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First Edition, 4to, viii,[2]259 + [1, errata]pp., bookplate of Charles W.G. Howard including the words "Gift of The Rt. Hon. Sir David Dundas of Octertyre, 1877", full calf, burn mark on upper cover, spine rubbed. "Johann Friedrich Lichtenberger was a professor in the Academy of Strasburg. His works maintain the claims of Gutenberg at the first printer, and are characterised by much patient research." - Bigmore & Wyman I, p.438.
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), uncut, t.e.g.
70pp., frontis., 16 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers. 486 Items listed.
7 Vols., in 6, 4to, limited to 350 numbered copies, numerous facsimiles throughout (some coloured), orig. cloth. Sander's important study of the development and progress of the graphic arts in Italian book illustration. This fundamental reference book (text in French) contains the descriptions of over 8,000 works. Each listing includes a precise collation, bibliographical citations, sale prices and, in many cases, notes on the edition and descriptions of particularly significant illustrations.
First Edition, 3 vols., 4to, xix, [i], 124; [viii], iv, 297, [1]; xiv, 161, [1], viii, 92, 11, [1]pp., a very good ex-library set, printed on thick Van Gelder paper, plates and illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig. buckram, soiled, uncut, t.e.g. Describes many items acquired by Hodgkin from the Phillipps sales of manuscripts, also, the fine collection of incunabula. Volume three has an annotated bibliography of firework books. De Ricci, p. 187.
x,83pp., 2 plates, orig. printed wrappers.
4to, numerous illustrs., (some coloured), orig. decorated wrappers, 86 lots.
4to, numerous coloured plates throughout, price list loosely inserted, orig. cloth, 97 items.
7pp., library labels on front endpapers, 1 facsimile, orig. printed wrappers, a little spotted. The advertisement reproduced here does not bear a printer's name, date of imprint, or place of imprint. It is, however, clearly in Caxton's type 3. The introduction discusses the dating, language, orthography, and subject matter of the six-line advertisement.
4to, tipped-in coloured plates, numerous illustrs., price list loosely inserted, orig. decorated wrappers, 134 lots. From the library of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
4to, ex-library, numerous facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers bound-in, library buckram, 376 items.
Frontis., xxxii,114pp., orig. cloth.
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.
[vi],133pp., illustrs., orig. printed wrappers.
4to, xlv,619pp., inner hinges shaken, orig. cloth.
xiv,[ii],322pp., 4to, 14 plates, 157 illustrs., in the text, a little loose in orig. printed wrappers, browned, 686 items.
4to, one of 350 numbered copies, [66]pp., from the library of Dr H.A. Feisenberger with his signature, orig. paper covered boards, head and foot of spine slight chipped, unopened, uncut.
First Edition, 4to, xv, [i], 196pp., frontis., ex-library, 10 full-page facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards, lower hinge torn, uncut. As well as describing, in great detail, each work from Caxton's press it also includes some early imprints of Wynkyn de Worde, printed immediately after Caxton's death.
x, 63pp., one of 200 copies, orig. vellum-backed boards, unopened, uncut, slip-case, a nice copy. The introduction briefly discusses the typographical and historical background of this work.
4to, [ii]25pp., of facsimiles, orig. printed boards, uncut.
4to, xii, 137pp., limited to 150 copies, frontis., 16 plates, facsimiles in the text, orig. cloth. Garrison & Morton. 6769. Extensive descriptions, collations, bibliographical notes etc. on 217 medical books printed to 1480.
4to, [iv],10pp., 5 photographic plates, orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth-backed marbled boards. Illustrations of some examples of type used in incunabula attributed to the Press at Marienthal. Tipped-in at the back: HENNEN (Dr.) Unbekannte und Unzul?nglich Gew?rdigte Marienthaler... Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig. 1887. 12pp., orig. upper wrapper.
4to, [vii]pp., 158 columns, with the H.P. Kraus bookplate, orig. printed wrappers. Dealing with the printers Ludwig Hohenwang and Johannes Zainer. The bibliographical part list 166 books printed at Ulm during the 15th and early 16th century.
4to, xxxv, [i]pp., followed by 49 facsimile plates, with the H. P. Kraus bookplate, orig. quarter red morocco, spine gilt. The copy of the work from which this facsimile has been made was acquired by H.P. Kraus at auction in 1960. It was immediately offered to the Cambridge University Library in exchange for one of the Library's two imperfect copies of Caxton's edition of 'The Recuyell of the Histories of Troy'. The Library Syndicate, who are empowered by the Ordinances of the University to sell or exchange duplicate books, accepted this proposal.
First Edition, 4to, [viii],70,[2]pp., with the H.P. Kraus bookplate, orig. boards, slightly faded, leather label on spine.