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Typographia Batava 1541-1600.  In ordinem digessit A.C. Schuytvlot. Repertorium van boeken gedrukt in Nederland tussen 1541 en 1600. A repertorium of books printed in the Northern Netherlands between 1541 and 1600.  cover art

Typographia Batava 1541-1600.  In ordinem digessit A.C. Schuytvlot. Repertorium van boeken gedrukt in Nederlan...

Describes 7,438 editions. A major landmark in Dutch Bibliography, one of the most important features of which is the attribution to a given printer of the thousands of anonymously published editions which appeared during this period. The work is concluded by six indices. One of the most important fe... More info
Cyrillus Fables in Ulrich von Pottenstein`s version, Das Buch der Natürlichen Weisheit.  cover art

Cyrillus Fables in Ulrich von Pottenstein`s version, Das Buch der Natürlichen Weisheit.

"A newly discovered illustrated manuscript of the Cyrillus-Fables in Ulrich von Pottenstein`s middle high German translation, with 96 watercolour wash illustrations, accompanied by other texts, in a dated sixteenth-century binding, formerly in the celebrated library of Count Johann Nepomuk of Wilcze... More info
Marseilles, Genoa & Pisa: A Beatrix Potter Photograph Album: Representing a Pictorial Biography.  cover art

Marseilles, Genoa & Pisa: A Beatrix Potter Photograph Album: Representing a Pictorial Biography.

Introduction by Ivy Trent. This facsimile edition reproduces photographs, mostly attributed to Potter`s father, amateur photographer Rupert Potter, in an arrangement telling the story of her life. The photographs range from studio photographs of Beatrix Potter as a baby and toddler, to one taken in ... More info
Boeken, banden en bibliofielen.  cover art

Boeken, banden en bibliofielen.

Uit de wereld van het boek is de titel van een vierdelige reeks, waarin opstellen van Prof. Herman de la Fontaine Verwey over boeken, schrijvers, drukkers, uitgevers, binders, bibliofielen, bibliotheken en verzamelaars in bijgewerkte vorm gepubliceerd zijn. Deze studies kan men beschouwen als... More info
Christopher Plantin`s Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.  cover art

Christopher Plantin`s Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.

An in-depth examination of Plantin`s large-scale production of books of hours, comprising a survey of their illustration as well as accounts of the general process by which they were printed. A pioneer study of great interest both from the art-historical and from the bibliographical point of view. C... More info
Les Deflinne. Quatre générations de libraires et de relieurs à Tournai aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles.  cover art

Les Deflinne. Quatre générations de libraires et de relieurs à Tournai aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles.

This monograph composes the biography of the Deflinne family, whose descendants were booksellers in the town of Tournay for more than a century. Their famous bookbinding workshop achieved the pinnacle of its fame in 1824 when Barthélémy-Leopold Deflinne (1791-1846) becomes the purveyor of King Wille... More info
Catalogus van de brieven geschreven vóór 1900 uit de Collectie `Prospectussen en  Personalia`.  cover art

Catalogus van de brieven geschreven vóór 1900 uit de Collectie `Prospectussen en  Personalia`.

Inventory of 8.789 letters, arranged in alphabetical order of authors. There are no less than five indices: an index of the names of the firms; an index of the recipients; an index respectively of the places- and of the countries of the sender. More info
Catalogus der Bibliotheek van de Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels te Amsterdam. Vol. X  cover art

Catalogus der Bibliotheek van de Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels te Amsterdam. Vol...

Catalogus van de brieven geschreven vóór 1900 uit de collectie `Prospectussen en Personalia`. Bewerkt door Chantal Keijsper, Ingeborg Verheul en Jos van Waterschoot. 2 vols. More info
An Unknown Holograph Letter by Christophe Plantin, recently discovered.  cover art

An Unknown Holograph Letter by Christophe Plantin, recently discovered.

Facsimile with introduction, transcription and translation by R. Breugelmans. More info
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