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 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
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
Biblioteche Riccardiana e Moreniana in Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Nardini Editore 1998 4to (31.5 cm), 238 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume presents the highlights of the collections of the Biblioteca Riccardiana and Biblioteca Moreniana in Florence. Included Saggio sul Palazzo Medici Riccardi by Giovanni Cipriani, Saggio sulla Biblioteca Riccardiana by Giovanna Lazzi, Saggio sulla Biblioteca Moreniana by Valentino Fraticelli and descriptions with illustrations of 145 illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, bindings, illustrated books, documents, drawings and maps.
Hardcover Fine
Een Vrije Universiteitsbibliotheek: Studies over verleden, bezit en heden van de bibliotheek der Vrije Universiteit
Van Gorcum 1980 8vo (24.5 cm), XII, 391 pp. Publisher's cloth.
Hardcover Fine
Iz kollekcii redkich knig i rukopisej nauchnoj biblioteki Moskovskogo Universiteta
Moscow Moscow University Press 1981 8vo (21.5 cm), 124 pp, 8 leaves of plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers little frayed at extremities). In Russian. 7 papers about collections of rare books, manuscript and prints in the Moscow University Library.
Soft cover Very Good
Knizhnye znaki bibliotek Imperatorskogo Doma Romanovyh: iz kollekcii Central'noj Universal'noj Nauchnoj Biblioteki Im. N.A. Nekrasova
Moscow 2008 4to (30.5 cm), 196 pp. Laminated boards. In Russian. Bookplates of the Russian imperial house of Romanov. More than 250 bookplates are described and illustrated.
Hardcover New
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. 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. 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
Library History Research in America: Essays Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Library History Round Table. Edited by Andrew B. Wertheimer and Donald G. Davis, Jr.
U.S.A. Library of Congress 2000 8vo (23.5 cm), VI, 279 pp. Publisher's cloth. Foreword by John Y. Cole, followed by 16 separate essays on library history.
Hardcover As New
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. 2. Yahr, 1929
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1929 10 issues 8vo (24 cm). 400 pp, plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers of the first issue little dusted, small tear to the outer margin, collector's stamp on front covers and the first pages). Complete second year of a monthly magazine for book collectors, one of the most interesting publication of the kind. Major contributions included "Italienische Kalligraphen und Schriftkünstler im 16. Jahrhundert" by Raffaello Bertieri, "Deutsche Illustrationskunst und deutsche Luxusausgaben in der zweiten Hälfte des 18" by Wilhelm Wittke, "Verbummelte Studenten im deutschen Buchgewerbe des 15. Jahrhunderts" by Ernst Schulz, "Marcus Bechmer" by Fritz Homeyer, "Wie meine Selbstmord-Bibliothek entstand" by Hans Rost, "Neue Napoleon-Manuskripte" by Stefan Zweig.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 3. Yahrgang, 1930
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1930 10 issues 8vo (24 cm). 466 pp, plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted, collector's stamp on the first page of each issue). Complete third year of a monthly magazine for book collectors, one of the most interesting publication of the kind. Major contributions included description of Hans Fürstenberg's library, "Was soll der Sammler illustrierter Werke des 19. Jahrhunderts besitzen?" by Arthur Rümann, "Über die 'Zukunft der deutschen Bibliophile'" by Fedor v. Zobeltitz, "Dickens und seine Illustratoren" by Arthur Rümann, "Meine Autographen-Sammlung" by Stefan Zweig, "Der Naturselbstdruck" by Ernst Darmstädter, "on der Stadt Mainz, der Mainzer Presse und Christian Heinrich Kleukens" by Adolph Tronnier, "Beethoven-Erstdrucke bis zum Jahre 1800" by Georg Kinsky.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 4. Yahrgang, 1931
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1931 10 issues 8vo (24 cm). 446 pp, plates, samples of paper, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). Complete 4th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors, one of the most interesting publication of the kind. Major contributions included "Franciscus Columna. Bibliographische Novelle von Charles Nodier" by Maria Lanckorónska, "Bibliophile Glücksfälle von Anno dazumal" by Fedor von Zobeltitz, "Ein unbekanntes Bildnis Beethovens von Gustave Doré" by Arthur Rümann, "Signierte Schubert-Erstdrucke" by Georg Kinsky, "Neueste Bibliotheksbauten in Nordamerika" by Richard Oehler, "Geofroy Tory" by Jacques Mégret.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 5. Yahrgang, 1932
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1932 10 issues 8vo (24 cm). 394 pp, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). Complete 5th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Major contributions included "Johann Heinrich Merck als Verleger" by Hermann Bräuning-Oktavio, "Goethe, Byron, Faust und eine Amerikanerin" by Carl Schfeiber, "Die humoristischen Travestien von Goethes Roman 'Die Leiden des jungen Werthers'" by Valerian Tornius, "Goethe und die Lithographien zum 'Faust' von Eugène Delacroix" by Hermann Uhde-Bernays,"Goethe in lateinischer und griechischer Sprache" by Fritz Brügel, "Offener Brief an Ernst Consentius" by Konrad Haebler, "Die Bibliothek des Tycho Brahe" by Wilhelm Prandtl, "Bücheressen oder Bibliophagie" by Paul Englisch.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 6. Yahrgang, 1933
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1933 10 issues 8vo (24 cm). 404 pp, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). Complete 5th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors, one of the most interesting publications of the kind. Major contributions included "Ein unbekannter Wiegendruck in der Leipziger Stadtbibliothek" by Elfriede Leskien, "Erhard Ratdolt. Ein deutscher Meisterdrucker des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts" by Robert Diehl, "Die 'Galeomyomachia' der Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris" by Emil Offenbache, "Die Schriften des sogenannten Basilius Valentinus" by Karl Sudhoff, "Grolier's Bibliothek. Über ihre Zusammensetzung und ihre Lücken" by Jacques Rosenthal, "Frühe deutsche Übersetzungen aus dem Russischen" by Erich Boehme and Arthur Luther, "Botanische Prachtwerke" by Claus Nissen, "Italienische Spitzen- und Stickmusterbücher des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts" by Arthur Lotz.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 2
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 73-112, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). The second issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Included "Die Brüder Alfred und Tony Johannot" by Arthur Rümann, "Die Shakespeare Head Press in Oxford", "Codex Sinaticus", news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 3
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 113-160, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). The third issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Included "Meine Bücher und ich" by Max Adolf Pfeiffer, "Über das Exlibris" by Emil W. Netter, "Ein 'Druckfehler' in der ''Hypnerotomachia Poliphili'", news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 4
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 161-200, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). The 4th issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors, In memoriam William Morris. Papers in English and German. Included "Reminiscences about my father" by May Morris, "William Morris and his papermaker Joseph Batchelor" by Sydney Ward, "William Morris. His influence on American printing" by Frederic W. Goudy, news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 5
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 201-248, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). The 5th issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Included paper "Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der antiken römischen Klassiker" by Paul Lehmann, news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 6
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 249-288, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). The 6th issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Included papers "Vorbildliche Kataloge und fehlende Hilfsbücher" by Paul Knopf, "Steinbücher. Eine kurze Übersicht über die mineralogische Literatur vom Standpunkte des Bücherfreundes" by Ernst Darmstaedter, news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 7
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 289-336, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted). 7th issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Included "Hey-Speckters Fünfzig Fabeln" by Arthur Rümann, "Goethe und 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'" by Otto Mallon, news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Philobiblon: Eine Zeitschrift der Bücherliebhaber. A magazine for book-collectors. 7. Yahrgang, 1934, Heft Nr. 8
Vienna Herbert Reichner Verlag 1934 8vo (24 cm). PP 337-376, plates, adds, specimens. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted, collector's stamps, one page stained). 8th issue of the 7th year of a monthly magazine for book collectors. Included "Richard Wagners Ballade 'Die beiden Grenadiere'" and "Erstlingsdrucke der deutschen Tonmeister der Klassik und Romantik" by Georg Kinsky, "Die Musikbibliothek Stellfeld in Antwerpen" by André M. Pols, news, auctions, recently published books and catalogues.
Soft cover Near Fine
Staatsbibliothek Bamberg: Handschriften, Buchdruck um 1500 in Bamberg, E.T.A. Hoffmann
Bamberg Staatsbibliothek 1990 8vo (20 cm), 148 pp. Printed wrappers. Preface also in English and French. 151 items selected from the holding of Bamberg State Library including manuscripts, early printed books and E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Soft cover Fine
The Grolier Club of the city of New York: Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-laws, House rukes, Members, Annual reports, etc
New York The Grolier Club 1899 12mo (17.5 cm), 112 pp. Vellum backed boards (soiled and rubbed at extremities, few pencil marks).
Hardcover Very Good
The Private Library. Fifth Series Volume 10:2 Summer 2007
The Private Libraries Association 2007 8vo (21.5 cm), PP. 57-108. Printed wrappers. Included "The Dalziels' Bible Gallery" by Simon Cooke and "Book buying by a bookseller" by Bill Fletcher.
Soft cover As New
The Private Library. Fifth Series Volume 1:1 Spring 1998
The Private Libraries Association 1998 8vo (21.5 cm), 48 pp. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
The Private Library. Fifth Series Volume 5:3 Autumn 2002
The Private Libraries Association 2002 8vo (21.5 cm), PP. 107-154. Printed wrappers. Included "Samuel Egerton Brydges & The Lee Priory Press" by David Chambers and "The Scent of Libraries" by Roderick Cave.
Soft cover As New
The Private Library. Fifth Series Volume 6:3 Autumn 2003
The Private Libraries Association 2002 8vo (21.5 cm), PP. 97-144. Printed wrappers. Included "Giambattista Bodoni" by Colin Franklin and "Illustrated gift books of the 1860th" by Simon Cooke.
Soft cover As New
The Private Library. Fourth Series Volume 6:4 Winter 1993
The Private Libraries Association 1993 8vo (21.5 cm), PP. 145-192. Printed wrappers. Included "The Lungarno series" by Neil Ritchie, "The library of Dr Richard Garnett" by Barbara McCrimmon, "J. Allen St. Jphn 1872-1957".
Soft cover As New
The Private Library. Seventh Series Volume 1:1 - 1:4
The Private Libraries Association 2018 4 volumes 8vo (21.5 cm), 202, 6 pp. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
The Private Library. Seventh Series Volume 2:1 - 2:4
The Private Libraries Association 2019 4 volumes 8vo (21.5 cm), 224 pp. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
The Private Library. Sixth Series Volume 10:1 - 10:4
The Private Libraries Association 2017 4 volumes 8vo (21.5 cm), 208 pp. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
The Private Library. Sixth Series Volume 8:1 - 8:4
The Private Libraries Association 2015 4 volumes 8vo (21.5 cm), 192 pp. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Near Fine
The Private Library. Sixth Series Volume 9:3 Autumn 2016
The Private Libraries Association 2016 8vo (21.5 cm), PP. 129-192. Printed wrappers. Included a bibliography of the Folio Society Limited Editions by Joe Whitlock Blundell.
Soft cover Fine
The Private Library. Sixth Series Volume 9:4 Winter 2016
The Private Libraries Association 2016 8vo (21.5 cm), PP. 193-240. Printed wrappers.
Soft cover Fine
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library: Report of the First Decade, 1934-1944
University of California Press 1946 8vo (21 cm), VII, 77 pp. Printed wrappers. 11 accounts of the founder, the beginning of the library, its various collections and their growth in the first decade of University direction. The introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Soft cover Fine
'Dit is mijn boek': Joodse exlibriscultuur in Nederland
De Buitenkant 2017 8vo (24 cm), 1492 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. A catalogue of authors' collections of Jewish bookplates. 1700 bookplates are described and illustrated. The volume opens with an extensive introduction describing the history of the Dutch bookplate tradition and the remarkable role played by Jews. In Dutch with the Summary in English.
Hardcover As New
Bibliotheca Lindesiana: The Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres
London Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club, and published by Bernard Quaritch 1977 4to (28 cm), xviii, 415 pp, 24 plates, folding genealogical chart. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. (spine little sunned). A history of a library built by Alexander Lindsay (1812-1880) and his son Ludovic Lindsay (1847-1913), 25th and 26th earls of Crawford. Bibliotheca Lindesiana, as the library was known, over 70 years, from the early 1830s to the turn of the century, at its fullest extent, comprised over 100,000 printed books, tens of thousands of documents and six thousand manuscripts. "Bibliotheca Lindesiana was a vision of the human intellect, an ideal too high for any man to achieve, but one to which two men, father and son, both remarkable attainments, came closer than anyone else, before or since." (from the Preface)
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
Schöne alte Bibliotheken
Callwey 1972 4to (28.5 cm), 293 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket and slip-case.
Hardcover Fine
Sir Hans Sloane and the British Museum
Oxford University Press 1953 8vo (22.5 cm), 192 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (small tears to dj). Sir Hans Sloane's claim to fame is that his collection of books, manuscripts and natural history specimens were the foundation of the British Museum. In order that Sloane's collection might be safeguarded for the general use and benefit of the public, he devised in his will a new type of institution. It came into being in 1753, in which year Sloane died and his collections were acquired by Parliament and together with the Cottonian and Harleian manuscripts, formed into the British Museum.
Soft cover Fine
Printing, book collecting, and illustrated books: A bibliography of bibliographies (The Besterman world bibliographies) Vol. 1 - 2 [complete set]
Rowman and Littlefield 1971 2 volumes 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 310 pp; [6], PP. 311-609. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (bindings little stained, bookplates). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental edition which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. Volumes on printing, book-collecting, illustrated books, broadsides, book-production, paper, publishing and bookselling include approximately 3,000 entries.
Hardcover Fine
Biblioteca Planettiana Jesi
Nardini Editore 1997 4to (31.5 cm), 198 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color volume from the "Le Grandi Biblioteche d'Italia" series presents the highlights of the collection of the Biblioteca Planettiana in Jesi. Included Profilo storico by Rosalia Bigliardi Parlapiano and descriptions with illustrations of 140 incunabula, illustrated books, drawings and photographs.
Hardcover Fine
The Town Library of Ipswich Provided for the Use of the Town Preachers in 1599: A History and Catalogue (The
Boydell Press 1989 4to (28.5 cm), IX, 199 pp. 4 plates in color tipped in, Publisher's cloth and dust jacket with tipped in illustration (dj clipped). A detailed study of a closed collection of about 1000 books published between 1474 and 1760. The library was founded in 1599, the last titles were added in 1773.
Hardcover Fine
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.
Hardcover Fine
The Great Collectors
New York Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1963 8vo (22 cm), front., XXII, 305 pp, plates. Publiisher's cloth (binding stained, ex-library with usual marks and stamps). Included Catherine the Great, Lord Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, Victor Choquet, Paul Durand-Ruel, Samuel Courtauld, M. Cognacq, Emil Georg Bührle, D. G. van Beuningen, Dr. Barnes, Dr. Girardin, Georges Wildenstein and Peggy Guggenheim.
Hardcover Very Good
The Library: A World History
University of Chicago Press 2013 4to (31.5 cm), 328 pp. Publisher's boards and dust jacket (collector's blind stamp on half-title). "A library is not just a collection of books, but also the buildings that house them. From the great dome of the Library of Congress, to the white façade of the Seinäjoki Library in Finland, to the ancient ruins of the library of Pergamum in modern Turkey, the architecture of a library is a symbol of its time as well as of its builders' wealth, culture, and learning. Architectural historian James Campbell and photographer Will Pryce traveled the globe together, visiting and documenting over eighty libraries that exemplify the many different approaches to thinking about and designing libraries." (from the publisher's synopsis)
Hardcover Fine
ABC for Book Collectors
Oak Knoll Press 1995 8vo (21 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The 7th edition. revised and with a new introduction by Nicolas Barker, editor of The Book Collector. "Here, in over 450 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms of book collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comment on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, rarity, etc." (from the publisher's description)
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
