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Queen's Binder A
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- A Manuall of Directions, or Helps to your private devotions
- paper
manuscript prayers, confessions, meditations, and spiritual advice, in an attractive italic hand, 196 numbered pages plus a few blanks, 12mo (108 x 82mm.), dated 1649 on title page, contemporary London black morocco richly gilt by Queen's Binder A, gilt decoration composed of drawer-handle tools and pointillé flowers enhanced with silver paint, gilt edges, in modern folding buckram box with Abbey's morocco label on cover, extremities very slightly rubbed
Provenance
William Long (1817-1886, the antiquary), armorial bookplate; J.R. Abbey (1894-1969), morocco book-label and note on rear flyleaf "JA 6292, 14.9.1954", his sale in these rooms, 19-21 June 1967, lot 2009, with entry from sale catalogue loose in box
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
For a very similar binding using the same tools, see Nixon, English Restoration Bindings, plate 61 (Henry Davis Gift, no. 118). The Abbey sale catalogue dates the binding to c. 1680.