Oxford: Clarendon, 1985. Three volumes. Each volume has color frontis, nearly 300 plates filled with thousands of black-and-white illustrations of manuscripts. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (price-clipped, minor chipping at heads of spines). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. A fine set in very good dust wrapper. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. 247 illustrations, many in full color. 214 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1992). A very good(+) copy--lightly scuffed, some sticker residue to rear panel. More
New York: Abrams, 2014. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 317 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, pictorial d.w.; small tears along front hinge of dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (2014). First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Budapest: Corvina, 1964. 48 color plates, 31 monochrome illus. 147pp. of text. 4to, blind-stamped maroon silk. Budapest: Corvina Press, (1964). Near Fine. 43 manuscripts and 2 incunabula of the original Bibliotheca Corviniana, comprised primarily of 15th century illuminated manuscripts of Italian origin. More
Leipzig: Kroner, 1916. 432 illustrations on 184 plates. 300pp. of text, small 4to, orange cloth-backed decorative boards; Leipzig: Kroner, 1916. Very good (+). History of medieval painting. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1958. 395 illustrations, including several tipped in color plates. 448 pages, 4to, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn, tear to rear panel, some foxing to endpapers and foredge. London: Faber & Faber, (1958). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
1952. Many illustrations, some in color. 80pp. Tall, slim 8vo, printed wrappers, d.w. (Germany, 1952). A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 199 pages. Slim square 4to, cream cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Weidenfelf & Nicolson, (1988). Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Florence: Giunti, 1984. Illustrated in black and white. 618 pages. 4to, pale gray cloth, d.w. (spine sunned, laminate torn at spine ends). Florence: Giunti Barbera, (1984). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Published under the auspices of The Istituto di Storia dell'Arte of the University of Florence. "A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting," by Richard Offner with Klara Steinweg, continued under the auspices of Miklos Boskovits and Mina Gregori. More
New York: Braziller, 1967. Facsimile reproduction of the original illuminated Lorsch Gospels, some in color plates. 24 page gray paperbound pamphlet with historical text laid-in. Thick folio, vellum-backed red cloth, slipcase. New York: Braziller, 1967. Limited edition -- number 38 of 1000 copies printed. A fine, unread copy in a very good(+) slipcase. Two parts of the Lorsch Gospels from the Biblioteca Documentara Batthyaneum in Alba Julia, Rumania, and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969. 2 volumes. 378 pages of text + 539 pages of black & white plates. Tall thick 4tos, beige cloth, d.w., black cloth slipcase. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1968). Fine in near fine dust wrappers and near fine box. Bollingen Series LXXXI. More
New York: AMS, 1970. 78 black-and-white illustrations. xviii + 261 pages, 8vo, brown cloth. New York: AMS Press, (1970). First AMS edition. A near fine copy. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. Replete with 60 color plates, and over 200 black and white illustrations. 304 pages. Thick 4to, beige cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, lacking the plain cardboard slipcase. Includes the Bible of late antiquity, Carolingian, Mozarabic, Franco-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian examples, and a catalogue of descriptive information on 150 important Bibles. More
Ithaca: Cornell University, 1983. 158 black & white plates. 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983. Fine. Authoritative introduction to the illuminated manuscripts used by the Christian Church in the Middle Ages. More
Venice: Armenian Publishing House of San Lazzaro, 1990. Illustrated at rear with 85 large color plates. 127 pages of text in English & Italian on facing pages. Thick 4to, black cloth with inset pictorial label, cloth slipcase. Venice: Armenian Publishing House of San Lazzaro, 1990. Small bump at head, slightly effecting pages; lengthy gift inscription in neat Armenian cursive on half title, still a near fine copy of this rather scarce title. Printed on the occasion of the second Centenary..... More
New York: Abrams, 1988. Foreword by Umberto Eco. Handsomely printed book with 303 illustrations, including 285 color plates. 239 pages. Tall 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1988). First American edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, as new in the original shrinkwrap. More
London: Chiswick Press, 1907. 21 full page plates, colored frontispiece, folio, cloth-backed boards (rubbed & soiled), inside, a beautiful clean and crisp copy.. London: Chiswick Press, 1907. Scarce. A manuscript of the beginning of the fourteenth century in the library of C.W. Dyson Perrins. Described in relation to other East Anglian books of the period. With the small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
New York: Braziller, 1975. Profusely illustrated with beautifully printed color plates. 208 pages. Folio, gray cloth with gilt crest, pictorial d.w. (extremities worn, particularly at head). New York: George Braziller, 1975. Upper corners bumped, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Milan: Pratesi, 1982. 2 volumes. Introduction, critical text, translation and commentary by Cesare Grassi. Essays by Marco Ciatti e Aldo Petri. . Illustrated. 141pp., 4to, gilt decorated leather, board slipcase; ink inscription front free endaper of volume 2. Milan: Pratesi, (1982). A near fine copy. Volume 2 is a beautifully produced facsimile of the Regia Carmina. More
Paris: Chavane, 1965. Preface by Maruice Genevoix. 12 full-page color plates. 81 pages, 4to, loose as issued in printed, decorative flexible boards, red cloth-moire clamshell box; minor edgewear to box. Paris: Chavane, (1965). Overall, a near fine copy. More
London: Phaidon, 1969. 145 illustrations, including 24 in color. 235 pages. Large 4to, blue gilt-stamped cloth, d.w. (London: Phaidon Press, 1969). Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. Color frontispiece and 161 black & white plates. Thin 4to, blue cloth, torn d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. Fine in very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Abrams, 1965. Illustrated with 50 mounted color plates. 216 pages. 4to, blue cloth with white buckram spine, d.w. (several small tears). New York: Harry Abrams, (1965). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954. Color frontispiece, and 72 b/w plates each with multiple views. 140pp. 4to, natural cloth, chipped d.w. Cambridge: University Press, 1954. First edition. Small ownership signature, along with a bookplate of art historian Meyer Schapiro. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. 222 pages. Thick 4to, olive green cloth (foxed along outer page edges, spine sunned and lightly scuffed) in pictorial slipcase. New York: Rizzoli, (1986). A very good solid copy, internally clean. More
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