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BIONDI Rare Books & Manuscripts |
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73 Market Street
Venice, CA 90291
Mobile Phone: 323-363-0999
fax: 310-450-4988
lee@biondirarebooks.com
www.biondirarebooks.com |
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Lee Raffaele Biondi
Owner |
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Lee Raffaele Biondi is a private dealer with a long history and extensive
worldwide contacts in the business of rare books and manuscripts. He has
published and lectured. |
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- One of only a handful of dealers ever to have bought and sold
genuinely ancient Biblical manuscripts that is from 700BC to
AD 350.
- One of the few ever to deal actively in ancient languages such
as Bactrian, Ugaritic, Assyrian, Sumerian, Proto-Canaanitic,
Paleo-Hebrew, Demotic and Hieratic Egyptian, Aramaic,
pre-Islamic Arabic, Indus Valley Script, etc. whether on clay,
linen, metal, parchment, bone, bark, or wood.
- Believed to be the only dealer ever to purchase and sell actual
Dead Sea Scroll Biblical fragments, early Homeric papyri,
Dunhuang manuscripts (Chinese), and authentic
Hayakumanto Dharani scrolls (Japanese).
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Specializations |
- The Bible: all aspects of Biblical manuscripts from 200 BC to the
Renaissance (and beyond in the case of Hebrew Sefer Torahs),
and printed Bibles in all languages.
- Illuminated Manuscripts of the medieval and Renaissance periods.
- Ancient Writing: Mesopotamian and Egyptian.
- 19th Century Literature.
- Modern first editions of high monetary value.
- History of Economic and Political Theory.
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Lee Raffaele Biondi has appraised well over $46,000,000 worth of
individual Rare Books and Manuscripts in just two years for various
private individuals and institutions. |
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Mr. Biondi's Curriculum Vitae is available on the website. |
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Please contact Lee Biondi for more information on obtaining
short-term or long-term professional expert advice. |
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