New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953. 4to. cloth. xii, 82 pages and 78 plates. Limited to 750 copies. Printed at the Spiral Press and containing 72 collotype and 84 other illustrations and 6 plates in color. READ MORE about ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 103786
Philadelphia: Penn Libraries/Kislak Center, 2020. 8.5 x 11 inches. Paperback with French flaps. 352 pages. This exhibition catalogue examines the making of the hand-written and hand-illuminated book during a time of great political, religious, and technological transformation in Europe. Through approximately forty loans from ten regional institutions, as well another forty items from Penn's own collections, the exhibition examines the full intellectual and artistic depth of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through a varied selection..... READ MORE about MAKING THE RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPT: DISCOVERIES FROM PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 134574
Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 1977. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 234 pages and 89 plates. First edition. A fine copy. An impressive study issued in conjunction with an exhibition of incunables and manuscripts. READ MORE about PEN TO PRESS: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE FIRST C ENTURY OF PRINTING
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 22016
(Evanston, IL: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 2001. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 329+(1) pages in addition to 32 leaves of color plates. First edition. Three hundred years ago, now treasured medieval manuscripts were scorned, neglected and left to vandals. An exhibit held at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art early in 2001, sought to explore new ideas and perspectives on the destruction and reconstitution of illuminated manuscripts in the..... READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION IN THE MODERN AGE: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 63389
Esposizione: dal 19 al 26 Aprile, Vendita: 27 Aprile, Ore 16,30
Milano: Libreria Antiqvaria di Ulrico Hoepli, 1933. 4to. dust jacket over stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 73, (iii) pages followed by 48 plates. Esposizione: dal 19 al 26 Aprile, Vendita: 27 Aprile, Ore 16,30. Text in Italian. Blogie VI 500. Catalogue of an auction listing 116 lots. Items offered include autographs, manuscripts, incunabula, and XVIth-century to modern books. Descriptions followed by 48 plates, many of which fold out. Columbia University bookplate on inside front wrapper. Corners..... READ MORE about INVNABVLI MANOSCRITTI AVTOGRAFI LIBRI ILLVSTRATI DAL SECOLO XVI AL XIX VENDITA ALL'ASTA IN ROMA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 95751
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1980. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 155 pages. Filled with illustrations. Ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPTS AT OXFORD: AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF RICHARD WILLIAM HUNT (1908-1979), KEEPER OF...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 31786
New York: George Braziller, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 118 pages. First edition. Color illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE DECORATED LETTER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 23726
Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. folio. red velvet binding (silver ferrules, clasp strips and coat of arms), clamshell case. 64, 183 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 550 copies. Fine in fine clamshell box. The majestic liturgical book known as the Lezionario Farnese, produced in Rome shortly after the mid-sixteenth century for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, represents a high point for the art of illumination. Given its size the work is of monumental proportions..... READ MORE about IL LEZIONARIO FARNESE
Price: $6,500.00 Order nr. 105362
(New York): Todtri Book Publishers, (1999). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. General overview of the different periods of history and their focus on illuminated manuscripts. Fine condition. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 78032
Oxford, England: Bodleian Library, (1970). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages, plates. Bodleian Picture Books Special Series No. 1. Preface by J.J.G. Alexander, description of plates, select bibliography, index of manuscripts. 36 black and white plates. READ MORE about ANGLO-SAXON ILLUMINATION IN OXFORD LIBRARIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131766
New York: George Braziller, (1978). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 118 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Color illustrations. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT PAINTING AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY (1310-1380
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 136681
Oxford: Phaidon, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 80 pages. First edition. With 70 illustrations including 28 in color. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9198
Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library.
Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto, (1998). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library. First North American edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Chronological survey of illustrated manuscripts from 7th-17th century Europe and the Middle East in the British Library. Color illustrations for each entry. READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED PAGE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 76973
N.P. n.p., n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 37+(1) pages. Introduction by Dr. Johannes Maas. One color plate and many in black and white. READ MORE about BAMBERGER APOKALYPSE, MINIATUR DER REICHENAUER SCHULE UM DAS JAHR 1000 AUS DER BAMBERER...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 45377
London: Sotheby's, 1997. large 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 261, (13) pages. Auction catalogue of one of the most refined and unusual private collections of illuminated manuscripts, including two 9th-century Bible fragments as well as a fascinating group of secular texts. Extremely detailed; well-illustrated. Minor soiling to covers and spine, else a fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE BECK COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 51761
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958. 8vo. boards, slipcase. 32 beautiful illuminations in facsimile. With 32 full color plates showing this beautiful book. With an introduction by James J. Rorimer. Slipcase lightly worn, else fine condition. READ MORE about THE BELLES HEURES OF JEAN, DUKE OF BERRY, PRINCE OF FRANCE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9185
Rome: Salerno Editrice, 1998. folio. full stamped leather boards, acrylic slipcase. (92) leaves. Limited to 980 copies, of which this is one of 250 copies reserved for Salerno Editrice in Italian. Lacking the commentary volume. The bottom edge of the slipcase has been separated, but is present. Else in near fine condition. One of the masterpieces of French Gothic illumination, the Morgan Bible is an impressive reminder of the importance of biblical history for the..... READ MORE about LA BIBBIA DEI CROCIATI
Price: $5,500.00 Order nr. 137063
(New York): Crescent Books, n.d. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket, patterned endpapers. 124, (2) pages. Reprint of the first English edition, distributed by Crown Publishers (NY). About 90 selected miniatures from codex 1911 in the National Library of Austria, a Bible produced in Naples by several scribes and four illuminators around 1360. A popular rather than a scholarly work. Each reproduction is accompanied by a narrative text by G. Bise giving the Biblical story as..... READ MORE about THE ILLUMINATED NAPLES BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT), 14TH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103755
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
New York: Institute of Fine Arts/New York University, (1966). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 63+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue for 30 manuscript miniatures collected by the art dealer Mortimer Brandt, from the German school, Augsburg (c.1235-1250) to the Italian school, Rome (c.1566-1573). Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about THE MORTIMER BRANDT COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 69305
Collection Guy du Boisrouvray.
Paris: n.p., 1961. 4to. publisher's cloth. 146, (1) pages; 98 plates (10 in color). Collection Guy du Boisrouvray. Limited to 1,025 copies, of which is is one of 1,000 numbered copies (this copy is unnumbered). Cloth boards sunned where exposed. Some pages unopened. With silk ribbon place-marker. Very good condition. Catalogue of 30 illuminated books and manuscripts from the Département des Manuscrits, Bibliothéque Nationale de France. Preface by Jean Porcher, Conservateur en chef du Cabinet..... READ MORE about MANUSCRITS Á PEINTURES OFFERTS Á LA BIBLIOTHÉQUE NATIONALE PAR LE COMTE GUY DU BOISROUVRAY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 138466
Paris: Les Enluminures, (2000). small 4to. cloth with paper emblem. 157 pages. A bookseller's catalogue. Filled with plates in color. Near fine. Price list included. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about BOOKS OF HOURS, LIVRES D'HEURES, CATALOGUE 9
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 77449
London: Methuen & Co., (1920). 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt. xiv, 290 pages. Later printing. Colored frontispiece and 20 other illustrations. Part of the "Little Books On Art" series edited by Cyril Davenport. Near fine. READ MORE about ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 136702
London: Royal Asiatic Society / Philip Wilson, 2010. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 214 pages. First edition, first printing. A fine copy. The Shahnamah of Firdausi produced for the Timurid Muhammad Juki (a grandson of Timur) in the 1440s is one of the finest surviving Persian manuscripts produced between the heyday of Baysunghur's academy in Herat and the appearance of Bihzad. It has thirty-one exquisite miniature paintings depicting scenes from the epic tale and fine illumination..... READ MORE about MUHAMMAD JUKI'S SHAHNAMAH OF FIRDAUSI
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 137088
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (1994). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Definitions of techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Presented in an easily portable format, this volume includes concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer along with fifty-six color and thirty-one black-and-white illustrations. Fine condition. READ MORE about UNDERSTANDING ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, A GUIDE TO TECHNICAL TERMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62886
