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A Letter: Whearin, part of the entertainment untoo the Queenz Maiesty, at Killingwoorth Castl, in 1575 (sic)
A facsimile of a lengthy letter from Robert Laneham (aka Langham), a member of Queen Elizabeth I’s court, to Humfrey Martyn of the Mercers' Company describing the Summer 1575 entertainment of the Queen by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, at Kenilworth Castle.
De Quatuordecim Partibus Beatitudinis (The Fourteen Parts of Blessedness)
A late C14th manuscript at Lichfield Cathedral preserves an important chapter from the C12th Dicta Anselmi in three different versions - in Anglo-Norman, in Middle English, and in Latin. These three texts are edited and reproduced in readable form for the first time in this volume.
The Rhodes Missal: A Commentary
A very thorough academic account of the unique illuminated manuscript missal given in 1504 by the Prior of St Gilles in Provence to the Order of St John on the island of Rhodes where it stayed until the Order removed to Malta following Rhodes capitulation to the Turks.
Souveraine Angleterre: L'âge d'or de la photographie britannique à travers les collections de la Royal Photographic Society, 1839-1917: Exposition, Paris, Hôtel de Sully, 27 mars-9 juin 1996
An attractive catalogue describing the origin and evolution of C19th photography in Britain alongside an exhibition of early photographs based on the collection of the Royal Photographic Society and featuring early photographers such as Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Lewis Carroll and Julia Margaret
The History of the Book in Great Britain (Catalogue 214)
A large bookseller catalogue focussing on book arts, book trades and book collecting in Great Britain.
Sale and Distribution of Books from 1700
The texts of five conference papers including: Auction Sale Catalogues of the C18th; The Impact of the Printed Word on Devon in the C18th and C19th; C18th Bookseller and Printer Interactions with the Law; Book Imports and Exports in the C18th. Paperback. 164 pages.
Studies in the Provincial Book Trade of England, Scotland and Wales Before 1900: Papers Presented to the British Book Trade Index, 7th Annual Seminar
The texts of six conference papers including: Books for Prizes, an Aspect of the late C19th Book Trade; David Davies, Victorian Bookbinder; The Book Trade in Aberdeen 1700-1830; and Early Booksellers and Printers of Kings Lynn. Paperback. 105 pages. Good condition.
A Handbook for the Study of Book History in the United States
Not a book about the history of the book in America, but about the study of book history and how it is conducted by academics and amateurs alike with extensive notes on the variety of sources worth interrogating such as the archives of publishers, printers, paper makers, literary agents, and reta
The Count Oswald Seilern Collection with two additions from the late Count Antoine Seilern
Large heavy auction catalogue depicting 112 lots from the library of Count Oswald who collected with a discerning eye during the first half of the C20th, although the star lots were the final two from his brother's library which exceeded estimates, one ending up in the Getty Museum.
Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth
In this scholarly and engaging history of the cartography of paradise, Alessandro Scafi journeys from the beginning of Christianity to the present day.
