1.

(Aldine Press). Colonna, Francesco.

HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI.

Venetiis (Venice): in aedibus Aldi Manutii (Aldus Manutius) for Leonardus Crassus, Mense decembri .M.ID. (December 1499). folio (308 x 212 mm). early limp vellum, yap edges, paper spine label with title and date. a-y8, z10, A-E8, F3. First edition, minus the final signature, of one of the most celebrated incunables, considered by many to be the most beautiful of all printed Venetian books of the Renaissance. The presumed author, Francesco Colonna, was a Dominican monk..... READ MORE about HYPNEROTOMACHIA POLIPHILI

Price: $150,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138928

10.

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.

With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter blue leather over boards with leather spine label and accompanied by separate folder containing the tokens, all inserted in a slipcase. 83, (3) pages. With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is one of 10 special copies meant for the printer, Henry Morris, and containing that notice in the colophon along with a specially minted..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS

Price: $875.00  other currencies  Order nr. 140250

11.

(British Museum).

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM; WITH THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. (TOGETHER WITH) INDEX TO REPORTS AND MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.

2 volumes.
(London): H.M.S.O., 1850. folio. blue binders cloth, original paper wrappers bound-in; contemporary half calf with cloth-covered boards and original paper wrappers bound-in. iv, 823+(1); 172 pages. 2 volumes. Despite the huge advances in the development of the British Museum and Library since the beginning of the century, there was still a great deal of public hostility to the manner in which the institution was administered - a situation no doubt compounded by bitter inter-departmental rivalries..... READ MORE about REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE...

Price: $190.00  other currencies  Order nr. 80071

13.

Byers, Reid.

IMAGINARY BOOKS: LOST, UNFINISHED, AND FICTIVE WORKS FOUND ONLY IN OTHER BOOKS.

New Castle, DE and Paris: Oak Knoll Press and Le Club Fortsas, (2025). 7 x 10 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 342 pages. The exhibition returns! Imaginary Books Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books an exhibition sponsored by The Baxter Society and The Kate Cheney Chappell '83 Center for Book Arts Glickman Library The University of Southern Maine 314 Forest Ave, Portland ME open to the public without charge January 20 -..... READ MORE about IMAGINARY BOOKS: LOST, UNFINISHED, AND FICTIVE WORKS FOUND ONLY IN OTHER BOOKS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141071

15.

(Classics). Seneca, Lucius Annæes.

TRAGOEDIAE.

Venetiis (Venice), Italy: Matteo Capcasa, 1493 (18 July). 4to. late 17th or early 18th century pigskin-backed boards with three raised bands and brown morocco spine label with gilt, all edges stained black. (iii), 146 leaves (misnumbered CXXXVI, which was corrected in later editions) for a total of 149 leaves. Fifth separate edition, but the first with the Marmitta and Caietanus commentaries (Goff S-437; HC 14668; BMC V 484 (IB 22748)). Lacking only the initial blank..... READ MORE about TRAGOEDIAE

Price: $7,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141510

16.

Davids, Arthur Lumley.

GRAMMAIRE TURKE: PRÉCÉDÉE D'UN DISCOURS PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR LA LANGUE ET LA LITTÉRATURE DES NATIONS ORIENTALES.

Londres: W.H. Allen, 1836. 4to. publisher's blind stamped cloth. x, (6), lxxx, 214 pages, 5 lithographs, (2) with errata. First edition of the French translation done by Sarah Davids. A grammar of the Turkish language with a preliminary discourse and Ottoman Turkish excerpts with translations. In the discourse, Davids (1811-1832) argues that the Turks are a separate, honorable, and intelligent race with a beautiful and complex language. Davids' writings were translated into Turkish in 1851..... READ MORE about GRAMMAIRE TURKE: PRÉCÉDÉE D'UN DISCOURS PRÉLIMINAIRE SUR LA LANGUE ET LA LITTÉRATURE...

Price: $260.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75647

21.

(Forney).

CATALOGUE MATIÈRES: ARTS-DÉCORATIFS BEAUX-ARTS MÉTIERS TECHNIQUES.

4 volumes.
Paris: Bibliothèque Forney, 1970-1974. 4to. cloth. 1002; 1116; 1185+(1); 1206 pages. 4 volumes. Text in French. Catalogue of the collections of the Forney Library, Paris, including decorative arts, beaus-arts, trades and technical subjects. Arranged alphabetically with facsimiles of catalogue cards. Entries include title, author and publication, pagination data, etc. 54,384 entries. Foreword by Gabriel Fagu, President of the Society of Friends of the Forney Library, and Jacqueline Viaux, conservator of the library. Includes four paper-bound..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE MATIÈRES: ARTS-DÉCORATIFS BEAUX-ARTS MÉTIERS TECHNIQUES

Price: $140.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108971

27.

(Handcraft Shop). Tennyson, Alfred Lord.

THE LADY OF SHALOTT.

Snohomish, WA: Handcraft Shop, The, 1901. oblong 8vo. full crushed morocco with floral decorations stamped in tan and brown, four raised bands, original covers loosely inserted, quarter leather / cloth-covered clamshell box. (27) pages. Privately printed in an edition of 100 numbered copies. This copy has been rebound in a full leather artist's binding by M. Minter (binding ticket on rear pastedown dated 1984) while also housing the original suede leather decorative covers. A beautiful..... READ MORE about THE LADY OF SHALOTT

Price: $2,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141652

28.

Hyde, Edward, First Earl of Clarendon.

THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND [with] THE LIFE OF EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON.

Four Volumes
Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1702, 1707, 1704, 1759. folio. full tiger calf, six raised bands, red and black leather spine labels, seven panels composed of gilt corner- and centerpieces, cover panels formed by single gilt border with four floral gilt flowers, marbled endpapers and edges. xxiii, 557; (xv), 581; (xxiv), 603, (21) pages of index at the end of volume III; (vi), iii, 523, (3) pages of index to 'The Life...' and (7) pages..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND [with] THE LIFE OF EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON

Price: $1,800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 141519

34.

Lefeuvre, Marie-Anne (alias margot).

BAZARERIES.

(Paris): Lefeuvre, 1991. square 8vo. four signatures loose in cover, folded whate card covers decorated with relief title and illustrations on front cover and turn-ins. Limited to 45 numbered copies written and illustrated by Lefeuvre. Black handwritten text used decoratively throughout. Illustrations in relief, relief stamp with color, pochoir and various other techniques in color. Printed at l'ecole Estienne. A charming and humorous look at a variety of topics. READ MORE about BAZARERIES

Price: $180.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124423

36.

Mahe, Raymond.

BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES LIVRES DE LUXE DE 1900 A 1928 INCLUS, TOME PREMIER A - E / ...TOME DEUXIÈME F - M / ...TOME TROISIÈME N - Z / LES ARTISTES ILLUSTRATEURS, RÉPERTOIRE DES ÉDITIONS DE LUXE DE 1900 A 1928 INCLUS, COMPLÉMENT DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LIVRES DE LUXE ET ADDENDA.

Four volumes.
Paris: René Kieffer, Editeur et Relieur d'Art, 1931/1933/1939/1943. large 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers, top and bottom edges cut, fore-edge uncut. (viii), ii, (427), (8); (x), (517), (7); (x), (374), (6); (viii), 256, (2), (34), (6) pages. Four volumes. Volumes I-III limited to 1,000 numbered copies each (however, the number is not indicated for II and III); vol.IV limited to 700 copies. The spines are worn on all four volumes. Internally in fine condition. A...... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES LIVRES DE LUXE DE 1900 A 1928 INCLUS, TOME PREMIER A - E / ...TOME DEUXIÈME F...

Price: $495.00  other currencies  Order nr. 52110

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(Miniature Books). Bradbury, Robert C.

ANTIQUE UNITED STATES MINIATURE BOOKS, 1690-1900.

North Clarendon, VT: Microbibliophile, 2001. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 357, (7) pages with 13 pages of illustrations. Limited to an edition of 1000 copies. Fine in near fine jacket, and exceptionally scarce. Provides bibliographic information on over 1,600 antique miniature books printed between 1690 and 1900, most of which are in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts and the Lilly Library at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It gives an..... READ MORE about ANTIQUE UNITED STATES MINIATURE BOOKS, 1690-1900

Price: $375.00  other currencies  Order nr. 63741

59.

Nijhoff, Martinus.

[COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES].

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1873-1933. small 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Over forty catalogues from the Dutch subscription agent and book dealer Martinus Nijhoff, produced over a fifty year period. Martinus Nijhoff was founded in The Hague in 1853. It began as a small shop specializing in rare books and broadened in the ensuing years to include supplying and procuring books for academic libraries. Catalogues are printed in either Dutch, English, German or..... READ MORE about COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76233