Bibliographies

Sotheby Parke Bernet Pubns, 1974 8vo (25 cm), V, 514 pp. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Volume 10 from the Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons. Contains sale catalogues of the libraries of antiquaries Ralph Thoresby (sold in 1764), Thomas Hearne (1736), George Vertue (1757), William Stukeley (1766) and Francis Grose (1791).

Marseille: Louis H. Raynaud et Jean-Claude Gamet, 1976 8vo (24 cm), [16] pp. Printed wrappers. Auction catalogue of a sale held in Marseille on 30 November 1976. 55 entries.

Paris: Picard Audap Solanet Velliet Teissèdre, 2003 4to (27 cm), 78 pp. Printed wrappers (wrapper little stained and rubbed at extremities). Auction catalogue of a sale held at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris on 29 October 2003. 213 entries.

Helsinki: Galleria Bronda, 1989 Square 8vo (21 x 21 cm), [44] pp. Printed wrappers. 111 entries. Text in Finnish, German and English. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of a group of designer bookbinders from 12 countries, calling itself The Wehmais Group.

New York: Sotheby's, 2001 4to (27 cm), 478 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers and laminated jacket. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in New York 10-11 April 2001. The price list loosely inserted. 568 lots including Aldus edition of Aristotle (146-1498), first edition of Aristotle's Libri de Animalibus (1476), King James Bible, Champlain' Les Voyages de la Nouvelle France (1632), a presentation copy of Thèses by Marie Sklodowska Curie, first edition of Descartes' Discours de... Read more about this item

Nice: Musée Matisse, 1986 4to (26 cm), 144 pp. Printed wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition at Musée Matisse 4 July - 30 September 1986. 139 items including books illustrated by Henri Matisse, albums, revues, books about Matisse, catalogues of exhibitions, programs and posters.

Monaco: Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S. A. , 1975 4to (25.5 cm), 217 pp. Publisher's boards stamped in black and gold. Price-list & errata loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of a sale of the Diaghilev-Lifar Library held on November 28 - December 1, 1975, 826 entries. Highlights included early editions in Church Slavonic ("The Acts of Apostles" printed by Fedorov and Mstislavetz in Moscow in 1564 has been sold for 62,000 Fr. F.), first editions of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, &... Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 1977 8vo (24.5 cm), 82 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list stapled to the front wrapper. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on June, 13, 1977. Price list stapled to the front wrapper. 75 entries including books printed by John of Lithuania and William Caxton, Shakespeare's Lucrece (1594) ,

Warsaw: Muzeum Historyczne M. St. Warszawy, 2009 4to (29 cm), 72 pp. Laminated wrappers. In Polish. "Stamperia Polacca: Samuel Tyszkiewicz's print-shop in Florence and Nice". The catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of Warsaw 31 March - 14 June 2009 dedicated to Polish typographer Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889-1954). Included a bibliography of books printed at Tyszkiewicz private press in Florence and Nice (1927-1954), a list of ephemera printed at the press, prospects and catalogs, a... Read more about this item

New York: Christie's, 2015 4to (27 cm), 198 pp. Laminated wrappers. Auction catalogue of a sale held in New York on 7 December 2015.

London: Forum Auctions, 2017 4to (29.5 cm), 120 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Auction catalogue of the Forum Auctions sale no. 20 held in London on 12 October 2017. 311 entries.

Los Angeles: UCLA Library, 1982 8vo (25 cm), 48 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers sunned). Catalogue of an exhibition at the UCLA Library 26 April-16 July 1982.

Bruxelles: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 2000 4to (32.5 cm), 160 pp, 8 ff of plates in color. Laminated wrappers. Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana 14 June - 30 September, 2000. The exhibition was a tribute to the prince of typographers, Giambatista Bodoni (1740-1813) whose genius is not only reflected in the creating and drawing of typographical characters, but also in their engraving and founding. The authors indicate also less known aspects of his activities: his first... Read more about this item

Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1965 4to (28.5 cm), 201 pp. Cloth backed printed boards. From the foreword: "This exhibition is an attempt to cover the calligraphy produced during a period of almost exactly 2000 years in the regions using the Latin alphabet. The earliest exhibits are incised monumental inscriptions of the Flavian period in Rome; the latest is an example in italic script written in May, 1965. As no one institution could mount the entire display effectively, it was decided to... Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 1970 2 volumes 8vo 24.5 cm), 76 pp; 68 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalog of a sale conducted in London on June, 30, 1970 and March, 1, 1971. 378 entries.

Paris: Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1878 8vo (25 cm), [4], XVI, 180 pp. Printed wrappers (untrimmed, wrappers little rubbed, foxing to the title and some pages). Auction catalogue of a sale held in Paris on 17-20 June, 1878. 651 entries. Blogie II, 150.

University of Texas, 1966 8vo (23 cm), 32 pp. Printed wrappers. The catalogue of the exhibition divided into the following sections: Influences on Newton, Newton's Writings, Writings by Newton's Contemporaries and writings by Newton's Successors.

Cambridge, MA, 1955 4to (28 cm), 45 pp, 80 plates. Printed wrappers (light shelfwear, few pencil notes in the text). Inscribed to John Rowlson by a book collector, curator, and art historian Philip Hofer (1898-1984), who in 1938 founded the Department of Prints and Graphics at Harvard University. The exhibition included about half of the illuminated and calligraphic manuscript then in Harvard, mostly collected by Hofer. Introduction by Hanns Swarzenski.

London: Sotheby's, 1976 4to (28 cm), 92 pp. Printed wrappers. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of 11th portion of new series of sales of manuscripts from the library of Thomas Phillipps, an English antiquary and book collector who amassed the largest collection of manuscripts in the 19th century. Lots 851-894 including Augustine'Homiliae Super Evangelium Johannis (France, 9th century - Germany, 12th century), Agrimensores and other texts (Italy, first half of 12th century),... Read more about this item

Paris: A. Voisin, 1878 4to (25.5 cm), VIII, 72 pp. Cont. morocco backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in (binding little rubbed top of the spine, bookplate). Catalogue of auction sales held in Paris on January 29-31, 1878. "Ce catalogue ne renferme pas de livres ansiens. Il se compose exclusivement des publications artistiques et littéraires mises au jour, dans ces dernières... Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 1967 8vo (24.5 cm), 73 pp. Printed wrappers. Priced in pencil. Price list loosely inserted. Auction catalogue of a sale at Sotheby's in London on 13 March 1967. 318 lots.

Leipzig: C. G. Boerner, 1937 4to (27 cm), 106 pp, 32 plates. Printer wrappers (paper browned). Action catalogue of Boerner sale 193 held in Leipzig on 16-17 June 1937. 1125 entries. Price list loosely inserted.

Cologne: J. M. Heberle (H. Lempertz), 1907 8vo (22 cm), 101 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers little dusted and stained, collector's stamp on the front cover ). The catalogue of the auction of the collection of Heinrich Lempertz (1816-1898) sold in Cologne on 24-27 May 1907. 2200 items.

Haarlem: Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1913 4to (29 cm), [8], 125, [3] pp. Cont. half-calf with corners over marbled boards, raised bans, red leather gilt lettered label, untrimmed fore- and bottom-edge, top edge pained, brown, original wrappers bound in). Limited to 125 copies on the Van Geldern paper and 1 on Japanese paper, this is copy no. 42 bound by M. Nowakowski, Lwów (stamp on the back free end-paper). In Polish. A study of the "Talks that the king Salomon the clever had with... Read more about this item

Augsburg, 1984 8vo (24 cm), 159 pp. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wear). 188 entries.