This December 7th in London, Sotheby's will auction off a number of rare books from the late Baron Frederick Hesketh's expansive collection, including a rare first edition of Audubon's The Birds of A... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from September 2010
The Chapin Library at Williams College has recently acquired a 19th-century Qur'an manuscript from the Ottoman Empire. It measures six and one eighth inches long and four inches wide, and has a wallet... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Andalouse This past Tuesday, our friend L.D. Mitchell at The Private Library, discussed Hand-Colored Plates, paying particular attention to the assembly-line process required to manually color engrav... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items were still reported missing as of May 29, 2019. Two maps are missing, presumed stolen from the stock of Jonathan Potter Ltd: 1. (34468) "Cornwall" By John Speed. Published London, 1612-162... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item was still reported missing as of May 29, 2019. Felice Feliciano: Alphabetum Romanum; 25 hand-coloured letters; publisher's full brown morocco, patterned slipcase. no. 96 of 400 copies. Offic... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items were still missing as of May 29, 2019. AUDSLEY, W. & G. Handbook of Christian Symbolism London, Day & Son +145 pp. b&w ill. throughout, with 8 col. plates (most chromo-lithographs). All gi... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2010
Vic of Tavistock Books recently acquired a John Steinbeck manuscript. Read more here. [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
These items were still missing as of May 29, 2019. 1. LAVEDAN, Don Antonio. Tratado de los Usos, Abusos, Propiedades y Virtudes del Tabaco, Cafe, Te y Chocolate: Extractado de los Mejores autores Que ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
This item was still missing as of May 29, 2019. FEUILLET, Octave. Le Sphinx. Drame en Quatre Actes. Paris: Michel Levy Freres. Illustrated. Octavo, full green morocco with blue and red morocco inlays,... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABBOTT, Jack. A Treatise on Jack Pot Poker. New Orleans, 1881. 12mo. Original black pebbled cloth, black glazed paper side-label, printed in gold. One tiny nick in the upper joint, else a very fine co... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]