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[Miniaturbuch; Gutenberg-Museum]. - Vaterunser
Vaterunser. (Das kleinste Buch der Welt).
Mainz, Gutenberg-Museum, o. J. (um 1980). Ca. 5 x 6 mm. 7 Bll., OLdr. m. goldgepr. Deckel- u. Rückenfileten u. goldgepr. Kreuz am Vorderdeckel, inliegend in ?Plexiglaskassette mit eingebauter Lupe?, in schwarzer OPp.-Steckschachtel.
Référence libraire : 65674
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[Miniature book]. Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Catryna Ten Eyck (illustrator).
A Mark Twain Sampler
<p>Miniature book. Mark Twain Samuel L. Clemens. Catryna Ten Eyck illustrator. A Mark Twain Sampler. Salisbury: Lime Rock Press 1980. First edition limited to 1001 copies and signed by the illustrator. Miniature 2.875 x 2.5 inches; 73 x 61 mm. 32 unpaginated leaves note: first and last leaves blank. Continuous line drawing by Catryna Ten Eyck throughout the text. Publisher's unprinted plain-paper wrappers with marbled paper over-wrappers affixed at the spine printed paper label on the front wrapper. Edges very lightly worn. Nearly fine. Publisher's flyer laid in. Bradbury 2968 p. 132. #10300.</p> Lime Rock Press, paperback
Référence libraire : 10300
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[MINIATURE PAINTING].
Battle scene with depiction of a Prophet or Imam
Probably North India Kashmir second half of the nineteenth century. . Single folio illuminated miniature on paper in gouache and opaque colours heightened in gilt depicting a battle scene with men on horseback likely a scene from the Qur'an total leaf miniature painting 70 x 140 mm; image framed within polychrome border formed of multiple cartouches of floral designs mounted to card and set within marbled paper frame some light finger soiling and a little cockled and closed tears/creases repaired. 180 x 255mm 7 x 10 inches.<br /> An attractive album leaf that demonstrates the Indo-Persian artistic style of the 19th century in India. The colour palette and style of border illumination are typical of North Indian manuscript production however the painting itself is almost certainly by a Persian artist.<br /> Probably North India, Kashmir, second half of the nineteenth century. unknown
Référence libraire : 110097
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[MINIATURE BOOK]
Bible History.
Leicester:: Printed by Hori Brown 1816. contemporary sheep; gilt-lettered spine. Fore-edge margin of one leaf torn away affecting a few letters; light rubbing to binding. Approx. 2 x 1-1/2 inches. Printed by Hori Brown, unknown
Référence libraire : 22574
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[MINIATURE BIBLE IN ENGLISH].
Bible in Miniature. Or a Concise History of Both Testaments.
London: W. Harris 1774. 64mo. 4.5 x 3.25 cm. pp.2561 blank. Contemporary red morocco gilt sides with black morocco oval onlay featuring gilt 'JHS' Christogram marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With a title-page for the New Testament only. 12 engraved illustrations one of which depicting a naked Eve has been defaced for modesty's sake - evidence of a particularly pious previous owner. Old gift presentation to flyleaves. Some minimal shelfwear two leaves with partial loss to corners some occasional toning and light foxing generally a very good copy of this charming miniature Bible. This charming miniature Bible was first published by William Harris in 1771 later reprinted in 1775 and 1778 with minor alterations. It was the template for all the subsequent editions published by Elizabeth Newbery widow of the nephew of the pioneering children's book publisher John Newbery. The Harris editions are of a higher standard of production and harder to find in good condition than those with the Newbery imprint. London: W. Harris, 1774. unknown
Référence libraire : 65331
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[Miniature Children's Bible]
Bible in Miniature or a Concise History of Both Testaments
London: Printed for J. Harris late Newbery & for Darton & Harvey 'E. Hemsted Printer Great-New-street London' 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. London Printed for J. Harris late Newbery & for Darton & Harvey 'E. Hemsted Printer Great-New-street London' circa 1790. A thumb Bible 44 × 32 × 18 mm 254 2 blank colophon pages plus the engraved cumulative title leaf and 14 engraved plates facing pages 18 27 42 50 71 74 86 90 106 111 116 192 199 and 221 with the relevant page number in the top right corner of each plate. 'Publisher's red morocco gilt inlays of black morocco in centre of each cover with cross and initials JHS in gilt within gilt-tooled sun tooling. Elaborate gilt-tooled borders with corner pieces of intertwined arabesques. Gilt-tooled spine flat back in three compartments with egg-shaped tools in each compartment. Gilt edges' Spielmann; the binding is essentially in fine condition with the contents near-fine. Spielmann 18 recording a minor variant printed by 'Darton & Harvey Gracechurch-Street London' with 15 plates: 'Very similar to the Newbery Bible 1780 but with some alterations. The preface for example starts with the words: "It is not a very pleasant reflection" instead of "It is a melancholy reflection". The illustrations based on the same design as the Newbery Bible have been re-engraved and are much better than the Newbery ones both in quality and design'. Bondy page 34. Printed for J. Harris, late Newbery, & for Darton & Harvey ('E. Hemsted, Printer, Great-New-street, London') hardcover
Référence libraire : 129739
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[MINIATURE BOOKS - DUTCH].
Bibliotheek in miniatuur.
Amsterdam: M. Westerman 1823. Ca 7.7 x 6.5 cm. In the original pink and green cardboard case with glass lid green printed paper wrappers with cream paper dust jackets with the titles in manuscript on the front. With 31 engraved plates and 5 engraved maps including a folding world map. 10 volumes. Comprising:1 De aardrijkskunde.2 De gewijde geschiedenis.3 Vaderlandsche geschiedenis.4 Natuurlijke geschiedenis der viervoetige dieren.5 De natuurlijke geschiedenis der vogelen.6 Natuurlijke geschiedenis der insekten kruipende dieren en visschen.7 De kruidkunde.8 Zedelijke verhalen.9 Arabische vertellingen.10 De mythologie. Complete set of the first edition of a charming miniature library preserved in the original box. This educational set for children contains works on geography Dutch history classical mythology natural history and the Bible with all the plates and maps included. A French edition was published in the same year but replaced the volume on Dutch history with a work on French history. Due to the charm of this miniature library a facsimile edition was published in 1984. The present set however is the first edition which is rare on the market and only available in a few libraries.Many miniature books were primarily written for children. As was usually the case with children's books published before the 20th century miniature books were typically instructional or educational in nature. Although they have existed since at least the early 17th century they were only specifically marketed towards children from the mid-18th century onwards. Children's books from the end of the 18th century were often influenced by the theories of Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778 who thought that children should learn through play and at their own pace. According to Welsh the present works show Rousseau's ideas because they present the information through short stories.The edges and corners of the box are somewhat scuffed and the gold trimming on the lid has come loose in some spots with some loss of material. The paper wrappers of some of the volumes show some signs of wear. A few pages loose in ads 5 8 and 9 but they are still included. Otherwise in very good condition.l Saalmink p. 211; Welsh A bibliography of miniature books 1247; cf. Bondy p. 75 French ed.; Welsh The history of miniature books p. 74 2nd ed. M. Westerman, unknown
Référence libraire : ABC_48016
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[MINIATURE BOOK]. Brooks Van Wyck
From a Writer's Notebook
Worcester Mass. : Achille J. St. Onge 1954. . 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches full green leather both covers heavily gilt. A.e.g. One of 1000 copies copies printed by the Chiswick Press London. MINT condition. See Bradbury p. 252 no. 12. Worcester [Mass.] : Achille J. St. Onge, 1954. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3260
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[Miniature]
Ginger Meggs
Jimera Pty Ltd. Printed in Hong Kong. ND c1980. 400mm x 500mm. Pictorial card covers single staple; 4 tiny booklets in clear case; excellent condition. The illustrated booklets are all titled "More Adventures of Ginger Meggs". Jimera Pty Ltd. Printed in Hong Kong. ND (c1980) unknown
Référence libraire : 47742
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[MINIATURE BOOKS] FORD, Gerald R
GLOBAL STABILITY
Northridge CA: Lord John Press 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine without dustwrapper or slipcase as issued. A miniature book 2-1/4" x 2-15/16" bound in blue morocco-backed marbled boards. First printing of Ford's address at the Visa International Convention in Quebec on 8 September 1980. Copy #11 of 400 copies SIGNED in full by the former President of a total edition of 500 copies. <br/><br/> Lord John Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 019239
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[Miniature]
Holy Bible.
NPD. ND. 380mm x 280. Card covers some slight creasing ffep removed text in vg cond overall. New Testament bookmark. NPD. ND. unknown
Référence libraire : 45654
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[MINIATURE BOOK]. Goethe Wolfgang von
Iphigenie auf Tauris
London: Leopold B. Hill . . 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches. Full sage-green suede spine very slightly faded. A.e.g. London: Leopold B. Hill, . unknown
Référence libraire : 3278
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[MINIATURE BOOK - BIBLE].
Kern des Bybels.The Hague Anthoni de Groot and sons 1750. 128mo or possibly 96mo in 4s 4.5 x 3 x 1 cm. Title-page in red and black with a woodcut title-vignette an open book on a shell with decorations 7 full-page 3.3 x 1.6 cm! woodcuts depicting important scenes from the Bible 1 as frontispiece and 1 opening each of the 5 “books” and the appendix. Contemporary gold-tooled calf.
80 pp.First and only Dutch edition deluxe issue with the title-page and 12 other pages printed in red and black of De Groot’s “thumb Bible” one of the curious miniature books printed in the Netherlands in the mid-18th century in a tiny roman type 37 mm/20 lines or 5.5 point as a curiosity and collector’s item or to be used as a Bible in a dollhouse. The text is an abstract or summary of the contents of the Bible in five books and an appendix containing a prayer incipit: The illustrations and ornamental headpieces all in miniature and in the present deluxe issue also the printing in red and black make the book a show piece for the skill of 18th-century Dutch printing enhanced here by the contemporary gold-tooled miniature binding. Abkouda records De Groot offering this edition in five kinds of bindings and unbound at prices ranging from 4 to 30 stuivers so he probably commissioned bindings from several binders. The present copy is probably what he calls a “Frans bandje” 9 stuivers. We have not identified the bindery of the present copy but its three stamps are: a rozette 14 mm an ornament with a base like a flower bud and a row of 6 dots decreasing in size extending from it 12 x 4 mm and 3 concentric circles 4 mm.The backstrip is damaged with the calf split at the front hinge but the front board is still secured by the sewing supports and the head and foot chipped but otherwise in good condition with the tooling on the spine still clear and the boards in good condition with only a couple tiny scuff marks and a small faint water stain and internally good.l Abkouda Naamregister app. 2 1750 p. 85; Adomeit Thumb bibles C15 “32mo”; Poortman Bijbel en prentI p. 248 & II p. 281 “32mo”; STCN 7 copies; Storm van Leeuwen Opmerkelijke boekbanden 93 this ed. in a different binding; Storm van Leeuwen Dutch decorated bookbinding II pp. 76-77 & III items 557-560 on p. 541 “64mo”; this ed. in a different binding; cf. ; Welsh Bibliogr. of miniature books 998; cf. Louis W. Bondy Miniature books 1981 p. 37 De Groot’s 1750 French ed.; not in Darlow & Moule; for Anthoni de Groot: Joop W. Koopmans Early modern media and the news in Europe 2018 chapter 7; John A. Lane Early type specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum 2004 pp. 134-135. hardcover
Référence libraire : ABC_46048
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[Miniature Book]
LE PETIT VOLAGE: POUR L'ANEE 1819
Paris 1819. Miniature book in original green polished calf with gilt floral borders and gilt floral centerpieces. All edges gilt. Measures just 3/4" by 1". Text in French. Songs and poetry illustrated with eight small engravings. World Cat locates only 1 copy. See pictures. search our listings using keyword "miniature book" for other scarce examples of these small treasures. Fine. unknown
Référence libraire : 34650
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[MINIATURE] HOFLAND, Barbara Wreaks Hoole; Archibald Hanna (preface)
Little Emanuel the Captive Boy a True Story by Barbara Hofland
Dallas: Somesuch Press 1979. Limited Edition. No. 91 of 300 copies on Rives Mouldmade numbered and signed by printer Carl Hertzog on copyright page. Miniature ca. 7cm x 6cm. Full red calf with gilt spine title and pictorial cover device; red top-stain fore- and bottom edges uncut. Trace of wear at spine ends still about Fine. <br /> <br /> Reprint of this Texas captivity narrative retaining the miniature format of the ca. 1832 edition Boston: B. Franklin Edmands generally regarded as the first published miniature book with a Texas theme. Includes a new preface by Archibald Hanna. Somesuch Press unknown
Référence libraire : 86701
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[MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK - LONDON].
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1788.
London: T. Carnan 1788. 24mo 5.7 x 3.3 cm. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled red morocco the gold-tooled boards are beautifully decorated with a white morocco trellis-like mosaic pattern with red and green lozenge shaped morocco inlays gilt edges marbled endpapers. With an engraved armorial title-page 4 full-page engraved portraits of the King of Prussia the Prince of Orange the Duke of Brunswick and the Duke of York and a half-page engraved view of St. Paul's Cathedral. Rare remarkable "pocket" London almanack; an entirely engraved miniature publication for the year 1788. The almanac contains an explanation of its use on the title-page four full-page portraits of the King of Prussia the Prince of Orange the Duke of Brunswick and the Duke of York common notes including the dominical letters golden number and religious festive days for 1788 beneath a half-page view of St. Paul's Cathedral a calendar an overview of all British Kings and Queens and the dates of their reign a list of mayors and sheriffs 1767-1788 one page listing bank holidays and an overview of the Royal family King George III and Queen Charlotte and their children can be found on the final page. The long series of the London Almanack is according to Bondy of special interest for the beautiful bindings which were issued or commissioned by the publishers themselves.The binding shows signs of wear with some minor loss of material around the foot of the spine and a small worm hole in the fore edge of the back board. The final page shows a light red stain slightly affecting the text. Lacking its matching decorative slipcase. Otherwise in very good condition.l Bondy p. 39 ff. and p. 164; Welsh p. 32 and passim; Coll. Arthur A. Houghton Jr. 194; this ed. not in WorldCat. T. Carnan, hardcover
Référence libraire : 4617
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[MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK - LONDON].
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1851.
London 1851. 24mo 5.8 x 3.3 cm. Company of Stationers Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled black morocco both boards show a beautiful geometrical design of gold-tooled black white and green morocco gilt edges in a matching slipcase. With a steel-engraved armorial title-page a four-page steel-engraved view of the mansions of the Earl of Spencer and of the Earl of Ellesmere in green park and a steel-engraved half-page armorial vignette. 24 pp. Ornately bound "pocket" London almanack; an entirely steel-engraved miniature publication for the year 1851. The almanack contains an explanation of its use including an overview of the dominical letter golden number epact and cycle of the sun for the year 1851 a 4 page view of the "mansions of the Earl Spencer and the Earl of Ellesmere in the green park" engraved by H. Adlard an overview of sun and moon eclipses in that year the calendar a "regal table" overview of British monarchs since 1066 an overview of the Royal family of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their children lists of great officers of state of Great Britain and Ireland an overview of stamps bills and promissory notes and finally a list of "transfer days at the bank &c." including the South Sea House and India House.The London Almanack was published by the Company of Stationers from the end of the 17th century until the end of the 19th century. They are of special interest for their fine publisher's bindings but also for their striking views of London.With a manucript owner's inscription on the front blank endpaper recto of the engraved title-page in pencil "A. S. Wossley" and pencil annotations between the printed lines of the calendar. The slipcase shows minor signs of wear the binding is slightly damaged at the head and foot of the spine not affecting the integrity of the binding. Otherwise in very good condition.l Bondy p. 39 ff. and p. 164; Welsh p. 32 and passim; WorldCat 913420648 5 copies. hardcover
Référence libraire : 4618
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[Miniature Almanack]
LONDON ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF CHRIST 1829
London: Company of Stationers 1829. First edition. Clasp not functioning all else very good. First edition. Miniature book 1 1/8" X 1 1/4". Bound in in folding pocket style in full green straight grain morocco with brass edges and brass clasp a.e.g. pink silk endpapers and with a pocket inside. Welsh 4633. Company of Stationers unknown
Référence libraire : 19238
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[Miniature bible]
Miniature bible 1781 Het boek der psalmen nevens de gezangen bij de hervormde kerk van Nederland in gebruik Amsteldam Ratelband en Bouwer 1781 68 pp.
Full leather binding with goldprint 12° without page numbers. Illustrated with frontispiece. TOGETHER WITH: Heidelbergse catechismus en Christelijke gebeden. Together 68 pp. hardcover
Référence libraire : BB110284
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[Miniature Books]
Model Chinese-English Dictionary
Shanghai: Chun Ming Book Store 1948. Hardcover. Good. 24mo. Pp. 660 1. Bound in maroon cloth with leather-like texture silver lettering and characters stamped on front cover and spine. Light wear to edges; leaves tanned; stain to top edge. Book store price stamped to rear pastedown. A lilliputian publication that contains a vast lexicon of Chinese characters and their English translations. Chun Ming Book Store hardcover
Référence libraire : 9542
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[Miniature Book] Neal, Tom
Mother Goose
Los Angeles: Worldhouse Publishers 1977. First edition unknown limitation. Miniature book 7x6cm 32pp. Signed by Neal on ffep. Hand-colored illustrations throughout. Gilt stamped brown leather boards hand colored illustrated jacket. Small stain to rear endpaper else nearly fine. <br /> <br /> A humorous take by Thomas Atwill Neal on the traditional Mother Goose nursery rhymes. "The work is rated 'G' for Goose." Scarce miniature book privately published by Neal's Worldhouse Press. Worldhouse Publishers unknown
Référence libraire : 6528
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[Miniature] Bible
NEW TESTAMENT
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1814. First American Edition. Full calf. Very Good. Miniature Bible 16mo 3.5" x 2" tan calf with embossed backstrip & four hubs newer endpapers all edges gilded complete in ~ 422 6 blank pages. Charming yet sturdy very small Bible dating from the War of 1812. The binding is attractively embossed leather with of course some rubbing. Small binder's ink stamp stating "Armstrong" on rear endpaper. The pages are of strong rag paper which is slightly age-toned occasionally bearing slight discolorations and often slightly dog-eared though that has been reversed in most cases. The type is clear and readable. Overall a wonderful and attractive example of a tiny early American edition of the Bible that used British sheets. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
Référence libraire : 84
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[MINIATURE. ZHANG ZI.
Night Docking.
N.p.: no publisher no date. painted on the carved form of an open book with illustration laid onto a red cushion and enclosed beneath a loupe set into a wooden stand. Enclosed in a patterned silk folding box as issued. . Fine. Approx. 3/8 x 5/8 inches . The poem in Chinese is translated: Crows call amidst dancing snow and the warning sic moon Looming peaks and fishing lights sleep with sadness shared Hanshan Temple stands along outside Cusu City Bells toll in the still night air arouse the visiting boats. no publisher, unknown
Référence libraire : 76117
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[Miniature]
Nursery Rhymes etc
B Shackman. NY. ND c19900. 500mm x 370mm. Pictorial card covers single staple; 5 tiny booklets in clear case; ex cond. The illustrated booklets are: "Alphabet Tongue Twisters" "Little Riddle Book" "Nursery Rhymes No 1" "Nursery Rhymes No 2" and "Little Poetry Book'. B Shackman. NY. ND (c19900 unknown
Référence libraire : 45650
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[Miniature]
Nursery Rhymes etc
B Shackman. NY. ND c1990. 500mm x 370mm. Pictorial card covers single staple; 5 tiny booklets in clear case; ex cond. The illustrated booklets are: "Alphabet Tongue Twisters" "Little Riddle Book" 2 copies "Nursery Rhymes No 2" and "Little Poetry Book'. B Shackman. NY. ND (c1990) unknown
Référence libraire : 47740
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[Miniature]
Old Mother Hubbard etc
Peter Stockham Assocs. London. ND c1980. 400mm x 500mm. Pictorial card covers single staple; 4 tiny booklets in clear case; excellent condition. The illustrated booklets are: "Little Red Riding Hood" Cinderella or The Glass Slipper" "Old Mother Hubbard" and "The House That Jack Built". Peter Stockham Assocs. London. ND (c1980) unknown
Référence libraire : 47741
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[MINIATURE PAINTING].
Prince and Maiden seated with armed attendants in waiting leaf from a fine Safavid Album.
Safavid Persia circa 1500 AD. . Single leaf from a Safavid album illuminated miniature on paper depicting a young Prince in discource with a female two attendants flanking either side of the image in attendance image mounted onto card framed with gilt drawings of birds and spiralling vines reverse mounted with blank paper miniature 128 x 90 mm total leaf 280 x 175 mm; some light discolouration and fading a little rubbed. <br /> <br /> Safavid Persia, circa 1500 AD. unknown
Référence libraire : 105399
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[MINIATURE BOOK] Horatius, Quintus Flaccus.
Quinti Horatii Flacci Poemata.
Avenione Avignon: Typis & cura Francisci Seguin 1785. Hardcover. Very Good. Sextodecimo. viii 288pp. Text in italic type framed by a double black fillet border with fleurons and decorative motifs. Nineteenth-century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Title vignette head and tail-pieces initials decorative borders. A lovely eighteenth-century miniature book in very good condition. <br/> <br/> Avenione [Avignon]: Typis & cura Francisci Seguin, 1785. hardcover
Référence libraire : 003263
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[MINIATURE] MacLEISH, Archibald
Remarks at the Dedication of the Wallace Library Fitchburg Massachusetts .
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge 1967. First Edition. First printing; edition of 1250 copies. Miniature format 2-7/8" x 2-1/8"; original dark blue calf with gilt titles; a.e.g.; 64pp. Portrait frontispiece. A fine copy. Achille J. St. Onge unknown
Référence libraire : 59869
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[MINIATURE BOOK]. Lincoln Abraham
Selections from His Writings
Worcester Mass. : Achille J. St. Onge 1950. . 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 inches full royal blue levant by Sangorski & Sutcliffe both covers heavily gilt. A.e.g. spine somewhat faded to blue One of 1500 copies copies printed by the Chiswick Press London. EXCELLENT condition. Worcester [Mass.] : Achille J. St. Onge, 1950. unknown
Référence libraire : 3295
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[MINIATURE - GERMAN].
The Arrest of Christ.Flanders Bruges or Nürnberg ca. 1520. Miniature painted on vellum 7.8 x 5.6 cm in numerous colours highlighted with gold and in a gold border probably from a book of hours but with no text.
A finely rendered miniature showing great detail in bright colours highlighted with gold depicting the Arrest of Christ most likely from a diminutive book of hours. Surrounded by a bustling throng of Roman soldiers carrying spears and wearing halberds Christ appears calm just at the moment when a soldier takes him captive. An elder of the Jewish Temple stands directly behind him dressed in red. To the right stands Simon Peter sword raised having cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant Malchus who sits nursing his bleeding ear in the lower left corner of the composition. An earlier episode Christ's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane when he learns that one of his disciples will betray him appears in the background at left. A genre scene with men working the fields and crossing a river on a narrow plank bridge occupies the middle ground to the left of the main scene and the towers of a castle or city the middle ground to the right.The general style recalls the art of the last generation of Ghent-Bruges painters especially that of the famed Simon Bening. Though the anonymous artist owes much of his style to Bening's model he was most likely German. The acidic palette bright yellow juxtaposed with blue and lime green and the facial types remarkably expressive even at this tiny scale recall Nürnberg painters in the circle of Glockendon. It is worth remembering that Bening himself collaborated with several Nürnberg painters whose presence in Flanders is thus confirmed.With some fine superficial cracks and an occasional tiny abrasion mostly near the edges but generally in good condition. A lovely miniature of Christ's arrest rendered in remarkably fine detail.l For the general style: U. Merkl Buchmalerei in Bayern in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts 1999. unknown
Référence libraire : 82NHM8O8K9DU
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[Miniature] Johnson, Dr. Samuel
THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS PRINCE OF ABISSINIA: A TALE
London: Jones & Co 1825. First Edition in Miniature. Leather. Near Fine. Miniature 2.6" x 4.5" rebound in full brown leather with gold stamping and labels 5 hubs engraved frontispiece of Dr Saml Johnson engraved title page 160 pages. Rare Miniature of the larger original published in 1759. Rasselas is Dr. Johnson's version of a morality tale about what constitutes True Happiness that rivals Voltaire's Candide. The volumes' working title was "The Choice of Life." The name "Rasselas" means "The Chief" of a tribe in exotic Abyssinia. The Great Cham & Lexicographer was pro-emancipation and had a black manservant whom he treated very well. This minor classic was supposedly written by the good Doctor to defray expenses expected with his mother's funeral. In fact there are signs of extensive revisions in early editions that suggest greater literary intentions. Rebound in fine brown morocco with gilt stamped title and author on the spine. Foxed engraved frontispiece and title page otherwise pages bright and legible with a tight binding tight. Lower margin of page 7 roughly torn away but not affecting the clear text. Jones & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 91
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[Miniature Bible]
The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments .
Glasgow: Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Glasgow Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son 1911 first thus/ 1896. A thumb Bible 45 × 31 × 27 mm vi 876 pages with 28 full-page illustrations; a tiny magnifying glass is loosely inserted in an endpocket. Full leather extensively decorated in blind with 'Coronation Bible 1911' lettered in blind on the spine; leather a little rubbed at the extremities; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. Issued in honour of the Coronation of King George V this is a reprint of the 1896 edition 'the earliest complete miniature Bible . These Bryce Bibles are embellished with 28 full-page line illustrations reduced from designs by Charles Bell Birch' Louis W. Bondy: 'Miniature Books' 1981. Spielmann 24 not noting this edition; Bondy pages 108-111. Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son hardcover
Référence libraire : 134261
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[MINIATURE BOOK]. Roosevelt Franklin Delano
The Inaugural Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States
Worcester Mass. : Achille J. St. Onge 1945. . 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches red cloth both covers heavily gilt gilt spine title. A.e.g. One of 2000 copies copies printed by the Merrymount Press. MINT condition. Contains all four addresses See Bradbury p.252 no. 5 Worcester [Mass.] : Achille J. St. Onge, 1945. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3250
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[MINIATURE BOOK].
The Lord's Prayer
S.l. but Amsterdam: s.n. 1952. . Tiny 7/32 x 7/32 inch 4mm. X 4 mm. full black morocco silver rule on both covers silver bands on spine and silver cross on front cover. In an Acrylic magnifying box with swivel lid. Spielmann 355. The Lord's Prayer in Dutch English French German Spanish and Swedish. S.l. [but Amsterdam]: s.n., 1952. unknown
Référence libraire : 3529
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[Miniature Book] Kingley, Charles
The Lost Doll
Santa Ana CA: Log-Anne Press 1973. Limited edition 50 copies. Miniature book 7.5cm x 6cm unpaginated red wraps printed paper label on front cover comes with original paper slip case with printed spine label illustrations by Anne S. Logan in red fine. Charles Kingley's poetic story of a beloved doll that was lost and later found. Kingsley was associated with Christian socialism the working men's college and forming labor cooperatives. He was also a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin. This edition is dedicated to the 5 "littlest" grand nieces of the illustrator Anne Logan. Log-Anne Press unknown
Référence libraire : 6532
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[Miniature Book] Morrow, Elizabeth Reeve Cutter
The Rabbit's Nest
New Port Richey FL: Clearview Press 2004. Limited edition 100 copies this copy out of sequence. Miniature book 7cm x 5cm 43pp illustrated paper over boards gilt titling on front cover and spine black and white illustrations throughout fine. The Rabbit's Nest was originally published in 1940. This miniature book includes the original illustrations of Harold Willard in a reduced format and Morrow's charming story about the Ticker children discovering a box labeled The Rabbit's Nest in their mother's closet. Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow was an American poet champion of women's education philanthropist and purveyor of Mexican culture. Clearview Press unknown
Référence libraire : 6530
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[MINIATURE BOOK]. Thomson James
The Seasons: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author.
London: Jones and Co. 1832. . 24mo 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches straight-grained olive-green morocco triple gilt rules on both covers with decorative corner pieces; a.e.g.; spine with 5 compartments and raised bands and faded to brown some minor rubbing over joints; Foyles book-ticket on rear pastedown. Some very minor foxing on some of the preliminary leaves Originally published by Jones in 1824 London: Jones and Co., 1832. hardcover
Référence libraire : 2570
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[Miniature]
The Way of Friendship.
Ernest Nister/E P Dutton. London/NY. ND c1910. 90mmmm x 70mm non-paginated. Padded boards somewhat marked interior in good condition. A collection of quotes regarding friendship. Ernest Nister/E P Dutton. London/NY. ND (c1910) hardcover
Référence libraire : 47743
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[Miniature Book] No author Given
The Works of William Shakespeare. Biographical Sketch and Glossary Volume #40 in the set
London: Allied Newspapers Publisher. Cloth. Good. no date early to mid 1900s. Limp black cloth covers. 2 by 1 3/8 inches. 358 pp. Last volume of a 40 volume set of miniature books featuring the work of William Shakespeare. This volume features a bio graphical sketch of William Shakespeare and a glossary of words used in his plays. GOOD condition. minor feeding creasing and scuffing to the covers. page edges a bit toned and soiled. Allied Newspapers, Publisher unknown
Référence libraire : 019000
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[Miniature Book] Thomas, Suzanne
Thy Lips
Santa Cruz CA: Suzanne Thomas 2007. Hardcover. Miniature Book. 6 cm by 9 cm. Bound in hand made paper that is dyed pink and light green with a paper label attached to the front panel. Volume consists of four leaves that are held together with a wooden peg. There are two envelopes one each at the verso of the front and rear cover and both contain paper cards with lip illustrations. Paper hand made by Peter Thomas. "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.Thy lips o my spouse drop as the honey comb: honey and milk are under thy tongue. And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved that goeth down sweetly causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak." - Song of Solomon. Fine. Suzanne Thomas hardcover
Référence libraire : 13119
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[Miniature Books]
Travel-Time Kit for Children Mt. Hawley Publishing Co. 1964
Illustrated backing lightly foxed and wrinkled; minor foxing to book covers. Very good. From the collection of Edward Hoyenski. <p>Travel-Time Kit for Children Mt. Hawley Publishing Co. 1964.</p> <br /> <p>Various. Travel-Time Kit for Children: Complete with Games Puzzles Fill-Ins and 10 Story Books. Peoria IL: Mt. Hawley Publishing Co. 1964.</p> <br /> <p>With ten soft-cover miniature children’s books mounted to illustrated board including: Mother Goose Peter Rabbit The 3 Bears Red Riding Hood The Three Pigs The Gingerbread Man Nitty Ditties Hansel and Gretel 3 Billy Goats Gruff and The Elves and the Shoemaker. </p> <br /> <p>Miniature books measure approx. 2 x 2 inches each backing board measures approx. 11 x 14 inches.</p> . unknown
Référence libraire : 1359
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[MINIATURE BOOK].
Watchwords for Christian Living. Being Good Thoughts selected from the best Religious Writers. MINIATURE IN BLOCKED CLOTH
William P Nimmo Edinburgh 1883. 48mo. with title and text in red and black; green cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt dark green endpapers red edges case a little shaken else a very good crisp clean copy. Measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches approx. 9x6 cms. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. William P Nimmo, Edinburgh, hardcover
Référence libraire : 36768
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[MINIATURE BOOK].
Watchwords for Christian Living. Being Good Thoughts selected from the best Religious Writers. MINIATURE IN BLOCKED CLOTH
48mo., with title and text in red and black; green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, dark green endpapers, red edges, case a little shaken else a very good, crisp, clean copy. Measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches (approx. 9x6 cms). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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[MINIATURE FLAMANDE].-
La Miniature Flamande. Le mécénat de Philippe Le Bon. Exposition organisée à l'occasion du 400e anniversaire de la fondation de la Bibliothèque Royale de Philippe II le 12 avril 1559. Avril - Mai - Juin 1959.
Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1959, in 8° broché, 204 pages de texte et 64 planches hors-texte ; couvetrure illustrée en couleurs.
Référence libraire : 38604
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[MINIATURE] - COLLECTIF -
La guirlande des années - Images d'hier et pages d'aujourd'hui.
Paris, Flammarion, 1941 ; in-8, 89 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Bon état - printemps par André Gide, été par Jules Romains, automne par Colette, hiver, par François Mauriac - Vingt cinq chefs d'oeuvre de la miniature - reliure plein chagrin.
Référence libraire : 201402621
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[MINUSCULE / MINIATURE BOOK]
Le Petit Volage
Paris Marcilly 1819. . Sept petits poèmes: 'Le Moulin à vent La Maison des champs L'Intérêt Le Petit savoyard Le Baiser Le Tableau Les Cartes' avec 8 minuscules petites gravures sur acier à pleine page. Le tout est suivi d'un calendrier des douze mois. . Très rare et précoce Almanach des Dames intitulé " Le Petit volage " : il contient sept petits poèmes: 'Le Moulin à vent La Maison des champs L'Intérêt Le Petit savoyard Le Baiser Le Tableau Les Cartes' tous indiqués comme chansonnette sur l'air d'un air connu et tous illustrés de 8 minuscules petites gravures sur acier à pleine page. Le tout est suivi d'un calendrier des douze mois donnant les saints du jour. Suivant la mode londonnienne ces almanachs furent nombreux à être édités à Paris après la chute de l'Empire napoléonien. Destiné à une clientèle féminine ces petites impressions de poche - ou plutôt de salon - rivalisaient de minutie et de délicatesse pour séduire un public toujours plus exigeant.Cet almanach est l'un des plus petits réalisés 20 x 29 mm ! conservé ici dans un emboîtage de soie brodée. Paris, [Marcilly], 1819. unknown
Référence libraire : 29799
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[MINUSCULE / MINIATURE BOOK] F. A.
[Carnet de notes en écaille à incrustation d'or "F A" / Gold-inlaid tortoiseshell notebook F A].
A Paris, chez l'Editeur, SD (circa 1850). 1850 1 vol. in-16° (95 x 65 mm.) de [1] f imprimé titré " Souvenir", [18] ff vierges, [2] ff de papier cartonné avec les jours de la semaine. Reliure d'écaille avec un médaillon d'or à decor de feuillage monogrammé "F.A." sur le premier plat, dos de basane brune, porte mine de métal doré maintenant un intérieur de soie rose à pochette et carnet de papier maintenu par un ruban de soie blanche.
Référence libraire : 6409
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[MINUSCULE / MINIATURE BOOK] M. B.
[Carnet de notes en nacre et argent repoussé avec monogramme "M B" / Notebook in mother-of-pearl and embossed silver with M B monogram].
A Paris, chez l'Editeur, SD (circa 1850). 1850 1 vol. in-16° (95 x 65 mm.) de [1] f imprimé titré " Souvenir" avec gravure représentant un couple de musiciens, [16] ff vierges, [2] ff de papier cartonné avec les jours de la semaine. Reliure de nacre blanche, premier plat serti d'une plaque d'argent repoussé et ajouré avec monogramme gravé "M.B.", dos de velours blanc, porte mine assorti, intérieur de soie blanche à pochette, carnet de papier avec couverture imprimée.
Référence libraire : 6410
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[MINUSCULE / MINIATURE BOOK].
Heures des Jeunes Chrétiens.
Paris, Marcilly, ca. 1815. 1815 1 vol. in-24° (68 x 46 mm.) de : [1] f. (faux titre) 128 pp. (dont titre gravé) ; 5 planches gravées. Annotations à l'encre noire au début et in-fine. Cartonnage recouvert de papier imitant du maroquin à grain long, encadrement doré sur les plats avec frises étoilées, dos lisse orné, tranches dorées, étui dans le même style.
Référence libraire : 4693
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