Bibliographies

Bruxelles: Editions de la Connaissance, 1957 8vo (22 cm), 140 pp, 20 plates. Printed wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition, Bruxelles, Palais des Beraux-Arts, 31 January - 3 March 1957.

Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1969 8vo (21.5 cm), 88 pp. Printed wrappers. 156 entries.

London : Christie's, 2019 4to (27 cm), 48 pp. Laminated wrappers. Price list loosely inserted.

New York: Christie's, 2009 4to (27 cm), 66 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers slightly rubbed at extremities, collector's stamp top of the title). A price list is loosely inserted. This auction catalogue documents a sale held in London on 24 November 2009, featuring 81 entries. Highlights include "Il Canzoniere and I Trionfi" by Petrarch, accompanied by "Vita di Petrarca" by Leonardo Bruni, presented as an illuminated manuscript on vellum, originating from Pavia or Milan, circa... Read more about this item

Florence: Biblioteca Marucelliana, 1980 8vo (21 cm), 52 pp. Printed wrappers. The catalog of an exhibition in May-June 1980 of documents and books related to Bruno Cicognani (1879-1871), an Italian writer and playwright.

Oak Knoll Press, 2003 4to (28 cm), xii, 100 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at the Grolier Club in New York and at Winterthur includes essays and entries largely from the private library of Henry Francis du Pont, containing more than 87,000 volumes and 500,000 manuscripts and images with subjects ranging from printed patterns of the 16th century to colonial-revival design drawings of the 20th. These five centuries of books, drawings and ephemera... Read more about this item

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1975 Square 8vo (21 cm), XIV, 13 pp, plates. Printed wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. 194 items.

John Rylands University Library, 2008 Oblong 4to (23.5 x 28.5 cm), XII, 212 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, illustration tipped in front board, cloth slip-case (slip-case slightly dusted and rubbed at extremities). A catalogue of an exhibition held at the John Rylands Library 4 June -- 18 October 2008. Prefatory materials "About miniature designer bindings" by Patricia Juvelis and "On collecting miniature designer bindings" by Neale M. Albert. Profusely illustrated... Read more about this item

University of Chicago Library, 1979 8vo (22 cm), III, 88 pp. Printed wrappers. The "Berlin collection" was a collection of nearly 100,000 books and manuscripts purchased by William Rainey Harper in Berlin in 1891. It became the core of the University of Chicago Library's holdings and have had an abiding influence on the course of scholarly investigation at the University.

The John Carter Brown Library, 1988 4to (28 cm), XX, 142 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition held in 1988 in The John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island. 73 items illustrating the place of books and printing in the development of Latin America. Included a bibliographical supplement by Susan L. Newbury. 89 illustrations.

Ediciones Complutense, 2014 4to (27.5 cm), 568 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board, silk bookmark (minor shelf-wear, bookplate). This catalog features approximately a hundred carefully chosen works for the commemorative exhibition marking the V Centenary of the edition of the Complutense Polyglot Bible. The exhibition not only illustrates the development of this cultural project but also highlights the profound influence of the humanistic spirit it emanated on the Alcalá... Read more about this item

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1982 4to (28 cm), 127 pp. Printed boards. Auction catalogue of a sale held at Sotheby's in London on 21 June 1982. List of etimates loosely inserted. Highlights include The Corbie Orosius (lathe 8th century), The Pontifical of Solomo III (ca. 890) and The Sacramentary of Augsburg Cathedral (ca. 1000-1030).

London: Sotheby's, 1995 4to (27 cm), 222 pp. Laminated wrappers, price list loosely inserted (wrappers slightly crease). Action catalogue of a sale held in London on 25 May 1995. 408 entries.

London: Forum Auctions, 2018 4to (29.5 cm), 272 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Auction catalogue of the Forum Auctions sale no. 32 held in London 10-11 July 2018. 817 entries.

Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1966 8vo (21.5 cm), [4], 52 pp, 32 plates. Printed wrappers. 120 illuminated manuscripts from the Fitzwilliam Museum collection described in detail.

Zurich: Zunfthaus zur Meise, 1939 4to (30cm), [4, 86 pp, 103 plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers somewhat frayed at extremities). Auction catalogue from the first part of a sale held on May 15th-17th, 1939, featuring illustrated books from the library of Victor Masséna, Prince d'Essling. The sale includes 300 books printed in Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium, spanning the 15th to the 18th century.

London: Sotheby's, 1978 8vo (24.5 cm), 75 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers marked). Price list and estimates loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on October 2-3,1977. 538 entries.

Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1980 Oblong 4to (23 x 30.5 cm), 48 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly rubbed, paper toned). Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition held at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, from September 18 to October 19, 1980. The catalogue features 139 entries.

Paris: A. Durel, 1887 8vo (23 cm), 134, [4] pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in, silk bookmark (binding slightly rubbed at the head of the spine, paper toned, bookplate).Catalog of auction sales conducted in Paris on April 1-15, 1887, featuring a total of 1298 items. Not in Blogie.

London: Sotheby & Co, 1970 4to (28 cm), 98 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of the 7th part of the sale of fine library of English book collector Major John Roland Abbey (1894-1969). Lots 2862 -- 2904 including Bible in Latin (North-Eastern France, first half of 13th century); Psalter illuminated by William de Brailes (England, middle of 13th century); The Ruskin Hours (North-Eastern France, c. 1312); Hours of th Virgin in Dutch (c. 1415); Giovanni Pontano' De... Read more about this item

Bruxelles & Amsterdam: Bibliothèque Royale, 1959 4to (25.5 cm), 206 pp, 6 plates in color and 64 half-tone plates. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Catalogue of the exhibition organized on the occasion of 400th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Library of Philippe II in Brussels. An introduction by L. M. J. Delaissé (conservateur-adjoint au Cabinet des Manuscrits). Catalogue 271 entries. = Catalogue de l'exposition organisée a l'occasion du 400e anniversaire... Read more about this item

Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2001 8vo (20 cm), 173 pp. The catalogue of exhibitions of mathematical books from the library of Complutense University.

Sotheby & Co, 1967 4to (28.5 cm), color frontispiece, 110 pp, 32 plates on 16 leaves. Publisher's boards. Price least loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of a sale of notable early manuscripts from Continental monastic house, later in Thomas Phillipps' library. The most interesting and expensive are Scientific compendium (second quarter of 11th century, lot 86) and La Divina Comedia, Venice, 1363.

London: Christie's, 1992 4to (27 cm), 101, [9] pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear, marked copy). Price list loosely inserted. This is an auction catalog documenting a sale held in London on October 22, 1992. Entries 311-583, including Shakespeare's The Historie of Henry the Fourth (London, 1639, price realised GBP 4,950); The Book of Common Prayer (London, 1669, GBP 28,600).

IAWA, Leiden, 1994. 1st edition. Paper covers. V.g./No Jacket. Scarcely used.