Bassoli, Ferdinando.

MONETE E MEDAGLIE NEL LIBRO ANTICO DAL XV AL XIX SECOLO.

Biblioteconomia e Bibliografia Saggi e Studi diretti da Francesco Barberi
Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. Biblioteconomia e Bibliografia Saggi e Studi diretti da Francesco Barberi. Text in Italian. Includes 21 black-and-white plates. Signed and dated by the author on the first leaf. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H.P. Kraus. Minor wear. READ MORE about MONETE E MEDAGLIE NEL LIBRO ANTICO DAL XV AL XIX SECOLO

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95709

Blum, Andre.

THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING.

Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). Jacket with piece missing at head of spine. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 510

de Brou, Ch.

LE GRAVEUR DE L'AN 1466 ET LES GRANDES ARMOIRIES DE BOURGOGNE.

(Paris): n.p., 1859. 8vo. later cloth with embossed seal (entwined Ls in an oval, surmounted by a crown). (ii), 10 pages. An offprint from La Revue Universelle des Arts (July 1859). The article deals with the Flemish Master ES of 1466, and challenges speculation voiced by M. Harzen regarding the artist's potential authorship of the large coats-of-arms of Charles le Téméraire, duc de Bourgogne (1). Traces of peacock blue original stiff paper wrapper visible along..... READ MORE about LE GRAVEUR DE L'AN 1466 ET LES GRANDES ARMOIRIES DE BOURGOGNE

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Keane, Marguerite A.

FINISHED BY HAND, DECORATION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS.

N.P. Chapin Library, 1995. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper covered boards and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 45, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Foreword by Robert L. Volz. Illustrated, including two in color. In later binding. READ MORE about FINISHED BY HAND, DECORATION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118098

Le Duc de Rivoli.

A PROPOS D'UN LIVRE A FIGURES VÉNITIEN DE LA FIN DU XVE SIÈCLE: ESSAI BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE.

Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 1886. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. Text in French. A study of late 15th century book illustration by Venetian printers. Black and white illustrations. Index of cited works. Unopened. Wrappers soiled and tanned. Spine and edges of wrappers chipped. READ MORE about A PROPOS D'UN LIVRE A FIGURES VÉNITIEN DE LA FIN DU XVE SIÈCLE: ESSAI BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE

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Pinchart, Alexandre and Ch. de Brou.

LA PLUS ANCIENNE GRAVURE SUR CUIVRE FAITE DANS LES PAYS-BAS and LES GRANDES ARMOIRIES DU DUC CHARLES DE BOURGOGNE.

2 volumes
(Paris): n.p., n.d. (but circa 1876). 8vo. later cloth with embossed seal (entwined Ls in an oval, surmounted by a crown). 9 pages + one fold out leaf of plates in black and white; 20 pages. 2 volumes. A pair of offprint articles, one responding to the other, from La Revue Universelle des Arts and the Bulletin des Commissions royales d'art et d'archéologie, bound separately. The Pinchart article seems to dismantle the criticism voiced by..... READ MORE about LA PLUS ANCIENNE GRAVURE SUR CUIVRE FAITE DANS LES PAYS-BAS and LES GRANDES ARMOIRIES DU DUC...

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77096

Reicke, Emil.

LEHRER UND UNTERRICHTSWESEN IN DER DEUTSCHEN VERGANGENHEIT.

Leipzig: E. Diederichs, 1901. 4to. cloth-backed boards. 135+(1) pages. A history of scholarship, learning, and libraries in Germany from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. Illustrated with 130 plates most of which are drawn from fifteenth and sixteenth century book illustrations and depict scholars and books. Published as volume 9 of the MONOGRAPHIEN ZUR DEUTSCHEN KULTURGESCHICHTE. Covers rubbed. Edges of endpaper chipped away and endpaper detached. READ MORE about LEHRER UND UNTERRICHTSWESEN IN DER DEUTSCHEN VERGANGENHEIT

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Rouse, M.A., and R.H. Rouse.

CARTOLAI, ILLUMINATORS, AND PRINTERS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY: THE EVIDENCE OF THE RIPOLI PRESS.

Los Angeles: University of California, 1988. 8vo. stiff wrappers. 127 +(1) pages and 25 plates. First edition. Examples of late medieval or renaissance artists at work in a collection of early printed books. The authors suggest that it was the cartolai or paper dealers, who, in the first twenty-five or so years of Italian printing, were instrumental in the hand-finishing and decoration of printed books. With color frontis and twenty-five black-and-white plates following text. READ MORE about CARTOLAI, ILLUMINATORS, AND PRINTERS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY: THE EVIDENCE OF THE RIPOLI PRESS

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Tobolka, Zdenek.

KNIHA.

[The Book]. Její vznik, vyvoj a rozbor.
Praha: Orbis, 1949. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, 243+(4) pages, 203 pages of plates. [The Book]. Její vznik, vyvoj a rozbor. Study on the history and technical aspects of the book. Extensive black-and-white and color illustrations of virtually every aspect of book production: manuscripts, papermaking, various fonts, watermarks, types of early printed books, proofreaders' corrections, graphic illustrative techniques, maps, music printing, bookplates, elaborate bindings, to name only the most obvious. Index. Spine slightly torn, bottom..... READ MORE about KNIHA

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(Architecture). Pollak, Martha D.

MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, VOL. IV ITALIAN AND SPANISH BOOKS FIFTEENTH THROUGH NINETEENTH CENTURIES.

Washington and New York: National Gallery of Art and George Braziller, (2000). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxiii, 545+(1) pages. First edition. Scholarly catalogue of Italian and Spanish books on architecture, antiquities, and decoration, from the 15th into the 19th centuries, all in the Millard Collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Italy produced illustrated architectural books that surpass those from any other publishing center in the originality of their content and in..... READ MORE about MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, VOL. IV ITALIAN AND SPANISH BOOKS FIFTEENTH THROUGH...

Price: $90.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62639

(Blutfogel, Balthazar). Zoltánné, Soltész.

BLUTFOGEL BOLDIZSÁR MINIÁTOR.

Az Országos Széchényi Konyvtár kiadványai no. 41.
(Budapest: Akademisi Nyomda, 1957). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 18 pages. Az Országos Széchényi Konyvtár kiadványai no. 41. Text in Hungarian. Works of Balthazar Blutfogel (d. 1516), Hungarian priest and manuscript illuminator. Illustrations and a list of incunables illuminated by Blutfogel. Summary in German. Five black and white plates. British Library catalogue entry laid in. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about BLUTFOGEL BOLDIZSÁR MINIÁTOR

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(Günther, Jörn).

HANDSCHRIFTEN UND MINIATUREN AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET.

Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 1997. large 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 288 pages. Catalogue No.5 from the bookseller, specialising in medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, incunabula and early printed works. Beautifully produced with vivid detail, this volume treats German-language manuscripts and miniatures from the 9th to 18th centuries. Contains 58 entries, depicted for the most part with full-page illustrations in rich color. In-depth descriptions; brief English summary provided. Entry no. 3 is..... READ MORE about HANDSCHRIFTEN UND MINIATUREN AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN SPRACHGEBIET

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65447

(Getty, Sir Paul). Fletcher, H. George, et. al. (editors).

THE WORMSLEY LIBRARY, A PERSONAL SELECTION BY SIR PAUL GETTY.

London: The Wormsley Library and the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 278 pages. This catalogue from an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1999, presents the first public exhibition and scholarly appraisal of the Wormsley Library, one of the great achievements of modern book collecting. Sir Paul Getty's selection of 106 specimens from the library, described and illustrated here, gives only a small taste of the whole collection..... READ MORE about THE WORMSLEY LIBRARY, A PERSONAL SELECTION BY SIR PAUL GETTY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65086