‎Miniature‎

‎Alessio Di Simone‎

‎Un arcobaleno tutto mio, Siracusa, Verbavolant Edizioni, 2017‎

‎Illustrazioni di Di Sorbo A. e Alessandro Di Sorbo. Siracusa, 2017; br., pp. 14, ill. col., tavv. col., cm 16x22.‎

‎Alexander J. J. (a cura di).‎

‎Commentario lezionario farnese. Saggi di Jonathan j.G. Alexand‎

‎<br/> STATO: NUOVO.<br/> TITOLO: Commentario lezionario farnese. Saggi di Jonathan j.G. Alexander, Elena Calvillo, Nicholas Barker, Clive Wainwright, Sir Simon Towneley. <br/> AUTORE: Alexander J. J. (a cura di).<br/> CURATORE: Commentario al codice.<br/> EDITORE: Franco Cosimo Panini Ed.<br/> DATA ED.: 2009,<br/> COLLANA: Coll.La Miniatura.<br/> EAN: 9788857000107‎

‎Alexander Jonathan J, G.‎

‎I Miniatori Medievali e il loro metodo di lavoro‎

‎<p>32 cm, ril editoriale, titolo al piatto e al dorso, p..267, 247 ill. in nero e a col. anche a piena pag.</p>‎

‎Alexandre Cabanel‎

‎Les Mois. Douze Planches Sur Japon Gravees au Burin Par Achille Jacquet, 1900‎

‎French Text. Paris, Emile Testard Editeur, circa 1900; clothbound, pp. 12, 12 b/w plates, cm 66x48. francaise clothbound‎

‎Alfieri Seri‎

‎Trieste nelle Sue Stampe. Sviluppo Urbanistico dalla Nascita alla Fine Dell'' Ottocento. Storia, Cronaca, Folclore, Arte, Vita Quotidiana nei Secoli XVIII e XIX, Trieste, Italo Svevo, 1979‎

‎Trieste, 1979; ril., pp. 173, ill. b/n e col., tavv. b/n e col., cm 75x50. italiano‎

‎ALIGHIERI DANTE (Firenze,1265-Ravenna,1321)‎

‎LA DIVINA COMMEDIA.‎

‎Prima edizione del cosiddetto "Dantino", uno dei libri più piccoli mai stampati in caratteri mobili, costato 5 anni di fatiche all'editore Gnocchi e ai fratelli Salmin di Padova e oggi ritenuto una vera e ricercatissima curiosità bibliografica. In seguito la proprietà di questa edizione fu acquistata dall'editore Hoepli. In 128mo, mm. 50x30; legatura coeva in pelle con titolo, filetti, tagli e bordura ai contropiatti dorati, fogli di guardia in velluto. Pag. (6)-499-(1), ritratto di Dante in antiporta. Si tratta dei famosi caratteri "occhio di mosca", secondo Bondy, the most sensational of all microscopic type-faces used in miniature books (pp. 94-95). Questa edizione costò cinque anni di fatiche e, pare, ferì gli occhi sia del compositore sia del correttore. Fu tirata in 1000 esemplari, ricercatissimi. Condizioni perfette. Mambelli, 398. Codice inv.1031031‎

‎Aligi Sassu; Giovanni Colombo‎

‎Via di Cristo strada dell'uomo, Saronno, Editrice Monti, 2006‎

‎A cura di Bernasconi F. Saronno, 2006; ril., pp. 52, ill. col., cm 21,5x15,5. italiano 88-8477-06 ril.‎

‎Allen, Francis W. (Miniature Book)‎

‎The Golden Age of American Bookplate Design 1890-1925‎

‎Opuscula Press New York 1979 Miniature book 2" x 2 5/8". Blue cloth in lightly soiled dust jacket with a small hole bottom rear edge. 54pp. Illustrated with examples of bookplates tipped in. #83/300 copies handbound & signed by Robert Hanson publisher. From the inventory of Former bookstore in Tokyo known as the Lilliput Oval Saloon. When the shop opened in 1979 founded by Kazushige Onuma it was the world s first all-miniature bookstore. Dealer's label fixed to rear paste down. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Opuscula Press, New York hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ABE-1594062113305

‎ALMANAK|MINIATURE BOOK‎

‎Amour et gloire‎

‎Paris Marcilly 1826. 63 1 p. Format: H. 2.8 x W. 2 x D. 03 cm ent. engraved with 8 full-page engravings. With calendar for 1827. Contemporary gold-stamped red morocco decorated with gold and gilt-edged text block corners very lightly rubbed. Very rare. Ref. Welsh 220; Spielmann 8; Gumuchian 4056; Cp. Grand-Carteret 2060 with imprint ""E. Jourdan"". - Pas dans Bondy Bn-Opale plus Paris, Marcilly unknown‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12011

‎Altan‎

‎Banane, Torino, Giulio Einaudi Editore, 2003‎

‎Torino, 2003; br., pp. 204, ill., cm 12x19,5. (Einaudi. Stile Libero. 1063).‎

‎Altan‎

‎Overdose, Cipputi, Milano, Bompiani, 1989‎

‎Milano, 1989; br. (Tascabili Comics. 519). italiano 88-452-159 Tascabili Comics. 0519‎

‎Altan‎

‎Taci e mangia, Milano, Bompiani, 2018‎

‎Milano, 2018; br. italiano 88-452-181 br.‎

‎Altea Giuliana‎

‎Georges Rouault. Miserere et Guerre, Sassari, Agave Edizioni, 2012‎

‎Sassari, 2012; br., pp. 108, 58 ill. b/n, cm 17x24. italiano 88-96547-0‎

‎Altea Giuliana; Camarda Antonella; Mariani Cecilia‎

‎Henry Moore. Paesaggi Neri, Sassari, Agave Edizioni, 2012‎

‎Sassari, 2012; br., pp. 132, ill. e tavv. b/n, cm 17x24. italiano 88-96547-0‎

‎Alvino Francesco‎

‎La Collina di Posillipo. Con 42 Tavole Disegnate dal Vero ed Incise da Achille Gigante, Napoli, Grimaldi & C.editori, 2010‎

‎Introduzione di Fulvio Tessitore. Con 42 tavole di Achille Gigante. Napoli, 2010; br., pp. XVI-200, 42 tavv. ill., cm 21,5x31.‎

‎Alvino Francesco‎

‎Viaggio da Napoli a Castellammare. Con 42 vedute incise all'acqua forte da Achille Gigante e Gustavo Witting, Napoli, Grimaldi & C.editori, 2010‎

‎Introduzione di Giancarlo Alisio. Riproduzione in facsimile dell'edizione originale del 1845. Napoli, Stamperia dell'iride, 2010; br., pp. XVI-216, 42 ill. col., cm 21,5x21.‎

‎Ambrosini Anna Maria; Marques Luiz; Morselli Raffaella‎

‎Disegni italiani della Biblioteca Nazionale di Rio de Janeiro. La Collezione Costa e Silva, Cinisello Balsamo, Silvana Editoriale, 1995‎

‎A cura di Ambrosini A. M. e Morselli R. Nota biografica di Galia Daniela Cabrera. Milano, 1995; cartonato, pp. 325, 247 ill. b/n e col. num. n.t., cm 21x28,5. (Disegni e Stampe). italiano 88-366-050 Disegni e Stampe cartonato‎

‎Amerigo Bartoli‎

‎Oggi come oggi, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Gherardo Casini Editore, 1952‎

‎Testi di Mario Soldati. Santarcangelo di Romagna, 1952; cartonato, pp. 16, tavv. col. num. f.t. italiano‎

‎AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN, WITH A MINIATURE OF A BURIAL SCENE‎

‎TEXT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD‎

‎France probably Paris ca. 1440. 181 x 125 mm. 7 1/8 x 5". Single column verso with 16 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red line enders in blue and pink with white tracery and central gilt bezant seven one-line initials in gold on pink and blue ground with white tracery one three-line initial in blue with white tracery filled with red and blue ivy leaves and on gold ground WITH A HALF-PAGE MINIATURE DEPICTING A BURIAL SCENE in a thin arch-topped gold frame WITH A FULL BORDER of hairline vines gilt bezants and ivy leaves colorful acanthus and flowers densely arranged around gold and painted bars. Lower fore-edge corner of recto with a small blue ink stamp of the library of Count Nicholai Alexanderovich Kushelev-Bezborodko. â—†Inner margin a little small near bottom but without loss slight smudge at the foot of the burial shroud but IN VERY FINE CONDITION the color and detail beautifully preserved.<br/> <br/> Apart from those relatively few copies with illustrated calendars the miniatures found in Books of Hours are almost entirely devoted to retrospective Bible scenes that are obviously outside the experience of the illuminator; it is only in the present kind of scene at the beginning of the Office of the Dead that we can see a contemporaneous image that would have come directly from the Medieval experience. The present scene represents the final stage of the funerary event in which the body is actually laid to rest in the ground this being preceded by the funeral procession Requiem Mass prayers Absolution and the procession into the graveyard. Though the corpse would have been encased in a coffin during the aforementioned rites and processions it was customary to bury the dead in only a shroud in the present example the artist has even thought to show the stitching along the length of the shroud. Three groups of people each serving a different function appear in this miniature: in the foreground are two laborers lowering the body into an earthen grave a small group of mourners in black cloaks stand behind them at the right and a duo of clergy members stand to the left with a young boy holding a processional cross at their side. One of the clergymen presumably the priest wears a blue cope donned prior to administering Absolution to the deceased and holds a manuscript codex containing the Rites for Burial. Though the faces have all been painted without much modelling the artist manages to express a surprising amount of emotion on each visage: the mourners and clergy appear sorrowful with downcast eyes the laymen are solemn yet pragmatic as they attend to their task and the small boy the only one looking upward observes the scene with quiet curiosity. It is interesting to note that the somber character of the miniature is at odds with the riot of colorful and beautifully rendered decoration in the borders reminding us that the manuscript from which this painting came was a luxury object. Apparently the parent manuscript was owned in the 18th century by "Mr Jourdan Secrétaire de Mgnr l'ancien Evêque de Limoges Precepteur des Enfans de Françe"; by the 19th century it was part of the library of Count Nicholai Alexandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko 1834-62 a Russian senator and art collector who built a world-class collection of art and sculpture. After his untimely death much of his collection went to the Imperial Academy of Art's newly formed Kushelevskaya Gallery and later became part of the Hermitage and Pushkin museums. It appears that the manuscript was sold at Christie's on 7 December 1988 lot 22 imperfect with only three miniatures and again at Sotheby's on 5 December 2000 lot 61 and was broken up sometime thereafter. unknown‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ST17240

‎AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND FRENCH, WITH A SMALL MINIATURE OF ST. CHRISTOPHER‎

‎TEXT FROM SUFFRAGES‎

‎France mid-15th century. 155 x 113 mm. 6 1/8 x 4 1/2". Single column 14 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red one two-line initial in pink with white tracery filled with painted ivy vines and on a gold ground BOTH SIDES WITH THREE-QUARTER BORDER composed of hairline vines gold ivy and bezants and painted flowers fruit and acanthus outer margin near text column with a thin blue and gold bar terminating in colorful acanthus recto with A SMALL 40 x 35 mm. MINIATURE OF ST. CHRISTOPHER CROSSING THE RIVER WITH THE CHRIST CHILD ON HIS BACK. Verso with remnants of mounting tape on four corners. â—†General faint soiling and a few negligible marginal spots small area of dampstaining on lower corner and margins but a very attractive leaf with no serious issues and the miniature in excellent condition very bright and fresh.<br/> <br/> This charming miniature depicts the most well-known episode from the life of St. Christopher in which he carries the "weight of the world" across a perilous river part of the charm here is that the river as depicted in the small space available to the miniaturist presents no more peril than a puddle. According to Catholic tradition St. Christopher was a man of extraordinary size who after converting to Christianity served God by acting as a ferryman of sorts using his bulk to help people cross a particularly dangerous stretch of water. During one such crossing the weight of one of his smallest passengers became almost too much to bear; after he arrived safely on the other side of the river it was revealed that his passenger was the Christ Child and that Christopher had been carrying both the weight of the world and its savior. The artist of the present miniature emphasizes the burden felt by the saint depicting him with a bent back and knees relying heavily on his walking stick as he makes his way through the water. Christ sits confidently astride the saint's shoulders holding a golden orb in one hand and making the sign of benediction--his two fingers pointing toward the opposite shore--with the other. Though the miniature is small the story is immediately grasped and the artist makes excellent use of the space with harmonious shapes and bright colors. The unusual format of this leaf is also interesting with the borders being quite thick and the miniature situated outside the text rather than within it. The overall design is pleasing and dozens of gilt bezants and leaves on both recto and verso add an extra touch of luxury. unknown‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ST17076b

‎AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH A SMALL BUT POWERFUL MINIATURE OF SAINT GREGORY, FROM AN ENGAGING LITTLE BOOK OF HOUR‎

‎TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS‎

‎Northern France probably Paris ca. 1460s. 130 x 98 mm. 5 1/8 x 3 7/8". Single column 14 lines in a fine gothic book hand. <br/> Attractively matted. The text similarly decorated as in the previous entry but with the panel border on the verso inhabited by a long-tailed pheasant the same side WITH A DRAMATIC MINIATURE measuring 35 x 33 mm. OF SAINT GREGORY CELEBRATING MASS the saint holding aloft the communion wafer WHILE THE FIGURE OF CHRIST RISES FROM THE ALTAR BLOOD FROM THE WOUND TO HIS HAND CASCADING INTO THE CHALICE on the altar surface the wall behind displaying the "Arma Christi" Gregory's doubting deacon kneeling behind him and beside the deacon a noblewoman recognizable as the owner of the Book of Hours. â—†A little faint soiling near edges otherwise in fresh bright and altogether pleasing condition.<br/> <br/> Representing the most heightened of religious moments in general as well as a key point in the life of Saint Gregory specifically this leaf features compelling actions being witnessed by the woman for whom this Book of Hours was made. According to the doctrine of Transubstantiation the Communion wafer becomes the body of Christ once the priest blesses it with the words "this is my body" and this dramatic transformation is revealed publicly at the moment when the wafer is raised; similarly when the wine is blessed by the priest it becomes the Christ's blood a transmutation that is obviously being symbolized by the spouting blood in the present scene. For Gregory ca. 540-604 this miniature represents the occasion for gratitude toward God. Faced with doubts expressed by his deacon about the validity of Transubstantiation Gregory had prayed for a sign that the doctrine was true whereupon the bread was transformed in the deacon's presence into Christ in the visible guise of the Man of Sorrows rising from the altar clad only in a loincloth and displaying the wounds left by the Crucifixion here the wound on just the right hand suffices. The miniature is full of absorbing details including the "Arms of Christ" symbols from the Passion displayed on the wall the gold hatching and black embroidery on the altar cloth the line of text and closure tabs on the Missal lying on the altar and the architectural elements of the chapel including a rooster standing on a pedestal one more item in the "Arma Christi". unknown‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ST12021-233

‎Ana Vulic‎

‎Pierre Aubert. L'oeuvre gravé. [Edizione francese], Milano, Five Continents Editions, 2007‎

‎French text. Milano, 2007; 2 voll., clothbound in a case, pp. 400, b/w and col. ill., cm 24x30. francaise 88-7439-23‎

‎Anati Emmanuel‎

‎Evoluzione e Stile nell'Arte Rupestre Camuna, Capo di Ponte, Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, 1975‎

‎Valcamonica, 1975; br., pp. 160, ill. e tavv. b/n, cm 20,5x28,5. (Archivi. 6). italiano Archivi. 0006 br.‎

‎ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Miniature books.:‎

‎FAIRY TALES.‎

‎<p>Viby Denmark Nordic Paper Industry 1950. Edition unknown circa 1950 10 only of 12 miniature volumes approximately 80 x 53 mm 3¼ x 2 inches stiff card covers in various colours each one illustrated in colour uniform colour illustrated endpapers with a Belongs To box inside front covers a few coloured illustrations in the text pagination varies from 16 to 33 and 42 and 48 in the 2 volume sets. Some volumes show slight rubbing to spine or hinges tiny scrape to title on The Emperor's New Clothes see image a touch of rubbing to a few board corners very small closed tear to front endpaper of The Emperor's New Clothes no inscriptions slight fading to the spine of The Flying Trunk. 10 of 12 very good copies lacking original presentation box. The titles: The Tinder Box The Emperor's New Clothes Thumbelisa 2 volumes The Flying Trunk The Shepherdess and The Chimney Sweep The Little Swineherd The Little Match Girl The Little Fir Tree 2 volumes lacking The Real Princess and Numbskull Jack. Some sets have a 2 volume set of The Ugly Duckling instead of the 2 volume The Fir Tree. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 43255

‎Andrea Baldocchi‎

‎Carlo Guarnieri. Xilografie scelte, Piombino, La Bancarella Editrice, 2007‎

‎Piombino, 2007; br., pp. 42, ill.‎