60th New York Antiquarian Book Fair
March 5-8, 2020
Park Avenue Armory
-
2English Bible ManuscriptLatin manuscript on vellum.Northern France or England?, ca 1300 CE.
€ 145,000.00A beautiful, complete medieval Bible written in a miniscule bookhand on extremely delicate vellum, probably copied in England or commissioned from there. As is common, the Bible is prefaced with the epistle of St Jerome to Paulinus (53: "Frater Ambrosius [...] moriturum", fols. 1r-3r), followed by Jerome's prologue to the Pentateuch ("Desiderii mei …
-
6Splendid vellum manuscript by Jean Coene, replete with illuminations of female saints, probably commissioned by a Paris nunneryLatin manuscript on vellum.Northern France, ca. 1500.
€ 185,000.00An uncommonly painstakingly prepared liturgical manuscript with remarkable illumination by the Parisian artist Jean Coene IV, known as the "Master of the Paris Entrances", probably commissioned for a nuns' order. Apart from the hundreds of initials, painted on gilt background and mostly decorated with flowers, berries, and leaves, the manuscript …
-
1316th century illustrated Italian manuscript about the art of war in a fine contemporary bindingLibro utillissimo et molto necessario di varii secreti importantissimi …Italy, before 1581.
€ 85,000.00An unusual and attractive Italian Renaissance manuscript on the art of war, lavishly illustrated in colour and in a sumptuous contemporary binding. The text comprises eight chapters dealing with the duties of the captain, making gunpowder, siege-breaking devices, the deployment through artillery of artificial fire, smoke and poisonous fumes, the …
-
15Fifty imaginary island cities, drawn for the Doge of Venice"Inmaginationi Millitari." Manuscript on paper, in Italian.Venice, 20 Sep 1595.
€ 250,000.00Unique album with splendid manuscript designs for imaginary fortified cities, created for and dedicated to Marino Grimani in the year of his appointment as Doge of the City and Republic of Venice, which he would reign over until his death. Grimani served as Superintendent of Fortresses before becoming Doge and worked for many years on the design …
-
16A magnificent masterpiece of calligraphy and micrography for Princess Juliana of Hesse-DarmstadtGerman Psalter in the translation of Martin Luther.Oldenburg, 1634.
€ 125,000.00A splendid calligraphic manuscript on vellum and paper created for the 28-year-old Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt (1606-59), countess of East Frisia, later in the collection of Victoria, Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg. The micrographic text includes the liturgical calendar for 1634, the Psalms in mirror …
-
25The first periodical of the Arab world: the extremely rare, complete setLa Décade égyptienne. Journal littéraire et d'économie politique.Cairo, an VII-VIII 1798-1801.
€ 85,000.00Extremely rare, entirely complete run of this journal, praised by Guérmard as a "truly scientific review" and hailed by Glass and Roper as the first periodical published in the "Arab world". The 916 pages of these various issues appeared between 1798 and 21 March 1801: first every 10 days, then monthly for the second volume, and quarterly for the …
-
34Written in the year of "Ulalume", one of Poe's most powerful tragic balladsAutograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.
€ 135,000.00Poe's final letter to the Philadelphia lawyer and playwright Robert Taylor Conrad (1810-58), of "Graham's Magazine": "It is now a month since I wrote you about the two articles I left with you - but, as I have heard nothing from you, I can only suppose that my letter has not reached you - or, at all events, that, in the press of other business, you …
-
35An exceptional series of 50 meticulously executed miniaturesA series of miniatures showing Persian scribes.Persia, mid-Qajar period 1850s CE.
InquireAn exceptional series of 50 meticulously executed miniatures, compiled and painted by an anonymous artist. 41 of the delicate watercolours represent famous calligraphers, 5 (1 in grisaille) presumably represent sufis, and one more (not coloured) shows a seated prince, while 3 miniatures (2 in grisaille) depict flowers.
The main series of calligraphers …
-
46Alfred Hitchcock's storyboard for "Stage Fright" in 340 pencil drawingsSketches with autograph annotations: storyboard for "Stage Fright".No place, circa 1949.
€ 150,000.00Extraordinary autograph pre-production storyboard for Hitchcock's 1950 film "Stage Fright", comprising preparatory sketches for some three quarters of the film, including the infamous "false flashback" initial sequence, the rest of the first half of the film, the garden party scene and the finale. A rare collection of sketches and comments detailing …