Princely book collection for sale

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: March 30, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

THE LARGEST collection of rare 15th-century printed books to come on to the market since the Thirties is to be sold this summer by Sotheby's. Four hundred incunables, printed books of the 15th century, are estimated to fetch about pounds 3m at an auction in London - a major centre of the antiquarian market.

Most of the volumes are in superlative condition; some have never been read, and their pages remain uncut. Unusually, most have their original, highly decorative bindings; many copies from this period were rebound during the 18th and 19th centuries, when owners had different tastes in book ...

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