Kimonos Art Déco: Tradition et modernité dans le Japon de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Collection Montgomery. [Milan], 5 Continents, [2006], 326,[1] pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. boards with dust-wr. – McCABE ELLIOTT, I. Batik. Fabled cloth of Java. [Singapore], Periplus, [2004], 240 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. boards with dust-wr. – And 14 similar (i.a. J. Gillow & N. Barnard, “Indian textiles” (2008) & R. Crill, “Chintz. Indian textiles for the West”, 2008). (16x)

[TEXTILES] – COLLECTION of 20 works & pubs., mainly on textiles & embroideries. With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (20x)

Old globes in the Netherlands. A catalogue of terrestrial and celestial globes made prior to 1850 and preserved in Dutch collections. Utrecht, HES, 1984, 290 pp. With (col.) ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – ADHÉMAR, J. [a.o.]. Imagerie populaire française. [Milan], Electa, [1968], 227,[3] pp. With (col.) ills. Small folio, orig. boards (backstrip sl. foxed/ discol.), in a slipcase. – And 14 similar (i.a. Th. Laurentius [a.o.], “Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1726-1798. Kunstverzamelaar en prentuitgever” (1980); I. de Groot & R. Vorstman [ed.], “Maritime Prints by the Dutch Masters” (1980) & E. van Ermen, “Het kaartboek van Averbode, 1650-1680”, 1997). (16x)

[BOOK-HISTORY] – COLLECTION of ca. 30 miscellaneous works & pubs., mainly on 15th- & 16th-cent. book-history. With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (ca. 30x)

[BOOK-HISTORY] – COLLECTION of ca. 80 (smaller) works & pubs., mainly on Dutch book-history (incl. 30 issues of the Dutch periodical “De Boekenwereld” & 14 Dutch auction-sale/ bookseller’s catalogues). With ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (ca. 80x)

Manuscript painting in Paris during the reign of Saint Louis. A study of styles. Berkeley, University of California Press, [1977], XXIV,270 pp. With frontisp. & 412 ills. Square 4to, orig. cloth with (sl. discol.) dust-wr. – GOLOB, N. Twelfth-Century Cistercian Manuscripts. The Sitticum Collection. Ljubljana/ London, Slovenska Knjiga/ H. Miller, [1996], 230,[1] pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – PLUMMER, J. The Last Flowering. French painting in manuscripts 1420-1530 from American collections. New York/ London, The Pierpont Morgan Library/ Oxford University Press, [1982], [XVI],123 pp. With 132 ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – And 7 similar works (i.a. M. Mentré, “Illuminated manuscripts of medieval Spain” (1996) & L.B. Kanter [a.o.], “Painting and illumination in early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450”, 1994). (10x)

Made in Flanders. The Master of the Ghent Privileges and Manuscript Painting in the Southern Netherlands in the Time of Philip the Good. [Turnhout], Brepols, [2000], 499 pp. With ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – KREN, T. & McKENDRICK, S. The Renaissance. The triumph of Flemish manuscript painting in Europe. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2003], [XVI],575 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – HORST, K. VAN DER [a.o.] [ed.]. The Utrecht Psalter in Medieval Art. Picturing the Psalms of David. [’t Goy], HES Publishers, [1996], XII,271 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – And 4 similar (i.a. L.M.J. Delaissé, “A century of Dutch manuscript illumination”, 1968). (7x)

[MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS] – COLLECTION of 26 French works & pubs., mainly on French medieval illuminated manuscripts. With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (26x)

[MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS] – COLLECTION of ca. 30 Dutch works & pubs., mainly on Dutch medieval illuminated manuscripts. With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (ca. 30x)

[MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS] – COLLECTION of ca. 40 German works & pubs., mainly on German medieval illuminated manuscripts. With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (ca. 40x)

[MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS] – COLLECTION of ca. 40 works & pubs., mainly on Dutch medieval illuminated manuscripts. With (col.) ills. Various sizes, various bindings. (ca. 40x)

The early medieval Bible. Its production, decoration and use. [Cambridge], Cambridge University Press, [1994], XIV,242 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards with dust-wr. – HAMEL, C. DE. A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. [2nd enl. edition]. [London, Phaidon, 1994], 272 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. boards with dust-wr. – WIECK, R.S. Painted Prayers. The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art. New York, G. Braziller/ The Pierpont Morgan Library, [1998], 144 pp. With (col.) ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – And 17 similar English works & pubs. (i.a. J. Harthan, “Books of Hours and their owners” (1977) & R.S. Wieck, “Time sanctified. The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life”, 1988). (20x)

French painting in the time of Jean de Berry. The Limbourgs and their contemporaries. [New York], G. Braziller/ The Pierpont Morgan Library, [1974]. 1 Text- & 1 plate-vol.: X,533 pp. With 898 (col.) plates & ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – IDEM. French painting in the time of Jean de Berry. The Boucicaut Master. [London], Phaidon, [1968], [6],384 pp. With 497 (col.) (tipped-in) plates & ills. 4to, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – And 1 similar by M. Meiss (plate-vol. only of “The late fourteenth century and the patronage of the Duke”, 1969). – ADDED: 3 similar (i.a. M. Thomas [introd.], “Les Grandes Heures de Jean Duc de Berry. Bibliotheque Nationale Paris”, 1971). (7x)

Illuminated manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Vol. 1: German, Dutch, Flemish, French and Spanish schools. Vol. 2: Italian school. Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1969]-1970. 2 Vols.: XVI,108 and XII,161 pp. With num. plates & ills. Large 8vo, orig. unif. cloth. – ALEXANDER, J.J.G. & TEMPLE, E. Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford College libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution. Ibid., idem, 1985, [XVI],142,[2] pp. With 71 plates (dep. num. ills.). 4to, orig. cloth. – And 8 similar English works (i.a. J.J.G. Alexander & A.C. de la Mare, “The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J.R. Abbey” (1969) & J.R. Tanis [ed.], “Leaves of Gold. Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections”, 2001). (11x)

Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek [..]. Reihe I. Band 1-3 & 6-7. Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1974-1990. 5 Text- & 5 plate-vols. With (col.) plates & ills. 4to, orig. unif. cloth, in 5 slipcases. (10x)

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vols. I-III. Baltimore/ London, The Johns Hopkins University Press/ The Walters Art Gallery, [1989-1997]. 3 Vols. in 5 parts. With (col.) plates & ills. 4to, orig. (unif.) cloth. (5x)

Gothic manuscripts, 1285-1385. [London/ Oxford], H. Miller/ Oxford University Press, [1986]. 2 Vols.: 70,[2] and 231 pp. With tipped-in frontisp. & 419 ills. Small folio, orig. unif. cloth with (sl. discol.) dust-wr. – NOEL, W. The Harley Psalter. [Cambridge], Cambridge University Press, [1995], [XVIII],231 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. boards with dust-wr. – And 13 similar English works & pubs. (i.a. C. Donovan, “The de Brailes Hours. Shaping the Book of Hours in Thirteenth-Century Oxford” (1991) & F. Wormald, “Collected writings. [Vol.] II: Studies in English and Continental Art of the Later Middle Ages”, 1988). (16x)

La peinture médiévale à Paris, 1300-1500. [Vols.] I-II. [Paris], Bibliothèque des Arts, [1987-1990]. 2 Vols.: 511,[1] and 499,[5] pp. With (col.) ills. Small folio, orig. unif. cloth with dust-wr. (2x)

A Palaeographer’s View. The Selected Writings [..]. [Ed. by J. Bately, a.o.]. [London], H. Miller, [1993], 371 pp. With ills. Large 8vo, orig. cloth with dust-wr. – BRUGMANS, H. & OPPERMANN, O. Atlas der Nederlandsche Palaeographie. ’s Gravenhage, A. de Jager, 1910, 16 unnumb. text-pp. With 28 plates. Small folio, loose as issued in the orig. half-cloth portfolio. – And 8 similar (i.a. G. Silagi [ed.], “Paläographie 1981. Colloquium des Comité International de Paléographie München [..]” (1982) & H. Degering [introd.], “Lettering. A series of 240 plates illustrating modes of writing in Western Europe from antiquity to the end of the 18th century”, 1954). (10x)

MONSIEUR PIGEON-VOLE. Paris, Maison Martinet, [ca. 1860], 24 pp. With lithogr. title & 10 lithogr. plates (a few handcol.) after A.L.H. Télory. Small 8vo, 20th-cent. cloth-backed boards (orig. upper cover pres.). – GAULLE, [J.M.] DE. Récits et nouvelles pour l’enfance. Paris, J. Langlumé, [ca. 1856], [2],211 pp. With engr. frontisp. & 11 engr. plates. Small 8vo, orig. dec. boards. – And 2 similar. (4x)

Au Beau Pays D’Alsace. Histoire d’une petite famille. [Paris, Berger-Levrault, ca. 1917], 31 pp. With col. ills. after Lisbeth. Small folio oblong, orig. pictorial boards (sl. worn). – DARDAILLON, G. Les jeunes Clowns Fratellini. Paris, Éditions Spes, [ca. 1928], [2],40,[2] pp. With col. lithogr. ills. after G. Dardaillon. Small folio oblong, modern cloth-backed boards (part of the orig. wrappers pasted on upper cover). – And 5 similar. (7x)

He! Dat’s Aardig. Tooverplaatjes met bijschriften [..]. Haarlem, I. de Haan, [ca. 1877], consisting of 12 Roman numb. text-pp. and 6 col. lithogr. plates (with pictures on recto & verso) printed by “Emrik & Binger” (Haarlem). Small 4to, orig. col. lithogr. boards (titled on upper cover).

[PAPERTOY] – [PEEPSHOW] – “DER TUNNEL”. [No place, no publisher, after 1843]. Cardboard box (ca. 15,5 x 18,5 x 1,5 cm.) comprising a 19th-cent. peepshow (teleorama) of the Thames Tunnel in London, consisting of a handcol. lithogr. title-plate (dep. the entrance & exit of the tunnel with a bird’s-eye view of the Thames & St. Paul’s Cathedral above) mounted on upper cover (with 3 circular peepholes: one at top for a panoramic view of the Thames & two below for a view of the tunnel), a similar handcol. lithogr. plate mounted on lower cover & 4 movable handcol. lithogr. plates (mounted on stiff paper, partly with cut-out pieces for the spatial effect) dep. various figures & sailing-vessels, all plates attached with sheets of paper in harmonica-form.

[ARTISTS’ BOOK] – [MENSINGA, Jan (1924-1998)] – HOMMAGE aan de Nahua. [No place, no publ., 1971], consisting of 15 unnumb. leaves (incl. colophon) containing Dutch translations of ancient Mexican poems by H.C. ten Berge illustrated with 7 double-p. COL. LITHOGRAPHS by Jan Mensinga. Folio, orig. cloth, uncut.

Qu’un oiseau descende jusqu’à moi… [Paris], [Fernand] Mourlot, 1961, consisting of a title-leaf, 3 unnumb. text-leaves, index-leaf & colophon-leaf, 8 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Luc Simon (ca. 65 x 50 cm., all numb. “13/50” & signed in pencil) and EXTRA ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR by Luc Simon (ca. 65 x 50 cm., signed & dated “26 mai 1961” in ink), 1 blank leaf with extensive SIGNED DEDICATION by Pierre Gascar to “Monsieur G.J. Nellens” & 1 lithogr. poster (signed in ink by Luc Simon). Large folio (ca. 68 x 53 cm.), loose as issued in the orig. cloth portfolio.

[DUTCH LITERATURE] – COLLECTION of 34 late 20th-cent. Dutch poetical works (mainly publ. by “Uitgeverij Herik, Landgraaf” between 1990-1999), nearly all printed in a limited edition & SIGNED by the author. Various sizes, mainly in orig. wrappers. (34x)

[ENGLISH LITERATURE] – BEAUX & BELLES OF ENGLAND. London, The Grolier Society, [ca. 1890]. 23 Vols of the series. With (col.) plates. 8vo, contemp. unif. half-chagrin with gilt ribbed spine, top edge gilt. – ADDED: J. Galsworthy, “The Works. Manaton Edition. Vols. II-XIV” (1923, 13 (of 14) vols. Printed in 530 numb. copies. Lacks vol. I). (36x)

[SJAALMAN-PERS] – COLLECTION of 23 Dutch smaller works publ. by the “Sjaalmanpers” (Utrecht-Bunnik, 1983-1987), all printed on handmade paper in a limited edition. 8vo, orig. (unif.) wrappers. (23x)

[CARICATURE] – TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID, HET GROOTE, Vertoonende de opkomst, voortgang en ondergang der Actie, Bubbel en Windnegotie, in Vrankryk, Engeland, en de Nederlanden, gepleegt in den Jaare MDCCXX[=1720]. Zynde een Verzameling van alle de Conditien en Projecten Van de opgeregte Compagnien van Assurantie, Navigatie, Commercie, &c. in Nederland, [..]. [Amsterdam, Van Hoeve, 1980], consisting of [2],25,[1],52,26,29-31,[1 blank],[8],10 text-pp. With 71 (fold.) (double-p.) plates. Folio, orig. artificial leather.

(Interior of a Dutch church with a pipe-organ in the background). Drawing in black chalk (partly finished with watercolour) on paper. Signed in lower left corner. Ca. 62 x 46 cm. Behind passepartout & framed. – ADDED: a similar watercolour by an unidentified artist (ca. 52 x 38 cm., framed). (2x)

(Scene with two monks of which one is playing a chamber-organ). Watercolour on paper. Signed “Bosboom” & dated “6/4 47” in the image. Ca. 65 x 39 cm. Behind passepartout & framed. – ALESSANDRONI, F. (active 19th-cent.). (Interior of a Catholic chapel). Watercolour on paper. Signed & dated “1839” in black ink. Ca. 26,5 x 20 cm. Behind passepartout & framed. – And 7 others (all related to the Catholic church), incl. 3 paintings (i.a. signed by “De Zeine”, ca. 34 x 43,5 cm.), 4 prints & 1 drawing (all framed). (9x)

[DRAWINGS] – COLLECTION of 10 18th-/ 19th-cent. drawings (in pencil and/or black ink & grey wash) on paper. Various sizes. (10x)

[DRAWINGS] – COLLECTION of 5 mainly 19th-cent. drawings (in pencil and/or black ink) on paper dep. interiors of churches. Various sizes, all framed. (5x)

“Oude Kerk te Delft”. Drawing in black chalk (partly finished with watercolour) on paper. Titled & signed in lower left corner. Ca. 36 x 28 cm. Behind passepartout & framed. – DICKE, O. (Otto) (1918-1984). (Interior of a Dutch church with a pipe-organ in the background). Drawing in black & white chalk on paper. Signed in lower right corner. Ca. 40 x 34 cm. Behind passepartout & framed. (2x)

(Interior of a church in Veere). Watercolour on paper. Signed, dated “03” & titled “Veere” in lower part. Ca. 48 x 31 cm. Framed. – ETTINGER, C. (Carel) VAN (1916-1991). (View of the interior of the “Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk” in The Hague). Watercolour on paper. Signed in lower right corner. Ca. 33 x 43 cm. Framed. (2x)