(Bale, Switzerland: Editions Holbein, nd). Limited Edition Facsimile of the circa 1647 Paris edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio, 13 x 16.5 inches, pale blue boards, 61 leaves, full-page portrait engraving of the author, jacket. Edition of 500 regular copies and 50 on special paper, this one of the regular copies. OCLC... More
Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. 269 pp., octavo, original blue cloth with gilt title and ornaments, slipcase. Profusely illustrated. A lavishly illustrated study of this Italian15th-century illuminated book of hours - called the greatest of the museum's Italian renaissance manuscripts. This is the volume... More
Bergamo: Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche Editore, 1904. First edition thus. Hardcover. 112 pp. text with 15 monochrome illustrations, followed by the facsimile reproduced in collotype on 12 plates (2-sided); quarto, maroon cloth with cover title and ornament in gilt and blind. "The Song of Virtue and Sciences." Extensive study and... More
Portland, OR: Collegium Graphicum, (1972). First edition thus. Paperback. [297] pp., illustrated; octavo, decorative wrappers, slipcase. Facsimile reproduction of the 1564 Venice edition of this detailed manual of applied geometry "The Way of Measuring" More
Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, (2006). First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, folio, pictorial boards, 287; 149 pp., full-color reproductions of the original circa-1450 manuscript throughout. Text in Danish and German (ms text is German) with English-language introduction at end of second volume. First publication of this medieval manuscript from the University of... More
New York: Dover Publications, (1941). Later printing. Hardcover. [8] pp. 212 plates; folio (13.5 x 9 inches), original beige cloth, jacket. Fine facsimile reproduction of one of the most important calligraphic specimen books. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1930. First edition thus. Hardcover. Decorative sewn wrappers, 10 x 6.5 inches, unpaginated; frontispiece with captioned tissue guard and [10] pp text followed by 13 full-page reproductions each with facing page of descriptive text on doubled leaves. Spine foot bumped, covers slightly faded, else near fine... More
Huesca: Inst. de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2 volumes (facsimile and commentary), folios, green leatherette with gilt title and ornaments; 277 leaves (i.e. 554 pp. facsimile), 166 pp. (commentary), slipcase. Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the late 13th century illuminated manuscript. Text outlines the new legal code established... More
NY: George Braziller, n.d. Hardcover. 208 pp., full-page color reproduction throughout, folio (15.75 x 12.25 inches), natural linen cloth over boards. Beautiful reproductions from the circa 1300 manuscript book that is one of the treasures of the Pierpont Morgan Library. More
London: Scolar Press, 1976. First edition thus. Hardcover. unpaginated (about 200 pp), quarto, natural linen spine with title and spine ornament stamped in black, decorative boards. Facsimiles of 8 Crawhall chap-books, originally issued both separately and as a bound volume, uncolored, this volume reproduces in facsimile an 1883 edition of... More
Konstanz, Bodensee: Jan Thorbecke, (1960). First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto, vellum spine and beige boards; [113] pp. Separate 4-page pamphlet "Eine Freiburger Bilderbibel" laid in. Small spot on front board, else fine in fine pictorial jacket. The Pierpont Morgan ms is reproduced in 2-color facsimile, the Freiburg ms is in... More
London: Facsimile Editions Publishers, [1989]. Loose_leaf. Individual double-sided leaf, 20.5 x 15.8 cm, "float mounted on acid free board set in a double mount with a gold infill and hand drawn fold key lines." Recto of leaf has 2 miniature paintings set in gold borders, a painted vignette in the... More
Zurich: Belser, (1985). Hardcover. 2 volumes, marbled boards, 68 pp. introduction, commentary, translation; 42 pp facsimile, slipcase. Full color facsimile of the circa 1460 treatise on Roman capital letters. With commentary and translation in separate volume. Text in German and Italian. More
Koln: Taschen, 2003. Hardcover. folio, color pictorial cloth; 415 pp., profusely illustrated with color reproductions from medieval illuminated bibles. Beautifully presented study of medieval illuminated bibles with many fine reproductions from the collection of the Austrian National Library. More
Menston & London: Scolar Press, 1973. Second printing thus. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1. 173; 155 pp.; both volumes profusely illustrated. Minor scuffing to covers, crease to rear free endpaper, else very good in price-clipped, moderately edgworn jacket. Facsimile reproductions of the 1727 first edition of the first volume and 1738 first edition of the second volume. More
Paris: Editions Abel Rambert, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. 2 quarto volumes in original cloth, index pamphlet in wrappers; 407; 375; 47 pp., 1185 illustrations, some in color. Slipcases. Definitive guide to the work of the Bulgarian artist "Pascin" - born Julius Mordecai Pincas in 1885. His early artistic training was... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1985). First edition. 2 volumes: full-color facsimile in half dark blue morocco and marbled boards; 30-page text volume in pictorial wrappers., slicpase box with flap closure. A faithful facsimile of the artist's sketchbook, including the 2 ragged stubs from 2 torn out pages. Published... More
Copenhagen: (Forlaget Old Manuscripts), 1983. Third edition. 2 volumes, 16mo (12 x 8. cm); introduction volume cream printed wrappers, 58 pp., illustrated; facsimile volume blindstamped red morocco, all edges gilt, [40] pp. printed in colors. Slipcase. Publisher's foreword recounts the publication of the first facsimile edition in 1969 of this... More
London: Printed for the Trustees, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. (93), 316 pp. (introduction followed by the facsimile); quarto, half red morocco and boards, gilt spine title. Believed to date from the second decade of the 14th century and acquired by Queen Mary I in 1553, this lavishly illustrated psalter is... More
[Leipzig: Otto Harrasowitz, 1940]. Facsimile. Folio, vellum spine and cream boards; [28] pp., 1 full-page illustration, text printed in black, red, and blue, with many decorative initial letters. Slight wear to covers, about fine. Diesen von Fust und Schöffer mit Typen Gutenbergs in drei Farben gedruckten Canon missae hat die... More
Weiler im Allgau: Druckerei Holzer for Editions Medicina Rara, n.d. Facsimile of the 1495 edition. Hardcover. Quarto, black leather spine and blue paper over boards; [80] pp., illustrated. Rubbing and nick to spine, else very good, in lightly soiled slipcase. Facsimile of the 1495 Venice edition published by Joannem &... More
Munich: Prestel, nd. Hardcover. folio, color pictorial cloth; 304 pp., 120 facsimile reproductions of the original illustrations (in slightly reduced format), many other illustrations in the text. No slipcase. Superb reproductions of 120 of the 1300 flower portraits by Matthias Schumtzer of the flowers in the Austrian Imperial Gardnens. Commissioned... More
Baden-Baden: Woldemar Klein Verlag, (1953). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13.75 x 10 inches, 35 x 25 cm), grey cloth and boards with gilt titles; (16) pp. introduction, 18 full-page color facsimiles from medieval manuscripts, each with facing page of descriptive text. Sight fading to edges of boards, else fine in... More
London: Scolar Press, (1980). First edition thus. Hardcover. 2 volumes, complete, large quartos, mauve and beige boards, cloth-covered slipcase and publisher's cardboard case. First volume contains xl-page introduction in English followed by 82- page facsimile. Second volume with xxiv-page introduction, 8 color plates, 123 pp. English translation and illustrations. Facsimile... More
Paris: Editions Ozalid e Textes Cardinaux / Bibliotheque Nationale, 1990. Revised edition. Hardcover. folio, black cloth; 361pp., illustrated with 117 color plates, 21 text figures. Small stain to front fixed endpaper, else very good in pictorial jacket with fading to jacket spine, no previous owner markings. Reproductions of the illustrations... More