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Valuable Books & Manuscripts

Christie's, King Street, St. James's 8, London, SW1Y 6QT, United Kingdom
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Date of the auction: 30.07.2020

Lot number 1
Anonymous Umbrian artist working in Rome

ST MATTHEW AND AN ANGEL, two historiated initials on a cutting from an illuminated Missal on vellum...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,796 - US$6,327
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 2
Anonymous central or southern Italian artist

KING DAVID PRAYING TO GOD, in an initial' A' cut from an illuminated Gradual on vellum [Abruzzi or...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$885 - US$1,265
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 3
Ferrarese illuminator

TWO LEAVES FROM THE BREVIARY OF LIONELLO D’ESTE, DUKE OF FERRARA (also known as the Llangattock...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,163 - US$4,429
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 4
Anonymous northern Italian illuminator

ST BARBARA, historiated initial 'E' on a leaf from an Ferial Psalter on vellum [Lombardy, c.1480s...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£600 - £900
ca. US$759 - US$1,138
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 5
Littifredi di Corbizzi (1465-c.1515)

Two martyred Saints, perhaps Sts Justa and Rufina, historiated initial 'P' cut from a choirbook on...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$885 - US$1,265
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 6
Anonymous northern Italian artist

JAMES THE LESS, historiated initial 'Q' on a leaf from an illuminated Antiphonal on vellum [Emilia...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$8,858 - US$12,654
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 7
Anonymous Spanish illuminator

PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE, miniature on a leaf from an Antiphonal on vellum [Spain, possibly...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$885 - US$1,265
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 8
Anonymous Dutch artists

GENEALOGICAL ROLL OF BRABANTINE NOBILITY, in middle Dutch, decorated manuscript on vellum, [Brabant...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$8,858 - US$12,654
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 9
The Spanish Forger (fl. Paris end of 19th - beginning of 20th C)

THE ANNUNCIATION, miniature on a choirbook leaf, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
ca. US$1,898 - US$3,163
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 10
Central European artists and scribes

A COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED LEAVES AND CUTTINGS, 13 leaves and cuttings from 9...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,530 - US$3,796
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 11
Anonymous scribe and illuminator

GOSPEL LECTIONARY, in Greek, illuminated manuscript on vellum with ecphonetic notation [eastern...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
ca. US$189,818 - US$316,363
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 12
Follower of Perrin Remiet

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£25,000 - £30,000
ca. US$31,636 - US$37,963
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 13
Joacchinus de Gigantibus (artist); Domenico Cassio de Narnia (scribe)

CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43BC), Epistolae ad Familiares, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£180,000 - £250,000
ca. US$227,781 - US$316,363
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 14
Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Echevinage

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Rouen, c.1465] A...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
ca. US$18,981 - US$31,636
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 15
Workshop of Willem Vrelant (act. Bruges c.1454 onwards)

THE SKEVINGTON HOURS, use of Sarum, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Bruges, third...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$50,618 - US$75,927
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 16
Circle of the Master of the Apocalypse of Aymar de Poitiers

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in French and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [southeastern...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,123 - US$15,185
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 17
Anonymous central European author

PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS TO THE VIRGIN MARY, Itinerarium seu peregrinatio beatae virginis Mariae, in...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,061 - US$7,592
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 18
Anonymous German artist

SCHEMBART BOOK, in German, illustrated manuscript on paper [Nuremberg, c.1540] bound with LEOPOLD I...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
ca. US$31,636 - US$44,290
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 19
Anonymous Flemish illuminator

OFFICES OF THE VIRGIN, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Eastern Flanders], 1542. A...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
ca. US$15,185 - US$22,778
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 20
Marco Antonio Memmo (1556-1615)

OATH OF OFFICE of Marco Antonio Memmo (1556-1615), in Italian, illuminated manuscript on vellum...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,265 - US$1,898
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 21
Diego Pérez de Mesa (1563-c.1632)

[PÉREZ DE MESA, Diego (1563-c.1632)] – A COMPILATION OF SCIENTIFIC TREATISES, in Latin, illustrated...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,654 - US$18,981
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 22
Meletios Syrigos (c.1585-c.1663) and others

A COMPENDIUM OF EXEGETICAL TEXTS, in Greek, manuscript on paper [Greece, 17th century] A rare...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,796 - US$6,327
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 23
Mary I (1516-1558), Queen of England and Ireland

MARY I (1516-1558), Queen of England and Ireland. Document signed ('Marye the quene'), n.p., 24...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,123 - US$15,185
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 24
Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1515/16-1571)

THROCKMORTON, Sir Nicholas (1515/16-1571). Letter signed ('N. Throckmorton') to John Wood, Hatfield...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,265 - US$1,898
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 25
[Jane Austen (1775-1817)]

[AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)]. A pair of George III silver chamber candlesticks, maker's mark IA...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,796 - US$6,327
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 26
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). Two autograph manuscript fragments, comprising an apparently...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,265 - US$1,898
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 27
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Autograph poem signed ('Goethe'), 'Liegt dir Gestern klar...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
ca. US$7,592 - US$11,389
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 28
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to Ada, Countess of...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,265 - US$1,898
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 29
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to Ada, Countess of...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,265 - US$1,898
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 30
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed (‘Charles Dickens’) to Dr [John] Elliotson...

Christie's, 30 Jul 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,796 - US$6,327
Price realised:
n. a.
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