Catalogue 208: Performing Arts, Books on Music, Dance, Theatre, & Festivities.
by Kraus, Hans Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/n/a
- Seller
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Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States
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Kraus, Hans. Peter (October 12, 1907 – November 1, 1988). Catalogue 208: Performing Arts: Books on Music, Dance, Theatre, & Festivities; 1995, 94 pp, large 8vo. 130 books, manuscripts, and letters from the 15th - 19th centuries are described. Indexed. Fine copy.
Hans Peter Kraus, also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born book dealer described as "without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of the 20th century" and in a league with other rare book dealers such as Bernard Quaritch, Guillaume de Bure and A.S.W. Rosenbach. Kraus specialized in medieval illuminated manuscripts, incunables (books printed before 1501), and rare books of the 16th and 17th centuries, but would purchase and sell almost any book that came his way that was rare, valuable and important. He prided himself in being "the only bookseller in history...to have owned a Gutenberg Bible and the Psalters of 1457 and 1459 simultaneously," stressing that "'own' here is the correct word, as they were bought not for a client's account but for stock." -wiki
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- Bookseller
- Calix Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio64
- Title
- Catalogue 208: Performing Arts, Books on Music, Dance, Theatre, & Festivities.
- Author
- Kraus, Hans Peter
- Format/Binding
- Large 8vo soft covers fine condition
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fine condition with references to numerous rare works in perform
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- H. P. Kraus
- Date Published
- 1995
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dance, Theatre, Rare books, h p kraus, hp kraus catalogue
- Bookseller catalogs
- H P Kraus Catalogs;
- Size
- 8vo
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