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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Kredel, Fritz.

ALBRECHT DURER'S DRAWINGS FOR TERENCE'S ANDRIA CUT IN THE WOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

8vo. paper wrappers. pp.346-364. Reprint from The Book Collector. With a number of plates. READ MORE about ALBRECHT DURER'S DRAWINGS FOR TERENCE'S ANDRIA CUT IN THE WOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17958

Lebeer, Louis.

L' ESPRIT DE LA GRAVURE AU XVe SIÈCLE.

Bruxelles: Éditions du Cercle d'Art, 1943. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 61, (5) pages. Limited to 520 numbered copies. Nicely printed in black ink with red initial chapter letters. Tipped-in illustrations. Covers age yellowed and spine covering partially chipped away. READ MORE about L' ESPRIT DE LA GRAVURE AU XVe SIÈCLE

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 87806

Mornand, Pierre.

L' ART DU LIVRE ET SON ILLUSTRATION.

Paris: Le Courier Graphique, (1947). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (6), i-xxxii pages. First edition. Volume one (of four) in Mornand's study of book illustrations. This volume looks at the 15th-18th centuries. Number four in the "Courrier Graphique" collection. With 35 black-and-white illustrations. Pages unopened. READ MORE about L' ART DU LIVRE ET SON ILLUSTRATION

Price: $11.00  other currencies  Order nr. 62887

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

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93522

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

(Gutenberg-Gesellschaft).

ZEHNTER JAHRESBERICHT.

Mainz: Buhdruckerei H. Prickarts, 1911. 8vo. paper wrappers. 59 pages. Yearly report of the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft for 1911. Includes a chapter on the first 100 years of German book illustration. Inscription on front wrapper. READ MORE about ZEHNTER JAHRESBERICHT

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 48802