Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007, 2009, 2010. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Three volumes, all in fine condition:French Illuminated Manuscripts (2007); Illuminated Manuscripts of Germany and Central Europe (2009); and Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands (2010). READ MORE about Three titles on Illuminated Manuscripts
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136594
Wellingborough: Thorsons Publishers Limited, (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 143+(1) pages. First edition. The complete guide for the ambitious calligrapher, covering subjects such as decorative borders, historiated initials, designing illuminated charts, and decorative maps. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about ILLUMINATION FOR CALLIGRAPHERS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 126295
Melbourne, London, New York: Thames and Hudson, (1989). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 200 pages. A catalogue and visual record of 181 manuscripts or fragments of illuminated books in public and private collections in New Zealand. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Each is fully described as to binding, text, lettering and decoration, with provenance given, and bibliography. With an introduction, guide to liturgical and devotional books, and four indices. Lavishly illustrated with 24 plates..... READ MORE about MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS IN NEW ZEALAND COLLECTIONS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 46874
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xx, 190, (2), 10, (2) pages, with 44 illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, with a preface by André Malraux. Frederic Goff's copy with his name and acquistion date in corner of front free endpaper. READ MORE about LES MANUSCRITS A PEINTURE EN FRANCE DU XIIIe AU XVIE SIÈCLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 47992
New York: George Braziller Inc, (1981). small 4to. softcover. 119+(1) pages. First U.S. edition. A fine copy. This is the first comprehensive selection in color of manuscripts from 1200 to 1500, the richest period of English Gothic manuscript painting, covering the centuries of the luxurious personal psalters and Books of Hours. The volume includes forty color plates, each faced by a detailed commentary, and an introduction with black-and-white photographs. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT PAINTING, 1200-1500
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 93530
Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1977. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. Text in German. Publisher's foreword, introduction by Willibrord Neumüller and Kurt Holter. Color plates with gilding of the four gospel writers and their symbols. Dust jacket soiled and chipped at edges. READ MORE about MARKUS UND DER LÖWE: DIE EVANGELISTEN UND IHRE SYMBOLE IM CODEX MILLENARIUS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 130558
(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
Editorial Board: C. W. Dutschke, D. J. Dutschke, R. H. Rouse.
Los Angeles: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, (1986). tall 8vo. cloth. xxi, 146 pages followed by 43 pages of plates. Editorial Board: C. W. Dutschke, D. J. Dutschke, R. H. Rouse. First edition. The holdings of Claremont Colleges with over 50 manuscripts described and illustrated in black-and-white. A fine copy. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS IN CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 44458
London: Sotheby's, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 91, (7) pages. Auction, held June 19, 1990, of Korner's collection of medieval illuminated miniatures. Color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout. Biographical sketch of Korner by his son Anthony. 40 lots. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ERIC KORNER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 107982
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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
Newton: The Rendells, (1979). thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 285 pages. Well illustrated. A fine copy. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL WORLD, 800 AD - 1450 AD. CATALOGUE 146
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 7402
London: British Museum, 1973. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages followed by 24 plates. Reprint of 1965 first edition. Some plates in color. Near fine. READ MORE about PERSIAN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37131
London: British Museum, 1969. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages and 25 plates. Reprint of the 1963 first edition. With some plates in color. A fine copy. READ MORE about TURKISH MINIATURES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 37149
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
Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Vaticana, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 90, (2), i-xxi, (2) pages. First edition. Italian illuminated manuscripts from the 15th century were the focus of this 1950 exhibition at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. 160 of the Vatican's most precious books were on display. All are Catalogueed here and many are pictured in black & white. 2 color reproductions. Indexed. In Italian. Indentation in front cover and first few pages. READ MORE about MINIATURE DEL RINASCIMENTO. CATALOGO DELLA MOSTRA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 62883
N.P. Printed for the Subscribers, 1927. 8vo. quarter parchment. (xiv) pages followed by 18 plates. With portrait of Herbert and one plate in full color. With four page greeting to Herbert loosely inserted. READ MORE about MINIATURES FROM A FRENCH HORAE, BRITISH MUSEUM ADD. MS. 16997, FIFTEEN TH CENTURY. REPRODUCED IN...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 24857
Vatican City: Vatican Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, color cover label. 96, (2) pages followed by 31 plates in black and white. With an 18 page introduction by Anselmo Maria Albarada. Well annotated descriptions 160 items. Some foxing of covers. READ MORE about MINIATURES OF THE RENAISSANCE, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 40151
Southport, CN: Laurence Witten Rare Books, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. A sale catalogue of fifty-two important early manuscripts, including many illuminated books of hours, breviaries, missals and an unusual illuminated English prayer scroll dating from 1430. Well illustrated, with many plates in full color. Price list loosely inserted. Ink ownership inscription in corner of title page. READ MORE about A MIRROR OF MANUSCRIPTS, SPECULUM MANUSCRIPTORUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45274
(Budapest, Hungary): Helikon Kiadó, 1989). 8vo. cloth, paper spine and illuminated cover labels bound in portfolio. unpaginated. Text in Hungarian and Latin. Facsimile, in color, of a medieval illuminated manuscript, in Latin, in the collections of the Hungarian Museum in Budapest (National Library Latin Codex 221). Accompanied by a guidebook in Hungarian by Zoltánné Soltész. portfolio torn at bottom of spine. Guidebook tanned. READ MORE about MISSALE
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 125296
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
New York: George Braziller, (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 126 pages. First edition. Filled with full color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about CELTIC AND ANGLO-SAXON PAINTING, BOOK ILLUMINATION IN THE BRITISH ISLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 19508
London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. square 4to. cloth, slipcase, silk ribbon. (95) pages. First edition. Spine slightly faded, else fine in near fine slipcase. "The Macclesfield Psalter is a revealing product of artistic and patronage exchange in the Middle Ages. A complete reproduction of the manuscript at its original size is accompanied by an authoritative text that not only interprets the textual and artistic content but also beguiles the reader through its vivid descriptions and..... READ MORE about THE MACCLESFIELD PSALTER
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 136568
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 32, (2) pages. Illustrated. Name in ink in corner of title page. READ MORE about SAINTS, SCRIBES, AND SCHOLARS, AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT S AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31438
