Life in the Middle Ages. The calendar pictures in the Duc de Berry's Tres Riches Heures. Pp. [30], including the pastedowns, illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly scuffed, with publicity sticker on upper board; Prestel-Verlag, New York, 1997. Adventures in Art series. *Reproduces the twelve... More about THE DUKE AND THE PEASANT
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to... More about ACQUITTANCES
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed... More about AVARICE
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to... More about BILLS OF ENTRY
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed... More about BILLS OF ENTRY
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to... More about BILLS OF PARCELS
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. Short closed tear from bottom edge into margin. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period... More about ENVY AND DETRACTION
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to... More about A LETTER TO A FACTOR
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to... More about MENTOR'S DESCRIPTION
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to... More about SIR ANDREW GOLD AND CO
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. Short closed tear from bottom edge into margin. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penmanwas the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period... More about SIR ANTHONY DEALMUCH
A fifteenth century illuminated prayer book in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. 32 facsimile pages reproduced in colour and gold, and seven comparative illustrations in monochrome. With an Introduction and commentaries by Margaret Manion. Pp. 96, illustrated in colour and black & white, select bibliography; maroon... More about THE WHARNCLIFFE HOURS
Pp. xx+286, frontispiece and numerous full page illustrations printed in dark brown on tinted paper, the title page printed in red & black, chronology, index; demy 4to; gilt lettered red cloth, boards a trifle sprung, small stain to upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and... More about CHINESE CALLIGRAPHERS AND THEIR ART
32.5 cm. x 20 cm.; mounted. [21ED]. More about RECEIPTS
Its history and production. Pp. 514, 16 coloured and 120 black & white plates, general bibliography, indices; thick roy. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, corners slightly bruised; Faber and Faber, London, 1967. New edition, revised and augmented with the assistance of Dr. Reinbold Regensburger. More about THE ILLUMINATED BOOK
Its history and production. Pp. 524, 260 plates (6 coloured), general bibliography, indices; thick roy. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, back panel slightly soiled, the backstrip faintly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper... More about THE ILLUMINATED BOOK
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer, illustrated by Helena Lovell. Pp. [16], stiff textured light brown paper, text and decorations printed in brown; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1979. *Includes poetry by Bernard O'Dowd, Judith Wright, Henry Kendall, David Campbell and James McAuley. More about AUSTRALIAN POETRY: A CALENDAR FOR 1980
Calligraphy by Christine Farmer. Pp. [16], stiff textured cream paper, text and decorations printed in black and red; punched & tied by ribbon; some light soiling; Crystal Print,Hobart, 1978. More about SHAKESPEARE'S SONGS: A CALENDAR FOR 1979
[Edited by Michael Gullick and Ieuan Rees]. Pp. 160, profusely illustrated, index of calligraphers; demy 4to; top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; minor production fault to top edge of upper pastedown, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Studio Vista, London, 1980. First edition. *Published in conjunction... More about MODERN SCRIBES AND LETTERING ARTISTS
A mediaeval anthology. Edited and illuminated by Dorothy Hartley. With an Introduction by George Saintsbury. Pp. xxx+320, coloured frontispiece and 3 coloured plates, black & white title page vignette and numerous text illustrations (some full page), the title page printed in red & black, printed endpapers, index; narrow cr. 4to;... More about THE OLD BOOK
Highlights from Matrix, the review for printers and bibliophiles. Introduction by John D. Berry. Pp. 376(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, the title page and colophon printed in red & black, index; demy 4to; grey papered boards, decorated in red, the spine blocked in black and... More about TYPE TYPOGRAPHY
Pp. xxxii+26, 24 plates, select bibliography, indices; demy 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; name in ink and light stain near top fore-corner of upper free endpaper; University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980. U.S. edition. *First published in 1969 in the Oxford Paleographical Handbooks series;... More about ENGLISH CURSIVE BOOK HANDS 1250-1500
Illuminated by Samuel Stanesby. Pp. [40], mounted sepia photographic frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, illuminated title page, the frontispiece and all text within different elaborately illuminated borders, heavily gilt, with numerous decorative initials; moire silk endpapers; f'cap. 4to; cream cloth over bevelled boards, elaborately decorated in gilt and turquoise with... More about THE BRIDAL SOUVENIR
A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts. Pp. 64, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, glossary; square 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; light stain to fore-edge p. 38; Pierpont Morgan Library/Farrar, Straus &... More about BIBLES AND BESTIARIES