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Subtitle: public auction sale March 12 ... March 13 [1945]
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 858 lots.

"Sale number 646."

Date of sale: March 12 and 13, 1945.

"A renowned collection of drawings by John Tenniel for Carroll's "Alice's adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the looking glass"; drawings by other famous illustrators, including H.K. Browne, John Leech, George Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson; a fine XV century illuminated book of hours; collected by the late Bronson Winthrop, New York and Syosset, L.I., sold by order of the heirs."

Place of sale: New York.