Losty, J.P.

INDIAN BOOK PAINTING.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 64002

Martin, Kurt.

MINNESÄNGER, ACHTEZEHN FARBIGE WIEDERGABEN AUS DER MANESSISCHEN LIEDERHANDSCHRIFT.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 130593

Morello, Giovanni and Silvia Maddalo (editors).

LITURGIA IN FIGURA: CODICI LITURGICI RINASCIMENTALI DELLA BIBLIOTECA APOLTOLICA VATICANA.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 125419

Nesbit, Alexander and Edward Maunde Thompson.

TWO MEMOIRS OF THE "EVANGELIA QUATUOR" ONCE BELONGING TO THE ABBEY OF LINDAU AND NOW TO THE EARL OF ASHBURNHAM, F.S.A.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 109470

Olmert, Michael.

THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF BOOKS.

New York: Wings Books, (1995). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. Reprint of the first edition. A one volume history of the book illustrated with 350 photographs. With an introduction by Christopher de Hamel. This book received excellent reviews. READ MORE about THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF BOOKS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93811

Rouse, M.A., and R.H. Rouse.

CARTOLAI, ILLUMINATORS, AND PRINTERS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY: THE EVIDENCE OF THE RIPOLI PRESS.

Los Angeles: University of California, 1988. 8vo. stiff wrappers. 127 +(1) pages and 25 plates. First edition. Examples of late medieval or renaissance artists at work in a collection of early printed books. The authors suggest that it was the cartolai or paper dealers, who, in the first twenty-five or so years of Italian printing, were instrumental in the hand-finishing and decoration of printed books. With color frontis and twenty-five black-and-white plates following text. READ MORE about CARTOLAI, ILLUMINATORS, AND PRINTERS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY: THE EVIDENCE OF THE RIPOLI PRESS

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62719

Sweeney, James Johnson.

MANUSCRITOS IRLANDESES PRIMITIVOS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 131523

Todd, James Henthorn.

REMARKS ON ILLUMINATIONS IN SOME IRISH BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS.

N.P. n.p., n.d. folio. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages and 4 separate plates. Vestutal Monumenta, Vol. VI. Part of a series of antiquarian papers published between 1718 and 1906. Plates XLIII-XLVI of medieval Irish manuscripts. Includes color illustrations from the Book of Kells, Garland of Howth and the Psalter of Ricemarth. Author was a Fellow of Trinity College and Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Dublin. Author's essay includes general descriptive information, in..... READ MORE about REMARKS ON ILLUMINATIONS IN SOME IRISH BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109471

Van Moe, Emile A.

THE DECORATED LETTER, FROM THE VIIITH TO THE XIITH CENTURY.

Paris: Editions du Chene, 1950. 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 120 pages. First edition in English. With many tipped-in plates in full color. One of the more important books on illuminated lettering. Dust jacket worn with pieces missing. Foxing to gutters of pastedowns / endpapers. READ MORE about THE DECORATED LETTER, FROM THE VIIITH TO THE XIITH CENTURY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32433

Velmans, Tania.

LE TÉTRAÉVANGILE DE LA LAURENTIENNE.

Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1971. 4to. paper-covered boards. 51, (5) pages, with plates. Text in French. No. VI in the Bibliothèque des Cahiers Archéologiques, published under the direction of André Grabar and Jean Hubert. A study of the Florence Laur. VI. 23 manuscript, the four Gospels. Preface by Grabar. Foreword. Introduction, descriptive information about each folio and table of contents. 64 pages of black and white plates. Bookplate on front pastedown. Boards lightly soiled. READ MORE about LE TÉTRAÉVANGILE DE LA LAURENTIENNE

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109440

(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MAJOR J.R. ABBEY ... THE TENTH PORTION: THIRTY-FOUR MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 11TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY.

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1978. 4to. boards. 81 pages and 32 plates at the end in addition to the color plates in the text. S-K 1184. This part is less common than other parts of the sale. Xerox of prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED LIBRARY, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MAJOR J.R. ABBEY ... THE TENTH...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 8432

(Abbey, J.R.).

CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE PROPERTY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY.

Ten volumes.
London: Sotheby's, 1965-1989. small 4to. original boards except parts five and six which are in the original paper wrappers. Ten volumes. First ten volumes of these auction catalogues describing this magnificent collection (lacks the 11th volume which was issued in 1989). Contains one of the best selections of bookbindings and books about bookbindings ever sold at auction. Hundreds of plates of illustrations. Prices realized in all volumes except volume eight. Covers of volume 9 have..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS AND FINE BINDINGS FROM THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION, THE...

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 25725