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Omaggio della Trivulziana per un incontro culturale
Milan Biblioteca Trivulziana 1989 4to (28.5 cm), 99 pp (some illustrations folding). Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front cover (binding little soiled). In Italian and Russian. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of highlights from the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan exhibited on the occasion of Italian-Soviet summit attended by Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Hardcover Near Fine
Bibliomania: 150 Years of Collecting Rare Books for the George Peabody Library
Johns Hopkins University / Sheridan Libraries 2017 4to (29.5 cm), XIV, 137 pp. Laminated wrappers. Limited to 150 copies, this is no. 27. This exhibition catalogue highlights the history of collecting great books for the citizens of Baltimore, fueled by a generous gift from George Peabody. The images and essays illuminate some of the most extraordinary volumes, spanning disciplines and centuries, gathered and gifted by librarians and collectors alike.
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Rampant Lions Press Newsletter and Book List 1991, Autumn 1993, Summer 1995, 1997-8
Rampant Lions Press 1991 4 catalogues 8vo (21 cm). Printer's wrappers. Founded by Will Carter in 1924, the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, England, established itself as one of the leading letterpress workshops in the decades after the Second World War. It was not strictly a private press, but rather a small publisher of fine editions and a printer for other publishers. The press was closed in 2008.
Soft cover Fine
I Tesori Della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Nardini Editore 1990 4to (31.5 cm), 278 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket (dj little creased and stained at the back). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collection of the Vatican library. Included the Profilo storico della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana by Mons. Paolo de Nicolo and descriptions of 126 illuminated manuscripts.
Hardcover Near Fine
The Wardington Library: Important Atlases & Geographies. Part One: A-K - Part Two: L-Z. [2 vols, complete set]
London Sotheby's 2005 2 volumes 4to (27.5 cm), 344 pp; 368 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Auction catalogues of sales held in London on 18 October, 2005 and 10 October, 2006. The library assembled by the Lord Wardington was one of the best cartographic collection of the time. 562 entries including Ptolemy's Cosmographia, Bologna, 1477; the Doria Atlas, Venice: Ferrando Bertelli, c. 1570; Ptolemy's Cosmographia, Ulm, 1486; Strabo's Geographia, Rome, 1469.
Hardcover Fine
I tesori della Biblioteca Marciana
Nardini Editore 1988 4to (31.5 cm), 277 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket (dj little rubbed, few pages at the beginning little punctured). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice. Included the Profilo storico, Cronologia, Glossario, Bibliografia by Martino Zorzi and descriptions of 157 illuminated manuscripts.
Hardcover Near Fine
I Tesori Della Biblioteca Reale Torino
Nardini Editore 1990 4to (31.5 cm), 278 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities and stained). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Reale in Turin. Included the Profilo storico by Giovanna Giacobello Bernard and descriptions of 169 manuscripts, printed books, drawings, maps, prints and photographs.
Hardcover Near Fine
I tesori dell' Archivio Segreto Vaticano
Nardini Editore 1991 4to (31.5 cm), 278 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collection of the Vatican Apostolic Archive. Included the Profilo storico e Linee bibliografiche by Terzo Natalini and descriptions of 143 illuminated manuscripts and documents.
Hardcover Fine
La Biblioteca Casanatense
Banca di Roma / Nardini Editore 1993 4to (31.5 cm), 317 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, in slip-case (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collection includes the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome. Included Profilo storico by Angela Andriana Cavarra and descriptions of illuminated manuscripts (87 entries), incunabula and rare books (24), music scores (9), prints and drawings (47), Barroc stage designs (17), scientific instruments (6), scientific books (14), fine bindings (14), periodicals (3).
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Classense Ravenna
Nardini Editore 1996 4to (31.5 cm), 236 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna. Included Profilo storico by Donatino Domini and description of 155 illuminated manuscripts, maps and prints.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Nazionale Napoli
Nardini Editore 1989 4to (31.5 cm), 256 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Nazionale in Naples. Included Profilo storico by Fiorella Romano and descriptions of 168 illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, drawings, fine bindings, maps and prints.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Estense Modena
Nardini Editore 1987 4to (31.5 cm), 276 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Estense in Modena. Included Profilo storico, Cronologia, Glossario, Bibliografia by Ernesto Milano and descriptions of 194 illuminated manuscripts, illustrated books, drawings and prints.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Comunale Fermo
Nardini Editore 1996 4to (31.5 cm), 236 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Comunale in Fermo. Included Profilo storico by Maria Chiara Leonori and descriptions of 162 illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, illustrated books and drawings.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Capitolare Verona
Nardini Editore 1994 4to (31.5 cm), 256 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Capitolare in Verona. Included Profilo storico by Alberto Piazzi and descriptions of 174 illuminated manuscripts, documents, incunabula, early printed books and drawings.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Federiciana Fano
Nardini Editore 1994 4to (31.5 cm), 238 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Federiciana in Fano. Included Profilo storico by Aldo Deli and Franco Battistelli and descriptions of 117 illuminated manuscripts, scientific instruments, printed books and drawings.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Centrale della Regione Siciliana Palermo
Nardini Editore 1992 4to (31.5 cm), 254 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Centrale della Regione Siciliana in Palermo. Included Profilo storico by Carmela Perretta and descriptions of 161 illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, illustrated books and drawings.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Trivulziana Milano
Nardini Editore 1995 4to (31.5 cm), 256 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan. Included Profilo storico by Giovanni M. Piazza and descriptions of 179 illuminated and illustrated manuscripts.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze
Nardini Editore 1989 4to (31.5 cm), 276 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed, lamination of dj little warped at the back). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence. Included Profilo storico and Cronologia by Claudio di Benedetto and descriptions of 204 illuminated and illustrated manuscripts, early printed books, documents, maps and drawings.
Hardcover Near Fine
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Nardini Editore 1986 4to (31.5 cm), 316 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket, in paper slipcase (slipcase rubbed). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. Included Profilo storico by Antonietta Morandini, L'architettura della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana by Guglielmo de Angelis d'Ossat and descriptions and illustrations of 221 illuminated and illustrated manuscripts.
Hardcover Fine
Les Richesses des Bibliothèques Provinciales de France. Tome Premiere - Second [2 vols, complete set]
Paris Éditions des Bibliothèques Nationales des France 1932 2 volumes 4to (29 cm), [4], XXVIII, 216 pp, 56 plates; [4], 234 pp, 51 plates. Publisher's vellum in imitation of mosaic bindings, flat spines gilt, black gilt-lettered leather labels, fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers (spines little faded, book-plates). Limited to 800 copies, this is no. 281 on vélin lafuma teinté paper. Beautifully printed and illustrated catalogue presents the highlights of collections of French provincial libraries, including works of art, manuscripts, miniatures, printed books, bookbindings, music, drawings and prints, coins and medals, local funds and specialties.
Hardcover Near Fine
Le Rayonnement des Moretus
Brussels Bibliotheca Wittockiana 2006 4to (31.5 cm), 287 pp. Laminated wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Bibliotheca Wittockiana in Brussels September, 15, 2006 - January, 20, 2007. Bindings on books published by the Officina Plantiniana, the heirs of Christoph Plantin in Antwerp (from 1591 to 1837) and in Leiden from the collection of Eric Speeckaert. 129 bindings described and illustrated.
Soft cover New
Mytropolyt Sheptytskyi 1923-1939: vyprobuvannia idealiv [Ukrainian edition]
L'viv VNTL-Klasyka 2019 8vo (24 cm), 586 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers. In Ukrainian with summary in English. "Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky 1923-1939: a trial of ideals". The book is a biographical study of Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky, who, while leading the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for forty-four years (1900-44), sought a modus vivendi with different state and political entities. The book covers the interwar period from the year 1923, when the metropolitan returned from Rome to his archbishopric see in Lviv, until the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939. The books main sources are documents from several major archives, such as the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv, the Secret Vatican Archives, the Archive of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches in Vatican City, the Archive of the General Curia of St. Basil the Great in Rome, and the Archive of New Acts in Warsaw.
Soft cover New
Le livre. Historique. Fabrication, achat, classement. Vo. I - V [complete set]
Paris Ernest Flammarion 1923 5 volumes 12mo (18.5 cm), [8], VII, 328, [2] pp; [8], 398, [2] pp; [4], IV, 374 pp; [6], IV, 415 pp; VII, 544 pp. Cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, spines with raised bands gilt, painted top edges, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers (bindings lightly rubbed at extremities, corner little scuffed, paper toned). Very good copy of a bibliology by French novelist, literary critic and bibliographer Albert Cimochowski (1845-1924), who wrote under pen-name Albert Cim. First volume is a history of bibliophily; vol. 2 is devoted to book-reading, book buying, bibliophily and bibliomania, women and books; vol. 3 covers different aspects of book productions; vol. 4 returns to book buying and forming a library, catalogues and classification; Vol. 5 on book care but also includes various appendices: abbreviations, latin names, Roman numbers,correction marks, bibliography.
Hardcover Very Good
Bibliographie des principales éditions originales d'écrivains français du XVe au XVIIIe siècle
Paris Maison Quantin 1888 4to (26.5 cm), [4], VIII, 584 pp. Red chagrin with 5 raised bands, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in. Fine copy of a bibliography of the first editions of French writes 15 - 18 centuries. Illustrated with near 300 facsimiles.
Hardcover Fine
Origines de l'imprimerie en France. Conférences faites les 25 Juillet et 17 Août 1900
Paris Imprimerie Nationale 1900 4to (32 cm), LXIV, 128 pp, 40 plates interleaved with leaves with titles. Red chagrin-backed marbled boards with corners. with 5 raised bands, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in. A history of printing in France. Contents includ Ecriture artificielle avant Gutenberg; Gutenberg; Établissement de l'imprimerie en France. - De La Pierre & Fichet; Le premier livre français imprimé à Paris. - Pasquier Bonhomme; La gravure introduite dans le livre. - Jean Du Pré; La première affiche. - Le Grand pardon de Notre-Dame de Reims. - Jean Du Pré; Les premières marques d'imprimeurs (1485). - Les livres d'Heures illustrés français; Les nouvelles du jour. - Le Caron & Le Noir, précurseurs du journal; Les premiers indicateurs des rues de Paris; L'imprimerie à Lyon & dans les autres villes de France; L'imprimerie depuis le XVIe siècle jusqu'à la fondation de l'Imprimerie royale; Le journal.
Hardcover Fine
Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus
Antwerp Fonds Mercator 1997 4to (32.5 cm), 96 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps (minor shelr-wear. The book published on the occasion of the launching of the Gerardus Mercator in 1997. Included chapters on cartographers and ocean navigation in the 16th century, Mercator's innovations as an aid to navigators, Ships and scientific instruments, Navigating by sounding line and determining position at sea.
Soft cover Near Fine
The mapping of the world: Early printed world maps, 1472-1700 (Holland Press cartographica)
Holland Press 1983 4to (34.5 cm), XLVIII, 670 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities and creased, corners slightly scuffed). "Painstakingly compiled, Rodney Shirley's important cartobibliographical study illustrate how the printed world map developed from the earliest years of printing in the 1470s up to the turn of the 18th century. It would be hard to imagine a better compilation for map lovers than this richly illustrated work." (from the publisher's description). The best reference for the subject.
Hardcover Near Fine
The Atlas of Atlases: Mapmaker's Vision of the World
Ebury Press 1992 4to (31 cm), 160 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (binding little rubbed ). A history of atlases, illustrated with over 300 color reproductions from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library. Divided into 5 chapters (Classical and medieval tradition; The era of exploration; The domination of the Dutch; The age of empires; The modern age), each with an introduction followed by a discussion of individual atlas-makers.
Hardcover Near Fine
Register des Buchs der Croniken und Geschichten mit Figuren und Pildnussen von Anbeginn der Welt bis auf dise unnsere Zeit
Munich Konrad Kölbl 1975 4to (31 cm), [10], 288 ff, [2] pp. Publisher's imitation of leather, spine gilt, slip-case (spine little sunned). A facsimile reprint of German edition or Hartmann Schedel's Buchs der Croniken (Nürnberg, Koberger, 1493).
Hardcover Near Fine
The Oldest Maps of the Netherlands: An Illustrated and Annotated Carto-Bibliography of the 16th Century Maps of the XVII Provinces
HES Publishers 1987 8vo (24.5 cm), 230 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Part one (Historical aspects) followed by a catalogue (Part 2). 50 maps are described and illustrated.
Hardcover Fine
Drie generaties Blaeu: Amsterdamse cartografie en boekdrukkunst in de zeventiende eeuw (Dutch Edition)
Walburg Pers 1992 Square 8vo (20 x 21.5 cm), 83 pp. Laminated wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
L'Italia prima dell'Italia. Carte geografiche e tipografiche dell'Italia dal 1478 al 1861
Dominioni 2011 Square 8vo (24 x 23 cm), 155 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps.
Soft cover Fine
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), cartographe et humaniste
Brepols 1998 4to (28 cm), 208 pp. Laminated wrapper (wrappers little stained). A collection of papers published on the occasion of 400 anniversary of Abraham Ortelius' death. For contents see scans.
Soft cover Near Fine
Riflessi d'Oriente
Il Portolano 2008 Square 8vo (22.5 x 23 cm), 240 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps.
Soft cover Near Fine
Il Polesine nella cartografia a stampa, dal cinquecento all'ottocento
Bottega delle Arti 2008 Oblong 8vo (22 x 24 cm), VIII, 167 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps.
Soft cover Fine
Early Exploration of the New World Postcards: 24 Historic Images from the Collection of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
Dover Pubns 1992 4to (30 cm), 6 leaves, 4 postcards on each. Laminated wrappers (wrappers little sunned).
Soft cover Very Good
Portraits de la France: Les cartes, témoins de l'histoire
Hachette 1995 4to (29.5 cm), 260 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (binding little rubbed at extremities). À partir des représentations de la France, - des plus anciennes cartes de Gaule à la "nouvelle France" de 1920 - ce livre présente une histoire de la formation du territoire français, ainsi que l'évolution de la perception et de la représentation de ce territoire. Il montre ainsi comment les objectifs de la cartographie sont à la fois portés par l'évolution des techniques et les influencent.
Hardcover Near Fine
Maps and Map-Makers
Dorset Press 1987 4to (26.5 cm), front., XV, 140 pp, 104 illustrations on unnumbered plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, spine sunned). The standard work gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and map publishers and their work from the earliest times to the 19th century. This edition includes a fresh general introduction and updated bibliography.
Hardcover Near Fine
Antique Maps for the Collector
New York MacMillan Company 1973 8vo (24 cm), 157 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). A guide for map collectors beautifully illustrated with more than 130 color and b&w reproductions.
Hardcover Near Fine
Country Life book of Antique Maps: An introduction to the history of maps and how to appreciate them
Country Life Books 1989 4to (30.5 cm), 192 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities). The first edition of popular manual of map-collecting written by London map dealer Jonathan Potter. Later editions were published under the title "Collecting antique maps".
Hardcover Near Fine
Cartes géographiques anciennes : Évolution de la représentation cartographique du monde, de l'Antiquité à la fin du XIX3 siècle
Paris Gründ 1980 4to (28.5 cm), 240 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed).
Hardcover Near Fine
Great Maps
DK 2014 4to (30.5 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. "A superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world: from examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and maps of the moon, this captivating maps book is a must-have for all history and geography enthusiasts and explorers. Maps are much more than just geographical data. They are an accurate reflection of the culture and context of different time frames in history. This remarkable geography book puts cartography on the map! It tells the stories behind great maps through stunning pull-out details and reveals how they have helped people make sense of the world." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover As New
New Worlds: Maps From The Age of Discovery
Quercus 2009 4to (29.5 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's laminated boards and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "Take a journey into the past, to a world where exotic beasts and even stranger locals stalk cartographic voids, where sea monsters and floating islands lurk beyond uncertain shores, where the borders between myth and reality are blurred. Here, gathered from five centuries of exploration, are over 200 maps of oceans and continents, mountains and forests, cities and shires. Presented in chronological order, these maps record the adventures and discoveries - not to mention fantasies and outright lies - of explorers, merchants and travelers. Taken together, they chart our discovery of the world as science, legend, politics and art are blended together by the cartographer's craft." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Near Fine
Investing in Maps
Barrie & Rockliff 1969 4to (30.5 cm), 160pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, dj clipped). A guide to map-collecting, including the first printed maps, early British country maps, 18th & 19th century British maps, French & German maps, Sea charts, town plans, oddities.
Hardcover Near Fine
The Strabo illustratus atlas: A unique sixteenth century composite atlas from the House of Bertelli in Venice 1545-1571
Antiquariat Haas 2005 4to (34 cm), 206 pp. Publisher's cloth. Descriptions and illustrations of 191 maps from a composite atlas compiled at Venice in the second half of the 16th century probably in the shop of Fernando Bertelli under the Sign of San Marco. In the atlas were included hitherto unrecorded 15 historical maps prepared by Giacomo Gastaldi (c. 1500 - 1566), a Venetian cartographer, for an edition of Strabo' Geography.
Hardcover Fine
The Gallery of Maps
Edizioni Musei Vaticani 2011 4to (26.5 cm), 122, [6] pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. A guide to the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican. "The Gallery of the Geographical Maps is 120 meters long and represents one of the most fascinating areas within the Vatican Museums. In 1581 the then Pontiff, Pope Gregory XIII, commissioned the famous cosmographer, geographer and mathematician of the time, Ignazio Danti, to manage the ambitious project of depicting the entire Italian peninsula along the gallery walls. The friar was joined in the Capital by a well-known group of artists, such as the brothers Matteo and Paolo Bril, Girolamo Muziano and Cesare Nebbia. They decorated the walls with forty maps depicting the Italian regions and islands including perspective views of its most prominent port cities (Genoa, Venice, Civitavecchia and Ancona) as well as two fundamental episodes from the history of Christianity: the Siege of Malta by the Turks, and the Battle of Lepanto with the defeat of the Turkish navy." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Soft cover As New
Understanding maps: A systematic history of their use and development
Dawson 1981 4to (28 cm), 209 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "The theme of this book is the art and technique of using maps as a visual means of communicating meaningful information (and world-views). It is essentially a systematic survey of map development from ancient to modern times, with a number of chapters devoted to specific types of maps." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Near Fine
Gerard Mercator, cartograaf 1512-1594 (Dutch Edition)
Gemeentekrediet 1994 4to (29.5 cm), 160 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Contents include: Mercator in de verzamelingen van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I te Brussel, Mercator in de verzamelingen van het Museum Plantin-Moretus te Antwerpen, Mercator in de verzamelingen van het Mercatormuseum te Sint-Niklaas.
Soft cover Near Fine
Sphaera Mundi: Astronomy Books in the Whipple Museum 1478-1600
Whipple Museum of the History of Science 1994 4to (29.5 cm), [2], 148 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of astronomical books up to 1600 mounted to mark 50th anniversary of Whipple Museum of the History of Science. 93 entries.
Soft cover Near Fine
I Remondini. Stampa e industria nel Veneto del Settecento
Ghedina & Tassotti Editori 1990 4to (29.5 cm), 224 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps (minor shelf-wear). Contents include: I. Una famiglia della borghesia imprenditoriale veneta. Giovanni Antonio Remondini: la nascita della casa Remondini (1650-1725) Giuseppe Remondini: il consolidamento (1725-1742) Giambattista e Giuseppe Remondini: l'espansione (1742-1797). II. Le cartiere e le carte. Le cartiere Remondini Gli impianti e la manodopera Le carte comuni Le carte lavorate Il protezionismo governativo. III. La stamperia. Gli stabilimenti Remondini di Piazza: elementi nuovi ed elementi tradizionali Il lavoro e gli operai Il commercio La direzione delle attività remondiniane. IV. Le incisioni su rame e su legno. Le stampe Il commercio ambulante: i Tesini L'espansione commerciale delle stampe: la controversia con i calcografi di Augsburg La causa di Spagna. V. I libri. La produzione tipografica Le edizioni Remondini I rapporti tra i Remondini e gli autori Il commercio librario. VI. Capitalismo nascente ed organizzazione corporativa. L'"Università de' liberi e stampatori" di Venezia alla metà del '700 I Remondini e l'arte: l'immatricolazione (1747-'50) I Remondini nell'arte: la reazione dei Veneziani (1750-'67) L'affermazione remondiniana (1767-1797). VII. I Remondini nel XIX secolo. L'avvio alla decadenza: i limiti dell'esperienza remondiniana Gli ultimi anni (1820-1860).
Soft cover Near Fine
Le Rayonnement des Moretus
Brussels Bibliotheca Wittockiana 2006 4to (31.5 cm), 287 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Bibliotheca Wittockiana in Brussels September, 15, 2006 - January, 20, 2007. Bindings on books published by the Officina Plantiniana, the heirs of Christoph Plantin in Antwerp (from 1591 to 1837) and in Leiden from the collection of Eric Speeckaert. 129 bindings described and illustrated.
Soft cover Near Fine
Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration
The British Library 1992 4to (29.5 cm), VIII, 208 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, spine faded). "In this superbly illustrated survey, Brian Ford unravels many strands in the development of scientific knowledge over the centuries, showing how the study of illustration provides a retrospective view of the conduct of research. The accuracy of illustrations from certain periods can be seen to reflect the contemporary status of a particular science, while in some cases identical images have recurred over the centuries. Comparison of derivative works with their predecessors is highly instructive, revealing a 'family tree' of images descended from a single original. By retracing some of these patterns, the author shows how discoveries have been incorporated into the body of knowledge and, equally important, how errors have been perpetuated and misinformation compounded." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Near Fine
Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale (French Edition)
Nathan 1986 4to (29.5 cm), 216 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities).
Soft cover Near Fine
Giacomo Cantelli: Geografo del Serenissimo (Italian Edition)
Grafis 1995 Square 4to (27 x 27 cm), 202 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers little rubbed at extremities, corners slightly scuffed, ownership signature on the front free end-paper). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held 18 November 1995 - 31 January 1991 in the Rocca di Vignola. 90 entries.
Soft cover Very Good
Great Books and Book Collectors
Spring Books 1975 4to (31.5 cm), 280 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities. Very well written history of the book from Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992), an English bookseller and bibliophile. Included chapters on manuscripts, incunabula, bindings, the Bible, herbals and color-plate books, books on architecture, private press books, fakes and forgeries and great book collectors.
Hardcover Near Fine
Illuminated Manuscripts: The Book Before Gutenberg
Thames and Hudson 1988 4to (31.5 cm), 199 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "Gutenberg's invention of printing with movable type in the middle of the 15th century changed forever the form of the book. Though it was one of the great advances in human history, the process effectively brought to an end the production of the illuminated manuscript book. Now with a wealth of spectacular illustrations -- 149 in colour -- "Illuminated manuscripts" unfolds over thousand years of the story of the book before printing." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Near Fine
Quando l'Italia disegnava il mondo. Tesori Cartografici del Rinascimento Italiano
Associazione Roberto Almagià 2016 Square 8vo (24 x 24 cm), 232 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps (minor shelf-wear, small tear top of the page 95). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Bergamo 16 April - 10 July 2016. 74 entries.
Soft cover Near Fine
Cartografia Rara: Antiche carte geografiche, topografiche e storiche dalla collezione Franco Novacco
Cromorama 1986 Square 4to (33 x 33 cm), 100, [4] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, cloth bookmark (dj little rubbed at extremities, corner slightly scuffed). Illustrated catalogue of a collection of early Italian maps gathered by Franco Novacco. 148 entries. Text in Italian and English.
Hardcover Near Fine
A Book Of Old Maps: Delineating American History from the Earliest Days Down to the Close of the Revolutionary War
Dover 1969 4to (35 cm), XV, 299 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers rubbed, corners creased). This fascinating selection of 75 old maps offers an unusual survey of the discovery, settlement and growth of America down to close of the Revolutionary war.
Soft cover Good
Map Makers Art: History of Cartography
Studio Editions 1994 Folio (37.5 cm), 376 pp, folding plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket(dj slightly rubbed, tears top front, and bottom front and back where binding was little bumped). "By taking a historical perspective, Goss is able to show how such important cartographers as Ptolemy, Mercator, Ortelius, and Jefferys artistically reflected the geographical learning of their own times, how the advent of printing increased the availability of accurate maps, and how the exploratory and expansionist activities of the western European nations expanded the functions of maps. In addition to the European tradition, Goss also surveys the town plans of Imperial China, the star maps of 10th-century Arab astronomers, and the marine stick charts of the Pacific Islanders. Some of the more artistic flights of fancy, evident in elaborate allegorical figures and maps of mythical lands, are discussed in a chapter of their own." (from publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Very Good
Graphic design techniques on maps from world atlases 1570-1662 and their influence on the creation of cartographic principles
Poznań Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe 2011 8vo (24 cm), 106 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps.
Soft cover As New
Trésors de Mariemont: Collection de la bibliothèque
Musée Royal de Mariemont 2010 8vo (23 cm), 230 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held 26 June - 3 October 2010. 91 entries including manuscripts, incunabula, many bindings. Preface by François Mairesse, an introduction by Pierre-Jean Foulon.
Soft cover Fine
Cosmographies, Théâtres du Monde & Atlas. Catalogue de 254 atlas et ouvrages topographiques conservés à la Bibliothèque Nationale de Luxembourg
Luxembourg Bibliothèque Nationale 1984 8vo (25 cm), 261 pp. Printed wrappers (wrapper little rubbed).
Soft cover Near Fine
Europa in Carta. Rappresentazioni grafiche e descrizioni geografiche dell'Europa del Cinquecento e del Seicento
Cremona Biblioteca Statale 0 8vo (24 cm), 74 pp. Printed wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Cremona 10 May - 29 June 1996. = Mostra bibliografica in occasione del semestre di presidenza italiana del Consiglio di cultura dell'Unione Europea, 10 maggio - 29 giugno 1996. Catalogo a cura di Francesco Maria Liborio.
Soft cover Near Fine
Auserlesene und allerneueste Landkarten: Der Verlag Homann in Nürnberg 1702-1848
Nuremberg Stadtarchiv / Stadtmuseum Fembohaus 2002 Square 8vo (22.5 x 23 cm), 276 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Nuremberg 19 September - 24 November 2022. 138 entries. Includes studies of cartography in Nuremberg and of Homann's publishing enterprise and Homann's bibliography.
Soft cover Near Fine
Breve guida all'incisione d'arte: storia, tecniche, collezione
Padova Bottega delle Arti 2009 4to (29.5 cm), [4], 47 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps.
Soft cover Fine
Mostra degli incisori veneti del Settecento
Venice Libreria Serenissima 1941 8vo (23 cm), 131, [5] pp, 56 plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers little stained and frayed at extremities, ownership signature top of the front wrapper and top of half-title). The second edition. 613 entries.
Soft cover Very Good
La Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze: L'ambiente, le collezioni, i servizi (Italian Edition)
Edizioni Polistampa 2018 8vo (21 cm), 80 pp. Laminated wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
Cartographical Curiosities
The British Library 1984 Oblong 8vo (18.5 x 24.5 cm), 63 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear).
Soft cover Near Fine
Geographical Oddities or Curious, Ingenious, and Imaginary Maps and Miscellaneous Plates Published in Atlases. Map Collectors' Circle, No. 1
London Map Collectors' Circle 1963 8vo (24.5 cm), 22 pp, 20 plates. Printed wrappers (ex-library copy with stamp on title, title written along spine, number back of title but clean copy). The first volume of the Map Collectors' Circle.
Soft cover Very Good
Maps of Germany with Marginal Town Views. Map Collectors' Circle, No. 35
London Map Collectors' Circle 1967 8vo (24.5 cm), 22 pp, 22 plates. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wear).
Soft cover Very Good
Leo Belgicus, an Illustrated List of Variants. Map Collectors' Circle, No. 7
London Map Collectors' Circle 1963 8vo (24.5 cm), 22 pp, 20 plates. Printed wrappers (ex-library copy with stamp on title, title written along spine, number back of title but clean copy). The first volume of the Map Collectors' Circle.
Soft cover Very Good
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LIX 2013, no 179
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2013 8vo (22.5 cm), 139 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Stéphan Pascau "L'épopée du Balai (1761)"; R. Plisnier "Quelques bibliothèques de collectionneurs hainuyers au 19e siècle"; Hervé Renard "Le livre animé"; Pierre Istace "Deux dessins originaux de Félicien Rops pour Le Théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé".
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LIX 2013, no 180
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2013 8vo (22.5 cm), 172 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Christina Ionescu "L'édition des Liaisons dangereuses publiée par la Black Sun Press : Une page dans l'histoire du livre franco-américain" and Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker "Essai de bibliographie des différantes éditions d'Acajou et Zirphile de Charles Pinot Duclos".
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LX 2014, no 181-182
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2014 8vo (22.5 cm), 163 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Giles Bancarel "L'Histoire des deux Indes de l'abbé Raynal, entre information et communication"; Delphine Schreuder "Le siège, le livre et l'image. Étude comparative de l'Obsidio Bredana d'Herman Hugo (1626) et du Rerum ad Sylvam-Ducis de Daniel Heinsius (1631)"; Carine Deprez, Bruno Liesen "Raoul Simonson (1896-1965), libraire, bibliographe et éditeur"; René Fayt "Un chaînon manquant à l'histoire de l'édition en Belgique : Les éditeurs marginaux à Bruxelles entre 1860 et 1900".
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe. LXI 2015, no 183-184 : Voyages dans ma bibliothèque
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2015 8vo (22.5 cm), 305 pp. Printed wrappers and dust jacket. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition "Voyages dans ma bibliothèque" held at the Royal Library of Belgium 3 April - 30 May 2015. 151 entries.
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LXII 2016, no 185
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2016 8vo (22.5 cm), 174 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Georges Forestié "Recherches sur les bois gravés et polytypés dans le dernier quart du XVIIIe siècle"; Stéphan Pascau "Qui a écrit Je suis pucelle"; Francis Sartorius "La publication de Misérables, une aventure éditorial peu banal".
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LXII 2016, no 186
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2016 8vo (22.5 cm), 115 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Jacques Hellemans "Livre, presse et imprimerie dans les Pays-Bas espagnols (1581-1713)"; René Plisnier "L'abbé Norbert-Louis Michot et sa bibliothèque. Une première approche"; Gilbert Stevens "Les éditions sur grands papier des ouvrages de J.-H. Rosny".
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LXII 2017, no 187; Ibid LXV 2019, no 190 : Livres d'artistes et éditions bibliophiles en Belgique (1950-2015)
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2017 2 volumes 8vo (22.5 cm), 219 pp; 191 pp. Printed wrappers. Two issues, Artist's books and bibliophile editions in Belgium 1950-2015, Actes du colloque, vol. 1-2. Contents include Pierre-Jean Foulon "Le collection de livres d'artiste du Musée royal de Mariemont"; Jan Baetens "Livres d'artiste, livres pauvres"; Kristien Van der Brande "Aupport de fortune"; Johan Pas "Small beginnings: Pol Bury & the roots of Belgian artist' publications 1948-1968"; Mette Edvardsen "Books in performance, performance in books"; Saskia Gevaert "I hope no one suggest a pipe ... une performance"; Thorsten Baensch "Tout est lié. I would prefer not to"; Rein Ergo "Main d’œuvre revisited"; Leszek Brogowski "Livre d'artiste et militantisme : l'origine du geste artistique chez Bernard Villers"; Julie Gilman "Managing change in food-based art conservation"; Johan Pas "Artists' Publications: the Belgian Contribution"; Sara de Bondt "Multi-Art: an 'experimental edition company' by Paul Ibou and Liliane-Emma Staal"; Nico Dockx, Hans Ulrich Obrist "In conversation about books - ongoing"; Maike Aden "Guy Schraenen. A foreigner abroad"; Geoffrey Brusatto "Reshaping the paper book - A search for (visual) structures"; Luc Derycke "On listing"; Viola Hildebrand-Schat "Marcel Broodthaers. Anmerkungen zu einigen Publikationen des Künstlers"; Boris Rousseeuw "Te laat geboren"; Sofiane Laghouati "Littérature et arts plastiques : la part du livre. la part de l’œuvre".
Soft cover Fine
Le Livre et l'Estampe : Revue Semestrielle de la Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique. LXV 2019, no 191
Brussels La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2019 8vo (22.5 cm), 132 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include "Bibliographie liégoise (de origines à 1615)" by Mathilde Lincé.
Soft cover Fine
Gerard Mercator en de geografie in de zuidelijke Nederlanden/ Gerard Mercator et la geographie dans les Pays-Bas meridionaux
Antwerp Museum Plantin-Moretus 1994 4to (29.5 cm), 176 pp. Laminated wrappers (lamination little creased at the bottom, ex library with stamp and number on the title but clean and firm copy). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in the Plantin-Moretus Museum. 72 entries in Dutch and French.
Soft cover Very Good
Krieg: Viel Ehr - Viel Elend. Ausstellung zum 40. Jahrestag der Zerstörung Augsburgs
Augsburg 1984 8vo (24 cm), 159 pp. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wear). 188 entries.
Soft cover Near Fine
Historical Medals & Works or Art 2008
Timothy Millett Limited 2008 4to (29.5 cm), unpaginated. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Auction catalogue of a sale. 581 entries.
Soft cover Near Fine
The Library of Gerrit Komrij. Part 1: Highlights and a first selction
Haarlem Bubb Kuyper 2012 4to (27 cm), 248 pp, 72 plates. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Auction catalogue of a sale held in Haarlem on 27 November 2012. 1638 entries.
Soft cover Near Fine
Katalogus van de Kaartenverzameling (Buitengewone uitgaven van de Koninklijke Oudheidkundige Kring van het Land van Waas, 2)
Sint-Niklaas 1980 4to (29.5 cm), 173, [3] pp. Printed wrappers. A catalogue of the unbound maps that are the property of the "Koninklijke Oudheidkundige Kring van het Land van Waas" and kept in the archives of this association or exhibited in the Museum of the City of St-Niklaas. 606 entries and various indexes.
Soft cover Near Fine
Fortification du Royaume de Sicile d'après le manuscript original du Château de Beloeil
Brussels Société Royale des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique 2020 Oblong folio (42 x 29.5 cm), [6], 50 pp. Laminated wrappers (book little warped). A facsimile reprint of an atlas of fortifications of the island of Sicily made for Claude Lamoral de Ligne Ier, a viceroy of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1669 to 1674.
Soft cover Near Fine
Lietuvos TSR Bibliografija. Serija A: Knygos Lietuviu Kalba. T. 1. 1547-1861. T. 1. 1547-1861 Padildymai. T. 2. 1862-1904. Kn. 1-2
Vilnius Mintis 1969 4 volumes 4to (26.5 cm), LXIII, 728, plates; 152 pp; 955, [5] pp; 852, [4] pp. Publisher's cloth. A bibliography of books printed in Lithuanian language, 1547-1904. The first volume was published in 1969, a Supplement to it in 1990. The second volume (1862-1906) in two parts was published 1985-88.
Hardcover Near Fine
Ksiegozbior wielkopolskiego magnata: Andrzej Opalinski (1540-1593)
Poznanskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciol Nauk 2011 8vo (23 cm), 268 pp. Laminated boards (bookplate and collector's blind stamp on the title). In Polish. A collection of studies of a library of Andrzej Opaliński (1540-1593), a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman who, from 1574, was the Great Crown Marshal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Included an attempt of reconstruction of the library, articles on manuscripts from the library and Opalinski's bindings, and a catalogue of survived manuscripts and printed books (69 entries).
Hardcover Fine
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXXII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXXII
Moscow Kniga 1975 4to (27 cm), 232 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed at extremities). In Russian with contents in English. Inscribed on the title page to Ukrainian historian Jaroslav D. Isajevych from the editorial board. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXXI = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXXI
Moscow Kniga 1975 4to (27 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed at extremities, bookplate). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXX = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXX
Moscow Kniga 1975 4to (27 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXIX = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXIX
Moscow Kniga 1974 4to (27 cm), 264 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXVIII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXVIII
Moscow Kniga 1974 4to (27 cm), 240 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and scuffed at extremities). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXVII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXVII
Moscow Kniga 1973 4to (27 cm), 232 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed, ownership signature on the front free end-paper). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXVI = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXVI
Moscow Kniga 1973 4to (27 cm), 240 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXIII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXIII
Moscow Kniga 1972 4to (27 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and stained). In Russian with contents in English. Inscribed on the title page to Ukrainian historian Jaroslav D. Isajevych. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XXII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XXII
Moscow Kniga 1971 4to (27 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed, corners scuffed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XIX = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XIX
Moscow Kniga 1969 4to (27 cm), 248 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and faded). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Near Fine
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XVIII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XVIII
Moscow Kniga 1969 4to (27 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and faded, ownership signature on the front free end-paper). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
Kniga. Issledovanija i materialy. Sbornik XVII = The Book: Researches and Materials. Symposia XVII
Moscow Kniga 1968 4to (27 cm), 276 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed, corners scuffed, paper slightly toned). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.
Hardcover Very Good
