Books about books

Catalogue presenting fifty Italian and Spanish illuminated manuscripts dating from the 13th to the 18th century. Includes scholarly descriptions and reproductions of manuscript pages from the Bibermühle collection.

German edition of a compendium of unusual and curious books from literary history. Presents rare, bizarre, and historically notable publications with illustrations.

Facsimile edition of the 14th-century manuscript of the Golden Bull of 1356 associated with King Wenceslas. Includes historical commentary on the constitutional document of the Holy Roman Empire.

Two-volume edition. Scholarly study of the Kiev Psalter of 1397, a significant East Slavic illuminated manuscript, with analysis of iconography and historical context.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 17. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 16. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 15. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 13. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 11. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 10. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 9. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 8/1 & 8/2. Facsimile edition. ISBN 3201016993 & 3201017256.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 7. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 6. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 2. Facsimile edition.

Glanzlichter der Buchkunst, Band 1. Facsimile edition of the medieval Goslar Gospel, preserved in the Goslar town library.

Codices e Vaticanis Selecti, vol. LXXII. Facsimile edition of the illuminated Flemish manuscript from around 1500, preserved in the Vatican Library. Limited edition of 2900 copies, of which 1000 in German, this is no. 439.

Published in the series 'Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts, 1'. Complete colour facsimile of the fifteenth-century Rosarium manuscript (MS Western 99) in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, with scholarly commentary volume. Limited edition of 2350 copies, of which 1000 English copies. THis is no. 3.

Codices Selecti, LVII*. Facsimile reproduction of the richly illuminated prayer book of Emperor Charles V from the Vienna Codex 1859.

Facsimile reproduction of the illuminated Book of Hours Vatican Ross. 94, preserved in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition in the Dommuseum Frankfurt. Explores illuminated manuscripts, trade, and cultural exchange in Renaissance Frankfurt, with essays on art, craftsmanship, and book culture.

Catalogue accompanying the exhibition "Berthold Furtmeyr. Meisterwerke der Buchmalerei und die Regensburger Kunst in Spätgotik und Renaissance" held in Regensburg 2010–2011. Scholarly essays and color reproductions of illuminated manuscripts and panel paintings.

Codices Illuminati 3. I Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Reihe A. Die Handschriften-, Autographen- und Nachlass-Sammlung Band 2.

Overview of illuminated Bibles from Late Antiquity to the early modern period, with high-quality reproductions and concise commentary.

German edition of 'Typographic Firsts'. Explores twelve key innovations in early printing history, from movable type to title pages and illustrated books. Richly illustrated with historical examples.

Facsimile edition of the illuminated Nekcsei Bible, produced from the original kept at the Library of Congress. With introduction and study on the manuscript’s history and artistic context by Dercsényi, Wehli, and Levárdy.

Catalogue of the Armenian illuminated manuscripts held in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Catalogue of selected early printed books from the incunabula and Renaissance period, issued by Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat. Includes bibliographical descriptions and colour illustrations.

A publishing phenomenon began in Glasgow in 1765. Uniform pocket editions of the English Poets printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis formed the first link in a chain of literary products that has grown ever since, as we see from series like Penguin Classics and Oxford World Classics. Bonnell explores the origins of this phenomenon, analysing more than a dozen multi-volume poetry collections that sprang from the British press over the next half century. Why such collections flourished so quickly, who published them, what forms they assumed, how they were marketed and advertised, how they initiated their readers into the rites of mass-market consumerism, and what role they played in the construction of a national literature are all questions central to the study. The collections played out against an epic battle over copyright law, and involved fierce contention for market share in the 'classics' among rival publishers. It brought despair to the most powerful of London printers, William Strahan, who prophesied that competition of this nature would ruin bookselling, turning it into 'the most pitiful, beggarly, precarious, unprofitable, and disreputable Trade in Britain'. Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets were part of such a collection, dubbed 'Johnson's Poets'. The third edition of this collection, published in 1810, brought the national project to its high water mark it contained 129 poets, plus extensive translations from the Greek and Roman classics. By this point, all the features that characterize modern series of vernacular classics had been established, and never since has such an ambitious expression of the poetic canon been repeated, as Bonnell shows by peering forward into the nineteenth century and beyond. Based on work with archival materials, newspapers, handbills, prospectuses, and above all the books themselves, Bonnell's findings shed light on all aspects of the book trade. Valuable bibliographical data is presented regarding every collection, forming an indispensable resource for future work on the history of the English poetry canon.

"An entirely new kind of biography, Oscar's Books explores the personality of Oscar Wilde through his reading. It argues that reading exercised a formative influence on Wilde's character and was the inspiration for his own writings. Oscar's Books tells the story of Wilde's 'long and lovely' life in a way that is fresh and engaging, from his childhood in Dublin, where he was nurtured on Celtic myth, Romantic poetry and Irish folklore; through his undergraduate years, in which he built his intellect out of books; to prison, where the Governor supplied him with literature which saved his sanity; to his final years in Paris where he consoled himself with old favourites such as Flaubert and Balzac. For Wilde, as for many people, reading could be as powerful and transformative an experience as falling in love. He referred to the volumes that radically altered his vision of the world as his 'golden books'; he gave books as gifts - often as part of his seduction campaigns of young men; and sometimes he literally ate books, tearing off corners of paper and chewing them as he read. Wilde's beloved book collection was sold at the time of his trial to pay creditors and legal costs.Thomas Wright, in the course of his intensive researches, has hunted down many of the missing volumes which contain revealing markings and personal annotations, never previously been examined. An unfamiliar Wilde emerges from this book, which draws on unpublished and little known material, yet wears its scholarship lightly. Readers of the 21st century will be enchanted by Oscar's Books."

Ernest J. Wessen was one of the legendary rare bookmen of the mid-twentieth century, and his letters, like his famous catalogs, Midland Notes, are a treasure of Americana. Wessen's anecdotes of the chase, his wry comments upon collectors and fellow dealers (and, indeed, the world at large), his alternating moods of genial tolerance and peppery impatience with the scouts who brought him books and pamphlets ... all combine to give a wonderfully informative, useful, and fascinating compendium of rare book lore - just as the title promises. Wessen's important role in building the famous Streeter collection is richly documented in the scores of his letters to Streeter that occupy a central place in this fascinating anthology of a man who was not only a great and inspired bookman, but an extraordinary human being. As Yeatman Anderson III, Archivist for the Cincinnati Public Library in Wessen's day, wrote u201cA study of Wessen's letters would provide the best course in Americana anyone could ask for.u201d Matthews has edited the text, written the introduction, and supplied footnotes for this bountiful compilation of letters that are historically and bibliographically informative, wonderfully insightful, and filled with lively tales of bookish adventure.

ISBN: Oak Knoll, 9781584562702 Hes & de Graaf, 9789061942504

11 contributions in Dutch, 4 in French and 1 in German

De eerste beschrijving in de Nederlandse taal van de techniek van het boekbinden in een manuscript uit 1658. In 1977 verscheen van het boekje een facsimile. De boekwetenschappers Koert van der Horst en Clemens de Wolf schreven hier een inleiding bij; tevens maakten zij een transcriptie van de handgeschreven tekst en vervolgens een parafrase. De inleiding en de parafrase werden ook vertaald in het Engels. Dit alles werd uitgegeven door Nico Israël te Amsterdam. Nu is er een geheel nieuwe uitgave verschenen. De beide auteurs hebben de tekst herzien en vermeerderd. De tekst van de Nederlandse en Engelse Inleiding is bijna drie maal zo groot. Naast de facsimile worden tegelijk de transcriptie en de Nederlandse en Engelse parafrase afgedrukt. Het boekje is interessant voor zowel boekbinders en boekhistorici, als voor andere boekliefhebbers. De oplage van het boek is 500 exemplaren en een deel werd verkocht in de vorm van losse katernen, bestemd voor boekbinders en bibliofielen om zelf te (laten) binden naar eigen wens en smaak.

The late-nineteenth century in Europe was a period of profound political, social, and technological change. One result of these changes was the rise in France of an upper-bourgeois bohemian class. Many of its members stimulated interest in unique forms of artistic expression such as illustrated books. On account of their influence, an atmosphere of intense bibliophilic activity came to define French culture at the turn of the century. The New Bibliopolis explores the role of amateurs in promoting the book arts in France during this period. Drawing on extensive original research, Willa Z. Silverman looks at the ways in which book collectors supported print culture. She shows how, through the admiration demonstrated by collectors for this medium, print came to be a crucial part of popular conceptions of aesthetics. As collectors, publishers, authors, designers, and directors of bibliophile societies, reviews, and small presses, these book lovers became passionate and prolific interlocutors of the printed word in a uniquely artistic epoch. Silverman analyzes subjects as diverse as the relationship between book collecting and aesthetic and cultural currents such as Symbolism; the gendered nature of book collecting; the increased collaboration between authors and illustrators; and the marketing of fine books at international exhibits. The New Bibliopolis is an important contribution to the study of book history, French sociocultural history, and fine and decorative arts.

Reprint of a 1951 (World Publishing Company) collection of articles, poems, essays, and excerpts on the subject of book making. The forty-two contributions range from observations on the story of the alphabet to the pleasures and duties of the amateur printer, and have a great deal to say to the admirer of beautiful books and to the student of typography.

The work of G. D. Hobson on the history of bookbinding, in particular English medieval and Renaissance bindings, is well known. His studies on Romanesque English bookbinding marked a pioneer effort to trace the development of the art of binding in early medieval England, and remain the fundamental introduction to the subject. Similarly, his celebrated study of blind-stamped panels in the English Renaissance book-trade has become a classic. The author's interests also extended to French bindings, and his work on Parisian bookbinding in the first quarter of the sixteenth century is of great importance; it is reprinted here with a number of his other studies on Grolier bindings. The collection of these articles in one volume, with an introduction by A.R.A. Hobson, represents not only a valuable introduction to the work of one of the major authorities on English bookbinding, but also a compendium of some of the most outstanding contributions to the subject.