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TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH TWO CHARMING MINIATURES OF FEMALE SAINTS, FROM A FINE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES
Author: AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH TWO CHARMING MINIATURES OF FEMALE SAINTS, FROM A FINE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Bruges, ca. 1465. 181 x 127 mm. (7 1/8 x 5"). Single column, 19 lines in a careful, pleasing gothic book hand. In a very attractive new gilt wooden frame. Rubrics in pink (or faded red), one two-line initial in blue, magenta, and burnished gold, two lines with undulating line fillers in blue and gold, both sides of the leaf with a three-quarter panel border incorporating foliage, blossoms, and ivy leaves on hairline stems, the vertical part of this frame with a bar border composed of colors and burnished gold terminating at top and bottom in colorful acanthus leaves, and WITH TWO SMALL BUT VERY PLEASING MINIATURE PAINTINGS, SAINT ELIZABETH ON THE RECTO AND SAINT GERTRUDE ON THE VERSO. ◆Tiny worm(?)hole in fore edge (where it has done negligible damage), small portions of the blue paint in the Elizabeth miniature eroded (gray paint slightly smeared as well, but apparently at the time of painting), otherwise in fine, clean, fresh condition. This leaf is characteristic work from the circle of Willem Vrelant, the leading purveyor of books of private devotion in Bruges during the third quarter of the 15th century. His leading position among Flemish illuminators of the time is indicated by the considerable number of manuscripts illustrated in his manner by other miniaturists both in Bruges and in nearby cities in Flanders. The illuminator of our Book of Hours shows a number of distinctive stylistic traits. Among these are a preference for boldly patterned cloth backdrops, tessellated flooring, landscapes filled with stylized bushes and trees, and persisting prominent architectural constructions that frame the subject, frequently in a corner (in these leaves, it is a waist-high outdoor wall or an indoor feature resembling wainscoting). The inclination for strong geometrical patterning is manifested in the artist's angular treatment of human figures and their garments. Dressed in pink and blue, Elizabeth is depicted with a sweet, round face. She is saluted here as the woman worthy to be the mother of John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Redeemer. Gertrude is dressed in monastic black, although a pink undergarment is visible, and her inky habit is trimmed in gold. This shimmering feature is a reminder that Gertrude (626-59) was the daughter of Pepin I of Landen, Mayor of the Palace for the Frankish realm of Austrasia and the forebear of Charlemagne. Gertrude is a natural choice for illustration by an artist of Bruges, since she was the patron of nearby Nivelles. The saint was routinely invoked for aid in coping with mice, and is here shown surrounded by four animated rodents as black as her habit. No legend survives to explain why she had such power over the creatures, who seem here to be more her pets (one climbs her staff of office) than her victims..

Analysis. San Gabriel Valley Hospital by [California]. [San Gabriel Valley Hospital Associates]

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Seller: McBride Rare Books

Title: Analysis. San Gabriel Valley Hospital
Author: [California]. [San Gabriel Valley Hospital Associates]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: San Gabriel, Ca: Quintin & Westberg, Architects, 1953. Very good.. [18]pp., printed rectos only, plus seventeen full-page mounted photographs. Quarto. Contemporary cardboard covers with clear outer wrappers, spiral bound. Minor wear, a couple of text leaves, a few photographs, and the rear cover detached but present. A seemingly-unique report on the proposed small-scale San Gabriel Valley Hospital, prepared by Robert Quintin of the architectural firm of Quintin & Westberg in midcentury California. The text includes an introduction, interviews with the architects and the hospital, and a conclusion, beginning with a historical background on the architectural needs of the group of medical doctors building the hospital, and also including construction specifics, "acoustical necessities," and more from the architects' perspective. The second section comes from an interview conducted with the hospital's representative, David A. Lawrence, who discusses management of the facility, the quality and workability of the facility, suggests numerous changes to the hospital based on his experience there, and more. The text is illustrated with numerous photographs showing architectural plans, exterior views, and several interior views of various hospital locations, such as the lobby, major surgery, minor surgery, a typical patient room, a corridor, the delivery room, nursery, kitchen, boiler room, and so forth. There are also a few hand-drawn diagrams within the text. The architectural firm of Quintin & Westberg was based in Alhambra and lasted between 1941 and 1953, at which time the principals Scott Quintin and Edwin Westberg went their own ways. The present report is signed in type on the last page by Scott Quintin's son Robert, who was in his twenties at the time and working as a draftsman for his father's firm. No copies in OCLC, and likely prepared in very few copies for those involved with building the hospital.

Mrs. Perkins's Ball by Titmarsh, M. A., pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

Title: Mrs. Perkins's Ball
Author: Titmarsh, M. A., pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 8vo. (21 by 16 cm.) 46 pp. With 22 hand-colored plates, including one fold-out and title page, with illustrations by Thackeray. Contemporary calf with rebacking. Some dryness and cracking around the perimeter of the boards, with this being more pronounced by joints where also chipping and staining. Clean generally within.

FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND by Aldiss, Brian

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

Title: FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND
Author: Aldiss, Brian
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND, Random House, 1973, first American edition, some light scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s, else fine in like dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. Source book for the Roger Corman film of the same name.

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