The Medieval Book. Glosses from Friends & Colleagues of Christopher de Hamel
This book was presented on the occasion of Christopher de Hamel’s sixtieth birthday, and celebrates his many accomplishments during his years at Sotheby’s and more recently as the Gaylord Donnelley Fellow Librarian of the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Christopher de Hamel has ... More info
The Most Magnificent and Largest Globes of Blaeu, the World`s Greatest Globe Maker. Compiled by Peter van der ...
Matching pair of terrestrial and celestial globes, with a diameter of 26 inches (68 cm), with text in Latin. The terrestial globe is composed of 36 half gores and two polar calottes; the celestial globe of 24 ecliptical gores. The gores are pasted on a plaster sphere rotating on brass pinions within... More info
The Pilgrim Press. A bibliographical & historical memorial of the books printed at Leyden by the Pilgrim Fathe...
Partial reprint with new contributions by R. Breugelmans, J.A. Gruys & Keith L. Sprunger. Contains inter alia a full Bibliography - with exact collations, notes, and census of copies - of the 21 books published by the Pilgrim Press. More info
The War of the Chessmen. La Guerra degli Scacchi, o sia il Re de`Giuochi. Edited and translated by Christopher...
After a hitherto unpublished manuscript owned by the Cleve land Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Limited edition, of which only 200 copies are for sale outside the U.S.A. Sole agency for all countries except the U.S.A. and Canada. More info