Auction 28 · Lot 86
Orden de las Oraciones Cotidianas [Daily Prayer Book]
- Estimate
- $12,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- $11,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(BINDING).
printer
Solomon Proops
Place
Amsterdam
Publication
1716
Description
Spanish text. Title within type-ornament border. Contemporary tortoise-shell with silver clasps and hinges
The binding is secured by gilt silver elements. Each of the eight corner-pieces with blossom terminal. The two hasps terminate in shell form appliqués on either side. Silk end-papers. All edges gilt.
references
Kayserling, p. 61
summary
An outstanding Book, bound in an exceptionally fine tortoise shell binding. Highly uncommon for such delicate workmanship to appear in a petite volume
pp. 593, (1).16mo
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