You will discover our catalog N ° 250 of August 2019:
HISTORY and FINE ARTS occupy an important place (400 references).
In ARCHEOLOGY we finish the dispersion of books from the Library of a great specialist of the Barbarian Kingdoms.
You will find many novelties in REGIONALISM (Ile de France, Poitou, Normandy ...)
In LITERATURE we present you a hundred references including some original editions of the publisher and bibliophile Belgian Pierre Aelberts.
Note this month more than 60 copies of Pléiade.
And many novelties in Bibliography, Sciences, Religions,
Travels.
We are excited to present our catalogue Seven Centuries, showcasing material we will be exhibiting at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair, to be held at Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne, 12 – 14 July 2019.
42 books written or edited by, or about, Anthony ADAMS-REILLY F.R.G.S.; Margueritte Harmon BRO; Kevin BROWNLEE; SAINT CYPRIAN; Pontius of Carthage; John William DRAPER; Edward Murray EAST; Laurence ECHARD; Sherwood EDDY; Ludwig EDELSTEIN; Simeon EDMUNDS; Philip EDWARDS; Paul A. ELLIOTT; Samuel Bulfinch EMMONS; Gordon EPPERSON; Desiderius ERASMUS; Margaret R. EWALT; Johannes FABRICIUS; William FALCONER; Patricia FARA; Paul Lawrence FARBER; John Stephen FARMER; Georgina D. FELDBERG; Henry FERGUS,; Henry FIELDING; William J. FIELDING; J. Arthur FINDLAY; Valeria FINUCCI; Camille FLAMMARION; Ludwick FLECK,.; Donald FLEMING; Théodore FLOURNOY; Thomas Rogers FORBES; Arthur FORD; George FORSTER; Johann Reinhold FORSTER; Orson Squire FOWLER; Girolamo [Hieronymi] FRACASTORO [FRACASTORIUS]; Benjamin FRANKLIN; Roger FRENCH; Isaac K. FUNK; James David FORBES; Frank GREENAWAY; Edmund GURNEY; Michael E. HOARE; NATHANIEL MARSHALL; Henry MORE MUNDAY; Thomas ROSCOE; John Campbell SHAIRP; Peter Guthrie TAIT; Owsei TEMKIN; C. Lilian TEMKIN; Emily Wilmer Cave WRIGHT.
Mark Hodkinson ponders the nature of our personal book collections, why and how we gather books, what it says about us, and how we ever expect to find time to read them all.
" Books, glorious books — confessions of a bibliomaniac"
As a Radio 4 documentary about book collectors airs, the Times deputy literary editor, James Marriott, who lives in a room full of volumes, admits to his problem.
Sandra Hindman is owner and founder of "Les Enluminures" with galleries in Chicago, Paris and New York specialising in manuscripts and miniatures from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the gallery also handles rings and jewelry from the same periods.
In this podcast Sandra has invited collector Benjamin Zucker and looks at their roles and relationship as dealer and collector. While this podcast focusses on the current "Diamonds" exhibition, it also reveals the fascination to collect, the handling of manuscripts and the knowledge needed to deal in historical items.
The 43rd Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair will take place this weekend, one of the oldest and most respected antiquarian book shows in the country. But not the only bibliophile event in Boston!
Internet fraud is a serious concern for every bookseller these days.
As a result of a number of reported scams which affected ILAB booksellers worldwide, ILAB has put together some best practice guidelines from booksellers for booksellers.
In politically uncertain times, the British Antiquarian Booksellers Association has put together some very useful guidelines on the import & export of books.
The annual fall gathering for booklovers, the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston’s beautiful Back Bay for its 43rd year, November 15-17, 2019.
A report by Dr. Barbara van Benthem about a highly interesting seminar, organised by the German umbrella organisation for the arts trade, IG Kunsthandel, which took place last week in Munich.
