2 volumes.
London: The Gregg Press, 1964. large 8vo. cloth. Variously paginated. 2 volumes. This is a reprint of the English Bibliotheca Annua from the years 1699-1703. Reproduced here in facsimile form, this bibliography lists all English and Latin language books printed in England during the years indicated. Index at end of second volume. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA ANNUA
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 61723
Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1982. folio. stiff wrappers, slipcase. (xii), 758, (1) pages. Full color facsimile reproduction of Portuguese ballads and songs in the National Library, Lisbon (Colocci-Brancuti, Cod. 10991). Slipcase slightly worn at corners. READ MORE about CANCIONEIRO DA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 106705
(Schaffhausen: Peter Meili, 1973). oblong small 8vo. paper-covered boards. irregular pagination. Text in German and French. Numbered copy, 1105. This is a reprint of a Swiss "military exercise" book originally published in Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1677. The original book was written by Johannes Schalch, a lieutenant, who was a Bailiff of Neuenkirch (1681-1687) and son of the riding master, Philipp Schalch. Several lovely engravings are included and there are many elaborate drawings of different battle..... READ MORE about EXERCIER-BÜCHLEIN: DARINN ADELICHE UND KRIEGS-EXERCIEN/AUCH ALLERHAND STELL- ZUG- UND...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 92847
(Prag: Prometheus, 1930). small 4to. stiff paper wrapper. (44) pages. Hand-printed in a limited, numbered edition. Facsimile. Lavishly illustrated with woodcuts, head and tail pieces and decorative initial letters. Printed in several sizes of blackletter. Uncut and some unopened pages. Spine rubbed, head and tail of spine chipped. Edges of covers torn and creased with piece missing. Hinges split. READ MORE about KÖMISCHER AUCH ZU HUNGERN UND BEHEM
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 79206
(Madrid: Imprenta de la Iberia, á cargo de J. Blasco, 1881). 4to. modern half calf with brown cloth covered boards, five raised bands. xx, (x), facsimile, 83 pages. The facsimile edition of the Lapidary contained in the first 94 sheets of the ms. H.I.15 of the Library of El Escorial (Madrid), at original size (29.1 x 40.2 cm), on parchment paper printed in colors in reproduction of its 638 full-coloured miniatures and initial letters in..... READ MORE about LAPIDARIO DEL REY D. ALFONSO X. CODICE ORIGINAL
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 107225
Luzern, Switzerland: Faksimile Verlag, n.d. folio. facsimiles laid in folder. unpaginated. Prospectus for this expensive facsimile including 2 leaves. Text in English, French and German. Two color, gilt-illuminated facsimiles from the memoirs of Marco Polo. One is Fol. 86v, Boucicaut Master, Trading Scene from the Gulf of Cambay, describing trading centers on the return voyage from China. The second, Fol. 88v, Boucicaut Master, The Island of Madagascar. Laid in folder. READ MORE about MARCO POLO
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 109469
N.P. Delaware Department of State, Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, State Archives, n.d. oblong broadside with printed label at bottom. Facsimile of the original document signed by the Delaware delegates agreeing to the Federal Constitution. Foxed. READ MORE about We the Deputies of the People of the Delaware State in Convention met having taken into our...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 92465
Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. three-quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300, this being one of the 300 copies handbound and signed by the author. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile..... READ MORE about THE CLERK'S JOURNAL
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 96841
Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. cloth. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300 copies, this being one of the 2000 printed on Andorra Text. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile of the original manuscript with comments by Dean..... READ MORE about THE CLERK'S JOURNAL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96842
Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300 copies, this being one of the 2000 printed on Andorra Text. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile of the original manuscript with comments..... READ MORE about THE CLERK'S JOURNAL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128784
(Darmstadt: Freunde der Fotokop GmbH, 1956). 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper title label on front board. unpaginated. Text in German. Facsimile of original edition, published by Sigmund Feyerabend, Frankfurt am Main, 1586. Illustrations of 16th century European women's costumes. Each page features a woman in her native garb with poetic comments. Title page in red and black. Black and white woodcut illustrations throughout. Boards soiled. Tanning. READ MORE about IM FRAUWENZIMMER WIRT VERMELDT VON ALLERLEY SCHÖNEN KLEIDUNGEN UNND TRACHTEN DER WEIBER, HOHES...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108178
2 volumes.
Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1920. 4to. paper wrappers, portfolio with paper cover label. 36; 29 pages. 2 volumes. Volume one consists of essays on Jacob Pütrich and his manuscript by the editors, with a transcription of the manuscript. Volume two consists of facsimiles of the complete manuscript. Wear to portfolio. Fore edge of vol. 1 bumped. READ MORE about EHRENBRIEF DES PUTERICH VON REICHERTSHAUSEN.DER
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 48723
2 volumes.
Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1920. 4to. paper wrappers, portfolio with paper cover label. 36; 29 pages. 2 volumes. Volume one consists of essays on Jacob Pütrich and his manuscript by the editors, with a transcription of the manuscript. Volume two consists of facsimiles of the complete manuscript. Wear to portfolio. Fore edge of vol. 1 has small tear and water stains. READ MORE about EHRENBRIEF DES PUTERICH VON REICHERTSHAUSEN.DER
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 48724
Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), 320 pages. Ouvrage Orné de Planches. Enrichi de notes et d'un appendice renfermant tous les nouveaux procédés, les découvertes, méthodes et l'invention nouvelles appliquées ou applicables a cet art, par plusieurs imprimeurs de la capitale. Photo-facsimile re-publication limited to 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1840 edition (See Bigmore & Wyman I,52 for 1837 edition). Contains four plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE L'IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98707
New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. silver cloth. (iv), 87, 60, 8, (4) pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1852 EDITION (the 9th edition of Part I and the 5th edition of Part II) (See Roosens & Luc Salu 6367). Part of the Literature of Photography series. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about PHOTOGENIC MANIPULATION. PART 1 AND II
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 98709
Nuremberg: Michael and Johann Friderich, 1677 (but Lindau: Antiqua-Verlag, 1979). small thick 8vo. paper-covered boards. (xxxvi), 660, (42) pages. This facsimile of Bitterkraut's medical treatise includes an engraved frontispiece and dedication to Kaiser Leopold I. The book is prefaced by a table of contents and index of authors referenced in the text. The publishers have added an afterword which provides a biography of Bitterkraut and comments on the text. READ MORE about WEHMUHTIGE KLAG-THRANEN DER LOBLICHEN HOCHST-BETRANGTEN ARTZNEY-KUNST
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 59328
Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies.
Paris: Chez Leonce Laget, 1978. thick small 8vo. cloth. (iv), xxxvi, 304 pages. Nouv. édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, et ornée de vingt lithographies. Photo-facsimile re-publication in 500 copies of the Paris, Roret, 1839 edition (See Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p.264; Bigmore & Wyman I,80). Six plates. Issued as part of the series entitled Encyclopédie-Roret. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, DU DESSINATEUR ET DE L'IMPRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 98706
Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek, (1996). square 8vo. paper-covered boards. 55+(1) pages. Annotated facsimile of Franz Ernst Brückmann's Epistola Itineraria LXXXVI, originally published in Germany in 1740. Brückmann was a noted doctor and naturalist; he published several treatises on the natural sciences during the 18th century. Original text in Latin and French with red type; Germany commentary printed in black. Illustrated with 10 engravings, one of which folds out. READ MORE about HISTORISCH-NATURKUNDLICHER BERICHT ÜBER SEINE ZWEITE REISE AUF DEN BROCKEN. NACHDRUCK DER...
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 74156
10 volumes in 5.
New York: AMS Press, 1966. small 8vo. cloth. viii,471,(3),xvi,400; viii,440,(2),xv,(i),430; xv,(i),431+(1),xv,(i),440; viii,439+(1),xvi,431+(1); vii,(i),447+(1), xxii,416 pages. 10 volumes in 5. Reprint of the periodical printed by T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme and J. White in London from 1805 to 1809. (NCBEL III, 1270; Lowndes I, 296) Published in installments over the course of several years, this was Brydges first extensive compilation of antiquarian literary material. He based his design on the previous works..... READ MORE about CENSURA LITERARIA. CONTAINING TITLES, ABSTRACTS, AND OPINIONS OF OLD ENGLISH BOOKS, WITH ORIGINAL...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 64627
New York: Arno Press, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii,129; 55; 96 (and 4 plates); (ii),63 pages. Facsimile reprints of four important publications. Part of the Literature of photography series. Includes C. N. Bennett, Elements of photogravure, 1927 (Roosens & Luc Salu 8249) A. Maskell & R. Demachy, Photo-aquatint or the gumbichromate process, 1897 (Roosens & Luc Salu 7915) F. J. Mortimer & S. L. Coulthurst, The oil and bromoil process, 1909 (Roosens & Luc..... READ MORE about NONSILVER PRINTING PROCESSES: FOUR SELECTIONS, 1886-1927
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 98717
with an introduction by Cyndia Susan Clegg
Textual commentary by Randall McLeod
San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 2005. 12.25 x 16.25 inches. hardcover. 580 pages. with an introduction by Cyndia Susan Clegg Textual commentary by Randall McLeod. Holinshed's Chronicles contains one of the few accounts of Elizabeth's reign written during her lifetime. A contemporary history, it was subjected to censorship by the Privy Council. This facsimile edition, a compilation based on this portion of the Chronicles in copies in the Huntington's collection as well as the British..... READ MORE about THE PEACEABLE AND PROSPEROUS REGIMENT OF BLESSED QUEENE ELISABETH: A FACSIMILE FROM HOLINSHED'S...
Price: $325.00 Order nr. 103769
With an Introduction by W.R. Halliday.
N.P. The Shakespeare Association/Oxford University Press, 1932. 8vo. paper-covered boards. xxii, (32) pages. With an Introduction by W.R. Halliday. Published for The Shakespeare Association by Humphrey Milford at Oxford University Press. Printed with the Replika Process by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Issued as No. 5 in the series of Shakespeare Association Facsimiles of rare texts illustrating life and thought in Shakespeare's England. Detailed introduction by W.R. Halliday. A collection of practical hints drawn from..... READ MORE about A SHORT TREATISE ON HUNTING, 1591
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 73559
(Freiburg: Aurum, 1978). large 12mo. cloth-covered boards. (iv), 116 pages. "Edition Ambra" facsimile of edition originally published in 1858 in Stuttgart by Scheible reproduced here as part of the Bibliothek Kurioser Raritaten series. The author traces the history of folklore and its relationship to medicine. All in German. READ MORE about HANDBUCHLEIN DER SYMPATHIE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 59248
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 DES...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 75647
Geneva, Switzerland: Slatkine Reprints, 1971. 8vo. cloth, spine gilt-stamped. (viii), 322, (26); (iv), (8), 8 pages. Text in French. Two volumes in one. Reprint of original edition (Paris: Jean de la Caille, 1689). Original in Bigmore and Wyman I, 98. An important late 17th century work on the history of printing. Later scholars of that art relied on it. A history of early printing, arranged by city. Provides descriptions of the first printers, the titles..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DE LA LIBRAIRIE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 119754
