| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
The Andre de Coppet collections, part VIII : catalogue of the highly important collection of autograph letters, literary manuscripts and historical documents : including letters or documents of Catherine de Medicis, Charles IX, Henri III, Henri IV, Anne de Montmorency, Fourquevaux, Duplessis-Mornay, Turenne, Comtesse de Lamotte and Necker ; Ferdinand and Isabella, Philip II and Martin Pizarro ; the Medici family, Cardinal Allen, Luther and J. de Rothschild ; a memorandum by Edward Randolph ; documents relating to Canada and Mexico ; the annual report of the Jesuits in the Philippines ; a Swiss calligraphic MS ; and the records of the Inquisition in the Canary Isles |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1957 |
| Physical desc. |
72 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
01/04/1957; 02/04/1957. |
| Property of the late Andre de Coppet of New York. |
| Includes a loosely inserted printed list of prices and buyers' names (between pages 32 & 33). |
| Also includes two letters: 1) typed letter (between pages 10 and the first unnumbered plate; 2 leaves, with handwritten annotations), dated 21 March 1957, from Winnie Myers of Myers & Co (80, New Bond Street, London, W.1) on Myer's & Co. (Booksellers) Ltd. letterhead paper, to H. Bos Kzn ('s Gravenhage, Holland), relating to Lots 2142, 2143, and 2144 in the Sotheby's sale on 1 April 1957; and 2) a handwritten air letter (dated 26 March 1956 inside but postmarked 26 March 1957) from Winnie Myers to H. Bos Kzn with her estimates for lots 2137, 2138, 2142, 2143, 2144, and 2165 (further annotations in red ink), between pages 32 & 33. |
| CB manuscripts: lot 2229, page 49: Jesuit missions in China, formerly Phillipps MS 21642 [Ac 1277, W 191]; lot 2290, page 61: Papal bulls, etc. [Ac 1278, W 188]; lot 2315, page 65: Popes, cardinals and bishops, collection of letters and documents [Ac 1279, W 189]. |
| Date & place of sale |
Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 April 1957, London. |
| Person as subject |
De Coppet, Andre -- 1892-1953 -- Library -- Catalogs |
| Bos, H. (Henderikus) -- 1881-1970 |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 188 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 189 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- W 191 |
| Manuscripts, European -- Catalogs |
| European letters -- Catalogs |
| Jesuits -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
