Jan 29, 2019 - Sale 2497

Sale 2497 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(ILLUMINATED RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE.) von Kempen, Thomas. Imitation de Jesus Christ. 102 chromolithographed plates. Folio, publisher's rich crushed russet morocco with silver and bronze filligree embossed fillets, floral corner fleurons and head stamps, rhombic gold-stamped medallion on front cover, and coat of arms on rear cover, re-backed, retaining original backstrip, restored abrasion on rear cover; all edges trimmed and gilt, scattered light marginal foxing. One of 402 copies printed for subscribers. Paris: Gruel und Engelmann, circa 1880