Oxford, England: Bodleian Library, (1970). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages, plates. Bodleian Picture Books Special Series No. 1. Preface by J.J.G. Alexander, description of plates, select bibliography, index of manuscripts. 36 black and white plates. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON ILLUMINATION IN OXFORD LIBRARIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131766
Organisee par Ader Picard Tajan.
Monte-Carlo: n.p., 1986. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 232, (2) pages. Organisee par Ader Picard Tajan. Auction catalogue, July 1, 1986, held at the Hotel Hermitage, Monte-Carlo, organisee en collaboration avec la Société des Bains de Mer, a la requete de la Ste Art Monaco. Lots 1-154 are architecture related. Lots 155-232 is a selection of incunabula, illuminated manuscripts, prints, and fine bindings. Fully illustrated. Randeria bookplate on half-title page. Corners bumped. READ MORE about ARCHITECTURE ET BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 71780
Zurich: Hellmut Schumann, n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages, followed by 10 pages of plates. A sale catalogue, Number 511 of this firm. Sixty-nine items, all fully described, including books on calligraphy, sample leaves, specimens of ornamental book letters and more. Priced in Swiss Francs. READ MORE about THE ART OF ORNAMENT AND WRITING: WRITING MASTER BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47894
N.P. n.p., n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 37+(1) pages. Introduction by Dr. Johannes Maas. One color plate and many in black and white. READ MORE about BAMBERGER APOKALYPSE, MINIATUR DER REICHENAUER SCHULE UM DAS JAHR 1000 AUS DER BAMBERER...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45377
N.P. Ward Schori, n.d. oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty, production by Norman Forgue. Selections from St. Matthew 5:3-11. Printed by the Black Cat Press. READ MORE about THE BEATITUDES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128009
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.1, JAN. 98. BIBLIO changes its subtitle. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Blewster on Oprah Winfrey and books with a second article on book clubs, A. Hanson on Edward Gorey, N.A. Basbanes on Swedish libraries, C. Sell on booksellers along the Oregon coast, M. Angelou on art and censorship, D. Lindley on cuneiform writing, AND MUCH MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Price: $4.95 Order nr. 51999
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1965-1971. 4to. boards. Eleven volumes in total were published. The following illustrated catalogues are available: Part I (2), Part II (3), Part III (5), Part IV, Part V, Part VI (6, two in stiff paper wrappers), Part VII (2), Part VII (spine faded), Part VIII (2), Part VIII (not illustrated), Part IX (not illustrated), Part X (not illustrated) (2), Part XI (not illustrated). Price is per volume... READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA, NEW SERIES: MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 7328
N.P. n.p., n.d., but 1994. 4to. Loose in portfolio. Six prints of scripts, signed "94 Briom." READ MORE about BRIOM SCRIPT: SIX UNNUMBERED PRINTS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121552
16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates)
Paris: Société française de Reproductions de Manuscripts a Peintures, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrapper, envelope (for plates). (v), 78 pages and 23 plates. 16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates). This issue of the Bulletin features an article by Guy de la Batut about the principle illuminated manuscripts of the Mazarin Library. It also contains a bibliography of publications (including sale catalogues) issued from 1929 through 1932 related to..... READ MORE about BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 79819
16e Année, 2 volumes
Paris: Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits A Peintures, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, yapped fore-edge; envelope with plates loose. 78 pages, 23 plates. 16e Année, 2 volumes. The 16th year of this series of books devoted to illuminated manuscripts. Includes plates from the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris. The first volume contains descriptions by Guy de la Batut of each manuscript and its illuminations, while the second volume holds plates of the illustrations. First volume..... READ MORE about BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 92361
Milan, Italy: Edizioni d'Arte Amilcare Pizzi, (1954). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket, later clotth clamshell box with leather cover label. unpaginated. Text in Italian. Art Publication of the National Library of Venice I. Introduction by Tullia Gasparini Leporace. Facsimile of the breviary of Domenico Grimani (1461-1523). Dust jacket chipped at edges. Spine worn. READ MORE about IL CALENDARIO DEL BREVIARIO GRIMANI
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 125313
Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Well-illustrated. Describes 104 items. READ MORE about THE CALLIGRAPHIC STATEMENT, AN EXHIBITION OF WESTERN AND EASTERN CALLIGRAPHY AND PAINTING FROM...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6234
Norman. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Articles by Werner on Coronation Gospels of Henry the Lion, Bouwsma on abstract calligraphy, Olds on Ramsey Psalter, etc. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY IDEA EXCHANGE Volume II, No.1
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133741
Norman, OK: Calligraphy Review, 1992. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Winter 1992, Volume Nine, Number Two. Includes feature articles and columns. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY REVIEW
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134273
Amsterdam: Frederik Muller & Cie. 1929. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 35, (5) pages. Auction catalogue for sale held November 22, 1929 by Frederik Muller & Cie. 112 lots, most notably a fourteenth-century illuminated Book of Hours in which the patron is portrayed worshiping the Virgin. Originally, a separate portfolio of sixty-eight reproductions was meant to accompanied the catalogue. This portfolio is not present but three of the full color plates are loosely inserted. Bears the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE D'UNE COLLECTION DE MANUSCRITS A MINIATURES DES IXe-XVe SIECLES, COLLECTION D'UN...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 77540
London: J. & J. Leighton, n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top and fore edges cut, bottom edge uncut. 286, (2) pages. Sales catalogue for J. & J. Leighton listing 378 items in alphabetical order by author, title, or subject, from A to H, including several illuminated manuscripts. Contains many black-and-white reproductions from the works. Wrappers detached and chipped at edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF GERMAN, DUTCH & FLEMISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56505
London: Sotheby & Co., 1975. 4to. boards. 96 pages followed by 41 plates. Auction catalogue of this magnificent collection of 34 manuscripts dating from the earliest times to the 16th century. Prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY - ABBEY 9TH
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 172
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1978. 4to. boards. 81 pages and 32 plates at the end in addition to the color plates in the text. S-K 1184. This part is less common than other parts of the sale. Xerox of prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MAJOR J.R. ABBEY ... THE TENTH...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 8432
London: Sotheby & Co., 1970. 4to. boards. 97 pages with 55 plates and a colored frontispiece. S-K 1184. Almost a half million dollars of sales. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE SEVENTH PORTION: FORTY-THREE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 9TH TO...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 6258
London: Sotheby & Co., 1970. 4to. boards. 97 pages with 55 plates and a colored frontispiece. S-K 1184. Almost a half million dollars of sales. Prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE SEVENTH PORTION: FORTY-THREE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 9TH TO...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 123963
3 volumes.
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1834-1840. Folio. disbound. (iv),viii,168 pages and 8 leaves of plates; (ii),vi,(ii),159+(1) followed by (4) leaves of plates; (iv),234 pages. 3 volumes. First editions. A catalogue of the illuminated manuscripts from the Arundel and Burney collections in the British Museum. Antiquary Thomas, Earl of Arundel (1592-1646), collected more than 500 manuscript volumes, many of which relate to English History. He was an early supporter of Inigo Jones and friend..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NEW SERIES
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 77150
The Property of a Gentleman, and of Important Illuminated Manuscripts Sold by Order of Miss Seymour's Trustee, and from Other Sources.
London: Sotheby and Co., 1928. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 34 pages. The Property of a Gentleman, and of Important Illuminated Manuscripts Sold by Order of Miss Seymour's Trustee, and from Other Sources. Not listed in Blogie III. Auction catalogue of illuminated manuscripts collected by Lord Northwick, Miss Seymour, and "other sources," May 21, 1928. 35 lots. Color frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Wrappers lightly soiled and bent. Bookseller's stamp on front wrapper. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE SUPERB ILLUMINATIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOHN, LORD NORTHWICK (THE...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 107443
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1982. small 4to. boards. 127 pages and many plates, some of which are in color. Ink ownership stamp in corner of front cover. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF TWENTY WESTERN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE FIFTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY FROM...
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 6909
Londonn: Sotheby & Co., 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages with 12 black-and-white plates. Illustrated version of the catalogue. Wrappers tanned at the edges, some sticker residue on top front wrapper near spine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND ILLUMINATED LEAVES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106193
London: Sotheby and Co., 1929. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages + fold-out illustrations. Sale held March 21-22. 395 lots. Catalogue includes illuminated manuscripts, French illustrated books and fine old and modern bindings. Contains black-and-white fold-out illustrations of manuscripts and book bindings and a full color frontispiece. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Wrappers chipped along edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FINE OLD AND MODERN...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 102426
