Results for: Writing & Calligraphy

(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY.

Ten volumes.
London: Sotheby's, 1965-1989. small 4to. original boards except parts five and six which are in the original paper wrappers. Ten volumes. First ten volumes of these auction catalogues describing this magnificent collection (lacks the 11th volume which was issued in 1989). Contains one of the best selections of bookbindings and books about bookbindings ever sold at auction. Hundreds of plates of illustrations. Prices realized in all volumes except volume eight. Covers of volume 9 have..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE...

Price: $450.00 Order nr. 25725

(Printing).

COLLECTION OF MATERIAL RELATED TO PRINTING AND ALPHABETS FROM DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPÉDIE.

Paris, France: 1763-1770. folio. leaves, some bound, in clamshell box. variously paginated. Text in French. A collection of seven items removed from the text of Diderot's Encycopédie. 1. "Cartonnier et gaufreur en carbon" (Boardmaker and board embosser). Two plates from Volume II (1763). Includes an engraving of a boardmaker's workshop at the top of Plate I. Also includes engraved illustrations of various tools. 2. "Parcheminier" (Parchment maker). Seven plates from Volume VIII (1771). Includes an..... READ MORE about COLLECTION OF MATERIAL RELATED TO PRINTING AND ALPHABETS FROM DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPÉDIE

Price: $2,250.00 Order nr. 131266

(Calligraphy).

A COPYBOOK FROM THE HAND OF AGUSTIN V. ZAMORANO.

With text by George L. Harding, Roby Wentz, and Ray Nash.
Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1974. small 4to. cloth. (xviii) page followed by 7 leaves of facsimile. With text by George L. Harding, Roby Wentz, and Ray Nash. Limited to 250 copies printed by Ward Ritchie for the Zamorano Club. A facsimile of this early 19th century copybook prepared by Zamorano for his friend Don Ignacio Coronel, Los Angeles' first school teacher. READ MORE about A COPYBOOK FROM THE HAND OF AGUSTIN V. ZAMORANO

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 33053

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

THE DA COSTA HOURS.

N.P. Pierpont Morgan Library, n.d. 8vo. 12 prints loosely inserted in envelope. unpaginated. A set of 12 reproductions of the Da Costa hours, originally made in Bruges for a king or prince of Portugal, either Manuel I of Joao III. Color illustrations with descriptive text included. READ MORE about THE DA COSTA HOURS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132203

(Heineman).

THE DANNIE AND HETTIE HEINEMAN COLLECTION.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978. 8vo. cloth. x, 109 pages followed by 12 pages of plates. First edition, limited to 250 copies bound in cloth. Catalogue of this valuable gift given to the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1977. Named after the library's founder and his wife, the collection includes illuminated Mediaeval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, printed books, autographed letters and manuscripts, and musical manuscripts and letters. READ MORE about THE DANNIE AND HETTIE HEINEMAN COLLECTION

Price: $14.00 Order nr. 55942

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE MINIATURES FOUR MANUSCRIPTS AND TEN PRINTED BOOKS OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE.

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1948. 4to. later quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards. 10 pages, plates. Items offered for sale by Quaritch. Foldout frontispiece and nine black and white foldout plates. 17 lots, with detailed descriptive information about each. Boards stained and warped. Endpapers foxed. Text undamaged. READ MORE about DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE MINIATURES FOUR MANUSCRIPTS AND TEN PRINTED BOOKS OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 114520

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

DISPOSITIVES D'OEUVRES D'ART.

Five boxed sets
Paris: Unesco, 1963. 8vo. plastic boxes. Five boxed sets. Five plastic boxes containing 150 color slides from the former collection of H.P. Kraus. Each box with 30 color slides and a descriptive pamphlet in French, English, and Spanish with historical background and description of each slide in each series. With Unesco, Series 4, which contains Iranian illuminated manuscripts from circa 1410-1596; Series 14, which contains slides of 12 Czech illuminated manuscripts from c. 1085-1364; Series..... READ MORE about DISPOSITIVES D'OEUVRES D'ART

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 76027

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ENGLISH ILLUMINATION OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES.

Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 10 pages followed by 22 pages of plates. First published 1954. Number 10 of the Bodleian Picture Books Series. With an index of the 22 black-and-white plate pages. Edges lightly tanned, minor soiling. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUMINATION OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 102293

(Calligraphy).

EXHIBITION OF CALLIGRAPHY LETTERING & ILLUMINATING, 1956.

London: The Society of Scribes and Illumators, 1956. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Exhibition of 137 calligraphic works sponsored by the Society, October-November 1956. List of officers and members. Advertisements. Cockerell designed and produced the marbled paper covers. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF CALLIGRAPHY LETTERING & ILLUMINATING, 1956

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115352

(Bookbinding).

EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND HAND-DECORATED PAPERS.

Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, (1959). 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. One page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 24 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND...

Price: $24.00 Order nr. 11966

(Calligraphy).

EXHIBITION OF PRESENT-DAY CALLIGRAPHY AND ILLUMINATION ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY OF SCRIBES AND ILLUMINATORS.

London, England: Architectural Association, 1936. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15+(1) pages. Foreword by C.H. St. J. Hornby, list of exhibitors. Black and white frontispiece. Covers soiled; light spotty soiling in text. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF PRESENT-DAY CALLIGRAPHY AND ILLUMINATION ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY OF SCRIBES AND...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 125697

(Calligraphy).

FACULTY EXHIBIT, INNOVATIONS '86.

New York: Society of Scribes, 1986. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 40 pages. Accompanies an exhibition of fine calligraphy. Reproduces many fine works from the exhibit. READ MORE about FACULTY EXHIBIT, INNOVATIONS '86

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 51048

FINE PRINT: A REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK.

(San Francisco, CA: Fine Print), 1982. 4to. self paper wrappers. 121-159+(1) pages. Volume 8, Number 4. Includes bibliographies, reviews of recent fine press publications, feature article, and exhibition notices. "Focus on Calligraphy" issue. Black and white illustrations. Classified advertisements loosely inserted. READ MORE about FINE PRINT: A REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129343

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

FOUQUETS OF THE CONDE MUSEUM AT CHANTILLY: ETIENNE CHEVALIER'S BOOK OF HOURS.

(Paris, France): Editionis "Verve" n.d. folio. cloth, front cover gilt-stamped. unpaginated. Introductory comments by Henri Malo, Conservator of the Condé Museum. Color plates. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. Portions of text separated from covers. READ MORE about FOUQUETS OF THE CONDE MUSEUM AT CHANTILLY: ETIENNE CHEVALIER'S BOOK OF HOURS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 130731

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

FRENCH AND FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM CHICAGO COLLECTIONS.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1969. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 24 illuminated manuscripts are illustrated and described in detail. Some illustrations are in color. Acquisition date in ink in corner of front cover. READ MORE about FRENCH AND FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM CHICAGO COLLECTIONS

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 6243

(Akademische Druck- Und Verlagsanstalt).

GENERAL CATALOGUE.

Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1986. 8vo. paper wrappers. xiv, 138 pages. General catalogue, including bibliographies, works on the art of the book, prints, and facsimile editions of important manuscripts. Illustrated. READ MORE about GENERAL CATALOGUE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 49183

(Bookbinding).

GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS, PART III ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND BINDINGS OF MANUSCRIPTS EXHIBITED IN THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY.

London: British Museum, 1923. 8vo. boards. 49 pages and 20 plates. Six pages on binding and one plate. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS, PART III ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND BINDINGS OF MANUSCRIPTS...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9193

(Grenville Library).

GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, CHARTERS, SEALS, ILLUMINATIONS AND BINDINGS EXHIBITED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS AND IN THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY.

London: British Museum, 1899. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 139 pages. Revised from 1895 first edition. Chapters on Royal autographs and books, Biblical Mss., Seals, etc. Paper spine repaired. Some foxing. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS, CHARTERS, SEALS, ILLUMINATIONS AND BINDINGS EXHIBITED IN...

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 75082

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

GWYSANEY MANUSCRIPT NUMBER FOUR.

(Houston, TX): University of Houston, Special Collections, 1969. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Foreword by Edward G. Holley, then Director of Libraries. Description of a small 13th century Bible. Includes comments on the illustrations by Art Department Chair Peter W. Guenther. Endnotes. Two color tipped in photographs and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about GWYSANEY MANUSCRIPT NUMBER FOUR

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126757

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

GYLLENE BÖCKER NYFÖRVÄRV OCH NYUPPTÄCKTER.

Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 1987. square 8vo. decorated cloth. 79+(1) pages. Text in Swedish. Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum in Stockholm, 1987-8 of illuminated manuscripts. Foreword by Per Bjurström. Three introductory essays with endnotes. 93 entries with black and white illustrations of many and a few color illustrations. Index and list of photographic credits. Ex-library with markings. READ MORE about GYLLENE BÖCKER NYFÖRVÄRV OCH NYUPPTÄCKTER

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114619

(Günther, Jörn).

HANDSCHRIFTEN UND MINIATUREN AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET.

Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 1997. large 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 288 pages. Catalogue No.5 from the bookseller, specialising in medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, incunabula and early printed works. Beautifully produced with vivid detail, this volume treats German-language manuscripts and miniatures from the 9th to 18th centuries. Contains 58 entries, depicted for the most part with full-page illustrations in rich color. In-depth descriptions; brief English summary provided. Entry no. 3 is..... READ MORE about HANDSCHRIFTEN UND MINIATUREN AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 65447

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

HEINRICH DER LÖWE UND SEIN EVANGELIAR--EINE AUSSTELLUNG DER NIEDERSÄCHSISCHEN SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG.

(Hannover, Germany: Scherrerdruck, 1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages. Text in German. Introduction by Dietrich H. Hoppenstedt, chair of the foundation. The work of Heinrich der Löwe (1129/30-1195). 21 color plates. READ MORE about HEINRICH DER LÖWE UND SEIN EVANGELIAR--EINE AUSSTELLUNG DER NIEDERSÄCHSISCHEN SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126147

(Zapf, Hermann).

HERMANN ZAPF & HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, SELECTED ARTICLES AND LECTURES OF CALLIGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN TYPE DESIGN, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, AND A COMPLETE LIST OF HIS TYPEFACES.

Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 254, (2) pages. First edition. Filled with illustrations, often in color. Shows all 175 typefaces he designed including a number that have never been seen before. Tear along top edge of front cover which has tape repair. READ MORE about HERMANN ZAPF & HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, SELECTED ARTICLES AND LECTURES OF CALLIGRAPHY AND...

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 128953

(Zapf, Hermann).

HERMANN ZAPF, CALLIGRAPHER, TYPE-DESIGNER AND TYPOGRAPHER AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED AND CIRCULATED BY THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM.

(New York: Amsterdam Continental Types, 1960. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper spine label. (62) pages. Lists 170 items and has many illustrations Also contains a list of type-faces designed by Zapf. READ MORE about HERMANN ZAPF, CALLIGRAPHER, TYPE-DESIGNER AND TYPOGRAPHER AN EXHIBITION ARRANGED AND CIRCULATED...

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 10995

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ILLUMINATED & CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPTS, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE FOGG ART MUSEUM & HOUGHTON LIBRARY.

Cambridge: n.p., 1955. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 45, (3) pages followed by 80 plates. With an introduction by Hanns Swarzenski and a foreword by William A. Jackson. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED & CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPTS, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE FOGG ART MUSEUM &...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 76623

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