(Günther, Dr. Jörn). Günther, Jörn Dr.

TIMELESS TREASURES: A SELECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES,EARLY PRINTED BOOKS.

Brochure 14
Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 2013. 4to. paper wrappers. 46 items for sale. Brochure 14. Brochure 14. A fine copy. Price list loosely inserted. A catalogue of illuminated manuscripts and early prints. Written in English. With frontispiece, and color photos of the 46 items on offer. READ MORE about TIMELESS TREASURES: A SELECTION OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, MINIATURES,EARLY PRINTED BOOKS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136688

(Günther, Jörn).

SECHZIG RARA, (1466-1557).

Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 1996. large 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 227+(1) pages. Catalogue No.4 from the bookseller, specialising in medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, incunabula and early printed works. Beautifully produced with vivid detail by Manfred von Arnim. Contains 60 entries, depicted for the most part with full-page illustrations in rich color. In-depth descriptions; brief English summary provided. Bibliographies noted. Indices included. Price list for works inserted. READ MORE about SECHZIG RARA, (1466-1557

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75612

Gray, Basil (editor).

THE ARTS OF THE BOOK IN CENTRAL ASIA, 14TH-16TH CENTURIES.

(Boulder): Shambhala Publications, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 314 pages. First U.S. edition. Ten separate authors discuss calligraphy, illumination, miniature painting and bookbinding during this period. 250 illustrations including many in color. Minor foxing of half-title. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about THE ARTS OF THE BOOK IN CENTRAL ASIA, 14TH-16TH CENTURIES

Price: $300.00  other currencies  Order nr. 19319

(Harkness, Edward S.).

LIVRE DE PETIT ARTUS: FILS DU BON DUC JEHAN DE BRETAIGNE.

New York, NY: The New York Public Library, 1928. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 10, (2) pages. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Lbbrary, June 1928. Description of an illuminated manuscript donated to the Library by library trustee Edward S. Harkness. Frontispiece and black and white plates. Handwritten notes laid in. Tearing along ends of spine. Light tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. READ MORE about LIVRE DE PETIT ARTUS: FILS DU BON DUC JEHAN DE BRETAIGNE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126733

Harrsen, Meta and George K. Boyce.

ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 103786

Herman, Nicholas.

MAKING THE RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPT: DISCOVERIES FROM PHILADELPHIA LIBRARIES.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 134574

Hindman, Sandra and Michael Camille, Nina Rowe, Rowan Watson.

MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION IN THE MODERN AGE: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 63389

(Hunt, Richard William). De La Mare, A.C. & B.C. Barker-Benfield.

MANUSCRIPTS AT OXFORD: AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF RICHARD WILLIAM HUNT (1908-1979), KEEPER OF WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AT THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY OXFORD, 1945-1975, ON THEMES SELECTED AND DESCRIBED BY SOME OF HIS FRIENDS.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 31786

(Illuminated Manuscripts).

ORE MEDICI ROTHSCHILD.

Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2011. small 8vo. full velvet, all edges gilt, metal book casing, enamel designs, leather slipcase. 235, 223 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. Towards 1485, Lorenzo de 'Medici commissioned the most successful miniature painters of Florence for which they were to create three luxurious Books of Hours to be allocated to his daughters as wedding presents. Of these little books, the first, now housed in Monaco, was given to Lucretia, who..... READ MORE about ORE MEDICI ROTHSCHILD

Price: $11,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108859

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Anderson, Janice.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 78032

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Avril, Francois.

MANUSCRIPT PAINTING AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY (1310-1380).

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  other currencies  Order nr. 136681

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Backhouse, Janet.

THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS.

Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press, 1981. small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. Origins and making, and later history of the Lindisfarne Gospels (8th century), with a chapter comparing the illumination of the Lindisfarne Gospels to that of several more or less contemporary manuscripts and to some decorative metalwork of the same era. The 66 illustrations include color photographs of all of the major illuminated pages..... READ MORE about THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53729

(Illuminated Manuscripts). Backhouse, Janet.

THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 9198