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Published by New York: George Braziller, Inc., [1966]., 1966
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Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerBlack slipcase lightly rubbed, color pictorial paste-on affixed upon rear panel, patches of surface peeling and edge chips to title label affixed upon front panel and spine with toning to latter, short tear to surface paper at bottom seam. 359 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.5cm. No dust jacket (presumably as issued). Cream c…olored boards with bright gilt stamping, slight bumping and scuffing at spine ends. Interior pages are bright and clean and binding remains fairly crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good- slipcase. Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript belonging to The Guennol Collection and The Pierpont Morgan Library. With Introduction, 160 color plates mostly on rectos with explanatory text on opposing versos, and four appendices of which the last is a Selective Bibliography. {Approximate shipping weight 2.5 pounds.}.
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Language: German
Published by 1871., 1871
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Add to basket13,5 x 10,0 cm. Aus einer illustrierten Zeitschrift, Rückseite mit Text. [SW - Portrait, Porträt, Johannes Regiomantanus, Johannes Müller].
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves / introduction and commentaries by John Plummer
Catherine, of Cleves, Duchess, consort of Arnold, van Egmond, Duke of Gelderland (1417-1476)
Published by George Braziller, New York, NY, 1975
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket (as issued). 2nd Edition. 1975. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. With slipcase. 339 pages. 6397.
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Deutscher Mathematiker, Astronom, Mechaniker und Schriftsteller. Holzstich.
Regiomontanus, Johannes (eigentlich Camillus Johannes Müller) - (1436 - 1476)
Language: German
Published by Um 1870., 1870
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Add to basket15,0 x 9,5 cm. Unterhalb der Darstellung mit biographischen Angaben. Beidseitig bedruckt, Rückseite mit Porträt von Geiler von Kaiserberg. [SW - Portrait, Johannes Regiomontanus].
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Published by Ohne Ort um 1850., 1850
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Add to basket1 Blatt, verso weiß. Condition: Gut. Bild ca. 8,5 x 8 cm, Blatt ca. 21,5 x 14,5 cm. Brustbild-Portrait. Zeigt den französischen Feldherrn Pierre du Terrail, Chevalier de Bayard (1476-1524). - Papierbedingt gering gebräunt, sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.
The Works of Sir John Fortescue, Knight, Chief Justice of England and Lord Chancellor to King Henry the Sixth; 2
John Sir 1394?-1476? dn Fortescue,Thomas Fortescue Baron 18. Clermont
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Language: German
Published by Um 1820., 1820
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Add to basket9,0 x 7,0 cm. Etwas stockfleckig. [SW - Porträt, Portrait, Pierre du Terroil Bayard].
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On an unrecorded Contract entered into between Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Castille and Leon, and Ferdinand, King of Sicily, for the Marriage of Isabella, with Ferdinand, Prince of Capua.1476 An article printed in 1857, written by An Archaeolgia Contributor : 25 pages with 2 illustrations.
CONTRACT OF 1476 FOR THE MARRIAGE OF ISABELLA OF CASTILE AND FERDINAND, PRINCE OF CAPUA
Published by Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity., London, 1857
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Add to basketBooklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 25 pages with 2 illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume of Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicali…ty - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 25 x 30 cms. Category: Archaeologia; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
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tapa blanda. Condition: 2ª Mano. 2ª Mano. Ediciones Trea, S.L. 2005. NUEVO retractilado. Libro.
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Untersuchungen zum sog. lyrischen Teil des Liederbuchs der Klara (Clara)Hätzlerin. Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Hamburg.
Schlosser, Horst Dieter (Germanist-Mädievist-Linguist 1937-2024); Hätzlerin, Klara/Clara - Abschreiberin von Handschriften, * um 1430, ? nach 1476
Published by Selbstverlag, 1965
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Add to basketKartoniert. Condition: Sehr gut. 261 S., 8° (Oktav, 18,5 bis 22,5 cm), kartoniert (Softcover). Papier randgebräunt / gedunkelt aber sehr sauber; insgesamt sehr gut erhalten.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 598 pages. 11.69x8.27x1.21 inches. In Stock.
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The Hours of Catherine of Cleves : reproduced from the illuminated manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and the Pierport Morgan Library / introduction and commentaries by John Plummer
Catherine of Cleves, Duchess, consort of Arnold, van Egmond, Duke of Gelderland (1417-1476)
Published by London : Barrie & Rockliff, 1966
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Contact seller5-star sellerFacsimile Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 359 pages, illustrations, 21 cm. Subject: Pierpont Morgan Library.… Guennol Collection. 3 Kg.
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The Hours of Catherine of Cleves : reproduced from the illuminated manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and the Pierport Morgan Library / introduction and commentaries by John Plummer
Catherine of Cleves, Duchess, consort of Arnold, van Egmond, Duke of Gelderland (1417-1476)
Published by London : Barrie & Rockliff, 1966
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Add to basketFacsimile Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 359 pages, illustrations, 21 cm. Subject: Pierpont Morgan Library.… Guennol Collection. 1 Kg.
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Published by London Oxford Cambridge Edinburgh Dublin : Longman & Co. : Trübner & Co. ; Parker & Co. ; Macmillan & Co. ; A.C. Black ; A. Thom, 1872
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Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Good set bound in quarter buckram over paper boards with a gilt label to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the Seminarii S. Ioannis with its bookplate and library marks. Series; Rolls Series ; 28, vi.…Physical description; 2 v. : facsim. ; 25 cm. Notes; Spine title: Registrum Abbatiae Johannis Whethamstede. "Published by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls." Covers events in the second abbacy of John Whethamstede, and in those of his successors, William Alban and William Wallingford. Sometimes attributed to Robert Blakeney, a previous owner of the manuscript. The portion dealing with Whethamstede was published also by Thomas Hearne in 1732 with Thomas Otterbourne's Duo rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres, as "Johannis Whethamstede Chronicon". The present ed. includes a collation with Hearne's ed., and extracts from Hearne's criticus apparatus. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Latin texts; English introduction and notes. Contents; V. 1. Registrum Abbatiae Johannis Whethamstede, abbatis Monasterii Sancti Albani, iterum susceptae ; Roberto Blakeney, capellano, quondam adscriptum -- v. 2. Registra Johannis Whethamstede Wilhelmi Albon, et Wilhelmi Walingfordé, abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani. Cum appendice continente quasdam epistolas a Johanne Whethamstede conscriptas. Subjects; Wallingford, William (-1488?). Whethamstede, John (d. 1465). Albon, William (d. 1476). St. Albans Abbey History ; Sources. St. Albans Abbey. History. Benedictines England Hertfordshire. Monasticism and religious orders England Hertfordshire. Monasticism and religious orders England St. Albans History ; Early works to 1800. Monastic and religious life England St. Albans History ; Early works to 1800. Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800. Monastic and religious life -- England -- St. Albans -- History. Great Britain History Lancaster and York, (1399-1485) ; Sources. Great Britain History Sources. Saint Albans. Cathedral. Cathedrals. Saint Albans. 4 Kg.
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(Livres précieux). Antiquariatskatalog (Nr. XX) der Librairie Sourget. Chartres 1999. Fol. Durchgehend mit teils ganzseitigen u. farbigen Abb. 2 Bl., 305 S., 1 Bl. Or.-Lwd. mit Schutzumschlag.
Sourget. -- Quatre siècles de patrimoine bibliophilique. 1476-1922.
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Add to basketOpulent ausgestatteter Katalog mit hervorragenden Abbildungen; verzeichnet 142 wertvolle Bücher.
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"Guerison des dix Lepreux par Jesus-Christ" - Jesus Christ Christus
Louis de Surugue de Surgis (1686-1762) und Girolamo Genga (1476-1551) (nach/after):
Language: French
Published by Paris c. 1728., 1728
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Add to basketSchöner, großformatiger Kupferstich. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 54 x 40 cm. Plattenmaße: ca. 32 x 30 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Beautiful, large copper engraving -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets a…m Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.
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Published by London Oxford Cambridge Edinburgh Dublin : Longman & Co. : Trübner & Co. ; Parker & Co. ; Macmillan & Co. ; A.C. Black ; A. Thom, 1872
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Good set bound in quarter buckram over paper boards with a gilt label to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the Seminarii S. Ioannis with its bookplate and library marks. Series; Rolls Series ; 28, vi.…Physical description; 2 v. : facsim. ; 25 cm. Notes; Spine title: Registrum Abbatiae Johannis Whethamstede. "Published by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of H.M. Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls." Covers events in the second abbacy of John Whethamstede, and in those of his successors, William Alban and William Wallingford. Sometimes attributed to Robert Blakeney, a previous owner of the manuscript. The portion dealing with Whethamstede was published also by Thomas Hearne in 1732 with Thomas Otterbourne's Duo rerum anglicarum scriptores veteres, as "Johannis Whethamstede Chronicon". The present ed. includes a collation with Hearne's ed., and extracts from Hearne's criticus apparatus. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Latin texts; English introduction and notes. Contents; V. 1. Registrum Abbatiae Johannis Whethamstede, abbatis Monasterii Sancti Albani, iterum susceptae ; Roberto Blakeney, capellano, quondam adscriptum -- v. 2. Registra Johannis Whethamstede Wilhelmi Albon, et Wilhelmi Walingfordé, abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani. Cum appendice continente quasdam epistolas a Johanne Whethamstede conscriptas. Subjects; Wallingford, William (-1488?). Whethamstede, John (d. 1465). Albon, William (d. 1476). St. Albans Abbey History ; Sources. St. Albans Abbey. History. Benedictines England Hertfordshire. Monasticism and religious orders England Hertfordshire. Monasticism and religious orders England St. Albans History ; Early works to 1800. Monastic and religious life England St. Albans History ; Early works to 1800. Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800. Monastic and religious life -- England -- St. Albans -- History. Great Britain History Lancaster and York, (1399-1485) ; Sources. Great Britain History Sources. Saint Albans. Cathedral. Cathedrals. Saint Albans. 2 Kg.
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Cançoner dels Masdovelles (Manuscrits nº 11 de la Biblioteca de Catalunya). Publicat per R. Aramou i Serra.
Masdovelles, Joan Berenguer de [m. ca. 1476]; R. Aramon i Serra (ed.)
Published by Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1938
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Gut. 1a.ed. 4° mayor (285x225 mm., 1,228 kg.). Col lecció Cançoners de la Biblioteca de Catalunya, Vol. I. XXXVI, 318 p. Rústica. Sprache: Spanisch, Buen estado. Cubiertas: bordes levemente fatigados y oscurecidos, con ligeros roces y pliegues. Interior: sin marcas y en estupendas condiciones. Interior: fir…ma de ant. propiet. en hoja de respeto, mínimas manchas. USADO / GEBRAUCHT / USED. Joan Berenguer de Masdovelles (Arbós (provincia de Tarragona) ? - 1476) fue un poeta renacentista en lengua catalana. Era sobrino del también poeta Guillem de Masdovelles de quien heredó los derechos sobre la población de Arbós. En 1460, a causa de una revuelta popular, se vio obligado a abandonar el pueblo y refugiarse en Tarragona. Durante la guerra civil catalana, Masdovelles se mostró partidario del rey Juan II. Como premio a esta fidelidad, el rey le devolvió los dominios sobre Arbós, localidad en la que residió hasta su muerte. Participó en diversos concursos literarios organizados en Barcelona. Se conservan 180 poemas de su autoría, escritos entre 1440 y 1475, lo que le convierte en el autor catalán medieval con mayor obra conservada. Los poemas están recogidos en un cancionero que el propio autor recopiló durante el segundo tercio del siglo XV. El manuscrito original se conserva en la Biblioteca de Cataluña. **Los costos de envío indicados pueden diferir de los costos reales**The indicated shipping costs may differ from the actual costs**Die angegebenen Versandkosten können von tatsäachlichen Kosten abreichen**Les frais d'expédition indiqués peuvent différer des frais réels* [Catalunya+literatura catalana+siglo XV+Manuscrits+Biblioteca de Catalunya]. ** 10% DESCUENTO/RABATT/DISCOUNT PRIMAVERA * excl. New German Books * * * * 61,20 (original price 68,00) **.
Porträt. Brustbild. Original - Stahlstich von Froer, 8,5 x 8 cm, ca. 1840.
Bayard, Piere du Terrail, Chevalier de (1476 Schloß Bayard bei Grenoble - 1524 ebd.; frz. Ritter und Kriegsmann, genannt "der Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel").
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The Hours of Catherine of Cleves.
Catherine,; of Cleves, Duchess, consort of Arnold, van Egmond, Duke of Gelderland, 1417-1476. [Plummer, John, 1919- ]
Published by New York : G. Braziller ; Weert, The Netherlands : Sweet, [1966], 1975., 1975
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 2nd printing ; 359 pp. ; 60 color facsimiles, with commentary ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 66-23096 ; OCLC: 712158 ; LC: ND3363.C3; Dewey: 096.1 ; "Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and the Pierpont Morgan Library." ; Introduct…ion and commentaries by John Plummer ; ownership stamp on front ep ; else FINE in torn, FAIR slipcase. Book.
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William Caxton c. 1421 - 1491 | A Caxton Exhibition Catalogue Issued by the States of Jersey Library Service on the 500th Anniversary of the Introduction of Printing to Great Britain
William Caxton (c. 1421 - 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat, and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476, and as a printer was the first English retailer of printed books. [Hans Peter Kraus (October 12, 1907 - November 1, 1988), also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born book dealer described as "without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of the 20th century"].
Published by Published by H. P. Kraus, New York | Designed and Printed by States' Greffe Print Section . 1976., 1976
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Original stapled white paper covers with William Caxton printer's device to the front cover. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains 8 pages of text (including the covers). Kraus formed a business that reprinted scientific and scholarly journals and reference books. SIGNED 'P. Kraus 3. iii. 77' inside the front cover and… in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOOKS (Binding, Collecting, Printing, Paper).
Opera Collectanea. Faksimiledrucke von neun Schriften Regiomontans und einer von ihm gedruckten Schrift seines Lehrers Purbach. Zusammengestellt und mit einer Einleitung herausgegeben von Felix Schmeidler.
REGIOMONTANUS [REGIOMONTANI, Joannis] (1436-1476); SCHMEIDLER, Felix (ed.) (1920-2008):
Published by Osnabruck: Otto Zeller, 1972., 1972
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xxviii, 793 pp. Original cloth, folio. Near Fine. Milliaria X, 2.
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Published by J. Bouchet and Paris, E. de Marnef, Poitiers, 1528
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Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. FIRST EDITION: AN ICONIC CHILDREN'S BOOK OF NATIONALISM AND LEGEND. In the first of the book's three principal parts, the dedication to ten-year-old François, Dauphin of France (1518-36) demonstrates the superiority of the French over the ancient Romans and confirms the French monarchy as the defender of Christend…om. The main text begins with a summary of Western, i.e., "French", history from the fall of Troy to the early 16th century. The opening woodcut of Francus, Aeneas and Antenor escaping Troy in flames reinforces France's claims to ancient glory. The lives of fifty-seven kings of France, from Pharamond to Louis XII (the Dauphin's grandfather, d. 1515), occupy two-thirds of the volume. Each biography is a tightly crafted mnemonic with a prose narrative, a portrait and a verse epitaph. The narrative relates the political and military events of the monarch's reign, and IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FIRST-PERSON EPITAPH THE DECEASED SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THE DAUPHIN. Each king describes and explains himself, his circumstances, motivations, triumphs and failings. Said to be copied from the statues in the Paris Palace Great Hall, "the portraits.have a great interest for the history of the woodcut in France" (Firmin-Didot, tr.). "The artist who cut the portrait of the kings gave to most of them, and especially to the oldest, a marked resemblance to François Ier [the Dauphin's father] and especially [his] well-known nose.proof they all descend from the same family" (Hamon, tr.). The cuts reappeared across the continent, engraved or in woodcut, to 1700. The first English royal portrait gallery, Rastell's The Pastyme of People (1529), has much in common with Bouchet's Genealogies. Some twenty-five years ago, I began looking for a copy of this marvelous portrait gallery. I have located one complete (Harvard) and one defective example (Getty) in the U.S. In fine condition, complete with the privilege leaf; from the libraries of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876; Catalogue (VI.1881) 514), E.-G.-M. de Champ-Repus (1828-92; bookplate), Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919; Catalogue.of Early French Books (1910) 59) and Edouard Rahir (1862-1924; Bibliothèque II (1931) 423). Hamon, Un Grand rhétoriqueur Poitivin Jean Bouchet 178-9; Buisson, Répertoire des ouvrages pédagogiques du XVIe siècle 84-5; Pelc, Illustrium imagines: Das Porträtbuch der Renaissance 23; Brun, Le Livre français illustré de la Renaissance 141; Hauser, Les Sources de l'histoire de France XVIe siècle 30; Bechtel, Catalogue des gothiques français B-282; Répertoire bibliographique des livres imprimées en France au 16e siècle V: 72,20; Cioranesco 4466. Blind-ruled green morocco (Bauzonnet), gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, red silk marker.
