The pierpont morgan library, new york in the case of six psalms51, 85, 100, 117, 3, 8the massachusetts bay translators provided versions in both long and common meters, introducing the alternative. The berkshire museum to sell nine more works from its. Her association with the iconic luxury real estate brand offers her clients unparalleled property marketing and truly international exposure, reaching affluent buyers worldwide. His delightful breakfast at sothebys is a house sale of a book, a chance for him to clear out 35 years of memories as an art dealer and auctioneer, first at christies and then sothebys, a rival auction house. As the first printed book in america, the bay psalm book was an early harbinger of american independence. Sothebys international realty affiliates llc is a subsidiary of.
Adopting ainsworths book of psalmes would inevitably link the puritans with the separatist pilgrims. Sothebys plans to sell this daguerreotype image of new york city, which the auction house said could date back to the 1840s. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. San francisco, ca realtor christiane gigas sothebys. Founded in 1976 to provide independent brokerages with a powerful marketing and referral program for luxury listings, the sothebys international realty network was designed to connect the finest independent real estate companies to the most prestigious clientele in the world. W4r from the harvard copy of the bay psalm book, showing a contemporary emendation to psalm 87, verse 6.
Q2r from the bay psalm book remaining at the old south church, showing the unique reading in psalm 69, verse 23 see page 39. Rare bay psalm book goes on view at sothebys the new. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. A large group of christies and sothebys sale catalogues, virtually all antique arms, armour and modern sporting guns, mostly london and new york, the former from 27 july 1939 to 21 may 2008, a very incomplete run but including a portion of the famous collection of arms and armour and works of art, the property of the late clarence h. Most recently, i was a member of the executive leadership team of sothebys in the position of evp. Midnineteenthcentury black morocco over bevelled boards, probably bostonian, the covers panelled in blind, spine in six compartments, giltlettered psalmes in the second and imprinted 1640 in the sixth, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, corners bumped, joints and hinges repaired. The whole booke of psalmes, or the bay psalm book, as it is now known, is expected to sell for. Each franchise is independently owned and operated.
To participate in this sale please call the bids department. Less than a month prior to the sale of the bay psalm book, sotheby s london sold a complete set of the doubleelephant folio of john james audubon s birds of american for. The berkshire museum of pittsfield, massachusetts, has announced it will sell off nine additional works from its collection. According to msn, one of the 11 surviving copies of the. View jane levines profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Sothebys, new york, thursday, april 26, 1990, sale 6004. Sothebys sells fragment of gutenberg bible artnet news.
This sothebys special, or ogle special, was used on the show circuit, where it made its official public debut as the crown jewel of the 1972 montreal motor show. About sothebys international realty affiliates llc. Besides the colourful stories, mr hook offers various theories about the art world, and keen insight on that vexing question of what. Our international team of fifteen books specialists work in tandem with sothebys regional representatives throughout the world. Join david redden director, special projects, and s. Hugh peal, class of 1922, ballard county native, rhodes scholar, and new york attorney, made the early english literary romantics wordsworth, coleridge, southey, and lambthe center of his notable collection of books and manuscripts.
This sale registration is closed because the sale is starting within 24 hours. Join david redden director, special projects, and selby kiffer senior specialist, special projects, as they explore the books incalculable significance in advance of its historic auction at sothebys new york on 26 november. Today, sothebys will auction a copy of the first englishlanguage book printed in america. Whereunto is prefixed a discourse declaring not only the lawfullnes, but. Any services or products provided by independently owned and operated franchisees are not provided by, affiliated with or related to sothebys international realty. Jane levine adjunct instructor columbia law school. He can rightly be adjudged the cardinal mazarin of the bay psalm book, being the first to promote, if not to recognize, the primacy of the work in american printing.
Sothebys international realty canada fully supports the principles of the fair housing act and the equal opportunity act. The sternhold and hopkins text was frequently appended to editions of the geneva bible and the book of common prayer, a circumstance acknowledged in the preface to the bay psalm book. The bay psalm book sale view auction details, bid, buy and collect the various books, manuscripts and artwork at sothebys art auction. One explanationperhaps the only plausible explanationfor the old souths having at one time five copies of the bay psalm book is that. Bay psalm book, first book printed in america, sells for. The puritan translation and printing of the whole booke of psalmes was not simply coincident with the founding of americain a very real way.
After making its rounds, the aston was stripped for parts, and sold, where the owner squirreled it away into a garage. The bay psalm book the first book printed in america. Christiane joined sothebys international realty in 2018 after more than 12 years at other san francisco brokerages. Titlepage of a 1633 edition of thomas ravenscrofts psalter, the tunes of which are referenced by the translators of the bay psalm book. Additionally, the first verse of psalm 100 z4v has a contemporary manuscript emendation. The whole booke of psalmes faithfully translated into english metre. Census of copies of the bay psalm book, with provenance, sale, and other relevant histories. But it is as a book and not as a text, that the bay psalm book is best known, celebrated, and revered.
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