$130
Estimate: $100 - $150
The Collection of Amb. & Mrs. Alexander Weddell - The Virginia House Museum
Auction: April 10, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
Madrid (Impreso en Barcelona: Miquel Rius), 1929. First edition, #1,011/1,200. 4to. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, seven color plates, lettered tissue guards, 85 duotone plates, 82 illustrations in text, and numerous multi-color historiated initials. Original tan cloth decorated with a Mudéjar design in blind and gilt; top edge gilt; others untrimmed. Lightly worn; internally clean. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down and call number in pencil on title-page; plates free of all markings. Catalogue of the first ever exhibition of early Spanish illuminated manuscripts, held in 1924.
Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia.
Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.