1937. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1937. Folio, [2], xxi, [2] pp., single leaf inserted, printed in red, blue, gold and black. Original quarter cloth, paper boards printed to look like cloth, label affixed to backstrip. Minor foxing to paper boards, corners bumped, internally bright; very good. §..... More
1743. Germantown [Pennsylvania]: Cristoph Haur, 1743. Single leaf 7 x 9 1/2”, printed in black and red gothic letter. Some damp stains and foxing; good. § Title leaf from the first U.S. printing of Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible, completely in German. More
![A leaf from...] The Holy Bible: Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated. Bible](/pictures/thumb/108231.jpg?v=1586562785)
1613. London: Robert Barker, 1613. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11”, printed on both recto and verso in two columns, with woodcut initials. Mounted; very good. § From the second edition, with 72 lines as opposed to 52 for the first edition. “John: 11:1, Christ raiseth Lazarus...” One of the..... More
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1611. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Single leaf 15 1/2 x 11”, printed on both recto and verso in two columns, with woodcut initials. Foxing to outer margins, top-edge has some tears and curling; good. § From either the first or second state of the first edition. Ecclesiasticus: 27:1-30, 28: 1-26..... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has..... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has..... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has..... More
1780. London: Harrison and co., [1780-81]. Single plate, 10 x 7.5 ins. A little browned around the edges, very good. § First edition thus, issued originally in parts and perhaps thus of great rarity. The last copy to change hands was in 1993 when Essick bought his copy; he has..... More
1957. London: Trianon Press, 1957. Folio, with 9 color plates and 156 illustrations. Original quarter morocco, a superb copy virtually mint, preserved in a quarter blue morocco box lettered in gilt § Limited to 460 copies, this is #219. A very scarce book in good let alone fine condition as..... More
1945. London: Puffin Picture Books, [1945?] Oblong 8vo, 32 pages including wrappers. 8 double-page original color lithographs, b/w illustrations. §. More
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1967. New York: George Braziller, 1967. Large heavy folio, 478 pp., including 54 color plates. Original quarter-vellum over red cloth boards, in fine condition in slightly worn publisher's slipcase. § Limited to 1000 copies, this copy with the separate pamphlet of commentary often missing. “This complete facsimile of the..... More
1450. Dutch school: c. 1450 or later. Single leaf, 138 x 98mm. Miniature, without text, image of Christ before Caiaphas being held by a soldier with a jester dancing behind Him, disciples (?) behind Him with a cock sitting above the, three-sided border of simple flowers. In good condition. §..... More
1430. Britanny: c. 1430. 7.8” x 5.6”. Illuminated leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours with two large miniatures of St. Nicholas blessing the three children in the pickling tub, and of St. Sebastian tied to a pillar in a mountainous landscape while two archers shoot arrows at him..... More
1430. Northern France or Flanders: ca. 1430. Single leaf, 7.5” x 5.75”. Text from the opening of Terce. Beautifully embellished and illuminated manuscript on vellum, with a miniature painting of the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Right border just slightly trimmed, border with a hint of soiling, otherwise in fine condition..... More
1260. Rhineland (or possibly Flanders or England): c. 1260-1280. Single leaf, 177 x 131mm. 20 lines of text in gothic script., 4-line historiated initial of a knight in armor, 4 initials in gold, gold highlighting in text. Small drawing of a dragon in red ink, drawing of a bird in..... More
1475. French (probably Paris): c. 1475. Single leaf on vellum, 4 x 3 1/4 ins. with good margins. 20 lines written in black/brown ink, simple floriate border heightened in gold on both sides. § A sweet little leaf from the end of the Mass for the dead. More
1966. Paris: The Trianon Press, 1966. 80 leaves. Large, unbound folio in stiff, glassine covered wrappers, housed in large, vellum box, stamped with gilt lettering on front, back, and spine, with double clasp closure, but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of..... More
1810. Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell, St. James’s-Street, Bath; and Sold by Cadell and Davies, Strand, Hatchard, Piccadilly, London; and S. Cheyne, Edinburgh, 1810. 2 vols., 8vo, xv, 208, (1); xii, 274, (1)pp. With a portrait frontispiece in "Fragments". Original tree calf, backstrips stamped in gilt, slightest wear but a...... More
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1839. [London]: Printed and Published by J. Fairburn, Featherstone, Street City Road [and] Published Oct[obe]r 1st, 1839 by J. Fairburn, 110 Minories. Two handcoloured prints, each bordering calligraphed bible verses, name and date. The first (384 x 486 mm) shows “Paul Preaching at Athens”, six smaller scenes from the Book..... More
