Ultrecht: Forum Antiquarian Booksellers, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Very light pencil notation on front cover, 133 pp., 468 items. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. Scholarly catalogue containing descriptions in Dutch and English of hundreds of rare items including: a first edition of "Vogages from Montreal" by Alexander Mackenzie, a...... More
![Item #3096 [EARLY PRINTING REFERENCE / SPAIN]. Catalogo Descriptivo de los Impresos en Espanol,...](/pictures/thumb/3096.jpg?v=1593375072)
Buenos Aires: Secrit, 1991. 8vo. [10], 54 pp. [5], pp. Original blue stiff wrappers. Extremely detailed catalogue of a small selection of important 16th-century Spanish books in the colleciton of Jorge M. Furt (1902-1971), an Argentine humanist and author. The extent of the cataloguing is attested by the 3-page collation..... More
![Item #3142 [INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. The Permanence of Johann Gutenberg. Frederick R. Goff](/pictures/thumb/3142.jpg?v=1594522451)
Austin, TX: [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center, 1974. First Edition, Second Impression, limited to 250 copies. 8vo. 29 pp. Title-page printed in black and orange. Original burnt-orange colored boards, original clear protective wrapper. NOT ex-library! A very useful and very readable account of the evidence -- and lack thereof --..... More
![Item #3144 [INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Inkunabeln. Mit 35 Abbildungen von Druckermarken, Einbanden,...](/pictures/thumb/3144.jpg?v=1594663926)
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, March 1928. Small 4to. iv, 103, [4] pp. With 35 illustrations in text. 192 incunables described, plus index. Original wrappers (front cover splitting, spine worn and partially defective, covers slightly soiled). NOT ex-library! Who today could even conceive of procuring 192 incunables and offering them in..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 320 pages, original cloth with gilt letter on spine, no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. ¶ An authoritative survey of the world's greatest libraries and their holdings, profusely illustrated in black / white and color. Multiple..... More
Vaduz: Buchantiquariat Interlibrum. Softcover. Some pencil notations on a few pages. Normal wear. 300 items. Illustrated. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly catalogue with b&w illustrations throughout. Catalogue contains hundreds of descriptions in English of many fine rare books including: Tiberius Cavallo's "Aeronautics", The first international dictionary of..... More
Koln: Jurgen Dinter. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Minor pencil notation, minor wear to cover, 136 pp., 140 items. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly, well-presented catalogue with descriptions of rare philosophical works. Philosophers include Desiderius Erasmus, Aristotle, Petrus de Aquila (Duns Scotus), and many more. Well illustrated with Black..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 62 pp. with b/w and color illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth, gilt with the arms of Jean Grolier (Grolier Club). From the frontspiece: "Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, March 21 -..... More
![Item #2221 [HISTORY OF THE BOOK / EARLY PRINTING / SWEDEN]. Svensk Boktryckeri-Historia,...](/pictures/thumb/2221.jpg?v=1592542349)
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Sons, 1883. First Edition. Large 8vo (265 x 175 mm). iv, 654 pp. 1 f., 2 color lithographs, 49 figures in text. Polished brown half calf, marbled sides, red morocco lettering piece with gilt lettering, top edges gilt, all original wrappers bound in. Front joint..... More
![Item #3133 [INCUNABULA REFERENCE - GREECE]. Catalogue of incunabula of the National Library of...](/pictures/thumb/3133.jpg?v=1594246208)
Athens: 1983. First Edition. Large 8vo. [15], 84, [4] pp. With 33 illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers (slightly separating from textblock inside front joint, but perfectly sound). An attractive copy. NOT ex-library: the text is unblemished and free from stamps and ugly markings! ¶ Scarce, well illustrated catalogue..... More
![Item #3455 [COMPLETE SET]. Iter Italicum A Finding List of uncatalogued or incompletely...](/pictures/thumb/3455.jpg?v=1618023182)
London / Leiden: Warburg Institute / Brill, 1963-1997. First Edition. Together 7 vols., large 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth bindings (vols. 1-2 with signs of gentle bibliographical consultation, bound in slightly lighter blue cloth as issued by the publisher; all other volumes preserved in fine condition). NOT ex-library! "Iter Italicum"..... More
![Item #1818 [MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS]. Latin Manuscript Books Before 1600: A List of...](/pictures/thumb/1818.jpg?v=1589733741)
New York: Fordham University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Octavo, 284 pages, original cloth, no dust jacket. Water damage to case, text unaffected. ¶ An important bibliography of printed and manuscript catalogues of pre-1600 Latin manuscripts in European libraries -- from A-Z (i.e from Aachen, Germany to Zwolle, Holland). Still essential. More
![Item #3092 [EARLY GREEK PRINTING]. Bibliographie hellenique des XVe et XVIe siècles ou...](/pictures/thumb/3092.jpg?v=1593375062)
Paris: G.-P. Maisonneuve & Larose, 1962. 4 vols. 8vo. [8], ccxxviii pp., 2 ff., 320 pp., 1 f.; lxxvii pp., 1 f., 453 pp., 1 f.; xi, 516 pp., 1 f.; xliii, 395 pp., some illustrations in the text. Original blue publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). Facsimile reprint of the 1885-1906..... More
Paris: Librarie Laurent Coulet. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Minor pencil notations, 100 items, illustrated. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly, scarce French catalogue with wonderful black and white illustrations on almost every page. The catalogue contains descriptions of many rare works including volumes by Jean Benjamin de Laborde, Pierre..... More
Paris: Librairie Paul Jammes. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Minor wear, minor pencil notation, 1814 items, illustrated. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. Scholarly, French catalogue with b&w illustrations and descriptions of many rare items. More
Paris: Leon Techener, 1877. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. [4], 83 pp. Recent sympathetic wrappers, edges untrimmed (some a little frayed). Copy no. 74 of 100 numbered copies, being one of the first celebrations of 17th-century French illustrated books, published when the craze for 18th-century French illustrated books was at its..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 1968. First Edition. Small 4to. xiii, 62, [6] pp. With 8 pages of plates. Original cloth, spine gilt. Ink ownership inscription on first blank leaf. NOT ex-library! The astounding collection of the earliest English printers formed by Paul Mellon can never be rivaled today. As we..... More
Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographic Society of the University of Virginia, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. 4to. (28 cm). 14 pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled (front cover detached and partially defective). Mimeographed typescript. Preserved in a mylar L-Sleeve. Very early account of the then-neglected field of Southern Amateur Fiction, still valuable. The author..... More
![Item #1779 [BOOK THIEF / BOOK THEFTS]. Scientist, Scholar & Scoundrel: A Bibliographical...](/pictures/thumb/1779.jpg?v=1589687433)
New York: The Grolier Club, 2013. Softcover. Octavo, 176 numbered pages, illustrations in both black and white and color. ¶ Biographical and bibliographic account of Count Libri, known for his activity as a book collector and book thief. More
![Item #3095 [INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. From the Reference Library of H.P. Kraus, with Additions. Part...](/pictures/thumb/3095.jpg?v=1593375071)
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll, 2004. 8vo. 198 pp., describing items 446-1369. Original blue printed wrappers. This volume is tantamount to a bibliography of Incunabula Reference works, very well described, and featuring a useful 15-page index. The reference library of the august antiquarian bookselling firm of H.P. Kraus was legendary..... More
![Item #2374 [BOOK PROVENANCE / MEDICAL DOCTORS]. Essai de repertoire des ex-libris et fers de...](/pictures/thumb/2374.jpg?v=1553284756)
Paris: Ch. Bosse, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Small 4to. xvi, 235, [3] pp. Bound in original wrappers, as issued. Preserved in a protective cloth case. The essential resource for the study of provenance of medical books, still unsurpassed. Ours is one of only 50 on fine Velin paper, rare thus..... More
![Item #3160 [INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogo degli Incunabuli della Biblioteca Comunale di...](/pictures/thumb/3160.jpg?v=1595430190)
Palermo: Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani, 1978. First Edition. Large 8vo. 263, [4] pp. Original wrappers, edges almost entirely uncut. Illustrated with 18 full-page photographic plates of high quality. NOT ex-library! Scarce catalogue of fifteenth century books in the Municipal Library of Palermo, a formidable collection of 1,038..... More
![Item #3147 Supplement au Catalogue des Incunables [des Bibliotheques publiques de Lyon] no....](/pictures/thumb/3147.jpg?v=1594663939)
Lyon: Bibliotheque de la Ville de Lyon, 1967. First Edition. 4to. [4], iii, 106, [2] ff., printed on rectos only. Original wrappers (a little worn). NOT ex-library! Scarce Supplement to Pellechet's great "Catalogue des Incunables des Bibliotheques publiques de Lyon" published in 1893, which only comprised entries 1-634 (sic!), a...... More
Stony Stratford: Patrick King Rare Books, 1983. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. A few minor pencil notations, very minor wear, 26 pp., 100 items. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ Scholarly catalogue with thorough descriptions of many rare items including many interesting and unique bindings. More
Paris: Pierre Beres, 1990. Softcover. 260 items thoroughly described. Illustrations throughout, some in color. Original wrappers, no dust-jacket as issued. ¶ A scholarly French catalogue of rare volumes, beautifully presented. Includes: works by Gustave Flaubert, Henri Murger, Arthur Rimbaud, and many more. More
