(Como, Italy): Gotardus de Ponte, 1521. folio. early rebound remboîge, five raised bands on spine in later quarter leather, marbled paper-covered clamshell box. (xvi), 183 leaves, (ii) pages. Text in Italian. From the private library of Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes. Adams V-914; Berlin Kat 1802; Cicognara 698; Fowler 395; Mortimer Italian 544. Printing and the Mind of Man, 26. Brunet V, 1330. Dedications to Pope Leo X and King Francis I of France, index..... READ MORE about DE ARCHITECTURA LIBRI DECE TRADUCTI DE LATINO IN VULGARE AFFIGURATI COMENTATI & CON MIRANDO...

Price: $70,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131436

(Stockton, WI): Midnight Paper Sales, 2019. oblong folio. handmade paper Japanese binding, cloth clamshell boards. unpaginated. Limited to forty numbered copies (but 41 copies). Authored by John Coy, with illustrations and printing achieved by Gaylord Schanilec of Midnight Paper Sales. What is considered a Children's Book, My Mighty Journey is a 12,000 year journey of Saint Anthony's Falls from St. Paul to its current home in Minneapolis. Additional illustrations and printing by Paul Nylander and..... READ MORE about MY MIGHTY JOURNEY

Price: $9,950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134077

Leipzig, Germany: Joh. Grossium & C.F.F. Hæredes, 1682-1685. thick 8vo. full vellum. (xii), 402, (6); (viii), 561, (7); (ii), 591, (7); (vi), 595, (13) pages. Text in Latin. From the private library of Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes. Union List 1, 53. Four volumes bound in one. Acta Eruditorum was the first scientific journal published in German-speaking lands, founded in 1682 by Otto Mencke, its first editor, and Gottfried Liebniz. It was published by Johann..... READ MORE about ACTA ERUDITORUM

Price: $25,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131439

3 Volumes.
Dresden and Leipzig, Germany: Fridereici Hekelii, 1734. large 4to. full contemporary calf, six raised bands, leather spine labels, gilt lettering on spine. (16), 160, 165-452 pp., 25 engraved plates, (12), 164, (2), 165-386 pp., 26 engraved plates, (14), 534 pp., 72 engraved plates. 3 Volumes. Text in Latin. From the private library of Dr. Elliott and Eileen Hinkes. The works of philosopher and theologian Emanuel Swedenbourg (1688-1772). Dedication to Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Brunswick. This..... READ MORE about OPERA PHILOSOPHICA ET MINERALIA

Price: $11,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131440

N.P. n.p., n.d., but circa 1966. framed painting (34 by 28 inches). A framed watercolor depicting a guard at the fortress and monastic community at Qumran. Shraga Weil (1918-2009) was an Israeli artist. Born in Prague in 1918, he studied at the National School of Arts there. He served in the Hungarian resistance to the Nazis during World War II. After the war, he joined the exodus to Israel. He received training in monumental and..... READ MORE about THE GUARDIAN OF QUMRAN

Price: $5,950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129888

Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985. tall 4to. full leather, clamshell box. (42) pages. First edition, limited to 225 numbered copies. This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Don Etherington, bookbinder and former director of Conservation at both the Library of Congress and the Harry Ransom Center (Austin, TX). The binding is a full crushed red moracco with black goat leather and blue crushed moracco onlaid leather strips. Gilt dotted tooling. Duel moracco and..... READ MORE about TWELVE BINDINGS. WITH REMARKS ON THE BINDINGS BY MICHAEL WILCOX & ON THE BOOKS BY ELAINE...

Price: $2,950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135133

Uithoorn, Netherlands: Atelier de Ganzenweide, 2012. oblong 12mo. full leather, clamshell box. 151+(1) pages. Text in Dutch and English. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is one of the unbound and uncut copies of the revised and enlarged edition. This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Monique Lallier, award-winning bookbinder from Greensboro, NC. The binding is a full crushed brown moracco with onlaid decorated leather panels on both the front and rear..... READ MORE about " DIRCK DE BRAY" A SHORT INSTRUCTION IN THE BINDING OF BOOKS

Price: $2,600.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135134

(Leeds, MA): Gehenna Press, 1989. folio. full leather, clamshell box. (13) pages, (25) etchings. One of thirty-eight copies, of which this copy is not signed or numbered. This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Don Etherington, bookbinder and former director of Conservation at both the Library of Congress and the Harry Ransom Center (Austin, TX). The binding is a full brown crushed moracco with leather onlay strips to resemble the face of a...... READ MORE about EFFLEURAGE

Price: $2,150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135132

Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2010. 8vo. full leather, clamshell box. 528 pages, 374 illustrations. Books Will Speak Plain is published at a time when the historical book is at risk of being ignored, put away, and forgotten. This handbook combines an overview of the history of the codex with basic information about many of the materials and structures found on historical bindings. The book also includes description-survey guidelines and is supported by a variety..... READ MORE about BOOKS WILL SPEAK PLAIN: A HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING HISTORICAL BINDINGS

Price: $1,450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135130

(Paris, France): Ernest Flammarion, (1934). square 4to. full leather, clamshell box. 338, (6) pages. First Dubout illustrated edition limited to 1,250 numbered copies. Illustrated by Albert Dubout with color illustrations throughout with the satirical, funny portrayals of human buffoonery. This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Monique Lallier, award-winning bookbinder from Greensboro, NC. The binding is a full crushed light gray moracco with circular leather onlays on the front and rear covers, which..... READ MORE about CLOCHEMERLE

Price: $5,750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135135

Three volumes
Firenze: Fratelli Allinari, 1960. folio. half blue morocco and cloth, matching slipcases, top edges gilt. XXI, 125, (3), I-CCVI plates, XVIII, 138, (6), CCIX-CCCCXIV plates, XV, 187, (3), CCCCXV-DXLV plates. Three volumes. First edition, one of 500 copies printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. Tammaro de Marinis has produced the authoritative work on Italian bookbindings from the 15th and 16th centuries. A truly magnificent book, the result of close collaboration with the experts of the day..... READ MORE about LA LEGATURA ARTISTICA IN ITALIA NEI SECOLI XV & XVI

Price: $2,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65266

Three volumes
Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959. small 4to. quarter leather with cloth-covered boards, lettering on spine in gilt. xvi,(16),201 pages,88 plates; 259+(1) pages,71 plates; 288+(1) pages,92 plates. Three volumes. First edition, limited to 900 copies (S-K 1951). Original wrappers bound in. This extraordinary work provides a richly illustrated history of bookbinding in France, from its origins until the book's publication. Each volume's frontispiece consists of a beautiful tipped-in color plate. Each volume contains an excellent bibliography, and..... READ MORE about LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS

Price: $1,250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71363

8 VOLUMES
Daylesford, PA: privately printed, 1912-1926. 8vo. paper wrappers, cloth binding ties on spines, cloth covered boards slipcase and chamise. variously paginated. 8 VOLUMES. An outstanding collection of some of the rarest A. Edward Newton Christmas pamphlets privately printed by Newton at Oak Knoll, his estate outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pamphlets are housed in a chamise and slipcase with gilt lettering on spine and shows only the slightest bit of wear to the covers. Chamise..... READ MORE about LOT OF EIGHT CHRISTMAS PAMPHLETS PRIVATELY PRINTED BY A. EDWARD NEWTON

Price: $750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134704