Florentiae: Tipografia Giuntiana, 1930. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 170 pages. First edition. Spine faded, else a near fine, unopened copy. READ MORE about EDITIONES SAECULI XV PLERAEQUE BIBLIOGRAPHIS IGNOTAE. ANNOTATIONES AD OPUS QUOD INSCRIBITUR...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 142522
Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1981. 8vo. cloth. viii, 359 pages. First edition. A fine copy. This study deals with the Aeschylus editions published between 1518 (editio princeps) and 1664 (the last edition published before the end of the 18th century which had scholarly value) from two points of view: Bibliography and History of Scholarship. Emphasis is on the latter element. (Bibliotheca Humanistica & Reformatorica, Vol. XXIII). With 9 plates. READ MORE about THE EARLY PRINTED EDITIONS (1518-1664) OF AESCHYLUS. A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 103490
New Haven: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, 1994. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 83, (3) pages. Nicely illustrated catalogue of books relating to one of the earliest presses to publish Greek texts. Fine copy. READ MORE about LEARNING FROM THE GREEKS, AN EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE FIVE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 51132
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2001). small 4to. cloth, paper cover and spine labels, slipcase. 671, (3) pages. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. This catalogue provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. Handsomely produced, slipcased, and carefully annotated, this volume should become a major resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book..... READ MORE about THE ALDINE PRESS, A CATALOGUE OF THE AHMANSON-MURPHY COLLECTION OF BOOKS BY OR RELATING TO THE...
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 91507
Firenze (Florence), Italy: Octavo Franco Cantini, (1994). square 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 239+(1) pages. Text in Italian. A near fine copy. List of contributors, introduction, indices of manuscripts and names, bibliography. Black and white illustrations in text. Color plates. An exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Aldine Press. READ MORE about ALDO MANUZIO TIPOGRAFO 1494-1515
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 128028
Tradition and Variety: Selected Papers of the Glasgow International Emblem Conference, 13-17 August, 1990.
Leiden: Brill, 1992. large 8vo. cloth. 286, (5) pages. Tradition and Variety: Selected Papers of the Glasgow International Emblem Conference, 13-17 August, 1990. First edition. A fine copy. Volume III of the Symbola et Emblemata series. Illustrated with many b&w images throughout. READ MORE about THE EMBLEM IN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE EUROPE
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 141999
Lyon: Chez Nicolas Scheuring, 1859. 8vo. quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. frontispiece, (iv), xxiv, 430, (2) pages, plus one plate ar rear. First edition. A near fine copy. Very detailed descriptions of 50 printed works. Champier (1472-1539), a renowned physician, historian and theologian, was one of the earliest of the French humanists. pp. 97-264: bibliographie 1498-1537. With portrait, plate, and some facsimiles. From the excellent Lyon printer Scheuring, predecessor of Perrin. READ MORE about ETUDE BIOGRAPHIQUE & BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE SUR SYMPHORIEN CHAMPIER
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 142444
Including Books with Manuscript Additions, Proofsheets, Illustrations, Corrections, with Indexes of Owners and Books with Authorial Annotations.
(London): The British Library, 1994. thick 8vo. pictorial cloth. xiii+(i), 663 pages. Including Books with Manuscript Additions, Proofsheets, Illustrations, Corrections, with Indexes of Owners and Books with Authorial Annotations. First edition. Spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. Thousands of books described. READ MORE about BOOKS WITH MANUSCRIPT, A SHORT TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 100003
Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 288, (2) pages. Edited by Robert Bringhurst. A fine copy of this very scarce book. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, afterword, two appendices, bibliography, reproduction credits, index. A study of the work of typographer Simon de Colines. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE SCYTHE AND THE RABBIT: SIMON DE COLINES AND THE CULTURE OF THE BOOK IN RENAISSANCE PARIS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 131449
Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1854. 8vo. later cloth. xx, 235+(1) pages. First edition (Bigmore & Wyman I, 42). Minor foxing throughout, else a near fine copy. Biography of this "designer, wood-engraver, and chalocographer." 17 woodcuts throughout text. READ MORE about JOBST AMMAN, ZEICHNER UND FORMSCHNEIDER, KUPFERÄTZER UND STECHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19172
His Life and Works With a Bibliography.
Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1958. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. His Life and Works With a Bibliography. Limited to 300 copies. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Fred Schreiber. A near fine copy. Chronicles the life of Dutch humanist Amstelredamus. Contains 12 plates. READ MORE about ALARDUS AMSTELREDAMUS (1491-1544
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 97463
Firenze: Sansoni Antiquariato, 1953. 8vo. paper wrappers. 218, (2) pages. First edition. Very scarce in the United States. A near fine copy. Features b&w illustrations throughout. Partially unopened. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA DELLE STAMPE POPOLARI A CARATTERE PROFANO
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 141972
Paris: Promodis, 1988. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 587 pages. First edition of this scarce bibliography. A fine copy. READ MORE about LE LIVRE DANS L'EUROPE DE LA RENAISSANCE. ACTES DU XXVIIIE COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 142043
Chicago and Paris: Garamond Press & Didier Érudition, (1997). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 314 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about LES FEMMES ET LES MÉTIERS DU LIVRE 1600-1650
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 142251
Répertoire Chronologique des Éditions de Textes Littéraires. Five volumes.
Genève: Librairie Droz, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985. 8vo. publisher's illustrated cloth. 564; 638; 904; 857; 1143 pages. Répertoire Chronologique des Éditions de Textes Littéraires. Five volumes. A complete set of this first edition which includes Part 1 in 2-volumes, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 / Supplement. In fine condition. Text in French. The five volumes are: Premiere partie: 1585-1615 [1606-1615] Tome II. [With:] Deuxieme partie: 1616-1628. [With:] Troisieme partie: 1629-1643. [With:] Quatrième partie..... READ MORE about L'ÈRE BAROQUE EN FRANCE. FIVE VOLUMES
Price: $475.00 Order nr. 142360
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 383 pages. Reprint of the 1961 first edition. Fine in fine jacket. Full bibliographical descriptions including comments of this fine collection. One of the more elusive bibliographies of architectural books. Illustrated. READ MORE about FOWLER ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CATALOGUE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 32367
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1933. small folio. paper wrappers. 170 columns. Sold at the British Museum. A near fine copy. READ MORE about ARISTOTLE. AN EXCERPT FROM THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 142458
Eight volumes.
Bordeaux: Société des Bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1979-1990. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated with hundreds of plates. Eight volumes. Describes thousands of titles from thousands of editions of incunabula inventoried and conserved in public libraries in France. A fine set.
Each volume contains a comprehensive bibliography, with plates of some of the more interesting items at the rear. Extremely scarce to find a set complete like this. READ MORE about CATALOGUES RÉGIONAUX DES INCUNABLES DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES PUBLIQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 142371
New York: Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, 2007 (but 2011). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxiv, 226, (2) pages. Limited to 650 copies. A fine copy. Text mainly in English; some articles in French. Proceedings of the 25th Congress of the AIB in New York and the Post-Congress in Chicago. Introduction by T. Kimball Brooker. Papers presented at the Congress in New York and the Post-Congress in Chicago. Includes articles about the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan..... READ MORE about ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE BIBLIOPHILIE ACTES ET COMMUNICATIONS/INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 115930
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1941. large 8vo. cloth, top edge stained yellow, dust jacket. (viii), 452 pages. First edition. Dust jacket with loss along the bottom third of the spine, very minor dampstaining to the spine of the jacket, else a near fine copy. Bibliography of astronomical works in Germany during the Renaissance, describing over 5200 items. Includes a historical introduction. Indexed. READ MORE about GESCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER ASTRONOMISCHEN LITERATURE IN DEUTSCHLAND ZUR ZEIT DER RENAISSANCE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 51141
Paris: H. Daragon, 1910. 8vo. publisher's paper wrappers, uncut edges. xv, 122 pages. Text in French. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (Besterman I, 378). Spine heavily chipped along the top portion, top cover loose, edges with very minor chipping, else a very good copy. Engraved frontispiece. First comprehensive bibliography of "ana", those bibliographies which have the word "ana," at the end. Thus it describes the bibliography of "Cruikshaniana" published in 1835. Contains detailed descriptions..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE CRITIQUE ET RAISONNÉE DES ANA FRANÇAIS ET ÉTRANGERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 107302
Amsterdam: Verlag P. Schippers N.V., 1966. 8vo. cloth, cloth spine label. 257, (1) pages. Reprint of the 1864 first edition. A fine copy. READ MORE about ESSAI BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE SUR LE LIVRE DE IMITATIONE CHRISTI
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 142267
Geneve: Librairie Droz, 1965. small 4to. cloth. 405 pages. First edition. A fine copy. READ MORE about AMYOT ET PLUTARQUE. LA TRADITION DES MORALIA AU XVIE SIÈCLE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 142282
Bordeaux: Societe des Bibliophiles de Guyenne, 1986. 8vo. publisher's stiff paper wrappers. 250 pages. First edition. Minor fading and rubbing to the spine, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about AUSONE, HUMANISTE AQUITAIN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 142369
New York: The Typophiles, 2000. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 15, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. Typophile Monograph, New Series, Number 16. Composed in English Monotype Poliphilus and Blado by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Illustrated. Designed and printed by Roland A. Hoover. READ MORE about SOME NOTES ON PRINTING & PUBLISHING IN RENAISSANCE VENICE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64734
