Harvey Miller, 2019, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 224 pp. Harvey Miller, VISION, COLOUR AND MEANING: Vision and Colour in the Works of Giotto and His Contemporaries - Donal Cooper; Robert Grosseteste's De iride and its Addendum in the Vatican Manuscript Barb. Lat. 165: Transmission, Reception, Meaning -..... 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
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
Suffolk, Eng: D. S. Brewer, (1992), First Edition. large octavo, cloth. 136 pp. D. S. Brewer, No fewer than twenty-three of Pepys's thirty-eight medieval manuscripts contain Middle English texts, and date from the 14th and 15th centuries. Devotional tracts and religious poetry predominate, though there is also a corpus of..... 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
New York: The Grolier Club, 2001, First Edition. octavo, blue decorated wrappers. (24) pp. The Grolier Club, "I am not an expert on the Kelmscott Press. My interest in Sydney Cockerell lies in his work on illuminated manuscripts, both as scholar and as collector, and on his self-appointed role in..... 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
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
New York: The New York Public Library, 1929, First Separate Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (12)pp. The New York Public Library, Originally published in the Bulletin of The New York Public Library. The results of the research into the provenance of the manuscript and a description of it. Illustrated. Small name..... 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
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
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
London: Humphrey Milford, n.d. (1941), Offprint from "The Proceedings of the British Academy" volume XXVII. octavo, wrappers. (x)pp. Humphrey Milford, Black and white frontispiece of the item under discussion. 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
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
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
New York: New York University Press, 1980, First Edition. quarto, maroon cloth. xvi, 162 pp. New York University Press, Illustrated. New. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1967), First American Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Chapters include the four particular aspects of the production of fine books: Manuscripts; Early Printing; English Books with Colored Plates 1790-1837; and Private Presses. Numerous color and black and white illustrations..... More
New York: George Braziller, (1979), First Edition. quarto, wrappers. 119 pp. George Braziller, The victory of Charles V (1364-1380) against the English, and against his own feudal nobility, marked the beginning of a Golden Age in the history of book illumination. During the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century, magnificent..... More
Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 36pp. J. Paul Getty Museum, A discussion of the astronomical and meteorological illuminations, the poem, and the astrological miniatures in the ninth-century manuscript now in the University Library at Leiden. Numerous illustrations in black and white and color. Very fine..... More
London: British Museum, 1969, First Edition. small octavo, wrappers. 32pp. followed by 25 plates. British Museum, Illustrated in black and white and in color. 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
(London): The British Library, (2007), First Edition. large octavo, black boards in dust jacket. 160 pp. The British Library, The written word holds sacred value to Jewish people and this means that books have always played a central role in the development and transmission of their religion and culture. During..... 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
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