Search Results: Titles starting with L from Wykeham Books

Martino Fine Books, Mansfield Centre, undated reprint (c.1998) of 1920 first edition. Reprint "strictly limited to 100 copies". Cloth, 8vo, . 100, ciii., lxvii, xxvii pp, ills. This important reference work is by far the most comprehensive bibliography of Swiss engravings and illustrated books printed from 1730 to 1830. Institutional owner's stamp on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Near Fine.

Christie's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 2nd November, 1994. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 248 pp, plates (including several in colour). 371 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: the first edition in German of Historia Alexandri Magni 1473; Antoninus Florentinus's Summa theologica 1477-79; A tall copy of Balbus's Catholicon, ca. 1475, in a contemporary Augsburg binding; An illuminated copy of the ninth German Bible, 1483; The first edition of Jacobus de Theramo's Belial, 1472, and Knoblochtzer's edition of the German text, 1478; Schönsperger's 1498 edition of Plenarium, with contemporary hand-colouring, in an Augsburg binding; A finely coloured copy of the Grüninger Virgil, 1502; A Strassburg illustrated edition of Steinhöwel's translation of Boccaccio's Decameron, 1535; And other illustrated German translations of classical and Renaissance texts; A fine Renaissance binding by Joachim Linck for Joachim, Duke of… Read More

Christie's, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 2nd November, 1994. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 248 pp, plates (including several in colour). 371 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: the first edition in German of Historia Alexandri Magni 1473; Antoninus Florentinus's Summa theologica 1477-79; A tall copy of Balbus's Catholicon, ca. 1475, in a contemporary Augsburg binding; An illuminated copy of the ninth German Bible, 1483; The first edition of Jacobus de Theramo's Belial, 1472, and Knoblochtzer's edition of the German text, 1478; Schönsperger's 1498 edition of Plenarium, with contemporary hand-colouring, in an Augsburg binding; A finely coloured copy of the Grüninger Virgil, 1502; A Strassburg illustrated edition of Steinhöwel's translation of Boccaccio's Decameron, 1535; And other illustrated German translations of classical and Renaissance texts; A fine Renaissance binding by Joachim Linck for Joachim, Duke of… Read More

Vromant & Co., Bruxelles, / Bernard Quaritch, London, first edition, 1913. Unbound in cloth-backed printed portfolio boards as issued, small 4to, 21 cm,. 14, pp text, 26 leaves of plates. Les miniatures que nous publions illustrent le texte du roman de la Belle Hélène de Constantinople. Il existait, dès la fin du XIIe siècle, un récit en vers sous ce titre et connu sous le nom de son auteur Alexandre de Bernay. Philippe le Bon le fit rajeunir en français du XVe siècle; Jean Wauquelin exécuta ce travail en 1448. Paper spine-label a little worn, boards a little darkened, otherwise Good.

Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites, [Paris,], first edition, 1966. Cloth, gilt cover-title, square 4to, 27 x 29 cm,. 41, [6] pp plus 84 ills (chiefly colour). Very Good in a dustwrapper with old tape-repairs (mainly to the inner face, but one to the exterior spine-panel), in a Very Good slipcase.

Pierre Berès, Paris, bookseller's catalogue, 1993. Plain wrappers, small 4to,. unpaginated (approximately 72 pp), extensively illustrated. 100 items. Near Fine in dustwrapper.

Somogy Musée Condé, Paris Chantilly, first edition, 2001. Laminated illustrated wrappers with flaps, 8vo, 24 cm,. 92, [4] pp ; colour ills. 21 entries. Price-sticker on rear wrapper, otherwise Near Fine.

Inter-Livres, [Paris], 2001 reprint. Illustrated laminated wrappers, folio,. various paginations, ills. Reproduces text and plates extracted from Briasson's Paris edition of the : "Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers", 1751-1780, on the subjects of printing and bookbinding. Wrappers slightly darkened, otherwise Very Good.

Bibliotheque des Curieux, Paris, new edition, 1919. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 415 pp. 930 entries. A complete catalogue, mainly the work of the last-named author, Perceau, of the Enfer collection in the Paris Bibliotheque Nationale, containing 930 articles, with full bibliographical details and useful and copious background information on some of the publications described. Occasionally very detailed synopses are provided… the critical comments are well-informed and reliable. The Enfer, as may be expected, consists mostly of French books, and is particularly rich in French erotic poetry of all periods. An invaluable book." - Deakin. Copy No. 399. Hinges torn (front: 1 inch at top and lower half; rear: slightly less at top and lower third); backstrip rather worn, pages age-toned, most heavily at edges.

Arts et Métiers graphiques, Paris, first edition, 1959. Cloth, blue-and-gilt cover title, 4to, 31 cm,. 271 pp, 94 mounted colour ills. . From the blurb: "pour le témoignage historique qu'elles offrent, [cette volume] se limite aussi aux époques romane et gothique, celles de la formation et de la maturité picturales françaises, entre la fin du Xe et le début du xvie siècle : remonter plus haut dans le temps obligeait à passer en revue l'ensemble de la peinture occidentale, que de larges courants parcouraient toute, débordant les frontières de la France actuelle. Ruinée par les destructions et les luttes qui marquent la chute de la dynastie carolingienne, la peinture renait en France grâce aux apports voisins branchés sur les souvenirs précarolingiens et carolingiens : ceux d'Angleterre, des pays mosans, de l'Allemagne des Ottons, des riverains de la Méditerranée… Read More

Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, first edition, 1929. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 25 cm,. 139 pp, ills, plates, maps. Extrait du Bulletin de la Section de geographie du Comite des travaux historiques et scientifiques, 1928. Wrappers a little worn, and torn along most of rear hinge.

Librairie Baumgãrtner, Leipzig, first edition, 1915. Portfolio,. 43 pp, 60 colour plates tipped-in on heavy paper .printed with letterpress captions and descriptions, loose in portfolio. Each plate illustrates a number of objects or aspects of decoration. Sections include L'Ornement Préhistorique; L'Ornement Egyptien; Le Peinture Egyptienne; L'Ornement Babylo-Assyrien.. Phenicien.. Perse.. Egéen, La Ceramique Egéenne; La Peinture Murale Egéenne; L'Ornement Grec and many more. A further two portfolios in the series were to follow: 2 Le Moyen-Âgeand 3 Temps Moderne. Portfolio heavily soiled and marked, neatly rebacked in imitation leather, contents near Very Good.

Belin, Paris, first edition, 1981. Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 23 cm,. 286 pp, [4] pp of plates.. Contents: Preface, par Jacques Prévot; Didactique analytique; Abrégé de physique; La Grande Didactique; L'école de l'enfance; Esquisse d'une école pansophique; La Porte ouverte des langues; Le Monde sensible illustré; La Consultation universelle sur la réforme des Affaires humaines; La Pampédie; La Panorthosie; L'actualité de Jan Amos Coménius, parJan Piaget; Bibliographie. A Presentation Copy from the publisher, signed and inscribed on the half-title. Near Very Good.

Office du Livre, Fribourg, first edition in French, 1982. Cloth, 4to, 30 cm,. 304 pp, 211 ills (of which 60 are in colour), with a further 50 ills in the catalogue. Catalogue describes 150 items. Originally published as Romanesque Bible illumination: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. From the blurb: " L'enluminure de la Bible constitue un chapitre essentiel de l'histoire de Part médiéval. Dans cet ouvrage, Walter Cahn, professeur d'histoire de l'art à l'Université de Yale, présente la première étude d'ensemble et dégage les grandes lignes de l'évolution, des premières bibles paléochrétiennes jusqu'aux ouvrages du début du XIIIe siècle. L'étude des bibles romanes ne peut être entreprise sans une connaissance préalable de ses antécédents. C'est pourquoi, les premiers chapitres sont consacrés à l'histoire… Read More

La Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile, Cremona, first edition, 2004. Cloth, large 4to, 31 cm,. 200 pp, 150 colour ills. From the publisher's description: "Il volume, curato dal nostro Direttore Don Andrea Foglia, offre un'accurata storia delle vicende della Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile di Cremona, le sue origini, gli spostamenti, I fondi storici e I lasciti, l'organizzazione, I vari allestimenti, giungendo ai nostri giorni con la ricollocazione nell'ala est del Seminario. La seconda parte del volume presenta le edizioni più pregiate e particolari del fondo antico della Biblioteca; sono presentate le schede di incunaboli, cinquecentine, seicentine, edizioni del settecento, le preziose legature antiche, disegni e documenti. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper to the bibliophile A R A Hobson, with Hobson's note of the Seminary's address below. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.

Presso la R. Deputazione di Storia Patria per la Lombardia Sezione di Cremona, Cremona, first edition, 1946. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. xvi, 240 pp, 5 plates. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper, light foxing to endpapers and one or two leaves, otherwise Good.

Pierre Bergé & associés in association with Sotheby's,, Paris, auction catalogue for the sale held on 28th June 2017. Printed boards. 4to, 32 cm,. unpaginated, [336] pp, colour ills.. Lots 565-824. From the publisher's description: "Cette troisième vacation s'ouvre par un choix de partitions et livrets qui va de Purcell à Wagner (avec ses Meistersinger annotés) en passant par Bach, Beethoven, Haydn ou Debussy, et trouve un prolongement idéal dans la deuxième partie consacrée à la poésie : Dante, Villon, les Amours de Ronsard, Le Tasse, Pétrarque, mais aussi Apollinaire, Mallarmé, Reverdy, les surréalistes..". Contents: Part I. Musiciens de Roland de Lassus a` Igor Stravinsky. Part II. Poètes de Dante Alighieri a` Henri Michaux. Near Fine, minor bump to head of spine.

Leo S. Olschki, Firenze, first edition, 1961. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 169, xi pp, ills. Contents: La storia del monumento; Il patrimonio librario; I codici corali. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front inside wrapper. A Very Good unopened copy.

Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, 2005 reprint of 1924 second edition. Cloth, 8vo, . lix, [1], 718 pp. Over 6,000 entries. From the publisher's description: "Edouard Rahir (1862-1924) was a well-known antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, and publisher in Paris (for a time the publisher for the Societe des Bibliophiles Francois). He had a long-standing business relationship with Quaritch in London and was the author of La Bibliotheque de l'amateur (1909 & 1924), a guide to book collecting, along with many catalogues, etc. .. " This bibliography covers some 6000 rare and collectible books and remains useful. As New.

Motteroz, Paris, first edition, 1882. Limited edition of 480 copies. Modern cloth, with original wrappers retained, small 8vo,. 172, [3] pp. Copy No. 121. Rebound in modern cloth (1960s?) with gilt spine-title and "R.A.C. Fencing Room" on front cover. Inscription on front free endpaper. Original limp vellum wrappers retained. Good, with some pencil annotations and some light foxing.