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Holloway, Owen . FRENCH ROCOCCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION
NY 1969 TransAtlantic Arts. 8vo., 115pp., 283 monochrome illustrations, hardcover. VG plus, 3 tiny spots on titlepage o/w near Fine, in VG DJ, light wear. (a10887)
$20.00 Kolb, Albert . BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES FRANZOSISCHEN BUCHES IM 16. JAHRHUNDERT DRUCK ILLUSTRATION EINBAND PAPIERGESCHICHTE
Wiesbaden 1971 Harrassowitz. Sm.4to., 133pp., wraps. VG, minor cover wear. (a17471)
$25.00 Turner, Michael L. . ANDREW WILSON: LORD STANHOPE'S STEREOTYPE PRINTER
London 1974. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 9 at pp. 22-65, illustrated. Whole issue containing 2 other articles. 8vo., wraps. Fine. (a25434)
$26.00 Bibliotheca Corviniana; Csapodi, Csaba . BIBLIOTHECA CORVINIANA THE LIBRARY OF KING MATTHIAS CORVINUS OF HUNGARY
NY 1969 first edition Praeger. The Bibliotheca Corviniana "amassed at Buda...from 1458-1490...was the first great humanist library to be established outside of Renaissance Italy" (jacket). Hardcover. Lg.4to., 398pp., many illuminated manuscripts fully illustrated in color, cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ, light wear. In original publisher's God plus cardboard box. No ownership marks. (a25634)
$95.00 Stokes, I. N. Phelps and Daniel C. Haskell . AMERICAN HISTORICAL PRINTS EARLY VIEWS OF AMERICAN CITIES, ETC., FROM THE PHELPS STOKES AND OTHER COLLECTIONS
NY 1933 New York Public Library. Annotated reference. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 235pp., illustrated, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a28600)
$35.00 Knopp, Werner (editor) . SPIEGELUNGEN
Stuttgart 1986. In German. 19 essays on painting, prints, music, jewelry, decorative arts etc. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 384pp., illustrations, boards. Fine in VG DJ, a few small chips. (a39519)
$28.00 Brusch, Caspar (1518-1557) . MONASTERIORUM GERMANIAE PRAECIPUORUM AC MAXIME ILLUSTRIUM : CENTURIA PRIMA. IN QUA ORIGINES ANNALES AC CELEBRIORA CUJUS MONUMENTA, BONA FIDE RECENSENTUR
1551 Ingolstadii apud Alexandrum & Samuelem Wissenhorn Fratres. Folio, 191 (numbered) plus 10 (unnumbered) leaves, halfpage engraving on colophon. Curiously, one of the final 10 leaves is in neat contemporary ink handwriting instead of printing. The manuscript leaf is a bit heavier stock, but similar in age and color, in comparison to the printed leaves. Fully stamped vellum cover, lacking original ties. A few contemporary ink notes on title page. Good, some cover wear, spine very dark brown, spine label chipped and barely legible, corners somewhat worn, some water spots or other spotting in text, a few page corners folded down, two tiny wormholes in first 25 leaves. Brunet 21705- 'Edition devenue rare' (a42537)
$1800.00 (printing) . THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY INDEX NOS. 1 TO 10
London 1975. The Journal of the Printing Historical Society, Index Nos. 1 to 10. 8vo., 40pp., wraps. Fine. (a42604)
$25.00 (printing) . THE JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING HISTORICAL SOCIETY NO. 13
London 1979. The Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illustrations, wraps. Fine. (a42605a)
$25.00 Comparato, Frank E. . 'OLD THUNDERER'S' AMERICAN LIGHTNING
London 1979. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79 at pp. 27-63. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illus., wraps. Fine. (a42605b)
$30.00 Skinglsey, T.A. . TECHNICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE ENGLISH PRINTING INDUSTRY
London 1979. In the Journal of the Printing Historical Society, No. 13 1978/79 at pp. 1-26. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., 80pp., illus., wraps. Fine. (a42605c)
$30.00 Doucet, R. . LES BIBLIOTHEQUES PARISIENNES AU XVI SIECLE
Paris 1956 Editions A et J Picard. In French. 8vo., 175pp., wraps. VG. (a43162)
$45.00 Pipping, Fredr. Wilh. . NAGRA HISTORISKA UNDERR�TTELSER OM BOKTRYCKERIET I FINLAND SJUNDE STYCKET
Helsingfor 1867. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae tomus VIII. In Swedish. 4to., 189pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a57645)
$35.00 Long, Hon. Henry G. . SOME EARLY PRINTERS
Lancaster 1899. In Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, at pp. 203 - 212. Two other articles in same issue. Octavo, original grey wraps. Blind stamp on title page. Good, wraps a bit chipped and worn. (a61912c)
$45.00 Pasquier, Estienne . LES LETTRES D'ESTIENNE PASQUIER CONSEILLER ET ADVOCAT GENERAL DU ROY EN LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DE PARIS
Avignon 1590 Iaques Bramerleau. In French. 16mo.(12.5 x 9 cm) , (22), 439 leaves (878pp.), (60), later professional rebinding in 1/2 leather and marbled boards. Two owner signatures on title page. VG, cover rubbed. (a64564)
$650.00 Symington, John Alexander (comp.) . THE BROTHERTON LIBRARY - A CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS COLLECTED BY EDWARD ALLEN BARON BROTHERTON OF WAKEFIELD
Leeds 1931 1st Prtined for Private Circulation. 4to., 300pp., illustrations, original printed hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a69972)
$145.00 Morey, C. R. . LANDEVENNEC GOSPELS A BRETON ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF THE NINTH CENTURY
NY 1929 New York Public Library. Octavo, 12pp., monochrome illustrations original wraps. VG. (a71091)
$25.00Rand, Edward Kennard. LIFE AND I; FRANCO-SAXON ORNAMENTATION IN A BOOK OF TOURS; THE CLASSICS IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
Cambridge 1928, 1929. Three offprints with their original printed wraps bound in one gaylord binder. All three articles originally published in the Mediaeval Academy of America. Octavo, 14pp., 3pp. plus 4 photo plates, 21pp. VG. 3 bound offprints. (a71373)
$35.00 Rand, Edward Kennard . THE NEW CRITICAL EDITION OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES (signed)
1916. Offprint from Classical Philology. Octavo, pp.46-60, bound in later hardcover. **Signed by Rand with his ink annotations in margins. VG. (a71420)
$39.00 Rasmus, Berg . BIANCO LUNOS BOGTRYKKERI GENNEM HUNDREDE AAR
K�benhavn 1931 1st Bianco Lunos. History of Danish printing company. In Danish. Hardcover. 4to., 100pp., original green cloth with gilt line decoration on both front and rear. VG. Attractive book. (a71898)
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