A 15th century printed book of the Torah fetched a record $3.87 million at an auction in Paris. Three buyers attempted to outbid each other over the telephone during the sale which the Christie’s ...
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Simon Schama THE BOOKSELLER OF FLORENCE The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the ...
A Gutenberg Bible owned by the Huntington Library, in San Marino, California, has enjoyed some exciting exploits in its 600-year history. It’s been owned by Silesian nobles, traded by a Scottish ...
This is a page from Hartmann Schedel's Chronicle of the World, known as The Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493. It was then the most famous 15th-century printed book in Europe after Gutenberg's ...
One of the most impressive private collections of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books will be offered at a live auction in New York on April 23, according to Christie’s, which is ...
A hidden image in an ornately illustrated 15th-century prayer book reveals that the duke of Brittany at the time painted over an image of his dead wife with his then-current wife, researchers have ...
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