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The lots offered for sale here are the highlights of one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of manuscripts ever assembled: The Schøyen Collection. The importance of the materials in this collection goes far beyond the scope of a private collection, or even a national public collection. The sale spans 1,300 years of cultural history and includes world heritage manuscripts such as the Crosby-Schoyen Codex, the Holkham Hebrew Bible and the Geraardsbergen Bible, but also Greek literature, humanist masterpieces, a book owned by a Saint, early English law, a historically important Sc...

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From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Collection of Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg totals $12,405,625 First Edition of Plato in any Language. Printed by the nuns of San Jacopo di Ripoli, Florence, 1484-1485. Price Realized: $1,026,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Collection of Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg totaled $12,405,625 and was 98% sold by lot and 92% sold by value with bidders from 23 countries participating. All proceeds from the sale will benefit The Morgan Library, the Cloister...