(Illuminated Manuscripts). Harrison, Canon F.

TREASURES OF ILLUMINATION, ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTU RY (C.1250 TO 1400).

London: The Studio Ltd., 1937. small 4to. library buckram. 48 pages followed by 24 explanatory leaves and 24 tipped-in full color plates. First edition. Exlibris with evidence of a card catalogue removed from rear free endpaper. Sections on The Apocalypse, The Bestiary, The Psalter, the Illuminator and how he worked, the Patrons, Pigments and Mediums, etc. The color plates are very well produced. READ MORE about TREASURES OF ILLUMINATION, ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTU RY (C.1250 TO 1400

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122833

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Harrsen, Meta.

CENTRAL EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN.

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

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

HEINRICH DER LÖWE UND SEIN EVANGELIAR--EINE AUSSTELLUNG DER NIEDERSÄCHSISCHEN SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG.

(Hannover, Germany: Scherrerdruck, 1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 54 pages. Text in German. Introduction by Dietrich H. Hoppenstedt, chair of the foundation. The work of Heinrich der Löwe (1129/30-1195). 21 color plates. READ MORE about HEINRICH DER LÖWE UND SEIN EVANGELIAR--EINE AUSSTELLUNG DER NIEDERSÄCHSISCHEN SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126147

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ILLUMINATED & CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPTS, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE FOGG ART MUSEUM & HOUGHTON LIBRARY.

Cambridge: n.p., 1955. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 45, (3) pages followed by 80 plates. With an introduction by Hanns Swarzenski and a foreword by William A. Jackson. A fine copy. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED & CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPTS, AN EXHIBITION HELD AT THE FOGG ART MUSEUM &...

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31956

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 47070

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT PAINTING 1300-1550.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A catalogue to an exhibition of sixty illuminated manuscripts, leaves, and cuttings from early Italian works. Also a rare set of 35 painted tarot cards circa 1450. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT PAINTING 1300-1550

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48840

(Illuminated Manuscripts). King, James C. and Werner Vogler.

THE CULTURE OF THE ABBEY OF ST. GALL.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 130852

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Kren, Thomas (editor).

RENAISSANCE PAINTING IN MANUSCRIPTS, TREASURES FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

New York: Hudson Hills Press, (1983). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 210 pages. First edition. Spine faded, else a fine copy. For two centuries the British Museum, from which the British Library was created two decades ago, has collected manuscripts that cover the history of European illumination; this volume focuses on a single period in that history, 1450 to 1560, and its three major schools. Thomas Kren writes on the Flemish manuscripts, 1475-1550, Mark Evans..... READ MORE about RENAISSANCE PAINTING IN MANUSCRIPTS, TREASURES FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM

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(Illuminated Manuscripts). Leroquais, V.

LE YSOPET DE LYON [bound with] PSAUTIER DE JULLY (1 ÈRE MOITIÉ DU XIII È SIÈCLE).

Lyon, France: Bibliothéque de Lyon, 1923. 8vo. green cloth, red leather spine label. 32 pages, followed by 18 plates, 8 pages, followed by 17 plates. Two facsimilie editions bound in one. Light rubbing to the cloth boards. Leather spine label lightly worn. Bookplate of H.P. Kraus on front pastedown. Printed in small numbers on beautiful laid paper. Ysopet de Lyon has 18 plates and Psautier de Jully has 17 plates, one printed in color. From..... READ MORE about LE YSOPET DE LYON [bound with] PSAUTIER DE JULLY (1 ÈRE MOITIÉ DU XIII È SIÈCLE

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136920

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Manion, Margaret, Vera F. Vines and Christopher De.

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS IN NEW ZEALAND COLLECTIONS.

Melbourne, London, New York: Thames and Hudson, (1989). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 200 pages. A catalogue and visual record of 181 manuscripts or fragments of illuminated books in public and private collections in New Zealand. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Each is fully described as to binding, text, lettering and decoration, with provenance given, and bibliography. With an introduction, guide to liturgical and devotional books, and four indices. Lavishly illustrated with 24 plates..... READ MORE about MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS IN NEW ZEALAND COLLECTIONS

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 46874

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Marks, Richard and Nigel Morgan.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT PAINTING, 1200-1500.

New York: George Braziller Inc, (1981). small 4to. softcover. 119+(1) pages. First U.S. edition. A fine copy. This is the first comprehensive selection in color of manuscripts from 1200 to 1500, the richest period of English Gothic manuscript painting, covering the centuries of the luxurious personal psalters and Books of Hours. The volume includes forty color plates, each faced by a detailed commentary, and an introduction with black-and-white photographs. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT PAINTING, 1200-1500

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(Illuminated Manuscripts). Medica, Massimo.

IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI.

Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. 8vo. morocco binding adorned with silver and enamel work and semi-preciuos stones, clamshell case. 274, 247 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 980 signed and numbered copies. This extremely refined masterwork of the Italian Renaissance (1503) was commissioned by Bonaparte Ghislieri, who belonged to a leading family of Bologna. Also Bolognese was the calligrapher, Pietro Antonio Sallando (a grammarian at the city's university and a renowned calligraphy master)..... READ MORE about IL LIBRO D'ORE DI BONAPARTE GHISLIERI

Price: $11,250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105364

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ERIC KORNER.

London: Sotheby's, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 91, (7) pages. Auction, held June 19, 1990, of Korner's collection of medieval illuminated miniatures. Color frontispiece and color illustrations throughout. Biographical sketch of Korner by his son Anthony. 40 lots. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ERIC KORNER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107982