Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1949. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates. An exhibition catalogue. Wrappers slightly faded. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 9197
Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1949. 4to. cloth-backed boards with original cover laid down on cloth as issued. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates. An exhibition catalogue. Some foxing. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47070
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A catalogue to an exhibition of sixty illuminated manuscripts, leaves, and cuttings from early Italian works. Also a rare set of 35 painted tarot cards circa 1450. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT PAINTING 1300-1550
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48840
Stuttgart, Germany: Belser Verlag, (1991). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 252 pages. Contents, foreword by Vogler, afterword by King, chronology, general bibliography, authors' addresses, photographic credits, index of persons and places. 34 color plates, 68 black and white illustrations. Contributors include Dieter Geuenich, Ivo Auf der Maur, Johannes Duft, Walter Berschin, Christoph Eggenberger, Peter Ochsenbein, Stefan Sonderegger, Heinz Horat, Hans Martin Gubler, and Rosamond McKitterick. READ MORE about THE CULTURE OF THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 130852
(London, England): Harvey Miller Publishers, (1991). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 271+(1) pages. Table of contents, preface, introduction, notes to the text, chronology, table of principle books, bibliography, list of illustrations, indices of iconography and manuscripts, general index, table of contents for Part II. 26 color plates, 118 black and white illustrations. Maps on endpapers. READ MORE about OTTONIAN BOOK ILLUMINATION: AN HISTORICAL STUDY PART ONE: THEMES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133283
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. 8vo. morocco binding adorned with silver and enamel work and semi-preciuos stones, clamshell case. 274, 247 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 980 copies. This extremely refined masterwork of the Italian Renaissance (1503) was commissioned by Bonaparte Ghislieri, who belonged to a leading family of Bologna. Also Bolognese was the calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando (a grammarian at the city's university and a renowned calligraphy master). A treasury of..... READ MORE about IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI
Price: $11,250.00 Order nr. 105364
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n.p. n.p., (c. 1472). 20.3x14.4 cm. (leaf), 10.3x6.6 cm. (text). single vellum leaf. Latin text in black ink on vellum, littera textualis, with three initials initialed in blue, red, and gold on recto and verso. 14 lines per page. Three one-line dentelle initials. READ MORE about Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf from a Book of Hours
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 135254
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1957). 4to. cloth, slipcase. 96 pages of text and 108 pages of color and monochrome plates. History with many illustrations of this early Luxemburg illuminated manuscript. Text based on the German text by Dr. Metz. Light sunning to edge of slipcase, else fine. READ MORE about GOLDEN GOSPELS OF ECHTERNACH, CODEX AUREUS EPTERNACENSIS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 37631
New York: The Viking Press, (1965). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 176 pages. First U.S. edition. Well illustrated history. Some cover soiling. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT PAINTING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 8286
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2009. Large Miniature. Bound by hand (gilded silver binding covers and spine), clamshell case. 30, 333 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 980 copies. With its extraordinary binding and highly elaborate illumination work, while very small, this precious Book of Hours must be considered an absolute masterpiece. The Commentary: The work is accompanied by a book with commentary, edited by Pier Luigi Mulas, with writings by Marco Collareta, Jean-Baptiste..... READ MORE about IL LIBRO D'ORE TORRIANI
Price: $8,750.00 Order nr. 105361
Foreword by Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 84 pages followed by 32 plates. Foreword by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. Limited to 1750 copies. Illustrated. Name in ink. Covers faded. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF HOURS OF CATHERINE OF CLEVES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 9554
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1968. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 52 pages followed by 57 plates. With a full color frontispiece. Spine faded. READ MORE about THE GLAZIER COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9981
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 34 pages and 37 plates including a number in full color. Covers slightly faded. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE WILLIAM S. GLAZIER COLLECTION
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 9202
South Brunswick and New York: A.S.Barnes, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 356 pages. First edition. Traces the development of the illuminated manuscript; illustrated with 216 figures and 30 colored plates. Contains a bibliography of books on the subject. Near fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42302
South Brunswick and New York: A.S.Barnes, (1973). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 356 pages. First edition. Traces the development of the illuminated manuscript; illustrated with 216 figures and 30 colored plates. Contains a bibliography of books on the subject. Jacket chipped. Ink ownership stamp at bottom of free endpaper. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 103119
2 volumes.
Florence, Italy: Pantheon [printed in Italy for the Pegasus Press and designed at the Officina Bodoni] / New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., n.d. but 1928. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped, top edges gilt. xx,(ii),132; (iv) pages, with 101 and 159 additional leaves in vols. I and II respectively. 2 volumes. First edition. In the 1920's, the Pegasus Press (or "À l'enseigne du Pégase") of John Holroyd-Reece, based in Paris, published a number of art books..... READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUMINATION
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 130557
London: British Museum, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 56 pages followed by 16 plates. With four plates in color. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS EXHIBITED IN THE GRENVILLE LIBRARY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 17087
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1981. 4to. boards. 119 pages. The illustrated version with some plates in color. READ MORE about WESTERN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, THE PROPERTY OF THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 6977
Chestnut Hill, MA: University Press of Boston College, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. First edition. The Connolly Book of Hours is a beautiful example of fifteenth-century French manuscript art preserved in the collection of the John J. Burns Library at Boston College. Comprised of gospel readings, commemorative prayers for the saints and the Little Office of Our Lady, this Book of Hours provided a wide range of topics for the decorations of..... READ MORE about REFLECTIONS ON THE CONNOLLY BOOK OF HOURS
Price: $19.95 Order nr. 63805
New York: George Braziller, (1978). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 119 pages. First edition. Many plates in color. READ MORE about IMPERIAL MUGHAL PAINTING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 121617
London, UK: University of Washington Press, 2008. 4to. paper wrappers. 274 pages. Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, overlapping. Introduction with 5 text-illustrations, catalogue of 26 books of Hours extensively described & depicted [150 leaves] with notes & references, provenance, general bibliography. READ MORE about PICTURING PIETY: THE BOOK OF HOURS: CATALOGUE 13
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135294
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
New York: George Braziller, 1976. large 8vo. cloth, paper-covered slipcase. 153 pages. In the later Middle Ages, various illustrated manuscripts were produced for a handbook of health, the "Tacuinum Sanitatis," probably based on the work of an 11th-century Arab physician. This book, translated from the original Italian, discusses five codices and presents 48 color and 243 B&W reproductions from the mss., with English translations of the original accompanying commentaries. With a table of concordance. READ MORE about THE MEDIEVAL HEALTH HANDBOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53629
A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles. 2 volumes.
(New York): Harvey Miller Publishers, 1982, 1988. tall 4to. cloth, dust jackets. 276; 374 pages. A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles. 2 volumes. First U.S. editions. With 330 illustrations in the first volume and 462 illustrations in the second volume with some in color. Jacket spines faded; chipped around edges. READ MORE about EARLY GOTHIC MANUSCRIPTS, 1190-1250. With 1250-1285
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 102980
2 volumes.
Caen: H. Delesques, 1903-1904. 8vo. later full cloth, leather spine labels, original paper wrappers bound in. xiv, 354+(2); cxxxii, 178+(2) pages, plates. 2 volumes. First edition. (Besterman, 5094). A two-volume catalogue of the printing and incunabula in Caen, followed by discussions of printers, booksellers, and noteworthy libraries. Includes 403 bibliographical references. Delisle (1826-1910) was a curator of the manuscripts collection in the Bibliothèque Impériale, and is admired for his scholarship in illuminated manuscripts and early..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DES LIVRES IMPRIMÉS OU PUBLIÉS À CAEN AVANT LE MILIEU DU XVIe SIÈCLE
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 76167
