New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 8vo. cloth. xxxiv, 590, xxi pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Lightly faded along the spine, else a near fine copy. An interesting book. READ MORE about TESTAMENTS OF TIME, THE SEARCH FOR LOST MANUSCRIPTS AND RECORDS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24986
New York: Christie's, 1998. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 475, (3) pages. Volume II (of 3) of the sale of the books from the collection of H.F. Norman (1915-1996). With many illustrations (the majority in black-and-white, but more than a few in color) of bindings, title/text pages, and book illustrations. Entries generally include provenances and other background information, and references. With prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE HASKELL F. NORMAN LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, PART II: THE AGE OF REASON
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 98659
Leide: E. J. Brill, 1893. 8vo. publisher's wrappers. 630 pages. First edition. A near fine copy of this very scarce reference book. An unopened copy. READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DES JÉSUITES EN FRANCE (1540-1640
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 142253
New York: Facts On File, (1991). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. vii, 408 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Compact and concise reference source for descriptions of significant historic documents spanning from befpre Christ to the present. Covers over 2,200 documents. READ MORE about DICTIONARY OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 98966
3 volumes.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1985). large 8vo. cloth. (xiv), 462; (xii), 490; (xii), 504 pages. 3 volumes. First edition. Extremely minor rubbing to the spines, else a near fine set. Biographical information about the more than 1900 people mentioned in the correspondence and works of Erasmus who died after 1450 and who were his contemporaries. It combines famous figures with such obscure men and women as domestic servants and commercial messengers. Included are works..... READ MORE about CONTEMPORARIES OF ERASMUS, A BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 58595
Verzeichniss der aus ihrer Offizin hervorgegangenen Druckwerke.
Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf, 1963. 8vo. paper wrappers. vii, 93 pages. Verzeichniss der aus ihrer Offizin hervorgegangenen Druckwerke. Reprint of the first edition from 1869. A near fine copy. Written in German. A catalogue of 865 entries, along with an index. READ MORE about DIE BUCHDRUCKER-FAMILIE FROSCHAUER IN ZÜRICH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 142238
London: The British Library, (1991). small 8vo. paper wrappers. viii, 144 pages. First edition. Spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. This volume is the sixth series of the Panizzi Lectures. Trapp discusses when the Renaissance spirit arrived and flourished briefly in England and the study of Latin and Greek historians and philosophers alongside the Patristic authors. Illustrated. READ MORE about ERASMUS, COLET AND MORE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56413
London: The British Library, 1989. small 8vo. paper wrappers. x, 86 pages. First edition. A fine copy. This volume forms the published record of the fourth series of Panizzi lectures, delivered at the British Library in 1988. Barber discusses the publishing history of Longus's novel Daphnis and Chloe, possibly one of the most translated text of Greek antiquity in the twentieth century. Illustrated. READ MORE about DAPHNIS AND CHLOE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 56378
Compiled from Research in the Library of the British Museum.
Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1913. 8vo. library cardstock binding. 54 pages. Compiled from Research in the Library of the British Museum. First edition (Besterman p.4765). Bound in library stiff cardstock with original paper wrappers bound-in. Study of this early manuscript and its various printings. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER STUDIES ON THE PERVIGILIUM VENERIS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 33525
Australia: Opifex, 2020. 6 × 9 inches. Paperback. 144 pages. "Chicago Modernism and the Ludlow Typograph is copiously illustrated... Gehl's writing is lucid and jargon-free. His fluent and engaging manner makes the book a pleasure to read." - Paul Shaw, Journal of Design History, Vol. XX No. XX "...there is not a misplaced phrase here and [Gehl's] research is excellent... Gehl's masterful distillation is particularly welcome. It is also both readable and enjoyable." - Steven..... READ MORE about CHICAGO MODERNISM AND THE LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH: DOUGLAS C MCMURTRIE AND ROBERT HUNTER MIDDLETON AT WORK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 135039
Part of the Documenti sulle arti del libro set.
Milano: Edizioni il Polifilo, (1995). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. Part of the Documenti sulle arti del libro set. Spine and edges of the jacket faded, else a near fine copy. Index at rear. READ MORE about ALDO MANUZIO, UMANISTA E EDITORE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 142220
(Paris): Éditions des Biblithèques Nationales de France, 1933. 8vo. publisher's wrappers. (xii), ii, (2), 206, (18) pages + 16 leaves of plates in black and white. Limited to 530 copies. Spine slightly splitting, else a near fine copy. The catalogue of an exhibition on François Rabelais, the French Renaissance humanist and satirical author. A variety of works (etchings, drawings, paintings, sculpture, letters, books, etc.) were gathered at the Bibliothèque Nationale for this exhibition. The catalogue..... READ MORE about RABELAIS, EXPOSITION ORGANISÉE À L'OCCASION DU QUATRIÈME CENTENAIRE DE LA PUBLICATION DE...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 77656
Provo, Utah: Friends of the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1995. 4to., stiff paper wrappers. ix, 172 pages. First edition. A near fine copy. In celebration of the first publication of the Aldine Press five hundred years ago a selection of the Harold B. Lee Library's Aldine holdings was displayed. This catalog complimented the exhibit displayed between March and July of 1995 to serve as a precursor to a comprehensive catalog of the..... READ MORE about IN AEDIBVS ALDI, THE LEGACY OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS PRESS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 55258
Roma: Institutum Carmelitanum, 1960. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 144, (4) pages. Bibliography by and about Battista Spagnoli (Mantovano) (1447-1516) from the first works of 1501 to the 20th century. A near fine copy. READ MORE about LE EDIZIONI DELLE OPERE DEL MANTOVANO
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 34177
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 114 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition with 76 entries and biographies of 37 designers including Bradley, Dow, Goodhue, Hapgood, Reed, Rogers and others. Color frontispiece and 45 illustrations. Covers chipped along the edges, ownership name in ink on in the corner of the upper front cover. Else a near fine copy. READ MORE about ARTISTS OF THE BOOK IN BOSTON, 1890-1910
Price: $15.00 save 50% $7.50 Order nr. 12967
Paris: Imprimerie de la République, 1799. First edition. 25 of 30 numbered parts ("livraisons" #s 6-30) as issued in original blue printed wrappers, comprising 150 (of 180) single, double- and triple-fold plates, a number including original guards. Two parts (Nos. 6 and 8) include text pages, as originally issued. Surviving copies vary in the number of plates, but 180 plates (6 plates in each of 30 parts) is considered normal for the complete set. A...... READ MORE about VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA SYRIE, DE LA PHOENICIE, DE LA PALESTINE ET DE LA BASSE-EGYPTE, GRAVÉES...
Price: $28,500.00 Order nr. 142161
Berlin: various publishers and printers, 1848-1849. Sizes: Smallest = 6.25 x 13.0 inches (15.9 x 33.0 cm); largest = 20.0 x 31.25 inches (50.8 x 79.4 cm). Condition: Generally very good to excellent, with expected age and fold toning, creases, edge chipping and minor losses, several skillfully repaired tears, occasionally touching the text with no loss of print. Illustrations: 44 of these broadsides include wood-engraved illustrations. A checklist of titles, including condition notes: available upon..... READ MORE about GERMAN REVOLUTION OF 1848: A COLLECTION OF 125 CONTEMPORARY BROADSIDES
Price: $42,500.00 Order nr. 142160
The curated collection, assembled over 20+ years, includes a number of the artists’ iconic and rare images. The collection includes only the originally issued broadsides with letterpress text, and no later reprints of the images only.
The curated collection, assembled over 20+ years, includes a number of the artists’ iconic and rare images. The collection includes only the originally issued broadsides with letterpress text, and no later reprints of the images only. "His sharp graver spared neither rich nor poor ... The distribution of blacks and whites, the inflection of line, proportion, all in Posadas own style, and because of this quality, he ranks among the greatest." - Diego Rivera A...... READ MORE about JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA (1852-1913), AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: A COLLECTION COMPRISING 143 ORIGINAL...
Price: $130,000.00 Order nr. 142159
Sandy Hook: Chiswick Book Shop, 1985. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. xiv, 115, [4] pages. Limited to 200 copies (Chalmers 184; Disbound and Dispersed, 184). This copy contains only three (of four) leaves that were supposed to be tipped in this copy is lacking the Crastonus leaf). This book contains a T.L.s. from Herman Cohen of Chiswick Bookshop to Fred Schreiber presenting him with this review copy of the book. A fine copy in a near..... READ MORE about ALDUS MANUTIUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEK SCRIPT & TYPE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 142158
Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1963. 8vo. wrappers. xix, 184 pages. Reprint of the first edition originally published in 1880. A fine copy. Pp. 131-165: bibliographie (47 works in different editions). READ MORE about JOHANNES MURMELLIUS. SEIN LEBEN UND SEINE WERKE. NEBST EINEM AUSFÜHRLICHEN BIBLIOGRAPHISCHEN...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 103420
Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, (1995). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Well illustrated including tipped-in color frontispiece. A near fine copy. READ MORE about ALDUS MANUTIUS, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER OF RENAISSANCE VENICE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 90801
New York: The Book Arts Press at the School of Library Service Columbia University, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ii, 17 pages. A lecture given at the second annual Sol. M. Malkin Lecture in Bibliography series. Preface by Terry Belanger. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE GENTLE INVASION, CONTINENTAL EMIGRE BOOKSELLERS OF THE THIRTIES AND FORTIES AND THEIR IMPACT...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 62394
Treviso: Biblioteca Comunale di Treviso, (1983). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 87, (3) pages. With an introduction by Lucio Puttin. Bibliographical descriptions of 98 incunables. Illustrated. A near fine copy. READ MORE about LA STAMPA A TREVISO NEL SECOLO XV
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 32340
N.P. Lilly Library, 1961. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 37 pages. Includes "A Footnote" by John Carter. A near fine copy. READ MORE about A.E. HOUSMAN, A COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, PROOFS FIRST EDITIONS, ETC. FORMED BY H.B....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6891
66 full-color illustrations
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2025. 10 x 7 inches. hardcover, sewn. 248 pages. 66 full-color illustrations. What do today's collectors and scholars know about the conditions that existed in a nineteenth-century commercial lithography shop? Most of what we do know comes from the prints themselves - places of publication, dates, names of publishers and artists/draftsmen appearing below the images. That information is supplemented by bare-bones information found in city directories and occasional advertisements..... READ MORE about CHARLES HART'S LITHOGRAPHY: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 142149
