Valladolid: Casa Social Catolica, 1926. 4to. cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in. 890, (6) pages. Besterman p.5190. Minor rubbing to the boards, else a near fine copy. An annotated bibliography of 2,601 items printed in the Spanish province of Valladolid. Illustrated and well indexed. READ MORE about CATALOGO RAZONADO DE OBRAS IMPRESAS EN VALLADOLID 1481-1800
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 43251
Los Angeles: UCLA Library, n.d. small 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. 25 pages. Reproduced from typescript. A fine copy. READ MORE about BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY ALDINE COLLECTION
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 69316
Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 1998. small 4to. cloth. (iv), 415 pages. One more descriptive catalogue for the Aldine quincentenary. Covers soiled, else a near fine copy. Only the UCLA collection surpasses the physical scope of this one. Contains 33 pages of plates depicting bindings, inscriptions, and shelf marks. A total of 526 entries. Illustrated. READ MORE about ALDINE PRESS BOOKS AT THE HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT...
Price: $92.00 Order nr. 55426
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 6.7 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 312 pages. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and his Greek Collaborators was first published in Greek in 2015, in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of the Venetian printer. A succinct introduction on the pioneers of Renaissance humanism in Crete is followed by a thorough presentation of the graphic aspect of Aldus's Greek editions, that is, initials..... READ MORE about THE GREEK EDITIONS OF ALDUS MANUTIUS AND HIS GREEK COLLABORATORS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 127162
Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2012. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 288, (2) pages. Edited by Robert Bringhurst. A fine copy of this very scarce book. Table of contents, foreword, introduction, afterword, two appendices, bibliography, reproduction credits, index. A study of the work of typographer Simon de Colines. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE SCYTHE AND THE RABBIT: SIMON DE COLINES AND THE CULTURE OF THE BOOK IN RENAISSANCE PARIS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 131449
London: Printed for the Editor and sold by Mr. T. Payne and Son, 1790. small 4to. modern quarter leather with leather tips, marbled paper-covered boards. 1309-1875+(1) pages, with one additional leaf of plates. Volume one and two only. The book collector and map- and bookseller William Herbert (1718-1795) owned Joseph Ames' (1688/9-1759) interleaved copy of the first version of this work, written by Ames and published in 1749. Herbert expanded the Antiquities to three volumes..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES; OR AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING IN...
Price: $240.00 Order nr. 54956
Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1854. 8vo. later cloth. xx, 235+(1) pages. First edition (Bigmore & Wyman I, 42). Minor foxing throughout, else a near fine copy. Biography of this "designer, wood-engraver, and chalocographer." 17 woodcuts throughout text. READ MORE about JOBST AMMAN, ZEICHNER UND FORMSCHNEIDER, KUPFERÄTZER UND STECHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19172
Cambridge: The Houghton Library, 1985. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 94, (2) pages. A catalogue from the exhibition held at The Houghton Library in 1985, which featured Spanish and Portuguese books from the sixteenth century. A near fine copy. Almost all of the books were collected and donated by the late Philip Hofer, founding Curator of the Department. This collection provides an overall view of printing and illustration of the time, and documents the..... READ MORE about SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE 16TH CENTURY BOOKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTING AND GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 60766
N.P. Circualted by the Smithsonian Institution, 1973-1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 223 pages. With sections on the graphic arts, typography, the shop of Christopher Plantin, bookbindings, etc. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about ANTWERP'S GOLDEN AGE, THE METROPOLIS OF THE WEST IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES, AN EXHIBITION
Price: $12.80 Order nr. 17814
Lyone [Lyon]: Appresso Guvliel. Roillio. 1570. 12mo. 19th century full brown morocco by J. Bohn (London), gilt borders on boards, four raised bands, gilt on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endsheets. 1148, (26) pages, index at rear. Later edition of Ludovico Ariosto's (1474-1533) best known work as an author (first published in 1516). Bookbinder's ticket on the front free endpaper. Rebacked with the original binding laid-down. Minor spotting throughout, else a fine copy. Contains wood-engravings..... READ MORE about ORLANDO FURIOSO
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 141722
3 volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 8vo. cloth. viii,327; 548; 529 pages. 3 volumes. Reprint of 1908 first edition (See Besterman, 654). A near fine set. A fine study of this 15th and 16th century French printer's works. Badius Ascensius (1462-1535) established his famous press Praelum Ascensianumin Paris in 1499. Includes appendices and table of contents. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES IMPRESSIONS ET DES OEUVRES DE JOSSE BADIUS ASCENSIUS, IMPRIMEUR ET HUMANISTE,...
Price: $52.00 Order nr. 250
A History and a Catalogue.
Stockholm: Norstedt Tryckeri, 1983. 4to. single sheet, folded twice. (4) pages. A History and a Catalogue. NOTE: THIS IS FOR THE PROSPECTUS ONLY. Limited to 1800 copies. Norstedts, the Swedish Royal Printing Office, has a collection of about 20,000 matrices made between 1500 and 1850 by such famous founders as Francois Guyot, Robert Granjon and P.S. Fournier le jeune. In addition to the history of the firm, Axel-Nilsson has reproduced hundreds of specimens by casting..... READ MORE about Prospectus for TYPE STUDIES, THE NORSTEDT COLLECTION OF MATRICES IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY OF THE ROYAL...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140094
Stockholm: Norstedt Tryckeri, 1983. 4to. cloth. 199 pages. Limited to 1800 copies. A near fine copy. Norstedts, the Swedish Royal Printing Office, has a collection of about 20,000 matrices made between 1500 and 1850 by such famous founders as Francois Guyot, Robert Granjon and P.S. Fournier le jeune. In addition to the history of the firm, Axel-Nilsson has reproduced hundreds of specimens by casting new type from the original matrices. An important history of typefounding..... READ MORE about TYPE STUDIES, THE NORSTEDT COLLECTION OF MATRICES IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY OF THE ROYAL PRINTING...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 170
New York: The Typophiles, 2000. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 15, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. Typophile Monograph, New Series, Number 16. Composed in English Monotype Poliphilus and Blado by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Illustrated. Designed and printed by Roland A. Hoover. READ MORE about SOME NOTES ON PRINTING & PUBLISHING IN RENAISSANCE VENICE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64734
Leiden: The Sir Thomas Browne Institute, 1961. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 126 pages. Basson was an English printer established in Leiden. With a bibliography of his imprints. A very good copy. READ MORE about THOMAS BASSON, 1555-1613, ENGLISH PRINTER AT LEIDEN
Price: $32.00 Order nr. 30395
The Sir Thomas Browne Institute, 1961. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 126 pages. Basson was an English printer established in Leiden. With a bibliography of his imprints. Lacking dust jacket. READ MORE about THOMAS BASSON, 1553-1613, ENGLISH PRINTER AT LEIDEN
Price: $32.00 Order nr. 86483
Frankfurt: Bauersche Gieszerei, 1936. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20 pages followed by plates. With frontispiece portrait of this 16th century printer. Covers separating from the text block, head of spine lightly bumped, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about LEONHARD WAGNER DER SCHOPFER DER FRAKTUR Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Detuschen Schrift
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 370
Brussels, Belgium: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België/Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1942. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 105+(1) pages. Text in Flemish and French. An exposition in Brussels in 1942. Exhibition held in 1942 of the Library's collections of works published in Brussels in the 16th century. Preface and introduction, Wrappers tanned; tanning throughout text. Pencil notations throughout text. READ MORE about EXPOSITION L'IMPRESSION ET L'ÉDITION A BRUXELLES AU XVIE SIÈCLE/DRUK EN UITGAVE TE...
Price: $36.00 Order nr. 120693
Kobenhavn: Bibliografi med Indledning af R. Paulli, 1920. square 8vo. later cloth with original front wrapper mounted on a page in the back, paper spine label. xlviii, 130, (2) pages. Limited to 800 copies. History followed by bibliography of the books printed and published by this 16th century Copenhagen printer. With text by H.U. Ramsing, O. Andrup and Lauritz Nielsen. READ MORE about LORENTZ BENEDICHT, BOGTRYKKER OG XYLOGRAF I KOBENHAVN, I SIDSTE HALVDE LAF DET XVI. AARHUNDREDE
Price: $32.00 Order nr. 32907
Kobenhavn: Bibliografi med Indledning af R. Paulli, 1920. square 8vo. publisher's wrappers. xlviii, 130, (2) pages. Limited to 800 copies. Covers spotted, else a very good copy. History followed by bibliography of the books printed and published by this 16th century Copenhagen printer. With text by H.U. Ramsing, O. Andrup and Lauritz Nielsen. READ MORE about LORENTZ BENEDICHT, BOGTRYKKER OG XYLOGRAF I KOBENHAVN, I SIDSTE HALVDE LAF DET XVI. AARHUNDREDE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 141404
2., verbesserte und ergänzte Auflage (Beiträge zum Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, 12).
(Wiesbaden): Otto Harrassowitz, 1982. thick 8vo. limp cloth covers. xx, 565, (1) pages. 2., verbesserte und ergänzte Auflage (Beiträge zum Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, 12). Revised second edition of this work of biographical sketches of 16th and 17th century German printers. Spine lightly faded, else a near fine copy. Frontispiece portrait of the author. The fruit of Benzing's life-long study of German printers of the sixteenth century. Revised, second edition, with the listings of secondary literature..... READ MORE about BUCHDRUCKER DES 16. UND 17. JAHRHUNDERTS IM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 141996
Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, (1952). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 215+(1) pages. Biographical directory of 16th century German printers. Covers toned along edges. READ MORE about BUCHDRUCKERLEXIKON DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS (DEUTSCHES SPRACHGEBIET
Price: $68.00 Order nr. 30131
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1971). 4to. cloth. 367 pages. First edition. The third section of the book consists of a bibliography of imprints. Lacking the dust jacket. Removal of a bookplate from the front pastedown, else a very good copy. READ MORE about BASLE AND FRANCE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE BASLE HUMANISTS AND PRINTERS IN THEIR CONTACTS...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 448
Geneva and Toronto: Librairie Droz and the University of Toronto Press, (1971). 4to. cloth. 367 pages. First edition. The third section of the book consists of a bibliography of imprints. Lacking the dust jacket, else a very good copy. READ MORE about BASLE AND FRANCE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE BASLE HUMANISTS AND PRINTERS IN THEIR CONTACTS...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 142247
n.p. n.p., 1965-1967. 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. variously paginated. Separately printed extracts from Le Livre et L'estampe (no 41-52). Seven pamphlets. Fine condition. Very scarce and useful reference. English translation: Essay on the Evolution of some Outstanding Books from 1850 to the Present Day. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ESSAI SUR L'ÉVOLUTION DE QUELQUES LIVRES MARQUANTS, DE 1850 A NOS JOURS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 137035
