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Auction archive: Lot number 261

Four miniature books in metal cases

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$240
Auction archive: Lot number 261

Four miniature books in metal cases

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$240
Beschreibung:

4 minature volumes. A selection of miscellaneous minature volumes, each with a clasped metal case. includes: Miniature Souvenir Paris photo album. 8 b&w photographs of Paris landmarks. 24x33 mm, bound accordian style in embossed metal case with clasp. General light wear; very good. [c.1900?] Franz, Joseph I of Austria. An Meine Volfer! [To My People!] 47 pp. 25x20 mm, plain wrappers, housed in metal locket with bas relief portrait of Joseph on the front; the rear panel reads "das Manifest des Kaisers 23 Mai 1915." No copies located at OCLC. General light wear; very good. Munich, [1915]. Codex Argenteus. Bibliothecae R. Univ. Upsaliensis. [32] pp. 30x25 mm. Wrappers Housed in an embossed hinged silver case. The Codex Argenteus (Silver Book/Codex), is a 6th-century manuscript, originally containing bishop Ulfilas's 4th century translation of the Bible into the Gothic language. A charming souvenir miniature. Light toning; very good or better. Upsala: K.G. Markstrums Guldsmeds, 1963. Thomas, Peter and Donna. Bird Word. [14 pp.] Combines seven bird shaped printers' dingbats with watercolor and type printed on Peter's handmade paper. Leather bound with a bird in gold stamped on the cover; housed in glass case with metal cover, illustrated inlay. "39 copies made for Donna's birthday." This is an out of series copy designated as an Artist's Proof. Fine. P&DT, 1996.

Auction archive: Lot number 261
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

4 minature volumes. A selection of miscellaneous minature volumes, each with a clasped metal case. includes: Miniature Souvenir Paris photo album. 8 b&w photographs of Paris landmarks. 24x33 mm, bound accordian style in embossed metal case with clasp. General light wear; very good. [c.1900?] Franz, Joseph I of Austria. An Meine Volfer! [To My People!] 47 pp. 25x20 mm, plain wrappers, housed in metal locket with bas relief portrait of Joseph on the front; the rear panel reads "das Manifest des Kaisers 23 Mai 1915." No copies located at OCLC. General light wear; very good. Munich, [1915]. Codex Argenteus. Bibliothecae R. Univ. Upsaliensis. [32] pp. 30x25 mm. Wrappers Housed in an embossed hinged silver case. The Codex Argenteus (Silver Book/Codex), is a 6th-century manuscript, originally containing bishop Ulfilas's 4th century translation of the Bible into the Gothic language. A charming souvenir miniature. Light toning; very good or better. Upsala: K.G. Markstrums Guldsmeds, 1963. Thomas, Peter and Donna. Bird Word. [14 pp.] Combines seven bird shaped printers' dingbats with watercolor and type printed on Peter's handmade paper. Leather bound with a bird in gold stamped on the cover; housed in glass case with metal cover, illustrated inlay. "39 copies made for Donna's birthday." This is an out of series copy designated as an Artist's Proof. Fine. P&DT, 1996.

Auction archive: Lot number 261
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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