Livres rares et Manuscrits
Sale #20079
Christie’s is proud to present a selection of important books and manuscripts, including an illustrated Book of Hours and incunabula, as well as first editions of contemporary literature and artist books.
The highlight of the sale is an extraordinary copy of Terence’s Comoedias from the personal library of Michel de Montaigne. This copy features more than 200 annotations written by the young Montaigne while he was still a student, and he so admired Terence that he even had one of his quotes painted on the ceiling of his library : “Homo sum : humani nil a me alienum.”
This sale also includes a masterfully-illuminated Book of Hours in a stunning Restoration binding, a selection of important incunabula, including a Nuremberg Chronicle and the first edition of Petrarch’s Secretum, printed in 1473. Collectors of important texts will be pleased to find books listed in the “bibliophile’s Bible”, Printing and the Mind of Man (PMM), such as beautiful first editions of Grotius’ De Jure belli ac pacis, 1625 and Montesquieu’s De l’esprit des lois, 1748.
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Christie's - Paris
9 Avenue Matignon
Paris, France
48.870178018185, 2.311839
Christie's - Paris
