- Trifle discoloured slipcase, otherwise very fine.
= The rare, often lacking, commentary vol. of the sumptuous facsimile edition (Frankf. a.M., 1974-1979) of this magnificent medieval songbook. It is the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illuminated in Zurich in the early 14th century, for the Manesse (or Manegg) family, at that time the most wealthy family of Zurich.
Voronova, T. and Sterligov, A. Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th centuries. London, Greenwich Editions, 2003, 255p., num. col. ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; a few ballpoint annots. and corrections in text. Dustwr. sl. dam. (repaired w. tape). Otherwise fine.
= Text vol. by C. OPSOMER and W.T. STEARN (ed.).
Platearius, M. Le livre des simples médecins. French transl. G. Malandin. Paris, Ozalid and Textes cardinaux, 1986, 361,(4)p., 117 full-p. col. plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to.
= After the MS 12322 in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
AND 10 others similar, i.a. MEDICINA ANTIQUA (Graz, 1996, col. gilt facs. lvs., orig. cl., slipcase) and J.G. MAYER and K. GOEHL (ed.)., Kräuterbuch der Klostermedizin (Leipsic, 2003, full-p. col. ills., orig. boards).
- Slipcase w. two punched holes to give room to the clasps. Fine copy.
= One of 42 copies printed on Arches fort and with a suite of the "décomposition" colour plates of plate XVIII (11 plates in total). Signed by the president of the Société des Bibliophiles de Belgique and printed on the name of "Edouard Hochstadter". Zotter 45. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE III.
= "An illuminated passover compendium from mid-14th-century Catalonia in the collections of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester with a commentary and a cycle of poems."
AND 3 others, i.a. A. HAMILTON a.o., Europe and the Arab World. Five centuries of Books (...) (Oxford, 1994, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).
= Reprint of the ed. London, 1928.
ÁND 4 others, i.a. HELLINGA FESTSCHRIFT/ FEESTBUNDEL/ MÉLANGES (...) (Amst., 1980, plates, orig. giltlettered cl.); FLORILÈGE DU LIVRE FRANÇAIS IMPRIMÉ AUX PAYS-BAS (n.pl., 1954, ills., printed in 200 numb. copies, orig. giltlettered cl., folio) and K.F. BAUER, Aventur und Kunst. Eine Chronik des Buchdruckgewerbes von der Erfindung der beweglichen Letter bis zur Gegenwart (Frankf. a.M., 1940, richly illustrated, orig. boards w. vellumpaper backstrip, folio. Vellumpaper over spine dam.).
- Lacks the "Aanhangsel. Naamlijst der Nederlandsche geschiedschrijvers". A few lvs. w. traces of paper (tickets) w. sl. offsetting. Binding sl. worn; joints starting; letterpiece sl. dam.
= Still of value and sought after. From the libraries of J.W. Six and H.O. Feith (their resp. bookplate and owner's entry on upper endpaper).
- All (near) fine.
= With manuscript letter by K. Frigge to Boudewijn Buch in which she explains she sends him the two notebooks "ter inzage".
= Both with manuscript dedication on verso htitle.
- Frontcover sl. faded along spine.
AND 1 other: N. SÖNMEZ, Ebru Marmorpapiere (Ravensb., 1992, num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., sm. folio. SIGNED on title-p.).
- Title-p. sl. soiled. = Gesch. Ned. Papierindustrie I.
AND 1 other: A. RENKER, Über das Papier. Ein Dialog zwischen dem Papiermacher und dem Laien (Berlin, 1930, frontisp., 1 ill., printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. hvellum. Covers sunned/ faded).
- Two text lvs. w. some brownish offsetting; orig. wr. sl. stained.
= Contains "Les Joies du Bibliophile", "Un Bouquiniste parisien", "Le Livre", "Appendice" and an extensive publ. cat. (16p.).
ADDED: Le Comte de Mirabeau. Contes Gaulois. Ibid., Vincent, 1875, 124,(2)p., contemp. hcl.
- Fine copy.
= Bound with a presentation leaf to "De heer Achiel van Acker eerste minister tot aandenken aan zijn zo verheugend bezoek aan Antwerpen op Zaterdag 5 Februari 1955", signed by the mayor of Antwerpen (L. Craeybeckx) and the town's secretary (K.C. Peeters).
= "(...) en voor eigen gebruik een teken dat uit de twee wezenlijke onderdelen van uw initialen bestaat".
ADDED: Huygen, F. and Boekraad, H.C. Wim Crouwel - Mode en module. Rott., 010, 1997, 428,(2)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to.
- Used/ worn copy. = Contains a catalogue raisonné.
- All (near) fine.
- A few cracks in corners on front of base and bottom; needs some polishing; lid w. compartments loose from base.
= Probably a travel inkstand. Rare.