Dec 01, 2016 - Sale 2433

Sale 2433 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(MANUSCRIPTS and MANUSCRIPT REFERENCE.) Huntington, Archer M. Initials and Miniatures of the IXth, Xth, and XIth Centuries from the Mozarabic Manuscripts of Santo Domingo de Silos in the British Museum. 47 color plates containing numerous illustrations from the manuscripts 30844-48, 30850-55 ("Visigothic codices"). Large folio, elaborately bound by gruel with interweaving arabic designs of inlaid calf in ochre, red, and green, all outlined in gold, against a background of oxblood morocco, spine ends, tips and edges a bit rubbed with minor loss; vellum doublures ruled in gold and black, slightly peeling from boards, red silk rear endleaf worn, front is missing; all edges trimmed and gilt. one of 350 unnumbered copies [the total edition]. New York, 1904