Jan 29, 2019 - Sale 2497

Sale 2497 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(ILLUMINATED RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT.) The Festival of St. John the Evangelist. 10 pages comprising a title-page, dedication, closing, and 7 leaves of verse, each hand-lettered and illuminated in black and metallic ink and watercolor, with Florentine style initials and borders. Square 8vo, contemporary 19th century brown morocco gilt, titled on cover, worn mostly along spine, circular water stain on cover; marbled endpapers, scattered light marginal foxing. Np, dated 1854 on title