London: Sotheby & Co., June 7, 1932; May 9, 1933, quarto, printed wrappers. 61 pp. plus numerous tipped-in plates; 147 pp. plus numerous tipped-in plates. Sotheby & Co., Part I with 33 items listed and described in great detail and Part II with 70 items listed and described in great..... More
New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. Sotheby's, This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends..... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, Dec 2, 1987, large quarto, cloth. (126)pp. Christie, Manson & Woods, 46 items listed. From the Foreword to the catalogue: "Although her main interest was book collecting, she nevertheless managed to assemble a small, but select collection containing some quite remarkable manuscripts... Every aspect of..... More
Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1974, large quarto, printed wrappers, stapled. [14] pp. + 1 illustrated leaf as errata. The Walters Art Gallery, Howard M. Nixon's contribution to this feschrift with corrections. Staples slightly rusted. More
(London): The British Library, (1977), First Edition. tall octavo, black and white and color wrappers inserted in plastic pocket folder. (24)pp., unpaginated. The British Library, A picture pack on Medieval crafts designed by the British Library Education Service to provide original material for teachers and pupils studying 'Medieval Realms.' The..... More
London: Sotheby's, June 19, 1990, quarto, wrappers. (92)pp, 40 items listed. Sotheby's, Illustrated with color plates. The great illuminators from the 12th to the 15th century are represented in this collection with most coming from Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland and the Low Countries. Included are pieces by Nicolo di Giacomo..... More
L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2017, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. 536 pp. L'Erma di Bretschneider, This work has been conceived by the author as an enlarged version of the original volume Il libro manoscritto: Introduzione alla codicologia, already published in this series (n 124). At a time when the breaking down..... More
London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1980, First Edition. small octavo, pictorial wrappers. 58 pp. Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 32 examples, each illustrated in black and white and two color plates: French, Netherlandish, German and Italian. Very fine. More
The Calligraphy Connection, 1990, First Edition. large quarto, sheets spiral bound with a glossy boards cover, as issued. noncontinuous pagination with many fold-out pages. The Calligraphy Connection, "...a book that successfully captures the dynamic and evolutionary characteristics of medieval scripts....The core of the book is eighteen plates that illustrate the..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1969), Second Impression. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 448pp. Faber & Faber, A comprehensive history of the development of illustration from the earliest days down to the modern printed book. "By picking out salient and typical books the author seeks to indicate the main lines..... More
San Marino: Getty Museum, 1994, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 128 pp. Getty Museum, This book-part of the Museum's popular Looking at series-offers definitions of techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Presented in an easily portable format, this volume includes concise and readable explanations of the technical terms..... More
(London): Harvey Miller Publishers, (1996), First Edition. folio, boards in dust jacket. Harvey Miller Publishers, Two volumes. Volume One: Text & Illustrations, 48, (194)pp. of illustrations in black and white and in color; Volume Two: Catalogue, (220) pp. This is the first publication to appear in the "Survey of Manuscripts..... More
Univ of Kansas. (1984), First Edition. quarto, cloth. 157pp. Univ of Kansas., The two lectures printed in this volume deal with widely separated periods of medieval manuscript illumination. Both essays examine two highpoints of medieval ilumination: the first concerning developments in the early Middle Ages, and the second at the..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 1998, First Edition. octavo, tan boards in dust jacket. (411) pp. Reaktion Books, In Mirror in Parchment, Michael Camille presents a far-reaching analysis and critique of the use of the Luttrell Psalter illuminations as records of historical experience, examining the Psalter as part of a particular medieval..... More
Harvey Miller, 2017, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 264 pp. Harvey Miller, This fascinating book offers a most engaging and fresh glimpse into the world of the Middle Ages. It accompanies an exhibit of some thirty diverse illuminated manuscript pages, and in a series of short descriptive essays..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993, octavo, pictorial wrappers. 72 pp. University of Toronto Press, This book shows how medieval craftsmen actually made things, who they were, and how their guilds operated. Included are 40 full color and 40 black and white illustrations. Very fine. More
(London): The British Library, (1994), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 64pp. The British Library, The Gospels is the outstanding treasure of a cultural and spiritual Renaissance in 14th century Bulgaria and a masterpiece of Byzantine manuscript art. The supreme achievement of Bulgarian medieval culture, it also marked its final flourishing..... More
Madrid: Editorial Plus-Ultra, 1962, First Edition. large quarto, maroon cloth stamped in gilt with maroon leather spine, in dust jacket. 373 pp. Editorial Plus-Ultra, Text in Spanish. A history of Spanish illuminated miniatures, engravings and bookbindings. Eight color plates and 507 in black and white. With two indicies, geographic and..... More
Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, cloth. (188)pp. followed by 32pp. of photographic plates. Univ. of California Press, Edited by R. H. Rouse. These manuscripts in the library of the University of California, Los Angeles, include psalters, books of hours, collections of sermons and law books..... More
(London): Brockhampton Press, (1996), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 80 pp., followed by 8 pp. of color plates printed recto only. Brockhampton Press, Contents covers Early Middle Ages: Sixth to Twelfth Centuries; Late Middle Ages: Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries; Materials and Manufacture; Other Cultures. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1980), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. 318pp. Harry N. Abrams, From the dust jacket, "The extraordinary range of objects housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., is revealed for the first time in this sumptuous volume. Treasures of the Library..... More
London: V & A Museum, (1983), First Edition. quarto, boards. 48pp. V & A Museum, Illustrated with color photographs of manuscripts pages. Brief, but informative, chapters discuss the Elements in Illumination, Codicology, Workshop Procedures, Texts, historical development of styles and periods with a final chapter on the scope of the..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1997), First Edition. large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 240pp. Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Robert Lehman Collection represent the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the foureenth to the..... More
Seattle: College Art Association, 1996, First Edition. quarto, red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), (247)pp. College Art Association, Illuminated for Heinrich II of Hesse in 1334, this Codex differs from other secular manuscripts of the Gothic period by its lavish illumination cycle and the firm identification of its patron..... More
(University Park): Penn State University Press, (2005), First Edition. quarto, grey cloth. (xxviii), 216pp., illustrations unpaginated. Penn State University Press, Fifteen essays written in honor of John Plummer that highlight some of the mysteries of the Index and the first book to focus exclusively on the manuscript. Iconography, the descriptive..... More