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
London: Faber and Faber, (1945). 8vo. cloth. x, 22 pages followed by 22 pages of plates. In the twelfth century a series of large bibles was produced in England, the best known of which is now in Winchester Cathedral. Forty-four illuminations and drawings from this magnificent work are here reproduced, with an introduction, information on the six artists, and notes concerning each plate. Minor fading to spine. Covers lightly soiled. Minor foxing to preliminary pages..... READ MORE about THE ARTISTS OF THE WINCHESTER BIBLE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 47921
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1966. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 108 pages, with plates. First volume in the Bodleian's "Illuminated Manuscripts" series. A bibliography of illuminated manuscripts held by the Bodleian Library as noted in the title. Color frontispiece. 906 entries. Concordance of Bodleian shelf-marks, indices of other manuscripts cited, dated or datable manuscripts, texts and authors, illuminators and scribes, persons (mainly owners), coats of arms, and places. List of illustrations. 66 pages of black and..... READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OXFORD 1: GERMAN, DUTCH, FLEMISH, FRENCH AND...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 109449
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
2 volumes.
Florence, Italy: Pantheon [printed in Italy for the Pegasus Press and designed at the Officina Bodoni] / New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., n.d. but 1928. 4to. cloth, spine gilt-stamped, top edges gilt. xx,(ii),132; (iv) pages, with 101 and 159 additional leaves in vols. I and II respectively. 2 volumes. First edition. In the 1920's, the Pegasus Press (or "À l'enseigne du Pégase") of John Holroyd-Reece, based in Paris, published a number of art books..... READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUMINATION
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 130557
3 Volumes.
London, England: Sotheby's, 1992-4. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 131, (5); 91, (9); 135, (7) pages. 3 Volumes. Auctions, June 23, 1992, December 6, 1993, and December 5, 1994. 95, 75, and 99 lots, respectively. Black and white illustrations throughout each volume. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 131551
N.P. Collins, (1966). 12mo. paper wrappers. 26 pages of text followed by 28 plates. Reprint. The 28 plates are in color. READ MORE about IRISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 8018
Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck u Verlagsanstalt, 1987. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 160, (2) pages, plates. Table of contents, Foreword, introduction, index. Flemish and Burgundian illuminated manuscripts in the Austrian National Library.112 color and black and white plates follow text. READ MORE about FLÄMISCHE BUCHMALEREI HANDSCHRIFTEN UND INKUNABELSAMMLUNG DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 133282
London, England: Day and Son, (1860). 4to. cloth. unpaginated. Introductory essay by M. Digby Wyatt. List of the plates. Frontispiece. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. Lacks plates. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 130614
(London, England): Victoria and Albert Museum, (1984). 8vo. cloth, decorated endpapers, slipcase with inlaid color illustration. 126, (2) pages. Table of contents, list of abbreviations, introduction, list of figures, endnotes. Black and white frontispiece, 30 black and white illustrations in text. 32 color plates follow text. READ MORE about PLAYFAIR HOURS: A LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FROM ROUEN
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 131252
New York: George Braziller, (1977). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 126 pages. First edition. Beautifully illustrated with 48 full color plates. READ MORE about LATE ANTIQUE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN BOOK ILLUMINATION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 30379
Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1966. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51+(1) pages followed by 32 plates. A catalogue for an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of the museum's founder. 150 items, fully described, illustrated with 32 plates. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 105110
Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 12 pages followed by 25 plates. Bodleian Picture Book No. 1. Cover slightly soiled. Minor wear and soiling. Very small black ink mark (?) on title page which leached through the text, but not the plates. READ MORE about ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATION
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 102192
16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates)
Paris: Société française de Reproductions de Manuscripts a Peintures, 1933. 4to. stiff paper wrapper, envelope (for plates). (v), 78 pages and 23 plates. 16e Année (Exercice 1932), 2 volumes (bound periodical and packet of loose plates). This issue of the Bulletin features an article by Guy de la Batut about the principle illuminated manuscripts of the Mazarin Library. It also contains a bibliography of publications (including sale catalogues) issued from 1929 through 1932 related to..... READ MORE about BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE REPRODUCTIONS DE MANUSCRIPTS A PEINTURES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 79819
Oxford: Bodleian Library, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 10 pages followed by 22 pages of plates. First published 1954. Number 10 of the Bodleian Picture Books Series. With an index of the 22 black-and-white plate pages. Edges lightly tanned, minor soiling. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUMINATION OF THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 102293
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1969. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 24 illuminated manuscripts are illustrated and described in detail. Some illustrations are in color. Acquisition date in ink in corner of front cover. READ MORE about FRENCH AND FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM CHICAGO COLLECTIONS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 6243
Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1949. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates. An exhibition catalogue. Wrappers slightly faded. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 9197
Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1949. 4to. cloth-backed boards with original cover laid down on cloth as issued. xiv, 85 pages and 80 plates. An exhibition catalogue. Some foxing. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 47070
Stuttgart, Germany: Belser Verlag, (1991). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 252 pages. Contents, foreword by Vogler, afterword by King, chronology, general bibliography, authors' addresses, photographic credits, index of persons and places. 34 color plates, 68 black and white illustrations. Contributors include Dieter Geuenich, Ivo Auf der Maur, Johannes Duft, Walter Berschin, Christoph Eggenberger, Peter Ochsenbein, Stefan Sonderegger, Heinz Horat, Hans Martin Gubler, and Rosamond McKitterick. READ MORE about THE CULTURE OF THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 130852
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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
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
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
Foreword by Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 84 pages followed by 32 plates. Foreword by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. Limited to 1750 copies. Illustrated. Name in ink. Covers faded. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF HOURS OF CATHERINE OF CLEVES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 9554
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1968. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 52 pages followed by 57 plates. With a full color frontispiece. Spine faded. READ MORE about THE GLAZIER COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9981
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 34 pages and 37 plates including a number in full color. Covers slightly faded. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE WILLIAM S. GLAZIER COLLECTION
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 9202
