Lot 49
Calligraphic Manuscript.- Church of England.- The Litany [&] Occasional Prayers..., finely illuminated manuscript in gold, blue, red and other colours, on thick vellum, full red morocco, gilt, crosses in black and gilt morocco onlays in each corner on upper cover, n.d. [c. 1950].
Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000
Description
Calligraphic Manuscript.- Church of England.- The Litany [&] Occasional Prayers..., [Dedicated] To the Reverend Haim Hillel de Medailliers Nathanson, finely illuminated manuscript in gold, blue, red and other colours, on thick vellum, 53pp., text in black and red ink, page of signatures as subscribers bound in at end, 1f. with small smudge and another f. browned, handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt, crosses in black and gilt morocco onlays in each corner on upper cover, housed in a black morocco box, 322 x 247mm., n.d. [c. 1950].
⁂ An extremely fine calligraphic manuscript depicting King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and her young family and a host of other portraits, decorations and symbols.
Description
Calligraphic Manuscript.- Church of England.- The Litany [&] Occasional Prayers..., [Dedicated] To the Reverend Haim Hillel de Medailliers Nathanson, finely illuminated manuscript in gold, blue, red and other colours, on thick vellum, 53pp., text in black and red ink, page of signatures as subscribers bound in at end, 1f. with small smudge and another f. browned, handsomely bound in full red morocco, gilt, crosses in black and gilt morocco onlays in each corner on upper cover, housed in a black morocco box, 322 x 247mm., n.d. [c. 1950].
⁂ An extremely fine calligraphic manuscript depicting King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and her young family and a host of other portraits, decorations and symbols.