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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
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
The Utrecht Psalter in Medieval Art. Picturing the Psalms of David.  cover art

The Utrecht Psalter in Medieval Art. Picturing the Psalms of David.

With authorative contributions on the historical, stylistic, and iconographic context of this masterpiece of Carolingian Renaissance by R. McKitterick, K. van der Horst, K. Corrigan, F. Mütherich, and W. Noel, and including the catalogue of the 1996 exhibition on the Utrecht Psalter at the Museum Ca... More info
The Auction Catalogue of the Library of F. Gomarus (Leiden, 1641).  cover art

The Auction Catalogue of the Library of F. Gomarus (Leiden, 1641).

With an introduction and indexes by E. Dekker, J. Knoop and C.M.L. Verdegaal. More info
Relieurs et reliures décorées en France à l`époque romantique. 103 ateliers en 210 reliures conservées à  la Bibliotheca Wittockiana.  cover art

Relieurs et reliures décorées en France à l`époque romantique. 103 ateliers en 210 reliures conservées à  la B...

In France, the Romantic Movement was established by 1820. Book related art forms, i.e., typography, illustration and bookbinding, were part of this vast artistic realm. Bookbinders and gilders used beautiful materials and newly engraved tools, reflecting the contemporary artistic style. The collecti... More info
Binding structures in the Middle Ages. A Selection of Studies by Berthe van Regemorter. Translated and annotated by Jane Greenfield.  cover art

Binding structures in the Middle Ages. A Selection of Studies by Berthe van Regemorter. Translated and annotat...

Berthe van Regemorter learned the craft of bookbinding in Brussels before joining the workshop of the famous British bookbinders Sangorsky and Sutcliffe. In 1923 she entered the Vrije Akademie in Antwerp as an instructor. A turning point in her carreer was Henry van de Velde`s request to become a le... More info
The Seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau Library.   The Catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 Auction Catalogue and other contemporary sources. cover art

The Seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau Library. The Catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 Au...

Edited with introduction and notes. With notes on the manuscripts by A.S. Korteweg. More info
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