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  other currencies  Order nr. 62883

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  other currencies  Order nr. 40151

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 125296

London: Sotheby's, 1985. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. A catalogue to a sale of important illuminated manuscripts and other early works, including many fine bindings. 112 entries in all. Sale of June 25th. Well illustrated, much in full color. Spine faded. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MIMIATURES

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48532

London: Sotheby's, 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 264 pages. A catalogue (June 23rd) to an auction of rare manuscripts and miniatures, including the Armagnac Breviary illuminated for Jean du Roussay. Well illustrated, much in full color. Ink ownership stamp in corner of front cover. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70282

London: Sotheby's, 1987. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 162 pages. A catalogue (December 1st) to an auction of rare manuscripts and miniatures. 74 lots. Ink ownership stamp in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106008

Oxford: Phaidon in Association with the British Library, (1981). small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. Origins and making, and later history of the Lindisfarne Gospels (8th century), with a chapter comparing the illumination of the Lindisfarne Gospels to that of several more or less contemporary manuscripts and to some decorative metalwork of the same era. The 66 illustrations include color photographs of all of the major illuminated pages of the manuscripts..... READ MORE about THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62267

New York: Institute of Fine Arts/New York University, (1966). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 63+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue for 30 manuscript miniatures collected by the art dealer Mortimer Brandt, from the German school, Augsburg (c.1235-1250) to the Italian school, Rome (c.1566-1573). Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE MORTIMER BRANDT COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69305

Dresden: C.C. Meinhold & Söhne, 1906. 4to. half cloth with paper-covered boards, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. vii, 469 pages. First edition. Contains tipped-in colour frontispiece and many black-and-white photographic illustrations. Covers differentially faded and split along upper hinge but binding still reasonably sound. READ MORE about DIE MALEREIEN IN DEN HANDSCRIFTEN DES KÖNIGREICHS SACHSEN

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Paris, France: Éditions de la Revue Verve, (1946). folio. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 68, (2) pages. Text in French. From Vol. IV, No. 16 of Verve. Color and black and white illustrations. Concluding remarks by Edmond Pognon of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Dust jacket and text tanned at edges. READ MORE about TRAITÉ DE LA FORME ET DEVIS D'UN TOURNOI

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(Akron, OH): by the author, (2000). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 158 pages. Table of contents, preface, essay by Jonathan J.G. Alexander. suggestions for further reading. Includes Bibles, Italy and Spain, France and Flanders, literary manuscripts, and later manuscripts. Color illustrations throughout. Price list laid in. READ MORE about IMPORTANT ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130779

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958. 4to. cloth, slipcase. x, 86, (2) pages followed by 90 plates. First edition of this beautifully produced catalogue printed at the Spiral Press in an edition limited to 850 copies of which only 750 copies were offered for sale. catalogue describes in depth 64 items. Well illustrated with 90 plates in black and white and seven plates in color, some of which are tipped-in. Slipcase rubbed along edges..... READ MORE about CENTRAL EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 43800