A small sample of the books which i will be exhibiting at the 2021 RMBS showcase
Post incunable: [publisher not identified] or [Venezia: Albertino da Lessona, 1502]. , 1503. It is bound in full seventeenth century vellum with spine label. . The first printing of the Margarita Poetica was printed by Johannes Sensenschmidt in1472 , between 1472 and 1503 there appeared at least a dozen editions [In.....
Oxford: London : Printed for James Good in Oxford, and sold by J. Nut [i.e. Nutt, London], 1701. Second edition of the English translation by John Norton. ¶ Duodecimo; A-E12, F11 (A1, half title, present) Bound in original full calf, missing some leather from spine but cords are very strong.....
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Nuremberg (In Jmperiali ciuitate Nurembergensi): Höltzel, 1503. Wolf Traut, Full-page woodcut on verso of title: an excellent impression showing a beardless St Jerome (with lion!) in the wilderness. First Edition. Bound in blind tooled 19th century calf, very nice. Wolf Traut clearly worked closely with several Nuremberg publishers and the.....
Venice: Presso la compagnia de gli Vniti, 1585. Over 150 woodcuts (including repeats) comprising almost full-page cuts (1 on t.p.) within borders. All had previously appeared in earlier editions. Ornamental and pictorial border pieces on almost every leaf. ( The wood cut on leaf 173v is upside. A later edition.....
Cologne: Quentell, 1492. "Accipies Woodcut" used by Quentell; depicting St Gregory instructs two scholars, this was used from 1491 to 1495, This is designated as ‘A i‘ or the first woodblock of this he used. cf. Proctor. Bibliographical Essays, pages 1-12. This copy has rubrication on the first few pages.....
ULM: Johann Zainer, ca. 1478-80). [not after 1480] [Notes CIBN dates not after 1480 from the date of rubrication in Württemberg LB copy (cf. Amelung, Frühdruck)], 1478. 162 leaves. [*12+1a10 b8 c10 d-e8 f-i10/8 k10l12; m10 n-o8 p-z, aa10.8 bb-dd10] 40 lines, single column, headlines. Gothic type (type: 4:96G, 5:136G).....