Washington DC: The Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001. Softcover. Quarto, 158 pages, illustrated in black and white. ¶ Through the underlinings, emendations, and other marginalia common to early modern readers, this title shows the variety of ways in which readers have related to books over the centuries. The use of books..... More
Massena, NY: 1812. Softcover. Dates: 1812-1829. Small 4to. 12 pp. Stitched. Primary source material for the study of animals as property in rural America at the turn of the 19th-century. This small but fascinating manuscript is of a type that is rarely encountered. It describes the distinctive markings of animals..... More
1871. Hardcover. Oblong folio (350 x 450 mm). With 32 watercolors of high quality by Annibale Angelini delineated from the original frescos. Original red pebbled cloth (shaken), upper cover with the crowned monograph of Prince Camillo IX (Vittorio Emanuele) Massimo. In excellent unrestored state. Preserved in a protective case. An..... More
![A matching pair of strange Indian erotic paintings of exceptionally high quality]. Anonymous...](/pictures/thumb/3217.jpg?v=1600273982)
n.d. (19th or 20th century). Two illuminations on thin India paper some vertical creasing, professionally matted and framed. Ad 1 (priapus): 300 x 250 mm (frame size), 198 x 140 mm (visible), 147 x 93 mm (size of illumination). Ad 2 (she-devil): 306 x 231 mm (frame size), 205 x...... More
![MANUSCRIPT PLAY]. Der Katzenkomodie, erster Theil, oder Lottchus Todt. Historisches Trauerspiel...](/pictures/thumb/2009.jpg?v=1553284583)
1835. First Edition. Softcover. Small 4to. Manuscript on paper. [2], 53 pp. Complete. Stitched (plain paper wrappers torn and frayed along spine, with loss), edges untrimmed. Minor blemishes to the text but unsophisticated. Preserved in a protective cloth case. Highly curious and apparently unpublished German Romantic play concerning the "Death..... More
![RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPT / SONNETS / Canzoniere]. "Poesie. Manoscritto antico d’ignoto autore"...](/pictures/thumb/2973.jpg?v=1600272769)
Venice: 1510 (25 January). 8vo. in fours. Collation: A-Q4, COMPLETE. 64 ff. (some signatures written in contemporary MS, several erroneously, neat modern foliation in pencil). Paper size: 155 x 105. Watermarks: Northern Italy, ca. 1480-1520 (see below). Bound in late 18th century Italian sprinkled ochre boards, upper cover with title..... More
Mexico City: 1731-1770 (bulk); 1697-1759. Ad 1: Folio. 157 ff. with final blank and several unnumbered leaves plus several leaves and notes loosely inserted, including one dated 1809. Bound in soft calf, blind ruled. Major worming in certain parts (SEE IMAGES), usual age-toning, some dark stains throughout occasionally affecting text;..... More
Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1993. Softcover. Octavo, 275 pages, illustrated in black and white. Ownership mark inside front cover. ¶ In his dedicated investigation into the early history of the book, Carlson provides insight in changing technology during the transition from fifteenth to sixteenth century and its..... More
![ALPINE HERBARIUM / ALBUM OF COMPOSED OF PRESSED SWISS FLOWERS AND PLANTS]. Flora de la Suisse...](/pictures/thumb/3264.jpg?v=1604983140)
Pontresina, Switzerland: M. Caviezel, n.d. (1860s - 1880s?). Large oblong 8vo. (230 x 190 mm). Altogether 12 leaves: 6 leaves with flower and plant identifications in manuscript, and 6 leaves with altogether 41 pasted-on pressed flowers (see below), each protected by original tissue guards. Original red cloth (a trifle worn)..... More
Charterhouse School: 1871. Hardcover. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff., mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides + 4 ff. in manuscript ("Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910). Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few..... More
Monclova: 1780 (September 25). Folio (305 x 213 mm), two untrimmed sheets folded once to produce 8 pp., manuscript on 7 pages, final page blank. Watermark: Picador (type of Heawood 3471: caballero / bull countermark). Top right corners damp stained, overall in excellent state. A RARE CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT COPY OF..... More
![NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL MANUSCRIPT]. Catalogue of Plants Growing Spontaneously Around...](/pictures/thumb/877.jpg?v=1600272726)
Wilmington, N.C. 1874. Hardcover. Manuscript on paper, 58 unnumbered pages, written in an octavo ruled notebook, the MS occupying the first half, the second being blank. Contemporary American binding (sheepskin over boards), light wear to binding extremities, hinges cracked but firm, marbled edges. An attractive manuscript in very good antiquarian..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Houghton Library, 1992. Softcover. Quarto, 200 pages, illustrated in black and white. ¶ Essential collection of brief essays from a group of international scholars, illustrating the evidentiary usefulness of manuscripts as well as their complexities. Early and recent manuscripts from the collections of the Houghton Library illuminate..... More
![The Coat and the Cup [unpublished play]. Typescript (mimeograph) with additions and corrections...](/pictures/thumb/905.jpg?v=1600272726)
Copyrighted by Mary U Glazener: 1966. Hardcover. 43 pages on 43 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11" paper, inserted in modern green folder (3-hole punched). UNPUBLISHED provincial play by the author of "The Cup of Wrath: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Resistance to Hitler" (1992/3) which received some critical attention..... More
London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. [iv], 188 pp. Original drab boards (a little worn, expertly rebacked). Edges uncut and partially unopened. Ex-libris stamps in blind from the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary). NB: in 1976 a collection of more than..... More
![Manuscript]. Early American Student's Ciphering Book. Higgins Family](/pictures/thumb/3003.jpg?v=1582353272)
Cape Cod, MA: 1793. Folio (paper stock ca. 300 x 200 mm). 24 pp. on laid paper, MS entries covering every page. In contemporary "home-made" rough canvas wrappers (worn), some damage (with loss of text) and inherent soiling to text. At least 8 ff. have been excised at the end..... More
![MANUSCRIPT]: "Address in Latin, on various academical occasions, by the President of Transylvania...](/pictures/thumb/3439.jpg?v=1616525762)
Lexington, KY and Philadelphia, PA: J. Kneass, 1819. Small square 4to. (190 x 165 mm). Notebook of a single quire of 24 leaves, folded and stitched in center to produce 48 pp., with 25 pp. of manuscript in cursive, the rest blank. Top edge of front cover and three subsequent..... More
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
![MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS]. Latin Manuscript Books Before 1600: A List of Printed...](/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
![LITERARY ARCHIVE]. [SOCIAL REFORM]. Large archive of more than 1,000 pages of typescripts...](/pictures/thumb/3080.jpg?v=1591574771)
Together seven three-ring binder notebooks (binders worn, boards on vol. VI broken off) -- retained by us as out of "respect du fonds" -- containing approximately 876 typescript and manuscript pages. TOGETHER WITH: 29 file folders of articles, ideas, proposals, and miscellaneous publishing materials, consisting of approximate 300 typescript and..... More
![ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE, 1572]. Autograph Letter Signed, being a contemporary account the...](/pictures/thumb/3068.jpg?v=1590462303)
Steinhilben (near Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg): 1572. Together 3 sheets. Ad 1: Folio (330 x 210 mm) penned by Ludwig III Duke of Wurttemberg. Recto: 25 lines including florished signature, verso blank; without watermark. Ad 2: (85 x 210), 4 lines, being a small document written on paper from the same stock..... More
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1975. Hardcover. Octavo, 177 number pages, original cloth, no dustjacket. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ An important discussion of notable examples of early manuscripts to early printed books, with very good illustrations. More
Austin, Texas: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 27 numbered pages, original cloth binding. No dustjacket. Woodcut illustrations. ¶ Bibliographical Monograph Series No. 7, a lecture given at the [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center on collection development specifically within the scope of manuscripts..... More
![ARCHIVE OF LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS]. "El Comancho" (together 14 vols. containing more than 3,000...](/pictures/thumb/3079.jpg?v=1591118292)
Seattle (et al.): 1912-1925. 14 vols., large 4to., ca. 29 cm (tall) x 22 cm (wide) x 36 cm (linear), mostly in 3-hole side-stiched black leatherette covers, preserved in very good condition. Very large and interesting literary archive of typescript stories and novels by "El Comancho," a very popular author..... More
![GERMAN LITERARY MANUSCRIPT]. "Der Hinkende Pegasus" (unpublished). Richard Ferdinand Graf von...](/pictures/thumb/3007.jpg?v=1582353292)
1894-1899. 8vo. [4], 165, [6] pp., every page filled with manuscript. Divided into 6 sections of verse, lyric, drama, and prose, with 11 small vignette drawings of which two are heightened in watercolor. Numerous annotations and revisions in the text. Bound in contemporary roan leather with pewter clasp (back of..... More
