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Books & Manuscripts

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This department handles books and manuscripts in most languages from most Western cultures, including manuscript material from Medieval to Modern times and books from the invention of printing to the present.
The James S. Copley Library

The James S. Copley Library

Join Sotheby's experts for a tour of the James S. Copley Library, an astonishing survey in original manuscripts of American history and worldwide literary, artistic and scientific achievement. The contents of the Copley Library will be sold over the course of eight auctions between April 2010 and April 2011, the first two of which are currently on exhibition at Sotheby's New York galleries.

The Valmadonna Trust Library

The Valmadonna Trust Library

Join Sotheby's experts and Jack Lunzer, custodian of the Valmadonna Trust Library, for an intimate tour of this fabled collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts. The library, currently offered for private sale, was exhibited for the first time in its entirety at Sotheby's New York in February.