[Rarebooks] For Sale: A Great "Dance of Death" Collection

[Norman Kane]

AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION.  THE NOTABLE COLLECTION OF MISS SUSAN MINNS 
OF BOSTON, MASS. BOOKS, BOOKPLATES, COINS, PRINTS, ILLUMINATED 
MANUSCRIPTS AND HORAE ILLUSTRATIVE OF "THE DANCE OF DEATH."   N. Y., 
May 2nd & 3rd, 1922.  Original printed wrappers, a little 
edge-chipped.  Illustrations.  1020 items with full titles and 
annotations.  There is a Foreword by Minns and a Preface.  (A really 
extraordinary collection, and certainly among the finest collections 
of books and related material on a single subject formed by an 
American woman.  Susan Minns studied at MIT, having been refused 
admission to Harvard.  She was a benefactor of the Gray Herbarium, of 
Wellesley, &c, and was one of the founders of the Woods Hole Marine 
Biological Laboratory. She was a passionate advocate of women's 
education.  This important Catalog is often cited. According to the 
NY Times of May 3rd, 1922, the sale fetched over $17,000.  The 
highest priced item was a manuscript of Boethius from the 15th 
Century bought by Rosenbach for $1,025.00)   $150.00
(Trade Discount Available)


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