Billinger, Richard.

DER GARTEN HAUCHT: GEDICHTE VON RICHARD BILLINGER ZUM 10. TODESTAG.

(Bad Goisern: Neugebauer Press, 1975). narrow 4to. loose sheets in three-fold stiff-paper wrapper. 8 not paginated leaves separated by tissues. Nine poems by Austrian poet and writer Richard Billinger written in various styles of calligraphy (all in white on a black background except for the one on the wrapper), published to mark the 10th anniversary of Billinger's death. The exterior of this copy shows minor shelf wear and soiling; the interior shows no signs of wear. READ MORE about DER GARTEN HAUCHT: GEDICHTE VON RICHARD BILLINGER ZUM 10. TODESTAG

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 91109

Binski, Paul.

SCHILDERS.

(Kampen: Uitgeversmaatschappij J.H. Kok, 1991). small square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. First Dutch edition. Part of the Medieval Craftsmen series. Combining documentary evidence with a study of surviving paintings, the author is able to reconstruct in detail the processes involved in creating art during the middle ages. He also examines the painters' identities, their choice of images, and their social and economic background. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about SCHILDERS

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 62666

(Blutfogel, Balthazar). Zoltánné, Soltész.

BLUTFOGEL BOLDIZSÁR MINIÁTOR.

Az Országos Széchényi Konyvtár kiadványai no. 41.
(Budapest: Akademisi Nyomda, 1957). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 18 pages. Az Országos Széchényi Konyvtár kiadványai no. 41. Text in Hungarian. Works of Balthazar Blutfogel (d. 1516), Hungarian priest and manuscript illuminator. Illustrations and a list of incunables illuminated by Blutfogel. Summary in German. Five black and white plates. British Library catalogue entry laid in. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about BLUTFOGEL BOLDIZSÁR MINIÁTOR

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 107597

Bond, E. A , Bond,E.A.,E. M. Thompson, Rev. H.O. Coxe, Rev. S. S. Lewis, Sir M. Digby Wyatt, Professor Westwood, F. H. Dickinson & Professor Swainson.

THE UTRECHT PSALTER.

Reports addressed to the Trustees of the British Museum on the Age of the Manuscript
London: Williams and Norgate, 1874. folio. stiff paper wrappers. (vi)14 pages followed by 3 full-page plates. Reports addressed to the Trustees of the British Museum on the Age of the Manuscript. The report is on an illuminated manuscript over which there had been some controversy as to its age. The Trustees of the British Museum had asked for a report from several distinguished scholars to resolve the matter. This copy had been in the University... READ MORE about THE UTRECHT PSALTER

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 87731

(Bookbinding).

EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND HAND-DECORATED PAPERS.

Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers.
New York: The Guild of Book Workers, (1959). 8vo. paper wrappers. (28) pages. Sponsored by The Guild of Book Workers. One page introduction by Laura Young. Contains descriptions of the books in the exhibition, incluindg 24 black-and-white photographs. Covers soiled. READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF HAND BOOKBINDING, CASEMAKING, RESTORATION CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION, AND...

Price: $24.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11966

(Botfield, Beriah).

PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM BERIAH BOTFIELD'S LIBRARY AT LONGLEAT.

(London: Soethby's, 2002. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 315 pages, Auction catalogue of this sale. Three page foreword by Lord Hindlip and two page biographical sketch of Botfield (1807-1863) by Tom Lamb. 216 lots. Illustrated in full color throughout. Two day sale with the first day describing illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, travel books and natural History Books. The Evening saw the sale of Furniture, Silver, Porcelain and gold boxes. English watercolours and old master... READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM BERIAH BOTFIELD'S LIBRARY AT LONGLEAT

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77702

Bridges, Robert (editor).

ENGLISH HANDWRITING CONTINUED FROM TRACT XXIII WITH THIRTY-ONE ADDITIONAL PLATES.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 121719

(British Museum).

CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. NEW SERIES.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 77150

Brown, Frank Chouteau.

LETTERS & LETTERING, A TREATISE WITH 200 EXAMPLES.

Boston: Bates & Guild, 1921. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 214, (3) pages. First printing of this new edition. The lettering examples are from all centuries. Minor chipping along edges of jacket. READ MORE about LETTERS & LETTERING, A TREATISE WITH 200 EXAMPLES

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 110260

CALLIGRAPHY IDEA EXCHANGE Volume II, No.1,

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  other currencies  Order nr. 133741

(Calligraphy).

THE ART OF ORNAMENT AND WRITING: WRITING MASTER BOOKS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 47894

(Calligraphy). Barbedor, Louis.

LES ECRITURES FINANCIERE ET ITALIENNE-BASTARDE DANS LEUR NATUREL OUVRAGE COMPOSE DE QUANTITE D'EXEMPLAIRES ... DES ALPHABETS ET PIECES D'ECRITURES.

(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. Originally published in Paris in 1647 by P. Drevet. Limited to 550 copies. Little chipping along edges. READ MORE about LES ECRITURES FINANCIERE ET ITALIENNE-BASTARDE DANS LEUR NATUREL OUVRAGE COMPOSE DE QUANTITE...

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 28440

(Calligraphy).

CALLIGRAPHER'S ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR.

New York: Society of Scribes, 1978. 8vo. spiral bound with stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Only the 1978 calander. The week's schedule appears on one side with a sample of fine writing on the other: some are quotations or passages, some are simply alphabets. READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHER'S ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79666