BIBLIOGRAPHY and TYPOGRAPHY

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

Tornata di martedì 24 novembre 2026, 9:30

Esposizione: giovedì 19 novembre 2026 – domenica 22 novembre 2026, 10:00 – 16:00 · Ordine dell'asta

148 lotti

Lotti

Lotto 536

[Popular prints]. Boerma, N. a.o. Kinderprenten, Volksprenten, Centsprenten, Schoolprenten. Populaire grafiek in de Nederlanden 1650-1950.

Nijm., Vantilt, 2014, 1001,(3)p., richly illustrated, orig. pict. boards, 4to. AND 2 others: L. BUIJNSTERS-SMETS, Decoratieve prenten met geschreven wensen 1670-1870 (Nijm., 2007, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and IDEM, Straatverkopers in beeld. Tekeningen en prenten van Nederlandse kunstenaars circa 1540-1850 (ibid., 2012, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

Stima 40 € – 60 €

Lotto 537

[Printing type. 'Biljetletters']. Lot

of ±110 wooden poster types, sans serif, letters (capitals only), numbers and punctuation marks, 5,3x0,9x2,5 to 5,3x3,3x2,5 cm., kept in 2 metal drawers.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 538

[Printing type. 'Biljetletters']. Lot

of over 200 wooden poster types, various fonts, mainly letters (capitals and lower case) and a few numbers and punctuation marks, various very small to large sizes (up to 14,5x9x2,5 cm.).

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 539

[Printing type. 'Biljetletters']. Lot

of ±220 wooden poster types, all the same font (capitals and lower case), numbers and punctuation marks, block size: 9 cm. (height) and 2,3 cm. (depth), various width.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 540

[Printing type. 'Biljetletters']. Lot

of ±550 wooden poster types, all the same font (capitals and lower case) (similar to Haetenschweiler Grotesk), numbers and punctuation marks, 3 different sizes: capitals and lower cases (4,5x2x2,3 cm. and 6,8x2,5x2,3 cm.) and only capitals (9x3,1x2,2 cm.).

Stima 200 € – 300 €

Lotto 541

[Printing types]. Lot

of ±1400 metal type for miniature text, 1 mm. (height). AND other related tools and printing articles, i.a. composing sticks.

Stima 100 € – 150 €

Lotto 542

Prunaire, A. Les plus beaux Types de Lettres d'après les maîtres de cet Art. Introd. C. Popelin.

Paris, C. Schmid, 1895, 23,(2) textp., 80 plates, loose as issued in orig. portfolio w. ties, 4to. De lettergieterij van Joh. Enschedé en zonen. Gedenkschrift ter gelegenheid van haar honderdvijftig-jarig bestaan op 9 maart 1893. Haarlem, J. Enschedé en zonen, (1893), (6),200p., frontisp. portrait, num. (engr.) plates (1x photo-engr.), (col.) ills. and typespecimens, orig. gilt cl., 4to. - AND 1 other.

Stima 50 € – 70 €

Lotto 543

"Purigator".

N.pl., n.d. (±1920), archaic metal book sanitizer w. short "exhaust pipe" and hinging door, painted black, 51x51x57 cm.

Stima 50 € – 100 €

Lotto 545

Ravier, E. Bibliographie des oeuvres de Leibniz.

Paris, F. Alcan, 1937, 1st ed., (8),V,(1),703,(1)p., orig. wr., large 8vo. Salvestrini, V. Bibliografia delle Opere di Giordano Bruno e degli scritti. Pref. G. Gentile. Pisa, V. Salvestrini, 1926, XIV,382,(1)p., plate, 32 facsimile ills. of title-p., printed in 400 copies, orig. wr. (fine).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 547

[Russia]. Sabachnikoff, Th. and Garnier E.-A. (ed.). Bibliographie de la Russie. Répertoire méthodique des ouvrages en langue française relatifs à l'empire de toutes les Russes qui se trouvent à la Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris (...).

Paris, E. Rouveyre, 1892, VII,(3),76p., later cl. w. black mor. letterpiece on spine (rare). Catalogue de la Section des Russica ou Écrits sur la Russie en Langues Étrangères. Amst., P. Schippers, 1964, 2 vols., (4),VIII,(2),846; (4),771,(1)p., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. AND 1 other on Russia: E. BEYERLY, The Europecentric Historiography of Russia. An analysis of the Contribution by Russian Emigré Historians in the USA, 1925-1955, concerning 19th century Russian History (The Hague/ Paris, 1973, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 548

Signature.

A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts. New Series, no. 1-18. Ed. O. Simon. London, Signature, 1946-1955, 18 issues in 6 vols., (etching and aquatint) plate by G. SUTHERLAND, num. (fold.) plates/ inserts, orig. frontwrs. pres., bound in variously coloured morocco by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, a.e.g.

Stima 250 € – 350 €

Lotto 549

[Stationery]. Inkwell.

Bronze and 2 glass ink compartments w. bronze lids, 12x22x12 cm., ±1900.

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 550

[Stationery]. Portable travel desk,

mahogany(?), 19th cent., 60x49x13 cm. (opened), 49x29x18 cm. (closed), green leatherclad hinging writing desk, several sm. compartments w. i.a. 2 glass ink bottles, retractable drawer containing i.a. a bone stylus and letter opener.

Stima 120 € – 150 €

Lotto 555

[Typespecimens]. Lettergieterij "Amsterdam", voorheen N. Tetterode. Letterproef der lettergieterij "Amsterdam" voorheen N. Tetterode/ Spécimen général de la Fonderie "Amsterdam" successeur de N. Tetterode.

Amst., Lettergieterij Amsterdam, n.d. (1916), XXXII,(4),720[=782]p., printed in various colours in an unspecified numb. ed., orig. gilt and dec. cl. designed by S.H. DE ROOS, 4to. Idem. Prijscourant van lettergieterij-producten. Lettergieterij "Amsterdam" voorheen N. Tetterode. Ibid., idem, (1915), 31p., orig. wr., 4to.

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 558

[Typespecimens]. Lettergieterij "Amsterdam", voorheen N. Tetterode. Letterproef: Spécimen de caractères. N.V. Lettergieterij "Amsterdam" voorheen N. Tetterode.

Amst., Lettergieterij Amsterdam, (1932), XX,415p., printed in various colours, orig. silver dec. cl., 4to. Enschedé. Letterproef van de drukkerij. Printer's specimen of types. Épreuve de caractères de l'imprimerie. Schriftprobe von der druckerei. Haarlem, Drukkerij Enschedé, 1968, 2 vols. and suplement, (10),159; (10),159; 18p., orig. unif. wr., in board slipcase, 4to. AND 2 others, i.a. Letterproef: Meijer's boek- en handelsdrukkerij. Monotype- en handletter voor boekwerken (Wormerveer, 1932, 2 tipped-in photogr./ col. lithogr. plates, ills., orig. cl. des. by S.H. DE ROOS, 4to).

Stima 80 € – 100 €

Lotto 559

Umbrae Codicum Occidentalium.

Vol. 1-10. Ed. G. Battelli, N.R. Ker a.o. Amst., North-Holland Publ., 1960-1966, 10 vols., each vol. w. an introduction and a photogr. reproduction of the manuscript, orig. unif. giltlettered cl., 4to/ folio.

Stima 150 € – 250 €

Lotto 560

Updike, D.B. Printing types. Their history, forms and use.

Cambr./ London, The Belknap Press/ Oxford Univ. Press, 1966, 2nd printing of the 3rd ed., 2 vols., XLVI,292; XIX,(1),326p., facs. ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr. Hellinga, W.Gs. Kopij en druk in de Nederlanden. Atlas bij de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse typografie. Introd. H. de la Fontaine Verwey and G.W. Ovink. Amst., Noord-Holl. Uitgevers Mij, 1962, XXVIII,254p., 215 (col.) plates, orig. gilt cl., 4to. Morison, S. and Day, K. The Typographic Book 1450-1935. A Study of Fine Typography Through Five Centuries (...). London, E. Benn, 1963, XIV,98,(4)textp., 377 facs. ills. on plates, orig. giltlettered cl. w. (sl. dam.) dustwr., slipcase, folio. - AND 1 other: H.D.L. VERVLIET, Sixteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries. Pref. H. Carter (Amst., 1968, num. (tinted) ills., orig. blindst. cl.).

Stima 70 € – 90 €

Lotto 563

Webber, R. Babson and Macomber, H.P. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton and the Material relating to him in the Babson Institute Library Babson Park, Mass./ A Supplement to the Catalogue of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton and Related Material in the Babson Institute Library Babson Park, Massachusetts.

New York, H. Reichner, 1950-1955, 2 vols., XIV,228; VIII,91,(2)p., the supplement printed in a limited ed. of 450 copies, orig. unif. giltlettered cl. Ravier, E. Bibliographie des oeuvres de Leibniz. Hildesheim, G. Olms, 1966, (4),V,(1),703,(1)p., orig. giltlettered cl. - AND 1 other: G.J. GRAY, A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton (...) London, 1966, 2nd ed., frontisp., orig. hcl. Frontcover sunned; facs. reprint of the ed. Cambr., 1907).

Stima 50 € – 70 €