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Rare and modern books

Sotheby'S

The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection of Important Books and Manuscripts

1998

23.50 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1998
Place of printing
London. Sotheby's
Author
Sotheby'S
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Books about Books, Collecting Reference
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

4to [27 x 21 cm]; unpaginated, [over 300 pages], many illustrations, including colored, full-page, colored frontis, preface by Pierre Beres, indexes by provenance, author, illustrator. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, fine and clean, unmarked, with prices realized on loose sheets. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sale 7119. An impressive sale catalogue, with detailed and scholarly descriptions, of some of the great works of literature including Diderot, Buffon, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Hugo, Apollinaire, Proust, etc, many with royal provenance, plus incunabula's, early bibles, illuminated manuscripts, fine bindings, atlases, etc. Includes hundreds of illustrations of bindings and parts of the books and manuscripts. The sale took place April 21, 1998.