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SPECULUM EXEMPLORUM OMNIBUS CHRISTICOLIS SALUBRITER INSPICIENDUM UT EXEMPLIS DISCANT DISCIPLINAM by (INCUNABULA). [BUSCH, JOHANNES]

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Title: SPECULUM EXEMPLORUM OMNIBUS CHRISTICOLIS SALUBRITER INSPICIENDUM UT EXEMPLIS DISCANT DISCIPLINAM
Author: (INCUNABULA). [BUSCH, JOHANNES]
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Strassburg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 1 March 1490. Fourth Edition. 277 x 198 mm. (11 x 7 3/4"). [285] leaves (of 286, lacking final blank). Double column, 52 lines plus headline in rounded gothic type. 19th century Italian half vellum over paper boards marbled to resemble marbled calf, smooth spine with two tan morocco labels, newer endpapers. Title page with faded inscription beneath printed title and two-inch paper repair, no doubt to remove a previous owner's signature. A very few early ink markings and marginalia (faded). Goff S-654; BMC I, 139; ISTC is00654000. Spine lightly soiled, corners of lower board slightly bumped, but the binding perfectly adequate and inoffensive. Conceivably washed (note the faded annotations), but the leaves very strong and fresh, title page mounted on a stub and a bit soiled, second leaf with tail margin extended (though the leaf not supplied), occasional minor printing smudges or small stains, one page with portions of three words obscured by removal of (wax?) stain, isolated mild browning, other trivial imperfections, but still excellent internally--clean and bright and with ample margins. This attractively printed incunable is an excellent specimen of one of the most popular genres in early printing: exemplary literature, intended to improve public morality by providing examples of right behavior. This "Mirror of Examples for Beneficial Inspection by All Christians, That They May Learn Discipline by Example" is composed of more than 1,200 short, moralizing stories divided into 10 sections, preceded by a prologue in praise of the art of printing (which facilitates the dissemination of such useful knowledge throughout the world) and an alphabetical index of topics. Intended for use in sermons and homilies, the exempla are drawn from the works of St. Gregory the Great, the Venerable Bede, St. Jerome, Church Father Peter Damian, and Lives of the Desert Fathers, among others. Among the wealth of examples, the tale in the 10th section of a young man corrupted by "sodomites" in the big city and now unable to free himself from the lure of that ingrained sin is doubly interesting, first because of the moral lesson it communicates and because of its origin in Dutch folklore. It was the Dutch origins of these lessons that helped identify the author of this work--traditionally thought to be Carthusian monk Aegidius Aurifaber (d. 1466)--as Johannes Busch (1399/1400 - after 1475), Dutch Augustinian canon and leading monastic reformer. A historian of the Brethren of the Common Life, Busch was a proponent of Devotio Moderna, a religious movement encouraging a personal relationship with God and efforts to follow the example of Christ in one's everyday life. Following the first printed edition in Deventer in 1481, ours is the fourth edition, and the second by our so-called "Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg," now generally considered to be Georg Husner (d. 1505), a goldsmith-turned-printer who signed only four books during his career (one in 1473, two in 1476, and one in 1498). For reasons that have never been fully understood, books--like the present one--that are easily recognized as coming from his workshop do not contain his (or any other) name in their colophons. BMC notes, "there was enough anonymous printing done at Strassburg to keep several presses busy, and if Husner only signed three books at the beginning and one at the end of his career, he may, during a long period, have been active as a printer without signing any at all." Whatever the case, this anonymous press is distinguished especially by its types, described by Victor Scholderer as "more lively and attractive than the general run of Strasbourg faces of the 1480s." With crisp impressions of the type on thick and pleasingly fresh paper, our copy is an excellent example from this printer, whoever he was..

Babes of the Nations, New Illustrations in Colors and in Monotint by Maud Humphrey, Illustrator of "Babes of the Year, New Verses by Edith M. Thomas by HUMPHREY, Maud and Edith M. THOMAS, verses

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Title: Babes of the Nations, New Illustrations in Colors and in Monotint by Maud Humphrey, Illustrator of "Babes of the Year, New Verses by Edith M. Thomas
Author: HUMPHREY, Maud and Edith M. THOMAS, verses
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1889. Boards. Very good. Maud HUMPHREY. [ILLUSTRATED] [POETRY]. 8vo; [24] plates; color pictorial boards, 4 children holding national flags on front, a child with an American flag on the rear; cream cloth self-back; gift inscription on front pastedown dated "Dec. 25, 1889"; color frontispiece; title page printed in sepia with a vignette; 12 plates of poetry in sepia with a small vignette; 12 color plates of children; binding tight, pages clean; wear to boards, chipping of paper from edges and corners, title page has a small closed tear at binding, endpapers lightly foxed; very good minus. OCLC locates only 13 libraries with copies. One of Maud Humphrey's beautiful books featuring illustrations of children drawn in a romantic style. Each nation presented is illustrated with a child dressed in traditional national clothing and accompanied by a rhyming verse on a preceding plate. The children included are titled: Russian, Dutch, a Highlander (Scotland), a Fleur-de-lis (France), May (Italian Child), English, Spanish, African, German, American, Swedish, and Canadian. The only young boy featured is American and his poem, "The Volunteer Speaks," speaks of patriotism and preparation for being a soldier. Maud Humphrey (1868-1940) was an artist and suffragette; she was also the mother of the actor Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey's work often featured children painted in a dreamy, sweet style. This collection of illustrations featuring children is accompanied by the poetry of Edith Thomas (1854-1925), an American poet whose work was published in Scribner's, the Atlantic Monthly, and The Century. She wrote the verse for several of Humphrey's books.

ARCHITECTURAL TEXTILES : TENT BANDS OF CENTRAL ASIA by Isaacson, Richard

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Title: ARCHITECTURAL TEXTILES : TENT BANDS OF CENTRAL ASIA
Author: Isaacson, Richard
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780874050325
Description: Washington: The Textile Museum, 2007. Softcover. Quarto (oblong), 134 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is white with black print. Cover is white with illustration and black print. Illustrated: color including folded plates. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., Mar. 30-Aug. 19, 2007. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1412638. FP New Rockville Stock.

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