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18258628London. William Pickering. 1825. Brilliantly custom bound in full gilt ruled crushed morocco. Eight superb gilt tooled swimming fish to front and rear covers. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled fish motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Elaborate gilt tooled Turn-ins. Gilt tooled edges all around. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 48mo. 2.25" x 3.5". First Edition Thus. Part of the renowned "Diamond Series" this issue is the smallest complete edition of Walton's classic ever printed. Illustrated with an engraved Frontis and various decorations en texte. Front cover and spine evenly sunned. Abrasion to the blank verso of the front free endsheet. A Fine crisp beautiful copy of Pickering's famous miniature printing. Keynes -94. William Pickering. hardcover
52218London : Henry Frowde Oxford University Press Warehouse Amen Corner E.C. c. 1896 . 2.25" x 1.75" x 0.4". pp. 480 . Crimson straight-grained morocco over thin boards. Top & tail of spine carefully strengthened. Gilt title to front board. All page edges gilt. Original black endpapers. Picture frontis. Clean text throughout. Colophon to verso of the title-page: "Oxford: Horace Hart Printer To The University". London : Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner, E.C. [c. 1896 ] . hardcover
190471377London: Henry Frowde 1904. Oxford India Paper Edition. Leather Bound. 5 cm tall by 3.5 cm wide. Flexible leather wraps with a decoratively embossed metal front cover and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Rose-gilt text block edges. Metal of front cover tarnished. Rear cover bent. Title page adhered to the opposite page along the inside margin partially obscuring a couple of words in the title. With Eight Illustrations. A charming miniature edition of the second in Charles Dickens' series of Christmas books. Dickens' story is an attack on selfishness cowardice and cant. Henry Frowde unknown
188021619Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1880. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. 2-1/2 by 3 inches. 191pp. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine and vignette on upper board. 48 plates. All edges gilt. Gilt and cloth rubbed else a very good copy.<br /> <p><br /> Marbles cricket dolls blowgun reading peep-shows foot-ball gymnastics and a long list of other sports.<br /> <p><br /> Welsh 1401.<br /> <p>. H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover
18281036Oxford: Printed by S. Collingwood and Co. at the Clarendon Press. 1828. 32mo 9 x 5.5cm. Contemporary 'cathedral binding' of full red morocco with embossed gothic architectural decoration to the boards and spine. Owner's name "A. Berriman" in gilt to the upper board and the date "Jan. 1. 1834" to the lower board. A very good copy the binding firm with a little rubbing to the extremities and a small worm hole to foot of the lower joint. The contents with a some cracking to the rear hinge a little scattered foxing and some minor creasing to a few page corners are otherwise in very good order. A charming miniature prayer book in an attractive gothic 'cathedral binding'. Oxford: Printed by S. Collingwood and Co. at the Clarendon Press. hardcover
190011660<p>Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900. INDIA PAPER EDITION. Diamnod 128mo. 2.1 x 1.8 inches. 688pp vi 862pp. Publishers plain burgundy morocco binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Single blind ruled border to both boards. Black coated endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners name and address to both front and rear blank endpapers. A little rubbing to the extremities and the book a little loose in the binding but overall very good.</p> Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900 hardcover
190011661<p>Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900. TWO VOLUMES. INDIA PAPER EDITIONS. Diamond 128mo. 2.2 x 1.8 inches. 688pp vi 862pp. Publishers black morocco bindings with gilt lettering to the spines and front boards. Housed in a black morocco slip-case. Black coated endpapers the front one lacking from Common Prayer and a small area of loss to the top of the front one in Hymns. All edges gilt. Corners rounded. Some rubbing to the extremities of the slip case but the book's bindings are clean and sound with the gilt still lovely and bright</p> Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900 hardcover
002261Oxford University Press: Henry Frowde. Full Leather. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. In blue full leather with gilt cross and title to front cover corners very lightly worn. Spine has title in gilt edges again very lightly worn. Internally nice blue endpapers aeg text block edges in gilt small ink name to front blank little foxing to blank pages 2 3-76 78-599 pp 931 cm. Not dated but 1905. Title continues: And administration of Holy Communion according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; but without The Calendar The Occasional Services and the articles of Religion. 0 <br/> <br/> Henry Frowde hardcover
50078<p>London Eyre & Spottiswoode Bible Warehouse Limited 33 Paternoster Row E.C. Edinburgh & New York 1895. Edition unknown circa 1895 printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd 702 PAGE VERSION miniature book approximately 53 x 45 mm 2¼ x 1¾ inches bound in original publisher's full brown leather rounded corners gilt title to spine sterling silver hallmarked plaque attached to front cover depicting 5 angels' heads in relief surrounded by clouds based on Joshua Reynolds all edges gilt brown endpapers 702 pages including title page. Spine slightly rubbed at head and tail and on lower hinge edges of lower cover very slightly rubbed title page very slightly worn at top and bottom edges a few corner tips creased pages 81-84 reinserted and 83/84 with slight loss to upper margin tiny pale stain to 1 page with loss of a couple of letters all easily legible see images final page and facing endpaper slightly dusty. No inscriptions a very good copy. Reprinted by Eyre & Spottiswoode circa 1903 with 630 pages. Welsh Bibliography of Miniature Books No.1854 702 pages and 1862 630 pages; Bondy Miniature Books pages 131 and 167; Griffiths Bibliography of Book of Common Prayer page 433 lists a 702 page copy dating it circa 1905. The sections omitted from the 630 page edition listed in the title are not quite the same as in the 702 page edition: "but without the calendar occasional services and articles of religion". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, Eyre & Spottiswoode (Bible Warehouse Limited), 33 Paternoster Row, E.C., Edinburgh & New York, (1895). hardcover
49362Cambridge: At the University Press / London: Cambridge University Press Fetter Lane / Edinburgh 190 Princes Street. / William Clowes & Son no date - c. 1910 . Miniature. Diamond 128mo India Paper. pp.730/6pp./pp.vi/pp.861/1p. - Colophon . 5.6cm x 4.7cm x 2.8cm 2.25" x 1.75" x 1.00". Black leather covers. Front cover with gilt initials: "IHS". Spine with gilt title: "Common Prayer - Hymns A & M". All page edges gilt a little rubbed. Black endpapers. Black & white frontis of 'The Shepherd" before Prayer Book title-page. Clean text throughout with just a few creased corners. VG. Cambridge: At the University Press / London: Cambridge University Press Fetter Lane / Edinburgh, 190 Princes Street. / William C hardcover
1904Pa146London: Henry Frowde 1904. Deluxe MINIATURE EDITION . Hardback. Fine. 128mo. 688pp. Frontis. plate. HALL MARKED SILVER PLAQUE ATTACHED TO THE FRONT COVER. Hall-Marked CBP Charles Penny Brown Birmingham 1908. Black leather with gilt titles to the spine. A scarce item especially in this condition. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> Henry Frowde hardcover
1963ABE-1594058805258The Hillside Press 1963 Miniature book. 1/4 Cloth with decorated paper boards. Paper spine label. Measures 2"x 2 3/8" #223/310 copies signed by the author. B/w illustrations by Durer. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. The Hillside Press hardcover
198323887Boston: Anne and David Bromer 1983. Fine. Hardcover. Miniature book. 1-7/16 by 1-3/16 inches. Copy No. 109 of 150 finely printed on the Ashendene hand press by Linnea Gentry from the original Ashendene pates used for the original printing for Queen Mary's Dollhouse in 1923. Bound in full niger morocco spine in three compartments with raised bands gilt; gilt rules on the boards; all edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's clamshell case morocco spine gilt with cloth sides and an ingenious cutout to house and protect the small book. And with the original prospectus for this edition laid into the publisher's cloth chemise. A fine copy in a fine case. Anne and David Bromer unknown
1999048954Miniature Arms Society. very nice copy; larger-format . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1999. Miniature Arms Society hardcover
19990868491999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good clean tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. <br/> <br/> hardcover
1999cb9461168-195*2/7<b>Miniature Arms Society over sized hardcover viii 332 pp followed by a 3 page index section c 1999 dust jacket has repaired splits on top cover corner tips along with repaired tears at top corner of front cover at spine and top of spine jacket also suffers vertical blisters on protective plastic tight binding clean text still a very good reading copy.</b> Miniature Arms Society hardcover
152082NHM8O8K9DUFlanders Bruges or Nürnberg 1520. Miniature painted on vellum 7.8 x 5.6 cm in numerous colours highlighted with gold and in a gold border probably from a book of hours but with no text. A finely rendered miniature showing great detail in bright colours highlighted with gold depicting the Arrest of Christ most likely from a diminutive book of hours. Surrounded by a bustling throng of Roman soldiers carrying spears and wearing halberds Christ appears calm just at the moment when a soldier takes him captive. An elder of the Jewish Temple stands directly behind him dressed in red. To the right stands Simon Peter sword raised having cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant Malchus who sits nursing his bleeding ear in the lower left corner of the composition. An earlier episode Christ's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane when he learns that one of his disciples will betray him appears in the background at left. A genre scene with men working the fields and crossing a river on a narrow plank bridge occupies the middle ground to the left of the main scene and the towers of a castle or city the middle ground to the right.The general style recalls the art of the last generation of Ghent-Bruges painters especially that of the famed Simon Bening. Though the anonymous artist owes much of his style to Bening's model he was most likely German. The acidic palette bright yellow juxtaposed with blue and lime green and the facial types remarkably expressive even at this tiny scale recall Nürnberg painters in the circle of Glockendon. It is worth remembering that Bening himself collaborated with several Nürnberg painters whose presence in Flanders is thus confirmed.With some fine superficial cracks and an occasional tiny abrasion mostly near the edges but generally in good condition. A lovely miniature of Christ's arrest rendered in remarkably fine detail.l For the general style: U. Merkl Buchmalerei in Bayern in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts 1999. hardcover
52890London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. MDCCCCI 1901 . First edition. A very good miniature book in the original parchment binding now lightly soiled and yellowed. 3.0" x 2.5" x 0.5" 76mm x 65mm x 9mm. Gilt title to both front board and spine. Red ruled border to both covers. All page edges gilt. Clean text and black & white illustrations throughout. No ownership marks or other blemishes. VG. London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., MDCCCCI [1901] . unknown
48979London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Bible Warehouse Ltd. 33 Paternoster Row c. 1906. Miniature book. 2.25" x 2" x 0.75" . A very good full suede leather binding over thin covers with yapp edges. Gilt title to front cover: "Tennyson". Original toned endpapers with two dedications. pp.viii/pp.1035/2pp. - blank followed by colophon. Light toning to title-page otherwise clean text throughout. VG. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, (Bible Warehouse), Ltd., 33, Paternoster Row, [c. 1906]. hardcover
1490ST20853France ca. 1490. 144 x 99 mm. 5 5/8 x 3 3/4". Single column recto with 14 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Attractively matted and framed. Rubrics in red two two-line initials one painted pink on blue ground with flowers the other painted blue and inhabited by a rampant lion on pink and gold ground recto with a panel border featuring long-stemmed flowers and owls on a pink ground verso WITH A HALF-PAGE ARCH-TOPPED MINIATURE DEPICTING PENTECOST WITH A FULL BORDER featuring a plethora of different flowers berries greenery songbirds an owl and a butterfly all ON A RICHLY PAINTED GOLD GROUND. Trimmed close on one side and just grazing a border on the opposite side very minor chipping to faces trivial signs of rubbing or wear otherwise a fine leaf--colorful bright and very pleasing to the eye.<br/> <br/> This leaf contains the customary Pentecost miniature associated with the Hours of the Holy Spirit but with several attributes that set it apart from other examples we have encountered. The miniature here depicts a densely crowded scene with the Virgin at the center surrounded by the apostles each of whom wears a burnished gold halo. Packed tightly together they gaze up at a white dove who emanates small red tongues of fire above their heads. According to biblical tradition this visitation by the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove enabled Christ's disciples to start preaching marking the beginning of the Christian Church. The artist favors an unusual pastel palette choosing pale pink for the walls and eggshell blue for some of the floor tiles as well as bright yellow muted lilac rose and lime green for the robes of the apostles. Looking more closely at the figures we see that each face is carefully individualized each with its own features and expressions. Although most crane their necks to get a view of the miracle unfolding one of the apostles looks directly out at the viewer as if surprised by our presence. Moving outside the miniature we note that the leaf features a particularly exuberant border with tangles of flowers fruit acanthus leaves and several birds including an owl in one corner. There is additional interest on the verso with another bright border painted an intense pink and filled with more flowers and owls. unknown
ST17060VFrance probably Besançon 3rd quarter of 15th century. 239 x 165 mm. 9 3/8 x 6 1/2". Single column 15 lines in an elegant gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in dark pink line-enders in dark pink and blue with a gilt bezant several one-line initials in burnished gold on dark pink and blue ground with white tracery one three-line initial in blue with white tracery filled with flowers painted pink or blue all on a gold ground verso with panel border of delicate hairline vines terminating in gilt bezants and ivy and with a spray of blue flowers and a red bud recto with A FULLY-REALIZED HALF-PAGE MINIATURE OF A BURIAL in an arch-topped gilt frame with two laymen lowering a shrouded corpse into the ground a small group of hooded monks to the left and two ecclesiastical figures reading from a book to the right all in front of a gothic church painted pink with a blue roof SURROUNDED BY A FULL BORDER consisting of hairline vines terminating in gold bezants and ivy colorful acanthus strawberries and blue flowers the text below the miniature further framed with a thin "U"-shaped line extending the full height of the miniature. A very few trivial imperfections quite minor wear to paint on clothing a little insignificant smudging one small light stain in the blank margin of verso but these defects not the least distracting and overall the miniature in fine condition with rich well-preserved color.<br/> <br/> This is a splendid miniature from a particularly large Book of Hours showing a detailed rendering of a scene from contemporary Medieval life--that of a burial in a churchyard involving clergy mourners and laymen. Apart from those relatively few copies with illustrated calendars the miniatures found in Books of Hours are almost entirely devoted to retrospective Bible scenes that are obviously outside the experience of the illuminator; it is only in the present kind of scene at the beginning of the Office of the Dead that we can see a contemporaneous image that would have come directly from the Medieval experience. While our painting is fairly typical in subject matter and design it offers a number of interesting details about the Medieval rites and rituals surrounding death. The present scene represents the final stage preceded by the funeral procession Requiem Mass prayers Absolution and the procession into the graveyard in which the body is actually laid to rest in the ground. Though the corpse would have been encased in a coffin during the aforementioned rites and processions it was customary to bury the dead in only a shroud in the present example the artist has even thought to show the stitching along the length of the shroud. Three groups of people each serving a different function appear in this miniature: in the foreground are two laborers lowering the body into an earthen grave a small group of mourners in black cloaks stand off to the left and a duo of clergy members stand to the right. The latter have tonsured heads and each wears a black cope donned prior to administering Absolution to the deceased; together they hold a manuscript containing the Rites for Burial. The background is composed of a grand church or cathedral containing a number of fine architectural details including several windows including a clerestory level an arched entrance a dome and decorative touches. Stylistically this leaf can be localized to the Franche-Comté region in eastern France and is closely related if not directly attributable to an atelier specializing in Books of Hours made for the Use of Besançon and most likely situated in that city see Avril and Reynaud p. 197. The similarities are especially apparent in the figures' faces which are slightly puffy in appearance and have distinct slit-like eyes. As noted by Avril and Reynaud the unnamed master of this atelier was deeply indebted to the Master of Morgan 293 a talented Burgundian illuminator active in the second quarter of the 15th century whose name derives from a particularly lovely Book of Hours made for the Use of Besançon. Whoever the artist responsible for the present miniature this work is an excellent representation of a distinct regional style extremely attractive and replete with interesting details that connect us to the Medieval experience. unknown
162812589Sedan Ioannis Iannoni 1628. 571 1 p. 32°. Contemporary Leather binding fine gauffred and gilt-edged text block and a silver clasp. Greek miniature Bible H. 85 x L. 5 x W. 23 cm. Sedan, Ioannis Iannoni hardcover
1860H15913New York: Amerikaniscen Traktatgesellschaft AmericanTract Society 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.2 x 1.5 inches cloth gilt very good crisp bright copy but for a bit of insect damage to a number of pages in the middle of the book. 128 pp. German edition of the popular "Dewdrops" miniatures of the period with short pious sayings and prayers for each day of the month. Amerikaniscen Traktatgesellschaft [AmericanTract Society] hardcover
19666679New Britain CT: Art Press 1966. First editions of 300 copies. 2 Volumes each 2.5x2cm and 16ff. Each contains a 2-page hand colored illustration by Massmann and is bound in stiff paper wrappers also with illustrated and hand colored by Massmann. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> The first two volumes from an eventual four of folklore anecdotes from miniature book publisher and collector Robert E. Massmann. These volumes A Costly Binge and The Blasphemous Old Prospector are said to be from Rawhide Rawlins Rides Again by C.M. Russell. A charming set nicely illustrated. . Art Press unknown
679<p>Istanbul: Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications 2000. New. Hardcover. Cloth bdg. Hand-bound by experienced craftsmen in Switzerland. 24x38 cm. In Ottoman Turkish facsimile Turkish transcription and English. 3 volumes set: 352 p. facsimile; 308 2 p. Turkish transcription; 51 2 p. English. Colour ills. First edition. Limited edition. This is a limited edition of 1500 copies handbound in distinctive Japanese cloth embossed with patterns selected from imperial Ottoman textiles and printed on acid free paper. This volume is number 1362. In publisher's special slip case.</p><p>A miniature-illustrated manuscript of an 18th Century Festival in Ottoman Istanbul The original of this outstanding work which is in the library of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul contains 137 brilliantly-colored miniatures by Levni the renowned painter of the court of Ahmed III 1703-1740. The miniatures illustrate a fifteen-day festival held on the occasion of the circumcision of four of the Sultan's sons in 1720. Surname-i Vehbi follows in the longstanding Ottoman tradition of preparing specially written and illustrated books to commemorate festivities that took place on special occasions such as royal births weddings and the like. These celebrations were marked by activities that included parades musical performances circus acts and fireworks displays all of which were brilliantly captured and executed by Levni in his miniatures. With one exception the miniatures in this striking volume cover two pages. The text for the book was composed by Vehbi a famed court poet and appears in full in this facsimile edition.</p><p>A transcription of the original Ottoman text by Dr. Mertol Tulum and a translation into English by Robert Bragner are provided in a separate volume.Introduction essays by two Turkish scholars; Dr. Kuban and Dr. Yerasimos provide the reader a deeper understanding of the Ottoman society.</p><p>For the facsimile edition a specially produced paper was used to duplicate the appearance and texture of the original volume. State-of-the-art reproduction and printing techniques were employed to ensure that this facsimile edition is a faithful copy of this distinguished work. Hand-bound by experienced craftsmen this is a limited edition of only 1500 copies.</p> Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications hardcover
