Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

Lot Comprises: Herbert Mayow Adams, Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501‐1600, in Cambridge Libraries, (Cambridge 1967), reprint Cambridge, 1990, 2 vols., fol., publisher's green cloth Emmanuel College Sargent Bush, Jr. & Carl J. Rasmussen, The Library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1584‐1637, Cambridge, 1986 Trinity College Philip Gaskell, Trinity College Library, The First 150 Years (The Sandars Lectures 1978‐9), Cambridge, 1980, 4to. publisher's brown cloth, stamp of Frederik Muller Akademia, Amsterdam, with release University Library J.C.T. Oates, Cambridge University Library: A History from the Beginnings to the Copyright Act of Queen Anne, Cambridge, 1986, publisher's blue cloth, dust jacket Corpus Christi College Matthew Parker's Legacy, Books and Plate, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1975, 4to., pamphlet, publisher's printed wrappers Cambridge, Trinity College Robert Sinker, The Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridge, 1891, 4to., publisher's brown cloth, bookplate of Bertram H.R. Daltry, dated 1899 Parker Library Christopher de Hamel, The Parker Library: Treasures from the Collection at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 2000 - - The Parker Library appeal : an appeal for funds for the new Parker Library, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 2000, 2 vols., thin square quarto, publisher's printed wrappers University Library Peter Fox, ed., Cambridge University Library: the Great Collections, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers Sold as a group, not subject to return

View 1 of Lot 268: Books and readers - Libraries - Histories, Catalogues - Britain - Cambridge

books and readers - libraries - histories, catalogues - britain - cambridge

Lot Comprises: R.A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston & George D. Painter, The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation, New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1965, fol., publisher's red boards, dust jacket Henri Bordier & Emile Mabille, Prince of Forgers [translation of Une fabrique de faux autographes, ou, Récit de l'affaire Vrain Lucas (Paris 1870) by Joseph Rosenblum], New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1998, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust jacket Arthur Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictiva: A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Relating to Literary Forgery, 400 BC-AD 2000, London, Quaritch, 2014, 4to., publisher's red cloth, dust jacket Earle Havens, ed., Fakes, Lies, and Forgeries: Rare Books and Manuscripts from the Arthur and Janet Freeman Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, 2015, fol., publisher's printed colored paper wrappers Alfred Hiatt, The Making of Medieval Forgeries: False Documents in Fifteenth Century England, London, British Library, 2004, 4to., publisher's cloth, dust jacket John Blacker, d. 1896 Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of a remarkable collection of books in magnificent modern bindings, formed by an amateur (recently deceased), London, 11 November 1897 Otto Kurz, Fakes: A Handbook for Collectors & Students, London, Faber & Faber, 1948, 4to., publisher's olive‐green cloth, dust jacket Robin Myers & Michael Harris, ed., Fakes and frauds : varieties of deception in print & manuscript, Winchester & Detroit, St. Paul's Bibliographies / Omnigraphics, 1989, 8vo., publisher's printed boards Patricia Pierce, The Great Shakespeare Fraud: The Strange, True Story of William‐Henry Ireland, Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 2004, 8vo., publisher's black cloth boards, dust jacket Christopher S. Wood, Forgery, replica, fiction : temporalities of German Renaissance art, Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press, 2008, 4to., publisher's grey cloth, dust jacket François de Callataÿ & Claude Sorgeloos, ed., Renier Chalon alias Fortsas: Un érudit malicieux au mitan du XIXe siècle (Monographies du Musée royal de Mariemont, 16), Musée royal de Mariemont, 2008, fol., publisher's printed paper wrappers William Voelkle & Roger S. Wieck, The Spanish Forger, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, fol., publisher's paper wrappers, ex‐libris and pressure stamp of Saint John's University Library The Spanish Forger: A Master of Deception, The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaulkee, Wisconsin, 10 December 1987 - 28 February 1988 Sold as a group, not subject to return

View 1 of Lot 312: Rare books - Fakes, forgeries

rare books - fakes, forgeries

Lot Comprises: Jean Fürstenberg, 1890-1982 Rudolf Adolph, Hans Fürstenberg (Bibliophile Profile, 3), Aschaffenburg, P. Pattloch, 1960, 8vo., publisher's cloth, edition of 600 copies, gift from Jean Fürstenberg to The Grolier Club, with his letter of Jan. 7, 1961 inserted, Grolier Club Bookplate and release stamp Jean Fürstenberg, 1890-1982 Jean Fürstenberg, Le Grand Siècle en France et ses bibliophiles, volumes à provenance, manuscrits et documents de la Fondation Furstenberg-Beaumesnil et de la Collection Jean et Eugénie Furstenberg, Hamburg, Ernst Hauswedell & Co., 1972, small fol., publisher's green cloth, sheets containing color slides of bindings bound in Jean Fürstenberg, 1890-1982 Jean Fürstenberg, Exposition de reliures de la Renaissance, Collection Jean Furstenberg [exhibition catalogue, Second Congress, Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, Paris, September 30, 1961], 4to., (typescript), half green cloth over grey wrappers with Fürstenberg's bookplate on cover, ex-Howard M. Nixon Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 224: Books and readers - Book collectors - France - 20C

books and readers - book collectors - france - 20c

Lot Comprises: Auguste‐Augustin Renouard, 1765-1853 Auguste‐Augustin Renouard, Catalogue de la bibliothèque d'un amateur : avec notes bibliographiques, critiques, et littéraires, Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1819, 4 vols., 8vo., early 19C mottled calf, gilt roll around sides, joints cracked, some covers detached, spine gilt, 2 black morocco labels, green marbled endpapers, green speckled edges, 19C stamp on endleaf of Duke of Sutherland, Lochinver House Antoine‐Augustin Renouard, 1765-1853 R.H. Evans, Bibliotheca Aldina : an extensive and extraordinary assemblage of the productions of the Aldine Press, the property of M. Renouard, the historian of the Aldine family and Press, and some valuable miscellaneous books, the property of a distinguished collector, London, 26‐20 June 1828 - R.H. Evans, Catalogue of a distinguished portion of the choice, curious and splendid library of Monsieur Renouard, London, 23-29 June 1834 Antoine‐Augustin Renouard, 1765-1853 Boulouze & Ant.‐Laur. Potier, Une précieuse collection de livres, manuscrits, autographes, dessins et gravures composant la bibliothèque de feu M. Antoine-Augustin Renouard, ancien libraire, ancien maire du XIe arrondissenent, Paris, 20 November-23 December 1854 Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 219: Books and readers - Book collectors - France - 19C

books and readers - book collectors - france - 19c

Lot Comprises: J. Pearson & Co., Catalogue of a magnificent collection of papal bindings from Julius III (1550-1555) to Pius IX (1846-1878) with a foreword by E. Gordon-Duff, London, J. Pearson & Co., [1916], brown cloth, black morocco title label, bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman (1909-1994) J. Pearson & Co., One hundred books from the cabinets of royal and distinguished bibliophiles from Grolier to Beckford, London, [1901] - - Armorial bindings from the libraries of the kings and emperors of France : from Francis I to Napoléon III, London, Chiswick Press, 1902, fol., original Roxburghe binding of light brown quarter russia over green buckram boards, top edge gilt, published by Pearson for J.P. Morgan who bought the entire collection, Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana (ex-Christie's NY, June 17, 2005, lot 1421) J. Pearson & Co., Two hundred books from the libraries of the world's greatest book collectors : Grolier (1479-1565) to Beckford (1759-1844), London [1910] J. Pearson & Co., 500 important books, manuscripts, and autograph letters, London [1910], together 3 vols. with duplicate of vol. 1. A-H, vol. 2. I-Z J. Pearson & Co., Catalogue of a superb collection of English and foreign armorial and contemporary bindings of four centuries : Henry VIII (1509-1547 to George III (1760-1820); with an addenda of association books, London [1917?], red cloth, stamp on upper pastedown "Withdrawn PML" (i.e., Pierpont Morgan Library) J. Pearson & Co., Catalogue descriptive of a collection of books and armorial bindings of exceptional rarity, beauty and importance, London [1920?] J. Pearson & Co., Very choice books, including an extremely important series of historical bindings : together with original and illuminated manuscripts, etc., London [1902] J. Pearson & Co., Very choice books, including an extremely important series of historical bindings : together with original manuscripts, autograph letters, etc., London [1902], 2 vols. J. Pearson & Co., One hundred and sixty-two extraordinarily important French books, bindings, and manuscripts dating from Charles VI to Napoleon I, London [1922] J. Pearson & Co., Catalogue of armorial bindings, books, autograph letters & manuscripts notable for their exceptional rarity and importance, London [1928] Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 147: Book production - Bookbinding - Booksellers' catalogues

book production - bookbinding - booksellers' catalogues

Lot Comprises: Robert Hoe, 1839-1909 Oscar Albert Bierstadt, The Library of Robert Hoe: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America … with one hundred and ten illustrations taken from manuscripts and books in the collection, New York, Duprat & Co., 1895, 4to., publisher's blue cloth, number 88 of 350 copies issued Robert Hoe, 1839-1909 Anderson Galleries, Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe of New York. Part I: A to K: illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, historical bindings, early English literature, rare Americana, French illustrated books, eighteenth century English authors, autographs, manuscripts, etc., New York, 24-28 April 1911 - - Part I: L to Z, New York, 1-5 May 1911 - - Part II: A-K, New York, 8-12 January 1912 - - Part II: L-Z, New York, 15-19 January 1912 - - Part III: A-K, New York, 15-19 April 1912 - - Part III: L-Z, New York, 22-26 April 1912 - - Part IV: A-K, New York, 11-15 November 1912 - - Part IV, L-Z, New York, 18-22 November 1912 Robert Hoe, 1839-1909 [Robert Hoe], One hundred and seventy-six historic and artistic book-bindings dating from the fifteenth century to the present time pictured by etchings, artotypes, and lithographs after the originals selected from the library of Robert Hoe, New York, Dodd, Mead & company, 1895, 2 vols., large fol., modern 3/4 brown morocco over beige cloth, marbled endpapers. Perforation and stamps of John Crerar Library, with release stamp (ex-Christie's, July 2 1994, lot 522) Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 247: Books and readers - Book collectors - United States

books and readers - book collectors - united states

Lot Comprises: Ellis, A collection of armorial bookbindings of the Tudor, Stuart and Hanoverian periods described by George Smith and Frank Benger, London, 1927, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers, unpriced bookseller's catalogue Ludovic Bouland, Marques de livres anciennes et modernes, francaises et étrangères, Paris, L. Giraud-Badin, 1925, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers bound into 3/4 morocco & cockerel marbled boards, matching endpapers, bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman Matias Lima, Super-libros portuguezes ineditos, Porto, F. Machado, 1927, fol., morocco over green marbled boards, spine damaged, no. 72 of 300 copies, inscription to Dr. Luis Xavier de Cute from Matias Lima, bookplate of L. Xavier de Costa Gustave M. Mouravit, Poètes & Bibliophiles : Les devises des vieux poètes : Ètude littéraire et bibliographique, Paris, Morgand & Fatout, 1879, 4to., later paper covered boards with original printed wrappers bound in, only 100 copies printed Maria Cubrzyńska‐Leonarczyk, Polskie Superekslibrisy XVI‐XVIII wieku Centuria Druga [Introduction and preface also in English], Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa, 2001, 4to., publisher's orange‐brown wrappers University of London Library Reginald Arthur Rye & Muriel Sinton Quinn, Historical and Armorial Bookbindings in the university library: descriptive catalogue, London, University of London Library, 1937, 4to., printer's orange printed wrappers Cyril Davenport, English heraldic book-stamps, London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1909, 4to., publisher's red cloth, head‐edge gilt Cyril Davenport, English Heraldic Book-Stamps, London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1909, 4to., red cloth over marbled boards, spine gilt lettered and ruled, inscribed by Davenport to "my dearest mother," June 1909, with two autograph letters signed to his mother tipped in Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 142: Book production - Bookbinding - Armorial

book production - bookbinding - armorial

Lot Comprises: Henry B. Wheatley, Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum Selected for their Beauty or Historic Interest, London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1889, fol., publisher's green paper boards gilt, no. 93 of 150 copies, bookplate of Cornell University Library from the Benno Loewy Library (1851‐1919) Mirjam Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, A Collection of Bookbindings, 2: A catalogue of North-European bindings, London, British Library, 1983, fol., publisher's beige cloth, red morocco spine label Mirjam Foot, The Henry Davis Gift: A Collection of Bookbindings, 3: A Catalogue of South European Bindings, London, British Library & Oak Knoll, 2010, fol., publisher's beige cloth, red title label Howard M. Nixon, Royal English Bookbindings in the British Museum, London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1957, large 8vo., patterned green silk, plain edges, bookplate of Donald Beaty Bloch W. H. James Weale & Lawrence Taylor, Early Stamped Bookbindings in The British Museum: descriptions of 385 blind-stamped bindings of the XIIth-XVth centuries in the departments of manuscripts and printed books … With 490 illustrations of the stamps used on them, London, British Museum, 1922, 8vo., quarter cloth and paper covered boards, booklabel of A.N.L. Munby and ticket of H.P. Kraus Reference Library Sold as a group, not subject to return

View 1 of Lot 272: Books and readers - Libraries - Histories, Catalogues - British Library

books and readers - libraries - histories, catalogues - british library

Lot Comprises: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library Jane Greenfield, Notable Bindings, New Haven, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 2002, 8vo., printed beige wrappers New York, Morgan Library & Museum Howard M. Nixon, Sixteenth‐Century Gold‐tooled Bookbindings in The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1971, fol., publisher's brown cloth New York, Morgan Library & Museum Paul Needham, Bookbinding before 1600 : a guide and handlist to the exhibition, Twelve centuries of bookbindings, the Pierpont Morgan Library, 21 February-8 April 1979, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979, 4to., pamphlet, publisher's printed wrapper New York, Morgan Library & Museum Betty C. Tyson, A Guide to an Exhibition of Armorial and Related Bindings, 1500‐1800, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935, 8vo., later cloth, original wrappers bound in, bookplate of The Grolier Club inscribed "Gift of The Pierpont Morgan Library" with release stamp New York, Hispanic Society of America Clara Louisa Penney, An Album of Selected Bookbindings, New York, Hispanic Society of America, 1967, small fol., publisher's red cloth gilt, dust jacket Princeton, University Fine Bindings, Gothic to Modern: European Handbound Books in the Princeton University Library together with the William H. Scheide Library and The Robert H. Taylor Collection, Princeton, University Library, 1978, 8vo., pamphlet, publisher's printed wrappers Syracuse, University Jeff Weber, Fore‐edge Paintings at Syracuse University (off‐print from Syracuse University Library Associates Courier, vol. 27, 1993), 4to., printed wrappers, author's presentation inscription to T. Kimball Brooker Washington, DC, Folger Shakespeare Library Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy & J. Franklin Mowery, Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library [introduction by Anthony Hobson], Washington, DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992, fol., publisher's brown decorated cloth gilt, dust jacket Williamstown, Williams College, Chapin Library E. Melanie Gifford, Bookbindings in the Chapin Library on exhibition March 1-31, 1976, Williamstown, Williams College, 1976, 4to., pamphlet, publisher's printed wrappers Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 307: Books and readers - Libraries - Histories, Catalogues - United States

books and readers - libraries - histories, catalogues - united states

Lot Comprises: Konrad Haebler, The Early Printers of Spain and Portugal, (London 1897), reprint Mansfield Centre, Martino Publishing, [2002], 4to., publisher's brown cloth Francisco Vindel Angulo, Origen de la imprenta en España: con caracteres xilográficos, inventados en Sevilla, se imprimió el primer libro en España, Madrid, Imprenta Gongora, 1935, fol., half red morocco over red marbled boards, inscription of author on verso of half title "Al gran encuadernador y amigo Dr. Rogelio R. Luna", number 84 of 500 copies Francisco Vindel Angulo, El arte tipográfico en España durante el siglo XV: Sevilla y Granada, (Madrid 1949), reprint Madrid, 1992, fol., publisher's printed boards, no. 1329 of edition of 2,000 Cromberger family Clive Griffen, The Crombergers of Seville: the history of a printing and merchant dynasty, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988, 4to., publisher's blue cloth, dust jacket Frederick John Norton, Printing in Spain, 1501‐1520, with a note on the early editions of the 'Celestina,' (Sandars Lectures 1963), Cambridge, University Press, 1966, fol., publisher's red cloth, bookplate and stamps of Nottingham Regional College of Technology with release stamp Anne Anninger, Spanish and Portuguese 16th century books in the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts: a description of an exhibition and a bibliographical catalogue of the collection [Harvard University Library], Cambridge, MA, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, 1985, fol., publisher's printed wrappers Giunta family William A. Pettas, A history & bibliography of the Giunti (Junta) printing family in Spain 1514-1628, New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 2005, large 4to., publisher's green cloth gilt Juan de Junta, active 1526-1557 William A. Pettas, A Sixteenth‐Century Spanish Bookstore: The Inventory of Juan de Junta, Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society 1995, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers Jesusa Vega González, La imprenta en Toledo: estampas del Renacimiento, 1500-1550, Toledo, Diputación Provincial, 1983, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 93: Book production - Printing - Spain, 1472-1600

book production - printing - spain, 1472-1600

Lot Comprises: Bourbon royal family (16-18C) Eugène Asse, Les Bourbons bibliophiles, Rois & Princes, Reines & Princesses, Paris, Henri Daragon, 1901, 8vo., publisher's blue printed wrappers, edges untrimmed, one of 375 copies, bookplate of The Grolier Club with release stamp (with another copy) Claude Dupuy, 1545-1594 Jérôme Delatour, Une bibliothèque humaniste au temps des guerres de religion : les livres de Claude Dupuy : d'après l'inventaire dressé par le libraire Denis Duval (1595), [Paris], École de Chartes, Editions de l'ENSSIB, 1998, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers Du Tillet family (16C) Gabriel de Rubercy, Les Du Tillet, Seigneurs de La Bussière (Loiret), Orléans, H. Herluison, 1891, 4to., publisher's green paper wrappers Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, 1580-1637 Pierre Gassendi, Peiresc & His Books [translation of an excerpt from book 6 of: Viri illustris Nicolai Claudii Fabricii de Peiresc, senatoris Aquisextiensis, vita; introduction by Arthur Freeman], Boston, David Godine, 1970, small 4to., pamphlet, publisher's printed wrappers Bouhier family Albert Ronsin, La Bibliothèque Bouhier: Histoire d'une collection formée du XVIe au XVIII siècle par une famille de magistrats bourguignons (Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Dijon, 118), Dijon, 1971, 4to., publisher's wrappers, inscription in pencil of J.D. Comdaux Anne duc de Montmorency, 1493-1567 Thierry Crépin‐Leblond, Livres du connétable. La bibliothèque d'Anne de Montmorency, Clamecy, Musée national de la Renaissance, 1991, 4to., pamphlet, publisher's colored wrappers François I, King of France 1494-1547 Janet Cox‐Rearick, The Collection of Francis I: Royal Treasures, New York, Abrams, 1995, fol., publisher's maroon cloth gilt, dust jacket Gaston Olivier, 1506-1552 Françoise Lehoux, Gaston Olivier aumônier du roi Henri II (1552) : Bibliothèque parisienne et mobilier du XVIe siècle, Paris, [F. Lehoux], 1954, 4to., original wrappers Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592 Barbara Pistilli & Marco Sgattoni, La biblioteca de Montaigne, Pisa, 2014, 4to., publisher's printed paper wrappers Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592 Philippe Desan & Arnauld Coulombel, Montaigne in Print: The Presentation of a Renaissance Text, Chicago, University of Chicago Library, 1995, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, 1580-1637 Marc Fumaroli, ed., Peiresc et l'Italie : actes du colloque international, Naples, le 23 et le 24 juin 2006, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Palazzo Serra di Cassano, Paris, A. Baudry, 2009, 4to., publisher's colored glissine boards Geoffrey Granger, d. 1567 Anthony R.A. Hobson, "A Binding for Geoffrey Granger" (off‐print from Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance, vol. 18, 1956) Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino), 1602-1661 Gabriel Naudé, News from France or A Description of the Library of Cardinal Mazarin, Preceded by The Surrender of the Library, Chicago, A.C. McClurg [printed at the Merrymount press, Boston], 1907, 8vo., publisher's beige cloth over green marbled boards Cardinal Jules Mazarin (Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino), 1602-1661 Gabriel Naudé, Lettre à Mazarin, 1652, Paris, Librairie Paul Jammes, 1988, 8vo., pamphlet, publisher's printed wrappers, "Tirage à 300 exemplaires pour la Librairie Paul Jammes, Hubert Carrier et leurs amis. Achevé d'imprimer le 3 november 1988 sur les presses de René Jeanne, typographe à la Fontaine au Roi, à Paris" (Colophon) Gonzague Vialet, Bibliothèques et Bibliophiles Bretons Anciens, Paris, Libr. Guénégaud, 1986, fol., publisher's printed grey wrappers Roger Doucet, Les Bibliothèques parisiennes au XVIe siècle ["Inventaires de bibliothèques" of Nicole Gilles, Jean Janot, Jean Le Féron and Pierre Valet], Paris, A. et J. Picard, 1956, 8vo., publisher's printed wrappers Jean-Marc Chatelain, La Bibliothèque de l'honnête homme: Livres, lecture et collections en France à l'âge classique (Conferences Léopold Delisle), Paris, Éditions de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2003, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers Sold as a group, not subject to return.

View 1 of Lot 212: Books and readers - Book collectors - France - 16-17C

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