A Gutenberg Bible for sale? Well, not entirely. What Sotheby's New York will offer next week is an eight-page fragment of the book printed by Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust in 1455. Single leaves of the famous 42-line Bible occasionally turn up at auction--one recently sold at Swann Galleries
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ITHACA, NY—National Book Auctions, located in Ithaca, NY, announces the launch of their next auction catalog.
This catalog features rare, antique and decorative books as well as select additions of ephemera and artwork. Impressive private collections include important scholarly
New York—Swann Galleries is pleased to
London—Bloomsbury Auctions are delighted to present their sale of Continental, English & Middle Eastern Books & Manuscripts on Thursday 19th March in London at their saleroom in Mayfair. The sale charts the development of printing on the continent and in England, with works dating from the 1470s up until the 18th century.
On March 7, Addison & Sarova Auctioneers in Macon, Georgia, will hold a grab-bag auction of 100 rare books and manuscripts that includes a Zaehnsdorf-bound set of Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, a hand-colored Koberger Bible leaf, a fifteenth-century manuscript on
London—The Bloomsbury two-day Summer
Bloomsbury Auctions’ London two day Summer Book Sale will appeal to all collecting interests. Day one features a rare first collected edition of Hans Christian Andersen's 'Fairy Tales' and an impressive collection of important Incunabula, including work by Aristotle. Day two has a different appeal as all lots will be offered without reserve.
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New York—Swann Galleries’ auction of Early Printed, Medical & Scientific
On Wednesday of this week,
New York—On Thursday, May 1, Swann Galleries will auction a fine selection
