New York: Prestel, 1995. Catalog for exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Pierpont Morgan Library. Illustrated throughout in color. 272pp. Short 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. (New York: Prestel, 1995). A near fine copy. With contributions by Jonathan J.G. Alexander, Lilian Armstrong, Giordana Mariani Canova, Federica Toniolo, William M. Voelkle, and Roger S. Wieck. More
Torrance: Oakwood, 1993. Illuminations by Vladislav Andrejev, English calligraphy by Sue Talley. 103pp., thin folio, red cloth with gilt lettering and small color illustration inlaid on front cover, a.e.g. Torrance: Oakwood Publications, (1993). A near fine copy. More
Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1987. Illustrated. 83pp., thin 4to, pictorial wrappers. Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1987. A fine copy. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 402 illustrations, including 23 mounted color plates. 459 pages. Short thick 4to, red cloth with black spine label, d.w. London: Faber & Faber, (1969). Second edition. A fine 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
Milan: Arte e Numismatica, 1980. Color illustrations. Slim 4to, stiff pictorial black wrappers. Milano: Instituto di Storia Arte e Numismatica, n.d. ca. 1980. First Edition. Scarce. 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
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
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
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
New York: Abrams, 1965. Illustrated with 50 mounted color plates. 216pp. 4to, blue cloth with white buckram spine (edgeworn and boards abit splotchy; spine quite sun-darkened). New York: Harry Abrams, (1965). First American edition. A very good(-) copy, internally clean. More
New York: Abrams, 1965. Illustrated with 50 mounted color plates. 216pp. 4to, blue cloth with white buckram spine (binding lightly shelfworn; spine sun-darkened at tips), d.w. very worn and torn. New York: Harry Abrams, (1965). First American edition. A very good(+) copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
Paris: Editions Fernand Nathan, 1986. In French. Illustrated (color). 215 pages. Square 4to, back cloth, dust wrapper. Paris: Editions Fernand Nathan, 1986. A fine copy in near fine 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
Munich: Riehn & Reusch, 1922. With a 28pp foreword and introduction by Georg Leidinger. Illustrated with 58 beautifully printed color plates, accented in gilt and protected with tissue. Folio, bound in full vellum (intentionally aged to simulate a more ancient volume). Munchen: Riehn & Reusch, 1922. Limited edition of 150 copies, this one without a number. Covers slightly bowed, otherwise a fine copy, internally spotless. Contains Durer's imaginative marginal drawings from the Prayer Book of Maximilian I (dated 1515), later..... More
Geneva: Skira, 1957. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Illustrated with 101 mounted plates, 98 color. 241pp. Square 4to, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn and torn. (Geneva: Skira, 1957). First edition. A very good (+) copy in a poor dust wrapper. The Great Centuries of Painting. Survey of mosaics, mural painting and book illumination. More
London: Day & Son. 12 leaves including title page, 11 exquisitely hand colored illustrations with decorative illuminated borders. Slim folio, blind stamped and gilt titled blue cloth, beveled edges, a.e.g. London: Day & Son, no date, ca. 1866. Very good (+). Scarce. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. Illustrated (color). 192 pages. Tall 4to., cloth backed boards, lightly edge-worn wrapper. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. A near fine copy in a very good wrapper. More
1955. Profusely illus. with b/w illus., 4to, original printed wrappers (cover lightly toned & edgeworn). Mass., 1955. More
Bern: Roto-Sadag. 26 color plates reproducing pages from medieval illuminated manuscripts; other illustrations. Folio, pictorial cloth; spine ends frayed. Bern, (ca. 1941). Brilliantly produced history of Switzerland. More
New York: George Sas at The Marble Hill Press, 1968. 2 reproductions of 15th century woodcuts. 2 pages of text followed by 5 pages of charts, thin 4to, printed wrappers, string tied. New York: George Sas at The Marble Hill Press, (1968). A fine copy. One of 100 copies privately printed from hand-set Jessen types on Strathmore papers. More
Leipzig. 51pp. of color facsimiles, several text illustrations. Thin folio, original blue cloth, spine worn at head and tail, corners bumped. Leipzig, (ca 1882). Very good (+). Number 254 of 400 numbered copies on Buttenpapier, signed by the author. Vol. I of the series Albrecht Durer's Federzeichnungen und Holzschnittwerk, containing the fine imaginative marginal drawings in the Prayer-Book of Maximilian I (1515). The Prayer Book exemplifies Durer's "decorative" style, and his 45 drawings in colored ink were later augmented by..... More
New York: Braziller, 1971. Introduction and legends by Marcel Thomas. With 110 full page color plates, and 22 black & white illustrations. Folio, gilt-stamped crimson cloth, d.w. New York: Braziller, (1971). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Abrams, 1994. With 296 illustrations, including 120 in full color; bibliography and index. 394 pages. Thick heavy 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams & Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1994). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
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