(British Library).

REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM THE PETITION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, RELATIVE TO THE LANSDOWN MANUSCRIPTS, WAS REFERRED.

(London): British Museum, 1807. folio. disbound signatures. 8 pages. Committee report advising the British Museum Trustees to purchase the Lansdown Manuscripts, one of the foundation acquisitions of the Museum's library, forerunner of today's British Library. Compiled by Lord Shelburne, Willliam Petty, Marquis of Lansdown (1737-1805), the collection touched on all areas of knowledge. It included, among other things: manuscripts of Elizabethan dramas; a treatise on astronomy in Persian; legal documents transcribed from the Domesday Book;..... READ MORE about REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM THE PETITION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, RELATIVE TO...

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 63096

(Rosenwald, Lessing J.).

THE ROSENWALD COLLECTION, A CATALOGUE OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, OF BOOKS FROM CELEBRATED PRESSES, AND OF BINDINGS AND MAPS, 1150-1950.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1954. small 4to. cloth. vi, 292 pages. First edition. Contains a two page preface by Frederick Goff. Some small damaged spots on spine. READ MORE about THE ROSENWALD COLLECTION, A CATALOGUE OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, OF BOOKS FROM...

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69983

(Rowfant Club).

THE ROWFANT CLUB COLLECTS, BOOKS IN THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES TO PLEASE THE MIND.

A selection of books, objects and ephemera on the Art of the book collected by The Rowfant Club since its founding in 1892.
Cleveland, OH: The Rowfant Club, 2005. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), viii, 19 pages. A selection of books, objects and ephemera on the Art of the book collected by The Rowfant Club since its founding in 1892. Introduction by David Alan Novak, Librarian. 47 items described. READ MORE about THE ROWFANT CLUB COLLECTS, BOOKS IN THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES TO PLEASE THE MIND

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100122

(Rowfant Club).

Run of the yearbooks from 1970 to 1990.

A run of yearbooks from 1970-1985 and with 1989 and 1990.
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1970-1985, 1989, 1990. small 8vo. cloth, many with dust jackets. For the run:. A run of yearbooks from 1970-1985 and with 1989 and 1990. Limitations range from 215 copies to 300 copies. The Yearbooks contain the President's statement, summarizes of Club activities, lists of members, etc. An excellent run of this active book-collecting Club's records. READ MORE about Run of the yearbooks from 1970 to 1990

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 43535

(Gutmann, Rudolf Von).

SAMMLUNG RUDOLF VON GUTMANN INCLUDING CHINESE SCHOOL WATERCOLOURS IN TWO ALBUMS CONTAINING FINE LANDSCAPES AND INTERIORS [C.1790]; MELCHIOR PFINTZING TEUERDANK PRINTED ON VELLUM [1517] AND THE TELMAN ALBUMS C. 1720.

London: Sotheby's, 1993. small 4to. paper-covered boards. 117, (11) pages. Rudolf von Gutmann's large collection of fine books and prints are offered for sale here. Among the items for sale are bound volumes of Canaletto prints, Calot's beggar series and Chinese landscape albums. Many examples of fine bindings. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. READ MORE about SAMMLUNG RUDOLF VON GUTMANN INCLUDING CHINESE SCHOOL WATERCOLOURS IN TWO ALBUMS CONTAINING FINE...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 61659

(Millet).

A SELECTION FROM THE MILLET MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY: ALI EMIRI EFENDI AND HIS WORLD FERMANS, BERATS, CALLIGRAPHIES, BOOKS.

(Istanbul, Turkey: Pera Museum Publications, 2007). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 392 pages. Text in Turkish and English. Pera Museum Publication 16. Table of contents, scholarly essays, catalogue of the collection, chronology. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about A SELECTION FROM THE MILLET MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY: ALI EMIRI EFENDI AND HIS WORLD FERMANS, BERATS,...

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130692

(Silver, Louis H.).

A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LOUIS H. SILVER COLLECTION NOW IN THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY.

Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1964. 8vo. paper wrappers. 29, (3) pages. 63 items described. Illustrated. Three page biography by James Wells. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LOUIS H. SILVER COLLECTION NOW IN THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 38410

(Rosenwald, Lessing J.).

A SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD COLLECTION.

Jenkintown: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, 1971. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A catalogue of the exhibition of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, held on the occasion of the visit of the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie in 1971. There are 121 books, prints and drawings listed. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE LESSING J....

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70349

(Williams Library).

SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE CHARITY & LIBRARY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE WILL OF THE LATE REV. DANIEL WILLIAMS.

London: n.p., 1917. small 8vo. cloth. vii, 147 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Williams lived from 1643 to 1716. Minor cover rubbing. Ownership inscription in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE CHARITY & LIBRARY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE WILL OF THE LATE REV. DANIEL...

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13511

(Enoch Pratt Free Library).

SURPRISES AND DELIGHTS FROM A CENTURY OF COLLECTING.

Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1978. 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 44,(2) pages. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the centenary of the opening of the Peabody Library building. READ MORE about SURPRISES AND DELIGHTS FROM A CENTURY OF COLLECTING

Price: $8.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51357

(Gesellschaft Der Bibliophilen).

TEILNEHMERN AN DER TAGUNG DER GESELLSCHAFT DER BIBLIOPHILEN IN MUC.

Munchen: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1925. oblong 12mo. paper wrappers, enclosed in marbled paper-covered board portfolio, slipcase. 6 pages and 4 tipped-in plates. Limited to 380 numbered copies. Keepsake issued by this collecting club in which portraits of Goethe, Chodowiecki, Kaaz and Kininger are reproduced. Rubbed around edges. READ MORE about TEILNEHMERN AN DER TAGUNG DER GESELLSCHAFT DER BIBLIOPHILEN IN MUC

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 33173

(Bibliography).

Thirty-Nine individually bound photocopies relating to various subjects in the book arts.

8vo-4to. cardstock. Photocopies of a variety of topics, including the book trade, publishing, printing, auctions, libraries, and librarians. These are: City Printers, Welch; Scottish Printers & Booksellers, 1668-1775, a supplement; Some sixteenth century stationers' wills, Phelps; Augustus Applegath, Berry; Derbyshire printing and printers before 1800, Taylor, Norman; Eliots Court Press, Plomer; Richard Field, Printer, 1589, Kirwood; On Books published in liverpool, Mott; Notes on St. Omer, Newdigate; Notes on Sussex Printing, Piper; Book-auctions and book-sales..... READ MORE about Thirty-Nine individually bound photocopies relating to various subjects in the book arts

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133702

(Berland, Abel E.).

` THIS POWERFULL RIME', A SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF ABEL E. BERLAND.

N.P. n.p., n.d. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. An exhibition catalogue of a selection of books from the library of Abel E. Berland held at the Grolier Club. Includes an introduction by Berland. READ MORE about ` THIS POWERFULL RIME', A SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF ABEL E. BERLAND

Price: $6.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57354