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Printing and the Mind of Man: Catalogue of the Exhibitions at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London 16-27 July 1963
Messrs F W Bridges & Sons 1963 8vo (23.5 cm), 166 pp, 32 plates and 16 plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers stained). Two catalogues published together: "Catalogue of a display of printing mechanisms and printed materials, arranged to illustrate the history of Western civilization" and "Printing and the mind of man, an exhibition of fine printing in the King's Library of the British Museum, July-September 1963, published by the Trustees of the British Museum". The second exhibition became a milestone in the book world. There were exhibited 193 printed books which for ideas they brought were of prime importance to the mind of man and crucial to the whole evolution of western civilization. Expanded catalogue, referred as PMM, was published in1967.
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The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, November 12, 1957, to January 12, 1958
Baltimore The Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery 1957 4to (28 cm), XI, 275 pp, 106 plates. Publisher's boards (binding little rubbed at extremities). Catalogue of an important exhibition of bookbindings held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, November 12, 1957, to January 12, 1958. 718 entries from the Byzantine diptych from 525 AD to contemporary bindings. Separate section included 40 bindings for miniature books. 106 b&w illustrations. One of the best book on the history of bookbinding.
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Oprawy haftowane i tekstylne z XVI-XIX wieku w zbiorach polskich. Vol. I - II [complete set]
Warszawa ASP i Biblioteka Narodowa 2013 2 volumes 4to (29 cm), 242 pp, 286 pp. Laminated wrappers. 16th-19th century embroidered and cloth bindings from in Polish collections.A study of historical development of embroidered bookbindings (vol. I) and a catalogue of 121 bindings. In Polish with the 5 page summary in English.
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Aristophanes: Acharnians. Knights. (Loeb Classical Library No. 178)
Harvard University Press 1998 12mo (18 cm), viii, 408 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Aristophanes of Athens (ca. 446–386 BCE), one of the world's greatest comic dramatists, has been admired since antiquity for his iridescent wit and beguiling fantasy, exuberant language, and brilliant satire of the social, intellectual, and political life of Athens at its height. He wrote at least forty plays, of which eleven have survived complete. In this new Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristophanes, Jeffrey Henderson presents a freshly edited Greek text and a lively, unexpurgated translation with full explanatory notes. The general introduction that begins Volume I reviews Aristophanes' career and brings current scholarly insights to bear on the intriguing question of the comic poet as a political force. In Acharnians a small landowner, tired of the Peloponnesian War, magically arranges a personal peace treaty and, borrowing a disguise from Euripides, demonstrates the injustice of the war in a contest with the bellicose Acharnians. Also in this volume is Knights, perhaps the most biting satire of a political figure (Cleon) ever written." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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Dissonant heritage? The architecture of the Third Reich in Poland
Kraków MCK 2020 4to (26 cm), 384. Publisher's boards. "Heritage can often be difficult, as best evidenced by the former Auschwitz concentration camp or the Palace of Culture and Science. In Poland, however, the most problematic is the heritage left behind by the Third Reich. The complexity of this issue is demonstrated in the latest book by the International Cultural Centre. It also provides the most complete, often surprising, overview of these “badly born” buildings to date." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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La notion de "Russie" dans la cartographie occidentale de début du XVIe a la fin de XVIIIe siecle
Institute Ukrainien des Sciences Économiques 1975 8vo (24 cm), 144 pp, folding map. Hardcover. The name of "Russia" in western cartography from the beginning of the 16th to the end of the 18th century.
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The Birdsall Collection of Bookbinders' Finishing Tools
Toronto University of Toronto Library 1972 8vo (24 cm), 23 pp. Printed wrappers. Description of a collection of bookbinders' finishing tools from Birdsall bindery in Northampton, one of the main bookbinding firms in Great Britain from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. In1968 the collection came into the possession of the University of Toronto Library.
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The Distinguished Collection of L. Frank Baum and Related Oziana including W. W. Denslow by Justin G. Schiller
New York Swann Galleries, Inc. 1978 8vo (24 cm), unpaginated. Printed wrappers (wrappers little stained, partly priced). Auction catalogue of a sale of Justin G. Schiller collection of L. Frank Baum and Related Oziana. 493 entries.
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Zbiory rekopisow w Polsce. Tom 1-2
Biblioteka Narodowa 2014 2 parts in 3 volumes 8vo (24.5 cm), XLIII, 561 pp; 263 pp; LI, 556 pp. Publishers cloth. In Polish. A guide to manuscript collections in Poland. The first part in two volumes contains description of manuscript collections of Polish libraries and museums (the second volume contains indexes). The second part is a guide to manuscript collections of religious institutions. In Polish with the preface in English.
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100 Numismatic Rarities at The National Museum in Krakow
Kraków Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie 2012 4to (30 cm), 229 pp. Laminated boards and dust jacket. In Polish and English. The collection of the Numismatic Cabinet of the National Museum in Kraków comprises over 100,000 objects. The book presents 100 valuable coins, medals and paper notes. The full-page illustrations are accompanied by bilingual Polish & English catalog notes and an essay describing the history of this unique collection.
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English Illuminated Manuscripts
London Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner and Company 1895 4to (31 cm), front. in color, [8], 67 pp, 20 plates protected by interleaving paper. Cont. vellum backed boards, printed label top of the spine, heavy handmade paper, untrimmed fore and bottom edge (binding slightly soiled and rubbed, internally fine). Copy no. 30 from 300 printed. A survey of English illumination and book-decoration from the 8th to 15th century. Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840 -1929) was a British palaeographer and Principal Librarian and first Director of the British Museum.
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Catalogue de livres modernes imprimés sur papier Whatman et papier de Hollande, publications de luxe, éditions Jouaust, Lemerre, etc. provenant de la bibliothèque de M. Al. M***
Paris A. Voisin 1878 4to (25.5 cm), VIII, 72 pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed top of the spine, bookplate). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on January 29-31, 1878. "Ce catalogue ne renferme pas de livres ansiens. Il se compose exclusivement des publications artistiques et littéraires mises au jour, dans ces dernières années, par les éditeurs parisiens les plus soigneux de leur réputation et de leur travaux." (from the Preface). 452 items. Not in Blogie.
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Catalogue de livres anciens et modernes composant la bibliothèque littéraire de feu M. Le Général F. Pittié
Paris A. Durel 1887 8vo (23 cm), 134, [4] pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in, silk bookmark (binding little rubbed top of the spine, paper browned, bookplate). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on April 1-15, 1887. 1298 items. Not in Blogie.
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Collection de M. Emm. Martin. Livres rares et précieux, anciens et modernes, la plupart illustrés par les plus grands artistes du XVIIIe et du XIXe siècles
Paris 1877 8vo (24.5 cm), XVI, 209 pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed at extremities, bookplate). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on February 5-10, 1877. 823 items. Ouvrages illustrés du XVIIIe et du XIXe siècle, avec figures en premiers états, épreuves d'artistes, suites avec eaux- fortes, dessins originaux. Collection des Classiques français. OEuvres de Voltaire. Galerie du Palais-Royal, avec eaux-fortes. Griffonnis de Saint-Non. Chansons de Laborde, fig. de Moreau avant la lettre. Le Temple de Gnide, avant la lettre, en maroquin ancien. Baisers (de Dorat). Fables (de Dorat), relié par Derome. Contes de La Fontaine, de 1762, relié par Derome. Idem, de 1795, avec dessins originaux. Daphnis et Chloé. - Télémaque. Gil-Blas, sur peau vélin, etc. Blogie II, 144.
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Catalogue de portraits la plupart pouvant servir aux illustrations classés par graveurs et par noms oeuvres ... Vignettes, estampes diverses, livres a figures ... Collection de M. Em. Martin
Paris 1877 8vo (23 cm), 140 pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed at extremities, bookplate). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on February 12-17, 1877. 1355 items. Oeuvres de Van Dyck, De Marcenay, Ficquet, Gaucher, Savart, etc. vignettes, estampes diverses, livres à figures, Contes de La Fontaine in-fol., Roman comique de Scarron d'Oudry, et Pater, Lazarille de Tormes, Cris de Paris de Poisson, oeuvre de Mme de Pompadour, Racine de Didot, avec une épreuve unique, etc. dessins : Moreau le jeune, Marie-Antoinette, Joseph II, etc
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History of Venice, Volume 2: Books V-VIII (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Harvard University Press 2008 8vo (21 cm), XII, 407 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. He was named official historian of Venice in 1529 and began to compose in Latin his continuation of the city's history in twelve books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. Although the work chronicles internal politics and events, much of it is devoted to the external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan, and the papacy) and with the Turks in the East. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it available for the first time in English translation." (from the publisher's description)
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Taras Szewczenko wedlug jego własnego rysunku zrobionego w stepie kirgizkim 1853 roku
Paris Imp. Beillet 1860 Tinted etching 17.5 x 12 cm (tint).Taras Shevchenko according to his own drawing made in Kirgizian step in 1853. Rare portrait of the eminent Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko etched by Bronisław Zaleski (1819 - 1880). In 1850th Zaleski, a Polish political activist, writer and artist was punished to serve as a soldier in Kazakhstan were he met famous Ukrainian who was also exiled there.
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Livy: History of Rome, Vol. I, Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library: Latin Authors, Vol. 114) (Volume I)
Harvard University Press 2002 12mo (17 cm), XXXVI, 446 pp, 2 folding maps. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). Books I-II with an English translation by B. O. Foster.
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Tristia. Ex Ponto (Loeb Classical Library 151)
Loeb 2002 12mo (17 cm), XLIV, 511 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by Arthur Leslie Wheeler revised by G. P. Good.
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Horace: Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica (Loeb Classical Library, No. 194) (English and Latin Edition)
Harvard University Press 2005 12mo (17 cm), XXX, 510 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by H Rushton Fairclough.
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Letters and Panegyricus I, Books 1-7 (Loeb Classical Library) (Volume I)
Harvard University Press 2000 12mo (17 cm), XXXIII, 566 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by Betty Radice.
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Lucan: The Civil War (Loeb Classical Library No. 220)
Harvard University Press 2006 12mo (17 cm), XVI, 640 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by J. D. Duff.
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Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History, Volume I, Books 14-19 (Loeb Classical Library No. 300) (English and Latin Edition)
Harvard University Press 2000 12mo (17 cm), L, 583 pp, 2 maps. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by John C. Rolfe.
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Ovid III: Metamorphoses, Books I-VIII (Loeb Classical Library, No. 42) (Volume I)
Harvard University Press 1999 12mo (17 cm), XVI, 467 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by Frank Justus Miller revised by G. P. Good.
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Tacitus: I, Agricola. Germania. Dialogus (Loeb Classical Library)
Harvard University Press 2006 12mo (17 cm), XV, 360 pp, 2 maps. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Agricola" translated by M. Hutton revised by R. M. Ogilvie; "Germania" translated by M. Hutton revised by E. H. Warmington; "Dialogus" translated by W. Peterson revised by Michael Winterbottom.
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Tacitus: Histories, Books I-III (Loeb Classical Library No. 111)
Harvard University Press 2000 12mo (17 cm), XVIII, 482 pp, 2 maps. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little creased and frayed, discount label, bookplate). With an English translation by Clifford H. Moore.
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Tacitus: Histories, Books IV-V, Annals Books I-III (Loeb Classical Library No. 249)
Harvard University Press 2000 12mo (17 cm), VI, 644 pp, 3 maps. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities, tear of dj top of spine, bookplate). With an English translation by Clifford H. Moore (The Histories) and John Jackson (The Annals).
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Tacitus: The Annals, Books IV-VI, XI-XII (Loeb Classical Library No. 312)
Harvard University Press 2000 12mo (17 cm), VIII, 421 pp, 1 map. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). With an English translation by John Jackson.
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Sallust (Loeb Classical Library No. 116)
Harvard University Press 1971 12mo (17 cm), XVI, 536, 8 pp. Publisher's cloth (without dust jacket, bookplate). With an English translation by J. C. Rolfe.
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Odes and Epodes (Loeb Classical Library)
Harvard University Press 1964 12mo (17 cm), XXI, 436, 8 pp. Publisher's cloth (without dust jacket, edges little rubbed, pencil notes inside). With an English translation by C. E. Bennett.
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Aristotle, XIX, Nicomachean Ethics (Loeb Classical Library)
Harvard University Press 1962 12mo (17 cm), XXIX, 650, 8 pp. Publisher's cloth (without dust jacket). With an English translation by H. Rackham.
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Plato: Statesman. Philebus. Ion. (Loeb Classical Library No. 164)
Harvard University Press 1952 12mo (17 cm), XX, 450, 10 pp. Publisher's cloth (without dust jacket, minor shelf-wear). With an English translation by Harold N. Fowler (Statesman. Philebus) and W. R. M. Lamb (Ion).
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Caesar: The Gallic War (Loeb Classical Library)
Harvard University Press 2004 12mo (17 cm), XXII, 631 pp, folding map. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, bookplate). With an English translation by H. J. Edwards.
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History of Venice, Volume 1: Books I-IV (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Harvard University Press 2007 8vo (21 cm), XXVI, 358 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. He was named official historian of Venice in 1529 and began to compose in Latin his continuation of the city's history in twelve books, covering the years from 1487 to 1513. Although the work chronicles internal politics and events, much of it is devoted to the external affairs of Venice, principally conflicts with other European states (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan, and the papacy) and with the Turks in the East. This edition, in a projected three volumes, makes it available for the first time in English translation." (from the publisher's description)
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Commentaries, Volume 1: Books I-II (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Harvard University Press 2004 8vo (21 cm), XVI, 422 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena, and became a famous Latin poet and diplomat. He was elected Pope Pius II (1458) and dedicated his pontificate to organizing a pan-European crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Pius's Commentaries, the only autobiography ever written by a pope, was composed in elegant humanistic Latin modeled on Caesar and Cicero. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime and an updated and corrected version of the 1937 translation by Florence Alden Gragg." (from the publisher's description)
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History of the Florentine People, Volume 1: Books I-IV (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Harvard University Press 2001 8vo (21 cm), XXIV, 520 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), the leading civic humanist of the Italian Renaissance, served as apostolic secretary to four popes and chancellor of Florence. He was famous in his day as a translator, orator, and historian, and was the best-selling author of the fifteenth century. Bruni's History of the Florentine People in twelve books is generally considered the first modern work of history, and was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation." (from the publisher's description)
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Italy Illuminated, Volume 1: Books I-IV (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) (Latin Edition)
Harvard University Press 2005 8vo (21 cm), XXVII, 490 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Biondo Flavio (1392-1463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. While serving a number of the Renaissance popes, he inaugurated an extraordinary program of research into the history, institutions, cultural life, and physical remains of the ancient Roman empire. The Italia Illustrata (1453), which appears here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. Its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world. As such, it is the quintessential work of Renaissance antiquarianism. This is the first edition of the Latin text since 1559." (from the publisher's description)
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Later Travels (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Harvard University Press 2004 8vo (21 cm), XXII, 460 pp, 2 maps, 10 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Cyriac of Ancona (Ciriaco de' Pizzecolli, 1391-1452), a merchant and diplomat as well as a scholar, was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. His travel diaries and letters are filled with descriptions of classical sites, drawings of buildings and statues, and copies of hundreds of Latin and Greek inscriptions. This volume presents letters and diaries from 1443 to 1449, the period of his final voyages, which took him from Italy to the eastern shore of the Adriatic, the Greek mainland, the Aegean islands, Anatolia and Thrace, Mount Athos, Constantinople, the Cyclades, and Crete." (from the publisher's description)
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Greek Coins and Their Values Vol 1: Europe
Spink Books 2006 8vo (22.5 cm), XL, 317 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). The first volume of this catalogue deals with the issues of the Greek cities in Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Macedon and Thrace, Illyria and Central Greece, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands and Crete; also the Punic and RomanoCeltiberian coinage of Spain, and the Celtic coinages of Gaul, Britain (uninscribed issues), and Central Europe. The primary arrangement is geographical (west to east) and the listings are divided between Archaic issues (before circa 480 BC) and Classical and Hellenistic (later 5th century down to 1st century BC).
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Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. 1: The Republic and the Twelve Caesars 280 BC-AD 96
Spink Books 2000 8vo (22.5 cm), 532 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). A new and greatly expanded Millennium Edition' of this invaluable reference work for collectors and enthusiasts, now in three volumes. The book is enlarged with a full listing of the Roman Republican series and more comprehensive coverage of the Imperial series and includes up-to-date valuations, in sterling and in dollars, and interpretations as well as new research on the chronology of coin types.
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Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol II, The Accession of Nerva to the Overthrow of the Severan Dynasty AD 96 - AD 235
Spink Books 2002 8vo (22.5 cm), 696 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). A new and greatly expanded Millennium Edition' of this invaluable reference work for collectors and enthusiasts, now in three volumes. The book is enlarged with a full listing of the Roman Republican series and more comprehensive coverage of the Imperial series and includes up-to-date valuations, in sterling and in dollars, and interpretations as well as new research on the chronology of coin types.
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Roman Coins and Their Values Volume 3: The Accession of Maximinus I to the Death of Carinus AD 235 - 285
Spink Books 2005 8vo (22.5 cm), 536 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). A new and greatly expanded Millennium Edition' of this invaluable reference work for collectors and enthusiasts, now in three volumes. The book is enlarged with a full listing of the Roman Republican series and more comprehensive coverage of the Imperial series and includes up-to-date valuations, in sterling and in dollars, and interpretations as well as new research on the chronology of coin types.
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Chinese-English Dictionary (A Chinese-English Dictionary Compiled for the China Inland Mission)
Harvard University Asia Center 2000 4to (26 cm), XXIV, 1226 pp. Publisher's cloth. This volume meets the demand for a small dictionary which is at the same time comprehensive enough for the needs of the ordinary student. It contains 7,773 Chinese characters and 104,000 compounds taken from the classics, general literature, magazines, and newspapers. Published in 1931, it has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date in this new edition. All necessary corrections in regard to pronunciation have been made; the tones of the characters have been checked; and a large number of new terms have been added in order to facilitate the reading of contemporary periodicals and newspapers--whether political, economic, chemical, or military.
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Verzeichnis derjenigen Bücher aus allen Wissenschaften welche bey Kuhn & Millikowski, Buch-, Kunst- und Musikalienhändlern
Lemberg Kuhn & Millikowski 1923 8vo (21 cm), [4], 114 pp. Untrimmed in recent cloth, front and spine of original wrappers tipped in, bookplate, filled in subscriber's slip loosely inserted. Good copy of rare catalogue of bookselling firm Kühn i Milikowski founded in 1822 in L'viv by Polish bookseller and publisher Jan Milikowski (1781-1866).
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Catalogue illustré de la Bibliothèque de Feu M. le Marquis De Morante. Précédé d'une Notice Biographique par M. Fr. Asenjo Barbiere et de Quelques Mots sur cette Bibliothèque par M. Paul Lacroix
Paris Bachelin-Deflorenne 1872 8vo (25 cm), [4], XL, 352 pp. Cont. chagrin-backed marbled boards, raised bans, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed at extremities, small closed tears to fore-edges of wrappers, collector’s monogram stamped on the title). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on February 21 - March 2, 1872. 1909 items. Born in Mexico Joachim Gomez de la Cortina, Marquis de Morante (1808-1868) was a great bibliophile, who bought his books from the best Parisian booksellers and have them bound by famous Parisian binders. Notes on the library by P. L. Jacob Bibliophile (Paul Lacroix). Included in the sales were important medieval manuscripts, illuminated books, books printed on vellum, unique copies, editions unknown to bibliographers, first books printed in several cities, illustrated books, books with important provenance, signed copies, curious bindings. There is a version of this catalogue illustrated with 35 plates with the title "Catalogue illustré de la Bibliothèquw . . . ". Blogie II, 122.
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Catalogue des livres, manuscrits, autographes et archives formant le Cabinet de M. Bigant ancien président de Chambre à la Cour Impériale de Douai
Douai Impr. Mme Ve Adam 1860 8vo (22,5 cm), VIII, 228 pp. Cont. calf-backed marbled boards, raised bans, spine gilt, painted edges, marbled end-papers, priced throughout in contemporary hand (binding little rubbed, binder's ticket and bookplate, little stained inside). 1805 + 301 + 121 items. Bound together with: Table et Prix de Vente de Catalogue des livres et manuscrits formant la Bibliothèque de M. Bigant. 27 pp (pp 25-26 misbound); Vente d'une très-belle collection de médailles françaises et des XVII provinces des Pays-Bas, de livres de numismatique faisant partie des collections de M. Bigant. Douai: Impr. Mme Ve Adam, [1860], XIX, 84 pp, 807 items; Observations et notes pour être jointes au catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. Bigant, Ibid., 21 pp; Catalogue d'une collection d'objets d'art, gravures, tableaux anciens qui composaient le cabinet de M. Bigant, Ibid., 19 pp, 170 items; Observations et notes pour être jointes au catalogue de la collection d'objets d'art, gravures, tableaux anciens, Ibid., 11 pp. Bound together with: Bibliothèque de Monsieur Louis-Alexandre-César Taffin de Givenchy. Saint-Omer: Fleury-Lemaire, 1860. [12], 132, 16 pp (engraved bookplate and priced throughout in cont. hand, price list at the end). 1494 items. Blogie II, 92 and II, 91.
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Die grossen Bibliophilien. Geschichte der Büchersammler und ihrer Sammlungen. Vol. I - III [complete set]
Leipzig Verlag von E. A. Seemann 1922 3 volumes 4to (26.5 cm), [8], 512, [2] pp; XVI, [2] pp, 123 plates; [8], 248 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front covers and spines (bindings lightly rubbed at extremities, end-papers little browned, the first and the last leaves of plates in the vol. 2 little foxed). Very good set of the classical work on book-collecting by German lawyer and book-collector Gustav Adolf Erich Bogeng (1881-1960). The first volume devoted to the history of book-collecting in the East, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, England, Slavic countries and Scandinavia, autograph collections, bibliomaniacs. The second volume includes 329 illustrations. The third volume contains extended bibliographical notes.
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Katalog der Raczyńskischen Bibliothek in Posen. Katalog Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu. Vol. I - IV [complete set]
Pozen Hofbuchdruckerei W. Becker & Co. 1885 4 volumes in 3 8vo (20.5 cm), XII, 58, 441, [3], 485 pp, 2 plates; XV, 953 pp; XI, 667 pp; [6], 277 pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spines, blind-stamped upper coves, marbled edges. Vol. 3 and 4 bound together. From the library of J. A. Nałęcz Raczyński (stamp on the front pastdown of the vol. 2). In German. The Raczyński Library is a public library founded in 1829 by Count Edward Raczyński in Poznań. It was based on the founder's book collection and focused on Polonica and books on areas historically connected with Poland. The library was destroyed during the WWII except for the special collections looted earlier. The catalogue is thematically arranged. Vol. 1 includes a biography of the founder, library history and statues, description of 191 manuscripts, catalogues of incunabula, theology, philosophy, science and arts. Vol. 2 catalogs literature and history. Vol. 3 is a catalogue of Polish literature and history. Vol. 4 contains indexes. Fine set of the most comprehensive catalog of Poland's oldest public library.
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Annales typographiae Augustanae ab ejus origine MCCCCLXVI. usque ad annum MDXXX. Accedit domini Francisci Antonii Veith diatribe de origine et incrementis artis typographicae in urbe Augusta Vindelica
Augsburg A. F. Bartholomaeus 1778 2 parts in 1 volume in-4, [12], LXVIII, 114, [6] pp, 1 folding engraved plate. Cont. calf-backed marbled boards, gilt ruled flat spine, gilt-lettered red and green leather labels (binding little rubbed at extremities, foxing to some quires). First edition of a study and bibliography of early printing at Augsburg. The study (part I) is the work of the Augsburg bookseller F. A. Veith (1731-1796), who later published "Bibliotheca Augustana" (1785-1796). G. W. Zapf (1747-1810) compiled the Augsburg bibliography 1466-1530, describing many incunabula in the Buxheim monastic library and in Augsburg private collections. Appended are a list of books printed in Venice by the Augsburg printer Erhard Ratdolt and a list of books printed by the Mark Welser's publishing house "Ad Insignia Pinus"1594-1614. Besterman 5108, Bigmore-Wyman III, 111.
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Geofroy Tory, peintre et graveur, premier imprimeur royal, réformateur de l'orthographe et de la typographie sous François Ier. Deuxième édition entièrement refondue
Paris Librairie Tross 1865 8vo (22 cm), [4], VIII, 417 pp. Cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed, wrappers browned, some foxing inside, pp 3-38 two tears to fore-edge). The second augmented edition of the classical study and bibliography of great French renaissance printer. Divided into 3 parts: biography, bibliography and iconography. Documents and some additional notes in appendices. Illustrated with facsimile of Tory's woodcuts.
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Imprimeurs imaginaires et libraires supposés. Étude bibliographique suivie de recherches sur quelques ouvrages imprimés avec des indications fictives de lieux ou avec des dates singulières
Paris Librairie Tross 1866 8vo (23 cm), [4], 290 pp. Cont. morocco-backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt-lettered spine, marbled end-papers, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in, silk bookmark (biding rubbed at extremities and joints, paper tickets with numbers top of front board and bottom of spine, quires printed on laid paper foxed). A study of fictitious imprints, imprints with false printed place and fantastic dates. Impressive list.
Hardcover Near Fine
Catalogo della Biblioteca del Barone Giuseppe Weil Weiss di Lainate
Milan Arti Grafiche S.E.T.I. 1929 4to (33.5 cm), front., XIV, [2], 234, [2] pp, 57 plates. Head- and tailpieces printed in red. Cont. half-vellum, decorated covers, black silver-lettered label to the spine, the original blue wrappers bound in. (binding very lightly soiled, light offset to some plates). Limited to 100 copies on hand-made paper, numbered I-C, this is no. XXVI. Frontispiece with Baron Weil Weiss's portrait, two collector's bookplates tipped in, 57 plates in colour and black-and-white showing 19th- and 20th century bindings. 1301 entries. Deluxe edition of 18th, 19th and 20th centuries on special paper, illustrated books, bibliophile editions, books with original drawings and watercolors, artistic bindings. Excellent copy of beautifully produced catalogue of the extensive library amassed by the nobleman from Turin Giuseppe Weil Weiss (1863-1939), Baron of Lainate. The collection was acquired in 1937 by the Biblioteca Trivulziana in Milan, and is now housed in the Weil Weiss Room.
Hardcover Fine
Le piante di Roma
Rome Istituto di Studi Romani 1962 3 volumes folio (38 cm), 358 pp; [10] pp, 322 plates (some folding); [12] pp, plates 323-684 (some in colour, some folding). Publisher's blue cloth, on the upper cover of each volume gilt title and medallion depicting a plan of Rome, embossed in gilt, gilt-lettered and spines. One of the most important and still unrivaled survey of the Rome's topography. It was edited by the historian and archaeologist Amato Pietro Frutaz (1907-1980), materials were previously assembled by the librarian Luigi de Gregori (1874-1947). In the first volume 24t5 plans are described from the Forma Urbis Severiana, marble plan from the 3rd century AD to Pianta di Roma (1962). The second and third volumes contain illustrations in large scale on mostly folding plates. Fine copy of this impressive publication.
Hardcover Fine
Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles Vol. 3: Romanesque Manuscripts 1066-1190
Harvey Miller 1975 4to (34 cm), 235 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (light shelf-wear). "The book contains a catalogue of just over a hundred illuminated manuscripts of the period 1066-1190. It should be stressed that this is not intended to be anything like complete corpus, but rather a selection drawn from immensely rich material. Same fine manuscripts from particularly well-represented centres have been omitted in favor of less well-known examples. It was felt that there should be a good selection of secular books to balance the inevitable predominance of Psalters and Bibles, but this does not imply the inclusion of every single illustrated astronomical text." (from the Foreword).
Hardcover Fine
Bibliographie des oeuvres d'Étienne Dolet, écrivain, éditeur et imprimeur
Geneva Librairie Droz 1980 8vo (25 cm), [6], LXXVII, 213, [3] pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine. "Cette bibliographie a pour objet de recenser et décrite toutes les oeuvres don't Etienne Dolet est l’auteur ou à la réalisation desquelles il a apporté sa collaboration comme auteur, éditeur et/ou imprimeur. Manuscrits et imprimés, ouvrages connus seulement par référence, nous n'avons rien voulu négliger." (from the Foreword). 257 editions and 14 manuscript are described arranged in chronological order.
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Sammlung Heinr. Lempertz sen. Oesterreich-Ungarn, Italien, Russland und Polen, Musik und Theater. Porträts, Ansichten, Dokumente, Autographe: seltene Schabkunstblätter, Kupferstiche, Holzschnitte.
Cologne J. M. Heberle (H. Lempertz) 1907 8vo (22 cm), 101 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted and stained, collector's stamp on the front cover ). The catalogue of the auction of the collection of Heinrich Lempertz (1816-1898) sold in Cologne on 24-27 May 1907. 2200 items.
Soft cover Very Good
Catalogue de la bibliothèque théatrale de M. Léon Sapin [Part I - II]
Paris A. Voisin 1878 2 parts in 2 volumes 8vo (24.5 cm), [4], IV, 79 pp; [2], V, 143 pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines with raised bands. top edges gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in, silk bookmark (bindings little rubbed, bookplates, foxing of the first part). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on February 22-28, 1878. 1588 items. Première partie : Architecture théâtrale, histoire des théâtres, almanachs, législation, art du comédien, documents manuscrits, autographes. Deuxième partie : Opéra, opéra-comique, littérature musicale, danse et ballets, facéties et satires, théâtre burlesque, biographies, chansonniers, estampes et dessins, bibliographie, documents manuscrits. Blogie II, 145 & 148.
Hardcover Fine
The Chinese Guilds: Brief sketch of their history with color printed signs representing different lines of trade
Manchuria Research Society Harbin 1928 Oblong 4to, 72, 19 pp, 19 ff plates (10 in color). Publisher's wrappers (covers little stained, soiled and rubbed, corners of few leaves at the beginning soiled). In Russian, English, and Chinese. Rare.
Soft cover Near Fine
Every Man His Own Broker: Or, A Guide to Exchange-Alley. In Which the Nature of the several Funds, vulgarly called the Stocks, is cleary explained, and accurate Computations are formed of the Average Value of East India Stocks for several Years, from the current Year. The Mystery and Iniquity of Stock-Jobbing is laid before the Public in a New and Impartial Light. The Method of Transferring Stock, and of Buying and Selling the several Government Securities, without the Assistance of a Broker, is made intelligible to the meanest Capacity; and an Account is given of the Laws in force relative to Brokers, Clerks at the Bank, &c. . The Ninth Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
Printed for G. Robinson 1782 In-8, XXII, [2], 251, [1] pp. Bound before: A New Book of Interest, Containing Accurate Tables Calculated to a Farthing, at Three, Three and Half, Four, anf Five per Cent. From One Pound fo Five Hundred, and from One Day to Sixty, also from One to Twelve Months. Giving Plain Directions for casting up Interest at other Rates, and other Tables equally useful. London: Printed for G. Robinson, 1781. 39 pp. Cont. calf (lite wear, front hinges slightly cracked). The 9th edition of popular guide to dealing on the stock exchange(the first published in 1761).
Hardcover Near Fine
Catalogue des livres composant la bibliothèque d'un amateur du nord de la France
Paris A. Labitte 1866 8vo (22 cm), [4], 298 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little frayed at extremities, light foxing to the title, bookplate). Auction catalogue of a sale held in Paris in May 1866. 2537 items from the stock of the Librairie Auguste De Bruyne à Malines. Included separate section devoted to incunabula. Blogie II, 109.
Soft cover Near Fine
Rospis' rossiiskim Knigam i portretam, kotorye pri Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v Sankt-Peterburge napechatany i v knizhnoi lavke onoi zhe Akademii bez perepletu prodaiutsia
Saint Petersburg 1773 8vo, 10 ff, 3 ff (old inscription in Russian bottom of the title, paper little rubbed at extremities, few pen marks). Two catalogues, the first of books and portraits, the second of maps and plans, which were printed by Russian Academy of Sciences and were sold in its bookshop. Svodnyī katalog 8860, 8859.
No Binding Fine
Ivan Fedorov. Nachalo knigopechatania na Rusi: Opisanije izdanij i ukazatel literatury
Moscow Pashkow dom 2010 8vo (21 cm), 344 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. In Russian. Bibliography of Ivan Fedorov (c. 1525-1583), was one of the fathers of Eastern Slavonic printing, the first known Russian printer in Moscow. He also printed the first boom in Ukraine. 3389 items.
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Halychyna: z velykoi vijny. Galizien: Aus dem grossen Krieg
L'viv VNTL-Klasyka 2014 8vo (20 cm), 300 pp. Laminated wrappers. Texts in German and Ukrainian. An anthology of texts about the events of the First World War in Galicia. For contents see scans.
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Alde, Renouard & Didot : Bibliophilie & bibliographie
Éditions des Cendres 2008 4to (28.5 cm), 35, {5] pp. Printed wrappers with flaps. Limited to 521 copies, this is copy 242. Beautifully printed essay on two great scholars of Aldus Manutius: Antoine Augustin Renouard and Ambroise Firmin Didot, who also were great book collectors.
Soft cover Fine
Les arts du texte : La révolution du livre autour de 1500
Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon 2016 4to (33 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's boards and transparent dust plastic dust jacket. The catalogue of an exhibition held in Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon (30 Sept 2016 - 21 Jan 2017) and in the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (7 Oct 2016 - 29 Jan 2017). Beautifully designed book, with samples printed on paper of different colors, deals with changes in book design around 1500.
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Pablo Picasso. Catalogue raisonné des livres illustrés
Geneva Patrick Cramer 1983 4to (32 cm), 430 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, cloth slipcase. 156 books, albums and catalogues illustrated by Pablo Picasso are described in detail. Each entry is accompanied by reproductions of the original engravings or lithographs. An indispensable reference book for specialists which also makes a very important aspect of Picasso's work accessible and interesting to the general reader.
Hardcover Fine
Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling, as Practised by all European Nations from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
Naval and Military Press 2009 8vo (23.5 cm), XVIII, 538 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers. Facsimile reprint of 1896 expanded and revised edition of a bibliography of fencing and duelling. Appended extensive index and Notes on Duelling, Fencing and the Sword.
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Guns and Shooting: A selected chronological bibliography
Philadelphia Ray Riling Arms Books Co 1982 8vo (23.5 cm), front., XX, 436 pp. Publishers' cloth and dust jacket (top edge little foxed, bookplate). Memorial edition limited to 500 copies, this is no. 267. A practical and convenient listing of almost 3000 books on guns and shooting through the ages at the present day.
Hardcover Fine
Alex Katz Paints Ada
Yale University Press 2006 4to (29.2 cm), 128 pp. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket. From the blurb: For almost fifty years, the American artist Alex Katz (b. 1927) has painted a series of portraits of his wife, Ada. This beautifully illustrated book is the first to focus on these iconic paintings, which are unprecedented in their focus on a single figure over many years. In this volume, leading scholars explore the allure of Ada as a subject and the art-historical importance of Katz’s portraits, asking fascinating questions about Katz’s methods and intentions: What do these paintings reveal and conceal about their subject? What does Katz do in the studio to convey such vitality on his canvases? How does Katz’s work fit into the history of portraiture and the art movements of the 1960s and beyond? Acclaimed art critic and curator Robert Storr examines Ada’s alluring persona, comparing her to other “goddesses” who have captivated centuries of portrait painters. James Schuyler recounts a day in Katz’s studio, and the late British art critic Lawrence Alloway explores the role of repetition in the Ada portraits, which he views as a cycle of images with antecedents in Velázquez and Rembrandt. Featuring the renowned series of Ada portraits, this book demonstrates the cumulative power and enduring delight of Alex Katz’s achievement, as well as his devotion to his greatest muse.
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Anti-Rationalists and the Rationalists
Architectural Press 2000 4to (30.5 cm), VIII, 232 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Some of the most famous architectural theorists are pitted against one another in this volume. The subject for debate is modernism, the most pressing issue of the 20th century. The book is a combination of the two Architectural Press titles. In the first, Pevsner and Richards argue that the austere rationality of the modern movement is after all losing out. In contrast, Dennis Sharp examines the evidence to support the counter-argument.
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Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana: Volume II. Books 6-8. Epistles of Apollonius. Eusebius: Treatise (Loeb Classical Library No. 17)
Harvard University Press 2001 12mo (17 cm), IV, 624 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (bookplate). "Novel and biography are joined in this literary work with a historical core. Philostratus' life of the first century mystic from Tyana was written at the request of the empress Julia Domna. It portrays a man with supernatural powers, a Pythagorean who predicts the future, cures the sick, raises the dead, and himself prevails over death, ascending to heaven and later appearing to disciples to prove his immortality. The account has a rich and varied setting: Apollonius' ministering carries him throughout the eastern Mediterranean world, as far south as Ethiopia, and eastward to India. Philostratus' Life of Apollonius was long viewed by Christians as a dangerous attempt to set up a Christ-like rival. This two-volume edition of the Life of Apollonius of Tyana includes, in the second volume, a collection of Apollonius' letters and a treatise by the Christian bishop and historian Eusebius attacking Apollonius as a charlatan." (from the publisher's description)
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The Idea of Justice
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009 8vo (24 cm), XXVIII, 468 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. From the blurb: "Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how--and how well--people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in its grip on social and political thinking, has long left practical realities far behind. The transcendental theory of justice, the subject of Sen’s analysis, flourished in the Enlightenment and has proponents among some of the most distinguished philosophers of our day; it is concerned with identifying perfectly just social arrangements, defining the nature of the perfectly just society. The approach Sen favors, on the other hand, focuses on the comparative judgments of what is “more” or “less” just, and on the comparative merits of the different societies that actually emerge from certain institutions and social interactions. At the heart of Sen’s argument is a respect for reasoned differences in our understanding of what a “just society” really is. People of different persuasions--for example, utilitarians, economic egalitarians, labor right theorists, no-nonsense libertarians--might each reasonably see a clear and straightforward resolution to questions of justice; and yet, these clear and straightforward resolutions would be completely different. In light of this, Sen argues for a comparative perspective on justice that can guide us in the choice between alternatives that we inevitably face."
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Bibliography of Oscar Wilde
Privately printed for the author 1908 8vo (22.5 cm), 20 pp. Grey wrappers with the printed label tipped in, another libel bound after the text. Printed on thick paper, bottom and fore-edge untrimmed. Limited to 11 copies, this is no. 10 signed by the author. The first edition of Oscar Wilde's bibliography. Part I includes all the authorized editions published in England and the 2 French editions of Salomé published in Paris. Part II contains 2 privately printed authorized edition. Part III is chronological list of all contributions to periodicals.
Soft cover Fine Signed by Author(s)
The Complete Illustrative Works of Thomas Bewick (3 Volumes, complete set)
British Library 2011 3 volumes 4to (27.5 cm), 392 pp; 948 pp; 240 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (ownership signature on front free end-papers). Volume One: An Account of the Engraving Workshop, its Masters and Apprentices; Volume Two: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Primary & Secondary Works & The Principal Larger Prints; Volume Three: Notes, References & Indexes to Volumes Two & Three. Generously illustrated and arranged alphabetically this book details some 750 titles, over 450 of which are unrecorded in earlier bibliographies. In addition it provides sections on newspaper mastheads, book cover designs, copy-book covers, maps and large single prints.
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Incunabula Medica 1467-1480: A Study of the Earliest Printed Medical Books 1467-1480
Maurizio Martino 1998 4to (28 cm), XI, 140 pp, 16 plates. Publisher's cloth. A facsimile reprint of 1923 edition of a study of the earliest printed medical books. Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press. 214 items described in the catalogue.
Hardcover Fine
The diaries of James Simmons, paper maker of Haslemere, 1831-1868: Extracts
Tabard Private Press 1990 Square 8vo (24 x 25 cm), IX, 190 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine, tipped in illustrations. Special edition limited to 210 copies on mould-made paper, this. is no. 175. Extracts from the diaries of James Simmons, paper-maker of Haslemere in Surrey.
Hardcover Fine
The Diaghilev-Lifar Library
Monaco Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S. A. 1975 4to (25.5 cm), 217 pp. Publisher's boards stamped in black and gold. Price-list & errata loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of a sale of the Diaghilev-Lifar Library held on November 28 - December 1, 1975, 826 entries. Highlights included early editions in Church Slavonic ("The Acts of Apostles" printed by Fedorov and Mstislavetz in Moscow in 1564 has been sold for 62,000 Fr. F.), first editions of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, & Dostoevsky, and musical scores.
Hardcover Fine
One Hundred Books Famous in Science Based on an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club
New York The Grolier Club 1964 4to (28.5 cm), [10], 451 pp. Printed in red and black. Publisher's cloth gilt, teg. From the library of Anthony Hobson (bookplate). The catalogue of the exhibition "One Hundred Books Famous In Science" held at The Grolier Club in 1958. "The items selected, which are described and illustrated herein, are "key" books in the history of science, but, of course, they are not the only "key" books in the field. They should be regarded rather as great signposts pointing towards many varied branches of the growth and development of science, any one of which constitutes both an important and fascinating chronicle and a wide rewarding field for exploration and concentration by scholar and collector." Entries are alphabetically arranged by the name of the author and, are accompanied, in some instances, by other books or papers which serve to amplify or to complete the meaning of the entry. Each entry is illustrated by a reproduction of the title page.
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The Strawberry Hill Press and its Printing House (Miscellaneous Antiquities): Descriptions, Chronologies and a Census of Copies
Yale University Press 2011 4to (26.5 cm), 152 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, is the most celebrated of the early English private presses, unique for the importance of the books, pamphlets, and ephemera it produced. This illustrated study of the Press draws on a remarkable array of surviving images of the Printing House, many of them newly discovered and previously unstudied. The volume not only assesses all known images to discover what they can tell us about Walpole's Press, but also reveals that, quite unexpectedly, a large part of Walpole's Printing House survives to this day." (from the publisher's synopsis)
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The Raven King: Matthias Corvinus and the Fate of His Lost Library
Yale University Press 2008 8vo (24 cm), XXII, 265 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). "Seizing the Hungarian throne at the age of fifteen, Matthias Corvinus, the "Raven King,” was an effervescent presence on the fifteenth-century stage. A successful warrior and munificent art patron, he sought to leave as symbols of his strategic and humanist ambitions a strong, unified country, splendid palaces, and the most magnificent library in Christendom. But Hungary, invaded by Turkey after Matthias's death in 1490, yielded its treasures, and the Raven King’s exquisite library of two thousand volumes, witness to a golden cultural age, was dispersed first across Europe and then the world. The quest to recover this collection of sumptuously illuminated scripts provoked and tantalized generations of princes, cardinals, collectors, and scholars and imbued Hungarians with the mythical conviction that the restoration of the lost library would seal their country's rebirth. In this thrilling and absorbing account, drawing on a wealth of original sources in several languages, Marcus Tanner tracks the destiny of the Raven King and his magnificent bequest, uncovering the remarkable story of a life and library almost lost to history." (publisher's synopsosis)
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The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral
British Library 2008 8vo (25 cm), 414 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Beginning with Bede the Venerable’s account of its remarkable founding by St. Augustine, Canterbury Cathedral has long been thought of as one of the greatest literary centers of the Middle Ages. For the first time, The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral presents the entirety of Canterbury’s pre-thirteenth-century volumes--illustrated in full color--including the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great’s Dialogues, Lanfranc’s gloss on the Epistles, and an extraordinarily grand copy of Peter Comestor’s Historia scholastica. Each manuscript is accompanied by a clear description and a broad-ranging analysis that not only explains the significance of the work in general, but of the Canterbury copy in particular--benefiting scholars of literary and archival history alike. A substantial introduction on the history of book production in Kent and Canterbury prior to the thirteenth century contextualizes the collection as whole and offers information on its development and use in the later Middle Ages, as well as the fate of its books during the course of the Reformation." (publisher's synopsis)
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Gk: 150 Years of the General Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum
Scolar Press 1987 8vo (24 cm), X, 177 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). The author tells the story of the General Catalogue (GK) of Printed Books in the British Museum (now in the British Library) from the decision in 1834 to produce a new catalogue down to the present day.
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Catalogue of the Printed Books on Agriculture: Published Between 1471 and 1840
Martino Publishing 2002 8vo (23.5 cm), 332 pp, 22 plates. Publisher's cloth (ownership signature on the half-title). A facsimile reprint of original edition printed in 1926.
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The Library of Dr John Webster: The Making of a Seventeenth-century Radical
Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL 1986 8vo (25 cm), VI, 275 pp. Publisher's cloth, black lettering to spine and front board (minor shelf-wear). Includes biography of Dr. John Webster (1611-1682), description and catalogue of his library.
Hardcover Fine
Specimen of Modern Printing Types by Edmund Fry 1828
London Printing Historical Society 1986 8vo (25 cm), 18 pp, [182] pp (5 folding). Publisher's cloth (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). An introduction and notes by David Chambers followed by facsimiles. Fry Foundry was founded in 1764 in Bristol by Dr Joseph Fry in partnership with William Pine, a printer. It was sold 1828. Before the sale the Specimen of Modern Printing Types, reproduced here, was produced.
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The Bewick Collector: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick
New York Burt Franklin 1970 8vo (22.5 cm), XXIV, 562 pp. Publisher's cloth (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). Facsimile reprint of 1866 edition. 4025 items including cuts for books and pamphlets, private gentlemen, public companies, exhibitions, races, newspapers, shop cards, invoice heads, bar bills, broadsides.
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A Bibliography of English Corantos and Periodical Newsbooks 1620-1642
Bibliographical Society 1952 8vo (22 cm), 284 pp. Publisher's cloth-backed boards (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). 404 items described, 16 figures in the text.
Hardcover Fine
Licensers for the press, &c. to 1640: A biographical index based mainly on Arber's Transcript of the registers of the Company of Stationers
The Oxford Bibliographical Society 1962 8vo (25 cm), VII, 110 pp. Publisher's cloth-backed boards (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications, New Series, Volume X.
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An Introduction to Librarianship
James Clarke & Co 1970 8vo (22 cm), 12, VIII, 442 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, ownership signature on the front free end-paper). The second revised edition with a supplement specially prepared for 1970 edition printed on blue paper and bound before the text. A standard textbook includes sections on library organization and administration, classification, cataloging and an introduction to reference books.
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Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books
London Offices of The Royal Historical Society 1964 8vo (24 cm), XXXII, 424 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered front board and spine (binding little stained). Second edition.
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A Short History of English Printing, 1400-1900
London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co 1900 8vo (22.5 x 18.5 cm), front. with a portrait of William Morris, XVI, 330 pp, 3 plates. Publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, bottom- and fore-edge untrimmed (binding little sunned, ownership signature on the front free end-paper). A double from New College Library, Edinburgh (bookplate). First edition. A volume from the English Bookman's Library Series edited by Alfred Pollard. Contents include: Caxton and his contemporaries; From 1501 to the death of Wynkyn de Worde; Thomas Berthelet to John Day; John Day; John Day's contemporaries; Provincial presses of the sixteenth century; The Stuart period (1603-1640); From 1640 to 1700; From 1700 to 1750; From 1750 to 1800; The nineteenth century.
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Russian Avant-garde Books, 1917-1934
British Library 1992 4to (25.5 cm), 175 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The study of Russian design and literature of the 1920s and 1930s emphasizes continuity with the preceding futurist years, and explores the development of graphic design and photomontage in books and journals about theatre and architecture, as well as collections of avant-garde writing.
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The Bowyer Ledgers: The Printing Accounts of William Bowyer Father and Son, Reproduced on Microfiche with a Checklist of Bowyer Printing 1699-1777, A Commentary, Indexes, and Appendixes
Oxford University Press 1991 4to (28.5 cm), LXXV, 616 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine. The book contains four surviving business ledgers of the eighteenth-century London printers, William Bowyer, father and son. Commentaries set the ledgers in their historical context, focus on the provenance of the ledgers, and their function as key elements of the Bowyers' complex system of accounts. The main body of editorial assistance is to be found in the chronological checklist of works printed by the Bowyers between 1710 and 1777.
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Texts and Calendars: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications
London Offices of the Royal Historical Society 1958 8vo (24 cm), XI, 674 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). The book is an analytical guide to printed texts and calendars relating to English and Welsh history, issued in general collections or in series by a public body or private society before the end of March 1957.
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A Calendar of the White and Black Books of the Cinque Ports 1432 - 1955
Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1966 8vo (25 cm), XLII, 818 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust-jacket (dj little rubbed). The White and Black books are the most important surviving records of the ancient confederation of maritime towns known as Cinque, a historic group of coastal towns in Kent, Sussex and Essex. In this edition the Books are summarized in English, and the history of the Ports, the nature of the Books themselves, and the practical functioning of the Courts are treated in an Introduction.
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A Checklist of the Works of British Authors Printed Abroad in Languages other than English, to 1641
New York Bibliographical Society of America 1975 4to (26 cm), XX, 168 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Included all writers born in the British Isles, including those who spent most of their lives abroad; all writers born elsewhere who spent considerable parts of their mature lives in the British Isles; and John Barclay.
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The London book trades 1775-1800: A preliminary checklist of members
Dawson 1977 4to (27.5 cm), XXXV, 257 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (ownership signature on the front free end-paper). "The aim of the work is to provide, by approaching a limited selection of wide-ranging sources, a checklist of members of the book and ailed trades in the London area which would be sufficiently comprehensive to serve as a basis for further study and as much needed stop-gap for the poorly documented period of the late 18th century". (from the Preface).
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Bibliographie Aéronautique : Catalogue de livres, d'histoires, de science, de voyages, et de fantaisie traitant de la Navigation aérienne ou des Aérostats
Maurizio Martino 1996 4to (28 cm), 64 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A facsimile reprint of 1887 original edition. Included French books, periodicals, almanacs, literature, music, foreign works.
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Surreptitious Printing in England 1550-1640
New York Bibliographical Society of America 1973 4to (28.5 cm), IX, 203 pp. Publisher's cloth gilt (binding little stained at the bottom of the front board, ownership signature on the front free end-paper). The book deals with those books, pamphlets and broadsides in contemporary foreign languages (French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch) which were surreptitiously (ie without printer's name or place or with fictional printer's name or place) printed in England before 1640.
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A Ledger of Charles Ackers: Printer of The London Magazine
Oxford Bibliographical Society 1968 8vo (25 cm), IX, 331 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth backed boards (ex-library copy with usual marks and stamps but clean and firm).
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