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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.
13 Volumes bound in five, large 8vo printed on good wove paper, [iv], 388; xii, 363, [1]; [iv], 295, [1]; vii, [iii], 355, [1]; [iv], 257; [iv], 314; [iv], 306; [iv], 170; [iv], 195, [1]; [iv], 117, [1]; [iv], 189, [1]; [iv], 83, [1]; [iv], 82, [2]pp., parts 1-3 in orig. boards, spines chipped, covers loose, orig. printed label on upper covers, uncut, parts 4-7 cont. half calf, rubbed, spine stained and spotted, parts-8-13 cont. quarter morocco, rubbed, foot of spine torn, faint stamp of 'Mercantile Library, Philada.', front hinge shaken, title page to part 8 loose, prices and buyers' names supplied in a cont. hand, a made-up set of the complete English sale catalogues of the library of Richard Heber (the 13th volume is notoriously rare). Heber was a book collector on a monumental scale, De Ricci estimated his library between two and three hundred thousand volumes. The sales took place at a time when the market was absolutely glutted and there were practically no buyers. The total realised was ?65,774, for books which had cost their late owner a good deal over ?100,000. "The Dibdinian age may be aptly said to terminate with the dispersal of the gigantic library accumulated by Richard Heber, a bibliomaniac if there ever was one... From 1800 to 1830, he purchased at every London sale... He thought nothing of securing whole libraries... When he died, his books filled two houses in London, one at Hodnet, one at Oxford, one at Ghent and one at Paris, not to speak of smaller stores at... other Continental cities. The total number of volumes in his library must have been between two and three hundred thousand, and it is doubtful whether any private individual has ever owned so large a library... The London sales produced ?56,744, for books which had cost their late owner over ?100,000. The market was absolutely glutted and there were practically no new buyers... The Heber catalogues, although... arranged in the most inconvenient manner, are daily consulted by every bibliographer... His series of Continental books, early Italian and Spanish works, later Latin poetry, humanistic treatises... were unrivalled... The real strength... was, however, in the field of early English literature... For thirty years he... purchased nearly every item which came on the market".?De Ricci, p.102. Organised according to the residences where Heber kept his libraries, the present catalogues number 1 - 13 and were held in 1834, 1835, 1836 & 1837. Sotheby's managed the sale for parts 1- 3 and 9 - 10; R. H. Evans, for parts 4 and 6 - 8 and 11; B. Wheatley, parts 5 and 12-13.
First edition, x, 220pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Signed and dated by Nixon with several pencil notes within the text in his hand. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.
First edition, 256pp., frontis., 8 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Signed by Nixon in pencil with some marginalia within the text. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.
4to, 292-322pp., 2 plates, orig. printed wrappers. A couple of minor notes in Nixon's hand. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.
First edition, [vi], 198pp., frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Signed by Nixon in pencil with several critical notes within the text, Nixon's 3 page list of the main points relating to William Caxton & Westminster for a forthcoming talk. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.