(Miniature Books). Pindar.

OLYMPIA.

Glasguae (Glasgow), Scotland: R. & A. Foulis, 1754. miniature book (7.8 by 5.0 cm.). original vellum boards, spine gilt-stamped with title and decorations, all edges gilt. (ii), 158 pages. Gaskell 274; Brunet IV, 660; Spielmann 413; Bondy 23-4. Text in Greek. Ex editione Oxoniensi. Between 1754 and 1758, Foulis published miniature versions, four volumes in three, of Pindar's Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, and Isthmia. This volume is the first. Gaskell notes that Volumes III and IV "normally bound up together." Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about OLYMPIA

Price: $2,250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130875

Pistner, Patricia and Jan Storm van Leeuwen.

A MATTER OF SIZE: MINIATURE BINDINGS & TEXTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA J. PISTNER.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2019. 8 x 11.5 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 436 pages. Curated by Patricia J. Pistner and Jan Storm van Leeuwen; edited by George Ong. With numerous color illustrations, most at actual size. Published to accompany the eponymous Grolier exhibition on show at the Club March 5-May 19 2019. Size does matter! In this collection of diminutive books and bindings the size restriction ranges from a grand height of 4 inches... READ MORE about A MATTER OF SIZE: MINIATURE BINDINGS & TEXTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA J. PISTNER

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133469