424 résultats
491-508pp., printed wrappers.
Folio, xxxi,123,[6],222,[7]pp., 19 plates of facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards.
Folio, [x],111,[3]pp., printed in Linotype Estienne with Civilite headings, Cockerell marbled paper boards, title label to spine, uncut. "This [library] was designed to be a guide and inspiration to a working printer and to illustrate the history of printing and all its adjuncts: types, pages, margins, woodcut and other decoration. The great names of Gutenberg, Fust and Schoeffer, Zel, Sweynheym and Pannartz, Wendolin of Speier, Jenson, Crantz, Gering and Friburger, and Caxton appear, and there are a number of examples of the fine borders and initials produced by the Zainers at Augsburg and Ulm and by Ratdolt at Venice."?Preface. Rogerson, 26.
4to, x,[ii],22,[2]pp., frontis., 3 plates, title printed in red and black, orig. buckram, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. Presented by Sir Thomas Barlow. Barker, 213.
Second Edition, 2 vols., 4to, liv,620pp., xii,494pp., orig. cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. The "STC" is one of the milestones in the retrospective bibliography of English books.
12 Parts., 4to, numerous plates throughout (some coloured, some folding), all parts illustrated in orig. printed wrappers unless otherwise described. A complete record of the sale of printed books, manuscripts and autographs which De Ricci described as "one of the most striking events in the history of the English sale-rooms". Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. Together these 12 sales consisted of 8,788 lots and totalled over ?350,000. [i] 12 June 1911. Autograph letters (246 lots). [ii] 4 July 1911. Engravings and woodcuts (341 lots). This catalogue was under printed and is especially difficult to obtain. [iii] 15 November 1911. Library, part I (lots 1-1228). Limited edition, spine broken. [iv] 5 June 1912. Library, part II (lots 1229-2596). Quarter calf. [v] 2 June 1913. Library, part III (lots 2597-3931). Lightly waterstained, spine broken. [vi] 7 July 1914. Library, part IV (lots 3932-4602). Limited edition. [vii] 4 July 1916. Library, part V (lots 4603-5205). New wrappers. [viii] 11 July 1917. Library, part VI (lots 5206-6060). Limited edition. [ix] 1 July 1918. Library, part VII (lots 6061-7182). [x] 8 July 1919. Library, part VIII (7183-7842). Un-illustrated, new wrappers. [xi] 22 June 1920. Library, part IX and final portion (lots 7843-7969). [xii] 27 February 1922. Unsold or imperfect books (232 lots). De Ricci, pp. 151-154.
370pp., coloured illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
First Edition, folio, viii, 72pp.,, ex-library, 6 folding plates, 8 tables on 6 folding leaves, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut.
4to, 32pp., introduction followed by an 88pp., unpaginated facsimile on the 1486 edition, orig. old style parchment wrappers, a little browned with a couple of small tears, uncut.
xviii, 245pp., 12 illustrs., orig. cloth. Eight studies, including: Literature on Hebrew incunabula since the Second World War - Notes on Hebrew printing at Naples about 1490 - A list of copies of Hebrew incunabula, disappeared since the outbreak of the Second World War.
Three parts in 6 vols., folio, limited to 350 copies, over 2,000 illustrs, orig. cloth, lightly marked. This monumental work is the most exhaustive bibliographical study of illustrated books of any place, country or period ever published, and it set new standards for descriptions. Essling, one of Italy's most famous collectors, assembled a vast collection of early Venetian woodcut books which served as a basis for his bibliography of Venetian illustrated books from 1450-1525. In all 2,585 works are meticulously described and collated.
4to, xvii, 278pp., facsimiles, orig. cloth.
Main work 7 vols., orig. cloth, Reichling 7 parts, orig. printed wrappers, 14 volumes in total. This work is the basic bibliography to which anyone working on fifteenth-century books refers or is referred to, this set includes the important appendix by Reichling.
First edition, 4to, liv, 216, [2]pp., 428 facsimiles (nearly all full-page), orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut. The introduction to this definitive work classifies the devices as: signs indicating where the printer worked, puns upon the owner's name, monograms, portraits, heraldic devices or emblems. There are lists of devices, notes on their transfer from one printer to another, also indexes of the devices used by booksellers and printers, of mottoes, of initials of artists or engravers, and of devices according to subject.
4to, 136pp., 53 facsimiles, orig. cloth. A complete listing, as known at the time, of all extant copies of 15th-century English books. Has 431 entries with detailed descriptions of the different imprints, noting variations where pertinent. Also provides location of copies.
4 Vols., 4to, over 2740pp., orig. cloth. Reproduces the catalogue cards of the ca. 16,000 items in this very important collection. Some of the many subjects include: incunabula, curiosities of bookmaking (such as chained books), modern fine printing, history of paper, type specimen books, printing manuals, graphic design, trade catalogues, binding, and much more.
First Edition, folio, viii, 72pp., 6 folding plates, 8 tables on 6 folding leaves, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut.
232pp., numerous illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, torn and a little defective, uncut. Contains 1500 incunables, published on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Gutenberg's birth.
Vol. one only, large 4to, frontispieces, numerous illustrs., endpapers a little spotted, orig. quarter parchment, covers slightly stained, d.w. Lavishly illustrated with full-page plates of bindings, and reproductions of woodcuts, many full size; exact collations, meticulous, often original, descriptions and investigations are given for all the vast amount of material which is here assembled. A bibliographical monument of lasting importance.
3 Parts, price list to each part loosely inserted, coloured illustrs., throughout, orig. decorated stiff wrappers, 1639 lots. The auction catalogue of the magnificent bibliographical library of Bernard H. Breslauer. For almost six years he employed Michael Laird to assist him in cataloguing the collection, Christie's have used these scholarly notes in the compilation of this catalogue.
First edition, [x], 136pp., 4to, 53 facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards, t.e.g. A complete listing, as known at the time, of all extant copies of 15th-century English books. Has 431 entries with detailed descriptions of the different imprints, noting variations where pertinent. Also provides location of copies.
5 Parts bound in one, frontispieces, cont. cloth, 1,000 items.
First Edition, 83pp., disbound.
First Edition, 8 parts, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Important appendix to Hain & Copinger.
First Edition, 8 parts, orig. printed wrappers (final part in sheets), uncut. Important appendix to Hain & Copinger.