London, 1803. Second (and best) edition, with additions. Large Paper Copy (11 1/4 x 18 3/4). Portrait, title, (iv), xxiv, 240 pages, 32 plates (some hand colored). Original marbled board sides & marbled edges, with later calf spine & corners. Front endpapers discolored (from glue?); portrait has marginal foxing &..... More

Bad Goisen: Neugebauer Press, 1974. 5 1/2 x 9. 8 pages accordion-fold, opening to about 40 inches. Calligraphy by Neugebauer is printed in white on black paper. Textured paper over boards, printed label. Previous owner's note on final blank states this was given to him by Neugebauer. Very slight wear..... More

Frankfurt: Der Goldene Brunnen (1961). 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. (2), xxiv, 34, (2). Fritz Kredel's 24 hand colored woodcuts of roadside flowers & plants are surrounded by George Salter's calligraphic texts from classic German poetry. These are followed by 34 pages of German poems and an index. Vellum-backed green..... More

1994. 6 1/4 x 10. Eleven double-spreads accomplished in acrylic, pencil, pen and gold leaf painting, and collage. Calligraphic text. Bound in highly textured, painted boards with an abstract design formed by onlays of various materials. Fine in cloth tray, which has a blind & gilt decoration. Edition of 1..... More

Antwerp: De Sikkel and Paris: Pegasus Press, 1930. 5 1/2 x 8. xxiv and 58-page facsimile of Mercator's writing book. Green silk cloth, upper tips bumped, board edges have wear. Bookplate of printer Bill Jackson. Good copy. One of 200 copies, printed at the Officina Bodoni in Janson type on..... More

West New York: Mark Batty, 2002. Two vols. 8 x 11. 221 pages (including 150 color plates). Red cloth gilt. A separate portfolio contains six type and printing specimens created especially for this edition by Gudrun Zapf. Both in slipcase. Fine. First major retrospective of this German book bookbinder, calligrapher..... More