New York: Christie's, April 23-24, 2001, quarto, grey cloth in dust jackets. 449; 229pp. Christie's, 559 lots. With a two page introduction by Felix de Marez Oyens: "Helmut Friedlaender's wonderful incunabula - his library's forte - and to a lesser extent the selective group of medieval manuscripts, the milestones of..... More
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 12, 1991, quarto, boards. (x), (90)pp, illustrated with 64pp. of color plates. 45 items listed. Sotheby's, The Schoyen Collection began in 1955 with the acquisition of a printed book containing a manuscript fragment. Continuing to collect both incunables and manuscripts, the manuscripts soon outpaced the collecting..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893, First Edition. octavo, maroon buckram. xii, 219pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. With 11 plates. With chapters on Caxton, Wynkyn De Worde, Bookbinding as well as on the collecting and description of early..... More
Milan: Gorlich, (1948 -1950), Reprint. octavo, pale green cloth. Gorlich, An essential bibliography of incunabula. This set complete with the Copinger supplement. Exlibrary from the Reading Public Libraries (UK) with their bookplate and copyright page rubber-stamp in each volume. Acidic paper used has browned, spines faded. More
Bruxelles: de l'Imprimerie de A. J. D. de Braeckenier, 1809, First Edition, Large Paper copy printed on laid paper. octavo, rebound in red marbled boards and red leather spine. [ii], iv, 216 pp. de l'Imprimerie de A. J. D. de Braeckenier, About ten leaves with water stain along edges, including..... More
New York: Excalibur Books, (1983), Reprint. folio, boards in dust jacket. 280pp. Excalibur Books, Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. A history of books that includes their importance ot the world of learning and their impact on society. Organized under the important book categories: early manuscripts, incunabula, herbals..... More
(Berlin): De Gruyter, (2010), First Edition. octavo, pictorial boards. xii, (368)pp. De Gruyter , IFLA Publication 149. Extensively illustrated in black and white and in full color. The papers collected in this volume discuss descriptive methods and present conclusions relevant for the history of the book production and reception. Books..... More
Harvey Miller, 2017, First Edition. quarto, in dust jacket. 456 pp. Harvey Miller, The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe's first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. However, despite its initial impact, fame was fleeting: for the better part of three centuries the Bible was virtually..... More