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First Edition, orig. cloth. This book should be of interest not only to patristic scholars concerned with the text of Cyprian, but also to all those who have to do with the problems of reconstructing an ancient text from Western manuscripts in a heavily contaminated tradition.
Coloured frontis., 4 plates (2 folding), orig. printed wrappers.
First Edition, 4to, 10 tipped-in plates, orig. cloth, d.w. defective.
4to, 40 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
4to, facsimiles throughout, (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w.
First Edition, 4to, illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w.
Small 8vo, coloured illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
Second Edition, 12mo, coloured frontis., 21 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
4to, illustrs., orig. printed wrappers.
75pp., 16 plates, orig. printed wrappers.
First Edition, 4to, 147pp., 48 coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w. The Bibliotheca Corviniana which Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458-1490), collected in his Buda palace was one of the largest and most magnificent libraries of the times. Out of the original Corvinian collection 43 manuscripts and two incunabula are preserved in Hungary, and the present work is a discussion of them.
First Edition, 4to, ex-library, 8 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth.
Folio, 96pp., 13 plates in colour and gold, 96 monochrome plates, orig. cloth, d.w. This celebrated manuscript of the four Gospels is among the most important and beautiful surviving from the early period of the Holy Roman Empire. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
Large 4to, with the bookplate of The Society of Antiquaries, 153 reproductions of miniatures on 103 plates, cont. buckram. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
4to, TLS review tipped-in, 8 coloured tipped-in plates, orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
First Edition, 4to, 8 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
4to, signed and dated by Dr Wright, with his notes in the text, 10 coloured tipped-in plates, orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
4to, signed and dated by Dr Wright, 14 plates (12 coloured and tipped-in), orig. cloth. The Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts Edited by Walter Oakeshott. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).
11 Parts, 4to, many plates in each part (some in colour), orig. printed boards. The celebrated collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) and dispersed by order of the Trustees of the Robinson Trust.
2 Vols., in one, xii,138; xx,190pp., presentation inscription to Adams, 72 plates, cont. cloth, gilt. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
Second Edition, revised and corrected, xii,[2],138; signed by Adams with his pencil annotations throughout, 32 plates, orig. decorated wrappers. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
94pp., presentation copy from Jean Porcher, some pencil annotations in Adams hand, 32 plates (some coloured), orig. decorated wrappers. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
189pp., 20 plates, orig. printed boards. Bibliotheca Bodmeriana. Catalogues II. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
First Edition, 32 facsimile pages printed in gold and colour in the same size as the originals, imitation vellum, gilt, slip-case. In 1954 this priceless Book of Hours was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mr James J. Rorimer, Director of the Museum at the time, has written an introduction outlining the history of the Belles Heures, and there are notes on each plate by Margaret B. Freeman. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
4to, with the Adams bookplate, 216 illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w.