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First editions, incunabula, press books, autograph letters and manuscripts, standard sets in fine bindings, colored plate books: the notable library formed by Mrs. Milton E. Getz, Beverly Hills, California.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Reference Collection Z997 .G42 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Getz, Milton E., Mrs.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--First editions--Bibliography.
- English literature.
- Rare books--California--Beverly Hills--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Rare books.
- English literature--First editions.
- California--Beverly Hills.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Bibliographies -- Catalogs.
- Rare books.
- Penn Provenance:
- American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm) (donor) (RBC Reference copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. fronts. (v. 2, port.) illus., plates, facsim. 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Notable library formed by Mrs. Milton E. Getz, Beverly Hills, California
- Place of Publication:
- New York, American art association, Anderson galleries, inc., 1936.
- Contents:
- pt. I. A-Lang, including Audubon's 'The birds of America' in folio, an important Aztec manuscript, Californiana, extensive collection of Ambrose Bierce letters, illuminated manuscripts, fore-edge paintings
- pt. II. Langland-Z, including manuscripts and letters by William McFee, XV century illuminated manuscript hours, Pliny's Historia naturalis, Venice, 1472, third and fourth Shakespeare folios.
- Notes:
- Paged continuously.
- Sale numbers 4278-4279.
- Part 1 sold November 17-18; pt. 2 November 24-25.
- 1645 items.
- Local Notes:
- RBC Reference copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 1936 by American Art Association, Anderson Galleries.
- OCLC:
- 4930877
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