Shakespeare poems on love - photo 1
Shakespeare poems on love - photo 2
Shakespeare poems on love - photo 3
Shakespeare poems on love - photo 4
Shakespeare poems on love - photo 5
Shakespeare poems on love - photo 6
Shakespeare poems on love - photo 7

Shakespeare poems on love

Lot 65
06.10.2022 12:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Sold
$ 40 320
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 813661
Lot 65 | Shakespeare poems on love
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
Shakespeare poems on love

Sangorski illuminated manuscript, c.1919

SANGORSKI, Alberto (1862-1932), calligrapher and illuminator. RIVIERE & SON, binders. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). “The Potency of Love. An Anthology.” [London, 1918-21.]



“Love’s feeling is more soft, and sensible,

Than are the tender horns of cockled snails…”



Alberto Sangorski illuminated manuscript with extensive illustrations: 14 large miniatures depicting scenes of women and putti, views of Stratford-upon-Avon, and portraits of Shakespeare. Executed in a color scheme of predominately rich purples, dark greens and blues, the borders frequently incorporating jewel shapes and hearts. The calligraphed certification leaf at the end reads: "The Potency of Love. An Anthology by William Shakespeare and 'Tributes of Three Centuries' a Monograph written by Sir Sidney Lee on the occasion of the Tercentenary of the death of the poet April 1916. This manuscript was designed, written out, and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. This manuscript will not be duplicated," and signed by Sangorski. This is a stunning production.



Quarto (260 x 205mm). Illuminated manuscript on vellum, 21 leaves, plus 2 blank vellum leaves (a touch of fingersoiling to blanks), mounted on guards. Title in shaded red calligraphy on richly gilt ground, surrounded by a full border of colors and gold incorporating a portrait of Shakespeare signed in monogram and dated 1919; full-page frontispiece miniature after a painting by Bouguereau with similar full border; the text of the poems on pp. 5-17 richly illuminated with frequent large illuminated initials and full-page borders which incorporate 5 additional miniatures; tail-piece miniature with putto; section title with a portrait of Shakespeare and his achievement of arms; text of biography on pp. 21-37 with illuminated initials and partial borders in a different style and incorporating 6 miniature views of Stratford-upon-Avon buildings and monuments, one initial inhabited and held by a devil; leaf with Milton’s epitaph in red calligraphy.



Full crushed blue pictorial morocco gilt binding by Rivière & Son, ivory silk doublures and flyleaves, all edges gilt. The upper cover with a central cartouche with Shakespeare's achievement of arms onlaid in brown, black, citron, silvered and gilt morocco, surrounded by a floral border incorporating stems, leaves and flowers onlaid in citron, red, tan and green morocco and two black morocco onlaid frames. The lower cover also richly decorated with morocco onlays; a central design of a love heart with bow and arrows and olive branch, surrounded by a branch border with leaves and hearts, a double frame of dark blue morocco filled with onlaid red morocco hearts and dots. Spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, a repeated gilt-decorated floral panel with onlaid strapwork in the remaining; board edges with double-gilt rule; turn-ins bordered in similar design to the lower cover. Doublures and fly-leaves of ivory moiré silk (flyleaves fraying). Stamp-signed by Rivière & Son on the upper turn-in. Full morocco box lined with silk and velvet, metal clasps.

Provenance: Frederick S. Peck (bookplate) – Christie’s 25 June 1997, lot 215.

Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
06.10.2022 – 06.10.2022
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.