New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953. 4to. cloth, slipcase. xii, 82 pages and 78 plates. Limited to 750 copies. Printed at the Spiral Press and containing 72 collotype and 84 other illustrations and 6 plates in color. Name in ink at bottom of free endpaper. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 38134
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953. 4to. cloth. xii, 82 pages and 78 plates. Limited to 750 copies. Printed at the Spiral Press and containing 72 collotype and 84 other illustrations and 6 plates in color. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 103786
7 volumes.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1909-1913. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 7 volumes. A bibliography of the collections of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, England. Each volume contains a note by the author, a short list of manuscripts described therein, and a listing of addenda and corrigenda. Each entry contains information on location within the library, a description of the manuscript, collation and a listing of its contents. Part 1: Nos. 1 to 100. Part..... READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 109468
4 volumes.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1900. 4to. cloth; title, author's name, volume and Cambridge arms gilt-stamped on spine. xxvi, 549+(1); xxviii, 428; xxxii, 532; xvi, 17 plates, 40 pages. 4 volumes. A bibliography of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge University. Those manuscripts are kept in three cases, designated B (theological), R (historical, miscellaneous and oriental), and O (a collection donated by Robert Gale in 1738). Volume 1 includes class B, entries 1-417;..... READ MORE about THE WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 109460
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1994). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 398 pages. An exhibition catalogue of Florentine miniatures produced between 1300 and 1450 from collections in Europe and the United States. An exhibition catalogue bringing together bound manuscripts, single leaves from disassembled books, and panel paintings. Includes many beautiful color illustrations and a bibliography. Indexed. READ MORE about PAINTING AND ILLUMINATION IN EARLY RENAISSANCE FLORENCE 1300-1450
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56830
N.P. Chapin Library, 1995. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper covered boards and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 45, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Foreword by Robert L. Volz. Illustrated, including two in color. In later binding. READ MORE about FINISHED BY HAND, DECORATION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 118098
München: Prestel Verlag, (1972). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 210, (2) pages. Text in German. Publications of the Central Institute for Art History in Munich, V. Early medieval illuminated manuscripts from the collection of Koehler. Foreword by the editors. Complete descriptive information about each item. Table of contents, foreword by the editors, directory of cited literature and manuscripts, index. Dust jacket slightly torn at edges. READ MORE about WILHELM KOEHLER: BUCHMALEREI DES FRÜHEN MITTELALTERS: FRAGMENTE UND ENTWÜRFE AUS DEM NACHLAß
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115838
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1975). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88, (2) pages. First edition in English. An approach to lettering for the younger student. Many illustrations. Covers age yellowed. READ MORE about LETTERS, TYPE AND PICTURES, TEACHING ALPHABETS THROUGH ART
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 108351
Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1923. 8vo. later quarter parchment over paste paper covered boards, brown leather spine labels. vii, 68, (2) pages with 154 illustrations. A study of Islamic miniature painting including illuminated books. Well-illustrated. Some scuffing of pastepaper covers. READ MORE about MINIATURMALEREI IM ISLAMISCHEN ORIENT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 48001
Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1973. 4to. paper-covered boards. 88, (6) pages, with plates. Text in French. No. IX of the Bibliothèque des Cahiers Archéologiques series, published under the direction of Andre Grabar and Jean Hubert. A study of the Vaticanus Graecus 333. The manuscript itself focuses on the events in the lives of the biblical Kings Saul and David. Foreword. Two pages of color plates; 36 pages of black and white plates. Includes a comparative study..... READ MORE about L' ILLUSTRATION BYZANTINE DU LIVRE DES ROIS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109437
New York: Dover Publications, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 256 pages. Reprint of the first edition. With hundreds of illustrations. Light foxing and wear, else near fine. READ MORE about ALPHABETS & ORNAMENTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 22931
4 volumes
Paris: (Protat Frères), 1937. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers with glassine wrapper; fourth volume is a cloth-backed board portfolio containing the plates. (iv), cliv, 304; (iv), 462; (iv), 161, (2); xiii pages + 140 leaves of plates in black and white. 4 volumes. First edition. A multi-volume work surveying pontifical manuscripts held in the public libraries of France (Besterman 3572). An introduction (over 150 pages long) helps establish for the reader the significance of pontifical..... READ MORE about LES PONTIFICAUX MANUSCRITS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES PUBLIQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 109425
(London): The British Library, (1986). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. One thousand years of Indian miniature painting are covered in this introduction to the British Library's collections, which are among the finest in the world. Seventy illustrations, many in color. READ MORE about INDIAN BOOK PAINTING
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 64002
Baden-Baden: Woldemar Klein Verlag, (1953). 4to. paper-covered boards. 16, (62) pages. Full-color reproductions of 18 miniatures from the famous Minnesänger manuscript of Heidelberg's University Library--the most extensive, the most complete, and certainly the most gorgeous manuscript source of German Minnesäng. Introduction and commentary on each image. Cloth covers foxed. Pencil inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about MINNESÄNGER, ACHTEZEHN FARBIGE WIEDERGABEN AUS DER MANESSISCHEN LIEDERHANDSCHRIFT
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 49582
Baden-Baden: Woldemar Klein Verlag, (1953). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 16, (62) pages. Full-color reproductions of 18 miniatures from the famous Minnesänger manuscript of Heidelberg's University Library--the most extensive, the most complete, and certainly the most gorgeous manuscript source of German Minnesäng. Introduction and commentary on each image. Inserted loosely is an English transcript of the book. Wear and soiling to dust jacket; tear on DJ about six inches long. READ MORE about MINNESÄNGER, ACHTEZEHN FARBIGE WIEDERGABEN AUS DER MANESSISCHEN LIEDERHANDSCHRIFT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 130593
Paris: Éditions E. de Boccard. 1960. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. lxiv, 809, (3) pages. Text in French. 2nd edition. Reprint of 1916 edition, published in the Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome. Author was a member of L'Institut. A study of iconography in manuscripts of the Gospels in the 14th-16th centuries. Introduction by the author, bibliography, table of contents. Addenda and corrigenda. Indices of mosaics and frescoes, icons, miniatures, sculptures, painters, iconographers and..... READ MORE about RECHERCHES SUR L'ICONOGRAPHIE DE L'ÉVANGILE AUX XIVe, XVe, ET XVIe SIÈCLES D'APRÈS LES...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 109463
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. (circa 1970s). 8vo. cloth. 185 pages. Reprint of the 1912 first edition. Contains "I. A classified list of works relating to the study of English palaeography and Diplomatic. II. A classified list of works relating to English manorial and agrarian history from the earliest times to the year 1660. With a preface by Hubert Hall. READ MORE about TWO SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MEDIAEVAL HISTORICAL STUDY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 37135
Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, (1995). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 355+(1) pages. Text in Italian. Table of contents, introduction, glossary, index of codices. Published to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ. An exhibition of Renaissance era manuscripts held by the Vatican Library. Scholarly essays and catalogue of the exhibition. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about LITURGIA IN FIGURA: CODICI LITURGICI RINASCIMENTALI DELLA BIBLIOTECA APOLTOLICA VATICANA
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 125419
Jerusalem: Jerusalem Post Press, (1966). oblong small 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Reprint of first edition. Illustrated history of these famous scrolls. Ink ownership stamp in corner of cover. READ MORE about THE SHRINE OF THE BOOK AND ITS SCROLLS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 37065
Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1885. folio. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 20 pages, edges uncut. Includes two articles, "The Golden Jeweled Covers" and "The Manuscript Text," with two color plates depicting lower and upper covers of the Gospels. The manuscript was long in the possession of the Abbey of Noble Canonesses in Lindau, founded in 834 by Louis the Pious, before its acquisition by Ashburnham after the dissolution of the abbey in 1803. The manuscript was..... READ MORE about TWO MEMOIRS OF THE "EVANGELIA QUATUOR" ONCE BELONGING TO THE ABBEY OF LINDAU AND NOW TO...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109470
Washington: American Council on Education, (1932). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Achievement of Civilization, number 1. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE STORY OF WRITING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 22637
Berkeley, CA: The Bancroft Library/University of California, Berkeley, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), ii, 48 pages. The Book Artifacts Collection of The Bancroft Library contains material relating to the development of writing, the history of printing, and the various book arts. Part I is an illustrated guide to the collection; Part II, Outline of Holdings, is intended as a convenient record for readers familiar with the subject. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE BOOK ARTIFACTS COLLECTION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 69468
2 volumes.
Berlin: Deutscher Verein Für Kunstwissenschaft, 1936. folio. half vellum with paper-covered boards. (viii), 188 pages; (xii), 202 plates with 1096 illustrations. 2 volumes. First edition. An examination of the art of the 13th century divided in its study by regional schools with particular attention to stylistic similarities and departures with particular attention to the Upper, Middle, and Lower Rhein regions as well as the schools of Regensburg and Salzburg. Includes supplementary tables of the annual..... READ MORE about DIE LATEINISCHEN ILLUMINIERTEN HANDSCHRIFTEN DES XIII. JAHRHUNDERTS IN DEN LÄNDERN AN RHEIN,...
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 75794
Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Hermes, (1965). 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. First printing. Published in collaboration with UNESCO. Index, bibliography. 28 color plates of Irish manuscripts. READ MORE about MANUSCRITOS IRLANDESES PRIMITIVOS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131523
Köln: J.P. Bachem, 1925. 4to. cloth, lettering in gilt. 48 pages, 76 plates. First edition. A study of German book arts throughout the ages, including examples of manuscript illumination, engraving and bookbinding. Contains 76 black-and-white plates with examples of the German book arts. Jacket was torn at one point and has been internally repaired with tape. Free endpaper foxed. With the small booklabel of H.P.K. (Kraus) indicating that this book came from the Kraus reference..... READ MORE about RHEINISCHE BUCHKUNST IM WANDEL DER ZEIT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 75562
