The Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Reference Library Part I: The History of the Book from Medieval Manuscripts to the 20th Century, with Particular Emphasis on the History of Book Illustration 919 titles in 1,180 physical volumes Part II: The Illustrated Book in Japan 286 titles in 360 physical volumes ARS LIBRI 2 THE ARTHUR & CHARLOTTE VERSHBOW REFERENCE LIBRARY th Part I: The History of the Book from Medieval Manuscripts to the 20 Century, with Particular Emphasis on the History of Book Illustration GENERAL WORKS 1 ACKLEY, CLIFFORD S. Printed Portraits. (48)pp. 48 illus. 4to. Wraps. Based on an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nov. 1972-Jan. 1973. Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), 1972. 2 AIX-EN-PROVENCE. BIBLIOTHÈQUE MÉJANES. Un cabinet d’amateur à la fin du XVIIIe siècle: Le marquis de Méjanes, bibliophile. Commissariat: Jean-Marc Chatelain, Raphaële Mouren. (118)pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Une passion en Lumières: Le marquis de Méjanes et ses livres” at the Cité du Livre, Galerie Zola, Aix-en-Provence, Sept. 2006. Aix-en-Provence, 2006. 3 ALDERSON, BRIAN & OYENS, FELIX DE MAREZ. Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children’s Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850. xiv, (2), 318pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Presentation copy, inscribed by F. Oyens. London/New Castle, Delaware (The British Library/ Oak Knoll Press), 2006. 4 ALEXANDER, J.J.G. The Decorated Letter. 118pp. 40 color plates, 30 text illus. 4to. Wraps. New York (Braziller), 1978. 5 ALEXANDER, J.J.G. & DE LA MARE, A.C. The Italian Manuscripts in the Library of Major J.R. Abbey. xliv, 187pp., 86 plates (6 color). Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. New York (Praeger), 1969. 6 AMEISENOWA, ZOFIA. Rekopisy i pierwodruki iluminowane Biblioteki Jagiellonskiej. 233, (3)pp., 12 tipped-in color plates. 256 illus. hors texte. Folio. Cloth. Wroclaw/Kraków (Zaklad Narodowy Imienia Ossolinskich-Wydaunictwo), 1958. 7 AMORY, HUGH. First Impressions: Printing in Cambridge, 1639-1989. 62, (2)pp. Illus. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Houghton Library and the Harvard Law School Library, Oct. 1989. Cambridge (Harvard University), 1989. 8 ANDERSON, DONALD M. The Art of Written Forms: The Theory and Practice of Calligraphy. ix, (1), 358pp. 459 illus. 4to. Cloth. New York (Holt Rinehart and Winston), 1969. 9 ANDREWS, IRENE DWEN. Owners of Books: The Dissipations of a Collector. (10), 271pp. 100 illus. Sm. 4to. Cloth. Washington (The Bruin Press), 1936. 10 ANN ARBOR. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. CLEMENTS LIBRARY. Fifty-Five Rare Books from the Botanical Library of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt. Loaned for an exhibition in honor of the Botanical Society of America at their summer meeting, Ann Arbor, August, 1949. Described by Harley H. Bartlett. (6), 55pp. 8 plates. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Ann Arbor, 1949. 11 ANNINGER, ANNE. Spanish and Portuguese 16th Century Books in the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts. A description of an exhibition and a bibliographical catalogue of the collection. Foreword by Eleanor Garvey. x, 94, (2)pp. 4to. Wraps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Cambridge (The Houghton Library), 1985. 12 APPUHN, HORST & HEUSINGER, CHRISTIAN V. Riesenholzschnitte und Papiertapeten der Renaissance. 109pp. 74 illus. 4to. Wraps. D.j. Unterschneidheim (Verlag Dr. Alfons Uhl), 1976. 13 ARMSTRONG, ELIZABETH. Robert Estienne, Royal Printer. An historical study of the elder Stephanus. xx, (2), 309, (1)pp., 8 plates. 15 text illus. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Cambridge (University Press), 1954. 14 [ASHBEE, HENRY SPENCER.] Bibliography of Prohibited Books. By Pisanus Fraxi. Introduction by G. Legman. 3 vols. I: Index librorum prohibitorum. lxxvi, 542, (2)pp. II: Centuria librorum absconditorum. lx, 593, (3)pp. III: Catena librorum tacendorum. lvii, (3), 593, (5)pp. Stout 8vo. Cloth. Reprint of the London 1877-1885 edition. New York (Jack Brussel), 1962. 15 ASSELINEAU, CHARLES. L’enfer du bibliophile. Six pointes sèches par Léon Lebègue. 42pp. 6 etchings (4 hors texte), each in two states, of which one is hand-colore. Full brown leather, gilt; inner dentelles. Orig. red wraps. bound in. One of a few copies for presentation, inscribed to Th. Seligmann, and initialled by the publisher. ARS LIBRI 3 THE ARTHUR & CHARLOTTE VERSHBOW REFERENCE LIBRARY Paris (Librairie L. Conquet, L. Carteret & Cie., Successeurs), 1905. 16 AUGSBURG. STAATS- UND STADTBIBLIOTHEK. Martin Luther, 1483-1983: 1000 zeitgenössische Ausgaben seiner Schriften. Regesten zu den Schriften Luthers von Ingeborg Salzburnn. June-July 1983. (208)ff. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Mimeograph. Augsburg, 1983. 17 AUSTIN, GABRIEL (EDITOR). The Grolier Club Iter Italicum. xxi, (5), 298pp. Prof. illus. Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Edition limited to 750 copies. New York (The Grolier Club), 1963. 18 AUSTIN. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. ACADEMIC CENTER & UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY. A Creative Century: Selections from the Twentieth Century Collections at the University of Texas. An exhibition. Nov. 1964. 71pp. Prof. illus. Wraps. Austin, 1964. 19 AXTON, MARIE & CARLEY, JAMES P. (EDITORS). ‘Triumphs of English.’ Henry Parker, Lord Morley, translator to the Tudor court. New essays in interpretation. Introduction by David Starkey. xi, (1), 276pp. Illus. 4to. Cloth. D.j. London (The British Library), 2000. 20 AZARYAN, L.R. Kilikyan manrankarch‘ut‘yune XII-XIII d.d. / Kilikiiskaia miniatiura XII-XIII v.v. 297, (3)pp. 148 plates (14 color). Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Erevan (Haykakan SSR GA Hratarakch‘ut‘yun), 1964. 21 BAER, LEO. Die illustrierten Historienbücher des 15. Jahrhunderts. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Formschnittes. 216, xcvi pp. Sm. folio. New cloth. Strassburg (J.H.Ed. Heitz [Heitz & Mündel]), 1903. 22 BALTIMORE. THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. Nov. 1957-Jan. 1958. xi, (1), 275, (3)pp., 106 plates Lrg. 4to. Cloth. Organized by The Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore, 1957. 23 BALTIMORE. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. The Fowler Architectural Collection of the Johns Hopkins University. Catalogue. Compiled by Laurence Hall Fowler and Elizabeth Baer. xvi, 383, (1)pp., 30 plates, 1 folding chart. 4to. Cloth. Baltimore (The Evergreen House Foundation), 1961. Arntzen/Rainwater J13 24 BALTIMORE. THE WALTERS ART GALLERY. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Jan.- March 1949. Text by Dorothy Miner. xii, 86pp., 80 plates. 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth. Baltimore, 1949. 25 BALTIMORE. THE WALTERS ART GALLERY. The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. Oct.-Dec. 1962. Text by Philippe Verdier. xv, (1), 153, (5)pp., 125 plates. 4to. Wraps. Baltimore, 1962. 26 BANGE, E.F. Eine bayerische Malerschule des XI. und XII. Jahrhunderts. 168, (2)pp., 67 plates. 186 illus. Lrg. 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth. München (Hugo Schmidt), 1923. Donati p. 86 27 BARCHILON, JACQUES. Perrault’s Tales of Mother Goose. The dedication manuscript of 1695 reproduced in collotype facsimile with introduction and critical text. 2 vols. 162pp. Illus.; (120)-pp. collotype facsimile. Lrg. 8vo. Boards, 1/4 cloth. Slipcase. Edition limited to 600 numbered copies. New York (The Pierpont Morgan Library), 1956. 28 BARKER, NICOLAS. Bibliotheca Lindesiana. The lives and collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. Reprinted with corrections. xviii, 415pp., 1 folding chart, 24 plates. 4to. Cloth. London (The Roxburghe Club/ Bernard Quaritch), 1978. 29 BARKER, NICOLAS. The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978: An Illustrated History. With a preface by Charles Ryskamp. xiii, (1), 69, (3)pp. 332 illus. hors texte. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Oxford (Clarendon Press), 1978. 30 BARKER, NICOLAS, ET AL. Treasures of the British Library. 272pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. London (The British Library), 1988. 31 BARLOW, WILLIAM P., JR. Book Collecting: Personal Rewards and Public Benefits. A lecture delivered at the Library of Congress on December 7, 1983. (The Center for the Book: Viewpoint Series. 11.) 22, (2)pp. Wraps. Edition limited to 2000 copies. ARS LIBRI 4 THE ARTHUR & CHARLOTTE VERSHBOW REFERENCE LIBRARY Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress), 1984. 32 BARSTOW, KURT. The Gualenghi-d’Este Hours: Art and Devotion in Renaissance Ferrara. (Getty Museum Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts.) ix, (1), 269pp. 27 color plates, 100 illus. Lrg. 8vo. Cloth. Slipcase. Los Angeles (The J. Paul Getty Museum), 2000. 33 BARZUN, JACQUES. The Bibliophile of the Future: His Complaints About the Twentieth Century. (Maury A. Bromsen Lecture in Humanistic Bibliography. 4.) 19pp. Wraps. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Boston (Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston), 1976. 34 BASBANES, NICHOLAS A. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. xvi, (2), 638pp., 32 plates. Sm. stout 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth. D.j. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. New York (Henry Holt and Company), 1995. 35 BAUER, HERMANN. Rocaille: Zur Herkunft und zum Wesen eines Ornament-Motivs. (Neue Münchner Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte. 4.) 87, (3)pp., 44 plates with 105 illus. 6 text figs. Sm. 4to. Cloth. Berlin (Walter de Gruyter & Co.), 1962. Arntzen/Rainwater R46 36 BAUR-HEINHOLD, MARGARETE. Schöne alte Bibliotheken. Ein Buch vom Zauber ihrer Räume. Einführung Karl Bosl. (Kulturgeschichte in Einzeldarstellungen.) 295, (1)pp. 388 illus. (16 color plates). Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. München (Verlag Georg D.W. Callwey), 1972. 37 BEARMAN, FREDERICK A., ET AL. Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library. By Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery. With an introduction by Anthony Hobson. Feb.-Sept. 1992. 270, (2)pp. 244 illus. (14 color). Sm. folio. Cloth. D.j. Washington, D.C./New York (The Folger Shakespeare Library/ Harry N. Abrams), 1992. 38 BEER, RUDOLF (EDITOR). Denkmäler der Schreibkunst aus der Handschriftensammlung des Habsburg- Lothringischen Erzhauses. Unter Leitung des Direktors der K.K. Hofbibliothek, Josef Ritter von Karabacek.