23rd Jan, 2025 10:30
Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper
AUCTION CATALOGUES: THE ESTELLE DOHENY COLLECTION, as sold by Messrs Christie's of New York, London and Paris.
6 Volumes of the red-linen-bound auction catalogue, blocked and titled in gilt, comprising Index and Prices; PART II - Wednesday December 2nd 1987, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS; PART III - Monday and Tuesday, February 1st and 2nd 1988, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING WESTERN AMERICANA; PART IV - Monday and Tuesday, October 17th and 18th, 1988, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS CONCERNING WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS CIRCLE; PART V - Tuesday and Wednesday February 21st and 22nd, 1989, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING AMERICANA, LITERATURE AND FINE BINDINGS and PART VI - Friday May 19th, 1989, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING EARLY PRINTING, LITERATURE AND FINE BINDINGS (6)
Carrie Estelle Doheny was a renowned collector of books with a particular interest in Bibles, most notably the Guttenberg Bible, which she owned for decades. In 1983, 25 years after her death, her gift to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles became unrestricted and was liquidated. During the two years of auctions in New York, London, and Paris, her collection at the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library ultimately realized upwards of $34 million
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AUCTION CATALOGUES: THE ESTELLE DOHENY COLLECTION, as sold by Messrs Christie's of New York, London and Paris.
6 Volumes of the red-linen-bound auction catalogue, blocked and titled in gilt, comprising Index and Prices; PART II - Wednesday December 2nd 1987, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS; PART III - Monday and Tuesday, February 1st and 2nd 1988, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING WESTERN AMERICANA; PART IV - Monday and Tuesday, October 17th and 18th, 1988, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS CONCERNING WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS CIRCLE; PART V - Tuesday and Wednesday February 21st and 22nd, 1989, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING AMERICANA, LITERATURE AND FINE BINDINGS and PART VI - Friday May 19th, 1989, PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING EARLY PRINTING, LITERATURE AND FINE BINDINGS (6)
Carrie Estelle Doheny was a renowned collector of books with a particular interest in Bibles, most notably the Guttenberg Bible, which she owned for decades. In 1983, 25 years after her death, her gift to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles became unrestricted and was liquidated. During the two years of auctions in New York, London, and Paris, her collection at the Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library ultimately realized upwards of $34 million
Ex libris
Auction: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 23rd Jan, 2025
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