A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Vol. I-V
London The Welcome Historical Medical Library 1962 5 volumes 4to (30 cm), XV, 408 pp; XI, 540 pp; XVI, 565 pp; XIII, 603 pp; X, 532 pp. Volume I bound in cont. chagrin, interleaved with blank paper, marbled end-papers, sprinkled edges. Vol. II-V in publisher's cloth. (cloth little dusted, minor shelfwear). Volume I: Books Printed Before 1641 has been published in1962. Volumes II-V: Books Printed from 1641 to 1850 have been published in 1966-2006. Complete series of catalogues of early printed books in the Welcome Library, which became authoritative works of reference.
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A Collection of Machiavelli: First and Early Editions
1991 4to (27 cm), 24 pp. Printed wrappers. A catalogue of an interesting collection of Niccolò Machiavelli first editions. 51 entries, included Italian original editions and early translations into French, English, German and Latin. Printed on the Arches paper.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton and the Material relating to him in the Babson Institute Library, Babson Park, Massachusetts
New York Herbert Reichner 1950 4to (26 cm), XIV, 230 pp, 20 plates. Publisher's cloth gilt, uncut. "The Grace K. Babson Collection of Newtonia includes a library of more than 1,000 volumes of English and foreign language editions of Newton’s works (many of which are autographed and annotated in Newton’s hand), manuscripts, engravings, artifacts, and other Newton memorabilia, including a death mask that originally belonged to Thomas Jefferson. The collection was acquired through the efforts of Grace Knight Babson, first wife of American entrepreneur Roger Babson, and is the largest source of Newton materials in the United States" (from the collection website). This is the first edition of the catalogue of the collection. It includes separate sections on all Newton's published books, works edited by him, the Mint, bibliographies and booksellers' catalogues, biographies, local history, histories and textbooks of mathematics and science, material related to the Flamsteed controversy, books from Newton's own library, portarats, views and maps, medals.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Biblioteka russkoj poezii I. N. Rozanova
Moscow Kniga 1975 8vo (22 cm), front. portr., 480 pp. Hardcover. In Russian. The catalogue of I. N. Rozanov' collection of Russian poetry, 7943 items, now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
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Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana
Darmstadt Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1985 4to (32 cm), 280 pp. Gilt leather in cloth slipcase. Beautifully produced history of the Vatican Library illustrated with 126 facsimiles of the most important illuminated manuscripts.
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Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore. Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Leeser Rosenthal, 1794-1994
Amsterdam Amsterdam 1994 4to (29.5 cm), XII, 135 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "In spring 1993 it was suggested that the 200th anniversary of Leeser Rosenthal's birth in 1794 be marked by reproducing some of the treasures of the collection in an attractive form. Some fifty specialists from Holland and abroad were invited to contribute short articles to the proposed illustrated volume. The response was gratifying. An effort has been made to encompass as wide a variety of subjects as possible and these are presented in chronological order. Medieval manuscripts and early typography and printed books, including blue-paper editions, historical documents, an early Hebrew map, seventeenth-century etchings and copper engravings, original Spinoza editions and eighteenth-century calligraphy, Yiddish chronicles and fine bookbindings in silver and morocco, liturgical music, highlights of nineteenth-and twentieth-century Jewish literature, a celebrated auction catalogue, modern limited editions and prints are all featured." (from the Introduction).
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Bibliothèque Léon Abrami. Livres illustrés du XVIIIe siècle reliés en maroquin la plupart armoriés ou ornés de dentelles
Paris L. Carteret 1926 4to (28.5 cm), [4], 86, [1] pp, 61 plates (some folding). Cot. half-sheep, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed and dusted, bottom corners scuffed, internally fine). A catalogue of Léon Abram's library of 18th century books in fine bindings. 247 items described, many bindings illustrated. Léon Abrami (1879-1939) was a French politician. Not in Blogie. The catalogue was published in few copies with a purpose of documenting of the collection with the date and place of the sale undetermined.
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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.
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Catalogue des Cartes Géographiques, Topographiques & Marines, de la Bibliothèque du Prince Alexandre Labanoff de Rostoff, a Saint-Pétersbourg. Suivi d'une Notice de Manuscrits
Paris Firmin Didot 1823 8vo (20 x 13.2 cm), VIII, 494, [2] pp, half chagrin over marbled boards, original wrappers bound in (little foxing, blind collector stamps on the title and the first page). The catalog of the map collection of the Duke Aleksandr Lobanov-Rostovsky (1788-1866), a Russian general and diplomat. The catalog was written by the Duke himself with the help of Charles Piquet. One of 230 copies privately printed by Firmin Didot.
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Imago Poloniae. Dawna Rzeczpospolita na mapach, dokumentach i starodrukach w zbiorach Tomasza Niewodniczańskiego = Das Polnisch-Litauische Reich in Karten, Dokumenten und alten Drucken. 2 vol. [complete set]
Warsaw Agencja Reklamowo-Wydawnicza Arkadiusz Grzegorczyk 2002 2 volumes 4to (33.5 cm), 388 pp; 324 pp. Laminated boards (minor shelf-wear). Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector and bibliophile Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010) assembled of one of the world's largest private cartographic collections. Imago Poloniae is a catalogue of Polish-Lithuanian part of the collection (now preserved in the library of the Royal castle in Warsaw). Volume one includes highlights, manuscripts and printed books, volume 2 is a catalogue of maps. The catalogue was published on occasion of exhibitions held in Berlin, Warsaw, Kraków and Wrocław in 2002-2003. The catalogue, together with Imago Lithuaniae (2002) and unpublished Imago Ukrainae, is the best reference for maps of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Text in Polish and German.
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Inkunabuly L'vivs'koji naukovoji biblioteki im V. Stefanyka Akademiji nauk URSR [Ukrainian]
L'viv 1974 8vo (20 cm), 32 pp, [4] ff of plates. Publisher's cloth. In Ukrainian. Catalog of incunabula in the library of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in L'viv.
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Katalog dawnych map Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w kolekcji Emeryka Hutten Czapskiego i innych zbiorach. T. 1: Mapy XV-XVI wieku. T. 2: Mapy XVII wieku [complete set]
Wroclaw Ossolineum 1978 2 folders 34 x 24 cm, 164 pp, 28 folding maps; 250 pp, 48 folding maps in 2 cloth backed folders, stiff sides (light shelf wear, internally as new). A catalogue of early maps of the Polish Commonwealth in the collection of Emeryk Hutten Czapski (1822 - 1896), important coin, book and map collector. His collections passed to the National Museum in Krakow and now are exhibited in Hutten Czapski house. Vol. 1: Maps XV - XVI centuries; Vol. 2: Maps XVII century.
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Katalog paleotipov iz fondov Lʹvovskoi nauchnoi biblioteki im. V. Stefanika AN USSR [Russian]
Kiev Naukova dumka 1986 8vo (20 cm), 198 pp. Publisher's wraps. In Russian. The catalog of a collection of post-incubabula kept at the Rare Books Department of Lviv Stefanyk Scientific library of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
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Katalog pisem i drugikh materialov zapadoevropeiskikh uchenykh i pisatelei XVI-XVIII vv iz sobraniia P. P. Dubrovskogo
Leningrad Publichnaia biblioteka im. M. E.Shchedrina 1963 8vo (22 cm), 112 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards. In Russian. A catalog of letters and other papers of European scientists and writers of XVI-XVIII centuries from Dubrovsky' collection. Peter Petrovich Dubrovsky (1754 - 1816) was a Russian diplomat, who has served as the secretary of the Russian Embassy in France, and a collector of manuscripts and books. During the French Revolution he acquired manuscripts and documents from the French libraries, including the Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the monastic Library of Corbie Abbey. In 1800 Dubrovsky returned to Petersburg with a collection of 400 medieval manuscripts, miniatures, and early books, which in 1805 he donated to the Imperial Public Library.
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Kyrylychni rukopysni knyhy u fondakh Lvivskoji naukovoji biblioteky im. V. Stefanyka NAN Ukrajiny: kataloh T. I. XI - XVI st.
Lʹviv Oriiana-Nova 2007 8vo (24 cm), 522 pp, 24 plates.. Laminated boards. In Ukrainian. A catalog of Cyrillic manuscripts in the Stefanyk Library of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Vol. I. XI-XVI cc. 349 items described in details, 24 illustrations in color.
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Lietuvos TSR Mokslu Akademijos Centrines Bibliotekos Atlasu ir Zemelapiu Katalogas
Vilnius Lietuvos TSR Mokslu Akademija Centrine Biblioteka 1969 8vo (22 cm), 344 pp. Publisher's cloth backed printed boards. In Lithuanian and Russian. A catalogue of atlases and maps in the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 2863 entries.
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Pergamentnyje rukopisi Biblioteki Akademii Nauk SSSR
Leningrad Nauka 1976 4to (27 cm), 236 pp, 12 ff of plates. Publisher's cloth. In Russian. Manuscripts on vellum from the Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Descriptions of 195 Russian and Slavonic manuscripts from 11th to 16th century. Illustrated with 65 photographs.
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Senato del Regno. Catalogo della Biblioteca
Rome Forzani 1888 8vo (24 cm), XIX, 710 columns. Untrimmed in cont. marbled boards, two lather labels, original wrappers bound in (binding little dusted, a book plate and collector's label (Biblioteca Ludolf)). A catalogue of the library of the Senate of Italy.
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Slovjans'ki rukopysy XI - XIV st. u fondach viddilu rukopysiv central'noji naukovoji biblioteky Akademiji nauk Ukrainskoji RSR
Kyjiv Naukova dumka 1969 8vo (21.5 cm), 152 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little rubbed). In Ukrainian with summary in German, French and English. Slavic manuscripts from 11th - 14 th century in the Library of Ukrainian Academy of Science. General survey and detailed description of the external aspect, writing and contents of 28 Slavonic manuscripts and fragments of Kyjiv collection, some unpublished before. Illustrated with 31 photographs, which reproduce 31 manuscripts.
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Textile and embroidered bindings (Bodleian picture books, special series)
Bodleian Library 1971 8vo (23.5 cm), 11 pp, 30 plates. Printed wrappers.
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The Lessing F. Rosenwald Collection: A Catalog of the Gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975
Library of Congress 1977 4to (30 cm), XXI, 517 pp, tipped in illustrations. Publisher's cloth. Inscribed to Hilde Rosenthal verso of the free end-paper. The Lessing J. Rosenwald magnificent collections of illustrated books and manuscripts and books from celebrated presses came to the Library of Congress in a series of gifts, beginning in 1943 and culminating in 1980 when the entire collection was delivered to Washington after Mr. Rosenwald's death the previous year. The donation to the Library of Congress included 2,653 titles, described in this catalogue. Works about or derived from Rosenwald Rare Book Collection listed in appendix.
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The Sherlock Holmes, Northumberland Street, London W. C. 2: Catalogue of the Collection in the Bars and Grill Room and in the Reconstruction of Part of the Living Room at 221B Baker Street
London Whitebread & Co. 1958 8vo (21.5 cm), IX, 53 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little rubbed, few pencil marks inside). With Introductory Essays by A. Lloyd-Taylor and John Dickson Carr, and a critical Miscellany edited by H. Douglas Thomson.
Soft cover Very Good
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.
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Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge Libraries
Cambridge University Press 1967 2 volumes 4to (26 cm), VIII, 768 pp; [4], 795 pp, errata loosely inserted. Publisher's green cloth, spines gilt, top edges painted green (bindings little rubbed, little foxing to fore-edges). Not all 16th century books printed on the continent of Europe are in Cambridge library but the work is the most important reference to them.
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Europäische Einbandkunst aus sechs Jahrhunderten. Beispiele aus der Bibliothek Otto Schäfer
1992 4to (32.5 cm), XVIII, 495 pp. Publisher's cloth. 219 bindings from the Otto Schäfer library described and illustrated in color.
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The Library of Jean Grolier
New York The Grolier Club 1971 4to (28.5 cm), frontispiece printed in color, viii, 137 pp, [9] ff of plates. Publisher's blue and tan cloth, teg. A preliminary catalogue of Jean Grolier' library with an introductory study "Jean Grolier and the Renaissance" by Colin Eisler.
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Manuscrits enlumines d'origine italienne. 1, VIe-XIIe siècles
Paris Bibliotheque Nationale 1980 4to (30.5 cm), XXII, 105 pp, 8 plates in color, 56 plates in b&w. Publisher's cloth (small stain top center). 157 manuscript of the Italian origin 6-12 century are described. The first volume in this Manuscrits enlumines d'origine italienne series.
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The James de Rothschild Bequest at Waddeson Manor: Printed Books and Bookbinding. Vol. I - II
Waddeson Manor The Rothschild Foundation 2013 2 volumes 4to (31 cm), 520, [64] pp; [6] pp, PP. 521-1161. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: "The outstanding collection of late 17th- and 18th-century books, together with their sumptuous bindings, built up by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the last 20 years of the 19th century, match his other extraordinary collections (covered by earlier catalogues in the series), and is among the best of its kind outside Paris. This catalogue reveals for the first time the riches of his book collection. The 790 books reflect Baron Ferdinand’s interests as a refined connoisseur and amateur historian. Not interested in first editions or rare texts, he collected instead books with a distinguished provenance, those with magnificent bindings and ones illustrated by celebrated artists. Many of these also related to his interest in the history of this period, documenting social culture, costume, travel, architecture and, in particular, royal entertainment and ceremonies. Among coats-of-arms are those of Louis XIV, Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour and Marie-Antoinette. The magnificent bindings are by renowned artisans working at the pinnacle of their craft: Padeloup, the Derome family and Le Monnier, who are known for lavish dentelle and mosaic styles. The two volumes provide introductory surveys of the collecting of ancient régime books, of Baron Ferdinand’s life, historical interests and manner of book collecting (using important and unpublished trade documentation), an overview of the collection by subjects, a more detailed description of the illustrated books, and another of the wide range of royal, bibliophile and other important provenance. Seven substantial chapters describe and discuss the late 17th- and 18th-century Parisian bookbinding trade and techniques of decorative gilding. They include particular studies on the work and production of leading bookbinders. The evolution of the various styles of the period are discussed, including the bindings of the Cabinet du Roi, and lists are provided of all the examples in the collection, before a final section of bookbinders’ ‘signing’ of their work, and lists of English and other book bindings at Waddesdon. Of special important is the classified index of French bookbinders’ tools, some 1000 of those on the Waddesdon books being reproduced digitally, thus providing an authoritative reference files on the best French bookbinding of this period. All 790 books are described in full detail, with title page transcriptions, collations, lists of plates, details of provenance, descriptions of bindings, and notes on the importance of the works involved. A provenance index lists all identified past owners, with brief biographical notes on them. There is also a select bibliography."
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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.
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Worlds of Learning: The Library and World Chronicle of the Nuremberg Physician Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514)
Allitera Verlag 2015 4to (28 cm), 168 pp. Publisher's laminated boards (bookplate and collector's blind stamp on the title). "Among the private collections of books which form part of the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich, the library of the Nuremberg physician and humanist Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) takes pride of place. It is not only the largest surviving private library from the medieval Germany, but also the oldest book collection of private owner which entered the Court library in Munich in its entirety." (from the preface). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Munich 19 November 2-14 - 1 March 2015.
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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.
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Pierwsza książka polska. Studyum bibliograficzne z 86 podobiznami
Lwów Nakładem Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich 1918 8o (23 cm), VIII, 510, [2] pp. Bound before: Kowaski, Gerard. Katalog inkunabułów biblioteki opactwa mogilskiego oraz katalog inkunabułów biblioteki klasztoru cystersów w Szczyrzycu. Kraków: Nakładem Akademii Umiejętności, 1915. Front, XIII, 162 pp, 1 plate. Cont. marbled boards, red label on the spine (binding little rubbed). The first book is a study of the "Hortulus animea" (The Eden of the Soul) by Biernat of Lublin (Bernardus Lublinius, ca. 1465 - after 1529), the first printed book in Polish language (Kraków, Florian Ungler, 1513). Illustrated with 86 full page figures. The second work is catalogues of incunabula in the cysterian abbeys in Mogyla and Szczyrzyc (both not far from Kraków).
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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.
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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.
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Biblioteka Petra I. Ukazatel-spravochnik
Biblioteka Akademii nauk 1978 8vo (22 cm), 216 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little browned). In Russian. Guide to the library of the Peter the Great.
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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.
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Die Miniaturenhandschriften der Nationalbibliothek in Athen
Vienna Alfred Hölder 1917 4to (30.5 cm), 27 pp, 31 plates. Cloth backed marbled boards, label with the title tipped in top of the front board.
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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).
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Bibliotheca manuscripta ad sacrum conventum Assisiensem
Assisi Casa Editrice Francescana 1981 2 volumes 4to (28.5 cm), 450 pp, including 46 plates; PP. 451-848 , including plates 47-59. Publisher's cloth. A history of the library and descriptions of manuscripts from the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi.
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Opisanie rukopisej sobranija Chertkova
Novosibirsk Nauka 1986 8vo (21.5 cm), 136 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little rubbed). In Russian. The catalogue of the library of A. D. Chertkov (1789 - 1858), who collected mainly early Russian manuscripts.
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Biblioteka Julińska. Dzieje łowiecko-leśnego księgozbioru Potockich z Łańcuta
Łańcut Techgraf 2015 4to (27.5 cm), 147 pp. Laminated wrappers. A history and a catalogue of a hunting library, collected by Potocki family and preserved in their castle in Łańcut.
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Catalogo del Museo Bodoniano di Parma
Parma Artegrafica Silva 2005 8vo (23.5 cm), XLII, 152, [16] pp. Printed wrappers. The catalogue of the Bodoni museum in Parma, opened in November 1963. The museum accounts for thousands of editions by famous Italian typographer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), letters, documents, proofs, technical manuals, specimens of characters, the original punches and matrices of the great artist.
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Catalogo del Museo Bodoniano di Parma
Parma Artegrafica Silva 2005 8vo (23.5 cm), XLII, 152, [16] pp. Printed wrappers. The catalogue of the Bodoni museum in Parma, opened in November 1963. The museum accounts for thousands of editions by famous Italian typographer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), letters, documents, proofs, technical manuals, specimens of characters, the original punches and matrices of the great artist.
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Incunabula in the Westminster Abbey and Westminster School Libraries
London The Bibliographical Society 2013 8vo (25.5 cm), 185 pp. Publisher's cloth. Westminster Abbey is closely connected with the early history of printing in England: England's first printer, William Caxton, had his workshop within the monastery walls. Both the Abbey and the adjacent Westminster School have profited by the learning and generosity of generations of bishops, deans, canons and teachers, who donated or bequeathed them their collections of incunabula. 70 incunabula are described. The descriptions pay much attention to copy-specific features. About half the volumes are in contemporary or near-contemporary bindings, mostly English, but several from the Continent, and these have been identified and described by Mirjam Foot.
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Treasures from the Italian Libraries
Thames & Hudson 1997 4to (32 cm), 288 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Illuminated manuscripts and illustrated books lie hidden in many of Italy's libraries. Because of their fragility, these treasures are available only to accredited scholars and denied to the general public. This volume contains works from 15 of Italy's libraries, including masterpieces from renowned collections at the Vatican in Rome, the Laurentian Library in Florence - the repository of the Medici collections - and Venice's Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana. Subjects range from botanical drawings to scenes from the Old Testament, from Dante's "Divine Comedy" illustrated by Botticelli to the scientific treatises of Leonardo.
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Polskie superekslibrisy XVI-XVIII wieku: centuria druga [Polish]
Warsaw Biblioteka Narodowa 2001 8vo (24 cm), 272 pp. Laminated wrappers. In Polish. Polish supralibros of the XVI-XVIII centuries: the second century. A catalogue of 100 supralibros of 93 owners on books published 1528-1787 from the library of the Warsaw University. Every item meticulously described and illustrated. The fist century was published in 1988.
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