| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : comprising the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the property of Sir Richard Brooke, the property of Dr Eva Short, the property of David M. Wacher, Esq., the property of the Education Trust, Ltd. (Bembridge School) ; and including a medical manuscript in Anglo-Saxon ; the early 15th century Flaunden missal ; a book of devotions magnificently decorated in the atelier of Philippe de Mazerolles ; fine books of hours executed in Paris, Bourges, Le Mans, the Valley of the Loire, Flanders and Italy ; a Cicero written by Bartolomeo Sanvito for Cardinal Raphael Riario ; manuscripts by Graily Hewitt ; also a collection of Persian miniatures, the property of Mrs M. Clifton, etc. |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1956 |
| Physical desc. |
29 pages, [18] leaves of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
11/12/1956 |
| Including property of Sir Richard Brooke, the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, Dr. Eva Short, Mrs. M. Clifton, David M. Wacher and the Educational Trust (Bembridge School) |
| Includes a loosely inserted, printed list of prices and buyers' names. |
| Annotated by J.V.S. Wilkinson, including his note on the front cover: 'Bought for Library, nos. 33, 71, 78'. |
| Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 11 December 1956, London |
| Person as subject |
Brooke, Richard -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Short, Eva -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Wacher, David M. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Corporate name |
Bembridge School -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 4240 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 544 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1563 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, European -- Catalogs |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Turkish -- Catalogs |
