Book Exhibitions from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

BNF, 1999 4to (30.5 cm), 247, [1] pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Reliures royales de la Renaissance : la librairie de Fontainebleau, 1544-1570" (Royal Bindings of the Renaissance: The Library of Fontainebleau, 1544-1570), held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France from March 26 to June 27, 1999. The catalogue… Read more about this item

Vilnius: Magi Raštai, 2002 4to (25.5 cm), 224 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. In Lithuanian, Polish, and English. This publication features maps and documents from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, sourced from the collections of Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010), a Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector, and bibliophile. He assembled one of the world's largest private cartographic collections.

Warsaw: Biblioteka Narodowa, 2019 8vo (23 cm), 320 pp. Printed wrappers, "The title - The First/The Oldest - refers to twelve jewels of medieval culture in Poland. Some of them are small and inconspicu­ous - they consist of just a couple of pages, handwritten in a script of varying quality. Others signalize their worth already through the luxurious form.… Read more about this item

John Rylands University Library, 2008 Oblong 4to (23.5 x 28.5 cm), XII, 212 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, illustration tipped in front board, cloth slip-case (slip-case slightly dusted and rubbed at extremities). A catalogue of an exhibition held at the John Rylands Library 4 June -- 18 October 2008. Prefatory materials "About miniature designer bindings" by Patricia Juvelis and… Read more about this item

Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001 8vo (24 cm), 102 pp. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wea). Catalogue of the exhibition Der Frühdruck im Orient: Juden, Christen und Muslime, held at the Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, March 25-April 12, 2001. Preface by Klaus Kreiser, introductory materials on Jewish printing and publishing in the Ottoman cities of Constantinople and Saloniki by Ittai Jpseph Tamari; The Christians of… Read more about this item

Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 2010 Tall 4to (28 x 15 cm), 102 pp. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wear, collector's blind stamp bottom of title). Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto on 12 October 2010 - 13 January 2011. 108 entries. An introduction about history of Ukraine, sections on geography, peoples of… Read more about this item

Brussels, 1962 8vo (25 cm), XVI, 112 pp, 66 plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly stained, date written verso of the front cover). Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Library of Belgium from May 5th to July 8th, 1962, featuring 159 entries.

BNF, 2015 8vo (24 cm), 271, [1] pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. The catalogue of the exhibition held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on 24 March - 21 June 2015. Deploying an iconography of extraordinary richness, the remarkable work published on the occasion of the five hundred years of the advent of François I shows in a new light… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg : Hermitage Museum, 2002 4to (27.5 cm), 167, [1] pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. In Russian. Catalogue of the exhibition of books from the Scientific Library of the Hermitage Museum held in St. Petersburg on 17 December 2002 - 2 March 2003. An introduction by O. G. Zimina, T. B. Semenova, D. A. Nikitin. Divided into 3 sections.… Read more about this item

Warsaw: Bibljoteka Narodowa, 1933 8vo (24 cm), 156 pp, 25 plates. Printed wrappers (wrappers frayed at extremities, small parts of papers missing, collector's blind stamps bottom of half-title and title). Text in French and Polish. Catalogue of the exhibition of historical collections of the National Library of Poland. Included sections on Polish historiography, cartography, literature, illuminated manuscripts and drawings. … Read more about this item

Bruxelles & Amsterdam: Bibliothèque Royale, 1959 4to (25.5 cm), 206 pp, 6 plates in color and 64 half-tone plates. Printed wrappers (minor shelf-wear). Catalogue of the exhibition organized on the occasion of 400th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Library of Philippe II in Brussels. An introduction by L. M. J. Delaissé (conservateur-adjoint au Cabinet des Manuscrits). Catalogue 271… Read more about this item

BNF, 2002 4to (31 cm), 304 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France on 29 April - 26 July, 1998. 243 entries, a part of the collection of the Réserve des livres rares et précieux, now preserved in Tolbiac and includes 200,000 works. This choice offers almost a quarter of… Read more about this item

Padova: Il Poligrafo, 2000 4to (30 cm), 176 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Biblioteca Marciana 27 May - 29 July 2000. The catalogue preceded by 10 studies of various aspects of book publishing in Venice: Marino Zorzi, Il libro religioso nella storia della della stampa veneziana; Giuliano Tamani, Edizioni ebraiche veneziane dei secoli… Read more about this item

City of Mainz, 2000 4to (28.5 cm), 228 pp. Publisher's laminated boards (minor shelf-wear, bookplate tipped in front pastown, blind collector's stamp on title). Abridged version of the catalogue of the exhibition staged by the City of Mainz on the occasion of the sixth century of the birth of Johannes Gutenberg, April 14 - October 3, 2000.

The Morgan Library & Museum, 2021 4to (28.5 cm), 216 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum October 15, 2021 - January,23, 2023. "The catalogue presents a fascinating history of illuminated manuscripts within the Holy Roman Empire. Focusing on production and patronage, this new volume features over 150 images of… Read more about this item

Princeton Architectural Press, 2004 8vo (23.5 cm), 120 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding slightly rubbed, bookplate tipped in front pastdown, collector's blind stamp on title). Published on the occasion of the exhibition jointly organized by the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet and The New York Public Library Fabruary 27-June 12, 2004. Art Deco designs of Pierre Legrain and Rose Aldler transformed bookbinding… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1966 8vo (21.5 cm), [4], 52 pp, 32 plates. Printed wrappers. 120 illuminated manuscripts from the Fitzwilliam Museum collection described in detail.

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1983 4to (30.5 cm), XIV, 210 pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth gilt, gilt-lettered cloth slip-case with tipped in illustration (minor shelf-wear). The British Library is one of the great collection of manuscript illumination. This selection focuses on a single period in the history of manuscript illumination, 1450 to 1500, and its three major schools: Flemish (an… Read more about this item

Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1955 8vo (20.5 cm), XX, 192 pp, 4 plates in color, 40 plates in b&w. Printed wrappers (edges, first and last leaves slightly foxed, pencil marks inside). Preface by André Malraux and an introduction by Julien Cain set the stage for the Catalogue of the second part of the exhibition of illuminated manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale… Read more about this item

The John Crerar Library, 1978 4to (27.5 cm), unpaginated. Printed wrappers. 95 entries.