Didomenico, Joseph; Caldwell, Emily; Perrin, Brian; Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)Biblio.com
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Best.-Nr. 1561387185-11-1-29Running Pr Book Pub. Pop. Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Running Pr Book Pub unknown
Best.-Nr. 1561387185-11-1Running Pr Book Pub. Pop. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Running Pr Book Pub unknown
1900Best.-Nr. 5827Algeria: S.P. c.1900–1910. Miniature leporello of six gelatin silver photographs each c. 20 × 17 mm joined concertina-fashion c. 125 mm extended. Each image is captioned in print: "Un Caïd" "Musicienne Kabyle" "Danse du ventre" "Marchand d'étoffes" "Type de Mauresque" and "Mauresque". A charming survival of the tourist trade in colonial Algeria. Strips of this kind were sold as souvenirs usually in a small hinged white-metal case worn on a watch chain and reproduce in miniature the studio "types" popularised by Algerian postcard publishers. Few survive being easily lost or discarded. Without its case. The leporello is in very good condition holding together well. Blank on verso a little darkened. Folds are sound. Cf. Malek Alloula Le Harem colonial 1981. . Léporello miniature composé de six photographies argentiques sur gélatine chacune mesurant environ 20 × 17 mm assemblées en accordéon d'une longueur totale d'environ 125 mm une fois dépliées. Chaque image est accompagnée d'une légende imprimée : « Un Caïd » « Musicienne kabyle » « Danse du ventre » « Marchand d'étoffes » « Type de Mauresque » et « Mauresque ». Un charmant vestige du commerce touristique en Algérie coloniale. Des bandes de ce type étaient vendues comme souvenirs généralement dans un petit étui à charnière en métal blanc que l'on portait au bout d'une chaîne de montre et reproduisaient en miniature les « types » de studio popularisés par les éditeurs de cartes postales algériens. Peu d'exemplaires ont survécu car ils se perdaient ou étaient jetés facilement. Sans son étui. Le leporello est en très bon état et tient bien ensemble. Verso vierge légèrement noirci. Les plis sont solides. Cf. Malek Alloula Le Harem colonial 1981. S.P. unknown
1748Best.-Nr. 127101748. Historische geographische konst en reis almanach voor den jaare 1748 bevattende het voornaamste dat onder het opzigt van het Koninglyk genootschap der geleerden te Berlyn is uitgegeven. Zeldzame almanak met gebreken aan de band maar van binnen erg mooi. Twee gekleurde kaarten wereldkaart en kaart van Nederland. In de kalender die in rood en zwart inkt is gedrukt zijn 12 paginas met illustraties toegevoegd van J.C. Philips met huwelijksthema. Tekst in het Nederlands en het Frans onder de illustraties. Gedrukt door Arend van Huyssteen. Zie Waller 75 voor de latere edities. Toegevoegd: Ouderdom van de thans in leven zijnde koningen en vorsten van Europa voor den jaare 1748. Tevens Beknopte Geographische beschryving van de X. Nederlandtsche provincien Bekent onder den naam van Oostenryksche Nederlanden. Beknopt dagverhaal van de verkiezing en aanstelling van syn Doorl. Hoogheid Willem Carel Hendrik Friso. Edited and enlarged by Een liefhebber der wiskonst Amsterdam A. v. Huyssteen 1748 4412642 pp. Miniature book in -24. Contemporary gilt calf binding H. 82 x W. 45 cm. / H. 3.5 x W. 175 inch. Engraved title page 12 plates by J.C. Philips on marriage calendar section printed in black and red. With two coloured maps Mappe Mondo Nouvelle carte generale des XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas. The binding hinge on the front is broken. Early year of this almanac with amusing illustrations. Only one copy in STCN. unknown
Best.-Nr. 119661Mughal India possibly Murshidabad mid- to late-18th century. . Single miniature painting on card opaque pigments with gold depicting a scene with a Prince on horseback accepting a drink from a gold vessel from a village maiden miniature 282 x 179 mm full album page 394 x 255 mm; painting framed within multiple gilt rulings innermost frame painted with delicate pink and white flowers on a spiralling green vine set against a richly gilt background some very minor surface soiling overall in exceptionally bright and attractive condition floating in modern cream mount. Scenes painted around imagined amorous encounters between the 'prince and village girl' were popular among artists during the late Mughal period in centres such as Delhi Lucknow and Murshidabad. The concept of 'love at first sight' was similarly echoed in the tradition of the courtly poets of the pan-European middle ages and can be seen echoed through their visual arts. The inspiration behind the theme in this painting was likely rooted in Persian literary sources the Nayrang'i Eshq The Charm of Love by Mughal Sufi poet Ghanimat Kunjahi d. 1695 AD being one such example. Written during a period of considerable Muslim-Hindu cultural interaction the poem was later absorbed into Sanskrit works and grew further in popularity. One notable section of the poem stanza 40.7 describes how in pursuit of a stag Shahid comes upon a village where he is struck by the sight of village girls at a well and is particularly struck by the beauty of Wafa the daughter of the village headsman see C. Shackle Persian Poetry and Q dir Sufism in Later Mughal India: Ghan mat Kunj h and his Mathnaw -yi Nayrang-i 'ishq in The Heritage of Sufism: Volume 3 Late Classical Persianate Sufism Boston 1999. In this painting a beautiful maiden leans across to offer the handsome stranger a drink from the well. Neither appears abashed and their eyes fix upon each other as if a spell has been cast. Of note is the way their hands come together around the vessel of water though they do not touch. The mono green background gives a prominence to this encounter watched by the other village girls. There are subtle details that give context to the scene the stranger's courtly attire and jewelled ruby dagger. His companion's falcon hints at their noble status. By contrast the village girl's sari is tied in the style of a working women as she draws water from the well. For notable examples see Indian Painting 16001870 Oliver Forge & Brendon Lynch New York 2012 and Painting 91 in Domains of Wonder B.N Goswamy & C. Smith 2006. Mughal India, possibly Murshidabad, mid- to late-18th century. unknown
1820Best.-Nr. 12635London Newton & Son 1820-1830. Newton's new & improved terrestrial and celestial globes The diameter of the globes is 2.75 inches 7 cm. The total height including the stands is 6.75 inches 15 cm. A beautiful pair of miniature desk globes with 12 hand-colored engraved gores on plaster spheres mounted to nineteenth-century calibrated brass meridian rings and carved wooden stands. The Terrestrial and celestial globes are made of carved wood and are in fine condition. The Newton family was among the foremost English globe makers of the early 19th century producing globes of many sizes under various names. The origins of the firm began in the previous century in fact back to Nathaniel Hill for it was he who taught the art of globe making to Thomas Bateman fl.1754-1781 who in turn trained John Newton 1759-1844 who was the patriarch of the Newton firm. John began his firm in 1780 publishing a reissue of a Nathaniel Hill pocket globe in partnership with William Palmer. At the beginning of the 19th century John Newton had located his business at 97 Chancery Lane in London and was quickly joined by his second son William 1786-1861 under the name J.& W. Newton. For the decade between 1831 and 1841 Miles Berry a civil engineer became a member of the firm known then as Newton Son & Berry. After 1841 ownership passed to William Newtons eldest son William Edward Alfred Vincent 1821-1900 who became associated with the firm which continued in operation through future generations until the early years of the 20th century. London, Newton & Son unknown
1750Best.-Nr. 12618Den Haag A. de Groot & Zoonen 1750. 80 p. Origineel Leer goud-op-snede 64° 47 x 31 x 09 cm. Zeldzaam Bijbels miniatuurboekje. De tekst is geïllustreerd met 7 houtgravures. Het bestaat uit vijf hoofdstukken en een aanhangsel waarin een zeer beknopte weergave van hoofdzaken uit zowel het Oude als het Nieuwe Testament wordt gegeven. De fraaie band is gemaakt door de ""Eerste Stadhouderlijke Binderij"". Dit betreft de eerste editie van dit werk uitgegeven door de uitgeverij van de familie De Groot. Van hun drukpers verschenen ook andere uitgaven in miniatuur waarvan dit werk wel een schoolvoorbeeld van het vakmanschap van de firma genoemd mag worden. 80 p. Contemporary Leather binding gilt-edged 64°. H. 1.85 x W. 1.2 x D. 035 inches / 47 x 31 x 09 cm. Rare miniature Bible. The text is illustrated with 7 wood engravings. It consists of five chapters and an appendix in which a very concise presentation of the essentials from both the Old and New Testaments is given. The beautiful binding was made by the ""Eerste Stadhouderlijke Bindererij"". This is the first edition of this work published by the publisher of the De Groot family. Other miniature editions also appeared from their printing press of which this work may well be called a textbook example of the firm's craftsmanship. Den Haag, A. de Groot & Zoonen hardcover
1628Best.-Nr. 12589Sedan Ioannis Iannoni 1628. 571 1 p. 32°. Contemporary Leather binding fine gauffred and gilt-edged text block and a silver clasp. Greek miniature Bible H. 85 x L. 5 x W. 23 cm. Sedan, Ioannis Iannoni hardcover
Best.-Nr. 181092Netherlands: second half of the 15th century. Radiant devotion A vibrant Pentecost scene from a Netherlandish Book of Hours. At the center the Virgin Mary is seated in a deep blue mantle while the Apostles gather around her as the Holy Spirit descends in the form of a dove from above. An owl is nestled in the lower margin of the border. Ornate borders with scrolling foliage naturalistic flora and fauna and architectural interiors are typical of Southern Netherlandish and Flemish illumination from the late 15th and early 16th century. The style and composition is reminiscent of works by artists of the Utrecht school see for example Walters Ms. W.182 or active in Bruges see Walters Ms. W.183 and 184. Provenance: Stephen C. Massey. Illuminated miniature and border on vellum 133 x 105 mm panted in gold and colours. Presented in a gilt frame with UV protective glass. A little rubbing in outer margins of miniature otherwise well preserved and with gilt bright; small bump to edge of frame on the back. A very good example. hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 86701Dallas: 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. 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
1800Best.-Nr. 12408London J. Marshall Aldermary Church 1800. 30 p. Original wrappers with mounted title on both sides. 6 x 4.5 cm. A most charming miniature book for the very young ones. The book presents on its 13 engraved plates elementary objects of early childhood perception. The Infant's library was published around 1800. It was one of the earliest of nineteenth-century collections of miniature books to be aimed specifically at children. Welsh Bibliography of miniature books 4817. Good copy. London, J. Marshall Aldermary Church unknown
1826Best.-Nr. 12011Paris 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
1981Best.-Nr. 019239Northridge 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. Lord John Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 48392Miles Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America 277: "Although the engraving was made in 1802 the version with the inscription 'Col. William Duane' must date after 1808 when Duane became a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army; he also held the rank of colonel from 1813 to 1815. Duane helped Benjamin Franklin Bache publish the Philadelphia Aurora the principal voice of the Jeffersonian Republicans. His paper was responsible for stemming the tide of war against france in the late 1790s and contributed greatly to Thomas Jefferson's election in 1800." Dexter Saint-Memin Collection of Portraits 159. Very good. unknown
2021Best.-Nr. 36978Riverside CA: Bo Press Miniature Books 2021. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Small open edition signed by the author. Issued earlier in 2021 the Bo Press Bibliography was bound in thirty different ways! This book documents each of the thirty bindings with a color image and descriptive text. Bound in white paper covered boards with fleur-de-lis pattern. Black paper title label to front board. Pristine. The endpapers are a photographic image of the artist's studio. Size: about 2.5 x 2 inches. MINI/122723. Bo Press Miniature Books hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. 36783Riverside CA: Bo Press Miniature Books 2021. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Pat Sweet describes herself as creating illuminated miniature books of curiosity humor and delight. She creates both miniature under 3 inches and macro-miniature under 1 inch books. This book is from a limited edition which is signed by the artist. Number 24 of 30 variant copies. Each copy is in a different box bound in papers to match the box. According to the book artist: "Bo Press Miniature Books began in 2007 with a little book called Celestial Variations. Since then another one hundred and forty-seven one hundred and forty-eight now books have emerged with subjects as diverse as maps of real and imaginary places poetry architecture history flea circuses and books themselves. The History of Bo Press is a collection of every book I've ever written illustrated designed and published that I can remember since then. This is a fairly easygoing bibliography and a few lacunae are to be expected from someone like me who hates to keep records. The book listings include title author illustrator pages dime." Both volumes are bound in tan marbled paper with paper title labels to spines and front boards. Housed in a box with removable lid covered in tan marbled paper with green dragon skin patterned paper onlay. The box is lined with green and gold marbled paper. Slight bump to one corner of box lid else fine. Each volume is 170 pages. Size: Books: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches; Case: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches. ARTB/091123. Bo Press Miniature Books hardcover
2021Best.-Nr. 36780Riverside CA: Bo Press Miniature Books 2021. Fine. Number 21 of 30 variant copies. Each copy is in a different box bound in papers to match the box. Pat Sweet describes herself as creating illuminated miniature books of curiosity humor and delight. She creates both miniature under 3 inches and macro-miniature under 1 inch books. This book is from a limited edition which is signed by the artist. According to the book artist: "Bo Press Miniature Books began in 2007 with a little book called Celestial Variations. Since then another one hundred and forty-seven one hundred and forty-eight now books have emerged with subjects as diverse as maps of real and imaginary places poetry architecture history flea circuses and books themselves. The History of Bo Press is a collection of every book I've ever written illustrated designed and published that I can remember since then. This is a fairly easygoing bibliography and a few lacunae are to be expected from someone like me who hates to keep records. The book listings include title author illustrator and pages." Both volumes are bound in tan marbled paper with paper title labels to spines and front boards. Housed in a slipcase covered in marbled paper and off-white handmade paper with a metal chain lining the seams of where the papers meet. Each volume is 170 pages. Size: Books: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches; Case: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches. ARTB/091123. Bo Press Miniature Books unknown
Best.-Nr. BB110284Full leather binding with goldprint 12° without page numbers. Illustrated with frontispiece. TOGETHER WITH: Heidelbergse catechismus en Christelijke gebeden. Together 68 pp. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 002261Oxford University Press: Henry Frowde. Full Leather. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. In blue full leather with gilt cross and title to front cover corners very lightly worn. Spine has title in gilt edges again very lightly worn. Internally nice blue endpapers aeg text block edges in gilt small ink name to front blank little foxing to blank pages 2 3-76 78-599 pp 931 cm. Not dated but 1905. Title continues: And administration of Holy Communion according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; but without The Calendar The Occasional Services and the articles of Religion. 0 Henry Frowde hardcover
Best.-Nr. 146011Very Good. External dimensions 38 × 32 mm 8 card leaves with window mounts on both sides containing 10 loosely-inserted albumen prints visible size 21 × 14 mm. Bone covers backed in blue velvet with an ornate gilt brass clasp; all edges gilt; spine lightly rubbed; a few prints slightly discoloured or creased; in excellent condition overall. The subjects of the portraits six women and four men are not identified. The 'gem' photographs in this charming pocket keepsake were popular in the 1860s and 1870s. unknown
1852Best.-Nr. 24648Concord: Gazette Press 1852. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Miniature: 1⅛ by 1½ inches. 16pp. Full blue morocco gilt title on upper board and gilts rules on both boards. A fine copy. Dedicated to the Hon. Lewis Cass. Welsh 8385. Scarce. Basically an anti-Franklin Pierce pamphlet issued on election day November 2 1852. Accompanied by "A Discourse pronounced at the Capitol of the United States in the Hall of Representatives before the American Historical Society January 30 1836 by the Hon. Lewis Cass" Washington FD. Thompson 1836. 582pp. Inserted in early brown paper wraps with a manuscript title on the upper wrap. Some chipping to the edges else a very good copy. . Gazette Press hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 23887Boston: Anne and David Bromer 1983. Fine. Hardcover. Miniature book. 1-7/16 by 1-3/16 inches. Copy No. 109 of 150 finely printed on the Ashendene hand press by Linnea Gentry from the original Ashendene pates used for the original printing for Queen Mary's Dollhouse in 1923. Bound in full niger morocco spine in three compartments with raised bands gilt; gilt rules on the boards; all edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's clamshell case morocco spine gilt with cloth sides and an ingenious cutout to house and protect the small book. And with the original prospectus for this edition laid into the publisher's cloth chemise. A fine copy in a fine case. Anne and David Bromer unknown
1850Best.-Nr. MINIATUR015272Rock Bros. & Payne London. c 1850. First edition. 64mo measuring 28 x 24 mm. Frontispiece and title-page followed by thirty engraved views. Original decorated full leather gilt all edges gilt.Very good indeed. Rock Bros. & Payne, London. hardcover
1790Best.-Nr. 129739London: 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
1880Best.-Nr. 21619Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1880. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. 2-1/2 by 3 inches. 191pp. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine and vignette on upper board. 48 plates. All edges gilt. Gilt and cloth rubbed else a very good copy. Marbles cricket dolls blowgun reading peep-shows foot-ball gymnastics and a long list of other sports. Welsh 1401. . H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover
