BIBLIOGRAPHY and TYPOGRAPHY

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

215 lotti

Lotti

Lotto 374

[Alba amicorum]. The Album Amicorum of Jacob Heyblocq.

Introduction, Transcriptions, Paraphrases & Notes to the Facsimile. Zwolle, Waanders, 1998, 2 vols., facs. vol.: 310p., col. ills. (1 fold.), facs. of manuscript texts, orig. boards, obl. 12mo; commentary vol.: 189,(3)p., frontisp. portrait, ills., orig. gilt cl., together in orig. cl. slipcase. Heesakkers, C.L. (ed.). Een netwerk aan de basis van de Leidse universiteit. Het album amicorum van Janus Dousa. Leyden, Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden/ Uitgeverij Jongbloed, 2000, 2 vols., facs. vol.: 286p., printed in 600 copies, col. ills., dec. boards; commentary vol.: (14),555,(3)p., orig. cl., together in cl. slipcase, sm. 8vo. AND 3 others, i.a. Het Vruntbuuc van Jan van Hout. Ed. C.L. Heesakkers (Leyden, 2009, orig. boards).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 376

Atlas zur Geschichte der Schrift.

Darmstadt, Technische Universität, 2000-2001, 2nd enl. ed., 7 vols., num. full-p. ills., orig. unif. wr., sm. folio. Johnston, E. Lessons in Formal Writing. Ed. H. Child and J. Howes. London, Lund Humphries, 1986, 243p., 71 ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to. Holliday, P. Edward Johnston. Master Calligrapher. London/ New Castle, The British Library/ Oak Knoll Press, 2007, XX,(2)389p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 1 other.

Stima 30 € – 50 €Aggiudicato 50 €

Lotto 378

[Auction, booksellers' and library catalogues]. Doheny, E.

The Estelle Doheny collection. New York, Christie's, 1987-1989, 7 vols., num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to. WITH: The Estelle Doheny Collection from St. Mary's of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri. Ibid., idem, 2001, 436p., num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. cl. unif. w. the preceding, 4to.

Stima 80 € – 100 €Aggiudicato 120 €

Lotto 382

[Auction, booksellers' and library catalogues]. Norman, H.F. The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine.

New York, Christie's, 1998, 3 vols., 263,(2); 475,(2); 411,(2)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. unif. pict. boards, 4to. AND 2 other auction catalogues in 4 vols. by the same auctioneer: The Library of Abel E. Berland (2001, 2 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library (2001, 2 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 90 €

Lotto 385

Bakker, W. Droom van helderheid. Huisstijlen, ontwerpbureaus en modernisme in Nederland, 1960-1975.

Rott., 010, 2011, 319p., num. (col.) ills., orig. dec. boards, large 8vo. Horton, I. and Furnée, B. Hard Werken: One for All. Amst., Valiz, 2018, 479,(1)p., num. col. ills., orig. wr., large 8vo. Boerma, A. (ed.). Letterprofs voor Jan Willem Stas. N.pl., De vrienden van Jan Willem Stas, 2009, without pagination, ills., printed in 250 copies, orig. boards. - AND 6 others, i.a. K. BROOS, Ontwerp: Total Design (Utr./ Breda, 1993, (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to) and J. BOLTEN, Het Nederlandse bankbiljet 1814-2002. Vormgeving en ontwikkeling (Amst. 1999, 2nd enl. ed., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to).

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 90 €

Lotto 389

Beeke, A. Body Type. Introd. W. Crouwel.

Amst., Spinhex & Industrie Drukkerij, 2011, 3 vols.: (1) textbooklet ((40)p., (col.) photogr. ills., signed and numb. "4/100" in pencil, orig. wr., square large 4to); (2) 39 stiff paper lvs., 30x30 cm., each w. a col. photogr. ill. of a letter of the alphabet, the numbers 0 to 9, and 3 punctuation marks, loose in orig. chemise w. photogr. ills. on recto and verso; (3) (95)lvs., each w. 4 identical col. photogr. ills. of one of the letters etc., each leaf perforated for the letters to be taken out, together in orig. wr., square large 4to; all together in orig. board box, 31,5x31,5x6 cm. AND 1 other by the same: It's a miracle! (ibid., 2013, richly illustrated, orig. pict. limp boards, 4to).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 100 €

Lotto 390

De Best Verzorgde Boeken/ The Best Book Designs.

Lot of 36 vols., Amst. Stichting De best Verzorgde Boeken, 1986-2021, num. (col.) ills., orig. wr./ boards, various sizes. AND 5 others on the same series, i.a. De verloren jaren. Persoonlijkie visies op De Best Verzorgde Beoken 1971 tot en met 1985. Introd J. Offerhaus (Zutphen, 1991, num. ills., orig. limp boards).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 150 €

Lotto 391

Biemans, J.A.A.M. Boeken voor de geleerde burgerij. De stadsbibliotheek van Amsterdam tot 1632.

Nijm., Vantilt, (2019), 599p., num. col. ills., orig. boards, 4to. Lommen, M. Het boek van het gedrukte boek. Een visuele geschiedenis. Amst./ Tielt, Univ. Press/ Lannoo, 2012, 463,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. boards w. dustwr., folio. - AND 11 others, i.a. E. MOURITS, Een kamer gevuld met de mooiste boeken. De bibliotheek van Johannes Thysius (1622-1653) (Nijm., 2016, (col.) ills., orig. boards, 4to); J. DE KRUIF, Liefhebbers en gewoontelezers. Leescultuur in Den Haag in de achttiende eeuw (Zutphen, 1999, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); J. SALMAN, Populair drukwerk in de Gouden Eeuw (ibid., 1999, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and B.P.M. DONGELMANS a.o., Boekverkopers van Europa. Het 17de-eeuwse Nederlandse uitgevershuis Elzevier (ibid., 2000, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 130 €

Lotto 392

Blavier, A. Les Fous Littéraires.

N.pl., Éditions des Cendres, 2001, 1147,(3)p., ills., india-paper, printed in 1500 copies, orig. boards w. dustwr., large 8vo. Taylor, A. and Mosher, F.J. The Bibliographical History of Anonyma and Pseudonyma. Chicago, Univ. Press, 1951, IX,(1),288,(1)p., frontisp., orig. cl.

Stima 40 € – 60 €

Lotto 395

[Bookcases]. Bookcase,

octogonal shape, 65x42x42 cm., decorated on all corners w. gilt leather backstrips of books, 20th cent., on wheels.

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 200 €

Lotto 396

[Bookmarkers]. Collection

of ±3100 bookmarkers, mostly Dutch, ±1920-2000, various shapes, sizes and materials (mostly paper), together loose in 6 cardboard/ tin boxes, incl. duplicates.

Stima 200 € – 300 €Aggiudicato 210 €

Lotto 398

Braches, E. Nieuwe Kunst. Toegepaste grafiek. Documentatie.

Amst., De Buitenkant, 2006, 2 vols., 536; 537-1096p., ills., orig. unif. cl., slipcase, 4to. - AND 1 other: IDEM, Nieuwe kunst en het boek (ibid., 2003, 2 vols., (col.) ills., printed in 750 copies, orig. unif. dec. cl., thin board slipcase.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 500 €

Lotto 399

Brüning, U. Das A und O des Bauhauses. Bauhauswerbung: Schriftbilder, Drucksachen, Ausstellungsdesign.

Berlin/ Leipsic, Bauhaus-Archiv/ Edition Leipzig, 1995, 335,(7 advert.)p., 395 (col.) ills., orig. dec. boardS, large 4to. Zervigón, A.M. John Heartfield and the Agitated Image. Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-Garde Photomontage. Chicago/ London, Univ. of Chicago Press, 2012, XII,309p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. (partly sunned) dustwr., 4to. Max Bill. Typografie, Reklame, Buchgestaltung. Sulgen/ Zürich, Niggli, 1999, 304p., German and English text, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 smaller publications on Bauhaus, Walter Dexel and Hajo Rose.

Stima 80 € – 100 €Aggiudicato 80 €

Lotto 400

Buijnsters, P.J. and Buijnsters-Smets, L. Bibliografie van Nederlandse school- en kinderboeken 1700-1800.

Zwolle, Waanders, 1997, 314p., num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Bouwman, A., Dongelmans, B. and Hoftijzer, P. Stad van boeken. Handschrift en druk in Leiden 1260-2000. Leyden, Primavera Pers/ Gingko, 2008, XVIII,(2),471p., richly illustrated, orig. artif. leather w. dustwr., large 8vo (fine). - AND 7 others, i.a. J. DE KRUIF, Liefhebbers en gewoontelezers. Leescultuur in Den Haag in de achttiende eeuw (Zutphen, 1999, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr.); H.T.M. VAN VLIET, Versierde verhalen. De oorspronkelijke boekbanden van Louis Couperus' werk (1884-1925) (Amst./ Antw., (2000), num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Shrinkwrapped) and VAN PEN TOT LASER. 31 opstellen over boek en schrift aangeboden aan Ernst Braches bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam in (...) 1995 (Amst., 1996, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 50 €

Lotto 401

[Burchartz, M.]. Stürzebecher, J. (ed.). "Max ist endlich auf dem richtigen Weg". Max Burchartz 1887-1961. Kunst - Typographie - Fotografie, Architektur und Produktgestaltung, Texte und Kunstlehre.

Frankf. a.M./ Baden, Deutschen Werkbund, (1993), 80p., (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to. - WITH: Max Burchartz 1887-1961. Typografische Arbeiten 1924-1931 im Reprint. Baden, (1993), facs. reprint of 19 brochures, posters etc., various sizes, together w. the above publication in orig. board box and slipcase, folio.

Stima 80 € – 100 €Aggiudicato 80 €

Lotto 402

Burke, C. Gerard Unger, life in letters.

Amst., De Buitenkant, 2021, 334,(2)p., num. (col.) ills., book design by HANSJE VAN HALEM, orig. dec. boards, 4to. Bruckner, D.J.R. Frederic Goudy. New York, Documents of American Design/ H.N. Abrams, 1990, 144p., num. (tinted) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. folio. - AND 6 other monographs on typedesign(ers): Bram de Does, Roger Excoffon et la Fonderie Olive, David Hockney, Günter Gerhard Lange, José Mendoza y Almeida and Metodo Simoncini.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 70 €

Lotto 404

Caldic Collection. Artists' Books.

Ed. S. Swarts. Rott., Caldic Collection, 2007, 362p., num. col. ills., printed in 1500 copies, orig. blindstamped cl., 4to.

Stima 40 € – 60 €Aggiudicato 60 €

Lotto 405

[Calligraphy]. Bonacini, C.

Bibliografia delle arti scrittorie e della calligrafia. Florence, Sansoni Antiquariate, 1953, 409,(3)p., ills., printed in 666 numb. copies, modern artificial leather, orig. wr. pres., sm. 4to.

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 70 €

Lotto 407

[Calligraphy]. Deliciae.

Over de schrijfkunst van Jan van den Velde. Haarlem, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen/ Het Hof van Johannes, 1984, textbook (80p., ills.) by T. Croiset van Uchelen and G. Noordzij, orig. wr., obl. 8vo, and 12 copperengr. calligr. plates after J. van den Velde by G. NOORDZIJ, J.H. NIJHUIS and J. WINKEL, loose as issued in orig. unif. wr., obl. 8vo, together in board slipcase. Croiset van Uchelen, T. Felix van Sambix (1553-1642). Schoolmeester en kalligraaf in Antwerpen en Delft. Amst., De Buitenkant, 2022, 212,(3)p., col. ills., printed in 250 copies, orig. giltlettered cl., obl. 4to. - AND 4 facs. reprints of writing books by UGO DA CARPI (Thesauro de Scrittori, 1535/ 1968, London, orig. boards w. dustwr.), MARIA STRICK (Tooneel der Loflijcke Schrijfpen, 1607/ 1970, Nieuwkoop, orig. wr., obl. 4to) and JAN VAN DEN VELDE (Spieghel der Schrijfkonste, 1605/ 1969, ibid., orig. wr., obl. folio) and Duytsche Exemplaren van alderhande Gheschriften, 1620/ 1970 (ibid., orig. wr., folio).

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 90 €

Lotto 409

[Calligraphy]. Haring, J. Kabinet der Schrijfkunst.

Amst., S. van Looy, 1906, 44 col. lithogr. plates, loose as issued in modern cloth portfolio w. orig. dec. board mounted on frontcover, in modern cl. slipcase, obl. folio.

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 110 €

Lotto 411

[Calligraphy]. Henning, W.E. An Elegant Hand. The Golden Age of American Penmanship & Calligraphy.

New Castle, Oak Knoll Press, 2002, XI,(1),307p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Mediavilla, C. Calligraphy. From calligraphy to abstract painting. Engl. transl. A. Marshall. Wommelgem, Scirpus, 1996, 335,(1)p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio. Kapr, A. Schriftkunst. Geschichte, Anatomie und Schönheit der Lateinischen Buchstaben. Dresden, Verlag der Kunst, 1996, 472,(2)p., richly illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. - AND 2 others.

Stima 70 € – 90 €Aggiudicato 80 €

Lotto 413

[Calligraphy]. Looy Jr., P. van.

Letters en hare Grondvormen. Naar de beste bronnen bewerkt voor Schilders, Steenhouwers, Graveurs en voor het onderwijs aan Ambachts en Kunstnijverheidsteekenscholen. Amst., Scheltema & Holkema, (1885), (2),32 lithogr. lvs., loose as issued in orig. clothbacked dec. board portfolio, obl. 4to. Verlooij, P.J. Calligraphische Voorbeelden ten dienste van Schilders, Steenhouwers, Lithographen, Bouwkundigen enz. in 32 Genres. Rott., P.J. Verlooij, n.d. (±1900), 2 vols., with in total 32 leaves w. different types of alphabets and ciphers "1"-"10", orig. unif. col. lithogr. wr., obl. large 8vo. Postma en Roovers, H.W. Calligrafische Lettervormen en hunne Toepassingen. Ibid., n.publ., 1911, col. lithogr. title-p., 20 col. lithogr. lvs., orig. wr., obl. 8vo.

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 160 €

Lotto 414

[Calligraphy]. Morison, S. Calligraphy 1535-1885. A collection of seventy-two writing-books and specimens from the Italian, French, Low Countries and Spanish schools.

Milan, La Bibliofila, 1962, 175p., 201 ills., contemp. rexine, orig. wr. pres. Osley, A.S. (ed.). Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank. New York, October House, 1966, XXIII,286,(1)p., ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. - AND 6 others, i.a. S. MORISON, Politics and Script (Oxf., 1972, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and A.S. OSLEY (ed.), Scribes and Sources (London/ Boston, 1980, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 70 €

Lotto 416

[Calligraphy]. Osley, A.S. Luminario. An introduction to the Italian writing-books of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Nieuwkoop, Miland Publishers, 1972, XII,(1),173,(1)p., num. (full-p.) facs. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio. Idem (ed.). Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank. London, Faber & Faber, 1965, XXXIII,(1),286,(1)p., plates, ills., orig. cl. w. (price-clipped) dustwr. - AND 1 other: K.A. ATKINS, Masters of the Italic Letter. Twenty-Two Exemplars from the Sixteenth Century (Ringwood etc., 1988, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., obl. 4to).

Stima 80 € – 100 €Aggiudicato 80 €

Lotto 417

[Calligraphy]. Osley, A.S.

Luminario. An introduction to the Italian writing-books of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Nieuwkoop, Miland Publishers, 1972, XII,(1),173,(1)p., num. (full-p.) facs. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio.

Stima 40 € – 60 €

Lotto 418

[Calligraphy]. Perret, C. Execitatio alphabetica nova et utilissima, varijs expressa linguis et characteribus, raris ornamentis, umbris & recessibus, picture, architecturæque, speciosa.

Nieuwkoop, Miland Publishers, 1968, (7)p., 34 facs. plates, printed in 300 numb. copies, orig. wr., obl. 4to. Ruano, F. Sette alphabeti di varie lettere. Ibid., idem, 1971, no pagination, printed in 300 numb. copies, orig. wr., 4to. Vries, S. de. Lusthof der schrijfkonste. Ibid., idem, 1971, no pagination, printed in 300 numb. copies, contemp. cl., orig. wr. pres., obl. folio. AND 6 others, all facs. reprints published by the same, all printed in 300 numb. copies, i.a. (D. ROELANDS), T' Magazijn oft' pac-huys der loffelijcker penn-const (1971, [this copy unnumbered], orig. wr., obl. folio. Facs. reprint of the ed. Antw., 1616) and L. ANTONOZZI, De caratteri (1971, orig. wr., obl. 4to. Facs. reprint of the ed. Rome, 1638).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 130 €

Lotto 422

[Cartography]. Gestel-Van het Schip, P. van and Krogt, P. van der (ed.). Mappae Antiquae. Liber Amicorum Günter Schilder.

't Goy-Houten, HES & De Graaf, 2007, 2 vols., text vol.: 696p., (col.) maps, ills.; map vol.: 2 views in 15 lvs., orig. gilt cl., folio/ loose as issued in orig. cl. portfolio, 4to, together in orig. slipcase (fine). Krogt, P. van der. Globi Neerlandici. The production of globes in the Low Countries. Utr., HES, 1993, 647p., 16 col. plates, num. plates/ ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to. Guleij, R. Het Grote Kaartenboek. Vijf eeuwen Cartografie. Zwolle, Wbooks, 2022, 384p., num. (double-p./ full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. boards, 4to. - AND 7 others.

Stima 60 € – 80 €Aggiudicato 100 €

Lotto 425

[Cartography]. Werner, J. De Atlas der Neederlanden. Kaarten van de Republiek en het prille Koninkrijk met 'Belgiën' en 'Coloniën'.

Amst., Bijzondere Collecties UvA and Asia Maior/ Atlas Maior, (2013), 609p., sumptuously illustrated, orig. blindst. cl. w. dustwr., orig. slipcase, folio. Watelet, M. a.o. Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus. Antw., Mercatorfonds, (1994), 446,(2)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, folio. - AND 2 others, i.a. J. PURAYE (ed.), Album Amicorum Abraham Ortelius (Amst., 1969, plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Stima 100 € – 150 €Aggiudicato 100 €

Lotto 426

Caspar, M. (ed.). Bibliographia Kepleriana. Ein Führer durch das gedruckte Schrifttum von Johannes Kepler.

Munich, C.H. Beck, 1936, 158,(2)p., 80 facs. plates, orig. cl., slipcase, 4to. Fulton, J.F. A Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle. Fellow of the Royal Society. Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1961, 2nd ed., XXVI,217,(2)p., frontisp. portrait, ills., orig. cl., sm. 4to. - AND 6 others, incl. bibliographies of Thomas Hobbes, William Harvey, Baruch de Spinoza, François Rabelais, M. Cervantes Saavedra and Girolamo Savonarola.

Stima 50 € – 70 €Aggiudicato 50 €

Lotto 427

Catalogus van boeken in Noord-Nederland verschenen van den vroegsten tijd tot op heden.

The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1911, 10 parts in 1 vol., orig. wr., 4to. AND 5 others, incl. 4 works by R. VAN DER MEULEN, i.a. De Boekenwereld. Theorie en praktijk van den Boekhandel (Leyden, 1897, num. plates and ills., orig. giltlettered dec. cl. Sl. foxed); Het boek in onze dagen, beschreven en afgebeeld (ibid., 1892, num. (tipped-in) (col.) plates and ills., orig. embossed and giltlettered cl.) and Een veertigjarige uitgeversloopbaan. A.W. Sijthoff te Leiden. 1851 (...) 1891 (Amst., 1891, frontisp. portrait, orig. giltlettered burgundy leather, a.e.g. Top of spine dam.).

Stima 40 € – 60 €Aggiudicato 40 €

Lotto 428

[Children's books]. Hesselink, S.S. and Kerssemakers, A.M.L. The Children's World of Learning 1480-1880. A collection of printed books, manuscripts, broadsides and prints illustrating four centuries of education and popular culture in Western Europe with emphasis on the Low Countries.

't Goy-Houten, HES & De Graaf/ Antiquariaat Forum, 2002, 2 vols. and index vol., (8),682; (8),683-1438; (8),1439-1590p., num. (col.) ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., dec. board slipcase, 4to.

Stima 200 € – 300 €

Lotto 429

Clough, J. and Scattolin, C. Alphabets of Wood. Luigi Melchiori & the history of Italian wood type.

Cornuda, Tipoteca Italiana, 2014, 206,(2)p., (col.) ills., orig. pict. boards, 4to. Blume, J. and Smeijers, F. Ein Jahrhundert Schrift und Schriftunterricht in Leipzig. One Century of Type and Teaching Typefaces in Leipzig. Leipsic, Institut für Buchkunst, 2010, 280p., German and English text, num. col. (full-p.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., folio. - AND 5 others, i.a. A. LAWSON, Anatomy of a Typeface (London, 1990, num. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.); R. McLEAN (ed.), Typographers on Type (London, 1995, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to) and R. SOUTHALL, Printer's type in the twentieth century. Manufacturing and design methods (London/ New Castle, 2005, ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., large 8vo).

Stima 60 € – 80 €Aggiudicato 70 €