'The Bay Psalm Book'
David
Redden, director of special projects for Sotheby’s New York, is touring the USA
with a precious, historically significant book, The Bay Psalm Book. When it goes up for
auction it is expected to raise about $30 million.
The work was translated from the book of Psalm which the Puritans brought to America from England and was more faithful to the original Hebrew. The Bay Psalm Book was printed on a press which was specially shipped from England. Of the 1,700 copies which were printed only eleven have survived. Of these (including this one) only six have the title-page intact.
The work will be auctioned on 26 November 2013 in New York.
The work was translated from the book of Psalm which the Puritans brought to America from England and was more faithful to the original Hebrew. The Bay Psalm Book was printed on a press which was specially shipped from England. Of the 1,700 copies which were printed only eleven have survived. Of these (including this one) only six have the title-page intact.
The work will be auctioned on 26 November 2013 in New York.
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Bloomsbury Auctions' Bibliophile sale
This
October Bloomsbury Auctions' Bibliophile sale will host an array of printed and
antiquarian books, maps and artwork across a wide range of specialist fields.
The leading features are the private library of the late Frank H. Sommer III
and a particularly strong section, comprising almost 100 lots, of manuscripts.
The sale opens with the private library of the late Frank H. Sommer III and includes works on emblemata, art and architecture, and English and continental history. Anatomy Improved and Illustrated (1767) a very scarce work from the library with no listings on ESTC and only one auction record to date. This piece gives an anatomical insight into the design of the human form for painters sculptors, statuaries, and is expected to realise £400-£600 at action. Amoris Divi et Humani (1626) is an exquisite work on emblemata with an elaborate engraved title and 39 plates, bound in a blind-stamped vellum, set to fetch £1,500-£2,000 & John Flaxman's Compositions of Homer, Hesiod & Aeschlyus (1805-1831) is another illustrated highlight that carries an estimate of £300-£500.
This sale includes almost 100 lots of manuscripts dating back as early as the 13th century, including two important medieval charters. The first of these is a grant by Symon de Limbur of Pacwode to William le Iuntour for half an acre of the land in the ville of Packwood in Warwickshire. This charter is dated circa 1230 and carries an estimate of £700-£1,000. The second medieval manuscript relates to the Medieval Manor in Tottenham. In this document the youngest son of Thomas Beauchamp inherits the property from his cousin John Hastings. It is dated May 1396 and is set to fetch £1,800-£2,200.
Another highlight of the manuscripts is the correspondence between Thomas Hardy, Florence Hardy and Constance Innes Pocock. This is a quantity lot that includes 10 autograph letters and 9 postcards signed Thomas Hardy & T.H., and is expected to realise £2,000-£3,000 at auction. Also featured is a 15th century Book of Hours (Hours of the Virgin) with an estimate of £800-£1,200, and a scrapbook belonging to Princess Anne, Countess of Athlone – This rarity includes a letter from Churchill and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) among others and is set to fetch £600-£800.
Other mentionable works from the auction include a group of lots by the folio society, a few early bibles, and a wonderful array of travel and topographical books and maps, one of which is Costume of the Russian Empire (1810) with an aquatint title and 72 hand-coloured plates carrying an estimate of £500-£700. Of the original artwork and illustrations works, there are 5 lots of guache and watercolour by James E. McConnell and some original illustrations by S. Drigin [for M. Cely's Round the World in Eighty Hours (c.1936)] that are set to fetch c.£400-£600 and £300-£500 respectively.
For further information please contact info@bloomsburyauctions.com
The sale opens with the private library of the late Frank H. Sommer III and includes works on emblemata, art and architecture, and English and continental history. Anatomy Improved and Illustrated (1767) a very scarce work from the library with no listings on ESTC and only one auction record to date. This piece gives an anatomical insight into the design of the human form for painters sculptors, statuaries, and is expected to realise £400-£600 at action. Amoris Divi et Humani (1626) is an exquisite work on emblemata with an elaborate engraved title and 39 plates, bound in a blind-stamped vellum, set to fetch £1,500-£2,000 & John Flaxman's Compositions of Homer, Hesiod & Aeschlyus (1805-1831) is another illustrated highlight that carries an estimate of £300-£500.
This sale includes almost 100 lots of manuscripts dating back as early as the 13th century, including two important medieval charters. The first of these is a grant by Symon de Limbur of Pacwode to William le Iuntour for half an acre of the land in the ville of Packwood in Warwickshire. This charter is dated circa 1230 and carries an estimate of £700-£1,000. The second medieval manuscript relates to the Medieval Manor in Tottenham. In this document the youngest son of Thomas Beauchamp inherits the property from his cousin John Hastings. It is dated May 1396 and is set to fetch £1,800-£2,200.
Another highlight of the manuscripts is the correspondence between Thomas Hardy, Florence Hardy and Constance Innes Pocock. This is a quantity lot that includes 10 autograph letters and 9 postcards signed Thomas Hardy & T.H., and is expected to realise £2,000-£3,000 at auction. Also featured is a 15th century Book of Hours (Hours of the Virgin) with an estimate of £800-£1,200, and a scrapbook belonging to Princess Anne, Countess of Athlone – This rarity includes a letter from Churchill and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) among others and is set to fetch £600-£800.
Other mentionable works from the auction include a group of lots by the folio society, a few early bibles, and a wonderful array of travel and topographical books and maps, one of which is Costume of the Russian Empire (1810) with an aquatint title and 72 hand-coloured plates carrying an estimate of £500-£700. Of the original artwork and illustrations works, there are 5 lots of guache and watercolour by James E. McConnell and some original illustrations by S. Drigin [for M. Cely's Round the World in Eighty Hours (c.1936)] that are set to fetch c.£400-£600 and £300-£500 respectively.
For further information please contact info@bloomsburyauctions.com
The full catalogue can be viewed online at www.bloomsburyauctions.com
The viewing times for this sale are:
Tuesday 8th October 9.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 9th October 9.00am – 5.00pm
Day of sale from 9.00am
[Baverstock House, 93 High Street, Godalming, GU7 1AL]
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Update on Norfolk Broads: Peter Henry Emerson book
The
compilation of pictures by photographer Peter Henry Emerson was one of just 200
copies and was expected to sell for about £25,000 last Thursday, at Keys Fine
Arts Auctioneers in Aylsham.
It eventually sold for £66,000.
It eventually sold for £66,000.
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