New York: Christie, Manson & Wood, 1987, 1989, quarto, red cloth. Christie, Manson & Wood, A complete set including the very useful index volume. Part 1: "Fifteenth-Century books including The Gutenberg Bible" 302pp. 136 lots. Part 2: "Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts" 126pp. 182 lots. Part 3: "Printed books and Manuscripts..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 544 pp. University of Toronto Press, What became of Erasmus’ books? The most famous scholar of his day died in peaceful prosperity and in the company of celebrated and responsible friends. His zeal for useful books was..... More
Paris: pour la Société des Bibliophiles, 1867, octavo, printed wrappers. (ii), xliv, 318 pp. pour la Société des Bibliophiles, Preface by L. Douët-d’Arcq contains a description of the library by subject and cites many of the important manuscripts present. 832 manuscripts described. With appendices and a useful index. Includes a...... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2015, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. 183 pp. The Grolier Club, Behind every great collection lies a great story. That was the premise of the first Grolier Club Collects show in 2002/2003, and a dozen years later it remains the central idea of "The Grolier..... 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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins/Walters Art Gallery, (1997), First Edition. large quarto, cloth. Johns Hopkins/Walters Art Gallery, Two volumes. xxxii, 352pp.; (366)pp. This two part set represents the third volume in the Walters Art Gallery catalogue of the collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. From the Preface: "The terrain encompassed by the..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, (2014), First Edition. quarto, light grey boards in dust jacket. 360 pp. Bodleian Library, Marks of Genius pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript The Douce Apocalypse to the renowned..... 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: 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 8vo, 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: 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
Leiden University Press, 2013, First Edition. large octavo, printed wrappers. 320 pp. Leiden University Press, This book comprises six essays by prominent scholars of medieval Insular manuscripts. The main emphasis is on the physical appearance of books, though writing on and in other objects is also discussed. The essays highlight..... More
New York: George Braziller, (1989), quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. 224 pp. George Braziller, This edition reproduces each of the miniatures in the Tres Riches Heures in full color and to scale. Every miniature and a selection of the decorated text pages in the Tres Riches Heures have been..... More
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, (1983), First Edition. quarto, wrappers. xv, 190pp. Harvard College Library, From the Foreword, "In order to document more fully a significant portion of the manuscripts in the Houghton Library - manuscripts in both the Manuscript Department and the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts - the..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, (1967), Ninth printing of the third revised edition "under present title" quarto, cloth. xxx, 676pp. Oxford University Press, First published as The Golden Book in 1927, McMurtrie expanded and revised that work into this book in the late 'thirties. It has become a classic general..... More
(Copenhagen): Moesgard Museum, 1999, First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 116pp. Moesgard Museum, Extensively illustrated in color. A very fine, clean copy. 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
New York: Penguin Press, 2017, First American Edition. octavo, cream cloth in dust jacket. 632 pp. Penguin Press, "Christopher de Hamel's exploration of medieval manuscripts - a dozen peaks fro St Augustine to Chaucer and beyond, gorgeiously and copiously illustrated - is itself an extraordinary book, a work of scholarship..... 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
(Copenhagen): Moesgard Museum, 1999, First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (184)pp. Moesgard Museum, Extensively illustrated in color. A very fine, clean copy. 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
New York/New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University press, (2008), First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 64 pp. Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University press, A description of the Metropolitan Museum’s collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1971), First Edition. quarto, grey cloth in slipcase. unpaginated facsimile; 104 pp. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I contains the facsimile; Volume II contains commentary. Bump to top of spine of slipcase which does not affect the books. Slipcase scuffed, spines slightly darkened... 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
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