INCUNABULA INCUNABLES from Forest Books

The Manchester University Press. 1930. First Edition, 4to, xi,[v],102pp., 16 facsimiles, orig. cloth, a fine copy. The collection dealt with in the present catalogue is not large, but is of considerable importance by reason of the extreme rarity of a number of the works which find a place in it. It describes 154 items. Of these… Read more about this item

Société des Bibliophiles & Tulkens, Brussels. 1932-1978. 5 Vols., 4to, xxx,772; [iv],748; [iv],794; [iv],645; xii,615pp., facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, spine of vol. 3 slightly torn otherwise a nice set. An indispensable work of reference on incunabula.

Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, Mainz. 1933. 4to, 77pp., facsimiles in the text, orig. printed wrappers, torn.

Joseph Baer & Co., Frankfurt. [1910]. xiv,[ii],322pp., 4to, 14 plates, 157 illustrs., in the text, a little loose in orig. printed wrappers, browned, 686 items.

Kraus International Publications, Munich. 1980. x,83pp., 2 plates, orig. printed wrappers.

J. Demeter, Hellerau bei Dresden. 1930. First Edition, folio, 671pp., library label on front endpaper, small neat library stamp on verso of title-page, 112 plates (31 coloured, 22 double-page), cont. quarter morocco, slightly rubbed. A second volume, covering the period from 1500 to the 19th century was edited by Hermann Barge, was issued in two parts… Read more about this item

Heitz, Strassburg. 1904. First Edition, 4to, [viii],70,[2]pp., with the H.P. Kraus bookplate, orig. boards, slightly faded, leather label on spine.

(Reprint of the 1954 Edition) 1999. Small 4to, frontis., 7 plates, facsimiles, orig. cloth. One of the standard classic reference works on early printed books. Describes over 4,000 items. An indispensable work.

Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, Munich. 1957. 70pp., frontis., 16 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers. 486 Items listed.