Early Books (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Trustees of the British Museum/British Library, London, 1962-3 lithographic reprint of the 1908 edition. 12 vols, Linen-backed boards, folio, 39 cm,. xxviii, 312 + xvii, 313-620 + xl, 621-864 + 16, 145, 16 + lv, 147-598 +l, 599-899 + lxxxviii, 901-1213 + lxxxvii, 441, 21, lxxii + xxxiv, 222, 7, ix + lxxv, 92, 6, xx + x, 93,… Read more about this item

Belknap Press, Harvard, first edition, 1974. 2 vols, cloth, large 4to, 29 cm,. xx,383 + [vi], 384-840 pp. 559 entries. From a contemporary review: "..here is a wealth of 559 Italian books, meticulously described, always with the emphasis on their illustrations. The style, significance, and origin of each woodcut or engraving is given in such detail that we have… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1907. Cloth, gilt spine-titles, 8vo,. xii, [2], 462 pp. Volume IV only. Faint 'withdrawn' stamp on verso of rear free endpaper, otherwise Very Good.

Burt Franklin, New York, [1967] reprint of 1908 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. 327 pp. Contents: t. 1. Biographie. Le Prælum Ascensianum. Les Oeuvres de Badius. Stultiferæ naves, Navis stultifera [extracts]. Appendices. Covers slightly scuffed and marked, contents clean.

Maurizio Martino, Staten Island, 1996 reprint edition. Stated to be limited to 100 sets. 4 vols, cloth, 8vo,. 594, [2] + 563, [3] + 553 +538 pp. Vol I A-B; Vol II C-G; Vol III H-O; and Vol IV P-Z. Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum became the standard for all later efforts in this field, with Hain describing "more… Read more about this item

Levin & Munksgaard, København, first edition, 1931. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 27 cm,. 160 pp. 836 entries. The first part only of a 6-part catalogue. Wrappers duststained and slightly chipped, otherwise a Good unopened copy.

Cambridge University Press, London, first edition, 1967. 2 vols, cloth, small 4to, 27 cm,. viii, 768 + 794 pp. Approximately 45,000 entries. Still the essential reference for 16th century continental books, with detailed collations. From a contemporary review: "The catalogue contains over 30,000 entries, disposed two columns to a page in two stout volumes. The entries are arranged in… Read more about this item

, Zagreb, first edition, 1952. Cloth-backed boards, black cover device, large 8vo, 30 cm,. x, 258., [2] pp, map,, plates. 1124 entries. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper. Very Good in used dustwrapper.

Leo S. Olschki, Firenze, first edition, 1984. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm,. 359, [1] pp. From the library of the bibliophile A R A Hobson (though without indicia of this) with one leaf of notes in Hobson;'s hand laid in. Minor marks to wrappers, otherwise Very Good.

Edizioni Rovello, Milano, [first edition, 1995. Printed wrappers with flaps, 8vo, 21 cm. 322, [3] pp, a few facs. From the library of the bibliophile A R A Hobson (though without indication of that in the book), with a leaf of notes in his hand laid in listing about 30 of the catalogue entries under his… Read more about this item

Burt Franklin, New York, [1967] reprint of 1908 first edition. 3 vols, cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. 327 + 548 + 529 pp, 44 facs. Contents: t. 1. Biographie. Le Prælum Ascensianum. Les œuvres de Badius. Stultiferæ naves, Navis stultifera [extracts]. Appendices.--t. 2. Bibliographie des ouvrages édités, commentés ou imprimés par Josse Badius Ascensius: Ægidius à Juvencus.--t. 3. Bibliographie… Read more about this item

British Museum, London, first edition, 1962. Cloth, 8vo,. viii, 1224 pp. From the introduction: "This short-title catalogue of German books contains entries for the books in the British Museum printed before 1601 in the German-speaking countries or in the German language elsewhere. " Arranged by author. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown… Read more about this item

Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1965. Cloth, 8vo,. viii, 274, [1] pp. A short-title catalogue for books in the British Museum (now the British Library) which were (a) printed before 1601 within the frontiers of the Netherlands and Belgium or (b) printed before 1601 outside that area in Dutch or Flemish. Arranged alphabetically by author,… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1954. Cloth-backed boards, folio, 42 cm,. viii, 72 pp, ills, facs, tables. From the introduction: "The primary aim of the special methods adopted in this study was, first, to sort out among all available copies of the 1457 Psalter whatever different printings might prove to be represented among them, and then to array… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1906 and Supplement, 1913. Later half-cloth and patterned paper boards, gilt spine title, 4to,. x, 212, xxxiv + viii pp. Bourdillon considers in detail 21 early editions of the great French poem "whose period of popularity coincided with the transition from the manuscript to the printed book". B.M. Rosenthal's copy with 'Barney'… Read more about this item

, , [first edition, 1896Librairie de la Société des Bibliophiles François, Paris, first edition, 1896. Contemporary (?) patterned half-cloth and marbled boards (original printed wrappers bound in at end), title-page in red and black, 8vo,. xxiv, 491, [4] pp. 3464 entries. A valuable complement to Willems' 'Les Elzevier' as Rahir does not repeat information from it but includes… Read more about this item

Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, first edition, 2009. Laminated pictorial boards, 4to, 29 cm,. 240 pp, colour ills,. 85 items. In German and English. Catalogue of an exhibition, with 85 items described by specialists including Dr. Falk Eisermann, From the preface - "The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek holds the most important collection of incunabula world-wide when individual copies are counted: it… Read more about this item

Belknap Press, Harvard, first edition, 1974. 2 vols, cloth, large 4to, 29 cm,. xx,383 + [vi], 384-840 pp. 559 entries. From a contemporary review: "..here is a wealth of 559 Italian books, meticulously described, always with the emphasis on their illustrations. The style, significance, and origin of each woodcut or engraving is given in such detail that we have… Read more about this item

Nakladem Uniwersytetu Jagiellon´skiego, Kraków, first edition, 1962. Cloth, brown cover device, 4to, 31 cm,. xxxvi, [1], 270, [1] pp, 46 plates. Includes 2289 works in 3248 copies. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, and a note in his hand on the front free endpaper. Good in an edgeworn dustwraper with minor… Read more about this item

Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti., Ljubljana, first edition, 1957. Later cloth, gilt spine-title, title-page in red and black, folio,. 493, [3] pp, 35 plates/maps. 847 entries. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, covers a little marked, otherwise Very Good.