Catalogue of the magnificent collection of important manuscripts and objects of art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri
Publisher: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Published: 1864
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Armor; Art collections; Catalogs
Notes: "Ancient limoges and Russian enamels; rare niellos on silver; exquisitely carved ivories; mediaeval ornamentations and decorations; unique set of gold idols and ornaments by aborigines of America; rich Byzantine book-covers, with ivory plaques, gems and enamels; an admirable intaglio (signed) by [Allion], the celebrated Greek sculptor of gems; ... celestial globe and stand of metal, admirably painted in gold by P. Apianus; ... beautiful drawings by the most eminent masters, Raffaello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Albert Durer, Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, &c.; xylographic reproductions of the earliest period; excesively rare and almost unknown past impressions of engravings; artistic manuscripts on vellum ...; Egyptian papyri, Coptic and Arabic Early manuscripts ..."

Lugt 27979.

BM English book sales, p. 307.

Place of sale: London.

Date of sale: June 1, 1864.