Sotheby’s Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Western Manuscripts. The Property of A. Chester Beatty, Esq.

Sotheby’s Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Western Manuscripts. The Property of A. Chester Beatty, Esq. The First Portion. Tuesday, 7th of June 1932 [and] Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Western Manuscripts. The Property of A. Chester Beatty, Esq. The Second Portion. Tuesday, 9th of May 1933.

London, Sotheby & Co., 1932-1933.

£80

 

Softcover. 2 vols. 4to. (29.3 x 22.7). i-viii, pp.61, i-viii, pp.63-147, + 103 plates of which 7 coloured and 19 folding. 70 lots. In two separate copies. Included with an invitation card from ‘La Maison Sotheby et Cie’, unaddressed. Several paper clippings. Foxing. No inscriptions besides pencil initials on cover. First volume with loose back cover. Good copies.