Rare Books (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Heribert Tenschert, bookseller's catalogue, 1989. Laminated pictorial boards, large 4to,. 623, [1] pp, approximately 500 colour illustrations. 90 items. A superb, lavishly illustrated catalogue - the first in the Leuchtendes Mittelalter series - describing in detail some 93 illuminated or illustrated manuscripts from the 10th to the 16th century. The items include: "das Stundenbuch Albrechts von Brandenburg; das Fouquet-Bourdichon-Stundenbuch,… Read more about this item

Harvard University Press, first edition, 1964. 2 vols, cloth, large 4to,. xvii, 358 + 359-728 pp, ills. 557 entries. From Downs & Jenkins:."This is the first part, in two handsome well-printed volumes, of a projected catalog of the books and manuscripts established in the Harvard Library by Philip Hofer in 1938...This full-dress catalog is a model of its kind,… Read more about this item

Corporation of Bristol, Bristol, first edition, 1958. Printed card wrappers, 8vo,. [6], 208 pp, several facs. Approximately 2,500 entries. From the introduction: "This catalogue is the third in a series of catalogues of books in the Bristol Reference Library. The two previous works have dealt with Early Printed English Books 1499-1640 and Foreign Books 1473-1700 and so this catalogue… Read more about this item

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1895. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo,. [xii], 365, [1] pp, collotype plates, 3 original 16th-17th century leaves at end. One of the first 700 copies of this meticulous work, having tipped in 3 original leaves from 16th and 17th century Oxford printings (as issued). The work aims to "describe in detail the products… Read more about this item

Trustees of the British Museum, London, revised edition, 1939. Printed boards, 8vo,. 163 pp, plates, 46 ills. Well-illustrated catalogue of a splendid exhibition, the first half of which illustrated the introduction and development of printing in Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain and England. Other sections cover famous English books, early printing in Scotland, Ireland and overseas, early… Read more about this item

Maggs Bros., London, bookseller's catalogue, 1930. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 256 pp, map, 20 plates, many ills. 113 items. Includes towns of: Austria, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, England & France. Folding map of 15th century printing places. Wrappers stained, head of spine worn with slight loss, acknopwledgement slip tipped-in.

Privately printed for Edward Arber, London, 1903-6. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, signed by Prof Arber. 3 vols, cloth, gilt cover-titles, demy 4to, 30 cm,. xvi, 576 + x, 664 + x, 742 pp. This is a large format reprint of the "Term Catalogues", a series of catalogues of new books that began in November 1668 and… Read more about this item

Rosenkilde et Bagger, Copenhague, 1966-1968 reprint of the fifth (best) edition, entièrement refondue et augmentée d'un tiers par l'auteur, 1860-1865. 9 vols, green cloth, gilt spine-titles, red and black spine-panels 8vo,. xv pp, 1902 columns + iv pp, 1848 + 1984 + 1476, [1], + 1800 + lxii, [i] pp, 1878 columns, + xv pp, 1138 columns + 1226… Read more about this item

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1895. Cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo,. [xii], 365, [1] pp, collotype plates, 3 original 16th-17th century leaves at end. One of the first 700 copies of this meticulous work, having tipped in 3 original leaves from 16th and 17th century Oxford printings (as issued). The work aims to "describe in detail the products… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, second edition, 1976 -1991. 3 vols, cloth, large 8vo,. liv, 620 + xii, 494 + xx, 405 pp. Approximately 36,000 entries. This is the much enlarged second (latest) edition, which added some 10,000 entries to those in the first edition, corrected many errors, and much expanded and improved the indexing. A superb work, which one reviewer… Read more about this item

Dawsons of Pall Mall, London, 1969 reprint of 1954 first edition. 2 vols, 2-tone cloth, 8vo,. xx, 400 + viii, 401-839 pp, 60 plates. 2,739 entries. A valuable reference source based on a splendid collection of 18th century works, particularly strong in literature and history, which was largely built up by individual acquisitions in the 1930s and 1940s.. Before… Read more about this item

British Museum, London, first edition, 1924. Cloth, small 8vo,. viii, 491 pp. Approximately 12,000 entries. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, two notes on front free endpaper, spine-ends slightly bumped and endpapers browned, otherwise Near Very Good.

Sotheby's, London, unillustrated auction catalogue for the sale held on 24th & 25th November, 1975. Yellow printed wrappers, small 4to,. 86 pp, several facs. Lots 3557-3864. Among the highlights noted were the following: Literature, including Nicholas Breton, Englands Selected Characters, 1643; John Donne, Biathanatos, c. 1646; Abraham Cowley, the Mistresse, 1647; Richard Brome, Lachrymae Musarum, 1650; John Evelyn's… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, 1946 reprint of 1926 first edition. Cloth-backed boards, 4to,. xviii, 609 pp. 26,143 entries. Arranged alphabetically by author and other main entries; gives author, brief title, size, printer, date, reference to entry of item in the Stationers' registers, and indication of libraries possessing copies. Contains "abridged entries of all 'English' books ... copies of which exist… Read more about this item

Slatkine Reprints, 1990 reprint of fifth edition 1860-80. [ltd 500]. 8 vols, cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. 7450 pp in all ( Pierre Deschamps. Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne. xv pp, 1907 col., [1] + iv pp, 1848 col,, [1] + 1984 col., [1] + 1476 col., [3]+ 1700 col. + 1878 col., [4] + viii pp, 1592 col. + xv… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, 1969 reprint of 1946 edition. Cloth, small 4to,. xvi, [ii]. 609 pp. Arranged alphabetically by author and other main entries; gives author, brief title, size, printer, date, reference to entry of item in the Stationers' registers, and indication of libraries possessing copies. Contains "abridged entries of all 'English' books ... copies of which exist at… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, second edition, 1976 -1991. 3 vols, cloth, large 8vo,. liv, 620 + xii, 494 + xx, 405 pp. Approximately 36,000 entries. This is the much enlarged second (latest) edition, which added some 10,000 entries to those in the first edition, corrected many errors, and much expanded and improved the indexing. A superb work, which one reviewer… Read more about this item

Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 25th and 26th November, 1974. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 170, [2] pp, numerous plates (including some folding). Lots 3086-3388. Among the highlights noted were the following: Thomas Ravenscroft's Pammelia, 1609 and Other Collections of Music; Chapman's Bussv d'Ambois, 1608; Dekker's the Magnificent Entertainment, 1604; the First and Second… Read more about this item

Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1912. Cloth, folio, 39 cm,. xvi, 130 pp, 18 plates, facs. The Huth library was collected by Henry Huth, father of Alfred H. Huth, who in his will allowed the British Museum to select their choice of 50 items from the collection, which was one of the greatest ever assembled.… Read more about this item

Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, 1996. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xvii, 330 pp, XVI plates. The fourth in a series of volumes which catalogue the extensive holdings of incunabula in the varions libraries affiliated with Harvard University, representing one of the largest collections of incunabula in the western… Read more about this item