20 PAGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT WITH 5 MINIATURES BY ALBERTO SANGORSKI, IN A LAVISHLY DECORATED BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON. The Gettysburg Speech and The Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln. Also O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman. [London: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1927.] 19, [1]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum by Alberto Sangorski. 4to (215 x 297 mm). Written on 15 pages, consisting of 5 miniatures and numerous illuminated initials throughout, each heightened in gold, various patterned borders. Title-page is written in red, two tones of blue, and gilt, a large American insignia above consisting of a bald eagle clutching a olive branch in one talon, three silver arrows in the other, and a red, white, and blue shield, 48 stars in the blue field, between them, a banner bearing “E Pluribus Unum” behind and three silver stars above, page partially bordered in gold and blue frame and foliate decoration. The work opens with a large portrait miniature of Abraham Lincoln framed in gold, a gold eagle above, a blue banner bearing his name and two oak branches with golden acorns below, set within a floral and foliate field. “The Gettysburg Address” is illustrated with a ¾-page miniature depicting a diaphanously gowned angel in a cemetery; she holds an olive branch above her head and a crossed sword and rifle with a wreath lay at her feet, framed in gold with a banner bearing “Nisi Dominus Frustra” below and foliate boarder at the sides. The book is divided with a second title-page for Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain! A Lament for President Lincoln.” The title in blue, shades of red, white, and gold, a large initial “O,” and three smaller initials, with an oval portrait miniature of Whitman set within an elaborate gilt frame, the page set within a gold frame with foliate border. The poem opens with a 1/3 page miniature depicting a group of sailors pulling a boat in from the sea, a setting sun behind them, framed in gold and set in a page with floral and foliate border and a large, elaborate initial “O.” The poem ends with a full-page miniature depicting a woman wearing a loosely fitting gown, a wreath in one hand as, in contemplation, she leans on a pedestal, “Lincoln” written across it, and topped with an urn; she is surrounded by flowers and trees in the background, framed in gold and with a foliate border, a lily in each corner. Bound in full blue levant, upper cover framed with brown morocco band around a field with a broken tan morocco band, each corner with a gilt-tooled sword, a red calf cap at each tip, with a gilt laurel wreath bearing “Libertas” at its center, each sword flanked by two green and red bouquets, the central field with a large American insignia of a gilt-tooled and brown morocco eagle, a gilt olive branch in one talon, three arrows in the other, above a red, white, and blue shield with 13 stripes and 13 gilt stars, a red calf banner bearing “E Pluribus Unum” unfurled behind it, surrounded by a green and red morocco laurel wreath and framed within an oval of gilt strapwork, 48 tan dots within it, the lower cover the a triple gilt rule frame, the center field bearing a passage from Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” lettered in gilt: “That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not persish from the earth,” with an initial “T” in brown calf with gilt foliate and white and green calf flowers, “Abraham Lincoln” above the quotation in brown calf woven with heavy gilt foliate with brown flowers, the center panel framed in a double gilt rule and further single gilt rule encapsulating a spray of white lilies at each corner with green calf leaves and red dots among them, the spine in six compartments, three of which with a single gilt rule around gilt lettering, the remaining two with a brown morocco band a gilt olive branch wreath, a gilt lily above and below each, one centered with an “L,” and the other with a “W,” red levant moroc
20 PAGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT WITH 5 MINIATURES BY ALBERTO SANGORSKI, IN A LAVISHLY DECORATED BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON. The Gettysburg Speech and The Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln. Also O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman. [London: Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1927.] 19, [1]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum by Alberto Sangorski. 4to (215 x 297 mm). Written on 15 pages, consisting of 5 miniatures and numerous illuminated initials throughout, each heightened in gold, various patterned borders. Title-page is written in red, two tones of blue, and gilt, a large American insignia above consisting of a bald eagle clutching a olive branch in one talon, three silver arrows in the other, and a red, white, and blue shield, 48 stars in the blue field, between them, a banner bearing “E Pluribus Unum” behind and three silver stars above, page partially bordered in gold and blue frame and foliate decoration. The work opens with a large portrait miniature of Abraham Lincoln framed in gold, a gold eagle above, a blue banner bearing his name and two oak branches with golden acorns below, set within a floral and foliate field. “The Gettysburg Address” is illustrated with a ¾-page miniature depicting a diaphanously gowned angel in a cemetery; she holds an olive branch above her head and a crossed sword and rifle with a wreath lay at her feet, framed in gold with a banner bearing “Nisi Dominus Frustra” below and foliate boarder at the sides. The book is divided with a second title-page for Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain! A Lament for President Lincoln.” The title in blue, shades of red, white, and gold, a large initial “O,” and three smaller initials, with an oval portrait miniature of Whitman set within an elaborate gilt frame, the page set within a gold frame with foliate border. The poem opens with a 1/3 page miniature depicting a group of sailors pulling a boat in from the sea, a setting sun behind them, framed in gold and set in a page with floral and foliate border and a large, elaborate initial “O.” The poem ends with a full-page miniature depicting a woman wearing a loosely fitting gown, a wreath in one hand as, in contemplation, she leans on a pedestal, “Lincoln” written across it, and topped with an urn; she is surrounded by flowers and trees in the background, framed in gold and with a foliate border, a lily in each corner. Bound in full blue levant, upper cover framed with brown morocco band around a field with a broken tan morocco band, each corner with a gilt-tooled sword, a red calf cap at each tip, with a gilt laurel wreath bearing “Libertas” at its center, each sword flanked by two green and red bouquets, the central field with a large American insignia of a gilt-tooled and brown morocco eagle, a gilt olive branch in one talon, three arrows in the other, above a red, white, and blue shield with 13 stripes and 13 gilt stars, a red calf banner bearing “E Pluribus Unum” unfurled behind it, surrounded by a green and red morocco laurel wreath and framed within an oval of gilt strapwork, 48 tan dots within it, the lower cover the a triple gilt rule frame, the center field bearing a passage from Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” lettered in gilt: “That this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not persish from the earth,” with an initial “T” in brown calf with gilt foliate and white and green calf flowers, “Abraham Lincoln” above the quotation in brown calf woven with heavy gilt foliate with brown flowers, the center panel framed in a double gilt rule and further single gilt rule encapsulating a spray of white lilies at each corner with green calf leaves and red dots among them, the spine in six compartments, three of which with a single gilt rule around gilt lettering, the remaining two with a brown morocco band a gilt olive branch wreath, a gilt lily above and below each, one centered with an “L,” and the other with a “W,” red levant moroc
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