A leaf from a Paris Manuscript Bible with 4-line decorated initial. (Paris, ca.1310). Latin. Vellum, 7 ¼ x 5 1/8 in (18.4 x 13 mm). -- An illuminated leaf with miniature and initials from a Book of Hours with a miniature depicting the Annunciation. (France, ca 1450). Latin. Vellum, 4 ¾ x 3 3/8 in (121 x 86 mm). -- SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. German. 17 x 11 ¾ inches (432 x 298 mm). 4 leaves with 32 wood block portraits and cityscapes, including a large double-page print of the city of Bamberg (ff. 174v -175r.) -- And 17 more. Each approximately 17 x 11 ¾ inches (432 x 298 mm) or smaller. Complete list available upon request.
Property from the Collection of Anne Gurewich Gordon, Bethesda, Maryland