Dette emne er markeret som "i hvile"—det seneste indlæg er mere end 90 dage gammel. Du kan vække emnet til live ved at poste et indlæg.
2lilithcat
Books from QE1’s personal library are exceedingly scarce, and this one contains some early marginalia too. The estimate is $8,000-12,000.
That's all? I could f'ing afford that. Well, okay, I'd have to stretch, and it might mean no travel abroad for a couple of years, but I could do it in a pinch.
That's all? I could f'ing afford that. Well, okay, I'd have to stretch, and it might mean no travel abroad for a couple of years, but I could do it in a pinch.
4amandafrench
What I want is a book from the private library of Richard III! Maybe he owned a copy of Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, the first (dated) book printed in England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictes_and_Sayings_of_the_Philosophers
5amandafrench
I bet this Book of Hours belonging to King Richard would cost more than $12k if sold: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Prayer-book-owned-Richard-III-display-Leiceste...
6lilithcat
>4 amandafrench:
According to Richard III's Books: Ideal and Reality in the Life of a Medieval Prince, by Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser Fuchs, he did not. It is listed there as a book "wrongly attributed to Richard III's ownership". They say: Richard's ownership of the ms. was a hypothesis of M. R. James based on the illegible signature on the last flyleaf. Examination of the signature under ultra-violet light has not confirmed this hypothesis.
You might also be interested in Sutton and Fuchs' The Hours of Richard III.
According to Richard III's Books: Ideal and Reality in the Life of a Medieval Prince, by Anne F. Sutton and Livia Visser Fuchs, he did not. It is listed there as a book "wrongly attributed to Richard III's ownership". They say: Richard's ownership of the ms. was a hypothesis of M. R. James based on the illegible signature on the last flyleaf. Examination of the signature under ultra-violet light has not confirmed this hypothesis.
You might also be interested in Sutton and Fuchs' The Hours of Richard III.
