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

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

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

Louvain: 1827. Hardcover. Dates: 1827-1829. 8vo. [2], 7, [12], 19-167; 147, 150-302 pp. (pagination skipped presumably due to a scribal error, resulting in the loss of one page of text?) + [15] pp. additional notes. Contemporary quarter morocco over recently renewed marbled boards, brilliantly executed in the antique style. Light..... 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

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

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 UNPUBLISHED provincial play by the author of "The Cup of Wrath: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Resistance to Hitler" (1992/3) which received some critical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

Frankfurt: 1925. Hardcover. Calligraphic manuscript on paper: 10 pages, including an original watercolor by the artist, and bound by her. Written on Flinsche Paper (Frankfurt). Large "modernist" watercolor illustration on first leaf (evidence of deep pencil scratch in outer margin), on the recto a manuscript dedication (dated June 1925) being..... More

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

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

Paris: 1846. Together two manuscript items (altogether 7 pp. on 5 leaves), folio and octavo. Manuscript (partly autograph) by Bibliophile Jacob. Edges of the Preface darkened and partly frayed, affecting some words (see images). The "Traicte" MS in very good condition. -- ADDED: printed copy of the sale Catalogue: 344..... More

Unbound. 4to. [16] pp. comprised of 8 half sheets folded once, unstitched, edges untrimmed. First leaf soiled, some dust-soiling throughout. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve with lig-free board backing. Highly curious French legal manuscript concerning a rare 1543 Ordonnance on taxes on salt for preserving fish, a matter not only..... 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