Gatch, Milton McC. (Editor).

' SO PRECIOUS A FOUNDATION': THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AT THE BURKE LIBRARY OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

New York: Union Theological Seminary and The Grolier Club, (1996). small 4to. stiff paper wrapper. 387, (ii) pages plus one fold out color plate. First edition, limited to 1600 copies. A fine copy. All text in both English and German. The nineteenth century German scholar Leander van Ess's library was purchased by the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 1838. His collection contained Bibles in a number of languages, works on..... READ MORE about ' SO PRECIOUS A FOUNDATION': THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AT THE BURKE LIBRARY OF...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76919

Gatch, Milton McC.

THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS.

BSA Occastional Publications, No.1
New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 2007. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 212 pages. BSA Occastional Publications, No.1. Reformation pamphlets (or "Flugschriften") were among the first rare book acquisitions of American libraries. Gatch traces the remarkable history of the Leander van Ess collection purchased by the Union Theological Seminary in 1838, the first and largest collection of these religious tracts to arrive in America. He notes how they were originally obtained by van Ess..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93560

Gatch, Milton McC.

THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE BOOK, CA. 1900.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2000. 6 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. 82 pages. This catalogue is drawn from the collection of the late Professor Marion W. Witt of Hunter College, a poetry student of William Butler Yeats. The collection was eventually given to Milton McC. Gatch, who was directed to find the collection a home or continue to enlarge the collection himself. Wanting to further build the collection, Gatch began widening its original scope to..... READ MORE about THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE BOOK, CA. 1900

Price: $76.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106635