Newtown: Bird & Bull Press and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984. 8vo. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio. 109 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A39). The history of this important piece of publishing ephemera from its beginning in 1610 up through the 19th century and accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses from 2 to 10 pages in length..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2685

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  other currencies  Order nr. 105362

Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary
Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. 8vo. velvet binding with precious stones and gilded silver, clamshell case. 201, 336 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 980 numbered and signed copies, of which this is additionally stamped on the colophon 'Exhibition Copy'. The Libro d'Ore Durazzo, which takes its name from its last owner, is a small masterpiece by the painter and illuminator, Francesco Marmitta. This remarkable work is in two ways quite different from..... READ MORE about IL LIBRO D'ORE DURAZZO

Price: $9,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105363

Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press
N.P. Chiswick Book Shop, 1990. folio. cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xviii, 75+(1) pages. Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press. Limited to 285 copies printed in Monotype Ehrhardt and Janson at A. Colish, Inc. with typography by Jerry Kelly (Leaf Book - Chalmers 192). A fine copy in fine slipcase. History of the production of this famous book designed and printed by D.B. Updike including information from the files..... READ MORE about THE MAKING OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF 1928

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32191

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 9.5 x 13 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 600 pages. First edition in English, second impression. This monumental work chronicles the development of the library from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. Beginning with the clay-tablet libraries of the ancient Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian empires, to those inspired by the Italian Renaissance, Mr. Staikos reveals the majesty of Western literature within these great depositories of human knowledge. Using over 400 illustrations..... READ MORE about THE GREAT LIBRARIES: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE RENAISSANCE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 58026

2 Volumes
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. 2 volumes, hardcover with slipcase. 846 pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Frank E. Schoonover (1877-1972) is recognized as one of the foremost illustrators of his time. His prolific contribution to American illustration spanned more than 40 years and included more than 2200 illustrations. His work appeared in most of the popular periodicals in the first half of the twentieth century, including Harpers, Scribner's, Saturday..... READ MORE about FRANK E. SCHOONOVER CATALOGUE RAISONNE

Price: $195.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96681