60th New York Antiquarian Book Fair

March 5-8, 2020
Park Avenue Armory

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English Bible Manuscript
[Biblia latina]. Latin manuscript on vellum.Northern France or England?, ca 1300 CE.
€ 145,000.00
A 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 …
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Splendid vellum manuscript by Jean Coene, replete with illuminations of female saints, probably commissioned by a Paris nunnery
Missal. Latin manuscript on vellum.Northern France, ca. 1500.
€ 185,000.00
An 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 …
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16th century illustrated Italian manuscript about the art of war in a fine contemporary binding
[Italian military manuscript]. Libro utillissimo et molto necessario di varii secreti importantissimi …Italy, before 1581.
€ 85,000.00
An 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 …
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Fifty imaginary island cities, drawn for the Doge of Venice
Vericci, Marco. "Inmaginationi Millitari." Manuscript on paper, in Italian.Venice, 20 Sep 1595.
€ 250,000.00
Unique 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 …
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A magnificent masterpiece of calligraphy and micrography for Princess Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt
Kirchring, Johannes, the Younger, German calligrapher (fl. 1630-1645). German Psalter in the translation of Martin Luther.Oldenburg, 1634.
€ 125,000.00
A 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 …
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The first periodical of the Arab world: the extremely rare, complete set
[Décade égyptienne]. La Décade égyptienne. Journal littéraire et d'économie politique.Cairo, an VII-VIII 1798-1801.
€ 85,000.00
Extremely 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 …
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Written in the year of "Ulalume", one of Poe's most powerful tragic ballads
Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.
€ 135,000.00
Poe'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 …
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Alfred Hitchcock's storyboard for "Stage Fright" in 340 pencil drawings
Hitchcock, Alfred, English film director and producer (1899-1980). Sketches with autograph annotations: storyboard for "Stage Fright".No place, circa 1949.
€ 150,000.00
Extraordinary 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 …

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[Biblia latina]. Latin manuscript on vellum.Northern France or England?, ca 1300 CE.

Missal. Latin manuscript on vellum.Northern France, ca. 1500.

[Italian military manuscript]. Libro utillissimo et molto necessario di varii secreti importantissimi …Italy, before 1581.

Vericci, Marco. "Inmaginationi Millitari." Manuscript on paper, in Italian.Venice, 20 Sep 1595.

Kirchring, Johannes, the Younger, German calligrapher (fl. 1630-1645). German Psalter in the translation of Martin Luther.Oldenburg, 1634.

[Décade égyptienne]. La Décade égyptienne. Journal littéraire et d'économie politique.Cairo, an VII-VIII 1798-1801.

Poe, Edgar Allan, American writer (1809-1849). Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe").New York, 31 Aug 1847.

Hitchcock, Alfred, English film director and producer (1899-1980). Sketches with autograph annotations: storyboard for "Stage Fright".No place, circa 1949.