Incunable Leaf With Page (4 items)

Very Good. Lovely unidentified Latin incunable leaf printed on both sides with several hand colored symbols and decorations in red and blue ink. A few lines of text inset within one of pages. Slight soiling, light creases and small tear on one margin but very good. 10 x 14 inches. 77 lines. INCU/032414.

Very Good. Lovely unidentified Latin incunable leaf printed on both sides with several hand colored symbols and decorations in red and blue ink. Several lines of text are inset within each page. Slight soiling, water staining on two margins but very good. 10 x 14 inches. 77 lines. INCU/032414.

LEAF CCLI. Full page woodcut of battle. About fine. LEAF CCLI. Full page woodcut of battle. The text on the verso of this print describes actions taken by classical heroes of Greece and Rome, and may be from a world history or other early sixteenth-century German illustrated historical text.

[ Cologne: Johann Koelhoff the Younger, 1499. ] [ New York: The Colophon (Pynson Printers). Undated (1929?) ]. Four items loosely inserted in a 33 x 25.5 cm black paper folder which is in good condition, with light signs of wear. With 26.5 x 20.5 illustrated label on cover, printed in black and brown, for 'The Colophon | A book collector's quarterly'. Presented to the guests at a 'Colophon' dinner (perhaps the inaugural one in 1929?). The contents as follows. ONE: Leaf from the Cologne Chronicle, 1499. The dimensions of the leaf from this incunabulum are roughly 30.5 x 20.5 cm. In fair condition, on aged paper with light damp staining. With three woodcuts, each roughly 5 x 4 cm. The first, on the recto, depicting a pope, the other two, the same as one another, depicting a bearded king. Recto headed with subtitle: 'Soter van Campanien pays | Gheyn Bisschoff tzo Coellen', and with 'lxv' (pagination?) in top right-hand corner. Last subtitle on veso: 'Helius der hartneckich wart der roi'. TWO: Notice by… Read more