London: Sotheby's, 1990. large 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 354, (9) pages. Illustrated catalogue of 166 lots. Sale took place 29 November 1990. A fine copy. READ MORE about WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136733
New York: Arch Cape Press, (1988). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. Not paginated. Reprint of PALAEOGRAPHIA SACRA PICTORIA which was originally published in 1843-5. A fine copy in fine jacket. A magnificant selection of illustrations from ancient versions of the Bible copied from early illuminated manuscripts. The illustrations are in full color and the accompanying text contains detailed descriptions and gives locations of the manuscripts. READ MORE about THE ART OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, ILLUSTRATED SACRED WRITINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 29600
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, (1983). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv+(i), 190, (2)pages. Catalogue for a March 15 to June 3,1983 exhibition of 50 illuminated manuscripts at the Houghton Library. Light rubbing to spine and edges, else fine. 202 general entries, with section for expanded discussion and documentation of exhibit items, complemented by large facing reproductions in black and white. Bibliography, indices. Set and printed by the Harvard..... READ MORE about LATE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, 1350 - 1525, IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 63921
New York, NY: Morgan Library and Scala Arts Publishers Inc, 2017. 4to. paper wrappers. 95, (3) pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Fully illustrated in color. Details many of the illuminated calendars located in the collections of the Morgan Library. A rare book. READ MORE about THE MEDIEVAL CALENDAR: LOCATING TIME IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 136609
New York: George Braziller, (1988). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 230 pages. First edition. Spine of jacket faded, top corner bumped. A detailed analysis of THE BOOK OF HOURS, the so-called "best seller" of the late Middle Ages. Beautifully illustrated throughout.Jacket spine sunned. READ MORE about TIME SANCTIFIED, THE BOOK OF HOURS IN MEDIEVAL ART AND LIFE. With a foreword by Robert P. Bergman
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 28458
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux and J. Pierpont Morgan Library, (1994). square 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 64 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Magnificently illustrated with 87 examples from the world renowned collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library, this is the first book on illuminated manuscripts written specifically for younger readers. We consider it an excellent general introduction to the subject for adults as well. It is a concise text that gives a very..... READ MORE about BIBLES AND BESTIARIES: A GUIDE TO ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136533
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
London: Faber and Faber, (1959). 4to. cloth. 32 pages. First edition. Dust jacket torn and soiled, else very good.A survey of the revival of Benedictine monasticism in the second half of the tenth century, which was one of the greatest periods of English medieval art. A Benedictional is a book made for a bishop's own use which contains a series of solemn blessings to be said over the congregation during mass. The Benedictional of St..... READ MORE about THE BENEDICTIONAL OF ST. ETHELWOLD
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62271
Londonn: Sotheby & Co., 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages with 12 black-and-white plates. Illustrated version of the catalogue. Wrappers tanned at the edges, some sticker residue on top front wrapper near spine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND ILLUMINATED LEAVES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106193
2 volumes.
Caen: H. Delesques, 1903-1904. 8vo. later full cloth, leather spine labels, original paper wrappers bound in. xiv, 354+(2); cxxxii, 178+(2) pages, plates. 2 volumes. First edition. (Besterman, 5094). A two-volume catalogue of the printing and incunabula in Caen, followed by discussions of printers, booksellers, and noteworthy libraries. Includes 403 bibliographical references. Delisle (1826-1910) was a curator of the manuscripts collection in the Bibliothèque Impériale, and is admired for his scholarship in illuminated manuscripts and early..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE DES LIVRES IMPRIMÉS OU PUBLIÉS À CAEN AVANT LE MILIEU DU XVIe SIÈCLE
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 76167
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, n.d. 12mo. decorated paper-covered boards, paper cover and spine labels. 47+(1) pages. No.450 of the gift books issued by this German publisher. Text by Hans Naumann and many reproductions in full color of scenes from illuminated manuscripts Indentation mark on first two pages. Spine covering pulled away at head of spine. READ MORE about MINNESINGER, IN BILDERN DER MANESSISCHEN HANDSCHRIFT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 40088
New York: Yale University Press, 2011. square 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 431 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Magnificent catalog of the newly renovated Islamic Art galleries at The Met. Glass, metal, books, ceramics, but above all textiles, carpets, embroideries, dress and ornaments. READ MORE about MASTERPIECES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC ART IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 136722
7 volumes.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1909-1913. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 7 volumes. A bibliography of the collections of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, England. Each volume contains a note by the author, a short list of manuscripts described therein, and a listing of addenda and corrigenda. Each entry contains information on location within the library, a description of the manuscript, collation and a listing of its contents. Part 1: Nos. 1 to 100. Part..... READ MORE about A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
Price: $112.50 Order nr. 109468
4 volumes.
Cambridge: The University Press, 1900. 4to. cloth; title, author's name, volume and Cambridge arms gilt-stamped on spine. xxvi, 549+(1); xxviii, 428; xxxii, 532; xvi, 17 plates, 40 pages. 4 volumes. A bibliography of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge University. Those manuscripts are kept in three cases, designated B (theological), R (historical, miscellaneous and oriental), and O (a collection donated by Robert Gale in 1738). Volume 1 includes class B, entries 1-417;..... READ MORE about THE WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
Price: $475.00 Order nr. 109460
Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins/Walters Art Gallery, (1999). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, (ii), 309+(1) pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The story of how William Walters and his son Henry created the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the finest privately assembled museums in the United States, is here told for the first time. Drawing on the knowledge of the early museum staff and other valuable sources, William Johnston, the..... READ MORE about WILLIAM AND HENRY WALTERS, THE RETICENT COLLECTORS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 75029
N.P. Chapin Library, 1995. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 45, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Foreword by Robert L. Volz. Illustrated, including two in color. READ MORE about FINISHED BY HAND, DECORATION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 58055
New York: Christie's, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 155 pages. Illustrated. This sale contained a complete collection of Kelmscott imprints printed on vellum, including the Chaucer. A fine copy. READ MORE about PRINTED BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS AND WESTERN ILLUMINATED MANSUCRIPTS INCLUDING THE JOHN A. SAKS...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 25265
London: Scolar Press, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 395 pages. First edition. Includes papers by Pierre Chaplais, John C. Pope, T.A.M. Bishop, J.J.G. Alexander, R.M. Thomson, Graham Pollard, A.I. Doyle, A.J. Piper, R.W. Hunt, A.G. Rigg, Richard and Mary Rouse and a bibliography of Ker's writings by Joan Gibbs. Jacket chipped along edges with small tears. Ink ownership inscription in corner of front free endpaper. An uncommon festschrift. READ MORE about MEDIEVAL SCRIBES, MANUSCRIPTS & LIBRARIES, ESSAYS PRESENTED TO N.R. KER
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 33991
München: Prestel Verlag, (1972). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 210, (2) pages. Text in German. Publications of the Central Institute for Art History in Munich, V. Early medieval illuminated manuscripts from the collection of Koehler. Foreword by the editors. Complete descriptive information about each item. Table of contents, foreword by the editors, directory of cited literature and manuscripts, index. Dust jacket slightly torn at edges. READ MORE about WILHELM KOEHLER: BUCHMALEREI DES FRÜHEN MITTELALTERS: FRAGMENTE UND ENTWÜRFE AUS DEM NACHLAß
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115838
New York: H.P. Kraus, 1991. 4to. cloth, paper labels on front cover and spine. 218, (2) pages. Kraus catalogue 188 for 100 illuminated and text manuscripts, incunabula, books printed on vellum, fine bindings, and early illustrated books--well-annotated with illustrations (sometimes multiple) for about half the titles, often full-page in color. Printed price list loosely inserted. A fine copy. READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED DISTINGUISHED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 52498
Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1923. 8vo. later quarter parchment over paste paper covered boards, brown leather spine labels. vii, 68, (2) pages with 154 illustrations. A study of Islamic miniature painting including illuminated books. Well-illustrated. Some scuffing of pastepaper covers. READ MORE about MINIATURMALEREI IM ISLAMISCHEN ORIENT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 48001
Paris: Éditions Klincksieck, 1973. 4to. paper-covered boards. 88, (6) pages, with plates. Text in French. No. IX of the Bibliothèque des Cahiers Archéologiques series, published under the direction of Andre Grabar and Jean Hubert. A study of the Vaticanus Graecus 333. The manuscript itself focuses on the events in the lives of the biblical Kings Saul and David. Foreword. Two pages of color plates; 36 pages of black and white plates. Includes a comparative study..... READ MORE about L' ILLUSTRATION BYZANTINE DU LIVRE DES ROIS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 109437
London: J. & J. Leighton, n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top and fore edges cut, bottom edge uncut. 286, (2) pages. Sales catalogue for J. & J. Leighton listing 378 items in alphabetical order by author, title, or subject, from A to H, including several illuminated manuscripts. Contains many black-and-white reproductions from the works. Wrappers detached and chipped at edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF GERMAN, DUTCH & FLEMISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56505
4 volumes
Paris: (Protat Frères), 1937. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers with glassine wrapper; fourth volume is a cloth-backed board portfolio containing the plates. (iv), cliv, 304; (iv), 462; (iv), 161, (2); xiii pages + 140 leaves of plates in black and white. 4 volumes. First edition. A multi-volume work surveying pontifical manuscripts held in the public libraries of France (Besterman 3572). An introduction (over 150 pages long) helps establish for the reader the significance of pontifical..... READ MORE about LES PONTIFICAUX MANUSCRITS DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES PUBLIQUES DE FRANCE
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 109425
Luzern, Switzerland: Faksimile Verlag, n.d. folio. facsimiles laid in folder. unpaginated. Prospectus for this expensive facsimile including 2 leaves. Text in English, French and German. Two color, gilt-illuminated facsimiles from the memoirs of Marco Polo. One is Fol. 86v, Boucicaut Master, Trading Scene from the Gulf of Cambay, describing trading centers on the return voyage from China. The second, Fol. 88v, Boucicaut Master, The Island of Madagascar. Laid in folder. READ MORE about MARCO POLO
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 109469
