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(Bird & Bull Press) Anw. IMPORTED HANDMADE PAPERS FROM ANDREWS - NELSON - WHITEHEAD, YESTERDAY' S CRAFT FOR TODAY'S CREATIONS.
N.P. Andrews - Nelson - Whitehead (1986) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers with marbled paper-covered spine, slipcase. Nine text pages and many samples of handmade paper.
Samples of handmade paper from Barcham Green in England, Richard de Bas Mill in France, Fabriano in Italy, Larroque in France, Moriki Paper Company of Japan and St. Armand of Canada. The three preliminary pages were printed on handmade paper by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press and acknowledgement is given him for his help.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 24462

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bidwell, John (editor) EARLY AMERICAN PAPERMAKING: TWO TREATISES ON MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES REPRINTED FROM JAMES CUTBUSH'S AMERICAN ARTIST'S MANUAL (1814).
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1990 8vo. cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 90, (2) pages.
This first edition work is limited to 180 copies. Editor John Bidwell has located the first known account of hand papermaking to define American practice in relation to its European heritage. This text first appeared in James Cutbush's The American Artist's Manual (Philadelphia: 1814) and has been reprinted, including an original sample of Gilpin machine-made paper. A lengthy and well-researched introduction by John Bidwell examines the early history of papermaking in America, the English and French sources used by Cutbush, and the specific American papermaking techniques. The introduction has been printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press on Frankfurt paper. The facsimile reprint has been printed by lithography and the book has been bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 31789

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bidwell, John (editor) EARLY AMERICAN PAPERMAKING: TWO TREATISES ON MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES REPRINTED FROM JAMES CUTBUSH'S AMERICAN ARTIST'S MANUAL (1814).
New Castle Oak Knoll Books 1990 8vo. cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label, in a larger slipcase with a separate portfolio containing a piece of Robeson handmade paper. 90, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 180 copies of which this is one of the 35 special copies bound thus and containing a folded piece of original Robeson handmade paper with watermark referred to in the text as "exhibiting the typical characteristics of handmade stock produced in the middle or late 1830s, when many American mills had already adopted mass production methods." The watermark and countermark in this paper are also reproduced as illustrations. Editor John Bidwell has located the first known account of hand papermaking to define American practice in relation to its European heritage. This text first appeared in James Cutbush's The American Artist's Manual (Philadelphia: 1814) and has been reprinted, including an original sample of Gilpin machine-made paper. A lengthy and well-researched introduction by John Bidwell examines the early history of papermaking in America, the English and French sources used by Cutbush, and the specific American papermaking techniques. The introduction has been printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press on Frankfurt paper. The facsimile reprint has been printed by lithography and the book has been bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 31790

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(Bird & Bull Press) Schmoller, Hans, Tanya Schmoller, and Henry Morris CHINESE DECORATED PAPERS, CHINOISERIE FOR THREE.
Newtown Bird & Bull Press 1987 oblong 8vo. quarter morocco with tips in leather, leather spine label, a reproduction in gilt of one of the ream wrappers on the front cover. 77, (3) pages followed by the 24 actual samples
First edition, limited to 325 numbered copies. Printed on mouldmade Hahnemuhle paper. Hans and Tanya Schmoller found a cache of Chinese tea chest (or tinsel) paper in England that had been in storage for fifty years. This very colorful paper is no longer being manufactured. The book reprints much of the correspondence between Morris and Schmoller on the production of this book that occurred before Schmoller's death. His wife Tanya took the notes that he had written and produced the essay on the paper which follows the correspondence. The samples (mostly 6 x 8.5 inches) are the best of the large lot and have been treated by Morris to prevent further oxidation or degradation. Original prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 20251

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(Bird & Bull Press) Schmoller, Tanya REMONDINI AND RIZZI, A CHAPTER IN ITALIAN DECORATED PAPER HISTORY.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1990 8vo. cloth-backed, patterned paper (in facsimile of an original Remondini pattern specially executed by Henry Morris), leather spine label. 55, (5) pages.
Limited to 215 numbered copies. Set in Perpetua and printed letterpress on Johannot mould-made paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Italian block-printed papers were the start of the collection of decorated papers that Tanya Schmoller, and her husband Hans, gathered for over twenty years. The use of woodblocks to transfer designs to cloth and paper can be traced back in Europe to the fourteenth century. In the region of what is now Italy, there were several firms supplying these colorful papers, the most prominent being the firm of Remondini which was established in 1650. This work traces the history of the Remondini enterprise and also that of Giuseppe Rizzi who took over the Remondini woodblocks after 1861. It examines the sales techniques and production methods of these two firms and contains actual specimens of Rizzi decorated paper. Today such samples are rarely found and they are usually very expensive. The illustrations include a three-color facsimile of a Remondini woodblock and a fold-out reproduction of a decree authorizing the sale of gilt paper. There are also four pages of genuine Rizzi paper samples. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 71189

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BULLETIN OFFICIEL DES COURS PROFESSIONNELS.
Paris Chambre Syndicale Typographique Parisienne 1925 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 80 pages followed by the specially printed typographic examples.
A special number issued by this group of Pariesene book professionals. This magnificent issue has paper supplied by different manufactures containing printing by various type founders. Filled with illustrations and a section of typographic examples printed on different colored paper stock. Small tear in front hinge at top; corner bumped.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 105400

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Clement, A.J. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES.
Wilmington The Board of Trade 1888 small 4to. original cloth with newer leather spine. 80 pages.
B1-2026. Filled with illustrations of Wilmington businesses. Lacks the three maps that were bound in at the front of this title. Printed by the Delaware Printing Company. Wear along edges especially at tips.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 66467

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De La Ronciere, Charles LA DECOUVERTE DE L'AFRIQUE AU MOYEN AGE CARTOGRAPHES ET EXPLORATEURS.
3 volumes in one. Le Caire Societe Royale De Geographie D'Egypte 1925 folio half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge stained green, original paper wrappers bound-in (vi),175 pages with 19 plates; (viii),144+(4) pages with 19 plates; (viii),viii,130 pages with 3 plates
Written in French. A history of medieval cartography and the exploration of Africa and Egypt, published by the Royal Geographical Society of Egypt. Volume one is subtitled "L'Interieur Du Continent." Volume two is subtitled "Le Périple Du Continent." Volume three is subtitled "Un Explorateur Français Du Niger; Les Débuts De Christophe Colomb." The spine is rubbed with some loss of leather to the head and tail. The leather is slightly detached at the head. Wear to the edges and corners. The boards are somewhat worn and slightly faded. Wrappers tanned.
Price: $ 2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 104198

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(Delaware) THE STATE OF DELAWARE, FIRST PERMANENTLY SETTLED BY THE SWEDES WHO LANDED A.D. 1638...
N.P. Delaware Tercentenary Commission 1938 21.25 x 15.5 inches for image broadside framed behind glass
Large print executed by J. Riegel, Jr for the Tercenterary Celebration. With a map of the state in the middle, the histories of the four countries (Sweden, England, The Netherlands, America) in the corners, historical figures of the four nationalities along the top and 36 small scenes of historical importance surrounding the map. All in color.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 79527

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(Descamps-Scrive, René) BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE M. RÉNE DESCAMPS-SCRIVE.
3 volumes, complete. Paris Leopold Carteret and Lille: Émile Raoust-Leleu 1925 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv),vi,98,(4); (iv),203,(7); (iv),vi,247,(7) pages.
(Blogie Volume II, pp.299,300,301) The complete set of this important auction sale. Filled with tipped-in plates showing many of the fine bindings in the collection. The plates for volumes two and three are loosely inserted in separate paper portfolios as issued. Wrappers worn; pages fine. Spine mostly missing on volume one, but complete. Volume three, spine missing, covers detached, but complete.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 25152

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(Destombes, Marcel) MARCEL DESTOMBES, CONTRIBUTIONS SELECTIONNEES A L HISTOIRE DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE ET DES INSTRUMENTS SCIENTIFIQUES. SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Utrecht Hes Publishers 1987 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 568 pages
Text in French with some English. Studies relating to the history of cartography and scientific instruments. Thirty-four articles and congress reports by Marcel Destombes are brought together in this volume. With a biography of the author, bibliography and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Dust wrapper shows minor wear to the extremities and some rubbing to the boards. Several handwritten notations in the margins.
Price: $ 235.00 other currencies Order nr. 104233

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(Forlani, Paolo) Woodward, David THE MAPS AND PRINTS OF PAOLO FORLANI.
The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography Occasional Publication No. 4. Chicago The Newberry Library 1990 4to. stiff paper wrappers (xiii), 21 plates, 60 pages
This volume is a descriptive bibliography of the map maker Paolo Forlani, who was active in sixteenth-century Italy. It includes 144 items with 21 black-and-white illustrations, a list of references, an index of persons named and a geographical index. Minor soiling on covers with some dents on covers and wear and small closed tears all over spine.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 103988

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Gottschalk, Paul THE EARLIEST DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS ON AMERICA, THE PAPAL BULLS OF 1493 AND THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS REPRODUCED AND TRANSLATED.
With Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Paul Gottschalk. Berlin Paul Gottschalk 1927 folio quarter vellum, cloth 91 pages, 130 plates
172 copies printed of which 150 are for sale. This volume is an examination and translation of the Bulls of Pope Alexander VI issued in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They are the earliest documents relating to the diplomatic history of America. With a preface, an historical introduction, an examination of the papal bulls, and a discussion of international and maritime law and colonization. Latin text with English translations. 130 black-and-white plates of documents and registers and maps dispersed throughout. With a bibliographical list and a selected list of maps. Soiling to vellum. Cloth curled away from vellum slightly on front cover, corners bumped with minor wear to extremities.
Price: $ 1,750.00 other currencies Order nr. 104027

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GUILD OF BOOK WORKERS JOURNAL.
New York Guild of Book Workers 1967-2009 variously paginated
Filled with articles of interest to binders, papermakers, marblers, printers, etc. Includes the following:
Volume I, No.1(Fall 1962), 2, 3;
Volume VI, No.1 (Fall 1967)- 2009, a partial run of this journal being 66 separate issues;
Newsletter, Guild of Book Workers. 20 issues;
Index to the Journal: Volumes 1-VIII (1972); IX-XVII (1928); XVIII-XXVII (1991); XXVIII-XXXIII (1999);
By-Laws. 1966 revision;
List of Books in the Guild of Book Workers Library (1967).

Price is for the group
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 42255

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Guillén Y Tato, Julio F. MONUMENTA A CHARTOGRAPHICA INDIANA
Madrid Publicación De La Sección De Relaciones Culturales Del Ministerio De Asuntos Exteriores 1942 folio paper-covered boards, cloth hinges, two paper cover labels with text loosely inserted as issued. (viii), xxxvi, 100, (xiii), xii, (iv), pages, 127 plates
Limited to 500 copies. Text in Spanish. Collection of maps and charts exploring the history of the mapping of the southern areas of South America from the 16th to the 19th centuries. With a prologue, introduction, vocabulary, list of maps, charts and plans of the region, an index of the atlas and 127 black-and-white and color plates. The cloth spine on the portfolio is loose at the head, and wrinkled at the front fore-edge. The boards on the portfolio are rubbed and show wear at the extremities and the corners. The interior leaves of text are mostly uncut and show some foxing and soiling.
Price: $ 600.00 other currencies Order nr. 104159

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Harrisse, Henry DÉCOUVERTE ET ÉVOLUTION CARTOGRAPHIQUE DE TERRE-NEUVE ET DES PAYS CIRCONVOISINS 1497-1501-1769.
Paris and London H. Welter and Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles 1900 4to. later quarter green morocco, five raisded bands, green cloth, with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), lxxii, 416 pages.
First edition, limited to 380 numbered copies. This book traces the origin and evolution of cartography in the new world. The author discusses the many different maps drawn of the new world between the early sixteenth century and the late eighteenth century. Illustrated with reproductions of the maps discussed. With a historical introduction, a chronological list of events, an author index, and a general index. All in French. Spine slightly faded; rubbed along hinges.
Price: $ 265.00 other currencies Order nr. 103791

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(Kenney, C.E.) CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION THE PROPERTY OF C.E. KENNEY, ESQ., F.S.A., F.R.I.C.S.
8 volumes. (Chelsea, U.K.) Carey & Claridge, Ltd. 1965-1968 8vo stiff paper wrappers 103,155,110,84,99,99,123,79 pages
Eight volume catalogue of the auction sale of the collection of C.A.Kenney, 1965-1968. Black and white plates and illustrations throughout.
Part 1-May 10-11, 1965, trade and economics, geography, navigation and surveying, dictionaries and social history, lots 1 to 555 (Blogie, Vol. III, 202).
Part II-October 18-20, 1965, trade and economics, geography, navigation, maps, surveying, and social history, lots 556 to 1338 lots (Blogie, Vol. III, 205).
Part III-March 28-29, 1966, science and surveying, lots 1339 to 1908 (Blogie, Vol. III, 209)
Part IV-June 6, 1966, manuscripts, autograph letters, documents and printed books, lots 1909 to 2311 (Blogie, Vol. III, 211)
Part V-October 24-25, 1966, science and surveying, lots 2312 to 2876 (Blogie, Vol. III, 214)
Part VI-May 22-23, 1967, science and surveying, lots 2877 to 3438 (Blogie, Vol. III, 221)
Part VII-March 25-26, 1968, science and surveying, lots 3439 to 4061 (Blogie, Vol. III, 229)
Part VIII-October 21, 1968, science, surveying, technology, lots 4062 to 4461 (Blogie, Vol. III, 235)
Top of spine torn on volumes I and II. Bottom of spine torn on volumes III and V. Top corner of back wrapper folded on volume III.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 106501

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Koeman, C. ATLANTES NEERLANDICI, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TERRESTRIAL, MARITIME AND CELESTIAL ATLASES AND PILOT BOOKS, PUBLISHED IN THE NETHERLANDS UP TO 1800. VOL.II.
Amsterdam Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1969) 4to cloth, title and author stamped on spine, title stamped on front board xxxvi, 549+(1) pages
(Toomey 83). Volume II of five volume set, includes Blussé-Mercator. 45 black and white plates, showing title pages and frontispieces. Introduction, list of atlases, abbreviations of literature and locations, and guide to notes. Entries include biographical information about publisher, printed catalogues, atlases published with detailed description of maps included in each atlas. Descriptions in language in which atlas was published. Ex library with markings. Boards lightly soiled and faded. Front hinge cracked.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107870

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Koeman, C. MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY.
Utrecht HES & DE GRAAF 1988 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xl, 390 pages.
Edited by P. van der Krogt and G. Schilder. Contains the most important studies by professor Koeman, republished on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. With illustrations.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 103782

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Kohl, J. G. DIE BEIDEN ÄLTESTEN GENERAL - KARTEN VON AMERICA.
Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1527 und 1529, Auf Befehl Kaiser Karl's V. Weimar Geographisches Institut 1860 folio paper-covered boards x, 185+(1) pages.
Text in German. This volume is a dissertation by J.G. Kohl on the two oldest maps of America, dated 1527 and 1529. It contains a large amount of geographical and historical information. The copy is from the American Geographical Society, and it has a bookplate from the society on the front pastedown and stamps throughout. With foreword, index, and two maps which are the facsimiles of the originals. Covers are detached from the block, and are rubbed and worn. The spine is missing. The pages are tanned and chipped along the edges; the sheets are loose. A very scarce book.
Price: $ 3,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 104067

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Lanzas, Pedro Torres RELACION DESCRIPTIVA DE LOS MAPS, PLANOS, ETC. DE LA AUDIENCIA Y CAPITANIA GENERAL DE GUATEMALA (GUATEMALA, SAN SALVADOR, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA Y COSTA-RICA)
Existentes En El Archivo General De Indias Madrid Tip. de la Revista de Arch., Bibl. y Museos 1903 16mo. half leather, leather spine label, four raised bands, cloth-covered boards with original paper wrappers bound-in. 214 pages, 9 plates
Text in Spanish. Bibliography of maps and plans related to Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Ranging from 1590 to 1892, with 281 entries, 9 foldout plates and various indices. Bookplate from former owner on front paste-down. Some minor staining and soiling to cloth. Rubbed at edges.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 104229

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Leporace, Tullia Gasparrini MOSTRA "L'ASIA NELLA CARTOGRAFIA DEGLI OCCIDENTALI"
Venezia Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana 1954 4to. later cloth, leather spine label, printed wrappers bound-in (vi), 95 pages with 31 plates
Introduction by Roberto Almagia. A catalog of an exhibition at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice 1954. With 86 maps described in full, bibliography, and 31 black-and-white plates. Minor wear and rubbing to covers, scratching to spine label. Bound-in wrappers soiled and creased.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 104213

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(London Athenaeum) CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ATHENAEUM.
London Printed for the Members 1845 8vo. original quarter leather (ii), 536 pages.
Includes special sections for Atlases, charts, and maps; portraits and engravings, and tracts. Finely printed with an engraved title page vignette. Spine rubbed with wear at spine ends. Foxing of preliminary pages. Bookplate.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 56368

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Lynam, Edward THE CARTA MARINA OF OLAUS MAGNUS, VENICE 1539 & ROME 1572.
Jenkintown, PA Tall Tree Library 1949 4to. cloth (viii), 40 pages
This volume deals with Scandinavian and other sixteenth-century map makers, mainly Olaus Magnus and the Carta Marina. Foldout print as frontispiece, 7 black-and-white illustrations, foldout map and two loose map plates in pocket on rear paste-down. Minor wear to corners and spine ends, spine slightly soiled.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 104029

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(Maps) BIBLIOGRAPHIE CARTOGRAPHIQUE INTERNATIONALE.
28 volumes., complete Paris Armand Colin 1946 8vo. cloth with original paper wrappers bound in variously paginated
Text in French. Complete set of the original edition of this work. Periodicals 1946-1975. (Titus III, 663). Annual listing of maps and atlases. Entries divided by continent. This periodical was begun in 1936 as "Bibliographie Cartographique Français," changed to current title in 1946 and continues to be published. Volumes after the 1969 issue are numbered counting 1946 as volume one. This set, 1946-50 in one volume, 1951-52 in one volume, most recent years issued in multiple parts. Ex-library set with markings.
Price: $ 1,060.00 other currencies Order nr. 77569

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