Sabatier, Paul.

VIE DE S. FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE.

Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, n.d. 8vo. cloth. (iv), cxxvi, 418, (2) pages. Text in French. A biography of St. Francis of Assisi. Includes an extensive critical study of the sources. A bookplate and loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. Bound by B. H. Blackwell with sticker to that effect on front paste-down endpaper. Boards tanned, worn, and bowed, spine sunned. READ MORE about VIE DE S. FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95579

Schilling, Edmund; Schwartzweller, Kurt.

KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN ZEICHNUNGEN, ALTE MEISTER.

3 volumes.
München: Prestel, 1973. 4to. cloth, cardboard slipcase. 216; (vi),213+(1); (vi),214-307(1),103-123+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Three volumes consisting of two volumes of reproductions of old master drawings, and one of text, from the Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main. Laid-in are two letters from Rosi Schilling to Otto Kurz, regarding the book and the recent death of her husband, Edmund. These are both dated October, 1974. One is an autograph letter, signed and the other a typed letter..... READ MORE about KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN ZEICHNUNGEN, ALTE MEISTER

Price: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76074

Schottenloher, Karl.

DIE LANDSHUTER BUCHDRUCKER DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS. MIT EINEM ANHANG: DIE APIANUSDRUCKEREI IN INGOLSTADT.

Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1967. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ix), 93 pages. Reprint of the 1930 edition published in Mainz. More than 235 entries, the great majority of which are imprints by Johann Weyssenburger. With 20 plates. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about DIE LANDSHUTER BUCHDRUCKER DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS. MIT EINEM ANHANG: DIE APIANUSDRUCKEREI IN...

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Schramm, Albert.

DAS DEUTSCHE BUCHMUSEUM ZU LEIPZIG, 1885-1925.

Leipzig: Deutsches Buchmuseum, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 102, (38) pages. Illustrated history of this museum devoted to the study of this museum. Describes some of the holdings. READ MORE about DAS DEUTSCHE BUCHMUSEUM ZU LEIPZIG, 1885-1925

Price: $18.00  other currencies  Order nr. 21686

Schweidler, Max.

SAMMELN UND SICHTEN, EINE PRAKTISCHE GRAPHIKKUNDE.

Innsbruck: Universitäts-Verlag Wagner, 1941. 8vo. cloth. viii, 211 pages followed by 11 pages of plates. Written in German. With a foreword and index. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed, spine faded, boards slightly cocked. With the bookplate of Oak Knoll designating this as from the library of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about SAMMELN UND SICHTEN, EINE PRAKTISCHE GRAPHIKKUNDE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 101508

Shelley, Henry C.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM: ITS HISTORY AND TREASURES.

Boston: L.C. Page & Co., 1911. 8vo. gilt decorated red cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 355 pages. First U.S. edition. "A view of the origins of that great institution, sketches of its early benefactors and principal officers, and a survey of the priceless objects preserved within its walls." Cover blocked in gilt with designs in orange, blue, and red. Armorial bookplate of Gustav A. Kirchmaier. READ MORE about THE BRITISH MUSEUM: ITS HISTORY AND TREASURES

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Sirén, Osvald.

ITALIENSKA HANDTECKNINGAR FRÅN 1400- OCH 1500-TALEN I NATIONALMUSEUM: CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ.

Stockholm: Bröderna Lagerströms Förlag, (1917). 8vo. gilt-stamped quarter vellum with decorated paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. xv, (iii), 139+(1) pages with 56 additional plates. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies. Complete catalogue of the National Museum of Sweden's collection of Renaissance drawings. Illustrated with 56 beautifully printed reproductions. Includes object information, bibliographical references, and index. Copy belonged to noted scholar Otto Kurz, his signature (in pencil) is on the free endpaper. A handwritten page of..... READ MORE about ITALIENSKA HANDTECKNINGAR FRÅN 1400- OCH 1500-TALEN I NATIONALMUSEUM: CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 74632

Stevenson, Enrico et al.

INVENTARIO DEI LIBRI STAMPATI PALATINO-VATICANO.

Nieuwkoop: D. de Graaf, 1969. 8vo. cloth. ix, 371 pages. Third edition (first edition of 1886 catalogued in Besterman 5078). Lists sixteenth and early seventeenth century works formerly part of the Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg, now in the Vatican Library. The collection was taken to Rome by the Austrian commander Tilly during the Thirty Years War. Comprised of almost 10,000 works, the volumes were plundered from the libraries of Heidelberg University and personal collections of..... READ MORE about INVENTARIO DEI LIBRI STAMPATI PALATINO-VATICANO

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Suida, Wilhelm.

ÖSTERREICHS MALEREI IN DER ZEIT ERZHERZOG ERNST DES EISERNEN UND KÖNIG ALBRECHT II.

Vienna: Krystall-Verlag-Ges. 1926. 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, gilt embossed design on front cover. 64, (8) pages + 40 leaves of plates in black and white. Volume 4 of the serial publication, Artes Austriae: Studien zur Kunstgeschichte Österreichs. Surveys Austrian painters in the age of Duke Ernst the Iron (1377--1424) until King Albrecht II, both members of the Hapsburg family. Legend tells us that both Duke Ernst and his wife could bend horseshoes with..... READ MORE about ÖSTERREICHS MALEREI IN DER ZEIT ERZHERZOG ERNST DES EISERNEN UND KÖNIG ALBRECHT II

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Taton, René (editor).

A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES, ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SCIENCE, FROM PREHISTORY TO AD 1450. TRANSLATED BY A.J. POMERANS.

London: Thames and Hudson, (1963). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 552 pages plus 24 plates. First English edition. Volume one in the General History of the Sciences series. Three parts describing the ancient, Greco-Roman and Medieval world. Each section describes contributions to mathematics, medicine and other sciences by various countries and societies. Covers all parts of the world from India to the Americas. Fifty-three black-and-white illustrations and forty-three figures. With a memorial bookplate on..... READ MORE about A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES, ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SCIENCE, FROM PREHISTORY TO AD 1450....

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Theele, Joseph.

RHEINISCHE BUCHKUNST IM WANDEL DER ZEIT.

Köln: J.P. Bachem, 1925. 4to. cloth, lettering in gilt. 48 pages, 76 plates. First edition. A study of German book arts throughout the ages, including examples of manuscript illumination, engraving and bookbinding. Contains 76 black-and-white plates with examples of the German book arts. Jacket was torn at one point and has been internally repaired with tape. Free endpaper foxed. With the small booklabel of H.P.K. (Kraus) indicating that this book came from the Kraus reference..... READ MORE about RHEINISCHE BUCHKUNST IM WANDEL DER ZEIT

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Trattner, Johann Thomas.

ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY.

Vienna: Herbert Reichner, 1927. small 4to. boards, paper spine label. (ii) pages followed by the 27 page facsimile of the 1760 original edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies, being part of the series entitled Bibliotheca Typographica edited by Reichner. Reproduction of this 1760 book of type ornaments and ornamental arrangements. Covers faded with slight wear at spine ends. Front pastedown and free endpaper foxed. A scarce and interesting facsimile. READ MORE about ABDRUCK VON DENJENIGEN RÖSLEIN UND ZIERRATHEN WELCHE SICH IN DER K.K. HOFSCHRIFTGIESSEREY

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19784

Uhlendahl, Heinrich.

FÜNFUNDZWANZIG JAHRE DEUTSCHE BÜCHEREI.

Festvortrag zur Feier des 25 jährigen Bestehens 15. Mai 1938
(Leipzig): Deutschen Bücherei, 1938. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 38, (2) pages. Festvortrag zur Feier des 25 jährigen Bestehens 15. Mai 1938. Written in German. A copy of the lecture given by Dr. Heinrich Uhlendahl for the 25th year anniversary celebration of the German (National) Library. Laid-in is a pamphlet with a poem by Friedrich von Logau on the cover, and inside is a message from Uhlendahl wishing his friends and acquaintances a good year 1939. With..... READ MORE about FÜNFUNDZWANZIG JAHRE DEUTSCHE BÜCHEREI

Price: $7.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100191