Fine Books and Book Collecting : Books and Manuscripts Acquired from Alan G. Thomas and Described by His Customers on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday.
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Fine Books and Book Collecting : Books and Manuscripts Acquired from Alan G. Thomas and Described by His Customers on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (1981)
EN USISBN: 9780907471035 bzw. 090747103X, in Englisch, James Hall (Publishing) Ltd, Leamington Spa, first edition, 1981, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books.
James Hall (Publishing) Ltd, Leamington Spa, first edition, 1981. Cloth, Folio, 31 cm,. x, 72 pp, 42 ills. A Festschrift for the distinguished antiquarian bookseller Alan G. Thomas, with contributions written by his customers about books acquired from him. "The book opens with a foreword by Lawrence Durrell and the editors´ introduction, both of which tell us something of Alan Thomas´s first seventy years. What follows is a collection of thirty-three articles by private collectors and curators of some of the world´s great libraries on an impressive array of major and minor items from all corners of the market. Subjects covered range from an eleventh-century Pontifical, probably made for Besancon Cathedral, to a description of the presentation binding for the present volume, and include a detailed description of one of the most important finds for the study of early English printing, the Book of St Albans marked up as printer´s copy for Wynkyn de Worde´s edition of 1496. Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscripts - Books of Hours, Customaries, Missals, Charters, Wills and other documents - Incunabula, Aldines, great Bibles of the sixteenth century, fine bindings; examples of all these are here, as well as booksale catalogues from the Evelyn Library, eighteenth-century Ethiopian Gospels, a Blake leaf, and a Charles Dodgson letter." -from the blurb. Contents include : Foreword by Lawrence Durrell; Introduction by Christopher de Hamel and Richard A. Linenthal; Pontifical of Hugues de Salins, Besançon, mid-eleventh century, and the Phillipps Sales by Anthony Hobson; Charter from St Bertin, 1306; A Missale pro Defunctis, Liege, early fourteenth century; An English Calendar, circa 1330; Leaf of a Bible Manuscript, France, circa 1330 Christopher de Hamel; An Italian Book of Hours, circa 1375; Domenico Cavalca, Vita dei Santi Padri, Italy, early fifteenth century; Administrative Documents for Normandy, early fifteenth century; Jean Furstenberg; Honoré Bonet, L´Arbre des batailles, France, 1425; Customary of the Shrine of St Thomas Becket, Canterbury, 1428; Durandus, Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, Mainz, 1459; Book of Hours attributed to Jean Fouquet, France, circa 1465-75; Martial, Epigrammata, Naples, circa 1480; The Will of Jankyn Smyth, Bury St Edmunds, 1481; The Book of St Albans, 1486; A Curious Copy of Sallust, Italy, late fifteenth century; Brant, Stultifera Nauis, Basel, 1497; The Aldine Aristophanes, Venice, 1499, and others; Aristotle, Organon, Venice, circa 1500, and other Manuscripts; The Aldine Rhetores Antiqui Graeci, Venice, 1508, and others; Quintuplex Psalter, Paris, 1509; French Book of Hours, circa 1535; A Problem of Long Division Solved; The Whole Bible, Great Bible Version, London, 1540; A Binding by the King Edward and Queen Mary Binder, London, 1552; The Notes of the Geneva Bible, 1560; The First Bishops´ Bible, London, 1568; Scriptores Post Bedam, Edited by Henry Savile, London, 1596; La Liturgie Angloise, London, 1616; Book-Sale Catalogues from the Evelyn Library, 1682-92; The Gospels of King Iyasu II of Ethiopia, Gondar, 1730-55; A Leaf from William Blake´s America, London, circa 1793; Charles L. Dodgson on the Authorized Version, Oxford 1892; A Presentation Binding, London, 1981. Very Good in dustwrapper.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books.
James Hall (Publishing) Ltd, Leamington Spa, first edition, 1981. Cloth, Folio, 31 cm,. x, 72 pp, 42 ills. A Festschrift for the distinguished antiquarian bookseller Alan G. Thomas, with contributions written by his customers about books acquired from him. "The book opens with a foreword by Lawrence Durrell and the editors´ introduction, both of which tell us something of Alan Thomas´s first seventy years. What follows is a collection of thirty-three articles by private collectors and curators of some of the world´s great libraries on an impressive array of major and minor items from all corners of the market. Subjects covered range from an eleventh-century Pontifical, probably made for Besancon Cathedral, to a description of the presentation binding for the present volume, and include a detailed description of one of the most important finds for the study of early English printing, the Book of St Albans marked up as printer´s copy for Wynkyn de Worde´s edition of 1496. Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscripts - Books of Hours, Customaries, Missals, Charters, Wills and other documents - Incunabula, Aldines, great Bibles of the sixteenth century, fine bindings; examples of all these are here, as well as booksale catalogues from the Evelyn Library, eighteenth-century Ethiopian Gospels, a Blake leaf, and a Charles Dodgson letter." -from the blurb. Contents include : Foreword by Lawrence Durrell; Introduction by Christopher de Hamel and Richard A. Linenthal; Pontifical of Hugues de Salins, Besançon, mid-eleventh century, and the Phillipps Sales by Anthony Hobson; Charter from St Bertin, 1306; A Missale pro Defunctis, Liege, early fourteenth century; An English Calendar, circa 1330; Leaf of a Bible Manuscript, France, circa 1330 Christopher de Hamel; An Italian Book of Hours, circa 1375; Domenico Cavalca, Vita dei Santi Padri, Italy, early fifteenth century; Administrative Documents for Normandy, early fifteenth century; Jean Furstenberg; Honoré Bonet, L´Arbre des batailles, France, 1425; Customary of the Shrine of St Thomas Becket, Canterbury, 1428; Durandus, Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, Mainz, 1459; Book of Hours attributed to Jean Fouquet, France, circa 1465-75; Martial, Epigrammata, Naples, circa 1480; The Will of Jankyn Smyth, Bury St Edmunds, 1481; The Book of St Albans, 1486; A Curious Copy of Sallust, Italy, late fifteenth century; Brant, Stultifera Nauis, Basel, 1497; The Aldine Aristophanes, Venice, 1499, and others; Aristotle, Organon, Venice, circa 1500, and other Manuscripts; The Aldine Rhetores Antiqui Graeci, Venice, 1508, and others; Quintuplex Psalter, Paris, 1509; French Book of Hours, circa 1535; A Problem of Long Division Solved; The Whole Bible, Great Bible Version, London, 1540; A Binding by the King Edward and Queen Mary Binder, London, 1552; The Notes of the Geneva Bible, 1560; The First Bishops´ Bible, London, 1568; Scriptores Post Bedam, Edited by Henry Savile, London, 1596; La Liturgie Angloise, London, 1616; Book-Sale Catalogues from the Evelyn Library, 1682-92; The Gospels of King Iyasu II of Ethiopia, Gondar, 1730-55; A Leaf from William Blake´s America, London, circa 1793; Charles L. Dodgson on the Authorized Version, Oxford 1892; A Presentation Binding, London, 1981. Very Good in dustwrapper.
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Fine Books and Book Collecting (1981)
EN HC USISBN: 9780907471035 bzw. 090747103X, in Englisch, J. Hall, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Murphy-Brookfield Books.
J. Hall, 1981. Buyer pays extra postage.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Large Quarto.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Murphy-Brookfield Books.
J. Hall, 1981. Buyer pays extra postage.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Large Quarto.
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Fine Books and Book Collecting: Books and Manuscripts Acquired From Alan G. Thomas and Described By His Customers on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (1981)
EN HC USISBN: 9780907471035 bzw. 090747103X, in Englisch, James Hall (Publishing) Ltd, Leamington Spa, first edition, 1981, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, plus shipping, Shipping area: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books, LONDON, [RE:3].
Cloth, Folio, 31 cm, x, 72 pp, 42 ills. Other.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books, LONDON, [RE:3].
Cloth, Folio, 31 cm, x, 72 pp, 42 ills. Other.
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Fine Books and Book Collecting: Books and Manuscripts Acquired From Alan G. Thomas and Described By His Customers on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (1981)
EN HC USISBN: 9780907471035 bzw. 090747103X, in Englisch, James Hall (Publishing) Ltd, Leamington Spa, first edition, 1981, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, plus shipping, Shipping area: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books, LONDON, [RE:3].
Cloth, Folio, 31 cm, x, 72 pp, 42 ills. Other.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books, LONDON, [RE:3].
Cloth, Folio, 31 cm, x, 72 pp, 42 ills. Other.
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Fine Books and Book Collecting: Books and Manuscripts Acquired From Alan G. Thomas and Described By His Customers on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (1981)
EN HC USISBN: 9780907471035 bzw. 090747103X, in Englisch, James Hall (Publishing) Ltd, Leamington Spa, first edition, 1981, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, plus shipping, Shipping area: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books, LONDON, [RE:3].
Cloth, Folio, 31 cm, x, 72 pp, 42 ills. Other.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books, LONDON, [RE:3].
Cloth, Folio, 31 cm, x, 72 pp, 42 ills. Other.
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