CARTOGRAPHY - ATLAS - BLAEU, J. Le Grand Atlas ou Cosmographie Blauiane, Amsterdam 1663. Facsimile edition [..]. Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., [1967-'68]. 12 Vols. With num. (double-p./ fold.) (col.) charts, maps & plates. Large folio, orig. unif. imitation vellum, spine with two blue mor. letterpieces (a few sl. rubbed/ faded). - And 2 accompanying booklets by C. Koeman ("Joan Blaeu and his Grand Atlas", 1970) and B. van 't Hoff ("Joan Blaeu. Toonneel der Steden v.d. Vereenighde Nederlanden [..]", 1966). (14) Printed in 1000 numb. copies. Facsimile reprint of the original edition (with French text), published in Amsterdam in 1663. Fine set.

CARTOGRAPHY - ATLAS - KEULEN, J. & G. VAN. De Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel, Amsterdam 1716-1753. Facsimile edition [..]. Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., [1969-'70]. 6 Parts in 3 vols. With num. (double-p./ fold.) (col.) charts & maps. Large folio, orig. unif. imitation leather, spine with two blue mor. letterpieces. (3) Printed in 500 numb. copies. Facsimile reprint of the original edition (with Dutch text), published in Amsterdam between 1716-'53. Fine set of a scarce publication.

CARTOGRAPHY - EGMOND, M. VAN. Covens & Mortier. A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam, 1685-1866. [Houten, 2009], 600 pp. With (col.) maps & ills. Large 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - P.C.J. VAN DER KROGT. Advertenties voor kaarten, atlassen, globes e.d. in Amsterdamse kranten, 1621-1811. Utr., 1985, [XVI],473 pp. Orig. cloth (upper inner hinge loosening). - And 5 similar (i.a. P.J.H. Baudet, "Leven en werken van Willem Jansz. Blaeu" [&] "Naschrift", 1871. Lacks the portrait). (7) Ad 1: Utrecht Studies in the History of Cartography, vol. 8. Standard carto-bibliography listing 168 items.

CARTOGRAPHY - SCHILDER, G. Australia unveiled. The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. [English transl. by O. Richter]. Amsterdam, 1976. With plates & ills. Large 8vo., orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - J.E.A. BOOMGAARD. Holland in kaart en prent. Weesp/ Tielt, (1984). With (col.) ills. Small folio, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 3 similar on cartography. (5)

CARTOGRAPHY - VINGBOONS-ATLAS - ATLAS van kaarten en aanzichten van de VOC en WIC, genoemd Vingboons-Atlas in het Algemeen Rijksarchief te 's-Gravenhage. [Haarlem, 1981], consisting of a title and 107 (double-p./ fold.) col. maps, plans & views. Folio, orig. blindst. imitation leather with ribbed spine. Printed in 1000 numb. copies. Facs. reprint of this famous Dutch manuscript-atlas, orig. titled "Verzameling van Pas-Kaarten, Dienende tot de Vaart naar Oost- en Westindien; Meest alle uitvoerig met de Pen getekent: benevens eenige Afbeeldingen van voorname Eylanden, Steden en Sterktens, zo wel in de Spaansche Engelsche als Nederlands Indien Gelegen [..]". With introductory booklet by J. van Bracht (with index) loosely inserted at the rear. - Spine sl. faded, but else in fine condition.

CARTOGRAPHY - WIJK, P.H. Groninga Dominium. Geschiedenis van de provincie Groningen en omliggende gebieden van 1545-1900. Groningen/ Assen, 2006, 372 pp. With (fold.) (col.) maps & ills. 4to, orig. dec. boards. - H.J. VERSFELT. De Hottinger-atlas van Noord- en Oost-Nederland. Groningen, 2003, 70 text-pp. With 94 double-p. col. maps. 4to, orig. dec. boards. - And 1 similar. (3) Ad 1: Standard carto-bibliography listing 160 items.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS - DODERER, K. & H. MÜLLER [ed.]. Das Bilderbuch. Geschichte und Entwicklung des Bilderbuchs in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Weinheim & Basel, [1973], VIII,542,[1] pp. With (col.) ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - P. HAINING. Movable books. An illustrated history. [London, 1979], 141,[1] pp. With (col.) ills. Square 4to, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - S.G. LANES. The Art of Maurice Sendak. New York, [1980], 278 pp. With (col.) ills. Square 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 8 similar, mainly related to children's books. (11)

CHILDREN'S BOOKS - [GOTTLIEB, G.]. Early children's books and their illustration. New York/ Toronto, [1975], XXX,263,[2] pp. With (col.) ills. Large 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - B. HÜRLIMANN. Three Centuries of Children's Books in Europe. [English transl. & ed. by B.W. Alderson]. London, 1967, XVIII,297 pp. With plates & ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 9 similar (i.a. A.W. Tuer, "History of the Horn Book", 1979). (11)

COLLECTION of ca. 90 20th-cent. Dutch smaller works & pubs., for the greater part related to (Dutch) book-history. Various sizes, nearly all orig. wrappers. (ca. 90) I.a. B. Büch, "Boekenpest" (1988); Idem, "De Boekhandel" (1985); G. Komrij, "De boekendans" (1994); J. Landwehr, "Prentgeschenk van 60 ABC-boekjes" (1995); P. Hoftijzer, "De lof der boekdrukkunst" (2003); F.A. Janssen, "Verleden en toekomst v.h. gedrukte boek" (2003); Idem, "Auteur en drukker i.d. geschiedenis v.d. typografische vormgeving" (1989); A. van den Berg, "Hier komt Urbanus bij een hoer. Volk en volkslectuur i.d. achttiende-eeuwse Amsterdamse Nes" (1993); K. van het Reve, "Literatuurwetenschap: het raadsel der onleesbaarheid" (1979); (G.J. Brouwer) (introd.), "Catalogue of the Library of Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde. Sold by auction (July 6th), Leiden, Christophorus Guyot, 1599" (1964); P. van Capelleveen, "'Mijn vriend Kuiper overtrof zichzelf'. Over de Aforismenreeks van L.J.C. Boucher" (2008) & H. van Goinga, "De geschiedenis v.d. Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting, 1953-2003" (2003).

DELSAERDT, P. Suam quisque bibliothecam. Boekhandel en particuliere boekenbezit aan de oude Leuvense universiteit 16de-18de eeuw. Leuven, 2001, 861,[2] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - H. BOTS [a.o.] [ed.]. Rotterdam Bibliopolis. Een rondgang langs boekverkopers uit de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw. Rotterdam, 1997, 566 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - B. STAMKOT. Het Gorcumse boek. Vijf eeuwen drukken, uitgeven, verzamelen, lezen en leren te Gorinchem. [Gorinchem, 2004], 224 pp. With ills. 4to, orig. wr. - And 11 similar. (14) Ad 1: Symbolae. Series A, vol. 27. * Ad 2: Bronnen voor de Geschiedenis van Rotterdam VI.

FEATHER, J. English Book Prospectuses. An Illustrated History. Newtown/ Minneapolis, Bird & Bull Press/ Daedalus Press, 1984, 109,[2] pp. With 24 prospectuses in facsimile (of which 14 loosely inserted in a stiff paper portfolio). Large 8vo, orig. h.morocco, in a slipcase. - Added: 2 English prospectuses (printed in resp. 1733 & 1905). (3) Printed on "Arches" in 325 numb. copies.

GERULAITIS, L.V. Printing and publishing in fifteenth-century Venice. Chicago/ London, 1976, XIV,190 pp. Large 8vo, orig. dec. cloth. - L. HELLINGA. William Caxton and early printing in England. [London, 2010], [XII],212 pp. With (col.) ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - J.M.M. HERMANS. Zwolse boeken voor een markt zonder grenzen 1477-1523, met een Catalogus v.d. verschenen edities en gegevens over de bewaard gebleven exemplaren. ['t Goy-Houten, 2004], 312 pp. With ills. 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 9 similar (i.a. "Huldeboek Pater Dr Bonaventura Kruitwagen O.F.M.", 1949). (12)

GREENSPAN, E. & J. ROSE [ed.]. Book History. Vols. 1-8, 10, 12-16. University Park, 1998. 14 Vols. of the series. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. unif. cloth. (14) Good set of this American annual devoted to the history of the book.

HAAR, J. VAN DER. Schatkamer van de gereformeerde theologie in Nederland (c. 1600-c. 1800). Bibliografisch onderzoek. Veenendaal, [1987], [6],675 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - J.B.H. ALBLAS. Johannes Boekholt (1656-1693). The first Dutch publisher of John Bunyan and other English authors. With a descriptive Bibliography of his Publications [..]. Nieuwkoop, 1987, 535 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - J. BOSMA. Woorden v.e. gezond verstand. De invloed v.d. Verlichting op i.h. Nederlands uitgeg. preken van 1750 tot 1800. Monografie & bibliografie. Nieuwkoop, 1997, [XII],752 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - And 10 similar in 11 vols. (14) Ad 2-3: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica, resp. vol. XXII & XXXIV.

HELLINGA, W.G. Kopij en druk in de Nederlanden. Atlas bij de geschiedenis v.d. Ned. typografie. [Introd. by H. de la Fontaine Verwey & G.W. Ovink]. [Amsterdam], 1962, XXVIII,254 pp. With 219 plates & ills. 4to, orig. cloth. - F.A. JANSSEN [ed.]. Zetten en drukken in de achttiende eeuw. David Wardenaar's Beschrijving der boekdrukkunst (1801). Haarlem, 1982, 610,[1] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - C. SCHRIKS. Het kopijrecht 16de tot 19de eeuw. Aanleidingen tot en gevolgen van boekprivileges en boekhandelsusanties, [..] in de Nederlanden [..]. [Zutphen, 2004], 768 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 11 similar. (14)

HINKS, J. & C. ARMSTRONG [ed.]. Book Trade Connections from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries. [New Castle/ London], 2008, [XIV],265 pp. With ills. Orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - R. MYERS & M. HARRIS [ed.]. Spreading the word. The distribution networks of print, 1550-1850. Winchester/ Detroit, 1990, XII,[2],241 pp. With ills. Orig. boards. - R. MYERS [a.o.] [ed.]. Libraries and the book trade. The formation of collections from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. New Castle, 2000, [XIV],192 pp. With ills. Orig. boards. - And 9 similar English works (all publ. in the series "Print Networks", "Publishing Pathways" or "St Paul's Bibliographies"). (12)

HUNT, A. [a.o.] [ed.]. The book trade & its customers, 1450-1900. Historical essays for Robin Myers. Winchester/ New Castle, 1997, XVIII,316 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - J. RAVEN. The business of books. Booksellers and the English book trade, 1450-1850. New Haven/ London, [2007], XVIII,493 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - J. FEATHER. The Provincial Book Trade in Eighteenth-Century England. Cambridge, [1985], XVI,176 pp. With ills. Orig. boards. - And 13 similar English works on (the history of) the English book-trade (i.a. 7 vols. of the series "Publishing Pathways" & "Print Networks", 1997-2007). (16)

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS - COHEN-MUSHLIN, A. A medieval scriptorium. Sancta Maria Magdalena de Frankendal. Wiesbaden, 1990. 1 Text- & 1 plate-vol.: 275,[1] pp. With 428 ills. Small folio, orig. unif. wrappers, in a slipcase. - M. SMEYERS. Vlaamse miniaturen v.d. 8ste tot het midden v.d. 16de eeuw. De middeleeuwse wereld op perkament. [Leuven, 1998], 528 pp. With (col.) ills. Large 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres., in a slipcase. - THE BOOK OF KELLS. Reproductions from the manuscript in Trinity College Dublin. With a study of the manuscript by F. Henry. London, [1976], 226,[4 index] pp. With col. reproductions from the manuscript. Small folio, orig. dec. cloth, in a slipcase. - And 6 similar (incl. smaller works). (10) Ad 1: Wolfenbütteler Mittelalter-Studien, Bd. 3.

JACKSON, H. The anatomy of bibliomania. London, [1950], 668 pp. Orig. cloth (E.L.C.). - J.W. CLARK. The Care of Books. An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the earliest times to the end of the Eighteenth Century. London, 1975, XXVI,352 pp. With ills. Orig. cloth. - P. DAVISON [ed.]. The Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography. [Cambridge, 1994], XVI,315 pp. Large 8vo, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - And 13 similar English works & pubs. (i.a. by Ph. Gaskell & A.W. Pollard). (16) Ad 2: Facs. reprint of the ed. publ. in 1902.

JANSSEN, F.A. Technique and design in the history of printing. ['t Goy-Houten, 2004], 380,[3] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - [C. COPPENS] [a.o.] [ed.]. E Codicibus Impressisque. Opstellen over het boek i.d. Lage Landen voor Elly Cockx-Indestege. [Vols.] I-III. Leuven, 2004. 3 Vols. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. unif. wr. - [T. CROISET VAN UCHELEN & H. VAN GOINGA] [ed.]. Van pen tot laser. 31 Opstellen over boek en schrift aangeboden aan Ernst Braches [..]. Amst., 1996, 343,[1] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 11 similar, mainly Dutch "Festschriften" (i.a. for J.J.M. van Gent, B. de Graaf, W. Hellinga, N. Israël, W.R.H. Koops, C. Reedijk & H.D.L. Vervliet). (16) Ad 2: Miscellanea Neerlandica XVIII-XX. * Ad 3: With loosely inserted autograph letter signed by the typographer Gerrit Noordzij to the editor Hannie van Goinga (dated "16 mei 1997").

JASPERS, G.J. De blokboeken en incunabelen in Haarlems Libry. [&] De zestiende eeuw in de Stadsbibliotheek Haarlem. Haarlem & Amsterdam, [1988]-'97. Tog. 2 vols.: 309,[2] and 349,[2] pp. With (col.) plates & ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth & orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - L. VOET. The Golden Compasses. A History and Evaluation of the Printing and Publishing Activities of the Officina Plantiniana at Antwerp. Vol. 2: The management of a printing and publishing house in Renaissance and Baroque. Amst., [1972]. Vol. 2 (of 2) only: [XXII],632 pp. With plates. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 11 similar (i.a. V. Klarwill (ed.), "Fugger-Zeitungen", 1923). (14)

KAPP, F. & J. GOLDFRIEDRICH. Geschichte des Deutschen Buchhandels. Bd. 1-4. [&] Registerband. Leipzig, 1886-1923. 5 Vols. (incl. index). With 3 large fold. tables (loosely inserted at the rear of vol. 1). Large 8vo, orig. unif. h.chagrin with gilt ribbed spine (vols. 1-4) & orig. h.cloth. - Added: 1 other ("Newe Zeitungen. Relationen, Flugschriften, Flugblätter, Einblattdrucke von 1470 bis 1820", 1929). (6) Bindings sl. rubbed/ worn along extremities, but else a good (complete) set.

KLAVERSMA, N. & K. HANNEMA. Jan en Casper Luyken te boek gesteld. Catalogus v.d. boekencollectie Van Eeghen i.h. Amsterdams Historisch Museum. Hilversum, 1999, 576 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards. - E. DE JONGH & G. LUIJTEN. Spiegel van alledag. Ned. genreprenten 1550-1700. Amst./ Gent, [1997], 399,[1] pp. With ills. Large 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - J. DE MAN [ed.]. Kunst op schrift. Een inventarisatie van Nederlandstalige publikaties op het gebied van kunsttheorie en esthetica 1670-1820. Leiden, 1993, 263 pp. With ills. 4to, orig. cloth. - And 13 similar (i.a. F.G. Waller, "Biographisch woordenboek van Noord-Ned. graveurs", 1938. Spine sl. dam.). (16) Ad 1 & 3: Both works standard bibliographies listing resp. 1508 & 1890 items.

KLEERKOOPER, M.M. De boekhandel te Amsterdam voornamelijk in de 17e eeuw. Biographische en Geschiedkundige Aanteekeningen. Aangevuld en uitgeg. d. W.P. van Stockum Jr. Deel 1-5. 's-Gravenhage, M. Nijhoff, 1914-'16. 5 Vols. Large 8vo, 20th-cent. unif. cloth (orig. wr. pres.). - I.H. VAN EEGHEN. De Amsterdamse boekhandel 1680-1725. [Vols.] I-V,2. Amsterdam, 1960-'78. 5 Vols. in 6. Orig. unif. cloth. - And 1 similar by L.P. Leuven (dissertation publ. in 1951). (12) Ad 1: Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis v.d. Ned. Boekhandel X,1-2. Scarce reference work.

KOOL, N.H. Steven van Esveldt (1710-1776). Modern boekverkoper te Amsterdam. [Amsterdam], 2000, [2],128,[1 blank],136 pp. With ills. 4to, contemp. cloth. - H. BOTS [a.o.] [ed.]. Rotterdam Bibliopolis. Een rondgang langs boekverkopers uit de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw. Rotterdam, 1997, 566 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth (Bronnen voor de Geschiedenis van Rotterdam VI). - E.F. KOSSMANN. De boekverkoopers, notarissen en cramers op het Binnenhof. [&] De boekhandel te 's-Gravenhage tot het eind v.d. 18de eeuw [..]. 's-Grav., 1932-'37. Tog. 2 vols.: XXIV,210 and [XVI],490 pp. With frontisp., (fold.) plates & ills. Large 8vo & 8vo, blind wr. - And 12 similar Dutch works (i.a. on the Elzevier-family, J. Immerzeel Jr. & R. Leers). (16) Ad 3: Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis v.d. Ned. Boekhandel XII-XIII. Wrappers and a few leaves of the first work (marg.) waterstained.

KRUIF, J. DE. Liefhebbers en gewoontelezers. Leescultuur in Den Haag in de achttiende eeuw. Zutphen, [1999], 360 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - L. DUYVENDAK. Het Haags Damesleesmuseum: 1894-1994. [&] 'Door lezen wijder horizont'. Het Haags Damesleesmuseum. 's-Grav./ [Nijm.], 1994-[2003]. Tog. 2 vols.: [2],249 and 407 pp. With ills. Orig. cloth & orig. boards. - B. DE VRIES. Een stad vol lezers. Leescultuur in Haarlem 1850-1920. [Nijm., 2011], 511,[1] pp. With (col.) ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 14 similar Dutch works & pubs. on the (history of the) reading of books. (18) Ad 1: Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis v.d. Ned. Boekhandel. Nieuwe Reeks, Deel IV.

LEDEBOER, A.M. Alfabetische lijst der boekdrukkers, boekverkoopers en uitgevers in Noord-Nederland sedert de uitvinding v.d. boekdrukkunst tot den aanvang der negentiende eeuw. [&] Chronologisch register [..]. Utrecht, J.L. Beijers, 1876-'77. 2 Parts in 1 vol.: [2],198,[14]; [4],80 pp. With col. lithogr. title-vignette & 4 plates (dep. printer's marks). 4to, contemp. h.calf, gilt spine with red mor. letterpiece. - And 2 odd vols. by A.C. Kruseman ("Bouwstoffen voor een geschiedenis v.d. Ned. boekhandel [..]", 1886-'87. Spines dam.). (3) Bigmore/ Wyman I, p. 424: "A valuable and very complete alphabetical list [..]". Ex bibliotheca Simon Emmering (with his book-plate). - Spine sl. rubbed/ worn. Occ. sl. foxed/ browned.

LEYDEN - BOUWMAN, A. [a.o.]. Stad van boeken. Handschrift en druk in Leiden, 1260-2000. Leiden, 2008, XVIII,[2 blank],471 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. imitation vellum, d.-j. pres. - L. CRUZ. The Paradox of Prosperity. The Leiden Booksellers' Guild and the Distrubution of Books in Early Modern Europe. [New Castle], 2009, XII,275 pp. Orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - R. HONINGS. Geleerdheids zetel, Hollands roem! Het literaire leven in Leiden 1760-1860. Leiden, 2011, X,497 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. wr. - And 11 similar, all related to Leyden (i.a. "Leiden Imprints 1483-1600 in Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana", 1974). (14)

LIBRARIES - LAUBIER, G. DE & J. BOSSER. Die schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt. [München, 2003], 248 pp. With col. ills. Square 4to, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - M. BAUR-HEINHOLD. Schöne alte Bibliotheken. Ein Buch vom Zauber ihrer Räume. München, [1972], 295 pp. With (col.) ills. Square 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. (sl. dam./ torn). - W. ARNOLD [ed.] [a.o.]. Die Erforschung der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte in Deutschland. Wiesbaden, 1987, XII,535 pp. With frontisp.-portr. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - And 9 similar German works (i.a. P. Schweigler (ed.), "Bibliothekswelt und Kulturgeschichte", 1977). (12)

LIBRARIES - SCHNEIDERS, P. Nederlandse bibliotheekgeschiedenis. Van Librije tot virtuele bibliotheek. [Den Haag, 1997], 392,[2] pp. With (col.) ills. & CD-ROM (loosely inserted at the rear). 4to, orig. h.boards, t.e.g. - [M. VAN DELFT] [a.o.] [ed.]. Koninklijke Bibliotheek 1798-1998. Verzamelaars en verzamelingen. Zwolle, [1998], 232 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - P.W. KLEIN & M.A.V. KLEIN-MEIJER. De wereld v.d. Koninklijke Bibliotheek 1798-1998. Van statelijke institutie tot culturele onderneming. Amst., [1998], 467,[2] pp. Orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 20 similar Dutch works & pubs. in 21 vols. (24)

LIBRARIES - STAIKOS, K.S. The History of the Library in Western Civilization. [Vols.] I-II. [English trans. by T. Cullen]. [Delaware], 2004-'05. 2 Vols.: [XXIV],349,[2] and XXIV,428,[2] pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. unif. cloth, d.-j. pres. - C. JOLLY [ed.]. Histoire des bibliothèques françaises. Les bibliothèques sous l'Ancien Régime, 1530-1789. [Paris, 1988], [XVI],547,[2] pp. With ills. 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - A. HOBSON. Grandes bibliothèques. [Paris, 1971], 317 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 10 similar English works. (14) Ad 1: Vol. I: From Minos to Cleopatra. The Greek World from the Minoans' Archival Libraries to the Universal Library of the Ptolemies. Vol. II: From Cicero to Hadrian. The Roman World from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to the Monumental and Private Libraries of the Empire.

MANUSCRIPTS - REWNEARMJANSKAJA MINIATURA. Jereban, 1952. With 60 col. plates. Folio, orig. dec. cloth (plasticized). Text in Russian.

MARION, M. Collections et collectionneurs de livres au XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 1999, 570,[1] pp. Orig. boards (Histoire du Livre et des Bibliothèques, vol. 1). - Y. SORDET. L'Amour des livres au siècle des Lumières. Pierre Adamoli et ses collections. Paris, 2001, 537,[7] pp. With plates. Orig. wr. - J.-D. MELLOT. L'Édition Rouennaise et ses marchés (vers 1600-vers 1730). Dynamisme provincial et centralisme Parisien. Paris, 1998, 816 pp. Orig. wr. - And 11 similar French works. (14) Ad 1: Contains an extensive alphabetical list of 18th-cent. French collectors (more than 300 text-pp.). * Ad 2-3: Mémoires et Documents de l'École des Chartes, resp. vol. 60 & 48.

MASON, H.T. [ed.]. The Darnton debate. Books and revolution in the eighteenth century. Oxford, Voltaire Foundation, 1998, [X],305 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - G. BARBER. Studies in the booktrade of the European Enlightenment. London, 1994, [8],407,[11 index] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - K.E. CARPENTER. The dissemination of the Wealth of Nations in French and in France, 1776-1843. New York, 2002, [LXIV],255,[1] pp. With frontisp.-portrait (of Adam Smith). Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - And 11 similar English works, mainly on the history of the book in the eighteenth century (i.a. by Robert Darnton). (14)

MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS - PSALTERIUM. Beatae Mariae Virginis. Queen Beatrice's book of prayers [..]. [Budapest, Helikon Publishing, 1991]. 16mo, orig. blindst. imitation leather with metal clasp, a.e.g., in a matching velvet box. Facs. reprint of an illuminated manuscript (Cod. 2484) of the Benedictine Monastery in Melk. With accompanying text-booklet by C. Csapodi.

MEYER, M. DE. De volks- en kinderprent in de Nederlanden van de 15e tot de 20e eeuw. Antwerpen/ Amsterdam, 1962, 621,[1] pp. With num. (fold.) (col.) plates & ills. Small folio, orig. h.cloth (spine sl. faded), in a slipcase. - C.F. VAN VEEN. Drie eeuwen Noord-Nederlandse kinderprenten. 's-Grav., 1971. With (double-p.) (col.) plates. Folio, orig. artif. leather, d.-j. pres., in a slipcase. (2) Ad 1: Standard reference work. Printed in 600 copies. * Ad 2: A few small defects to the dust-jacket, but else in good condition.

MOLHUYSEN, P.C., P.J. BLOK & F.K.H. KOSSMANN [ed.]. Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1-10. [&] Register. Amsterdam, N. Israel, 1974. 11 Vols. (incl. index). Large 8vo, orig. unif. cloth. (11) Cf. Sheehy AJ 240 & Zischka, p. 86. Facs. reprint of still a useful reference work (the orig. ed. was publ. between 1911-'37).

NAAMLIJST VAN BOEKEN, ALPHABETISCHE, welke sedert het jaar 1790 tot en met het jaar 1832/ 1849/ 1862, in Noord-Nederland zijn uitgekomen, [..]. 's Gravenhage/ Amsterdam, Gebrs. Van Cleef/ C.L. Brinkman, 1835-'78. Tog. 4 vols. (incl. index by R. van der Meulen). Contemp. (unif.) h.calf with red mor. letterpiece. - A. GRAESEL. Handbuch der Bibliothekslehre. Leipzig, J.J. Weber, 1902, X,583,[1] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, contemp. h.chagrin (sl. dam./ worn). - And 6 others in 7 vols. (12) Ad 1: Upper inner hinge of vol. 2 broken. * Ad 2: Ex bibliotheca A.J. de Mare (with his book-plate & owner's entry in pencil).

NEWSPAPERS - BROERSMA, M. Beschaafde vooruitgang. De wereld v.d. Leeuwarder Courant 1752-2002. Leeuwarden, [2002], 546,[2] pp. With ills. 4to, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - P. VAN WISSING. Stokebrand Janus 1787. [Opkomst en ondergang v.e. achttiende-eeuws satirisch politiek-literair weekblad]. [Nijm., 2003], 600,[1] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - P.J.H.M. THEEUWEN. Pieter 't Hoen en De Post van den Neder-Rhijn (1781-1787). Een bijdrage tot kennis v.d. Ned. geschiedenis i.h. laatste kwart v.d. achttiende eeuw. Hilversum, 2002, 842 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. wr. - And 13 similar Dutch works, mainly on (the history of) newspapers & periodicals. (16)

NEWSPAPERS - LABBÉ, F. Gazette littéraire de Berlin (1764-1792). Paris, 2004, 525,[3] pp. Large 8vo, orig. boards. - P. RÉTAT [ed.]. La Gazette d'Amsterdam. Miroir de l'Europe au XVIIIe siècle. Oxford, 2001, VIII,295 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. wr. - C.Y. FERDINAND. Benjamin Collins and the provincial newspaper trade in the eighteenth century. Oxford, 1997, [XIV],258 pp. With ills. Orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - And 14 similar in 15 vols., mainly English works on (the history of) newspapers & periodicals (i.a. A. Andrews, "The history of British journalism", 1968, 2 vols. and S. Clark, "The Elizabethan Pamphleteers", 1983). (18) Ad 1: Les Dix-Huitièmes Siècles, vol. 79. * Ad 2: Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century , vol. 6.

PAPER - BROCADE PAPER printed in GOLD (dep. various scenes). Publ. by Paul Raymund[=Reimund] (Nürnberg, ca. 1790) and numb. "No. 40" in the lower border. Ca. 33,5 x 40 cm. Framed. Haemmerle 358. One ill. (in the upper right corner) depicts a printing press. - Three vertical folds, the gold partly worn away, sl. browned in outer margins.

PERIODICAL - PUNT/KOMMA. Kwartaaltijdschrift over kunst en boeken. [Nos.] 1-9 [=all publ.]. Groningen, 2001-2006. 9 Parts. With ills. 4to, orig. wrappers. (9) Complete set of a notorious Dutch periodical containing i.a. interviews with Dutch antiquarian booksellers.

PHILLIPS, J.W. Printing and Bookselling in Dublin, 1670-1800. A bibliographical enquiry. [Dublin, 1998], XVIII,337 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards, d.-j. pres. - J.E. TIERNEY [ed.]. The Correspondence of Robert Dodsley, 1733-1764. Cambridge, [2004], [XXXVIII],599,[3] pp. With frontisp.-portrait. Orig. wr. - K. MASLEN. An Early London Printing House at Work: Studies in the Bowyer Ledgers [..]. New York, 1993, X,256 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - And 8 similar English works in 9 vols. (incl. odd vols.), mainly on the history of the Cambridge & Oxford University Press (i.a. Viscount Goschen, "The life and times of Georg Joachim Goschen, publisher and printer of Leipzig 1752-1828", 1903, 2 vols.). (12)

RENTING, A.D. & J.T.C. RENTING-KUIJPERS [ed.]. The Seventeenth-Century Orange-Nassau Library. The Catalogue Compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 Auction Catalogue, and Other Contemporary Sources. With Notes on the Manuscripts by A.S. Korteweg. Utrecht, [1993], 856 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - A. WILLEMS. Les Elzevier. Histoire et Annales Typographique. Nieuwkoop, 1974, [CCLX],607 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - J.G.C.A. BRIELS. Zuidnederlandse boekdrukkers en boekverkopers in de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden omstreeks 1570-1630 [..]. Nieuwkoop, 1974, XVI,649 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - And 8 similar Dutch bibliographies in 9 vols. (i.a. by M. Buisman, J.I. van Doorninck/ A. de Kempenaer, J. Mateboer, L.Ph. Sloos & D.A. Wittop Koning). (12) Ad 2: Facs. reprint of the orig. ed. publ. in 1880. Standard work. * Ad 3: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica, vol. VI.

SELM, B. VAN. Een menighte treffelijcke Boecken. Ned. boekhandelscatalogi i.h. begin v.d. zeventiende eeuw. Utrecht, 1987, XII,[2],432 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - H. DE LA FONTAINE VERWEY. Uit de wereld van het boek. [Vols.] I-IV. Amsterdam [& 't Goy], 1975-['97]. 4 Vols. With ills. Orig. unif. wr. - And 7 similar by the same authors. - Added: 18 parts of the series "Bert van Selm-lezing" (1992-2013). (30)

SPRUNGER, K.L. Trumpets from the Tower. English Puritan Printing in the Netherlands, 1600-1640. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1994, XVI,240,[3] pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - S. ROACH [ed.]. Across the Narrow Seas. Studies in the history and bibliography of Britain and the Low Countries. Presented to Anna E.C. Simoni. [London], 1991, [XVI],223 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth, d.-j. pres. - T.S.J.G. BÖGELS. Govert Basson. Printer, bookseller, publisher, Leiden 1612-1630. Nieuwkoop, 1992, XII,356 pp. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - And 8 similar works on the Anglo-Dutch relations (i.a. by J.A. van Dorsten & C.W. Schoneveld). (11) Ad 1: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, vol. 46. * Ad 3: Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica, vol. XXIX. Standard bibliography listing 187 items.

STORM VAN LEEUWEN, J. De achttiende-eeuwse Haagse boekband in de Koninklijke Bibliotheek en het Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum. 's-Gravenhage, 1976, XII,497,[2] pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth. - S. BENNETT. Trade bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800. [New Castle/ London, 2004], 176 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. h.cloth, d.-j. pres. - And 3 similar on book-bindings. (5)

TAUBERT, S. Bibliopola. Bilder und Texte aus der Welt des Buchhandels [..]. Hamburg, E. Hauswedell & Co, [1966]. 1 Text- & 1 plate-vol.: [XXVI],123,[1] and [X],523,[2] pp. With (tipped-in) (col.) plates & ills. 4to, orig. unif. cloth (sl. soiled/ faded). - O. SIMONS. Marteaus Europa oder Der Roman, bevor er Literatur wurde. Eine Untersuchung des deutschen und englischen Buchangebots der Jahre 1710 bis 1720. Amst./ Atlanta, 2001, 765 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. wr. - E. WILLNAT. Johann Christian Dieterich. Ein Verlagsbuchhändler und Drucker in der Zeit der Aufklärung. Frankfurt am Main, [1993], [4],252 pp. With ills. 4to, orig. boards. - And 12 similar German works & pubs. (16) Ad 2: Internationale Forschungen zur Allg. u. Vergl. Literaturwissenschaft, Band 52.