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In a jeweled binding and illuminated, 1923
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Thomas á Kempis' Imitatio Christi
In a jeweled binding and illuminated, 1923
THOMAS Á KEMPIS (1380-1471). On the Imitation of Christ. Illuminated and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. N.p., n.d [illuminated in 1923].
Unique copy of this printing on vellum, illuminated and in a jeweled binding with a moonstone and citrines. The vellum hand-lettered certification leaf at end reads: "... This is a special copy printed on vellum, and Illuminated and Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe ... It is the only copy executed in this manner and will not be duplicated. Signed on behalf of the above: George Sutcliffe. A.D. MCMXXIII."
Small quarto (212 X 158mm). Printed on vellum. This special copy bound up without pages [i]-vi of preliminaries. Illuminated manuscript title in gold on a fine diapered gold and blue ground within an elaborate thick stylized floral border of green, blue, maroon and gold, heightened with brown penwork tracery; 4 of the book-opening initials finely gilded and similarly illuminated with marginal extensions, 23 colored culs-de-lamp, 116 colored and gold-painted initials throughout the text; except for the title all other decoration is supplied over woodcut ornaments.
Full crushed morocco jeweled and gilt, covers with triple fillet panels with panel corners each set with a single citrine framed by scrolling lines and gilt dots, the upper cover with a moonstone at the center set within a lozenge frame of onlaid flower and leaf sprays, the lower cover plain at the center, the panel fillets extending and incorporating a broad border of looped gilt tooling with dots and heart-shaped corner ornaments, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettered in two compartments, a repeated gilt panel ornament in the rest, board edges with double gilt rule, the fore-edges with metal catches and with metal and tooled leather clasps, turn-ins blind and gilt-ruled, orange silk linings, stamp-signed by the binders on upper turn-in, all edges gilt. Fleece-lined cloth box. Provenance: Christie's New York, 8 December 1989, lot 298.
In a jeweled binding and illuminated, 1923
THOMAS Á KEMPIS (1380-1471). On the Imitation of Christ. Illuminated and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. N.p., n.d [illuminated in 1923].
Unique copy of this printing on vellum, illuminated and in a jeweled binding with a moonstone and citrines. The vellum hand-lettered certification leaf at end reads: "... This is a special copy printed on vellum, and Illuminated and Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe ... It is the only copy executed in this manner and will not be duplicated. Signed on behalf of the above: George Sutcliffe. A.D. MCMXXIII."
Small quarto (212 X 158mm). Printed on vellum. This special copy bound up without pages [i]-vi of preliminaries. Illuminated manuscript title in gold on a fine diapered gold and blue ground within an elaborate thick stylized floral border of green, blue, maroon and gold, heightened with brown penwork tracery; 4 of the book-opening initials finely gilded and similarly illuminated with marginal extensions, 23 colored culs-de-lamp, 116 colored and gold-painted initials throughout the text; except for the title all other decoration is supplied over woodcut ornaments.
Full crushed morocco jeweled and gilt, covers with triple fillet panels with panel corners each set with a single citrine framed by scrolling lines and gilt dots, the upper cover with a moonstone at the center set within a lozenge frame of onlaid flower and leaf sprays, the lower cover plain at the center, the panel fillets extending and incorporating a broad border of looped gilt tooling with dots and heart-shaped corner ornaments, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettered in two compartments, a repeated gilt panel ornament in the rest, board edges with double gilt rule, the fore-edges with metal catches and with metal and tooled leather clasps, turn-ins blind and gilt-ruled, orange silk linings, stamp-signed by the binders on upper turn-in, all edges gilt. Fleece-lined cloth box. Provenance: Christie's New York, 8 December 1989, lot 298.
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