![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogue des incunables alsaciens de la Bibliotheque nationale [de...](/pictures/thumb/3149.jpg?v=1594663944)
Strasbourg: Heitz et Cie. 1938. First Edition. 8vo. xxviii, [3], 136, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers, a little shelf-worn, wrappers chipped and head and tail, edges mostly uncut. Added bifolium (edges a little frayed) of half-title and title-page, dated 1937. NOT ex-library! Compiled by the unsurpassed authority on early printing..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogue des incunables et livres du XVIe siecle de la Bibliotheque...](/pictures/thumb/3148.jpg?v=1594663941)
Strasbourg and Zurich: P.-H. Heitz, 1948. First Edition. Thick 8vo. 13, [2], 926 pp. Original printed wrappers, a little shelf-worn, edges mostly uncut (text with some toning throughout as is true in all copies). NOT ex-library! Francois Ritter remains the unsurpassed authority on early Strasbourg printing and humanism, and this..... More
![Supplement au Catalogue des Incunables [des Bibliotheques publiques de Lyon] no. 637-1066. [Cover...](/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
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogue des Incunables [de la Bibliotheque nationale de France] (a.k.a....](/pictures/thumb/3146.jpg?v=1594663932)
Paris: Bibliotheque nationale de France, 1981-1985 and 1992. First Edition. 5 vols., 4to. Original wrappers (spines of Fasc. "H-L" and "M-O" a little faded with unimportant wear along joints). "Additions et Corrections" 16 ff. (ca. 250 entries), stapled as issued. WITH: 2 ff. half-title and title-page for Tome II, loose..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Inkunabeln. Mit 35 Abbildungen von Druckermarken, Einbanden, Holzschnitten...](/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
New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. 8o. 195 pp. With a frontispiece portrait of William Caxton, and Original buckram. NOT ex-library! Groundbreaking approach to a biography of England's first printer, based on the evidence, and not mythology. First published in 1925, this is the facsimile reprint on "long-life paper." Plomer (1856-1928)..... More
![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
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
Austin: [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center, 1967. First Edition. Tall narrow 8vo. 71 pp., illustrated throughout. Original grey boards printed in black and red (lacking dust-jacket, corners a little bumped; ownership signature on verso of front endleaf; spine a little palm-soiled). NOT ex-library! With descriptions of 120 Bibles in the..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. A Catalogue of Incunabula in all the Libraries of Oxford University...](/pictures/thumb/3138.jpg?v=1594267754)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. First Edition. 8vo. xli, [1], 444 pp. With 8 plates. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Excellent condition. NOT ex-library! A valuable reference work, still unsurpassed. The catalogue lists in short-title form all the books printed in the fifteenth century which are now to be found in the..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Histoire litteraire de l'Alsace a la fin du XVe et au commencement du XVIe...](/pictures/thumb/3137.jpg?v=1594267751)
Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1966. 2 vols., large 8vo. xxxi, 464; 2 ff., 440 pp. Original green cloth, gilt (spines a trifle faded). ADDED: photocopies from Gustav Knod, "Jacob Spiegel aus Schlettstadt: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des deutschen Humanismus" (Strassburg, 1884-6), specifically vol. I, pp. 35-45 and vol. II, pp. 19-31..... More
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1961. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 123 pp., with 13 plates. Original light-brown cloth (front cover a little stained, spine somewhat darkened). NOT ex-library! ONE OF THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED READING LISTS. Rosenwald, the great benefactor of the Library of Congress, here compares two copies of the..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Thesaurus Librorum Danicorum, 15th and 16th Century. V. ROSENKILDE, C J....](/pictures/thumb/3135.jpg?v=1594267742)
Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. 245 pp., 8 color plates, 18 reproductions in the text. Original illustrated boards, dust-wrapper (a bit frayed along top and bottom edge, 1" tear at the foot), binding and text immaculate. NOT ex-library! INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO EARLY DANISH BOOKS. A most useful..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogue of the Valuable Printed Books from the Broxbourne Library,...](/pictures/thumb/3134.jpg?v=1594246212)
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977-1978. First Edition. Two vols. 4to. 220, [5] pp. + 298, [36] pp., each volume with color frontispiece (one folding). Vol. I: Abbeville-Lyons (14 -15 November 1977), lots 1-344. Vol. II: Madrid-Zwolle (8-9 May, 1978), lots 345-698. Original printed boards. Purchase inscription on verso of folding..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE - GREECE]. Catalogue of incunabula of the National Library of Greece....](/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! ΒΆ Scarce, well illustrated catalogue..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Katalog der Inkunabeln der Nationalbibliothek Luxemburg. Van der Vekene](/pictures/thumb/3132.jpg?v=1594246206)
Luxemburg: Verlag der Sankt-Paulus-Druckerei, 1970. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 81 pp. With 21 illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers (a little dinged on lower edge). NOT ex-library: the text is unblemished and free from stamps and ugly markings! Well illustrated catalogue of a lesser-known collection of incunables: 132..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Lists of Fifteenth Century Books in Edinburgh Libraries. Edinburgh...](/pictures/thumb/3131.jpg?v=1594246203)
Edinburgh: [Printed for the EBS by George Waterston & Sons], 1913. First Edition. 4to. [8], 107 pp. Printed on fine, thick paper watermarked: "The Post Horn Vellum" / [within a shield: a post horn]. Original cloth, title gilt on upper cover, corners bumped, some minor soiling, front and back endpapers..... More
![FREEMASONRY]. Constitution of the M. W. Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of the Jurisdiction of California,...](/pictures/thumb/3130.jpg?v=1594134249)
San Francisco: Published by Authority of the Grand Lodge, 1925. Second edition. 16mo. 374 pp. Original blue cloth. Despite some trifle wear at head and tail, and a little soiling on covers, an attractive copy. EVERYTHING that must be known by Masons in the administration and management of the Lodge..... More
![FREEMASONRY]. Ceremony of the Installation of the Master and Investiture of Officers. Australian...](/pictures/thumb/3128.jpg?v=1594134245)
S.l. [but Melbourne]: Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, 1949. First Edition. Small square 64mo. 44 pp. Original black leather over flexible boards, edges stained blue. Trifle rubbing to binding extremities. FORBIDDEN TO BE SOLD. This little volume measures 4" x 3" and was published by and for The United Grand Lodge..... More
Allendale, MI: Grand Valley State University, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. 134 pp., with many illustrations in b/w and color. Original printed wrappers. NOT ex-library: the text is unblemished and free from stamps and ugly markings! Edition limited to 100 copies. Noteworthy collection of 50 incunables, acquired over a period of..... More
2015. 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers. 46 pp. + Catalogue of 17 items. 31 illustrations (some printed in color). NOT ex-library: the text is unblemished and free from stamps and ugly markings! Scarce catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition "In praise of Aldus Manutius (ca. 1452-1515)" held at PRPH..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. A Catalogue of Incunabula and Manuscripts in the Army Medical Library....](/pictures/thumb/3117.jpg?v=1593809834)
New York: Published for the Honorary consultants to the Army Medical Library by Henry Schuman. [Printed by the Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME], n.d. [1950?]. Large 8vo. xiv, 361, [1] pp. With 12 plates. Original buckram. Edges of textblock a little dusty, insignificant shelf wear. In very good, clean condition. NOT..... More
Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, Univ. Research Library, UCLA, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. 127 pages. With a color-frontispiece and 25 full-page plates. Original printed wrappers. NOT ex-library! The Rouses provide substantial evidence that certain 15th-century Italian paper dealers were also involved in the illumination of various printed books, partiularly..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Incunabula in American Libraries: A Second Census of Fifteenth-Century...](/pictures/thumb/3113.jpg?v=1593809831)
New York: The Biographical Society of America, 1940. First Edition. 4to. xlv, [1], 619 pp. Original red cloth, gilt lettering on spine (palm soiled and a little worn). Early ownership inscription (in Italian) on the first blank in pencil, some penciled notes in the margins. A used copy in good..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. "William Morris's 'Ancient Books' at Sale" (offprint from: Under the...](/pictures/thumb/3111.jpg?v=1593809826)
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll, 2001. Offprint, stapled, pp. 173-208. With 3 reproductions in the text. NOT ex-library! FASCINATING account of incunabula, medieval manuscripts, and early printed books collected by William Morris, and sold by his estate (through Thomas Chatto) to Richard Bennett of Manchester in 1897. Bennett kept the..... More
