De Villa Dei's Doctrinale and Audubon’s Birds of America...
US: ALTHOUGH literary manuscripts and first editions of the 19th and 20th centuries rather dominated the Christie’s New York sale of December 14, other areas of the market were represented in the catalogue, and illustrated here is a specimen of Dutch prototypography which sold at $26,000 (£17,930).
Once used as a pastedown for a later folio volume, this cut down bifolium comprises two leaves (of 4…