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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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The Connoisseur
Author: List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Item forms a comprehensive list of the British Museum, Department of Printed Books collection of catalogues of books sales and auctions held between 1676, the first time books were sold at aution in England, until the end of the ninteenth century.
A Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library
Author: Paul SaengerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226733500
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Newberry Library in Chicago possesses one of the most distinguished collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in North America. Based on two major private collections of the late nineteenth century—those of Henry Probasco and Edward E. Ayer—and scrupulously added to in this century, the holdings include late medieval bibles and breviaries, books of hours and books of homilies, and seminal texts on astronomy. Some of the books, such as those from the libraries of Philip the Good and Anne of Brittany, are beautifully illuminated. But the collection also includes an unusual array of "typical" medieval books, chosen not for their beauty but for their paleographical, codicological, and textual interest. Such codices include an eleventh-century Carthusian monk, and numerous books of hours adapted for feminine use. Paul Saenger has painstakingly identified the text, illumination, physical structure, and provenance for each of the more than 200 books in the collection to provide an exemplary guide to literate culture in the late Middle Ages. This catalogue, carefully researched and handsomely illustrated, will be an invaluable resource for historians, art historians, paleographers, bibliographers, and collectors.
A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts
Author: Mark BlandPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118653998
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts provides an introduction to the language and concepts employed in bibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain to early modern manuscripts and printed texts Winner, Honourable Mention for Literature, Language and Linguistics, American Publishers Prose Awards, 2010 Based almost exclusively on new primary research Explains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties Demonstrates how to use the information gleaned as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents Makes clear why such matters are important and the purposes to which such information is put Features illustrations that are carefully chosen for their unfamiliarity in order to keep the discussion fresh
The Reign of the Manuscript
Author: Perry Wayland SinksPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Catalogue of a Collection of Choice Books and Manuscripts Formed by a Gentleman (deceased) : which Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. on Monday, the 30th of June, 1913
Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & HodgePublisher:
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de BourriennePublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Mourt's Relation
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 0918222842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.
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