Aldini’s influence on Mary Shelley
Casanova & Bernis autograph letters, links through freemasonry & mistresses
Talleyrand, admired art collector & patron, Desnoyers engraving
The fashionable courts & spas of Europe as meeting places, Casanova, de Ligne
Music, poetry & art, the keys to impress socially
Joseph II’s enlightened reforms
Satire, explicit & implied, in Perdoux’s wallpaper & Voltaire’s calligraphic prayer
Exploration & the search for origins, Maupertius in Lapland, Hackert records Horace’s villa
Architectures of the world brought to the 18th century landscape garden, William Wrighte’s fabriques
Sous la nef du Grand Palais, le Salon du Livre Rare va accueillir 27 nouveaux exposants soit au total 160 exposants dont 43 venant de 14 pays différents.
Sophie Schneideman has been an international rare book and print dealer for over 28 years, serving a long apprenticeship at Maggs Bros, an eminent book firm in Mayfair, and dealing as Sophie Schneideman Rare Books since 2007.
This article was first published on the blog of the German trade publication "Aus dem Antiquariat" and discusses the new international shipping requirements by Deutsche Post, the German postal service. For an English translation and summary, please contact the ILAB office.
Playwrights and Philanthropy …. Shakespeare’s Globe becomes 2019 Charity Partner for Firsts - London’s Rare Book Fair and the world’s largest independent marketplace for rare and out-of-print books - Biblio - joins as the new Official Partner.
The 52nd California Book Fair will open its doors today. Over 200 international and US booksellers will be present at this major event of the rare book trade.
On March 5th, 2019, ILAB will bring together a range of experts and scholars from the antiquarian book trade, libraries and surrounding businesses to inform and give advice on the issues of provenance, forgery and theft.
From the Wonderful to the Weird – The 52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair brings thousands of books, manuscripts and other treasures and collections to Oakland
