CAXTON.MareMagnum
424 risultati
Small 4to, limited to 250 copies, [vi]pp., followed by 26pp., of facsimiles, orig. vellum backed-boards, vellum label on upper cover, uncut, a nice copy.
2 Vols., viii, 491; viii, 156pp., orig. cloth, upper hinge to mail work slightly torn.
4to, 80pp., coloured frontis., 220 plates, cont. half morocco by Anker Kyster, a nice copy. A bibliography of illustrated books of the fifteenth-century dealing with 225 titles. Besterman, 3006.
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.
2 Parts, 4to, 420;396pp., one of 800 copies, 168 illustrs., (28 coloured), orig. cloth, gilt, slip-case. "The Sch?fer Library is one of the largest and finest private collections in Europe!... a great catalogue of a great collection... an essential tool for any incunabulist and for students of early illustrated books..." - from a review.
First Edition, 4to, xi,[v],102pp., 16 facsimiles, orig. cloth, a fine copy. The collection dealt with in the present catalogue is not large, but is of considerable importance by reason of the extreme rarity of a number of the works which find a place in it. It describes 154 items. Of these 132 formed part of the famous Althrop Library.
5 Vols., 4to, xxx,772; [iv],748; [iv],794; [iv],645; xii,615pp., facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, spine of vol. 3 slightly torn otherwise a nice set. An indispensable work of reference on incunabula.
First Edition, large 8vo, xiv,361pp.,12 plates, orig. cloth. Describes some 662 items in detail (525 of which are books).
4to, viii,75,[3]pp., one of 250 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, one plates, orig. cloth, uncut, t.e.g.
4to, coloured frontis., numerous illustrs., (some coloured), prices and buyers, orig. cloth, 236 lots.
First Edition, 5 vols., in one, xii, [vi], 629, [1]; 30; viii, 44; iv,29; vi, 5pp., half morocco. [Sold with:] KRONENBERG (M.E.) Campbell's Annales de la Typographie N?erlandaise au XVe Si?cle: Contributions to a New Edition. 1956. 4to, orig. cloth. The first part of this work contains the titles of incunabula in alphabetical order; the second part consists of an alphabetical table of Dutch typographers, with a list of the works issued from their presses. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
2 Vols., 4to, xiii,407; xiv,577pp., one of 400 copies, facsimiles throughout, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, head of vol. I defective otherwise a nice set. A rare and detailed bibliography. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, prelims slightly foxed, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), some light foxing to prelims, orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), corners a little rubbed, soiled and torn dust wrapper, uncut, t.e.g.
First Edition, [iv],vii,[i],492,[2]pp., one of 400 copies, facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. quarter morocco, marbled sides, uncut. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
4to, [iv],iii,[i],145pp., loosely tipped-in is a presentation sheet from Henry Guppy (librarian) to the library of the Manchester Cathedral, also with their bookplate on front paste-down, orig. buckram, a little stained, unopened, uncut. "The greater number of the early books were formerly in the Althorp collection, and were acquired about the beginning of the present century at the numerous sales which took place, especially at those of the Duke of Roxburghe, and of the Merly and White-Knights Libraries. Many of the finest Wynkyn de Wordes and Pysons came from the choice collection of Stanesby Alchorne which was purchased entire, while many other books were obtained from private sources."?Preface.
First Edition, [xii],447pp., frontis., 1 facsimile letter, orig. cloth.
First Edition, 4to, 264pp., frontispiece, 13 illustrations, orig. cloth-backed boards. A detailed work including general historical information particularly pertinent to the book trade of the period. Includes Pynson, Lettou, Machlinia, and Notary as well as printers who did not become active until the 16th century. Contains descriptions and illustrations of type faces and of the books printed.
First Edition, 7 parts, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Important appendix to Hain & Copinger.
First Edition, 8 parts, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. Important appendix to Hain & Copinger.
2 Parts in 3 vols., text volumes in 8vo, plate volume 4to, 270; 184; 223pp., 510 facsimiles, presentation copy, orig. cloth. The first volume is made up in chronological order, containing the biographies of the Franciscan (Friars Minor) authors from the Netherlands and Belgium who lived during the 13th-15th centuries. The second contains extensive bibliographical descriptions of 131 fifteenth century editions of works by Franciscan authors. The typographical atlas provides 510 facsimiles taken from the 131 books described in the preceding volumes.
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.