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

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New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, (1983). miniature book (4.5 x 5.7 cm.). pebbled cloth, paper cover label, paper slide-on case with cover label. (10) pages printed French-fold. Limited to 300 copies of which this is one of 241 copies to be hand-illuminated and signed by the illuminator and calligrapher, E. Helene Sherman (Bradbury, REM, 64). Issued on Massmann's 59th birthday. Miniature broadside folded and loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. READ MORE about ERE E EME

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Comprising Dr. F. G. Emmison, The Lincoln Memorial University, Captain M. E. Butler-Bowdon, O.B.E., Royal Navy, and Rev. Monsignor David McRoberts.
London: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co., 1983. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 97 pages. Comprising Dr. F. G. Emmison, The Lincoln Memorial University, Captain M. E. Butler-Bowdon, O.B.E., Royal Navy, and Rev. Monsignor David McRoberts. Auction, June 24, 1980, of Western items, including numerous missals and prayer books. 104 lots. Prices realized sheet laid in. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136601

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library in Association with Harry N. Abrams, (1993). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 310 pages. Spine of jacket faded, else fine. A description and history of the Morgan Library, followed by a discussion and illustration (mostly in color) of each of over 200 of "some of the finest and most representative objects" (foreword) selected from the Library's collections. Arranged by collection with a brief introduction for each. Includes an index of..... READ MORE about IN AUGUST COMPANY. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY

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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 170 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. "Deals with a hitherto unexplored aspect of the Gothic revival, the awakening interest by connoisseurs in medieval miniatures as works of art." Much on the collectors of the period. A scarce book. READ MORE about CONNOISSEURS AND MEDIEVAL MINIATURES, 1750-1850

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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...

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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

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3 volumes.
London: Sotheby & Co., 1958, 1959, 1960. 4to. boards. 3 volumes. The illustrated version of this magnificent sale of illuminated manuscripts with plates in color. Volume One faded along spine. Volume two bumped at tail of spine and faded around edges, with minor moisture staining along the spine. Volume three torn along head of spine along the front and rear hinge, with warped covers. Overall a good set. Part I : Catalogue of forty-five exceptionally..... READ MORE about THE DYSON PERRINS LIBRARY

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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2016. 8.5 x 11 inches. soft cover. 100 pages. Reactions: Medieval/Modern explores the many and varied ways that people have reacted to, and acted upon, manuscripts from the Middle Ages up to today. Reactions take many forms. They include the manipulation of physical objects through, for example, the marking up of texts, addition of illustrations, the disbinding books or rebinding fragments, as well as the manipulation of digital objects, thanks..... READ MORE about REACTIONS: MEDIEVAL/MODERN

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Jenkintown: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, 1971. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 500 copies. A catalogue of the exhibition of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, held on the occasion of the visit of the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie in 1971. There are 121 books, prints and drawings listed. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES, PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE LESSING J....

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Farnborough: Gregg Reprint, 1971. 4to. cloth. 352 pages. Reprint of the 1953 first edition. READ MORE about SCRIPTORIUM ... INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF MANUSCRIPT STUDIES. TOME V11. 1953

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London: Oxford University Press, 2000. folio. cloth, dust jacket. 300 pages. First edition. A fine copy. An important collection of religious manuscripts, particularly Qur'ans, notable for their calligraphy, illuminations and bindings. An introductory essay is followed by the catalogue of examples divided: Iraq and Egypt, Iran and India, the Ottoman Empire, the Maghrib, sub-Saharan Africa, China, South-East Asia; with concordances of catalogue and manuscript numbers, a list of calligraphers represented in the Shaker collection, brief..... READ MORE about GOLDEN PAGES. QUR'ANS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF GHASSAN I. SHAKER

Price: $600.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136632