MUSIC AND CONTINENTAL BOOkS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Lots 110–163

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110* (OPERA. METROPOLITAN OPERA) CONRIED, HEINRICH Two illuminated calligraphic manuscript presentations, prepared in tribute to Heinrich Conried, Director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1903-1908, presented by the members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and guests of a dinner in Conried’s honor.

2 vols., comprising one 4to, full green leather, 12 leaves on parchment (with five illuminated calligraphic text with initials and cartouche, four with 85 signatures presumably of guests of the tribute event), presentation tribute for five years of service, presented February 23, 1898, signed Ames and Rollinson, Printers and Illuminators, New York, on the verso of the third page; one folio, full blue leather gilt stamped with dates 1903 to 1908 on the cover, silk endpapers, six leaves, on vellum, with illuminated cartouche, one full-page and two partial illuminated manuscript presentation to Heinrich Conried from the Members of the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York, two with illuminated cartouches depicting scenes from Parisfal (December 24, 1903) and Salome (January 22, 1907), the latter signed “Tiffany” in pencil and the former in similar manner but unsigned, and three pages bearing the signatures of the members of the Metropolitan Orchestra. Property from the Katherine Halliday Walter Trust, St. Louis, Missouri $2,000-4,000

115 111 (OPERA. METROPOLITAN OPERA) A sheet signed by the cast of a performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, 1899, at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the signatures of Lilli Lehmann, Antonio Scotti (his premiere at the MET, the present opera, December 27), Geraldine Farrar, Willy Paul and five others. Framed and matted with a black and white photograph and the program for the performance on Monday, January 2, 1899. Size of frame 10 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. $200-400

112 (OPERA. METROPOLITAN OPERA) A program signed by the cast of a performance of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, 1857, at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the signatures of Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Emanuel List, and five others. Framed and matted with a black and white photograph and the program for the performance on Tuesday, January 4, 1938. Size of frame 24 x 18 inches. $200-400

113 (OPERA) CALLAS, MARIA Signed program (“Martia Meneghini Callas”), program for the Masonic Auditorium Concert conducted by Nicola Rescigno, Tuesday, November 18, 1958, Detroit, MI. Framed and matted with black and white photograph and content of the concert. Size of frame 23 x 18 inches. $200-400

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114 (OPERA) CARUSO, ENRICO Self portrait signed (“Enrico Caruso”), one page, December 3, 1912. Framed and matted. Size of frame 13 x 10 1/2 inches. $100-200

115 (OPERA. FARRAR, GERALDINE) TOWNSEND, EDWIN F. Gelatin silver print of Geraldine Farrar, inscribed (“Happy New Year to Marjorie, Geraldine), 1925, by Edwin F. Townsend, signed by the photographer (“Edwin F. Townsend”), lower right, in red ink. Framed and matted. 15 x 13 inches. $600-800

116 (OPERA) GRISI, GIULIA Autographed letter signed (“Giulia Grisi”), four pages, on a bifolium, in French, date supplied in recipient’s hand “Read July 21, 1864,” to Monsieur Gye, with a transcript on the verso agreeing to sing the first act of Norma for a M. Harris but declining to sing a duet from Les Huguenots with a M. Mario. She states M. Mario would prefer to sing the second act of Faust. Framed and matted in a double window frame with an engraved portrait of Grisi and her sister. Size of sheet 7 x 9 inches. $200-400 117 (OPERA) MELBA, NELLIE, Dame Autographed letter signed (“Nellie”), two pages, London, n.d., to an unknown recipient, declining an invitation. Framed and matted in a double window pane frame with a reproduction photograph. Size of sheet 6 1/2 x 5 inches. $100-200

118 (COMPOSER) STRAUSS, RICHARD Autograph musical quotation signed (“Richard Strauss”), one page, three bars, March 31, 1927, also signed by Richard Lert as Director of the Berlin Opera, May 31, 1927. Additionally signed on the verso illegibly by other individuals with a drawing, presumably of Strauss. Framed and matted in a double window frame with a reproduction portrait. Size of sheet 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches. $1,000-2,000

119 (COMPOSER) WAGNER, RICHARD Autographed note signed (“Richard Wagner”), one page, nine lines. Framed and matted with etched portrait. Folded in thirds; two small brown spots. Size of frame 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Oak Brook, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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125 120 (OPERA) BUEL, JAMES The Great Operas. Introduced by Giuseppe Verdi. London, et al.: The Societe Universelle Lyrique, (1899).

5 vols. Folio, decorative green cloth stamped in silver to upper boards. With numerous tipped-in engraved plates. Wear to boards; ends chipped; some plates detached. $200-400

120A (MUSIC) NAUMANN, EMIL The History of Music. London: Cassell, n.d.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 olive calf. With numerous plates, some fold-out musical scores. $60-80

121 (OPERA) A group of signed and inscribed photographs of female opera singers, including Luisa Tetrazzini (Chicago, February 15, 1920), Madame Patti/Baroness Cederstrom (1903), Maria Jeritza (Photo by Halmi, signed in the mat, 1927), Victoria de los Angeles (n.d.), and Rosa Ponselle (n.d.). All framed and matted. (5 total) Size of largest frame 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. $200-400

122 (OPERA) A group of eight autographs of opera singers, each framed and matted with a portrait, including Alexander Kipnis, Rosa Raisa, Emma Calve, Lauritz Melchior, Jean & Edouard de Reszke, Emmy Destinn, Titta Ruffo, and Pauline Viardot. Size of largest frame 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches. $200-400

123 (OPERA) A group of five autographs of opera singers, most framed and matted with a concert program, one with a reproduction musical score, including Lecrezia Bori, Elisabeth Rethberg, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Jussi Bjorling, and Mary Garden. Size of largest frame 13 x 21 inches. $200-400

124 (MSS, ANTIPHONAL) A group of six antiphonal leaves on vellum from a Spanish antiphonal, [Baena, c. 1521]. Sewn together. 19 x 14 3/4 inches each. $400-600

125 (MSS, BOOK OF HOURS) An illuminated manuscript on vellum, from a Book of Hours, four pages on a bifolium, with illuminated floral borders enclosing what is likely a benefactor presentation scene, surmounting Psalm 70:1, Deus in adjutorium meum intende; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina. (O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.) $200-400 126 (BOOK OF HOURS) Book of Hours. Vat. Ross. 94. of the Vatican Library. Yorktown Heights, N.Y.: Besler, (1987).

16mo, publisher’s gilt-stamped brown calf, with accompanying text-booklet, housed in tan suede clamshell case. Miniature facsimile edition, copy number 400 of an unstated edition. Fine. $100-200

127 ARIOSTO, (LUDOVICO) Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse. Translated by John Harrington. London: G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634.

2 vols. in one. 4to, full calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Third edition, revised and amended with the addition of the author’s Epigrams, with engraved architectural title page and 46 full-page engraved plates. Second work with separate title page dated 1633. $100-200 128* BACON, FRANCIS Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning. London: Printed for Thomas Williams, 1674.

Folio, rebound in modern blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Second edition in English. Lacking engraved portrait frontispiece; scattered light foxing. Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

129 [BRAITHWAITE, RICHARD] CORYMBOEUS Barnabees Journall, Under the Names of Mirtilus & Faustulus shadowed: for the Travellers Solace lately published, to most apt numbers reduced, and to the old Tune of Barnabe commonly chanted. [London:] [John Haviland], n.d. [1638]

12mo, rebound in full gilt-ruled leather, gilt-lettered spine. Housed in red morocco gilt-lettered solander box. First edition. With frontispiece engraving by William Marshall tipped-in, likely supplied from another copy. Minor rubbing to boards; ephemera tipped in front pastedown; title page chipped at fore edge; scattered brownspotting. $800-1,200

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129A [BURTON, ROBERT] The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: Lichfield & Short, 1624.

Title page, 1 prel. leaf, pp. 557, (7). Folio, 3/4 green morocco over red cloth, renewed endpapers. Second edition, corrected and augmented by the author. First folio edition. Light edgewear; manuscript ink notations to f.f.e.p.; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; intermittent foxing. $1,000-2,000

130 BUXTORF, JOHANNES Synagoga Judaica, de Judaeorum fide, ritibus, ceremoniis, tam publicis et sacris, quam privatis, in domestica vivendi ratione. Basel: Johan Jacobum, 1661.

Small 8vo, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, giltlettered spine. Third edition. With engraved half-title. $100-250

131 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE History & Adventures of the Renown Don Quixote. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Dublin: John Chambers, 1796.

4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red calf over marbled boards, gilttooled and -lettered spines, green morocco spine labels. With 21 engraved plates. Light rubbing to boards at spines; intermittent brownspotting. $200-400 132* VIRGILIUS PUBLIUS The Works. Translated by John Dryden. London: Jacob Tonson, 1709.

3 vols. 8vo, contemporary paneled calf, gilt-lettered spine, red leather spine labels. Third edition. With engraved portrait frontispieces and 103 engraved plates. Minor wear to boards; scattered light brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

132A FICHET, ALEXANDRE Chorus poetarum classicorum duplex, sacrorum et profanorum. Lyon: Louis Muguet, 1616.

4to, early vellum, rebacked, title page in red and black. With numerous in-text vignettes and decorative initials. $100-200

133* FOX[E], JOHN Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable, Happening in the Church. London: The Company of Stationers, 1684.

3 vols. Thick folio, rebound in modern paneled calf, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g., title page in red and black. Ninth edition, stated. With engraved portrait frontispiece and two engraved plates, one fold-out. Light wear to boards; armorial bookplate Frederick S. Peck tipped to front pastedown all vols.; ephemera laid into vol. 1; scattered light brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $2,000-4,000 134 FRISIUS, GEMMA Medici ac mathimatici de astrolaba Catholico liber quo latissime patents instrumenti multiplex uses explicatur... Antwerp: Jan Steels, 1556.

Small 8vo, rebound in quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. With two plates, one fold-out, and numerous in-text woodcut illustrations. Bookplates of neurologist Jules Sottas, Pierre Bellamy, and Alberto Pimpinelli, attache for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in Houston, tipped to front pastedowns. Light wear to boards; with facsimile poem to author and coat-of-arms of the dedicatee, Philip V of Spain; light soiling. $700-900

135 FRY, EDMUND Pantographia; Containing Accurate Copies of all the Known Alphabets in the World... [London:] Printed by Cooper and Wilson for John and Arthur Arch, et al., 1799.

8vo, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. With numerous examples of various alphabets throughout. $100-200

136 GERALDINI, ALEXANDRI Itinerarium ad regiones sub aequinoctiali plaga constitutas... Rome: Guilelmi Facciotti, 1631.

8vo, rebound in later stiff paper boards. First edition. Written in 1524 but published in 1631, “Itinerarium” is one of the earliest descriptions of the new world. Geraldini was a close friend of Christopher Columbus and was influential in promoting Columbus’ explorations within Spain. The present book contains the earliest poetry written in America, composed by Geraldini upon the ship he travelled on from Northern Africa to North America. Light soiling to boards; lacking additional engraved title page; title page restored.

Literature: Sabin, 27116 $1,000-2,000

136A LE ROUGE, GEORGE-LOUIS Jardins a la mode et jardins anglo-chinois. Nouvelle edition de Daniel Jacomet. Paris: Jardin de Flore, 1978.

5 vols. Portfolios, contents loose as issued in blue paper chemises, blue linen slipcase with red paper pastedown title label. Limited edition, number 208 of 250 copies on Van Gelder. With 474 reproduction plates. Minor soiling to slipcase. Property of a Palm Beach Estate $300-500 137 NOVARII, ANTONII J.V.D. prothonotarij Apostolici, ac metropolitanae ecclesiae Neapolitanae canonici summae bullarum... Rome: Felicis Caesaretti, 1677.

Folio, full vellum, manuscript title to spine, title page in red and black. $80-120

138* RALEGH, SIR WALTER The Historie of the World. London: Walter Burre, 1614. [1628]

Folio, full leather, rebacked. In five books. Contains “Minde of the Front,” engraved title page, preface, contents, eight fold-out plates, a chronological table, and an alphabetical table of the principal contents. Spine ends chipped; pencil marginalia to “History of the World” title page; scattered light foxing. Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 139 (DOMINICAN ORDER) Regla del bienauenturado S. Augustin que nuestro Padre S. Domingo Escogio para sus Frayles y sorores. s.l., n.d. [c. 1600]

29ff. 4to, full vellum, detailed woodcut border featuring the four Apostles in the corners, God in the upper and the Last Supper in the lower portion, and six vignettes of saints, engraved head-piece and initials. Contents worn, with numerous repaired tears; soiling to vellum; backstrip starting. $200-400

140 TASSO, TORQUATO Aminta, favola boscareccia di Torquato Tasso. Amsterdam: D. Elzevier, 1678.

16mo, rebound in later vellum, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. With additional engraved title page and six plates. Manuscript ex-libris of Lady Newdigate and the bookplate of the Arbury Library clipped and tipped to rear endpaper. $100-200

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141 (BRUCKMAN, W.L.) The Glory of Belgium. London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.

Folio, full vellum gilt-stamped with Leo Belgicus from the Belgian coat-of-arms to upper cover. With numerous tipped-in color plates by W.L. Bruckman. $80-120

142 LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE Fables de La Fontaine. Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1875.

Folio, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, t.e.g. With engraved frontispiece and numerous engravings throughout. Light edgewear; chipping to upper spine; otherwise fine. $200-400

142A STOWER, WILLY Deutsche Flottenmanover. Braunschweig: Verlag George Westermann, (1900).

Oblong folio, publisher’s canvas covers with pictorial pastedown, gold endpapers featuring an anchor and a Prussian eagle. With 15 plates. Wear to boards; text block detached from backstrip; some leaves detached. $100-200 143 [MARIE-JEAN-LEON LECOQ, BARON D’HERVEY, MARQUIS DE SAINT-DENIS] Les Reves et les moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris: Amyot, 1867.

8vo, 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. Rare first edition of this early work on the science of dreams. With original extra-illustrated title page and engraved color frontispiece by Alfred-Henri Darjou with one large vignette illustrating a dream described on p. 381 and six smaller vignettes representing “hallucinations” experienced during sleep. Light rubbing to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; intermittent foxing.

Literature: A. Breton. Oeuvres completes, Pleiade tome II, Les Vases communicants, p. 103 $1,000-2,000

144 (FRANCE, MILITARY) BUCQUOY, E.L., et al. A significant collection of five volumes of approximately 2,000 color postcards from Les uniformes du 1st Empire mounted to album sheets, c. 1940, with drawings by Bucquoy, Rousselot, Hilpert, Toussaint, Benigni, Feist and others. $600-800 145 (FRANCE, MILITARY) DETAILLE, EDOUARD Types et uniformes. L’armee Francaise. Text by Jules Richard. Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1885-1889.

2 vols. Folio, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Limited edition, number 144 for Monsieur le Baron de Vaufreland. Inscribed to Henre de Vaufreland by Edouard Detaille with a watercolor drawing of a soldier on the half-title. With 60 etched plates printed in color and numerous intext illustrations throughout. Light wear to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown both vols.; intermittent foxing. $1,000-2,000

146 (FRANCE, MILITARY) L’Album de la guerre. Paris: L’Illustration, 1926.

2 vols. Folio, gilt-stamped maroon leather. With numerous black and white and tipped in color photographs throughout. [Together with:] 1813-1815 Geillustreerde geschiedenis van den vrijheidsoorlog. By J. Von Pflugk-Harttung. Rotterdam: J.M Bredee’s Boekhandel en UitgeversMaatschappij, n.d. Folio, pictorial cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic plates. $100-200

147 (FRANCE, MILITARY) ROUSSELOT, LUCIEN A collection of 96 plates from L’armee francaise: ses uniformes, son equipement, son armement, housed in five modern albums. $200-400

148 (FRANCE, MILITARY) A group of six portfolios pertaining to military costume.

Le costume, les armes, les ustensiles, objets, mobiliers, etc. By Frederic Hottenroth. Paris: Armand Guerinet, n.d. [c. 1890] 2 vols. L’Armee Francaise: ses uniformes, son armement, son equipement. By L. Rousselot. Paris: s.n., 1965. Le costume militaire Francaise: de Louis XVI a la revolution [and] Restauration. Paris: Librairie Clavreuil, n.d. 2 vols. L’Armee Prussienne de Waterloo. By F.R. Bourdier. S.l.: s.n., 1969. $200-400

149 MONTESQUIOU, ROBERT DE A group of four works, including three limited editions.

L’Inextricable graveur Rodolphe Bresdin. Paris: H. Floury, 1913. Number 135 of 150 numbered copies. Pays des aromates. Paris: H. Floury, 1900. Number 82 of 500 copies. Les 40 bergeres. Paris: La Librairie de France, n.d. Number 55 of 150 copies. Monticelli. Extrait de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1901. $100-200

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150* (BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) A group of Napoleonic ephemera, comprising two note cards and a few strands of hair purportedly belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte, signed by Bonaparte (“Bonaparte”) on the verso. Framed and matted. Size of frame 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $1,000-2,000

151* (BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) Autographed document signed (“Bonaparte”), one page, on official Republique Francaise letterhead [February 9, 1799]. Document issuing payments owed to various individuals. Framed with two portrait miniatures of Napoleon and Josephine. Evidence of mat removal to margins; light brownspotting. Size of frame 8 x 7 1/2 inches. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $1,000-2,000 152* (BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) A collection of 20 books pertaining to Napoleon, in one box.

The Bonapartes. By David Stacton. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. Napoleon: The Diaries. By The Great Commanders. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. DePlatre de marbre ou de bronze Napolean: essai d’iconographie sculptee. By Pierre Boyries. France: Burgus, 2002. The Horizon Book of The Age of Napoleon. By J. Christopher Herold. New York: American Heritage, 1963. Napoleon: An Intimate Account of the Years of Supremacy 1800-1814. By Proctor Patterson Jones. California: Proctor Jones, 1992. With 15 others. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $100-200

153 (BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) A group of four works in 10 volumes.

The History of the French Revolution. By M.A. Thiers. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 5 vols. The Life of Buonaparte. London: John Murray, 1831. 3 vols. Histoire de Napoleon. By Raffet. Paris: Furne, 1841. Histoire de Napoleon. By M. De Norvins. Brussels: Societe Typographique Belge, 1841. $200-400

154* PERCIER, CHARLES AND P.F.L. FONTAINE Palais, maisons, et autres edifices modernes dessines a Rome. . . nouvelle edition. Paris: Chez les Auteurs, 1830.

Folio, quarter cloth over drab boards. Later edition, with 100 engraved plates. Wear to boards and spine; front board detached; minor offsetting from some plates; intermittent light foxing. Property from the Collection of Wasco and Mayme Rogula, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 155* (FRANCE) A collection of books pertaining to France and Paris, in one box. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $200-400

156* (FRANCE, ARCHITECTURE) A collection of books pertaining to French architecture, landscape architecture and decorative arts, in one box. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $100-200

157* (FRANCE, ART HISTORY) A collection of books pertaining to art history, in one box. Property from the Ann Stone Trust, Shaker Heights, Ohio $100-200

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159 GROTE, GEORGE A History of Greece. London: John Murray, 1846-1856.

12 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over cloth, giltlettered spines. First edition. With engraved frontispiece and three maps, including one foldout to vol. 12. Minor edgewear; some ends lightly chipped. $800-1,200

159A (JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS) WHISTON, WILLIAM, trans. The Complete Works. London: The London Printing Company, n.d.

4to, 3/4 modern brown morocco over marbled boards, renewed endpapers. With numerous engraved plates and in-text engravings. $80-120 160 MARX, KARL Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production. Edited by Friedrich Engels. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1887.

2 vols. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, publisher’s advertisements as endpapers. First edition in English, translated from the third German edition by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. Light wear to boards; ends chipped; backstrip detached from spine, both vols. $1,000-2,000

161 PECK, FRANCIS Desiderata Curiosa; or, A Collection of Divers Scarce and Curious Pieces. London: s.n., 1732.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked. First edition. With seven plates and three intext engravings. Rubbing to boards; scattered brownspotting. $200-400 161A SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM Nine leaves from A Midsommer Nights Dreame from the Second Folio (1632). Double column text with engraved head-pieces and initials. Folio, bound in modern quarter calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine, renewed endpapers. Scattered light brownspotting. $1,500-2,500

162 (CYRILLIC MSS) A Cyrillic manuscript depicting the life and miracles of Saint Nicolas and Theodore the Studite. 2 vols. 212 ff. Folio, full calf stamped in blind with elaborate roll-tooled designs. This unattributed work includes 49 full-page illuminations and numerous other intext illuminated vignettes. S.l., colophon dated 1796, copied from a 15th-century source. $3,000-5,000

163* (ROMANIA. QUEEN MARIE) Ode to Roumania. [Paris:] s.n., [1922]

Folio, original blue-green velvet with filigree white metal decorative cornerpieces, center-pieces, spine pieces and clasps by Marius Veaugeois of Paris. Limited edition, number 25 of 50 copies of The Royal Edition published in English for America. Signed by the Queen (“Marie”) three times, once on the f.f.e.p. and twice under black and white portrait photographs. Additionally signed by the King (“Ferdinand”) under his black and white portrait photograph. Also including an autographed letter signed (“Marie/Queen of Romania”), three pages, on a bifolium, October 14, 1917, with original envelope. With 60 color and black and white plates. Light soiling to boards; intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $3,000-5,000

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