Stuttgart: Belser, 1984. Over 100 colorful illustrations embellished with gold; decorated initial letters throughout. 8vo, full brown leather, elaborately decorated in blind-stamp; raised bands & papal seal on spine. (Stuttgart: Belser, 1984). Limited Edition. Beautiful facsimile of a 13th century bible,translated by St. Jerome, in the Vatican Library (Codex Vaticanus Latinus 39). Signed by the Prefect of the Bibliteca Apostolica Vaticana, this is an edition of 600 copies, but this one is marked "Sample not for sale." Housed in a...... More

Paris: Tournon, 1961. 10 color plates and 88 in black & white. Small slim 4to, original stiff printed buff wrappers. (Paris: Tournon), 1961. First Edition. Very good (+). Limited to one of 1025 copies. With the small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More

New York: Abrams, 2007. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. 215 pages with gilt edges. 4to, pictorial boards, dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (2007). Gilt scratched at fore-edge, else a near fine copy. More

Augsburg: Johann Praetorius, 1658. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 2.5" x 4.25". Nice early map of Swizterland, showing Basel, Bern, Lake Geneva, part of Burgundy, Grenoble and Lion. North is oriented at the left side of the page. Published in the world atlas section of "Historiae universalis auctarium". Latin text on back, headed by "Hibernia". Page marked "XX" and "g5". Minor stain on left half, overall wear. More

Montclair: Montclair Art Museum, 1982. Color illustrations. Slim 4to, stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. Montclair: Montclair Art Museum, (1982). Very good (+). 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

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: Samuel Gaston, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 6" x 5 1/2" This map shows the state of Missouri in the middle of the 19th century. Published in 1857, it belongs to a period of rapid population growth in the state. The map's hand-colored counties and district divisions show how developed the state was becoming. The index includes towns, rivers, and both existing and proposed railroads. The map appeared in Colby's "Diamond Atlas" and is..... More

New York: Samuel Gaston, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 5.5 x 6.5". This map shows the state of South Carolina in the middle of the 19th century. Published in 1857, it predates by only three years the state's declaration of its secession from the Union in 1860, the unofficial start of the Civil War. The state's counties are hand-colored, and cities, rivers, and railroads are all labeled. An inset in the lower left shows the Charleston..... More

London: V&A, 1998. Illustrated throughout. Slim 4to. 128 pages, black boards, d.w. London: V&A Publications, (1998). Near fine. More

Paris: 1914. 11 pages, original gray printed wrappers (lightly soiled), stitched. Paris: 1914. First Edition. Scarce. Boldly inscribed by the author in pencil on the fly-leaf. More

Paris: Desnos, 1789. Miniature atlas. 32 double-page hand-colored maps throughout, engraved title, 2pp. catalogue of contents and 1789 calendar at end of book, 24mo, full contemporary red levant, gilt-decorated spine with black leather label; corners lightly bumped, some light foxing in margins). Paris: Desnos, 1789. Very good (+). More

Paris: Pierre Duval, 1676. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 5" x 4", page measures 6 1/4" x 5 3/4" Intricate miniature map depicts the Maldives, a double chain of coral atolls situated in the Arabian Sea. Beautifully depicted, a dozen nearly uniform clusters of islands, arranged from the northwest to the southeast corners of the page. The map is in very good condition. Original centerfold. Pierre Duval (1618-1683) was the nephew and apprentice of Nicolas Sanson. His widow Marie..... More