New York: Burt Franklin, 1968. 8o. 195 pp. With a frontispiece portrait of William Caxton, and Original buckram. NOT ex-library, text unblemished, and without stamps or inscriptions. Groundbreaking approach to a biography of England's first printer, based on the evidence, and not mythology. First published in 1925, this is the..... 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. A very useful and very readable account of the evidence -- and lack thereof -- supporting the..... 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. The astounding collection of the earliest English printers formed by Paul Mellon can never be rivaled today. As we read from..... 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). With descriptions of 120 Bibles in the collection of..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. For William H. Scheide: Fifty Years of Collecting. 6 January 2004. William...](/pictures/thumb/3139.jpg?v=1594522443)
Princeton: University Library, 2004. First Edition. 4to. viii, 90, [1] pp., illustrated in color. Original color-printed wrappers. A CELEBRATION of the staggering achievements of three generations of Scheide book collectors, who for more than a century successfully acquired some of the world's most important books and manuscripts. The present volume..... 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. 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 various libraries..... 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). ONE OF THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED READING LISTS. Rosenwald, the great benefactor of the Library of Congress, here compares two copies of the "Libro delli..... 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. INDISPENSIBLE GUIDE TO EARLY DANISH BOOKS. A most useful compilation, based..... 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. ΒΆ Scarce, well illustrated catalogue, published under the auspices of the Centre for Neohellenic Research, National Hellenic Research..... 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). Well illustrated catalogue of a lesser-known collection of incunables: 132 editions are described, most with detailed provenance information. There is an interesting essay..... 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
Allendale, MI: Grand Valley State University, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. 134 pp., with many illustrations in b/w and color. Original printed wrappers. Edition limited to 100 copies. Noteworthy collection of 50 incunables, acquired over a period of just 8 years, each volume carefully selected on account of research potential. The..... More
2015. 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers. 46 pp. + Catalogue of 17 items. 31 illustrations (some printed in color). Scarce catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition "In praise of Aldus Manutius (ca. 1452-1515)" held at PRPH Gallery, New York, April 8-24, 2015. One of the more interesting aspects of..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in France and of French Books...](/pictures/thumb/3123.jpg?v=1594080679)
London: British Museum, 1924 and 1986. First Edition. Vol. I: thick 8vo. vii, [1], 491 pp. Original blue cloth, top joints and headcap a little frayed, endleaves toned, top edge of textblock dusty, NOT ex-library, NOT the reprint. Vol. II: 8vo. viii, 291 pp. Original blue cloth. NOT ex-library. Excellent..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in Italy and of Italian Books...](/pictures/thumb/3122.jpg?v=1594080674)
London: British Museum, 1958 and 1986. First Edition. Vol. 1: thick 8vo. viii, 992 pp. Original blue cloth (lacking dust-jacket), spine and back cover sunned, joints frayed at top edges as are lower corner tips, split on lower joint. A well used copy, NOT ex-library. Vol. 2: [8], 192 pp..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in The Netherlands and Belgium and...](/pictures/thumb/3121.jpg?v=1594080673)
London: British Museum, 1965. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 43 pp. Original blue cloth in excellent state, original dust-wrappers somewhat worn (spine palm soiled from years of gentle use). NOT ex-library. STC Dutch is the indispensable list of pre-1600 books printed within the frontiers of The Netherlands and Belgium, and for..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Short-Title Catalogue of Portuguese Books Printed before 1601 now in the...](/pictures/thumb/3120.jpg?v=1594080671)
London: British Museum, 1940. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 43 pp. Original printed wrappers, somewhat worn. A well used copy, NOT ex-library. STC Portuguese is the indispensable list of pre-1601 books printed in Portugal (in any language) as well as a few "Portuguese India," i.e. Portuguese language books produced elsewhere. The..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in the German-Speaking Countries...](/pictures/thumb/3119.jpg?v=1594080668)
London: British Museum, 1962. First Edition. Thick 8vo. viii, 1224 pp. Original blue cloth (lacking dust-jacket), spine and back cover sunned, joints slightly frayed at top edges as are lower corner tips. A well used copy, NOT ex-library. STC German is a massive bibliographic achievement of almost heroic proportions. The..... 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]. Inkunabeln der Bodmeriana: Katalog. Helene Buchler-Mattmann, Martin...](/pictures/thumb/3112.jpg?v=1593809828)
Cologny-Geneve (Switzerland): Fondation Martin Bodmer, 1976. First Edition. 8vo. 239, [1] pp. With 38 reproductions in the text. Original yellow glazed boards. This, the third catalogue issued by the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, is a tour-de-force of some of the finest incunables ever assembled by a private individual, Martin Bodmer (1899-1971). The..... 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. 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 core of..... More
