41 pp. introduction and detailed descriptions of plates by the director of the library, notes with bibliographic material, 2 text illus., 100 superb plates (many in color or tint) showing bookbindings from 5 centuries in the library's collection. Folio. Gilt-decorated cloth, raised spine, d.j. Leipzig (Karl Hiersemann) 1921. A lavish..... More
Unpaginated collection (61 pp.) of 27 love poems by Simoni, each poem accompanied by a bright and colorful Futurist-inspired illustration by Futurist artist Bruno Munari, the volume as a whole published as a promotional book for the liqueur and aperitif producer, Campari. 4to. Original illustrated cardstock wrrps., metal spiral binding..... More
4 vols., catalogue by Isak Collijn of the incunabulae in the Royal Library, Stockholm, including 1122 entries, an essay on Johann Snell and a supplement covering 360 additions from 1915-1939, 150 plates of facsimiles of pages of the works. Texts: Sm. 4to. (vol.1, boards; vol. 2 and suppl. wrpps.); Plates..... More
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Prague: Grafická edice A. Chvála, 1933. Octavo (22.2 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 106, [3] pp. Thirty plates, including fourteen original woodcut plates and two linocuts. With a tipped-in photo-montage design by Sutnar. Very good, only light sun-tanning and wear to spine; in protective mylar. Attractive volume reproducing a...... More
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Warsaw: nakł. Związku Zawodowego Pracowników Kolejowych Rzplitej Polsk., 1937. Octavo (20.5 × 14.7 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Very good. First and only edition of this volume of poems based on the life of Polish railwaymen, by the Polish proletarian socialist writer and political activist Edward Szymanski (1907–1943)..... More
5 volume study and presentation (in English) of the history of Ukiyoye painting and woodblock printmaking, defined in the preface as genre pictures and popular works depicting manners and customs of the time as opposed to classical works, including an altogether 211 pp. text distributed throughout the volumes, 156 fine..... More
1914. Presentation album promoting the work of the pioneering printing firm, including unpaginated (16 pp.) introductory text printed in blue, black, silver and white within elaborately ornamented borders, and 12 mounted samples of work by the firm, including publicity brochures, advertisements, pamphlets, stationery, and other items, most in striking colors..... More
Portfolio with 8 original color woodcut prints (each approx. 15" x 22") by Vennekamp, in his own original Pop style with Surrealist undertones, showing erotic imagery in bold, densely colored and compositionally striking formats, including stylized abstractions of genitalia, playfully seductive vignettes, the integration of numbers and letters into the..... More
7 vols. bound in 15 parts, comprising a complete set of the monumental catalogue of manuscripts in the Austrian National Library, copiously annotated, with bibliographic references throughout, each volume containing its own registers and indexes, profusely illustrated with collotype reproductions of manuscript texts and illuminations, some in color. Large 4to..... More
XVI, 176 pp. biographical and bibliographical dictionary of German and Swiss-German printers of incunables, arranged alphabetically according to cities, index, facsimiles of printed pages and illus. throughout. Sm. 4to. 3/4 cloth & bds. Berlin (Reichsdruckerei) 1922. Second edition of the standard work, nicely illustrated. More
2 vols. in 1: I. 1650-1799. II. 1800-1820. 239 pp. (con't. paginated) bibliography of some 1,379 items, indices, dual frontispieces showing title pages from notable titles. 8vo. Leatherette. New York (Smith) 1930. More
2 vols., VIII, 403, XII, 432 pp. inventory of over 8000 Swiss bookplates from the late medieval period to around 1900, brief introductory material, indices of artists, initials, monograms, mottos, heraldry, etc., bibliography, glossary, 135 photographic plates, 38 plates showing heraldric outlines. 4to. Cloth. Zurich (Schweizer Bibliophilen Gesellschaft) 1933-1937. One..... More
Unpag. (8 pp.) booklet with title, introductory text, and descriptions, accompanying 11 woodcuts printed from original old woodblocks in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett, the Germanische Museum in Nuremberg, and the Maihingen Collection, mounted on 9 leaves with passepartouts. Folio. Boards portfolio, front cover damaged. Munich (Munchner Drucke) 1925. One of only..... More
306 pp. scholarly critical and descriptive catalogue by H.J. Hermann of illuminated manuscripts housed in collections from the Tyrolian region of Austria, with notes, chronological and subject indices, 123 text illustrations and 23 photoengraved plates showing leaves and details. Sm. folio. Cloth along spine detached and reglued. Leipzig (Karl W...... More
CCLIX, 607 pp. history of the family and firm of the ancient printer and publisher, including a catalogue of works, illustrated including some folding plates. 8vo. Boards. Brussels/Paris/The Hague (Van Trigt/ A. Labitte/ M. Nijhoff) 1880. More
2 continuously paginated vols., 359 pp., providing an annotated scholarly account of the political career of John III, "the Pitiless," bishop of Liège from 1389 to 1418 and duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut from 1418 until his assassination by poisoning in 1425, including bibliographic notes, an..... More