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(Angling) Wood, Arnold A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER OF IZAAK WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON, BEING A CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF THE SEVERAL EDITIONS AND REPRINTS, FROM THE FIRST EDITION MDCLIII UNTIL THE YEAR MCM.
New York Charles Scribner's Sons / DeVinne Press 1900 small 4to., half vellum with brown paper covered boards, stamped in gilt. (vi), 204, (4) pages.
First edition, limited to 120 numbered copies. . (Besterman 6481; Coigney 384). Annotated descriptions of 140 editions with 86 of the title pages reproduced. The engraved title page and ornaments were executed by E.D. French. The engraved frontispiece was executed by Thos. Johnson and is signed in pencil. Light rubbing of binding and age darkening of vellum spine. Bookplate of George Watson Cole on front pastedown. Clipped newspaper article on an exhibition of Waltoniana on verso of back free endpaper (which has stained the facing back pastedown. Bookplate removed from back pastedown. Very scarce book.
Price: $ 750.00 other currencies Order nr. 116154

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(Art) Nagler, G.K. (editor) DIE MONOGRAMMISTEN, UND DIEJENIGEN BEKANNTEN UND UNBEKANNTEN KUNSTLER ALLER SCHULEN, WELCHE SICH ZUR BEZEICHNUNG IHRER WERKE EINES FIGURLICHEN ZEICHENS, DER INITIALEN DES NAMENS, DER ABBREVIATUR DESSELBEN, &C., BEDIENT HABEN.
5 volumes Mansfield Centre, CT Martino Publishing (2002) 8vo. cloth (iv),xviii,1088; (iv),viii,1121+(1); (iv),iv,1143+(1); (iv),1155+(1); (vi),436+(index) iv,109+(1) pages
A reprint of the original edition, published by George Franz, München, 1858-79 (Arntzen & Rainwater, Guide to the Literature of Art History, E58). The standard work on artists' monograms, illustrated with more than 30,000 facsimiles. An indispensable tool to identify artists who signed themselves only by their monogram or similar devices. Thousands of these artists were also book illustrators, hence this work's importance for books as well as fine art in general. Nagler begins by giving an exact facsimile of the monogram, followed by the artist's name, a biographical sketch, list of works, and books illustrated by him. This edition also includes an index of artists' names at the end of the fifth volume.
Price: $ 475.00 other currencies Order nr. 73391

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(Astronomy) Houzeau, J. C. and A. Lancaster BIBLIOGRAPHIE GÉNÉRAL DE L'ASTRONOMIE.
3 volumes. (Mansfield Centre, CT Martino Publishing n.d. but 2001) 8vo. cloth vvi,(i),680; 681-1623; lxxxix,2225+(1) pages
Facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1882-1889 first published in Bruxelles. (Besterman 587). A truly exhaustive bibliography, Houzeau and Lancaster's work is recognized as the primary bibliographical source for the history of astronomy from the earliest times up to 1880. Altogether, there are nearly 3000 pages of text and approximately 42,000 bibliographical citations. Volume I, with 17,000 items, covers separate printed works and manuscripts, and was intended to have a third part that was never published. Volume II, an exhaustive bibliography of the periodical literature up to 1880-1881, contains some 25,000 references arranged by subject. A previous reprint edition that contained new editorial contributions is not reproduced in this edition.
Price: $ 285.00 other currencies Order nr. 69136

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Bersano Begey, Marina LE CINQUECENTINE PIEMONTESI.
Torino Tipografia torinese editrice 1961 4to. contemporary cloth binding. 549+(1) pages.
First edition, printed in an edition limited to 990 numbered copies. Includes bibliographies, with copious facsimile reproductions of 16th century book illustrations, woodcuts and engravings. One volume of a three volume set, this volume being dedicated to books printed in the city of Torino, Italy. With the small private book label of H.P.K. (Kraus) affixed to the front pastedown. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 76039

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Bersano Begey, Marina LE CINQUECENTINE PIEMONTESI.
Torino Tipografia torinese editrice 1961 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 549+(1) pages.
First edition, printed in an edition limited to 990 numbered copies. Includes bibliographies, with copious facsimile reproductions of 16th century book illustrations, woodcuts and engravings. One volume of a three volume set, this volume being dedicated to books printed in the city of Torino, Italy.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 115410

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BIBLIOTECA UMANISTICA COLLEZIONE DI SCRITTURE INEDITE O RARE DEL QUINDICESIMO SECOLO E ANTERIORI
Milano Bertieri E Vanzetti 1925 4to. paper covered boards, slipcase xvi, 204, xvii-xxi pages
Numbered edition. Written in Italian. Collection of fifteenth century writings from the Humanities Library in Florence. Beautifully printed by the Officina Grafica Bertieri e Vanzetti di Milano. Bookplate from the Lakeside Press on the front paste down. Boards soiled, paper on the spine has an open tear and is separating at the back edge. Slipcase is rubbed, and bumped on the front edge.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 104572

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A Papermaking First

(Bird & Bull Press) Heaney, Howell, Lotte Hellinga, and Richard Hills. THREE LIONS AND THE CROSS OF LORRAINE, BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS, JOHN OF TREVISA, JOHN TATE, WYNKYN DE WORDE, AND DE PROPRIETATIBUS RERUM.
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1992 tall 4to. quarter leather, paper over boards. 40, (22) pages.
Limited to 138 numbered copies, this work was printed at the Bird & Bull Press by Henry Morris using Van Dijck types by M&H Type on Frankfurt mouldmade paper. Three Lions and the Cross of Lorraine, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, John of Trevisa, John Tate, Wynkyn De Worde, and De Proprietatibus Rerum contains four essays written for this volume, 19 facsimiles of the woodcuts from DE PROPRIETATIBUS RERUM, and an actual leaf, inserted in a mylar folder, taken from a defective copy of DE PRORIETATIBUS RERUM (circa 1495 and printed by Wynkyn de Worde). This book was the first English book printed on paper made in England and the use of Tate's paper is proudly cited in the epiloque of the actual book. After Tate's death in 1507, three failed attempts to make paper in England happened during the 16th century but English papermaking was not established until John Spilman's successful mill in 1585. Hills has written about John Tate and his papermill. Such a leaf is rare, for it is highly unlikely another incomplete copy of Bartholomaeus will be on the market again. Henry Morris in his foreword says about this book, "I knew it would probably be the most important work I could ever hope to produce in the field of papermaking history." Loosely inserted is a printed note from the publisher commenting on the small limitation.
Price: $ 2,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 36463

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(Bookbinding) CATALOGUE DE RELIURES DU XVE AU XIXE SIÈCLE, EN VENTE A LA LIBRAIRIE GUMUCHIAN & CIE.
Paris Gumuchian & Cie n.d. (circa 1930s) 4to. paper wrappers. vi, 182 pages and 135 plates of bindings including some in full color.
Catalogue no.12 issued by this bookselling firm. This is one of 100 numbered copies printed on "Papier de Hollande" (Brenni no. 288). The catalogue has descriptions of 398 books with well over one-third of them illustrated. The descriptions are detailed and the text is aided by indices to provenance and authors. With the Randeria bookplate. Chipped at head of spine.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 71410

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(Bookbinding) Gottlieb, Theodor. BUCHEINBANDE, AUSWAHL VON TECHNISCH UND GESCHICHTLICH BEMERKENSWERTEN STÜCKEN.
Auswahl von technisch und geschichtlich bemerkenswerten Stücken, 100 Tafeln in Licht- und Steindruck, mit Einleitung von T... (Book bindings. Selection of technically and historically noteworthy items, 100 plates in photo- and lithographic prints, with introduction by Theodor Gottlieb) Wien Anton Schroll & Co. (1910) folio bound text of cloth over limp boards followed by loose plates, all inside a stiff-backed portfolio (cloth over boards) with decorated front pastedown, flaps (cloth and paper) and ties, with double gilt fillets, gilt lettering and the Hapsburg Double (iv) pages, 80 columns, 81-84 pages; 100 loose sheets.
Catalogue for an exhibition or display of 116 significant bindings from the collection of the "Imperial-Royal [K.K.] Court Library" (now the National Library of Austria): bindings from the 6th to the 19th century (mostly, however European bindings of the 15th and 16th centuries) mostly in leather (morocco, calf, sheepskin) over boards (paper or wood) with covers decorated with metal pieces and/ or blind- or gilt-tooled or -stamped designs in various styles (mosaic, panelled, diapered, center- and cornerpieces in borders, pictorial, strapwork, oddities or mixed styles, etc.) sometimes with other colors. There is a certain emphasis on south German and Austrian bindings.
The purpose of the exhibition was not primarily aesthetic - though most of the bindings have a striking appearance - but to show the development of the structure and decoration of books. In this respect, one is particularly struck by the many correspondences between the ten medieval Middle Eastern bindings presented, and medieval and later European bindings. The accompanying folio-sized brochure contains an article on the history of bookbinding and decoration, followed by the catalogue of 116 bindings (plus several doublures), index and bibliography. Entries discuss decoration, decorative elements, and sometimes binding structure, with references to other bindings. Entries also indicate contents and provide information on provenance, binders, etc., along with references, as appropriate. The illustrations themselves are monochromatic photolithographic plates with chromolithographic highlighting of gilding and other coloration. The outer portfolio is split along the front hinge. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 925.00 other currencies Order nr. 71317

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(Bookbinding) Hobson, G.D. ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1929 folio cloth, top edge gilt. (xii), 60 pages followed by 55 full page plates of bindings.
Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies for sale by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. (Appleton p.81, S-K 2194). This book is divided into two sections, the Early Bindings, before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500. Given as the Sandars Lecture for 1927. Minor rubbing. A scarce book.
Price: $ 325.00 other currencies Order nr. 5818

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(Bookbinding) Hobson, G.D. ENGLISH BINDING BEFORE 1500
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1929 folio cloth, top edge gilt. (xii), 60 pages followed by 55 full-page plates of bindings.
Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies for sale by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. (Appleton p.81, S-K 2194). This book is divided into two sections, the Early Bindings, before 1300 and the Gothic Bindings, c.1450-1500. Given as the Sandars Lecture for 1927. A scarce book. Covers faded. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 375.00 other currencies Order nr. 71367

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(Bookbinding) Malaguzzi, Francesco. DE LIBRIS COMPACTIS LEGATURE DI PREGILO IN PIEMONTE.
3 volumes Torino, Italy Centro Studi Piemontesi/Regione Piemonte 1995-1997 8vo. cloth 170,(6) and 54 plates; (viii),174,(6) and 79 plates; 100,(6), and 48 plates
Vol. I. IL Canavese (1995); Vol. II. IL Biellese (1996); Vol. III. La Valeseia (1997). Each volume extensively illustrated in black and white and color, with a glossary and bibliography. Randeria bookplate in each volume.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 69815

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Bossert, Helmuth AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF COLOUR DECORATION.
Berlin Ernst Wasmuth Ltd. 1928 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 34, (2) pages followed by CXX leaves of plates.
An impressive collection of colored illustrations showing decoration through the ages, from ancient Egypt to Europe in 1860, illustrating each region. Each plate has an explanatory section written by Bossert. Many of the designs shown were procured for this book, not having been reproduced before. Includes 120 plates showing a total of 222 illustrations. Foxing throughout the text but all the plates are clean. Spine slightly faded, edges of dust jacket torn.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 60965

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Bouginé, Carl Joseph HANDBOOK DER ALLGEMEINEN LITTERARGESCHICHTE NACH HEUMANNS GRUNDRIß
4 volumes (of 5). Zürich bey Orell, Geßner, Füßli und Comp. 1789-1791 8vo. half calf, cloth backed boards, leather spine labels, five raised bands, stained paper edges xvi, 632 pages; (ii), 705, (3) pages ; (ii), 717+(1) pages; (ii), 774 pages
First edition. (Vallée, 973; Besterman, 823). An ambitious bibliography of published works from the 15th to the late 18th centuries. All five volumes contain approximately 25,000 entries. Includes a foreword by the author, and biographical information about the writers and publishers. Minor water damage to Volume 1. Pale foxing in all volumes. With the small private booklabel of H.P.K. (Kraus) affixed to the front pastedown.

Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 75826

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(Caxton, William) VOCABULARY IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH, A FACSIMILE OF CAXTON'S EDITION C.14 80. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY J.C.T. OATES AND L.C. HARMER.
Cambridge University Press 1964 tall 4to. quarter red morocco over red cloth, top edge gilt. xxvi, 49 pages.
The library obtained this copy in 1960, one of four known copies of this early Caxton title. Spine rubbed at bottom.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 33207

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Cole, John BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR FROM SCARBOROUGH TO THE LIBRARY OF A PHILOBIBLIST, IN ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
Scarborough John Cole et al. 1824 8vo. modern quarter calf, five raised bands, maroon calf gilt spine label, marbled paper-covered boards, uncut. (ii), iv, 92+(1) pages.
First edition, a large paper copy. The total edition size was 158 copies, of which 100 were printed on small paper, 50 copies on large paper, and 8 on colored paper (Lowndes p.491). The large paper copies are different from the small paper copies in the following ways: the book block measures 22 cm rather than 20 cm; the title page contains a view of Hunmanby, rather than a quote from Dibdin; the verso of the title page contains the Dibdin quote and is blank in the small paper copy. Illustrated with original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick (Hugo no.4335). A bibliographical guide of the rare English folio and quarto volumes preserved in the library of the book collector and member of the Roxburghe Club, Francis Wrangham. Describes 100 items with lengthy annotations. Light spotting to endpapers; a very few isolated areas of browning to text; a couple of contemporary pencil amendments and remarks in margins; last two leaves mispaginated.
Price: $ 1,788.00 other currencies Order nr. 45049

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Cole, John BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR FROM SCARBOROUGH TO THE LIBRARY OF A PHILOBIBLIST, IN ITS NEIGHBORHOOD.
Scarborough John Cole et al. 1824 8vo. original paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut, preserved in a modern cloth box. (ii), iv, 92+(1) pages.
First edition, limited to 100 copies. Signed by the author on the verso of the dedication page. Dedicated to Francis Wrangham (1769-1842), who assembled a library which contained over 14,000 volumes and was accomplished at finding obscure and interesting titles. John Cole was a bookseller from Scarborough on whom Wrangham had great influence. This book gives a description of 100 selected titles in Wrangham's library, the notes being mainly drawn from Wrangham's private catalogue, then in MS., but destined to be printed two years later. (Michael Sadleir's Archdeacon Francis Wrangham 1769-1842. Oxford Bibl. Soc., 1937). From the library of John William Clay with his bookplate. Original paper wrappers worn along edges and hinges. Paper spine label mostly rubbed away. Unusual to find in original condition.
Price: $ 1,950.00 other currencies Order nr. 102508

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(Denmark) Bruun, Christian V., Lauritz Nielsen and H. Ejremcrpm-Muller (editors) BIBLIOTHECA DANICA. SYSTEMATISK FORTEGNELSE OVER DEN DANSKE LITERATUR FRA 1482 TIL 1830, EFTER SAMLILNGERNE I DET STORE KONGELIGE BLBLIOTHEK I KJOBENHAVN. MED SUPPLEMENTER FRA UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTHEKET I KJOBENHAVN OG KAREN BRAHES BIBLIOTHEK I ODENSE.
9 Volumes Kjobenhavn Gyldendal 1877-1948 small 4to. five volumes quarter-leather with marbled paper-covered boards; four volumes in stiff paper wrappers, unopened pages variously paginated, numbered as double columns on each entry page
First editions. A reference for Danish imprints, which also includes Danish colonies, Schleswig-Holstein, Iceland, Norway (to 1814) and books written in foreign countries about Denmark. Regarded as one of the fundamental works on Danish literature from the late 15th through the early 19th centuries. This set consists of the following: four volumes listing a total of 65,000 books, edited by Bruun, published in 1877, 1886, 1896 and 1902 respectively. Five supplements, edited by Ehrenchron-Müller and published in 1914, 1943 through 1946, are bound individually. These supplements contain another 5000 entries (Besterman 1577). Volumes 1-4 and the first supplement are bound in marbled paper-covered boards. Hinges and edges rubbed, spines slightly chipped and torn. These volumes with ex libris bookplate of the Brooklyn Public Library on front pastedown and cancel stamps in back. Bookseller's tag belonging to G.E. Stechert & Co (Alfred Hafner), New York in lower corner of rear pastedown. The latter four supplements (in paper wrappers) with uncut pages, edges slightly torn and chipped. One cover creased.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 77172

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Faulkenstein, Constantin Karl GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST IN IHRER ENTSTEHUNG UND AUSBILDUNG.
Leipzig B.G. Teubner 1840 thick 4to. twentieth-century cloth. xiv, 16, (2), 406, (2), pages followed by (10) plates.
First of three editions. (Bigmore & Wyman I, p.211). A history of the art of printing which Bigmore and Wyman write "is the most important of the works published in Germany, on the occasion of the 4th centenary of the invention of printing." Divided into several sections, this volume contains a chronological history of early printing from the 1450's, a history of famous printers and printing houses, a history of printing by continent with a state by state survey of the United States, and a catalogue of printing techniques. The first part is well-illustrated with reproductions of woodblock illustrations printed in early books. Many of these plates fold-out and are printed in color. The last section on printing techniques describes printing in gold and silver, xylographie, stereotypie, typographie and many other processes. Included are specimens of some of these processes printed by B.G. Teubner, many of these are printed in color, embossed, and some represent ornaments suitable for banknotes or are specimens of maps. Many other internal illustrations. Text is followed by ten pages of type specimens including specimens of Hebrew, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Chinese, Greek, and others. Includes a list of subscribers. One plate printed with metallic image oxidized. Faint dampstain along bottom of pages.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 43999

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Gillett, Charles Ripley CATALOGUE OF THE McALPIN COLLECTION OF BRITISH HISTORY AND THEOLOGY.
5 volumes. New York n.p. 1927-1930 thick 8vo. cloth. (ii),xv,562; (ii),802; (ii),827; (ii),643; (iv),ii,682 pages.
Bibliographical descriptions of books published up to 1700 (Besterman p.2670). Thousands of books described. The last volume is an index volume. With the small booklabel of H.P.K. (Kraus) affixed to front inside cover.
Price: $ 212.00 other currencies Order nr. 30223

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(Greece) Legrand, Emile. BIBLIOGRAPHIE HELLÉNIQUE.
4 volumes. (Mansfield Centre Maurizio Martino n.d. but 1998) 8vo. cloth. (vii),ccxxxi,320; lxxix,456; xi,520; xliii,395 pages.
Reprint of series of volumes on Greek bibliography serving as standard sources for the Hellenistic period that were published in Paris by Ernest Leroux in 1885. (Besterman 2749; Sheehy AA842). Emile Legrand published a number of works on modern Greek grammar, but he is best known for these classic volumes on Greek bibliography. This work is devoted to books published by Greeks in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Price: $ 152.00 other currencies Order nr. 52785

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(Grolier, Jean) Le Roux de Lincy, Antoine-Jean-Victor RECHERCHES SUR JEAN GROLIER SUR SA VIE ET SA BIBLIOTHÈQUE SUIVIES D'UN CATALOGUE DES LIVRES QUI LUI ONT APPARTENU.
Nieuwkoop B. de Graaf 1970 thick 8vo. cloth. xlix, (iii), 491+(1) pages.
Reprint of the 1866 first edition. (See S-K 1287; St. Bride Catalogue p.530). Grolier (1479-1565) was a famous French bibliophile who commissioned the best binders of the day to bind his book. Over 600 of these bindings exist today that can be attributed to his library. Includes a biography, an alphabetical catalogue of his library and reprints of correspondence. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 165.00 other currencies Order nr. 102695

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Hassler, Dr. Konrad Dieterich DIE BUCHDRUCKER-GESCHICHTE ULM'S ZUR VIERTEN SÄCULARFEIER DER ERFINDUNG DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST.
Mit neuen Beiträgen zur Culturgeschichte, dem Facsimile eines der ältesten und artistischen Beilagen, besonders zur Geschichte der Holzschneidekunst. Ulm Verlag der Stettin'schen Buchhandlung 1840 4to. later quarter paper with paper over boards (ii), (viii), 156 columes (2 per page), (2) pages
First edition facsimile (Bigmore & Wyman I, 308). Scarce. Includes information on the printers Ludwig Hohenwang and Johannes Zainer. With five woodcut facsimiles on India paper laid-down and one double-page litho. Bigmore & Wyman call for 8 plates of facsimiles but nothing seems to be lacking from this copy. Spine torn at head, titlepage dampstained and extensive foxing throughout, although plates are clean.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 80285

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Hellinga, Lotte CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE XVTH CENTURY NOW IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY
BMC, Part XI England `t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2007 11.25 x 15.25 inches hardcover 518 pages
Since the appearance in 1908 of the first volume of BMC, the work has been relied on as one of the main authorities on the earliest printing in Europe. Its coverage of early printing from the European countries in which the new technique was successively introduced provides not only extensive bibliographical descriptions, but introduces the material with an analysis of the development of printing in the relevant areas.

The eleventh volume to appear in the series covers England, where printing was not introduced until 1476, a good twenty years after the appearance of the earliest printed books in Mainz. The England volume of BMC responds to the special circumstances of early printing in England by giving particular attention to textual transmission, systematically following each text from source or copy to print whenever possible. Printing-house methods of book-production get full consideration. Notes on further dissemination are extended by an analysis of early ownership (and by implication of readership) taking account of material outside The British Library collection. This is followed by a history of the formation of the collection from 1753 in The British Museum, which began with the great collectors of the eighteenth century, and in which the antiquarian book-trade of this and later periods had an important role. In view of the new focal points of interest, the bibliographical descriptions are more elaborate than in the previous volumes, and include extensive notes on provenance and early readers which are the work of Margaret Nickson. A new forensic element is the systematic investigation of paper used by the printing houses until Caxton's death in 1492, when the nature of production changed. This was undertaken by Paul Needham, who contributes a separate introduction on the trade in paper and paper as evidence for dating and production processes. His investigation, together with the evidence of the use of printing types, underlies the new chronological arrangement which has to be the basis for any interpretation. The resulting chronological list of all printing in England before 1501 is presented in separate tables. The work includes descriptions of 323 copies of books, representing 221 editions of items printed in England, out of a total of 395 known to date, extensive introductions and 52 full-size plates accompanying the descriptions of printing types. With four full-color and numerous black-and-white illustrations of type and watermarks.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 1,985.00 other currencies Order nr. 103198

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Henry, Blanche BRITISH BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL LITERATURE BEFORE 1800, COMPRISING A HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UNTIL 1800. .
3 volumes. London Oxford University Press (but Sandpiper Books) (1999) small 4to. cloth, dust jackets. xxvi,290; xvi,748; xvii,142 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. An impressive bibliography of the subject. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 167.00 other currencies Order nr. 58998

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