Catalogue of Twenty Western Illuminated Manuscripts from the fifth to the fifteenth century from the library at Donaueschingen, the property of His Serene Highness the Prince Furstenerg which will ber sold at auction .. Monday 21st June 1982 by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co - 1982

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Near Fine. List of estimates laid in.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Near Fine. List of estimates loosely laid in.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Ballpoint pen mark on front board, contents annotated in ink with prices realized and a few other notes.… Read More

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Fine.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Somewhat duststained, otherwise Very Good. List of estimates loosely laid in.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Fine. List of estimates loosely laid in, annotated in manuscript with what may be the prices realized.

Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, auction catalogue for the sale held on 21 June 1982. Decorated boards, large 4to,. 127 pp, numerous plates including several in colour. 20 lots. From the Book Collector's report of the sale: "[the] quality of the catalogue, in appearance and all round scholarship ..., exceeded all previous records in this respect. ...Mr H. P. Kraus, miraculously restored to health, carried all (or most) before him, at prices amazingly close to the estimated figures. He bought the Corbie Orosius ... the St Gall Pontifical ...and the Augsburg Sacramentary..; the Chur Lectionary and Constance Collectary..., the Schernberg Psalter... and a Jean de Colombe Hours... It was quite a remarkable outing, even by Kraus standards....But the real victor of the evening was Sotheby's: the catalogue and the estimates represent a new peak of scholarly and commercial precision. Fine.