The Estelle Doheny Collection from the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California Sold on Behalf of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

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Verlag: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. [1987], New York, 1987

Beschreibung

A lovely complete catalogue for the Estelle Doheny Collection auction of 1987, six volumes plus index. A complete catalogue for the 1987 auction for the Estelle Doheny Collection of rare books. Six volumes of catalogue and a volume of Index and Price List. Comprising Fifteenth-Century Boks including the Gutenberg Bible; Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts; Printed Books and Manuscripts including Western Americana; Printed Books and Manuscripts including Early Printing, Literature and Fine Binding; Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, Literature and Fine Bindings; Printed Books and Manuscripts concerning William Morris and His Circle.A wonderful collection assembled by Carrie Estelle Doheny and donated to St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, CA, who decided to return her treasures.Each volume but Index features a coloured frontispiece, and every item in the catalogue illustrated in text with both coloured and black and white stunning illustrations. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only odd spotting to the endpapers of part V. Illustrated with both coloured and black and white illustrations, coloured frontispiece to each volume but Index. Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 812A39

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Estelle Doheny Collection from the ...

Verlag: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. [1987], New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1987

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Felix de Marez Oyens; Paul Needham

Zustand: Fine

Art des Buches: book