Berlin: Wiegendruckgesellschaft, 1925-1930. First edition. Paperback. From the Library of Carl H. Pforzheimer, and with ragged, but intact manila envelope of same. The membership and financial records of the society in various German cities for the years as follows:Einladung Zur Mainzer Tagung 1925; Einladung Zur Berliner Tagung 1926; Einladung Zur..... More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 25 x 19 cm. A compendium of printing history. Index of more than 14,000 references provided. Owner inscription. More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1968. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 102 pages in text. 161 black and white illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Index. California Studies in the History of Art, 6:Walter Horn, General Editor. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER M403. "The best art historical study of Dutch manuscript painting from its early period in the..... More
Hague: Adriani Viac, 1652. First edition. 189 pages. 12 x 7 cm. [A12-I11]. A response to John Milton's "Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio," published 1651 in which the author defends Charles II, and denounces Milton's attack. "Milton's Latin works when they are taken as a whole, their interest is considerable; and..... More
Palermo: Accademia Nazionale Di Scienze Lettere E Arti. Reprint. Hardcover. Approx 700 pages. 30 x 21 cm. Introduction by Angela Daneu Lattanzi. Photographic reproduction of the 15th century Codice Speciale held at the Bibliotec Comunale di Palermo. Reproduces text in red and black, and in myriad colors, the intricate illuminated..... More
Paris: Henry Babou, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 26 x 20 cm, 36 pages in text, forty plates. Preface by Louis Barthou. A review of early printing and the great books produced with movable type. Limited edition, copy 858 of 1150. Contents loose as issued and unopened, backstrip nicked at..... More
NY: Hispanic Society of America, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 279 pp. References. A short-title catalogue originally compiled as a check-list for thelibrary staff and here offered to the public. More
London: Robert Daniel, 1651. First edition. leather_bound. 393 pages, plus (5 leaves: Index Rerum & Verborum & Index Scripturarum). 32 x 21 cm. Translated and edited by Richard Montague. Parallel text in Latin and Greek. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as St. Photios the Great, viewed as..... More
Venice: Aldi, et Andreae Asulani (Aldus), 1518. Second Aldine Edition. Hardcover. 525 pages. 8vo, 14 1/2 x 9 cm. [*8-****2,a8-z8,aa8-kk8]. DIBDIN notes, "Containing ten books, with many Epistles never before published: it has also the "Panegyric." These are the only editions of Pliny's Epistles that ever issued from the Aldine..... More
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Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1630. Later printing. Hardcover. 404 pp. 24mo, 11 x 5 cm, [*1-*24,A1-Z24,Aa1-Cc8], first published posthumously in 1583. A trusted Protestant counsellor of Elizabeth I, he and John Cheke were the great classical scholars of the time in England. This, his best known work went through numerous..... More