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  Plantin, Christopher CALLIGRAPHY & PRINTING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, DIALOGUE ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN, IN FRENCH AND FLEMISH FACSIMILE. Edited, with English translation and notes by Ray Nash. Foreword by Stanley Morison.
Antwerp Plantin-Moretus Museum 1964 small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 77 pages followed by the facsimile.
Limited to 500 copies. A new edition taken from the 1940 printing and containing a revised foreword by Stanley Morison. Damage at head of spine.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 22665

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  (Plantin Press) Zamorano, Don Agustín Vicente THE HAND OF ZAMORANO, A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF A MANUSCRIPT ON THE CALIFORNIAS IN 1829, WRITTEN BY DON AGUSTÍN VICENTE ZAMORANO, AS SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR JOSÉ MARÍA DE ECHEANDIA, TRANSLATED BY ARNULFO D. TREJO AND ROLAND D. HUSSEY, WITH A PREFACE BY GEORGE L. HARDING.
Los Angeles The Zamorano Club 1956 4to. stiff paper wrappers (iv), 5, (11) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 250 copies published as a memento of the third joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. Facsimile reproduction of a document prepared and written by provincial secretary Zamorano and signed by Governor Echeandia stating the organization of the military and civil governments of Baja and Alta California as of September 22, 1829. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell, University of California librarian, who discovered the original in a Clark Memorial Library vault. Contents first listed in English, then followed by Spanish facsimiles. Printed on simulated parchment by Saul and Lillian Marks of the Plantin Press. Covers detached and chipped around edges.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 63609

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  (Press of The Woolly Whale) Morris, William. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE ORNAMENTED MSS. OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
New York Press of the Woolly Whale 1934 large 8vo. quarter vellum, embossed paper over boards, top edge gilt. (vi), 20, (2) pages.
One of "a modest number of copies (beside four on vellum) have been printed" by this famous press to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death. Printed on Morris' Albion Hand Press th was used to print his Kelmscott Chaucer (The Press of the Wooly Whale, 27). It also tells of the travels of that press up to 1934. The illustration of the Press used on the embossed covers and as a head ornament on the first page of text, was carefully drawn by Warren Chappell. Melbert Cary wrote an acknowledgement at the beginning of the book. Slight foxing of vellum at spine ends. Still protected with remnants of glassine wrappers.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 20004

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  (Printing) FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF BOOKS.
N.P. The Pasadena Public Library 1940 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 9+(1) pages.
Limited to 200 copies. A catalogue from the exhibit which featured books honoring Gutenberg and his invention of printing. Included were a series of original pages from illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, sixteenth and seventeenth century books, and modern presses. Twenty-four items are listed. Covers yellowed and spotted on the front cover. Some chipping around the edges.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 60240

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  (Quaritch, Bernard) CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS, CHIEFLY ILLUMINATED, AND REMARKABLE AS EXAMPLES OF ANTIQUITY, CALLIGRAPHY...
London Bernard Quaritch 1886 8vo. original cloth. (3439)-3526 pages.
Part XIV of Quaritch's general catalogue; well annotated. Indexed. Worn at spine ends and damaged spots in cloth along hinges. Perforated stamp on free endpaper.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106135

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  QUILL.
(Detroit) Michigan Association of Calligraphers (1989) 4to. self paper wrappers 38, (2) pages
Volume 10, Number 1. The journal of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers. Black and white illustrations throughout. Includes "Michael Harvey meets the Born-again Calligraphers," "Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Kelly or ... The Jerry Kelly Story: The Unauthorized Version" by Julian Waters, "Calligraphy and Lettering in the Graphic Arts" by Paul Shaw and others. Slightly faded along edges.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114260

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  Randall, Lilian M.C. IMAGES IN THE MARGINS OF GOTHIC MANUSCRIPTS.
Berkeley University of California Press 1966 4to. cloth-backed boards. xii, 235 pages followed by 158 plates.
First edition. A study of marginal illumination in Gothic manuscripts. With an index by subject keyed into the large number of illustrations. Lacks dust jacket.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 105065

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  Reiner, Imre & Hedwig LETTERING IN BOOK ART. [THE APPLICATION OF LETTERING FOR DISPLAY WORK ON JACKETS, TITLE-PAGES AND IN THE TEXT OF BOOKS. TRADITIONAL FORMS IN RELATION TO PRESENT-DAY TENDENCIES].
St. Gall Zollikofer and Co. 1948 small 4to. boards, dust jacket. 95 pages.
Examples of lettering for book design. Some illustrations are printed in two colors. Piece of front cover of jacket lacking. Wear along spine of jacket. Book is in fine condition.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 85779

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  Reynolds, Flora Elizabeth GUIDE TO THE BOOK ARTIFACTS COLLECTION.
Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library/University of California, Berkeley 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (iv), ii, 48 pages
The Book Artifacts Collection of The Bancroft Library contains material relating to the development of writing, the history of printing, and the various book arts. Part I is an illustrated guide to the collection; Part II, Outline of Holdings, is intended as a convenient record for readers familiar with the subject.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 69468

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  Rimer, J.Thomas (editor). MULTIPLE MEANINGS, THE WRITTEN WORD IN JAPAN--PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
Washington Library of Congress 1986 4to. cloth vi, 111+(1) pages
First edition. "A Selection of Papers on Japanese Language and Culture and Their Translation," issued by the Asian Division of The Center for the Book. Papers from symposiums on "Calligraphy and the Japanese Word," "Japanese Literature in Translation," with articles on translating contemporary Japanese poetry and fiction,etc. Appendices of technical terms and historical charts, translation bibliographies, and a note on the Japanese collections at the Library of Congress. Black and white illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 62257

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  Robinson, B.W. PERSIAN PAINTINGS.
London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1965 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 18, (2) pages, followed by 18 illustrations.
Second edition. Reproductions of 36 Persian miniatures from the Victoria and Albert Museum, with commentary. Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 49228

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  Robinson, B.W. PERSIAN PAINTINGS.
London Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1952 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages, followed by 32 illustrations.
First edition. Illustrations in black-and-white. Based on the holdings of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 71695

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  Roelands, David T`MAGAZIN OF T`PAC-HUYS DER LOFFELIJCKER PENN-CONST ...
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1971 oblong small folio; 15.5 x 11.5 inches decorative stiff paper wrappers. 89 pages
Facsimile reprint of the 1616 edition published in Antwerp, 1616. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. With numerous calligraphic specimens on 41 plates.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.

Price: $ 190.00 other currencies Order nr. 103730

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  Rondthaler, Edward LIFE WITH LETTERS - AS THEY TURNED PHOTOGENIC.
New York Hastings House 1981 tall 8vo. two-toned paper-covered boards. xi, 190, (6) pages.
First edition, the hardbound variant. Autobiography by this early practioner of photo-lettering. Well illustrated. Presentation on verso of free endpaper "To Liz & Ben Lieberman, Merry Christmas from Dot & Ed Rondthaler."
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 116293

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  (Rosenbach, A.S.W.) RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS
Philadelphia and New York The Rosenbach Company 1947 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 185 pages.
Announces that the New York shop is moving. Catalogue includes Americans, association items, bibliographies, early master drawings, English literature, first editions, illustrated books, incunabula, and medieval manuscripts.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 12016

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Rosendorf, Theodore THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE.
(TDR)
With a Foreword by Ellen Lupton New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2009 5.5 x 8.5 inches Hardcover 152 pages
First edition. The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is comprised of a thousand facts on the form of Latin-based writing systems. The book includes the following four main sections: Terms - Definitions of format, measurements, practice, standards, tools, and industry lingo; Glyphs -The list of standard ISO and extended Latin characters, symbols, diacritics, marks, and various forms of typographic furniture; Anatomy & Form - Letter stroke parts and the variations of impression and space used in Latin-based writing systems; and Classification & Specimens - An historical line with examples of form from blackletter to contemporary sans serif types. Designed for quick consultation, entries are concise and factual, making it handy for the desk. Its foreword is written by Ellen Lupton.

Theodore Rosendorf began a career in graphic design with a set of pencils and a drawing pad. His first project was the identity for the Downwind restaurant at Atlanta's PDK Airport. Leaving the airport, Theodore's career has taken him to clients in the US and abroad for some of the world's most well known brands. He lives and works in Decatur, GA.

Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 96672

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  (Rosenwald, Lessing J.) A SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD COLLECTION.
Jenkintown Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection 1971 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A catalogue of the exhibition of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, held on the occasion of the visit of the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie in 1971. There are 121 books, prints and drawings listed.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 70349

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  Rothe, Edith MEDIAEVAL BOOK ILLUMINATION IN EUROPE, THE COLLECTIONS OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
W.W. Norton & Company New York (1968) 4to. cloth. 307 pages.
A study of Western illuminated manuscripts in the German Democratic Republic, covering the period 400-1600, with commentary on the plates. Illustrated with 160 plates, 96 of which are in color. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 99333

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  Ruano, Ferdinando SETTE ALPHABETI DI VARIE LETTERE.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1971 Small folio decorative stiff paper wrappers (iii, 45, i) unnumbered leaves
Facsimile of the 1554 edition printed in Rome. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. With numerous calligraphic specimens.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.

Price: $ 115.00 other currencies Order nr. 103731

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  Ruzicka, Rudolph STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN. ALPHABETS WITH RANDOM QUOTATIONS.
Hanover, NH Friends of the Dartmouth Library (1968) folio cloth, slipcase. A 4 page folder with title page, description, and index, followed by ten folders each with a plate on which is printed a quotation from a famous author.
First edition. A brilliantly done piece of calligraphy in which Ruzicka has chosen 10 quotations from authors such as Robert Frost, Paul Valery, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and others and rendered each of them in a different calligraphic format. The ten plates are printed by the Meriden Gravure Company in different shades. Bookplate on front pastedown.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 23114

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  Ruzicka, Rudolph STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN. ALPHABETS WITH RANDOM QUOTATIONS.
Hanover, NH Friends of the Dartmouth Library (1968) folio cloth, slipcase. Four page folder with title page, description, and index, followed by ten folders each with a plate on which is printed a quotation from a famous author.
First edition. A brilliantly done piece of calligraphy in which Ruzicka has chosen ten quotations from authors such as Robert Frost, Paul Valery, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and others and rendered each of them in a different calligraphic format. The ten plates are printed by the Meriden Gravure Company in different shades.
Price: $ 110.00 other currencies Order nr. 64721

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  Ryder, John LINES OF THE ALPHABET IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
London The Stellar Press & The Bodley Head 1965 tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 79+(1) pages.
First edition, limited to 600 copies. Bibliographical notes on 30 writing masters of the 16th century including Arrighi, Cresci, Fugger, Palatino, Verini and others. Each description of a book is accompanied by an illustration, often in color, of part of that book. Included is a checklist of facsimiles of original editions of writing manuals. Wear to dust jacket at head of spine.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 110259

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  (Sanvito, Bartolomeo) Mare, A.C. de la and Laura Nuvoloni BARTOLOMEO SANVITO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF A RENAISSANCE SCRIBE.
London, England Association Internationale de Bibliophilie 2009 large 4to cloth, dust jacket 463 pages with 196 images
Bartolomeo Sanvito was one of the most active and famous scribes of fifteenth century Italy, and the supreme exponent of the italic script. He was born in Padua in 1435 into a family reduced to near-hardship by the deaths of his uncle and father. He worked first for a notary, but was soon employed to copy manuscripts by the young Bernardo Bembo, who remained a lifelong friend, the scholarly Francesco Buzzacarini, Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan, patriarch of Aquileia, and the Venetian patrician Marcanonio Morosini. When the Venetian Pietro Barbo was elected Pope as Paul II Sanvito made a first exploratory visit to Rome and moved there permanently (though with frequent visits to Padua) in 1466. He was appointed a member of Cardinal Frencesco Gonzaga's household, possibly as the result of a recommendation by Mantegna, and after the cardinal's death to that of the Pope's nephew Cardinal Raffaelle Riario. Pope Sixtus IV was one of his principal clients. He was also an illuminator, and on occasion collaborated with famous artists -- Franco de' Russi and Marco Zoppo in the north, Gaspare da Padova in Rome. Towards the end of the century he moved back to Padua, to become a canon of the Collegiate Church of Sta Giustina at Monselice and to collaborate with Fra Giovanni Giocondo on collecting examples for his Sylloge of ancient inscriptions. His last great enterprise was to copy and illustrate two large service-books as gifts to the Church of Sta Giustina. He died in 1511.

Published by the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie & The Handwriting of Italian Humanists, this book is a biography of one of the legends in the history of calligraphy. Detailing everything from illumination, bindings and his experimentations in book design, Laura Nuvoloni put together a beautiful book based on the notes of the late A. C. de la Mare. Includes contributions by Scott Dickerson, Ellen Cooper Erdreich and Anthony Hobson, as well as an annotated catalogue of Santivo's manuscripts by Nuvoloni.

Albinia ('Tilly') de la Mare (1932-2001) was one of the outstanding paleographers of the twentieth century. Her achievement was in tracing the careers of the hundreds of scribes writing the newly introduced humanist script in Italy in the fifteenth century. After completing her thesis on Vespasiano da Bisticci. the Florentine bookseller and historian, she was an Assistant to the Bodleian Library until her appointment as Professor of Paleography at King's College, London. She held the chair from 1989 until retirement in 1997. Besides volume I of The Handwriting of Italian Humanists, which discussed eight scholars of the Quattrocento, she published the catalogue of the Lyell manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, The Italian Manuscripts in the Library of Major J. R. Abbey (with J. J. G. Alexander), the section on 'Clients and Scribes' in Miniatura Fiorentian del Rinascimento by Annarosa Garzelli, and numerous articles in specialised periodicals. She had been collecting material on Bartolomeo Sanvito for many years and had visited several countries to see his manuscripts.

Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 115992

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  (Schab) 27 A CHOICE COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED AND LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, INCUNABULA TYPOGRAPHICA, FINE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
Catalogue 27. New York William H. Schab n.d. (1960) 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 130 pages.
Illustrated.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 39066

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  (Schäfer, Otto) KATALOG DER BIBLIOTHEK OTTO SCHÄFER, SCHWEINFURT. TEIL I. DRUCKE, MANUSKRIPTE UND EINBÄNDE DES 15. JAHRHUNDERTS.
Bearbeitet von Manfred von Armim. 2 volumes. Stuttgart Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co. (1984) 4to. cloth, cardboard slipcase. 417,(3); 421-842,(2) pages.
Limited to 800 copies. Well annotated descriptions of the 15th century books and manuscripts in Schafer's library. Filled with plates, some of which are in color.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 35966

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