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1763Best.-Nr. 306680Birmingham: John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. 1146 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full dark blue straight-grained morocco covers tooled in gilt with wide Greek key and drawer handle border with floral cornerpieces narrow gilt filet-bordered rectangles tooled all over with drawer handle and sunburst tools and semé off small dots with central gilt-stamped L with crown spine with six double raised bands titled in one compartment stamped with owner's name "Frederic Powys" in another and the rest richly gilt a.e.g. pink endsheets by Staggemeier and Welcher with their circular pink paper label on front pastedown. Front joint and headcap with conservation repairs of the highest quality light foxing to text. The third variant of the Subscriber's list with the most names ending with that of the Hon. Charles York Esq Attorney General. 1146 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The 1763 edition of Baskerville's Bible has always been recognised as his masterpiece and is one of the high-points in the history of printing in Britain. This beautiful and monumental binding can be closely dated because Thomas Powys formerly MP for Northamptonshire was created Baron Lilford in 1797 and Staggemeier & Welcher are recorded in partnership on Villiers Street as of 1799. By 1810 Welcher was in business alone at that address. The Hon and Rev. Frederic Powys whose name appears on the spine was the third son of the first Lord Lilford; he married in 1807. Whether the binding was commissioned for his taking holy orders or on the occasion of his marriage can only be conjectured. A landmark of printing in a splendid binding. Nixon p. 184; Gaskell Bibliography of John Baskerville 26; Ramsden p. 135. Provenance: Frederic Powys his name tooled in gilt to spine Lilford Library booklabel John Baskerville, Printer to the University unknown books
1794Best.-Nr. 302622Boston: Printed at Boston by Alexander Young and Thomas Minns For J. Boyle B. Larkin J. White Thomas and Andrews D. West E. Larkin W.P. Blake and J. West. Sold by them at their respective book-Stores 1794. A-U6 W6 X-Z6 Z6 verso blank. Text printed in two columns. 1 vols. 12mo. Recent half calf. Small hole in top of title page margin not affecting text title leaf with tissue repair at gutter and fore edge margin 4 other leaves with small repairs to margins. Very good. A-U6 W6 X-Z6 Z6 verso blank. Text printed in two columns. 1 vols. 12mo. This rare edition of the New Testament printed in 1794 at Boston for a consortium of booksellers aimed to provide a distinctly American printed Bible as an alternative to the British printings being imported and thus included the Great Seal of the United States prominently displayed on the title page. Thus suggesting that even at the dawn of the American republic certain clauses of the Bill of Rights were subject to fluid interpretation. This is an early appearance of the Great Seal of the United States and is the only instance where it was used in conjunction with a patently religious work. Copies are recorded at AAS and Duke. Evans 26664; Hills English Bible in America 48; ESTC W4683 AAS Duke Printed at Boston, by Alexander Young and Thomas Minns, For J. Boyle, B. Larkin, J. White, Thomas and Andrews, D. West, E. Larki unknown books
1724Best.-Nr. 255482London O.T.; Oxford N.T.: Printed by John Baskett . 1724. Additional engraved title-page by Sturt with Imprint "Printed and Sold by Richard Ware at Ye Bible & Sun in Amen Corner"; 200 engravings on 50 plates engraved by J. Cole. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary black gilt-panelled morocco Cambridge style. Covers worn and scuffed lower cover detached; text slightly darkened and well-thumbed but impressve and intact. Additional engraved title-page by Sturt with Imprint "Printed and Sold by Richard Ware at Ye Bible & Sun in Amen Corner"; 200 engravings on 50 plates engraved by J. Cole. 1 vols. 4to. Bound between THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER Baskett 1724 with engraved portrait of King George and additional engraved title-page of the series of 200 engravings by J. Cole and THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS Baskett 1724. the latter water-stained toward the rear. Holy Bible: ESTC T89252 Herbert 970; The Historical Part of the Holy Bible: ESTC T94971; Book of Ccommon Prayer: ESTC N32783 Griffiths p.150; The Whole Book of Psalms: ESTC T89253 Printed by John Baskett .. unknown books
1557Best.-Nr. 254216Basilaea Basel: Nicolaum Bryling Nicolaus Brylinger 1557. Woodcut border and printer's device on title. INCOMPLETE. 8 479 of 500 8 leaves. Lacking ff. 46-56 & 61-70. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary blind panel-stamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards clasps removed binding worn exposing boards on rear cover title page detached contemporary marginalia by Johannes Weneken throughout. Woodcut border and printer's device on title. INCOMPLETE. 8 479 of 500 8 leaves. Lacking ff. 46-56 & 61-70. 1 vols. 8vo. Brylinger published the only 16th century edition of Luther's Bible in Switzerland published one of the earliest Greek and Latin diglot Bibles and published a series of 8vo editions of the Bible with diglot and Greek-only text which was popular with students. Darlow & Moule makes no mention of this or any other Latin-only edition by Brylinger. Front paste-down endpaper and front free endpaper display extensive annotations in Greek and Latin presumably by Johannes Weneken. The marginal annotations provide a fascinating insight into how this book was used. Not in Darlow & Moule but cf. 4621; Adams 1056; OCLC: 46973017 6 copies only 3 of which in U.S. Nicolaum Bryling [Nicolaus Brylinger] unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. 268212London: The Dropmore Press 1954. First trade edition preceded by 100 numbered copies. 84 collotype plates 8 colored. vii 3 191 3 pp. Printed in 14 point Monotype Walbaum on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum by Oxford University Press. With prospectus. 1 vols. Small Folio. Half red niger morocco and blindstamped parchement covers. Fine. First trade edition preceded by 100 numbered copies. 84 collotype plates 8 colored. vii 3 191 3 pp. Printed in 14 point Monotype Walbaum on Arnold & Foster mould-made vellum by Oxford University Press. With prospectus. 1 vols. Small Folio. Complete facsimile of a c. 1325 "Bible En Image" with 235 picture stories prepared for a 14th century block-book. Inscribed and with an ALS from Hassall to A.H. Carder one of the printers of the book. The Dropmore Press unknown books
1898Best.-Nr. 301607Jelgawâ Mitau: J.W. Steffenhagena 1898. 16 frontispiece and family record pages vi 1120; iv 314 2 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary sheep cover with blind-ruled borders spine titled and decorated in gilt clasps. Covers rubbed gilt faded dampstain to lower margin of preliminaries paper toned and brittle with a some closed tears at margins. 16 frontispiece and family record pages vi 1120; iv 314 2 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. OCLC: 1438105 1 copy Harvard University Divinity School; Darlow & Moule 6347 J.W. Steffenhagena unknown books
1818Best.-Nr. 256781New York: T. and J. Swords 1818. First American edition thus. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Mid-19th century black morocco gilt with name Susan Sitgreaves. Extremities lightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedowns. Light scattered foxing primarily confined to outer leaves. Very good. First American edition thus. 2 vols. Thick 4to. First American edition of this expansive Bible with commentary. It was originally prepared and arranged for British publication by the Revs. George D'Oyly and Richard Mant under the direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. A nice copy in a contemporary American binding. Shaw & Shoemaker 43305 T. and J. Swords unknown books
1852Best.-Nr. 252169Oxford: Printed at the University Press 1852. 1 vols. Minion 24mo. Original brown pebbled morocco spine titled in gilt a.e.g. with brass clasp. A bit rubbed very good plus. 1 vols. Minion 24mo. This imprint not in Darlow & Moule Printed at the University Press unknown books
1480Best.-Nr. 254000Ulm: Johann Zainer 1480. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Bound in 18th-century paper boards with remnant of morocco spine label edges stained red. Spine defective and covers rubbed but binding is sound; several leaves bear stubs at outer edge from former index tabs; first leaf of Psalter extended at inner margin; final two leaves slightly waterstained; some browning and occasional stains; text block seriously trimmed but never into text. Notes on front endpapers and a presentation inscription in 1826 from a member of the German Methodist Episcopal Church U.S. In a custom half-morocco slipcase and chemise. 293 of 296 leaves; lacking first 2 leaves of the Calendar and final blank. •6 ••8 a-x8 y12 z8 A-L8 M3. 1 vols. 8vo; 111 x 90 mm. Johann Zainer the Elder fl. 1472-93 established the first printing press at Ulm where his first book is dated 1473. This pocket psalter by Zainer is undated; the colophon gives only the printer's name and the city in which it was printed. ISTC gives a conjectural date of around 1480. The book's handy but fragile format a thick octavo that would have been easily portable for late fifteenth-century users doubtless guaranteed a low survival rate. Indeed the few copies which have survived are often incomplete fragments or in poor condition. ISTC gives the following locations: France: Strasbourg BNU imperfect wanting Commune sanctorum; Germany: Bamberg SB; Berlin SB; Fulda HLB; Leipzig DB/Buch fragment missing; München BSB 2 imperfect; Stuttgart WLB 3; U.S.A: Washington DC Washington Cathedral Library this copy The present copy - the only copy in America - is complete save for the first two leaves of the Calendar and the blank leaf at the end. Goff Suppl. P1041a; H 13475; C 4927; GW M36206; ISTC No.: ip01041500 Johann Zainer unknown books
1663Best.-Nr. 256261V.p. Venice Leipzig London Amsterdam 1663. Folio and smaller. Generally fine mounted in card folders. Folio and smaller. The collection includes the following printed leaves: 1 Bible. Greek. Venice 1518. From the Aldine Greek Bible the editio princeps of the complete Bible in Greek Darlow & Moule 4594. Book of Malachi folio 326. 2 Bible. German. Leipzig 1541. From a pirated edition suppressed at Luther's request on account of its errors Darlow & Moule 4204 note. Isaiah chapter 48. 3 Walton's Polyglot Bible. London 1655. The great London Polyglot published in 6 volumes from 1655 to 1657. Darlow & Moule 1446. From vol. I the Pentateuch: Leviticus chapter 18 in Hebrew Samaritan Latin Greek Arabic Syriac. 4 Walton's Polyglot Bible. London 1657. Darlow & Moule 1446. From vol. V New Testament: Paul's Epistle to the Romans chapter 9 in Latin Greek Ethiopic Arabic Syriac. 5 Bible. Dutch. Amsterdam Elzevier 1663. States General version Darlow & Moule 3321. Leviticus folio 55. unknown books
1639Best.-Nr. 255527Lugduni Batavorum i.e. Leiden: ex officina Elseviriorum 1639. First edition. 12 43 5 966 86 pp. Printer's device on title-page. Text in Greek and Latin. 1 vols. Folio. Contgemporary panelled calf skillfully rebacked preserving original backstrip later marbled endsheets corners restored rear joint cracked but sturdy minor staining to covers; internally apart from slight dampstaining to inner margins quite clean and crisp. First edition. 12 43 5 966 86 pp. Printer's device on title-page. Text in Greek and Latin. 1 vols. Folio. Heinsius' massive commentary on the New Testament and one of his major achievements. The second part Aristarchus Sacer is his commentary on the Gospel according to John first published by the Elzeviers in 1627 and here slightly revised and enlarged. ex officina Elseviriorum unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 253119San Francisco: Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book 1930. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition. Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original half leather and paper boards spine gilt. Bottom corners and head and foot of spine rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition". Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" printed for John Howell Books by the Grabhorn Press and containing an essay by Edwin Grabhorn on typography in America in 1776. This volume contains an original leaf from a copy of the Aitken Bible one of the most celebrated American bibles being the first complete English Bible printed in America. During the colonial era the monopoly on printing English bibles belonged to the Royal Printer and the colonies were supplied entirely with bibles printed in England. The only Bible printed in the British colonies in America was the famous Eliot Indian Bible in Algonquian issued in Cambridge in 1661-63 and reprinted in 1680-85. With the Revolution this monopoly naturally ended and the embargo on goods from England acted to create a shortage. Aitken a Philadelphia printer undertook the task producing the New Testament in 1781 and the Old Testament in 1782. On completion he petitioned the Continental Congress for their endorsement and received it in September 1782. Because of this official endorsement and the reasons behind its production the Aitken Bible is often referred to as "The Bible of the Revolution" Grabhorn Bibliography 131 Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book unknown books
1769Best.-Nr. 254985Cambridge: John Archdeacon Printer to the University 1769. 2 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary green morocco covers with outer dog-tooth roll border surrounding floral roll border spines in five compartments with raised bands a.e.g comb-marbled endleaves light rubbing to extremities binder's blanks removed from both volumes. 2 vols. 12mo. Archdeacon was University Printer from 1766 to 1793. Darlow & Moule 889; t95018. Provenance: Mary Carlton contemporary bookplate; Nancy Barr gift inscription "given her by her aunt Mary Carlton" John Archdeacon, Printer to the University unknown books
1822Best.-Nr. 252747Lansingburgh New York: Wm. Disturnell 1822. Frontispiece. viii 9-255 pp. 1 vols. 1-7/8 x 1-1/4 inches. Contemporary morocco gilt spine. Very good. Frontispiece. viii 9-255 pp. 1 vols. 1-7/8 x 1-1/4 inches. Wm. Disturnell unknown books
1855Best.-Nr. 252170New York: American Bible Society 1855. 1278 pp. 1 vols. Minion 18mo. Publisher's brown blind-stamped morocco a.e.g. Some rubbing. 1278 pp. 1 vols. Minion 18mo. American Bible Society unknown books
1815Best.-Nr. 246649Boston: Nathaniel Willis 1815. Illustrated with woodcuts. 254 pp. 50 x 30 mm. Bound in contemporary calf "Bible" stamped in gilt on spine about fine. Illustrated with woodcuts. 254 pp. 50 x 30 mm. Adomeit A33; Shaw & Shoemaker 34916; Welch 860.3 Nathaniel Willis unknown books
1826Best.-Nr. 246648Albany New York: S. Shaw 1826. 256 pp. 45 x 34 mm. Bound in contemporary calf very Good. 256 pp. 45 x 34 mm. S. Shaw unknown books
1825Best.-Nr. 42274New York: Printed and Published by T. Kinnersley 1825. Illustrated. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full polished mottled calf with the name "Fanny Beecher 1836" stamped on the upper cover loss at bottom edges. Zion Library Label. Illustrated. 1 vols. Folio. Printed and Published by T. Kinnersley unknown books
1850Best.-Nr. 39772London: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1850. 2 vols. Thick 12mo 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches. Bound in full crimson red contemporary morocco heavily gilt all edges gilt. Fine in original full pebbled crimson morocco box. 2 vols. Thick 12mo 4-1/2 x 2-3/4 inches. The Book of Common Prayer is inscribed "Frances Mary Henrietta Hawkesworth from her affectionate Godfather Rich. S. Hawkesworth 27th August" 18 The year has been effaced. A beautiful set. Eyre and Spottiswoode unknown books
Best.-Nr. 15773BIBLE. ENGLISH. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha. New-Brunswick: Published by William Elliot and Robert Eastburn 1809. 4to. 1 vol. in 2. 4 676 681-834 829-834 2 835-1048 unnumbered notes 72 1049-1080 p. Engraved two-page frontispiece map of Palestine by William Harrison Jun. Contemporary sheep red morocco spine labels. Red morocco ownership label of Azariah Willes M.D. on front cover of first volume. Three pages of ms. family records of Azariah Willes M.D. b. Tolland Conn. 1771 and members of the Edgerton family of Conn. and N.Y. Covers worn at the extremities front hinges weak else a very respectable copy of a very scarce New Jersey Bible. The rare Elliot & Eastburn New Brunswick quarto Bible and the first copy we have ever offered for sale. The Old Testament imprint reads "New-Brunswick: Published by William Elliot 1809"; the New Testament imprint reads "New-Brunswick: Published by William Elliot and Robert Eastburn 1809." For a detailed study of the printing and publishing of this Bible and the sometimes strained relationship between Elliot Eastburn and Philadelphia printer Mathew Carey see Felcone New Jersey Books 1694-1900 101. S&S 16999 17006; Hills English Bible in America 164. unknown books
1828Best.-Nr. 157701828. BIBLE. NEW TESTAMENT. GERMAN. Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. Princeton: D. A. Borrenstein 1828. 272 1 p. Contemporary sheep. Covers detached extremities worn. With manuscript calligraphic ownership of "Wm. Dorris Jr. Huntingdon Pennsylvania Jan. 5th 1837" and a crude but charming drawing of Dorris's "country seat" on the front binder's blanks. The first book in German type printed in New Jersey. Although the actual presswork was probably done in Princeton by David Borrenstein who we know owned the type the book was printed from stereotype plates made in Philadelphia by Jedidiah Howe. There is no other evidence of German type in use in New Jersey until the establishment of German newspapers in the early 1850s. It is interesting to speculate on Borrenstein's reasoning in printing a German-language book in New Jersey which in 1828 had relatively few German-speaking residents. The book is quite rare. In more than 50 years of specializing in New Jerseyana in Princeton this is only the third copy we have had for sale. Shoemaker 32319; German Language Printing in the United States 2966; Felcone Printing in Princeton 103. unknown books
1818Best.-Nr. 1286051818. HEBREW BIBLE. OTTENSOSSER David. SCHWABACHER Heimann. Kiryah ne'emanah sefer Ezra mit uebersetzung und be'ur von Heimann Schwabacher und David Ottenzosser. Frth: Isaac ben David Zirndorfer 1818. Small octavo contemporary sheep boards rebacked. $1350.First edition of this Hebrew and German edition of the Book of Ezra prepared and printed by three eminent figures of 19th-century German Jewish scholarship.Uncommon Judeo-German edition of the Book of Ezra offering Hebrew text and a German translation transliterated in Hebrew characters on opposing pages with accompanying commentary. Heimann Schwabacher and David Ottensosser the editors were leading figures of the HaskalahÑan Enlightenment movement calling for rationality and secular educationÑin Frth a major Jewish center with a long history of Hebrew printing. This work was printed by Isaac ben David Zirndorfer sometimes given as Zrndorfer or Zrndorf proprietor of a distinguished Jewish press in Frth: ""Fuerth a center of Talmudic learning established its first Hebrew presses in 1691. In 1737 Hayyim ben Zvi Hirsch opened a print house in Fuerth issuing some 80-100 Hebrew titles in the next three and a half decades. When Hirsch died in 1772 his widow managed the shop for two years until her marriage in 1774 to Isaac ben David Zirndorfer. Zirndorfer and his family managed the press until 1868"" William Gross for the Center for Jewish Art. Vinograd Furth:726. Pages age-toned binding with expected age-wear edges expertly restored. Scarce. hardcover books
1937Best.-Nr. 1267221937. San Francisco: Book Club of California 1937. Slim folio i xxii 2 pp. original leaf from the Apocrypha tipped in between pages 16 and 17. Double columns printed in red and black throughout initials hand-illuminated in red blue yellow and gold. Original quarter cloth paper backstrip label. A very good copy touch of foxing to boards fine internally. § One of 300 copies. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. The leaf contains the text of 2 Maccabees 14:36 to the end including the show-stopping death of Razis the triumph of Judas and the death of Nicanor. "An extremely handsome book which drew praise from both contributing essayists and many Club members some of whom found in this volume a relief from the Western Americana theme which had predominated in the Club's publications of the past five years." Magee 51. unknown books
1738Best.-Nr. ST20149Zürich: David Geßner 1738. 162 x 88 mm. 6 3/8 x 3 1/2". 272 pp.; 192 pp.; 8 leaves; 64 pp. BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED STEEL FILIGREE OVER BLACK VELVET each cover with swirling foliage studded with 37 pointed bosses and four oblique lozenge bosses at corners smooth spine in a similar design with nine studs binding with a total of 83 sharp studs two fore-edge clasps one broken off. Housed in a brown buckram chamois-lined chemise and matching slipcase. New Testament with extra engraved title page with image of St. John his eagle and a lamb printer's device on printed title tailpiece at end of text; Psalms with extra engraved title page depicting David with his harp printed title with small vignette of the same scene; Festivals with engraved title page showing the Last Supper. Nap of velvet mostly gone except down the middle of the spine endpapers and the edges of first and last few leaves with numerous small rust spots apparently caused by the covers' metal frame and studs otherwise fine inside and out. An excellent example of a very unusual binding. With distinguished provenance this is a dramatic binding that makes a memorable display with engraved and pierced steel strapwork forming a lace-like pattern studded with faceted bosses that at first glance appear to be gems. Our volume has a general resemblance to the best of the small silver bindings produced during the Baroque period; its wonderfully executed foliate scrolls are reminiscent of a German binding described and pictured as item #15 in Hayward's "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection." However we have been unable to locate another example that strongly resembles ours. While not silver it is nevertheless a luxury binding--the engraving with its exquisite detail was done by a skilled hand and the materials themselves would have come at a price since before the Bessemer process of the 1850s steel was difficult to produce and consequently expensive. We do not know for whom this remarkable binding was originally made but we do know that it has more recently resided in two important American collections. Prior to 1955 it was in the library of Saul Cohn whose collection was sold at Parke-Bernet on April 26 of that year this was lot #67. Following that it was part of the illustrious collection of Cincinnati businessman arborist and philanthropist Cornelius J. Hauck 1893-1967 whose fortune was made in the family brewery; the auction of his library at Christie's in 2006 totaled more than $12.4 million this was lot #362 selling for $3120. David Geßner unknown books
1914Best.-Nr. 7040London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society 1914. First thus. Fine. One of 500 copies on paper twelve copies on vellum were also produced printed by C.T Jacobi and published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner. Original full limp vellum binding titled in gilt and retaining the original fore-edge ties. Quarto. xv 1 88 pp. Printed on handmade paper in the signature Riccardi Press typeface. With ornaments and ten mounted color plates including frontispiece by Frederick Cayley Robinson 1862 - 1927 each with a printed tissue guard. Title-page lettering by Edith M. Engall. Ink gift inscription dated 1918 and mid-twentieth century ink ownership signature to upper flyleaf. A Fine bright copy. Frederick Cayley Robinson 1862 - 1927 was an accomplished painter and illustrator. His painting The Death of Abel held at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris is considered his most enduring work. "This work was the source of an illustration for The Book of Genesis published by the Riccardi Press in 1914; together with another masterpiece The Death of Rachel it constitutes his finest achievement as a book illustrator" ODNB. Robinson's illustrations for The Book of Genesis epitomize his melancholy style which reflected the influence of both ornate art deco aesthetics and the somber clarity of the Symbolist movement. Fine. Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society unknown books
