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226. Thienen, Gerard van. INCUNABULA IN DUTCH LIBRARIES (IDL). A CENSUS OF
FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS IN DUTCH PUBLIC COLLECTIONS. 2 volumes.
Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1983, 6.75 x 9.5, cloth. Volume I 706 pages, Volume II 2 376 pages. ISBN
9789060043752. $340.00 $255.00
I. Catalogue (4,759 entries, including the holdings of 85 Libraries, Museums and Archives). II. Indexes and
Concordances. The first comprehensive Census of fifteenth-century printed books preserved in the Netherlands.
Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103252]
227. Yukishima, Koichi. INCUNABULA IN JAPANESE LIBRARIES. Tokyo: Yushodo Press Co.,
Ltd., 2004, 6.5 x 9 inches, Hardcover, cardboard slipcase. 224 pages. ISBN 4841903542. $55.00 $41.25
Second edition. Describes 383 different items. Has a thorough index, including locations in English and
Japanese-English, places of printing and printers, and provenances. Describes statistics on places and periods of
printing. Also contains an extensive list of Concordances. Distributed for Yushodo Press Co., Ltd. by Oak Knoll
Press. Sales Rights: Worldwide except Japan; available in Japan from Yushodo Press Co., Ltd. [Order No. 79446]
228. Klebs, Arnold C. INCUNABULA SCIENTIFICA ET MEDICA, SHORT TITLE LIST.
Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, 1999, 8vo., cloth. 362 pages. ISBN 1578981492. $65.00 $48.75
Reprint of the first edition published in Bruges by Saint Catherine Press in 1938. (Besterman p.3775); Sheehy EK38.
3000 entries given describing incunables in the field of science and medicine. Each book is cross-referenced with
the other bibliographies in the field. [Order No. 55441]
229. Lancaster, Jane. INQUIRE WITHIN: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE PROVIDENCE
ATHENAEUM SINCE 1753. Providence: The Providence Athenaeum, 2003, 9 x 10.5 inches, stiff
paper wrappers. xxxvi, 219+(1) pages. ISBN 0972410910. $29.95 $22.46
First edition. An outstanding history of this most important historical and influential library. The Providence
Athenaeum, 250 years old in 2003, not only played a significant role in defining the cultural, intellectual, and social
life of Rhode Island in its early years, but played a major part in shaping America itself. Having withstood
numerous wars, depressions, and high times alike, this magnificent library, whose lineage can be traced back to
even the nascent Alexandrian Library of Egypt, is one of the oldest standing monuments this side of the Atlantic.
And as historic as it may be, it still stands to be a growing, changing institution booming with exceptional people
and especially, exceptional collections. Illustrated in black-and-white and color. Distributed for the Providence
Athenaeum. [Order No. 73259]
230. Lancaster, Jane. INQUIRE WITHIN: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE PROVIDENCE
ATHENAEUM SINCE 1753. Providence: The Providence Athenaeum, 2003, 9 x 10.5 inches, cloth,
dust jacket. xxxvi, 219+(1) pages. ISBN 0972410902. $65.00 $48.75
First edition, one of 250 hardbound copies. [Order No. 73242]
231. Brandt, William H. INTERPRETIVE WOOD-ENGRAVING: THE STORY OF THE SO-
CIETY OF AMERICAN WOOD-ENGRAVERS. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009, 11.75
x 12.75 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 204 pages. ISBN 9781584562672. $85.00 $63.75
In the late nineteenth century, wood-engraving was the principle medium of illustration employed by publishers.
From this beginning, print collector Bill Brandt goes on to recount the story of the Society of American
Wood-Engravers. He reveals the medium's intricacies, the controversies sparked between traditional
wood-engravers and America's New School, and the international acclaim rightly bestowed on these innovative
American artists. The lost art of interpretive wood-engraving comes to life in Brandt's detailed account. The fifty
prints reproduced on these pages, scanned from Brandt's extensive collection with most produced at full size,
highlight the astonishing skill and painstaking craftsmanship required of a wood-engraving artist of the golden
age. Brandt tells how the Society of American Wood-Engravers burned brightly for almost twenty years, and then
faded away in the early days of photoreproductions. [Order No. 102011]
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