A sumptuous auction catalogue of an unparalleled collection of anatomical illustrations dating from the C16th, C17th, C18th and C19th centuries.  229 lots are described in great detail and most illustrated in excellent colour plates.

An exhibition catalogue issued to mark the occasion of the colloquium held by the International Association of Bibliophiles at Würzburg in September 1990.

A facsimile of the groundbreaking work of German mineralogist Abraham Werner's standardisation of colours translated to English by painter Patrick Syme and published in 1814.  Includes modern biographies of Werner and Syme.  Paperback.  52 pages.  Cat No 4970

Discusses the possible identity of the author of the map, its purpose, the materials used, its preservation and the geographic features depicted, as well as its decorative border and the men and beasts shown.  Seven b&w plates accompany the text.

Paperback.  24 pages.  In good clean condition. (This copy includes a leaflet explaining the basis for the exhibition that this book supports and the Gertrude Bell Project behind it.)  Cat No 4859

A scholarly treatise exploring every aspect of the remarkable large Mappa Mundi originally housed at Ebstorf convent in northern Germany but destroyed during allied bombing in WWII.  Comparisons with other similar maps are explored, including that of the famous Hereford cathedral map.

Published to mark the unveiling of a memorial tablet in Reading Abbey, this short book describes one of the most important manuscripts in the British Library – the hand-written musical notation of an early English pastoral song - ‘Sumer Is Icumen In’.

An extensive exhibition catalogue of the large collection of botanical paintings created in the late C18th and early C19th by Pierre-Joseph Redouté and collected by enthusiast Rachel Miller Hunt during the 1920’s.

A comprehensive and authoritative survey of cartes de visite describing their history, their diversity, and covering seventy subjects that were extensively photographed.

Lavish sale catalogue from one of the world's dominant rare book dealer featuring 171 examples of the very  finest medieval  texts.