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BEATTY, Chester (1876-1968) -- Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Western Manuscripts. London: Sotheby & Co., 7 June 1932-9 May 1933.
2 volumes in one, 4o (285 x 218 mm). Color frontispieces in each volume, numerous plates, some folding. Near-contemporary red quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in. Provenance: Wilfred Merton (pencil initials "WM" on first wrapper, prices).
PRICED WITH BUYERS' NAMES BY WILFRED MERTON in pencil. Laid in is an article from the 15 May 1933 Daily Telegraph reporting that Wilfred Merton, acting as advisor to the British Museum, helped them secure through private treaty an eighth-century codex containing a unique text of the Carmen apologeticum of Commodianus from the Beatty collection. The preface to the first sale states that Chester Beatty's western manuscripts "are far too widely celebrated to require any lengthy introduction...Mr. Chester Beatty has brought together a collection which need fear no comparison, whether with contemporaries or with predecessors."
[With:] BEATTY, A. CHESTER. The Chester Beatty Western Manuscripts. Parts I-II. London: Sotheby's, 3 December 1968-24 June 1969. 2 volumes, 4o. Illustrated. Original printed boards. Provenance: Bernard Breslauer's priced copies. (4)
2 volumes in one, 4
PRICED WITH BUYERS' NAMES BY WILFRED MERTON in pencil. Laid in is an article from the 15 May 1933 Daily Telegraph reporting that Wilfred Merton, acting as advisor to the British Museum, helped them secure through private treaty an eighth-century codex containing a unique text of the Carmen apologeticum of Commodianus from the Beatty collection. The preface to the first sale states that Chester Beatty's western manuscripts "are far too widely celebrated to require any lengthy introduction...Mr. Chester Beatty has brought together a collection which need fear no comparison, whether with contemporaries or with predecessors."
[With:] BEATTY, A. CHESTER. The Chester Beatty Western Manuscripts. Parts I-II. London: Sotheby's, 3 December 1968-24 June 1969. 2 volumes, 4