Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. 4to (260 x 195 mm). Frontispiece portrait of the collector, 329 pp. Text with some foxing. Bound in original quarter morocco (head of spine chipped), top edge gilt. NOT EX-LIBRARY. Catalogue of incunabula from the John Boyd Thatcher collection, deposited with..... More

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

London: Roxburghe Club, 1998. First Edition. Large 4to. 22 pp., photocopy of the title-page of the Roxburghe publication loosely inserted. Original green wrappers (faintly creased on lower wrapper; ink inscription on p. 1). Bernard Breslauer's perceptive analysis of the masterpiece of Florentine woodcut books, Frezzi's "Quadriregio" (The Four Realms) of..... More

New York: The Grolier Club, 2015. First Edition. Large 4to (285 x 210 mm). 351, [1] pp. Title-page printed in red and black, frontispiece portrait of Aldus Manutius. 141 works described, each with one or more accompanying illustrations in color. Original green cloth (trifle shelf-wear), Aldine dolphin and anchor on..... More

Stockholm: 1914-1916. First Edition. Together 3 vols. 8vo. and folio. 32, 330; [4], 4, 104, [8] pp. + 6 plates. One full-page plate in Teil 1 (Taf. VIII) and 15 illustrations in Teil 2 (Heft 1). Atlas: [6], 88 pp. (150 facsimiles). Original printed wrappers. Paper spines somewhat soiled, that..... More

Copenhagen ["Hafniae"]: Libraria Gyldendal, 1889-1898 (i.e. 1901). First Edition. 8vo. [6], 470 pp. Later neat blue buckram, red morocco lettering piece, top edges gilt, original wrappers bound in (short tear at top of front wrapper). NOT ex-library! Special edition, limited to 100 copies (sic) with a preface by H.O. Lange..... More

Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574. First Edition in Italian. Folio. [18] ff., 296 pp. Collation: *8 **6 ***4 A-Z6 AA10, COMPLETE. Ziletti's device on title, 5 large woodcuts showing operations (2 on the battlefield), numerous woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments and heads with incisions, occasional staining or soiling; title with outer..... More

Bethesda, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Library of Medicine; U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1967 and 1971. First Edition. Together 2 vols. 4to (265 x 205 mm). Ad 1: xi, 698 pp. Ad 2: v, 51 pp. Original decorated gray cloth with black embossed roundel and black..... 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

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

Paris: Techener, 1840. First Edition. 17 x 26.5 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. 83 pp. with 5 plates (of which 3 are folding). Contemporary beige quarter calf, patterned brown cloth sides, gilt armorial device of the Duc d'Arenberg on both covers. Slight wear to spine. Slight foxing throughout. Very significant documentation of..... More

Venice: Domenico Giglio; Paolo and Aldo Manutius, 1558; 1564. Ad 1: 8vo. Part 1: [1], 2-138, [4] = 142 ff. Part 2: [1], 2-122, [2] = 124 ff. Contemporary limp vellum with "yapp" edges, title in MS on spine, singular "1" at bottom of spine indicating the first of two..... 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