From Literary Hub, April 1:
In the market for an illuminated manuscript? Got £8 million?
On April 23, “one of the most important collections of illuminated manuscripts and early prints to have appeared at auction” will go on sale at Christie’s.
This collection, the private collection of late philanthropists and collectors Elaine and Alexandre P. Rosenberg, is expected to fetch at least £8 million. Notable among the collection: about one dozen Books of Hours, including one illuminated by the Master of the Paris Bartholomaeus Anglicus with sixteen miniature paintings, and a complete first edition of the works of Plato. And if you’ve got £8 million but feel guilty about blowing it all on Books of Hours, worry no more: as per the Rosenbergs’ wishes, their family will donate all the funds from the auction to support the rare book collections of museums....
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