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ORL?ANS.
L'universit? et la Typographie. Exposition Organis?e par la Arch?ologique et Historique de l'Orl?anais.
First Edition, Large 8vo, xii,94,[2]pp., coloured frontis., plates and facsimiles (some folding), cloth-backed boards, uncut.
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GAULLIEUR (Ernest)
L'Imprimerie a Bordeaux en 1486.
First Edition, [iv],44pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, marbled boards, hinges a little torn.
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CLAUDIN (A[natole].)
Les Origines de l'Imprimerie a Saint-Lo en Normandie.
First Edition, 37,[3]pp., presentation inscription from the author to L. Rosenthal, orig. printed wrappers, detached, unopened, uncut.
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CLAUDIN (A[natole])
Les Origines de l'Imprimerie a la R?ole en Guyenne (1517).
First Edition, 39,[1]pp., presentation inscription from the author to L. Rosenthal, orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth-backed marbled boards.
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CAPITAINE (Ulysse)
Nouvelles Recherches sur les Imprimeurs de Namur.
First Edition, [ii],16pp., later paper wrappers.
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STILLWELL (Margaret Bingham) Editor.
Incunabula in American Libraries. A Second Census of Fifteenth-Century Books Owned in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
4to, xlv, 619pp., inner hinges shaken, orig. cloth.
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[BRYDGES (Sir Samuel Egerton)]
Polyanthea Librorum Vetustiorum, Italicorum, Gallicorum, Hispanicorum, Anglicanorum, et Latinorum.
First Edition, 2 parts in one, lvi,464pp., of of 75 copies printed, ex-library with several stamps, cont. quarter calf, spine defective, uncut.
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EBERT (Friedrich Adolf)
Allgemeines Bibliographisches Lexikon.
First Edition, 4to, xviii,1076 columns; x,1120 columns, orig. marbled boards, re-backed with over-laid cloth. The learned Chief Librarian of the Royal Library of Saxony assembled this general bibliography over a period of more than a decade. "Whereas Brunet and Grasse emphasized bibliophilic aspects, this general bibliography stresses the scholarly value of its 24,280 selections arranged in one long author alphabet. Its chief usefulness lies in the learned annotations provided by the well-known Dresden librarian." ? Breslauer & Folter, Bibliography, 122. Besterman 911; Petzholdt, p. 92.
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CLOUZOT (Henri)
Notes pour Servir a l'Histoire de l'Imprimerie a Niort et dans les Deux-S?vres.
First Edition, large 8vo, [iv],iii,[i],163,[3]pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, quarter calf, marbled boards.
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PANSIER (P.)
Histoire du Livre de l'Imprimerie a Avignon du XIVme au XVIme Si?cle.
First Edition, 3 vols., vi,206; 190; 213,[2]pp., frontispieces, front end-paper to vol. one loose, head on spine of vol. one defective, cont. quarter red morocco, rubbed, marbled boards, uncut. Incorporated is a bibliography of books printed at Avignon 1497 - end of the sixteenth century. Also deals extensively with manuscripts, scribes, illuminators, and bookselling during the later Middle Ages.
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R?TTINGER (Dr. Heinrich)
Das alte Buch und seine Ausstattung vom XV. bis zum XIX. Jahrhundert. Buchdruck, Buchschmuck und Einb?nde.
4to, [viii],148pp., over 1300 illustrs., of bookbindings, title-pages, type specimens, woodcuts, etc., loose in orig. portfolio, lacks spine.
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[MARSHALL (Robert G.)]
Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in Italy and of Books in Italian Printed Abroad 1501-1600. Held in Selected North American Libraries.
3 Vols., small 4to, x,679; [ii],662; [iv],613pp., orig. cloth. "This Short-Title Catalog was compiled to provide students and scholars with a reference work of books Printed in Italy and Italian books printed abroad during the sixteenth century [1501-1600]. It was decided that this catalog should follow the general format of the British Museum Short-Title Catalogue of Italian Books, 1465-1600. Each contributing library checked its holdings of Italian 16th century books against the BM-STC. Like the BM-STC, this book is an author catalog, with a publisher and printer index." ? Preface. There are approximately 12,000 books cited, making this one of the most comprehensive catalogues on the subject.
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MACLEAN (Virginia)
Short-Title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books Published in the English Tongue 1701-1800.
4to, xxiv,197pp., frontis., 24 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. The book is based on exhaustive research in libraries on both sides of the Atlantic which possess important holdings.
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AGRICULTURE.
Catalogue of the Walter Frank Perkins Agricultural Library.
First Edition, large 8vo, xii, 291pp., one of 500 copies, frontis., orig. cloth. Over 2,000 titles mostly before 1900.
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DURLING (Richard J.) Compiler.
A Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine.
First Edition, 4to, xii,698pp., 1 facsimile, orig. cloth, a little worn, fore-edges spotted. Comprehensive catalogue with full bibliographical data of 4,800 16th century imprints.
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ABBEY (J.R.)
Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. From the Library of J.R. Abbey. A Bibliographical Catalogue.
Large 4to, frontispiece, plates, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
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LIPPERHEIDE (Franz Joseph, Freiherr von)
Katalog der Freiherrlich von Lipperheid's schen Kostumbibliothek.
2 Vols., 4to, 646; 840pp., large paper, illustrs., orig. cloth. Excellent large paper quarto reprint of this important costume bibliography. Together with Colas, Lipperheide forms the classic reference work on costume books. Lists over 5,000 titles with full collations.
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SALE (William Merritt)
Samuel Richardson. A Bibliographical Record of his Literary Career with Historical Notes.
Large 8vo, title-page facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth, d.w.
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CAXTON.
The book of curtesye. Printed at Westminster by William Caxton about the year 1477.
Small 4to, limited to 250 copies, [vi]pp., followed by 26pp., of facsimiles, orig. vellum backed-boards, vellum label on upper cover, uncut, a nice copy.
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FREEMAN (Janet Ing)
The Postmaster of Ipswich. William Stevenson Fitch; Antiquary and Thief.
First Edition, 177pp., frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Fitch is today remembered for a handful of monographs and his valuable local history collections, some sixty volumes of which remain in the Suffolk Record office. Fitch was also a persistent and unrepentant thief of books, broadsides and manuscripts who betrayed scholarly access and personal trust, enriching both his own shelves and those of other collectors at the expense of unwary custodians.
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BRITISH LIBRARY.
Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in France and of French Books Printed in other Countries from 1470 to 1600 in the British Museum. [With:] Supplement.
2 Vols., viii, 491; viii, 156pp., orig. cloth, upper hinge to mail work slightly torn.
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ROSCOE (S.)
Thomas Bewick. A Bibliography Raisonn? of Editions of the "General History of Quadrupeds", "The History of Quadrupeds", "The History of British Birds" and the "Fables of Aesop" Issued in his Lifetime.
Large 8vo, xxx,198pp., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth. The standard work on Bewick.
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HAYWARD (John) Compiler.
English Poetry. A Catalogue of First & Early Editions of Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to the Present Exhibited by the National Book League.
Small 4to, x,141pp., orig. printed wrappers. 346 items described.
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SOREL (M.C.)
La Bibliotheque Francoise de M.C. Sorel. Ou le Choix et l'Examen des Livres Francois qui Traitent de l'Eloquence, de la Philosophie, de la Devotion, & de la Conduite de Moeurs.
First Edition, 12mo, [xxiv],400,[4]pp., orig. calf, re-backed, upper hinge cracked, almost detached, gilt stamp of the Signet Library of covers. A rare pioneer work on what should be included in a fine library of French books issued up to 1664. Included are analyses of works in philosophy and philology, courtesy and voyages, novels, translations, letters, histories, the writings of Montaigne, Charon, Balzac, Voiture, etc.
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DENIS (M[ichael])
Merkwurdigkeiten der K.K. Garellischen Offentl.
First Edition, 4to, [viii],760,22pp., title in red and black with engraved vignette of the library and cont. ink inscription, some light browning, lacks front and back free-endpapers, cont. calf, rubbed, re-backed with the orig. gilt spine laid-down. Rare catalogue of the finest books in the Garelli library in Vienna.
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BRITISH LIBRARY. GOLDSMITH (V. F.)
A Short Title Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese Books 1601-1700 in the Library of the British Museum.
4to, vi, 250pp., orig. cloth.
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SIMON (Andre L.)
Bibliotheca Gastronomica. A Catalogue of Books and Documents on Gastronomy. The Production, Taxation, Distribution and Consumption of Food and Drink. Their use and Abuse in all Times and Among all Peoples.
First Edition, 4to, [12], 196pp., one of 750 numbered copies, facsimiles, orig. buckram, t.e.g.
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SPENCE (Sydney A.)
A Bibliography of Selected Early Books and Pamphlets Relating to Australia 1610-1880.
First edition, 4to, xii, 88pp., one of 525 copies, orig. printed wrappers.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
Dr. Timothie Bright 1550-1615. A Survey of his Life with a Bibliography of his Writings.
First Edition, 4to, viii, 47pp., 17 illustrs., orig. cloth.
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FULTON (John F.)
Michael Servetus: Humanist and Martyr. With a Bibliography of his Works and Census of Known Copies by Madeline E. Stanton.
First Edition, 98pp., limited edition, frontis., 26 illustrs., orig. cloth. A valuable bibliography of the works of Servetus in their various editions and translations.
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KIRKPATRICK (Brownlee)
A Bibliography of Edmund Blunden.
First Edition, frontis., 10 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. with a slight nick.
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JACKSON (W.A.)
Records of a Bibliographer. Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson. Edited with an Introduction and Bibliography by William H. Bond.
4to, xiv,236pp., portrait, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. In this handsome illustrated volume are gathered eighteen of his published and previously unpublished articles on book collecting, bibliography, and related subjects.
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BOURALIERE (M.A. de la)
L'Imprimerie & la Librairie a Poitiers Pendant le XVIe Siecle. Bulletin et M?moires de la Soci?t? des Antiquaires de l'Ouest, tome XXIII, Ann?e 1899.
Large 8vo, 389,[3]pp., 6 plates, illustrs., in the text, red half crushed morocco by Bayntun, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy.
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PASQUIER (Emile) & DAUPHIN (Victor)
Imprimeurs & Libraires de
4to, 403,[5]pp., one of 500 numbered copies, illustrs., in the text, red half crushed morocco by Bayntun, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy.
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HARRISON (William)
Bibliotheca Monensis: A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man.
First Edition, viii,208pp., orig. cloth, hinges a little torn, gilt.
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CAMPBELL (M. F. A. G.)
Annales de la Typographie N?erlandaise au XVe Si?cle. [Bound with:] Supplements 1-4.
First Edition, 5 vols., in one, xii, [vi], 629, [1]; 30; viii, 44; iv,29; vi, 5pp., half morocco. [Sold with:] KRONENBERG (M.E.) Campbell's Annales de la Typographie N?erlandaise au XVe Si?cle: Contributions to a New Edition. 1956. 4to, orig. cloth. The first part of this work contains the titles of incunabula in alphabetical order; the second part consists of an alphabetical table of Dutch typographers, with a list of the works issued from their presses. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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DEGEORGE (L?on)
La Maison Plantin a Anvers. Monographie Compl?te de cette C?lbre Documents Historiques sur l'Imprimerie Liste Chronologique des Ouvrages Imprim?s par Plantin de 1555 a 1589.
Third Edition, ix,212pp., frontis., 7 plates 1 folding plate of genealogy, lightly spotted, cont. quarter morocco, marbled boards, head of spine chipped, uncut. Bigmore & Wyman, I pp.157-158. The present monograph is a detailed history of the celebrated Plantin firm, discussing its origin, publications, associates, etc. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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BRUNET (Jacques Charles)
Recherches Bibliographiques et Critiques sur les ?ditions Originales des cinq Livres du Roman satirique de Rabelais, et sur les Diff?rences de texte qui se font Remarquer Particuli?rement dans le Primeir Livre du Pantagruel et dans le Gargantua.
First Edition, large 8vo, [iv],144,56,2,7,[1]pp., wide margin copy, half morocco by Louis Gu?tant of Lyon, spine gilt, marbled paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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COLLIJN (Isak)
Bok- ock Biblioteks-Historiska Studier Till?gnade Isak Collijn pa Hans 50-?rsdag.
4to, xviii,[ii],516,[2]pp., limited to 400 copies, frontis., portrait, numerous full-page plates and facsimiles, with the bookplate of A. Sj?gren and Ake Andersson, orig. printed wrappers bound in, bound by Bonniers Bokbinderi in half crushed orange morocco, decorated paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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ACCURTI (Tommaso)
Miscellanea Bibliografica in Memoria di don Tommaso Accurti. Ed. Lamberto Donati.
Large 8vo, xi,220,[2]pp., 5 plates, 23 illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. half polished calf, a little rubbed, marbled sides, uncut, t.e.g. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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SORBELLI (Albano)
Storia della Stampa in Bologna.
Folio, [viii],379,[3]pp., 66 plates, 54 illustrs., in the text, cont. blue morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed. The rare first edition in which Sorbelli provides a history of Bolognese printing from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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DONNADIEU (A[lcide])
Catalogue of Highly Interesting and Valuable Autograph Letters and Historical Manuscripts, Being the Well Known Collection of Monsr. A. Donnadieu. Compiled by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson.
4to, v,[i],166pp., large paper copy, signed by Donnadieu, presentation inscription from Puttick and Simpson to John Young, 17 extra inserted plates, some light foxing throughout, ruled in red with prices and buyers' in a cont. hand, cont. blue half morocco, rubbed, marbled sides, t.e.g. An unusual and important autograph collection formed by an anglophile Frenchman. Munby calls it "one on the finest collections of autograph letters ever to come under the hammer" and notes that the catalogue "with its long verbatim extracts from letters, still has a research value and it set a new standard in the description of such material in the auction room". It included the 'very important assemblage of English Royal Letters, formed by the late William Upcott, Esq., the principal portion of which were originally collected by the celebrated John Evelyn.' Post sale catalogue issued in large paper with the extra plates for private distribution. It realized ?1,610.6.6. The facsimiles reproduce autograph letters by Aretino, Cesare Borgia, Catherine Parr, Cromwell, Earl of Essex, Lady Jane Gray, John Locke, Newton, Raleigh, Raphael (with drawing), Rembrandt, Rubens, etc. Munby, The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England, pp.72-74. Provenance: With the bookplates of John Young and Josephi Martini; Bernard H. Breslauer.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Henry King D.D. Bishop of Chichester.
First Edition, xxiv,117,[1]pp., one of 345 numbered copies, 39 full page facsimiles, orig. buckram. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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FREYTAG (Friedrich Gotthilf)
Adparatus litterarius ubi libri partim antim rari recensentur.
First Edition, 3 vols., in 2, [viii],720; [vi],[721]-1466,[24]; [viii],798,[58]pp., one engraved title vignette, cont. quarter vellum, spines ink lettered, a nice set. Freytag's annotated bibliography of books which he mainly examined in libraries of Leipzig, Naumburg, and Pforta. Provenance: G?rlitz, "Bibliotheca Milichiana Gorlicensis" (stamp on title; Georg Christian Taubner (ownership inscription); E. Schulz (ownership inscription, dated 1926); Bernard H. Breslauer.
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KAYSER (Albrecht Christoph)
Die Abstellung der B?cherkunde, oder Alphabetisches Verzeichniss der von 1750 bis Ende 1823 erschienenen B?cher, welche in Deutschlund und in den durch Sprache und Literatur damit verwandten L?ndern, gedruckt worden sind.
3 Vols., in 2, xviii,[ii],[1]-690; [iv],[1]-804; [ii],[1]-244pp., cont. marbled boards, manuscript lettering pieces, rubbed. First Edition of this important reference work for the 19th-century German book trade, listing many books that were still in print at the time. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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MEYER (Anton)
Wiens Buchdrucker-Geschichte 1482-1882.
2 Vols., folio, xvi,404; viii,427pp., numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth richly decorated in gilt and black, re-backed with the majority of the orig. spines laid-down. First Edition of this comprehensive history of printing in Vienna. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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BEIJERS (J.L.)
Emblem Books. Catalogues 83,136 &156.
3 Vols., oblong 8vo, 115pp., numerous reproductions, blue cloth, red morocco label, 212 priced items; 80pp., numerous reproductions, orig. printed wrappers, 62 priced items; 50pp., numerous reproductions, orig. printed wrappers, 56 priced items. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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ORCUTT (William Dana)
The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.
First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, prelims slightly foxed, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), some light foxing to prelims, orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), corners a little rubbed, soiled and torn dust wrapper, uncut, t.e.g.
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COSTE (Jean Louis Antoine)
Catalogue des Livres Rare et Precieux de la Biblioth?que de Feu M. J.L.A. Coste...
xii,386pp., priced throughout in a cont. hand, orig. wrappers, upper wrapper detached, uncut, 2584 lots. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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HOLME (Charles) Editor.
L'Art du Livre. ?tude sur Qurlques-uns des Derni?res Cr?ations en Typographie, Ornamentation de Textes, et Reliure, Ex?cut?es en Europe et en Am?rique.
4to, vii,[i],276+4pp., of adverts, numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured), orig. printed wrappers, a nice copy. Profusely illustrated and containing some superb coloured plates. Includes an article by Douglas Cockerell 'La Reliure de luxe en Angleterre.' p.69-121. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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