The Cortandt F. Bishop Library. Part One - Four. Sold by Order of the Executors.

AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION ANDERSON GALLERIES Inc.

Published by NEW YORK: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc. (Mitchell Kennerley, President) 1938 - 1939

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4 Vols. 4to. Publishers' stiff paper wraps.(vi), 349 pp; (v), pp.351 - 610; (v), pp.611 - 782; (v), pp.1 - 164. The first 3 Vols on satinised paper are profusely illustrated in B&W in text; Vol IV (1939)printed on matt paper is without illustrations.Spectacular collection of important books in FINE BINDINGS, many of which are illustrated. 3,626 lots, illustrated books, as well as classics by Boccaccio Corneille, Dante Alighieri, Dickens, Erasmus, Homer, Books of Hours, Moliere, Montesquieu, Bernardin de Saint Pierre, Shakespeare, Shelley, Virgil, Wordsworth and Zola A treasure house of rarities, too many to list; sample 246 BIBLIA LATINA: Mainza 1462. Superb copy of the first dated edition of the Bible and the first example of a work formally divided into two volumes. 272 BIEN ADVISE (MAL ADVISE): Paris 1498. The only known perfect copy on vellum with an unrecorded additional woodcut. 279 William BLAKE: Songs of Innocence. LONDON 1789. Magnificent copy of the excessively rare original issue. 280 William BLAKE: Jerusalem. LONDON 1804. A copy unknown to Keynes who records only eight extant copies. 288 Giovanni BOCCACCIO: L'Amorosa Fiametta. An Illuminated Italian XVc ms. 308 Sanctus BONAVENTURA: Speculum vitae Christi. WESTMINSTER William Caxton 1490. One of eleven known copies. 406 - 413. (Several editions of CERVANTES: Don Quijote) 494 Guillaume COQUILLART: Les Oeuvres. PARIS 1532. A mosaic binding masterpiece of Trautz-Bauzonnet. 563 Charles DICKENS: A Christmas Carol. LONDON 1849. Dickens' own Reading Copy with many alterations in his hand. 600 Daniel DISNEY: The Trial of Daniel Disney. QUEBEC 1767. One of the earliest printed books in Quebec, only two or three known copies. 1264 LANCELOT DU LAC. Manuscript in French. XIII - XV c. Considered the finest illuminated manuscript of Lancelot du Lac in existence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cortandt F. Bishop Library. Part One - Four. Sold by Order of the Executors.
• Publisher: NEW YORK: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc. (Mitchell Kennerley, President) 1938 - 1939
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition