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
Harvey Miller, 2018, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 320 pp. Harvey Miller, This ground-breaking publication presents the papers delivered at the international Conference held in Cambridge in December 2016 to mark the end of the Fitzwilliam Museum's acclaimed bicentenary exhibition COLOUR: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS..... More
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, 2021, First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. 524 pp. Harvey Miller, The results achieved by the research of the pioneering MINIARE research project based at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge led to the ground-breaking and acclaimed 2016 exhibition "COLOUR: The Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts." This was followed..... 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
Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016, First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. 368 pp. Harrassowitz Verlag, Medieval manuscripts were conceived to move from one set of hands to the next. Holding a book presented possibilities, and possessing a book implied power. Thus, books functioned as potent connectors. They bound producers with consumers, givers with..... More
Brepols Publishers, 2010, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. vi, 319 pp. Brepols Publishers, In 2006, 500 years after his death, the Royal Library of Belgium organised an exhibition revealing treasures from the era of Philip the Fair (1478-1506), last duke of Burgundy. This volume reunites most of..... More
(London: Phaidon, 1994), Revised and enlarged edition. large quarto, boards in dust jacket. 272pp. Phaidon, The volume provides a general survey of the history of manuscript illumination and a comprehensive overview of the making of books from late Antiquity to the Renaissance. Written by a distinguished scholar who was formerly..... 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
London: Adam & Charles Black, (1984), First Edition. large quarto, printed boards. not paginated. Adam & Charles Black, From the Introduction, "The craft of calligraphy has a 2000-year history in the Western world. Up to the time of the Renaissance, calligraphy was the only means of preserving literature, and so..... More
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
(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
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
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
New York: George Brazziler; The Pierpont Morgan Library, no date, circa 1981, First Edition. duodecimo, green velvet stamped in gilt, in publisher's slipcase. 29 pages [59] pages of color plates. George Brazziler; The Pierpont Morgan Library, Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M944) belonging to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New..... 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
New York: George Brazziler, (1970), First American Edition. duodecimo, dark blue boards stamped in gilt, in publisher's pictorial slipcase. [193] p. 115 color plates. George Brazziler, The plates, except 1, are reproductions of illuminated pages from the MS. Douce 219-220. Minor foxing to edges of text block and to slipcase..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1893, First Edition. octavo, buckram. (xvi), 188pp. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, Part of the Books About Books Series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. Illustrated with eight black and white plates, each extensively annotated in special Notes. Madan instructs the reader in looking at a manuscript..... 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
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
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: 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
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
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
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