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Hupp, Otto EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457.
Munich Nationale Verlagsanstalt 1898 4to. quarter leather with paste paper-covered boards and leather spine label, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in 30; 98; 142 pages
Three volumes bound together. The second and third volumes are entitled Gutenbergs ersten Drucke and Zum Streit um das Missale speciale Constantiense, respectively. Three monographs of Hupp's analysis of the Missale Speciale, which he discovered in 1880. Each subsequent volume corrects the conjectures set forth in earlier issues and offers new interpretations. The third volume even includes extensive quotes from a number of other scholars. Text samples as well as entire pages of the Missale are reproduced in red, blue, and black-and-white. Though primarily known as a heraldist and ceramicist, this type of study fits naturally into Otto Hupp's concurrent interests as a typeface designer, engraver and artist. Memorial bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this copy came from the H.P. Kraus reference library and stock. Edges of cover rubbed.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 77014

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Huth, Henry, Frederick Startridge Ellis and William Carew Hazlitt THE HUTH LIBRARY A CATALOGUE OF THE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, AND ENGRAVINGS.
5 volumes. Mansfield Centre Martino Publishing 2003 8vo. cloth 1830 pages.
Five volumes. Reprint of the 1880 first edition, originally published by Ellis and White, London. In 1871, Mr. Huth engaged W.C. Hazlitt and F.S. Ellis to catalog his collection, the former cataloging English works, and the latter foreign. The catalog was completed and sent to press in 1876. After Mr. Huth's death, Mr. Ellis, who had edited the work from the time it was sent to press, carried it on alone. cf Pref. "The ... varied collection was especially rich in voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature and in early Spanish and German works. The Bibles ... included nearly every edition especially prized by collectors, and the manuscripts and prints were among the most beautiful of their kind."--Dict. Nat. Biog. "With the assistance of Ellis and Hazlitt, Huth had started printing a magnificent catalogue of his library, with the full titles of every item and exact collations, both entirely novel features in a library catalogue. The work was completed in five volumes two years after his death and has remained...a corner-stone of British bibliography." De Ricci, p. 151. The original is quite scarce, and sells for $2500 and more.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 76405

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) De Marchi, Andrea THE DURAZZO BOOK OF HOURS.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2008 8vo velvet binding with precious stones and gilded silver, clamshell case 201 pages, 6 plates
One of 980 copies. The Libro d'Ore Durazzo, which takes its name from its last owner, is a small masterpiece by the painter and illuminator, Francesco Marmitta. This remarkable work is in two ways quite different from all other devotional codices for private use. One is the use of purple parchment. The other is chrysography, or writing in letters of gold the work of the master calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando, who taught at the University of Bologna.

The illumination work of a goldsmith and jeweller: The illumination work is by the painter from Parma, Francesco Marmitta (circa 1462/1466-1505) also a renowned jeweller and inlayer, and the creator of other splendid works such as the stunning Missal of Domenico della Rovere, belonging to the museum of the municipality of Turin (Museo Civico di Torino). The leafs of these masterpieces reflect the artists sensitivity and delicacy, his marked interest in landscapes, and his taste for jewellery, medals and cameos, illustrated with extraordinary skill.

Embellishment of the highest order: Marmittas references to the revived classic tradition indicate a meditative approach. This aspect comes to the fore in his use of purple and of gold lettering, and is also underscored by his use of motifs such as trophies, medallions, cameos and bucrania. However, as a painter, the approach adopted for the Calendar and Offices of the Virgin reveals his awareness of the latest tendencies reflected in the culture of the figurative arts in Bologna, and a special interest in the work of Amico Aspertini.

The refinement of the binding: The works lavishly elegant binding dates back to the time of the codex itself, and the love of embellishments is as evident here as in the illuminations. The binding features wrought and embossed silver, in part gilded, on crimson velvet. It also features a splendid profusion of classical motifs (acanthus and palmette motifs, ears of wheat, grapes, vases, masks, scarabs and bucrania). The silver clasps are adorned with two small rubies.

Patronage: A number of stylistic clues seem to indicate that the Libro dOre Durazzo was commissioned by a patron from Parma. We may also note Parmigianinos well-known Portrait of a Collector (London, National Gallery), in which the collector holds in his hand precisely this codex. It is believed that the codex accompanied Francesco Marmittas second son, Jacopo, to Portugal. However, in the nineteenth century it was in Genoa. Firstly, it was in the hands of the merchant, Antonio Bacigalupo, who inherited it from his father, Francesco, and then in the hands of the Marquis Marcello Luigi Durazzo a collector, who, having purchased it from Bacigalupos widow, then bequeathed it to the Biblioteca Berio.

The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Andrea De Marchi, with writings by Beatrice Bentivoglio-Ravasio, Andrea De Marchi, Davide Gasparotto, Laura Malfatto, Laura Nuvoloni and Federica Toniolo.

Facsimile is present with the accompanying commentary and a clamshell case.
Price: $ 9,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 105363

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Medica, Massimo THE BOOK OF HOURS OF BONAPARTE GHISLIERI.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2008 8vo morocco binding adorned with silver and enamel work and semi-preciuos stones, clamshell case 274 pages
One of 980 copies. This extremely refined masterwork of the Italian Renaissance (1503) was commissioned by Bonaparte Ghislieri, who belonged to a leading family of Bologna. Also Bolognese was the calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando (a grammarian at the citys university and a renowned calligraphy master).

A treasury of masterpieces: Ghislieris intention was to produce a small anthology of the finest illuminations in central and northern Italy. To this end he called upon a number of the leading artists of this period, each of whom was to produce a full-page illumination. Thus, we find works by Amico Aspertini (Adoration of the Shepherds), Perugino (San Sebastiano), Lorenzo Costa (David with lyre), Francesco Francia (San Gerolamo), and, in all likelihood, Matteo da Milano (Annunciation).

Marvellous embellishments: Notable, too, are the embellishments framing the illustrations, produced with an abundance of floral motifs and references to the classic tradition. Indeed, a number of pages include fragile, fantastic, grotesque figures inspired by the decor of the Grotte (caves) of the Esquiline Hill in Rome (the site of the buried remains of Neros Domus Aurea, or Golden House, which, when uncovered in 1480, immediately attracted the attention of the artists of that period).

The elaborate binding: The morocco binding, with its finely executed floral motifs on polychrome silk satin, is quite remarkable. The covers are adorned with two bezels or settings for semi-precious stones and two centrally positioned roundels for the figures of the Annunciation.

Patronage: The works original owner (as indicated by the coat of arms) was Bonaparte Ghislieri, who was elected a senator in Bologna following the assassination of his father, Virgilio, in 1523. When the codex was produced, Bonaparte Ghislieri was still rather young and it may be that this Libro dOre had been commissioned by Bonapartes father for his sons use. The codex passed from the house of Ghislieri into the hands of the Albani family of Urbino, where, according to record, it was to be found in the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, the work reached Britain, where it was purchased by Henry Yates Thompson in 1897. It has been at the British Library since 1941.

The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Massimo Medica, with writings by Giancarlo Benevolo, Peter Kidd and Massimo Medica.

Facsimile is present with the accompanying commentary and a clamshell case.
Price: $ 11,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 105364

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Mulas, Pier Luigi THE TORRIANI BOOK OF HOURS.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2009 Large Miniature Bound by hand (gilded silver binding covers and spine), clamshell case 30 pages, 333 pages
One of 980 copies. With its extraordinary binding and highly elaborate illumination work, while very small, this precious Book of Hours must be considered an absolute masterpiece.

The splendid binding The Torriani Book of Hours is just one of a small handful of manuscripts of this period which still have their original bindings. It is therefore an exceedingly rare item. The two binding covers, with their gilded silver filigree work, are adorned with cameos representing Saint Catherine and Saint Lucy. Inside the binding covers, we also find 14 enamel inserts representing the Kiss of Judas, the Way to Calvary and twelve busts of saints. The wealth, luxury and refinement of the times is clearly illustrated by the Torriani Book of Hours, alongside other devotional works of this kind produced by the jewellers workshops of Milan under the House of Sforza.

The refinement of the embellishments Thirty illuminations adorn this small devotional codex for private use. Twelve are Calendar illustrations. For the eighteen Offices of the Virgin we find six full-page illuminations and twelve pages with illuminated initials featuring architectural and floral motifs, putti, birds and rabbits.

A masters workshop The illustrations for the Torriani Hours may be ascribed to the Milanese bottega (workshop) of the master, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. This leading workshop operated in full awareness of the latest developments in the field of painting in Lombardy at the close of the fifteenth century, and, in particular, of the art of Leonardo da Vinci (with whom de Predis worked in 1483, on the Virgin of the Rocks). The embellishments of the borders, with their markedly naturalistic representations of animals, jewels and floral sprays, are the work of the young Matteo da Milano one of the leading illuminators of Milan who received commissions from the most important Houses of Renaissance Italy.

Patronage The codex was commissioned by the Milanese Della Torre or Torriani house, an illustrious family of Lombardy which, for some time, ruled over Milan. Further confirmation of the Milanese origin of the work is to be found in the inclusion of certain features such as local saints, in the Calendar, and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milans old cathedral, surmounted by a statue of Saint Ambrose (the Patron Saint of Milan). However, the identity of the lady for whom the codex was made, perhaps a lady of the court of Ludovico Sforza, is unknown.

The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Pier Luigi Mulas, with writings by Marco Collareta, Jean-Baptiste Lebigue and Monica Visioli.

Facsimile is present with the accompanying commentary and a clamshell case.
Price: $ 8,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 105361

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(Illuminated Manuscripts) LE ORE MEDICI ROTHSCHILD. Complete reproduction of the James A. de Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor, England.
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary Modena Franco Cosimo Panini 2011 small 8vo full velvet, all edges gilt, metal book casing, enamel designs, leather slipcase 235 pages, 223 pages
Towards 1485, Lorenzo de 'Medici commissioned the most successful miniature painters of Florence for which they were to create three luxurious Books of Hours to be allocated to his daughters as wedding presents. Of these little books, the first, now housed in Monaco, was given to Lucretia, who married Jacopo Salviati. The second, currently at the Laurentian Library, was designed for Luisa, betrothed to Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de 'Medici and died before the wedding. The third was a wedding present for Mary Magdalene, married to Count Franceschetto Cibo, natural son of Pope Innocent VIII. The story of his gift to his three daughters, commonly referred to as The Three Moons, is the touching testimony of the loving gesture of a great Renaissance master. Magdalene de 'Medici in Florence, born July 25, 1473, was the favorite daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent . Her marriage to Franceschetto Cibo, the son of Pope Innocent VIII, was of fundamental importance for the Florentine family. The significance of the marriage was to gain more prestige and have closer relations with the pope. With this wedding, the second son of Lorenzo, John, would later become Pope under the name of Leo X. On the occasion of the wedding, Lorenzo gave Mary Magdalene a small, refined prayer book which is now preserved in the Rothschild collection of Waddesdon Manor, located in England. The book was designed with more beauty in mind than the other two books, but unfortunately it is now devoid of the original binding which was lost centuries. The Franco Cosimo Panini Editore has miraculously restored the appearance of this book in every detail, thus bringing to light this extraordinary jewel dedicated to Mary Magdalene de 'Medici.

In the usual iconography of the annunciation, the book is accompanied by the figures of Mary Magdalene and St. John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, depicted on the front and back plates in polychrome enamels. The clasps are redesigned in the form of twisted ropes and five raised bands adore the spine of the binding.

The illustrations are the work of several artists, among them being the great Florentine miniaturist Mariano del Buono.

The Rothschild Hours Doctors are the twelfth in the series entitled "The Library Can Not," the most authoritative and valuable collection of facsimiles dedicated to the Renaissance. Like all facsimile editions, the Rothschild Hours Doctors has been fully reproduced to all of the features of the original manuscript. Maximum attention was given to the color details of the illustrations. The binding of the book was entrusted to expert workshops, which used the same techniques used in the late fifteenth century. Skilled workers such as binders, silversmiths, goldsmiths, and engravers have brought to light one of the most valuable books of the Florentine period. It was reproduced in a limited edition of only 550 numbered copies.

This lovely facsimile is accompanied by an additional volume with lovely illustrations and a detailed history of the family, marriage, and 15th century techniques used to produce this book.
Price: $ 11,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 108859

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(Incunabula) Delisle, Léopold CATALOGUE DES LIVRES IMPRIMÉS OU PUBLIÉS À CAEN AVANT LE MILIEU DU XVIe SIÈCLE
2 volumes. Caen H. Delesques 1903-1904 8vo. later full cloth, leather spine labels, original paper wrappers bound in xiv, 354+(2); cxxxii, 178+(2) pages, plates
First edition. (Besterman, 5094). A two-volume catalogue of the printing and incunabula in Caen, followed by discussions of printers, booksellers, and noteworthy libraries. Includes 403 bibliographical references. Delisle (1826-1910) was a curator of the manuscripts collection in the Bibliothèque Impériale, and is admired for his scholarship in illuminated manuscripts and early printed books. Elaborately illustrated with engravings illustrating the early printings in Caen. Wear to spine labels. Text in French. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 76167

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(Incunabula) GESAMTKATALOG DER WIEGENDRUCKE, HERAUSGEGEBEN VON DER KOMMISSION FUR DEN GESAMTKATALOG DER WIEGENDRUCKE.
4 volumes. Leigzig Karl W. Hiersemann 1925-30 4to. unbound signatures.
First edition. Volumes II-V of this massive bibliography of incunables (From Abano to Brentius).
Price: $ 182.00 other currencies Order nr. 43085

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(Incunabula) Madsen, Victor KATALOG OVER DET KONGELIGE BIBLIOTEKS INKUNABLER.
6 volumes. København Levin & Munksbaard 1931-38 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 160; 161-320; xxx,321-459; 1-160; 161-320; 321-575.
Bibliography of the incunabula in this library. The Introduction (Danish and English) is bound in at the start of volume III. Some splitting of and minor water damage to spines, minor tearing of edges. Volumes I and VI disbound, also partially volume III. First bifolium of VI detached.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 74107

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(Incunabula) Sarton, George (editor) OSIRIS
Edited by George Sarton with the Cooperation of Dr. A. Pogo (Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.) Bruges Saint Catherine Press 1938 8vo. quarter leather, cloth, top edge gilt, five raised bands (iv), 714 pages
Five sections bound together. From the annual periodical, Osiris. The first section is a bibliography of incunabula related to science and medicine, with a preface by Arnold C. Klebs. The second section is an essay entitled "Science, Technology and Society in Seventeenth Century England", with a preface and introduction by the author, R.K. Merton. Listed alphabetically in the first work, with the second section containing illustrations and discussions. The third volume, written in French, is an autobiography of Paul Tannery, a French historian and mathematician. Following this is a short essay by Pierre Boutroux, also in French, entitled "L'oeuvre de Paul Tannery", and another short essay by P. Ducassé, entitled "La vie et l'oeuvre de Madame Paul Tannery". Also contains an alphabetical list of memoirs from Volumes I through IV of the Osiris, and the original paper wrappers bound in at the end. Corners bumped, minor wear, slight spotting on rear cover, spine faded, corners of original paper wrappers slightly bumped and creased.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 100403

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(Italy) Essling, Victor Masséna Prince d' LES LIVRES A FIGURES VENITIENS: ÉTUDES SUR L’ART DE LA GRAVURE SUR BOIS A VENISE... DE LA FIN DU XV SIECLE ET DU COMMENCEMENT DU XVI.
3 volumes in six. Mansfield, CT Maurizio Martino Publisher n.d. (1994) 4to. cloth. 504; 256; (ii),257-500; 344; (iv),345-680; 372,(2),10 pages.
Reprint of the very scarce and expensive first edition. Besterman 3017. This monumental work covers the illustrated book in Venice over the period 1469 to 1525 and contains descriptions of 500 books. Filled with illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 52725

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Jones, Howard PRINTING THE CLASSICAL TEXT
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2004 6.25 x 9.75 inches hardcover 238 pages
Printing the Classical Text presents a comprehensive survey of the period in which the first Classical text was printed in 1465 through the end of 1500. The opening chapter of the book locates Classical printing within the wider context by reviewing some of the cultural, intellectual, and commercial factors which affected the printing industry as a whole during the first fifty years of its development. The two central chapters are devoted to the Latin and Greek editions.
Latin editions, representing more than ninety percent of the whole, include comprehensive chronological listings that detail the printing history of each of the more than seventy authors represented, a synoptic chart, and running commentary in which the author identifies observable patterns and highlights the text's most distinctive features. An account of the introduction of Greek studies into Italy, where all fifteenth-century editions of Greek authors were printed, and a review of the typographical challenges that the earliest printers of Greek texts faced is followed by an examination of each of the Greek editions in the context of its printer's instinctive publishing program. In the concluding chapter, the author examines what the process of editing involved and attempts to assign to the earliest printed Classical editions their appropriate place in the evolution of the authoritative text in light of both the claims which the earliest editors themselves made and the less enthusiastic judgment rendered by modern critics. Illustrated in black-and-white.
Howard Jones is Professor of Classics at McMaster University in Canada, and is the author of books on Cicero, Gassendi, and the Epicurean tradition.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 103669

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Kok, Ina WOODCUTS IN INCUNABULA PRINTED IN THE LOW COUNTRIES.
Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2013 9 x 12.5 inches hardcover 1,882 pages in four volumes
This four-volume set is a complete census of the woodcuts in Dutch and Flemish incunabula, and a record of all places in which they appear. The first appearance of the woodcut (or series of woodcuts) is registered, as are all repetitions of that woodcut before 1501. It also gives a survey of woodcuts used by different printers. This inventory provides a very accurate dating system for incunabula.

Over 3800 different illustrations have been found in incunabula printed in the Low Countries, which illustrate the history of the use of woodcuts - the different states, the different stages of wear and tear.

Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 1,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 118204

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Kristeller, Paul KUPFERSTICH UND HOLZSCHNITT IN VIER JAHRHUNDERTEN.
Berlin Bruno Cassirer 1905 4to. quarter leather with vellum covered boards x, 595, (3) pages.
First edition. Well-illustrated study of wood engraving and copper engraving over four centuries. John Howell's copy. Some rubbing.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 69704

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(Leaf Book) Jackson, Donald JOHANN AMERBACH
Two volumes. Iowa City The Prairie Press 1956 small 4to. and 4to. paper wrappers. Not paginated.
Limited to 400 copies. Cheever no.117) The first volume contains a 20 page biography of Amerbach; the second contains one page of text and an original page printed by Amerbach taken from LECTURA SUPER QUINQUE LIBROS DECRETALIUM printed during 1487-88. Amerbach was an excellent craftsman who learned the trade from Koberger. His printing business was eventually taken over by his student, Froben. Leaf shows foxing in the outer margin.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 62

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LETTRES D'UN BIBLIOGRAPHE. DEUXIÈME SÉRIE. ORNÉES DE FAC-SIMILE.
Versailles Imprimerie de E. Aubert 1873 tall 8vo. contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands, spine compartments decorated in gilt, top edge marbled. xv, 133 pages.
The first series was issued in 1868. Preface followed by 15 articles on bibliography: William Caxton a-t-il imprimé le De Proprietatibus rerum? Témoinage de Wynkyn de Worde; De l'édition du De Remediis utriusque fortunae, de Pétraque, imprimeé par H. Eggestein. Ellse est la première, car elle est d'après un manuscrit; A quelle école Nicolas Jenson a-t-il appris l'imprimerie? Deuz notes à ce sujet, l'une donnée par de Boze et l'autre conservée à la Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, dans l'armoire de fer, etc. Covers rubbed with wear along edges. Light foxing.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 102520

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Marais, Paul and A. Dufresne de Saint-Leon CATALOGUE DES INCUNABLES DE LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE MAZARINE.
2 volumes. Paris H. Welter 1893-1898 8vo. full vellum, spine gilt, red morocco spine labels, with original wrappers bound in, top edges gilt (iv), viii, 893 pages
First edition. This important catalogue includes a supplement.
Price: $ 750.00 other currencies Order nr. 70113

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Martorana, Pietro NOTIZIE BIOGRAFICHE E BIBLIOGRAFICHE DEGLI SCRITTORI DEL DIALETTO NAPOLITANO
Napoli Chiurazzi 1874 8vo. modern cloth xxiv,464 pages.
First edition. Bibliography and biography of Neopolitan authors, with index. (Besterman 3197). Describes approximately 2000 items. A commemorative book label is loosely inserted, which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus and was purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 76098

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(Mathematics) Smith, David Eugene RARA ARITHMETICA, A CATALOGUE OF THE ARITHMETICS WRITTEN BEFORE THE YEAR MDCI WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THOSE IN THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE ARTHUR PLIMPTON OF NEW YORK. With ADDENDA TO RARA ARITHMETICA ...
2 volumes. Boston Ginn and Company 1908, 1939 thick 8vo. and small 8vo. cloth, paper spine label; later cloth with paper wrappers bound-in xvi,507; x,52 pages.
First editions. With many illustrations and full descriptions. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Wear at spine ends on volume one.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 107830

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Meerman, Gerard ORIGINES TYPOGRAPHICAE.
2 volumes bound in 1 Hagae Nicolaum van Daalen, Paris: Guil. Franc. de Bure, Londini: Thomam Wilcox 1765 4to. contemporary full calf ornately gilt stamped spine, five raised bands, all edges stained red. Portrait frontispiece showing Meerman,xii,260; iv,312 pages.
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II,32). Meerman communicated with the learned printing authorities of his time to develop this theory of early printing in which Coster is described as the inventor of printing (has portrait of Coster as one plate). Accompanied by ten engravings in which Meerman reproduces important documents relating to the beginning of printing which he uses to advance his theory. Meerman has been proved incorrect in his analysis who give credit to Gutenberg for being the inventor of printing. Old small library stamp in gilt in corner of front cover. Bookplate. 1828 ink ownership inscription.
Price: $ 850.00 other currencies Order nr. 118386

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Nielsen, Lauritz DANSK TYPOGRAFISK ATLAS, 1482-1600
Kovenhavn Glydendalske Bognahdel 1934 folio parchment-backed boards. 26 pages of text followed by 100 plates.
With facsimile plates reproducing pages from books printed by famous Danish printers. Wear along edges of covers. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 75427

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Offenberg, A.K. CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN THE XVTH CENTURY NOW IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY BMC PART XIII HEBRAICA
`t Goy-Houten HES & DE GRAAF 2004 11.25 x 15.25 inches hardcover 360 pages
The Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century Now in the British Museum (British Library), generally referred to as BMC, is a monument in the history of the book. BMC followed on from the rearrangement of the Museum's incunabula begun by Robert Proctor on the basis of the comprehensive survey of printing types and presses of the fifteenth century that he had published in 1898 as an "Index" of the incunabula in the Museum and the Bodleian Library.
The Index represented a working-out of the system he had developed for the identification of printers of the incunabula period on the basis of typographical material. The volumes of BMC extend Proctor's principles by providing full descriptions of the incunabula in the collections of the British Museum and making revisions where necessary. The first part appeared in 1908, prepared by A.W. Pollard after Proctor's death in 1903. The most recent part was published in 1985. 50 leaves with facsimiles and other illustrations.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 1,995.00 other currencies Order nr. 103673

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Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz ANNALEN DER ALTEREN DEUTSCHEN LITERATUR
2 volumes. Hildesheim Georg Olms Berlagsbuchhandlung 1961 8vo. cloth (x),464; iv,198, (8); (iv),495 pages
First volume and supplement bound together; second volume bound separately. Reprint of the three volumes originally published in 1788, 1802 and 1805 respectively. This bibliography of early German books is fairly typical of Georg Panzer's (1735--1829) work, though he often focused more narrowly on printing in Nuremberg. Printed in gothic type throughout. With a memorial bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 76895

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(Pepys, Samuel) BIBLIOTHECA PEPYSIANA, A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS
4 Volumes London Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1914; 1914; 1923; 1940 large 8vo. Volumes I, II, and III: quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket; Volume IV: cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket (iv), xi, (i), 102; (iv), xix, (i), 82, (2); (ii), x, 128; xvii, (i), 124, (2) pages
This bibliography gives a complete accounting of the library of seventeenth-century naval administrator Samuel Pepys. Volume I, entitled "Sea" Manuscripts, was written by J. R. Tanner and describes 114 works associated with naval history. Volume II gives a general introduction to the library by F. Sidgwick along with a catalogue of Early Printed Books to 1558 by E. Gordon Duff. Volume III, Mediaeval Manuscripts by Dr. M. R. James, lists and fully describes 51 mediaevel manuscripts. Volume IV, Shorthand Books with Biographical and Bibliographical Notes, catalogues over twenty authors and their works on shorthand, with biographical and bibliographical notes. All but the fourth volume signed and dated by previous owner on front free endpaper. Extra spine label laid-in and bookseller's ticket on front paste-down in third volume. Volume IV stamped on front free endpaper. Volumes I and II have glassine wrapper under the dust jacket. All volumes, corners bumped, jacket soiled in places and tanned at edges and spine, worn at edges. Volumes I and II boards tanned at head, some loss at head and tail of spine of wrapper, paper loss at spine of jacket, jacket loose at upper joint. Volume III boards lightly tanned, cloth at spine foxed, two small yellow stains on upper board. Volume IV minor wear to boards.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 95244

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(Pforzheimer, Carl H.) Unger, Emma V. and William A. Jackson CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700.
3 volumes. New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc. 1997 small 4to. cloth 1350 pages
Limited to 700 copies. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue, extremely difficult and expensive to find on the antiquarian market (normally priced around the $8,000 mark), fully describes all the books and manuscripts in Pforzheimer's collection of English literature, making it a most valuable reference for the scholar, researcher, librarian, book collector and bookseller. This work puts each description into various contexts: authorship, textual authority, sequence of editions and publishing history, reference concordance and rarity. The collection also gathers together the best books by the best authors in this period of English literature. Begun by Emma V. Unger and completed by William A. Jackson, the catalogue is primarily arranged in alphabetical order by author. Translations and anonymous books in most cases have been placed under the name of the translator or the attributed author. These can be readily found through full cross references and in the Index of Anonymous Books. In addition, a new addendum consisting of thirteen pages of books added later to the Library are included. Originally designed by Frederic Warde, Bruce Rogers completed the work with additional design and title pages after Warde's untimely death. After the acquisition of the Library by the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, many scholars, librarians and booksellers have urged the University to republish this catalogue. Now reproduced with great care and attention to quality, this new printing preserves Jackson's matchless style and Rogers's design. This edition is published jointly by Oak Knoll Press and Heritage Book Shop Inc. in a press run of 700 copies. The text is printed on quality 60 lb. Natural Smooth paper. The volumes are strongly bound in cloth with gold-stamped titles on the spines and the Pforzheimer monogram on the front boards.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 46580

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