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
(Oxford, England): The Clarendon Press, 1927. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (3), 224-251+(1), plates. S.P.E. Tract No. XXVIII. Continuation of S.P.E. Tract XXIII with specimens of English handwriting, focusing on "the new current hands which sprang up in England at the end of the last century." General remarks, list of plates (with descriptive comments) numbered 35-65. With notes on penmanship by Alfred Fairbank. Front wrapper chipped, soiled, and separated from text. Back wrapper chipped, torn at..... READ MORE about ENGLISH HANDWRITING CONTINUED FROM TRACT XXIII WITH THIRTY-ONE ADDITIONAL PLATES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 121719
N.P. n.p., n.d., but 1994. 4to. Loose in portfolio. Six prints of scripts, signed by Gunnlaugur SE Briem, the writing expert, "94 Briom." READ MORE about BRIOM SCRIPT: SIX UNNUMBERED PRINTS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 121552
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
Switzerland: Schweizerische Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft, 1964. 8vo. quarter leather with laid paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 74+(1) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1100 numbered copies. Four essays focus on the powerful writings of four influential figures: the Austrian author and teacher Adalbert Stifter (1805--1868) whose fame rests chiefly on his sketches of rural life; Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874--1929), the Austrian poet, dramatist and essayist remembered primarily for his collaboration with the German composer Richard Strauss;..... READ MORE about WIRKENDES WORT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 77900
(Toronto): University of Toronto, (1991). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Offers an introductory study in the practice of book-making and illumination through a discussion of some of the Anglo-Saxon world's most well-known manuscripts. Includes sections on materials, book production and consumption, as well as in-depth analysis of impressive illuminations. Illustrations are in color and black and white. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 70569
Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 92 pages. First edition. Includes chapters devoted to the history of writing; letter forms and linguistics, historical writing methods and techniques, writing and the west, and the future of writing. Well illustrated with 74 plates many of which are reproduced in color. READ MORE about BRITISH LIBRARY GUIDE TO WRITING & SCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 55701
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1990). small 4to. pictorial paper boards. (vi), 138 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Traces the evolution of scripts in the West from Antiquity to the early modern period. A summary of each major stage of development is provided, along with illustrations and accompanying text of actual examples. A well written, nicely produced book. READ MORE about A GUIDE TO WESTERN HISTORICAL SCRIPTS FROM ANTIQUITY TO 1600
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136570
(London): British Library, (2004). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Revised edition. A fine copy. Filled with illustrations in color. READ MORE about PAINTED LABYRINTH, THE WORLD OF THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 88508
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1988. tall 4to. grey cloth stamped in blind and in gilt, cardboard slipcase. 355, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 1400 copies. Fine in lightly toned slipcase. An excellently produced new book devoted to the work of the Swiss designer and type historian, Max Caflisch. Text in German. Contributions by Berlincourt, Bertheau, Bosshard, Blum, Gschwend, Darrell Hyder (in English), Jager, Ramseger, Romano, Schmid, Stresow, Unger, Willberg and Hermann Zapf. Filled with illustrations of..... READ MORE about MAX CAFLISCH, TYPOGRAPHIA PRACTICA
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 25210
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1982). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket, cardboard slipcase. 304 pages. First U.S. edition. A fine copy. A history of these Bibles including a look at the social conditions which inspired the Bibles and a descriptive catalogue of 150 Bibles. 200 black and white illustrations and 60 color plates. READ MORE about ROMANESQUE BIBLE ILLUMINATION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 39973
Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. large 12mo. cloth, cloth-covered slipcase. x, 412 pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine slipcase. In the 1560's, the imperial secretary of Ferdinand I, G. Bocskay (d.1575) produced a model book of calligraphy, mostly on vellum and decorated with gold and silver. About 1590, the Flemish miniaturist J. Hoefnagel (1576-1612), court artist for Rudolf II (grandson of Ferd. I) added illuminations to the model book at the request..... READ MORE about MIRA CALLIGRAPHIAE MONUMENTA
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 52257
Totowa: Rowman and Littlefield, (1972). 4to. cloth-backed boards. 201 pages. Reprint of the 1965 first edition. Profusely illustrated. Well preserved copy. Very scarce. READ MORE about 2,000 YEARS OF CALLIGRAPHY A THREE-PART EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART,...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 64720
London: Maggs Bros. (1930). small 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (ii), 514 pages. Catalogue no.542. Many full page illustrations and an index. Essentially a history of writing through original source material. A near fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ART OF WRITING, 2800 B.C. TO 1930 A.D., ILLUSTRATED IN A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS WRITTEN...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 14499
Istanbul: Antik A.S., 1999. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 306 pages. First edition. A fine copy. A detailed study on the Turkish art of calligraphy. READ MORE about TÜRK HAT SANATI (ARAÇ, GEREÇ VE FORMLAR) / TURKISH CALLIGRAPHY (MATERIALS, TOOLS AND FORMS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 136724
Woodstock: Overlook Press, (1984). large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 127 pages. First U.S. edition. Spine of jacket slightly faded, else fine. Detailed advice on the design, composition, and use of paintings in manuscript books and broadsheets; Angel not only explains her own methods but also includes a section on the work of other contemporary scribes. Very well illustrated, mostly in color. READ MORE about PAINTING FOR CALLIGRAPHERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 51833
Madison, WI: The Meles Vulgaris Press, 1972. oblong 8vo. cloth, bottom edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 50 numbered copies, signed by project overseers Donald M. Anderson and Phillip M. Hamilton, and translator Robert J. Rodini, on colophon. A facsimile edition of Leopardo Antonozzi's alphabets of 1638. For description of the original work, see Stanley Morison, Calligraphy 1535-1885 (Milan: La Bibliofila, 1962), pp. 87-9, item 25. Notes on Antonozzi and his alphabets, English..... READ MORE about TRAJAN LETTERS DE CARATTERI DI LEOPARDO ANTONOZZI LIBRO PRIMO ROME MDCXXXVIII
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 121687
With a foreword by James M. Wells.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1988). oblong 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 183 pages. With a foreword by James M. Wells. First edition. Comprehensively describes and annotates twenty-two copybooks providing information on the scribe, the printer, intended audience, etc. Also contains a chapter on letter study and a selected bibliography. Well illustrated. Well preserved copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about MASTERS OF THE ITALIC LETTER, TWENTY-TWO EXEMPLARS FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 24272
New York: Dover Publications, (1973). oblong 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 155 pages. A sampling of the calligraphy of this well-known type designer. Includes 100 original alphabets as well as single letters, words, sentences and examples of Oriental and abstract calligraphy. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47305
(Bale: Les Editions Holbein), n.d. oblong small 4to. boards, paper cover label, dust jacket. 63 leaf facsimile followed by colophon page. An excellent slightly-enlarged facsimile reprint of one of the most important seventeenth century writing-books, with a descriptive blurb by Jan Tschichold. Little chipping along edges of jacket with some minor shelfwear to edges of the boards. Lower corners bumped. Originally published in Paris in 1647 by P. Drevet. Limited to 550 copies. From the..... READ MORE about LES ECRITURES FINANCIERE ET ITALIENNE-BASTARDE DANS LEUR NATUREL OUVRAGE COMPOSE DE QUANTITE...
Price: $170.00 Order nr. 28440
Tulsa, OK: The University of Tulsa, 1991. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Foreword by Sidney F. Huttner. Modern calligraphers. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about BEAUTIFUL WRITING, AN EXHIBITION IN THE JACK H. & TYBIE DAVIS SATIN RARE BOOK ROOM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 104274
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
New York: Bridgeman Publishers, (1940). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 48 pages followed by 31 full-page plates printed in black on a red background. Revised edition. Printed at The Golden Hind Press. Jacket has small piece missing at top of spine. Very good copy. READ MORE about THE ANATOMY OF LETTERING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 26862
Paris, France: (Bethune et Plon), 1845. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 7+(1); 19+(1) pages. Text in French. A scarce study of the creation of Arabic numerals, with some plates signed by the author. With 19 plates, 10 hand-colored. An absolutely beautiful example of calligraphy. Light chipping to spine and rear corner. Near fine, and very scarce in this condition. READ MORE about ÉTUDES DE CHIFFRES ARABES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 124041
New York: Pentalic Corporation, (1976). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. Revised edition. Fine in fine jacket. Survey of calligraphy in Britian, Europe and America. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY TODAY, A SURVEY OF TRADITION AND TRENDS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 22835
