tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7019474472557359862024-02-22T11:09:52.932-05:00The Books In My Life My interests are book collecting as a hobby, vocation, and/or disorder of mind. I'll be writing about books I love/collect, new, old, banned, illustrated, rare, libraries, books as art and artifact, and anything else related to books. I am expanding my focus to include galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMS) as I earned a Master's Degree in Museum Studies, Johns Hopkins University August 2020.
"Books and reality and art are all the same kind of thing to me." V. Van GoghThomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-16615309061699990542023-05-30T14:31:00.000-04:002023-05-30T14:31:02.099-04:00The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies, by Gary Kates. A great read and fuel for further exploration and blog posts!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I recently completed reading this
wonderful study of books that impacted the early Enlightenment (1699-1780)
under the general rubric of social history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The primary source material was bespoke databases of archival materials from the era , an example of the rapidly expanding efforts in the digital humanities, providing insightful reactions to the content, both public and private, at the time of publication and during the 18th Century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The author is masterful in presenting</span> the publishing
history of key authors and works, the drama that was publishing during the
18<sup>th</sup> Century, reader reactions, Government and Religious
reactions, and the influence of the published content on the evolution of
Enlightenment thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one
of the most enjoyable reads I have completed in the past few years!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/books-that-made-the-european-enlightenment-9781350277649/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="344" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfFmZjufxepDzmq6gfGXWN6JGgUVuR0e6suhEV0jsrDjE_C_61DRZKFz429ldNe9d7KiJUTCNzZbywsHDEYAFMKM2sIIDdAZmocNeR8vT4tzeM5rVD_FywXY5oaQZtM0Van09358XjnzyMiJCnMc9E_ns0PjVJSY0ri38XyRXY2NJsvu-ILjzWbkG6=w216-h335" width="216" /></a></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/books-that-made-the-european-enlightenment-9781350277649/" target="_blank">The
Books that Made the European Enlightenment:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A History in Twelve Case Studies<span style="font-style: normal;">, Gary Kates,
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2022</span></a></span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Content via Chapter Titles.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">List of Illustrations<br />
Preface<br />
1. The Enlightenment Reading Public<br />
2. Fénelon's Adventures of Telemachus (1699)<br />
3. Montesquieu's Persian Letters (1721)<br />
4. Voltaire's History of Charles XII (1731) &
Montesquieu's Considerations on the Greatness and Decline of the
Romans (1734)<br />
5. Voltaire's Philosophical Letters (1733-1734)<br />
6. Richardson's Pamela (1740)<br />
7. Hume's Essays Moral, Political, and Literary (1741-1742)<br />
8. Graffigny's Letters from a Peruvian Woman (1747)<br />
9. Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws (1748)<br />
10. Rousseau's Emile (1762)<br />
</span>11. Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776)<br />
12. Raynal's Philosophical and Political History of the Two
Indies (1770-1780)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Focusing
on 12 authors (and their publications) I was excited to learn about the
original publication, early translations, and reception of these classic enlightenment
works in the 18<sup>th</sup> century and beyond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For many years I have acquired first edition
first printings of key books that have greatly influenced my intellectual (and
life) journey and while every book discussed in this book are one’s I would
covet for my private library they are all to expensive for my collecting budget!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I studied the content, I kept finding
motivation to search for Open Access digital facsimiles of these true First
Editions to experience the content as a reader of the time did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The artifact, the typography, the content as
was experienced upon publication places me within the aura of initial
publication and that means something, at least to me. I can’t own an original,
but I hoped to be able to experience on screen, the experience of reading that first
appearance (in English translation where necessary).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often wonder if the earliest publication of
works that are still important to read, but now, with the look and feel of 21<sup>st</sup>
Century publication practice, impacts the reader experience differently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While modern editions certainly are helpful
for the reading experience today, the extra effort it takes to experience the
original publication must impact the reader’s reaction to the content and ideas
on offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is often my main
motivation to acquire a First Edition and while that is a slow and often
expensive quest to acquire a book I have come to appreciate; I enjoy reading or
browsing digital editions as a viable alternative to the physical artifact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The books presented here included a few I was
unfamiliar with, most notably, <i>The Life and Adventures of Telemachus</i>, <i>Pamela:
or Virtue Rewarded</i>, and <i>Letters of a
Peruvian Princess</i>. Three titles added to my TBR list and if possible, I hope
to read them in digital facsimile and not a contemporary reprint! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
hope to be able to continue this focus by posting a link to the original
publications, in English, so that others may easily access these key titles
from the 18<sup>th</sup> Century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today
I share one to get me started as I am still searching for and befuddled that
the Benjamin Franklin edition of <i>Pamela: or Virtue Rewarded</i> is not
available online and I really want to read a digital facsimile of that particular
artifact, the first novel printed in Colonial America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems like a missed
opportunity for digitizing Franklin’s key printing efforts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While my overall goal is to focus on the first
appearance in English, publishing practice in the 18<sup>th</sup> Century makes
this difficult to pursue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, I
accepted the complex publishing history and am linking to translations from
that era, or at least, shortly after, that are available and represent an early complete translation of
respected editions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The Adventures of Telemachus</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> was
first published in French in 1699.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">While
originally an authorized publication celebrated for story and writing, the
popular book eventually was banned for reasons involving an attack on Royalty
and Religion which finally caused the French authorities to ban the book which,
as is often the case, propelled it into best seller status in France and in
translation.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I am sharing the </span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/adventuresoftele00fene/page/n9/mode/2up" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="995" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFEzldYc7sxR2rxRI3Jf0J2uFuPF0cJd6R3fcJ_dkfrm_eENX271FRHaxcS7WvymaiSwwnkUYLz_CNrgemeg3LM9BfrtnqpaBpajFpGvyNPAGIcWv06E_Nn87tta09hCeBePWLAjNBlgHbSCZk3FCTTzRptdGlJOe0xCSAbIXmea9QZGlqxGGaVLOE=w488-h313" width="488" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/adventuresoftele00fene/page/n9/mode/2up" target="_blank">The Adventures of Telemachus, The son
of Ulysses</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/adventuresoftele00fene/page/n9/mode/2up" target="_blank">, </a>Fénelon,
François de Salignac de La Mothe-, Manchester, UK, Thomas Johnson (Publisher),
Translator- John Hawksworth, 1847, Retrieved from </span><a href="https://archive.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Internet Archive</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/cdl" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">California Digital Library Collection </span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">(accessed 03/19/2023) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Critique of
the Monarchy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Religious purpose?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For children/young adults? Popularized
political philosophy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A grand tale
adored by young and old readers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A collection
of illustrations from 1808:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/17988/the-dream-of-telemachus-from-the-adventures-of-telemachus-book-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img data-original-height="667" data-original-width="975" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoA-1NUc4n3hQHRK0ayFqnserwfJnXXwMHXG_Szefxg8H7WagnyXXncriKCybqVTrGQTUGRaZxV8w2q1PfalmAyBy9btgAxQviDeInZImVUIz4uXuxh3J_zm2g-yJKstI6yYKq59Kb0syoSa4AWYsz5TUi0YuePAV3SlocYqFFp5poml4Ap2hfBxq6=w502-h361" width="502" /></a></p><br /><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoCaption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/17988/the-dream-of-telemachus-from-the-adventures-of-telemachus-book-4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bartolomeo Pinelli, The Dream of Telemachus, from The
Adventures of Telemachus, Book 4, 1808, Bartolomeo Pinelli, The Art Institute
of Chicago, CCO 1.0</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">From the Art
Institute of Chicago website:</span></p>“These twelve drawings depict scenes from the French novel The Adventures of Telemachus (Les aventures de Télémaque) by François Fénelon. First published in 1699, it was one of the most popular books of the 1700s and 1800s. Telemachus is the son of Ulysses from Homer’s Odyssey, the first four books of which describe the hero’s search for his father. Fénelon invented further adventures for Telemachus, in which he undergoes many trials while accompanied by his tutor, Mentor, who is actually the goddess Minerva (the embodiment of wisdom) in human disguise. A scathing critique of autocratic government and a diatribe against war, the book denounces luxury and decadence and calls for the simplicity and equality Fénelon believed ancient Greece best exemplified.<br /><br />(The Art Institute of Chicago, accessed 05/30/2023 <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"> <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/17988/the-dream-of-telemachus-from-the-adventures-of-telemachus-book-4">https://www.artic.edu/artworks/17988/the-dream-of-telemachus-from-the-adventures-of-telemachus-book-4</a>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">As I
explored the digital edition, I discovered a set of illustrations from the same
era available from The Art Institute of Chicago’s digital collection. I was amused by viewing the illustrations as
I read through the content of Book 4!
While a publication 148 years after the original publication in French,
this appeared to me to be a fine edition that met my interest in reading an
early complete English translation.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">CC BY 4.0</a></span></span></div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-4723695564719918622019-10-06T19:46:00.001-04:002019-10-06T19:48:54.680-04:00Museum and Books : Nathaniel Hawthorne at the Peabody Essex Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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20th century addition (far left), original,19th century East India Marine Hall. New addition <br />
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The <a href="https://www.pem.org/" target="_blank">Peabody Essex Museum </a>in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts opened a much awaited new building recently, expanding the gallery space, and allowing better display of the vast and important holdings. The museum, which originated in 1799 as the East India Marine Society, required that every ship returning from travels bring something back to contribute to the Society in the tradition of cabinets of curiosity dominant at the time. In 1825 the Society and a growing collection of objects became headquartered in the newly constructed East India Marine Hall. The Hall, still in use today, retains some of the original display cases and is a direct link to the museum's earliest days. Tracing the evolution from a Marine Society to a modern museum is a bit complex but a continuity in purpose and practice is possible to trace.<br />
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In 1821 the Essex Historical Society was established and Salem was supported by two active cultural and collecting institutions. In 1833 a third organization formed, the Essex County Natural History Society focused on local natural wonders. In 1848 the two societies merged to form the Essex Institute which would eventually become part of the modern museum. Sometime after the East India Marine Society was established in the East India Marine Hall, the society adopted a new name, The Peabody Academy of Science. Sometime during the 1960's the Essex Institute revised its mission to focus on regional art, history and architecture and divested holdings of natural science and archaeology to the Peabody Academy of Science, which transferred its holdings of historical materials to the Essex Institute. A further name change was done in the early 20th century when the Peabody Academy of Science was renamed, the Peabody Museum of Salem and continued to focus on international art objects and culture arising from the earliest days of returning ships with objects to contribute associated with diverse and distant cultures. The Essex Institute pursued a decidedly historic Salem focus and continued to acquire properties of great architectural value and developed historical interpretation for the Salem community. By the late 20th century the two local cultural and collecting institutions were connected by not only proximity but also collections and in 1992 merged to form the current Peabody Essex Museum (PEM). {All preceding sourced from <a href="https://www.pem.org/about-pem/museum-history">https://www.pem.org/about-pem/museum-history</a>}. <br />
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Since the 1992 merger, PEM has experienced evolution of capacity, collections, and exhibition opportunities. A community museum free to all Salem residents PEM is a dynamic cultural conglomerate with varied collections spanning, art, architecture, books, historical records and is poised to take a leadership role for museums in the 21st Century. This trajectory is best illustrated by PEM and the noted designer and cultural maven, I<a href="https://fashionista.com/2012/05/iris-apfel-is-donated-900-pieces-of-her-wardrobe-to-a-museum-in-salem-massachusetts">ris Apfel who essentially brought the Peabody Museum in to the contemporary era with a donation</a> to the museum of objects from her personal collection of textiles and fashion. Apfel became enamored with the <a href="http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/itisapfel09/">Peabody Essex a few years ago</a>, when her traveling exhibition was so warmly received and supported by this ever evolving museum. The new addition and the past 25 years or so of mergers and expansion are celebrated with the recent opening of the new wing to the museum and supported by wide ranging exhibitions and new galleries displaying items from the permanent collection. I so love the original East India Marine Hall that I am more excited to re-visit the Hall, since it is now again an active gallery and was much missed, after years of diverse use while construction of the new addition was completed. I do plan to explore the new addition but my first stop will be the classic Marine Hall.<br />
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One noted benefit of the museum expansion is that now, PEM has a dedicated gallery to exhibit items drawn from the vast Phillips Library collections. The Library collections are a great source for genealogical research and documentary history of the area along with collections focused on the rich literary tradition of New England and specifically local authors from the Salem geographic area. To celebrate the opening of the new PEM and to illustrate the new range and space for exhibitions, the PEM expansion launch includes a special exhibition from the permanent collection focused on Nathaniel Hawthorn of <i>House of Seven Gables</i> and <i>The Scarlet Letter</i> fame. <br />
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Museum and books is a favorite focus and I am excited to visit and experience the collections associated with Salem's (and New England's, America's and world's),own Nathaniel Hawthorn. Coinciding with the opening of the new museum building the Phillips Library, the research/library collection of PEM, has put together an exhibition of highlights of their Nathaniel Hawthorn collection of published and archival holdings.<br />
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Sadly PEM has not done a very good job with creating a digital exhibition in support of the physical space. I'll need to verify this once I visit but the web presence is just not that compelling! While it is most likely the real goal of the museum is to attract visitors during the opening of a new space, it is a missed opportunity when the associated web coverage of the exhibition is a disappointment. Interest in Nathaniel Hawthorn is not geographically limited and there are many who would be interested in viewing virtually, the exhibition, which I imagine includes many fine examples of editions rare, illustrated and displayed in a new dedicated book gallery. While I can dream of what is on display I sadly, just do not know what to expect as PEM's website is basically devoid of details on the exhibition. If you are interested in a brief biography of Hawthorn, I urge you to visit his page at the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathaniel-Hawthorne/Major-novels" target="_blank">American National Biography</a> site.<br />
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The spirit of the exhibition is clearly and cleverly designed to focus on <a href="https://www.pem.org/blog/nathaniel-hawthornes-creative-legacy" target="_blank">Hawthorn's creative legacy</a>. Since there is little to go one all I can share are the facts mentioned in the digital exhibition and a bit of detail on a recent artist's treatment of a Hawthorn short story, The Minotaur, from his <i>Tanglewood Tales</i>, recently acquired by the museum and featured in this exhibition. I imagine and hope that the exhibition displays numerous examples from Hawthorn's published and documentary past along with illustrated editions, of which there are many outstanding examples, and I assume all are part of the permanent Hawthorn collection.<br />
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Book artist, Mindy Belloff recently reinterpreted Hawthorn's The Minotaur in a beautifully crafted new edition of this tale. Produced by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/A%20Golden%20Thread:%20The%20Minotaur%20%E2%80%93%20A%20Contemporary%20Illumination%20Mindy%20Belloff,%20artist,%20designer,%20printer,%20and%20publisher.%20Text%20The%20Minotaur%20short%20story%20by%20Nathaniel%20Hawthorne%20from%20Tanglewood%20Tales,%201853.%20Additional%20text%20includes%20quotes%20of%20Carl%20Jung%20and%20text%20from%20Lorem%20Ipsum.%20Edition%20of%2032%20standard%20in%20quarter%20leather%20and%208%20deluxe%20design%20bindings,%20all%20with%2023-karat%20gilt%20edges,%20one%20hundred%20original%20drawings%20and%20two%20hundred%20press%20runs;%2014.75%20x%2011%20inches;%202018.%20(Please%20email%20IntimaPress%20at%20yahoo.com%20for%20current%20price.)" target="_blank">Intima Press</a> the artist book is sure to delight visitors to the PEM and the Hawthorn exhibition!<br />
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The details of this artist edition follows:</div>
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A Golden Thread: The Minotaur – A Contemporary Illumination<br />
Mindy Belloff, artist, designer, printer, and publisher.<br />
Text The Minotaur short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne from Tanglewood
Tales, 1853. Additional text includes quotes of Carl Jung and text from Lorem
Ipsum.<br />
Edition of 32 standard in quarter leather and 8 deluxe design bindings, all
with 23-karat gilt edges, one hundred original drawings and two hundred press
runs; 14.75 x 11 inches; 2018.<br />
(Please email IntimaPress at yahoo.com for current price.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-58503307781243671012019-10-01T13:08:00.003-04:002019-10-01T13:12:22.635-04:00Possible Futures for the BOOK!<br />
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A very enjoyable read with some surprising suggestions, acceptable history, and future possibilities. I am "all in" that books will remain important but I do tend to lean towards the book as an object to collect, preserve and protect! I'm not motivated by novelty APPS and novelty technology to engage with traditional printed books but I can support the spirit behind the ideas. I'm still trying to decide whether re-posting blog posts that capture my attention is the right way to engage but it certainly is an efficient manner of sharing in our modern world. Sharing is important! Hope you enjoy the pointer to a valuable read. (Thanks to <a href="https://www.aldaily.com/">Arts and Letters Daily</a> for featuring). I do like the idea mentioned below, the LitCity App, but I know I'd never use it! Of course, I dream of the day when I can stroll Paris and get notified whenever I pass a structure mentioned in <span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Dwellings of the Philosophers by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/fulcanelli">Fulcanelli</a></span> with a copy in hand to refer to and all linked to a GPS walking APP to find all the mentioned dwellings.</div>
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From the <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/">Paris Review</a> (always a great source!)</div>
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Increasingly, people of the book are also people of the
cloud. At the Codex Hackathon, a convention whose participants spend a frenetic
weekend designing electronic reading tools, I watch developers line up onstage
to pitch book-related projects to potential collaborators and funders. “Uber
for books”: a same-day service that would deliver library volumes to your door.
“Fitbit for books”: an app that blocks incoming calls and buzzes your phone
with reminders to get back to a book. That literary pedometer meets its
real-world counterpart in LitCity: “Imagine walking down a city street and
feeling that familiar buzz of a push notification. But instead of it being a
notification on Twitter or a restaurant recommendation, it’s a beautiful
passage from a work of literature with a tie to that place.” I thought back to
the nineteenth-century guidebooks that inserted a snippet of Shelley next to
their map of the Alps; the book has always been about bringing worlds together. <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/09/17/books-wont-die/">(More here)</a><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-12896746618161833692019-09-21T11:47:00.002-04:002019-09-21T17:01:14.475-04:00Museums and Books: A Colonial Library at the Boston Athenæum If you are a Bostonian or close to the Boston area, this is an exhibition to put on your "to visit" list, <a href="https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/exhibitions/current-exhibition" target="_blank">Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library</a>, September 17-March 20, 2020.<br />
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The Boston Athenæum is a private library holding not only books but also objects from paintings to sculpture and is a cultural landmark in Boston. Located by the Statehouse and the Beacon Hill neighborhood, the museum is expanding and is sure to remain healthy as a private research library and arts collection.<br />
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The focus of this exhibition is the transport and makeup of a library shipped from England in 1698 intended to support the Kings Chapel Anglican Church. The 221 titles included in this essential collection to seed the library range from religion to science to philosophy and was packaged in a special traveling case that has been recreated for the exhibition.<br />
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The list of titles represents what a library should posses in lat seventeenth century and sets up a wonderful technology feature where visitors to the exhibition are invited to consider what such a book set would include today, 300 years later. Visitors will be able to add there choice of titles to a database. When I visit I know what I will suggest,<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/eighteenth-century-philosophy/critique-pure-reason?format=PB" target="_blank"> Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, the Cambridge University Press edition</a> (<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/philosophy-texts/series/cambridge-edition-works-immanuel-kant" target="_blank">The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant</a>) Edited by Paul Guyer and Allen w. Wood, translated by Alan Wood and published in 1999.<br />
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This is a book which is often considered the starting guide to modern philosophy and is and essential holding for any every library. My alternative would be Einstein's Special and General Theory of Gravity. ideally a facsimile of the original English Edition of the work which continues to be the cornerstone of our understanding of the physical laws regulating our universe. I have this edition in my library, Albert Einstein, <i>Einstein's 1912 Manuscript on the Special Theory of
Relativity: A Facsimile</i>, New York, George Braziller Inc., 2000<b style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i>. </i></b>Feel free to suggest a book you would include, in a comment, and I will compare my list to the Boston Athenæum, once the exhibition closes and the list is published!<br />
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<br />Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-52028266282507014532019-09-15T18:52:00.000-04:002019-09-15T18:52:08.138-04:00Collecting Vathek by William Beckford. 4 Special Editions In My Library<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I often collect clusters of books. While I do accidentally purchase duplicates, for example, an impulse purchase at a Book Fair where the joy of handling a desired book object overwhelms my rationality and, instead of quickly checking my LibraryThing catalog, I just do the deal and once home I discover I had a copy, now two! While that is a frustrating start of a cluster, I generally put more thought into clusters. Over time, I fine tuned my acquisition practices and now tend to focus on a specific title and cluster acquisition around <b>First Edition/First Printing, First Illustrated, First Edition/First Printing Trade edition, and Fine Press editions</b> of a beloved title. Sometimes I go down a rabbit hole that combines interest in a specific title and the possibility of expanding my collection to include examples from specific publishing houses. My cluster of Vathek by William Beckford was a purposefully acquired collection of four editions, <a href="https://seriesofseries.owu.edu/nonesuch-library/" target="_blank">Nonesuch Press</a> (1929), <a href="https://www.majure.net/lechistory.htm" target="_blank">The Limited Editions Club</a> (1945), <a href="https://www.foliosociety.com/usa" target="_blank">The Folio Society</a> (1958) and <a href="http://www.centipedepress.com/" target="_blank">Centipede Press </a>(2015). I discovered Vathek while researching the catalog of The Limited Editions Club around the same time I noticed a new edition announced by Centipede Press. Once those two editions were in my library I decided to acquire the 1958 Folio Society Edition and the 1929 Nonesuch Press Edition. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chapter opening with full page illustration. Note the gold gilding is visible in the star in the lower center of the illustration</td></tr>
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My first acquisition of Vathek was the Limited Editions Club edition of 1945, signed by the illustrator/decorator of the edition, Valenti Angelo. The citation for this edition is Beckford, William. <i>Vathek, An Arabian Tale</i>, Limited Editions Club, 1945. It was released in an edition of 1500 copies gold gilded by hand by <a href="http://www.catholicauthors.com/angelo.html" target="_blank">Valenti Angelo</a>. Gilding is the act of decorating book pages (or paper edges) with actual gold foil and is traditionally a feature of illuminated manuscripts. It was the gilding that first caught my attention and motivated my acquisition. I am certain I will never have the resources necessary to acquire an actual, gilded illuminated edition (or even a single page) and when I discovered this work and the reality that copies could be obtained for less than $100.00 I jumped at the chance to add a true gilded edition to my library! My copy has a fine slipcase and the orginal book sleeve. The leather cover and illumination is in perfect condition and the interior is clean and bright with all the gold gilding, subtle as it is, also perfect. There appears to be a slight lightening of the ink of the page decorations generally in the upper left corner of the edition but it in no way distracts from the beauty of this small format edition.<br />
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While awaiting delivery of the Limited Editions Club edition I pre-ordered a newly announced edition of this classic Gothic tale from Centipede Press. I have casually followed Centipede Press for many years but never purchased a title for my collection. Generally, what I desired was beyond my means and Centipede Press titles never made it to a "buy now" position in my infinite want list. It was the right time, right title and right price point to add Centipede Press to my library and the new edition seemed a natural purchase. Released in a small edition of 250 copies, an early purchase was the smart move and would partner with my Limited Editions Club Edition. The catalog page for Vathek offers the following:<br />
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<i><b>William Beckford was a novelist, travel writer, art critic
and politician best known for his novel Vathek, a story with
elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques,
which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of
knowledge.</b></i></div>
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<i><b> This edition features a new introduction by
noted historian and poet Donald Sidney-Fryer, a striking color dustjacket by
British artist David Whitlam, and the complete line drawings by Mahlon Blaine.</b></i></div>
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<i><b> William Beckford (1760-1844)
inherited a large fortune and, at the age of nineteen, went on a tour of
Holland, Germany, Belgium, France and Italy. He was a Member of Parliament and
a traveller who spent large sums of money collecting rare books, curiosities
and paintings for the embellishment of his Gothic Extravaganza, Fonthill Abbey,
where he lived in opulent seclusion until forced by bankruptcy to sell it in
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<i><b>(retrieved from </b></i><a href="http://www.centipedepress.com/gothics/vathek.html">http://www.centipedepress.com/gothics/vathek.html</a><b><i>)</i></b></div>
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While the Centipede Press edition is lovely and a joy to read, I prefer the feel and illustration package of the Limited Editions Club, much better. This acquisition did serve as my introduction to Centipede and I now actively keep my eyes out for other, affordable editions. This small printing has been sold out since shortly after publication in 2015. A complete citation, <a href="http://www.centipedepress.com/gothics/vathek.html" target="_blank">Vathek, by William Beckford, Introduction by Donald Sidney-Fryer, Cover and Frontispiece artwork by David Whitlam, Interior artwork by Mahlon Blaine, Centipede Press 2015 </a>(purchased directly from Centipede Press on pre-publication sale for $50.00, copy number 222 of 250, signed by Donald Sydney-Fryer and David Whitlam). This is a reprinting of a 1928 edition, BECKFORD,
WILLIAM. Vathek. New York: John Day, 1928. First Edition Thus. Illustrated by
Mahlon Blaine, with an introduction by Ben Ray Redman with a new intoduction by
Donald Sidney-Fryer.</div>
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<br /><br />My third copy of Vathek is from Nonesuch Press. Over the years I handled many Nonesuch Press editions when visiting bookshops and shows but never acquired an edition for my library. I had great interest in this British Press but usually connected to the Nonesuch Press complete works of Shakespeare, a celebrated 7 volume edition costing around $3500.00 and a bit too expensive for me. Vathek is much more realistic and since I had the Limited Edition Club edition and the Centipede Press Edition I decided to add the Nonesuch Press so that I had, at least, one example in my collection. The history of the Nonesuch Press is fascinating and worthy of a separate post. A fine example of fine press publishing for a wider reading audience. I love the paper stock and the illustrations by Marion V. Dorn are wonderful. <br />
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William Beckford, 1929, Vathek, A New translation by Herbert B. Grimsditch, Copy 1061 of 1550, 10 Color Illustrations by Marion V. Dorn. <br />
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My final fine press edition of Vathek is from the Folio Society, often a controversial fine press but one that I love collecting and support as I believe that they continue to produce fine editions for the general reader and I do replace many old and beloved reads with Folio Society Editions!<br />
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The Folio Society Edition of 1958 is from the 1929 Nonesuch Press edition by Herbert B. Grimsditch and has an original cover design and interior illustrations by Edward Baldwin. A more formal citation is Beckworth, William, Vathek, Translated with an Introduction by Herbert B. Grimsditch, Illustrated with Lithogrpahs by Edward Bawden, London, The Folio Society, 1958. The cover design is geometric and the interior illustrations are interesting but not to my taste. Since I have many other Folio Editions I acquired this to complete this cluster and am happy I did but it is not one of my favorites! It is pleasant to read as the size and printing is very supportive of old school, physical, book reading. <br />
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I would love to acquire early and varied editions of this peculiar tale. Often included as one of the earliest examples of Gothic Fiction, this tale compliments my shared addiction with Beckford for the Arabian Nights! At least I have a cluster that brings me joy.<br />
<br />Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-58964484214564130522019-09-01T17:54:00.004-04:002019-09-01T17:54:37.497-04:00Illustrated Moby Dick a collectors resource<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;">I never
established a close relationship to Melville's Moby Dick. I recall
reading the tale while in high school (many years ago) but the experience was
mixed for me and I never internalized the content. Just not right for
me. After years of wandering rare book fairs and stores it became obvious
to me that illustrated Moby Dick is a focus of many book lovers and
serious collectors and yet I remain without any copy in my library. I
preferred <a href="https://www.bartleby.com/129/">Bartelby, The Scrivener:
A Wall Street Story </a>(1853) by Melville</span><br />
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I'm sharing a recently published article from <a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/" target="_blank">Apollo Magazine (The International Art Magazine)</a> that offers a primer on artists of well known and often targeted by collectors, editions of <i>Moby Dick</i> and related products (plates with designs after Rockwell Kent for example). From my wanderings of book fairs and shops I have viewed and handled most of the editions mentioned and if I ever decided to add an example to my library I would probably target Barry Moser's effort over Rockwell Kent's. The article from Apollo is a must read for anyone who is interested in collecting illustrated editions of Moby Dick.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/author/matthew-kerr/" title="Posts by Matthew Kerr">Matthew Kerr</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<img alt="Moby Dick Transcendent (1930), Rockwell Kent, illustration for the Lakeside Press edition of Moby-Dick." class="featured-image__img" data-img-id="936191" height="265" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://apollo.imgix.net/content/uploads/2019/08/4_MD.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=900&h=600" srcset="https://apollo.imgix.net/content/uploads/2019/08/4_MD.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=730&h=486 730w, https://apollo.imgix.net/content/uploads/2019/08/4_MD.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=150&h=100 150w, https://apollo.imgix.net/content/uploads/2019/08/4_MD.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=300&h=200 300w, https://apollo.imgix.net/content/uploads/2019/08/4_MD.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=900&h=600 900w" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; max-width: none; padding: 0px;" width="400" /><br />
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Moby Dick Publication History:<br />
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United Kingdom<br />
Herman Melville, <i>The Whale (in three volumes)</i>, Richard Bentley, London, October 18, 1851. First English Edition<br />
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United States<br />
Herman Melville, <i>Moby Dick; or, The Whale.</i> Harper & Brothers, New York, November 14, 1851. First American Edition<br />
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<i>Moby Dick or the White Whale.</i> Herman Melville,.
Boston. The Page Company Publishing. C 1892. Four black and white
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<i>Moby Dick, or, The Whale</i>. Herman Melville, New York,
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<i>Moby Dick or The Whale</i>. Herman Melville, New
York. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1922. Mead Schaeffer illustrations, 12 in
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<i>Moby Dick</i>, Herman Melville, New York. J.H. Sears
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Rockwell Kent illustration (woodblock)</td></tr>
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<br />Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-48304856655246513842019-08-24T17:55:00.000-04:002019-09-11T13:09:39.346-04:00Museums and Books: Museum of Fine Arts Boston-Kay Nielsen's Genius After a long period of quiet, I have finally found the inspiration to start blogging about all things books, again! I am currently in the middle of the Johns Hopkins University, Museum Studies, Master's Degree Program and hope to earn my degree sometime next year, 2020. I have been focused on all things museums since Fall 2019 and with every passing week I struggled to figure out a way to begin posting about books again. I found the needed inspiration and hopefully will sustain the effort to grow this series of posts under the main title of <b>Museums and Books</b>.<br />
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I begin with a focus on a new exhibition at the <span id="goog_659282905"></span><a href="https://www.mfa.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Fine Arts Boston</a> on celebrated illustrator and book artist, the late, <a href="https://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/kay-nielsen-biography/" target="_blank">Kay Nielsen, 1886-1957</a>. <span id="goog_659282906"></span><br />
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This exhibition has captured my attention for a variety of reasons, from my interest in books alone and books within the museum. The origin of this exhibition is a wonderful example of the inner workings of museums as they pursue the eternal quest to add to their collections. This exhibition is associated with a promised commitment to donate the collection to the Museum of Fine Arts, at a later date. Displaying the art is a common effort on the part of the museum to make concrete the promised, future gift. By exhibiting the items each element will be studied and conserved by the museum in anticipation of the accessioning of the items to the museum collections. </div>
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<i>BOSTON, MASS.- More than a century ago, Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen (1886–1957) created exquisite interpretations of classic fairy tales that remain some of the most memorable visions of enchantment and fantasy ever to appear in print. <a href="http://www.mfa.org/">The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston</a>, is celebrating the artist with Kay Nielsen’s Enchanted Vision: The Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection, featuring nearly 50 of his luminous and often haunting watercolors and drawings—including many of his remarkable illustrations for East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North. The exhibition marks the first time that such a large group of Nielsen’s original works, both published and unpublished, has been on public display in the U.S. in more than six decades. These highlights of Nielsen’s career—promised gifts to the MFA from collectors Kendra and Allan Daniel—give visitors a rare opportunity to study and appreciate the work of this visionary artist. Kay Nielsen’s Enchanted Vision is on view from July 20, 2019 through January 20, 2020 in the Clementine Brown Gallery. Supported by the Cordover Exhibition Fund, and the Benjamin A. Trustman and Julia M. Trustman Fund. Hotel partner is the Mandarin Oriental, Boston. ("</i>MFA Boston celebrates Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen with exhibition of nearly 50 rarely seen, original works," (ArtDailey.Com <i>retrieved from </i><a href="http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=115369#.XTonmfZFxBt">http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=115369#.XTonmfZFxBt</a> )<br />
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Kay Nielsen remains a beloved illustrator and his published illustrations remain classic examples of early to mid, 20th Century, book illustration. In Nielsen's case, thanks to the efforts of Taschen and others, he work is widely available and is a must have for anyone interested in the history of book illustration. <i>East of the Sun and West of the Moon, </i>originally published in 1914 by Hodder & Stoughton, London contains amazing watercolor illustrations enlivening this collection of Norwegian Folk Tales. There were 500 copies of a special first edition, numbered, printing that now cost somewhere around $20,000, and released along with a general edition that now will cost somewhere around $15,000. Luckily, for those of us with more modest book budgets, the Taschen edition is reasonably priced at $40.00 and most likely discounted at your favorite online book site.<br />
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Illustration is a fine art form that is always evolving and growing in importance. The key thing to remember about illustration is that the original work of art is created and optimized for reproduction. Illustration art is not exclusive to book publishing and is critically important for advertising, promotional materials, movie and stage design and while I have yet to grasp the potential for original illustrations for website design, it is only a matter of time before original art is commissioned specifically for website design. Kay Nielsen is, without a doubt, a grand-master of the art and his contributions to book illustration will endure. If you need any more insight to encourage more investigation into his oeuvre, consider that he is the artist behind A Night on Bald Mountain, a favorite animation/segment from <a href="https://movies.disney.com/fantasia" target="_blank">Disney's classic, Fantasia</a>!</div>
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I have yet to visit the MFA exhibition but will make my way to Boston before Fall Semester begins to visit in person. The exhibit promises 50 original, primarily watercolor, illustrations, from Nielsen along with a hint of the impact Nielsen's artwork can have for textile design. In 2016 the noted fashion master, Karl Lagerfeld crafted a couture collection for Fendi inspired by Nielsen's illustrations for <i>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</i>. Acquire a copy of the classic book with Nieslsen's illustrations and compare to the Lagerfeld designs. A great example of fine art and book illustration impacting couture culture!<br />
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Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-23351094258509116532015-03-20T16:57:00.001-04:002015-03-20T17:00:59.990-04:00REYNARD THE FOX, available at auction--of interest to fans of Amazon's BOSCH<a href="http://www.swanngalleries.com/" target="_blank">Swann Auction Galleries</a> April 9, 2015 auction, <a href="http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/searchresults.asp?st=D&pg=1&sale_no=2379&ps=10" target="_blank">Early Printed, Medical, Science & Travel Books </a>includes a 1681 Edition of a verse adaptation of Reynard the Fox. Perhaps the eventual buyer will be associated with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chapter-One-Tis-Season-HD/dp/B00I3MPDP4" target="_blank">Amazon Series, Bosch</a>, since Season 1 focused on a serial killer named Reynard, and the medieval epic was key to plot line. I am not familiar with <a href="http://www.michaelconnelly.com/extras/bosch-tv/" target="_blank">Michael Connelly</a> the author of the Bosch crime novel series but I expect they too would be a prime interest group for this auction.<br />
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(REYNARD THE FOX.) Shurley, John <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Most Delightful History of Reynard the Fox: in Heroic Verse.</b> 8 woodcut text illustrations. [8], 114 pages, including etched additional title. 4to, 216x175 mm, later 19th-century vellum boards by Birdsall, spine ends damaged; additional title darkened, torn across upper margin and restored, light dampstaining and soiling on letterpress title and next leaf, upper portion of letterpress title torn and restored with text replaced in meticulous pen-and-ink facsimile, repaired hole farther down affecting a few words, last page heavily soiled; uncut and largely unopened. London: Thomas Passinger and Charles Passinger, 1681<br />
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Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-51515252218579842912015-03-11T17:35:00.000-04:002015-03-11T17:35:12.220-04:00The Warburg Library in London remains relevantA very good article in <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a> by noted writer <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/adam-gopnik" target="_blank">Adam Gopnik</a> explores a most unique scholarly library, The <a href="http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/library/" target="_blank">Warburg Institute Library</a> in London. <br />
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<i><b><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S42/38/60E50/index.xml?section=featured" target="_blank">Scheide donates rare books library to Princeton; collection is largest gift in University's history<br />Posted February 16, 2015; 12:00 p.m.</a></b></i><span class="article-byline-content" style="display: block; max-width: 360px;"><i><b><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S42/38/60E50/index.xml?section=featured" target="_blank">by Development Communications</a></b></i></span><span class="article-byline-content" style="display: block; max-width: 360px;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<i>Musician, musicologist, bibliophile and philanthropist William H. Scheide, a 1936 Princeton University alumnus <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S41/62/60E77/" style="color: #bb5500; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">who died in November</a> at age 100, has left his extraordinary collection of some 2,500 rare printed books and manuscripts to Princeton University. With an expected appraised value of nearly $300 million, it is the largest gift in the University's history.</i></div>
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<i><a href="http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/williamblake/about/" target="_blank">This major exhibition focuses on the extraordinary life and work of William Blake (1757–1827), printmaker, painter and revolutionary poet of the prophetic books. It examines his formation as an artist, apprenticeship as an engraver, and his maturity during the 1790s when he was at the height of his powers as both an artist and revolutionary poet. We also explore his influence on the young artist-printmakers who gathered around him in the last years of his life, including Samuel Palmer, George Richmond and Edward Calvert.</a></i></div>
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Last week I stumbled upon yet another new illustrated edition and new English translation of the Grimm tales. I have an interest in the Brothers Grimm in line with my love of world tales and their origins, the number of interesting new illustrated editions that have appeared over the past few years and that dear friends are blood relations to the Brothers. I immediately ordered the new edition published by <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/" target="_blank">Princeton University Press</a>, linked above. <br />
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I was originally interested in the promise of the new edition, a complete and new English translation of the actual First Edition of the Grimm tales. This first edition was where the tales are recorded for posterity and not edited for children, their parents, or to satisfy some newly minted social custom. The real stories as collected, unvarnished, for my reading pleasure. I happily clicked to buy and started writing a blog post that would list my favorite edition of the Brothers Grimm and how they all differ to find the one that is right for you.<br />
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Just now, the new edition from Princeton University Press arrived and I can honestly state that Princeton University Press should be embarrassed by this terrible effort to publish a new edition of the Grimm tales. The paper is terrible, the font is terrible, the printing of the illustrations is terrible. If not for the content, I would simply return this edition. It is a terrible edition from a fine book perspective. It is not a fine edition at all and really seems to be an example of the worst production decisions from paper choice, color choice, font choice.... Only those interested in the actual First Edition of the Brothers Grimm in English translation needs this new edition. Since that market must be extremely small, it appears no surprise why Princeton decided that there was NO REASON TO INVEST ANY MONEY IN THIS PUBLICATION.<br />
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Perhaps Princeton University Press is unaware that print book publishing is under stress from digital outlets and that digital only publishing will bankrupt most traditional publishing houses. The economics of book publishing does not translate at this time to eliminating print and moving to all digital. The ONE bright spot that publishers are embracing is that a print product will sell if it is well done and creates a physical artifact that someone would choose to save and display as a piece of art. This new edition of Princeton University Press may have interesting content but the artifact is a complete insult to the organic matter that was pulped to make the paper it was printed on.<br />
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I often forgive many features of the book world, I am a book junkie! However, in this case, I am not going to forgive anything. The color of the thumbnail cover of the book that appears above is from the Princeton University Press website. The actual color of the cover is BLACK, not Purple. Again, do not buy this book if you are interested in an edition of the Grimm tales that you will enjoy owning. I'll keep my copy to remind me of this example of publishing self-destruction but wish I had simply bought the e-book to read.<br />
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Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-11932118996497413202014-03-12T09:43:00.003-04:002014-03-12T09:43:56.862-04:00Lost Libraries and HopeA great story of a scholar, his books and private library, lost in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This story from Harpers by John Kaag captures with one tale, the fear I live with that I am surrounded by lost libraries arising from the halls of New England academies awaiting re-discovery, cataloging, care, and safe haven but I really can't figure out a way to get to those libraries before they become lost in time and place. Enjoy the read.....<br />
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Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-51474524152242050212014-02-25T11:07:00.001-05:002015-02-09T12:56:22.712-05:00New Taschen Hieronymus Bosh. The Complete Works, edited by Stefan FisherYesterday brought a big Amazon box with the just published <a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/01102/facts.hieronymus_bosch_complete_works.htm" target="_blank">Taschen title, <i style="font-weight: bold;"> Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Works, </i>edited by Stefan Fischer</a>. The packaging alone brought a smile to my soul. The book, an oversize folio, 18" x 12.5" x 2.5" boxed in a wonderful cardboard briefcase preprinted with Bosch's masterpiece, <b><i>The Garden of Earthly Delights</i></b>. Of course, try as I might, I accidentally tore the cardboard while opening the briefcase. My collector's heart advises me to acquire a second copy and never play with it but my long-term sense is that I can live with just the book on my shelves and the cardboard briefcase is simply a packaging item that was made to be recycled and is not equal to a clam-shell box for storing the book!<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript">
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An earlier title, <b><i>Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights</i></b> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/guillaudjacqueline">Jacqueline Guillaud</a>, Clarkson Potter (1989) remains a favorite of mine due to the paper stock, reproductions and the fact that rice paper is a great feature with this title. While out of print, a <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Guillaud&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Bosch.++The+Garden+of+Earthly+Delights&x=36&y=15" target="_blank">few copies appear on ABE, here with 1 a real steal the the rest with increasing prices</a>.<br />
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<i>The first title to capture my attention is </i><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21612/lot/102/#/m1=1&MR0_page=11&MR0_length=10&MR0_category=list&k0=102&MR0_currency=USD&m0=0" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Lot 102, Dali, Salvador. 1904-1989, Casanove De Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo, 1725-1798, Dali illustre Casanova, Paris: Au Cercle du Livre Precieux, 1967 </a><i>carrying an estimate of $4000-$6000. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Folio (377 x 276 mm). 14 full-page aquatint engravings in color and illustrations throughout the text by Dali. Loose as issued in pictorial wrappers, beige cloth chemise and beige cloth slipcase with embroidered panels to each side. Light shelfwear, else fine. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Dali, no 307 of 390 copies with original numbered bookmark laid in.</span></i><br />
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I loved Casanova's Memoirs and still recall the year or so spent riding a stationary bicycle 30 minutes a day, reading about 20 pages at a time, and marveling at the experiences, adventures and insights to be discovered. While I'd love to add this to my library I'd be doing so just to have access to the illustrations. I am not a true fan of Dali, while I do appreciate his vision and illustrations, especially associated with fine, world class literature, I can live without this. I would love to view all the illustrations and I imagine this will sell for less than the estimate, perhaps $2500-$3,500---a somewhat refined guesstimate on my part! <br />
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A couple of past auctions results provide some guidance as copy sold at a <a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/dali-casanova-giacomo-girolamo-dali-5308302-details.aspx" target="_blank">Chirstie's auction in February 2010 for $4, 713 </a> and a <a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10950231_salvador-dali-illustre-casanova-1967" target="_blank">copy sold in 2008 via LiveAcutioneers</a>(Leighton Galleries, Inc) for $3,300. There are three copies available via <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ch3%3E%3Ca%20href=%22http://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/76205/77798/2029%22%3EAbeBooks%20Deep%20Link%20-%20Search%20Results%3C/a%3E%3C/h3%3E%3Cimg%20height=%221%22%20width=%221%22%20src=%22http://affiliates.abebooks.com/i/76205/77798/2029%22%20border=%220%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">ABE and are listed here</a> priced between $6,337.83, $6,500 and $7,500. Assuming the retail option would be realized at 80% of the asking prices the range would be $5,000 to $6000. I will be tracking this auction and will be interested in the the selling price, if buyers appear.<br />
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Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-21384372158430276422013-11-19T11:11:00.000-05:002013-11-20T16:11:17.543-05:00What form does your bilbliomania take?What form does your bilbliomania take? <br />
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Here is an example of book madness from one of the most successful bloggers and writers active today. Check out <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2013/11/16/books-that-have-tortured-me/">"Books that have tortured me,"</a> on Penelope Trunk's blog. Her history with books is real and her writing always a pleasure. <br />
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Finding inspiration is often the result of randomness but in this case, I do follow Penelope Trunk and am thrilled to have a reason to suggest you check her out. Whether you are young, old or in the middle, Penelope Trunk shares wisdom and insight to today's world in a style she owns. Back at with book posts to follow.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2013/11/16/books-that-have-tortured-me/">http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2013/11/16/books-that-have-tortured-me/</a>Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-87883819641835681292011-05-11T20:59:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:31:53.679-04:00Revisiting the Haggadah, A Couple of New Books Available and a truly rare collection is looking for a home<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thboinmyli00-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0810997533&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
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<a href="http://www.thebooksinmylife.com/2011/04/acquiring-haggadah-special-book-for.html">I wrote about collecting <em><span style="color: purple;">The Haggadah</span></em> during Passover recently</a>. Within that post I wrote about <em><span style="color: purple;">The Szyk Haggadah</span></em>. Unknown to me at that time, Abrams was releasing a wonderful new, trade edition. My copy arrived today and it is indeed, a lovely edition and cheap compared to the limited editions I wrote about previously.<br />
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Additionally, I learned of a new Yale University Press title that would compliment any growing collection of Haggadah editions. Released May 9, <em><span style="color: purple;">The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative and Religious Imagination</span></em> appears to be a wonderful new book!<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thboinmyli00-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0300156669&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
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I also would like to note that Anne decided that it was now okay, to acquire one of the Assouline Haggadah that I linked to in my earlier post. We scored a true bargain, the book is outstanding and will be a wonderful pre-Bat Mitzvah gift for a special youngster preparing for her coming of age in 2012.<br />
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I stumbled upon a <a href="http://forward.com/articles/137521/">fascinating story of a rare library</a> of seriously rare and important Judaica books, the <a href="http://www.sothebys.com/liveauctions/event/valmadonnaTrustLibraryBrochure.pdf">Valmadonna Trust Library</a>, which went unsold at auction in December is now awaiting that special buyer. For the minimum asking price of $25 million USD, a collection of over 300 hand written Hebrew documents, some nearly 1000 years old and over 13,000 printed works can be yours! Rare book libraries simply don't have the budget and this collection must be kept together so until some deep pocketed individual endows a University, Museum or Religious Library, the collection will languish in the Sotheby's office in New York! Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-40738873498369792442011-05-10T22:25:00.000-04:002011-05-10T22:25:55.105-04:00Collecting China Miéville, Novels across the spectrum, a future high spot?<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collecting books is rarely straightforward and simple. How to begin? Start with a favorite author, genre, type, age, class of books? What if collecting, as it generally is in my case, is closely associated more with reading and learning? Sure, I collect books but I also love to continue adding to my private library. I also read and sometimes buy books to experience a new author, the collecting follows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">China<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miéville</span> </span></strong>is an author I am contemplating collecting. He is at the beginning of what appears to be a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703937104576303590004905506.html?KEYWORDS=China+Mieville">long career writing contemporary novels that are difficult to classify</a>. He is more a traditionally defined "literary" author than a pulp writer. He experiments with various genres and refuses to be pigeon-holed into one or another style. He appears to be a character with a wide range of interests, voice and powerful pen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, <em>Kraken</em> remains in my stack of unread acquisitions and now, his next novel <em>Embassytown<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thboinmyli00-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0345524497&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>,</em> will publish this month and I have a copy on preorder. <a href="http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html"> Ursula K. LeGuin</a>, who deserves a collecting post herself, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/08/embassytown-china-mieville-review">reviewed <em>Embassytown</em> for The Guardian</a> and declares it a true, science fiction novel, worthy of potential classic status. A <span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Miéville</span> collection is underway and now, I decided that I should probably start acquiring, at least his first 7 published novels starting with his first. If I read the three title I will own, and like them, I'll carry and build a complete collection!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miéville's first novel, a fantasy noir, was <span style="color: purple;"><em>King Rat</em>, 1998, Pan Macmillan, London</span>, in paperback with wraps. There are <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Ds%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DMacmillan%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DKing%2BRat">very few true, first edition, first printings available</a> and I admit to be taking a risk acquiring one before having read any of his novels but I am going to anyway. An example of collecting on the edge, since in this case, the reasonably priced copies are far away and will cost much to ship! The <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DTor%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DKing%2BRat%26yrh%3D1999%26yrl%3D1999">first American Edition was published by Tor Books, New York in 1999, a hardcover with dust jacket</a>. In 2005, <a href="http://www.earthlingpub.com/index.php">Earthling Publications of Northampton, Massachusetts</a> released a <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DEarthling%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DKing%2BRat%26yrh%3D2005%26yrl%3D2005">limited edition 400 copies, hardcover in slipcase, illustrated by Richard Kirk and signed by the author.</a> Over time, the Earthling Publication limited edition will be near impossible to acquire so the time to act is now!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em><span style="color: purple;">Perdido Street Station, Macmillan, London, 2000</span></em>, the first novel of a three book hard edged fantasy series, <span style="color: purple;">New Corbazon</span> was <span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miéville's</span></span>, second novel. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DMacmillan%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DPerdido%2BStreet%2BStation">Available copies are expensive ranging from $120-$350!</a> There is a chance that some Amazon sellers have copies for under $100 but the descriptions are terrible and I would not order a copy unless I could verify that it was a first edition, first printing and whether it was UK or USA. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The second book of the <span style="color: purple;">New Corbazon</span> series was, <em><span style="color: purple;">The S</span><span style="color: purple;">car</span></em>, Macmillan, London, 2001. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BScar">Only a few copies are currently available but at least they are all under $100. </a>The Scar was again given limited edition treatment with the release of an Easton Press, leather bound edition of 1000 copies, in 2002 copies are available priced round $250 and that seems a bit much! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The final novel of the<span style="color: purple;"> New Corbazon</span> series was<em><span style="color: purple;"> Iron Council</span></em>, Macmillan, London, 2004 (Del Ray, Maryland, USA, 2004), complete the <span style="color: purple;">New Corbazon</span> trilogy. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DMacmillan%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DIron%2BCouncil">There are 29 copies of the Macmillan edition available and all are under $100 including the 100 copy, slipcase limited edition, Macmillan, signed by the author. </a> The Macmillan limited edition seems a steal at $88 and makes me question the pricing of Perdido Street Station, which seems overall, high. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DDel%2BRey%2BBallantine%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DIron%2BCouncil"> The Del Ray, Ballantine US first edition is also available for reasonable prices</a>. Scar was again given limited edition treatment with the release of an Easton Press, leather bound edition of 1000 copies, in 2002 copies are available priced round $250 and that seems a bit much! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In 2007, <em><span style="color: purple;">Un Lun Dun, Macmillan, London (Del Rey, Ballantine, USA)</span></em> was published, <span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miéville's fourth novel and first children's book. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1366591477">Surprisingly there are numerous copies available of both editions and the prices are very reasonable. </a></span></span></span><a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DUn%2BLun%2BDun"> </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2009, with the publication of <span style="color: purple;"><em>The City and the City</em>, Macmillan, London (Del Rey Ballantine, USA)</span> marked</span> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Miéville's returned to adult fiction and the absurd. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DChina%2BMieville%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BCity%2Band%2Bthe%2BCity">The supply of Macmillan and De Rey, first edition first printing is solid and generally reasonably priced.</a> If there is upward price pressure it is due to two factors. First, <a href="http://www.subterraneanpress.com/">Subterranean Press</a> released a limited edition of 26 lettered copies, signed by the author and bound in blue leather. Second, as sometimes happens during the manufacturing process, a copy of the first edition, first printing was bound upside down and that copy, paired with a correct copy, signed by the author is being sold for $1700! I bet that pricing algorithms are setting the price for the first edition, first printing based on these two high spot anomalies. I guess, if you have the cash, splurge!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Miéville is an author that will become more and more collectible over time. He is testing his writing skill by experimenting with various genres and he also has publications in the non fiction and graphic novel arena. If you get hooked on Miéville, the novelist, you may desire a complete collection of all his writing. I'm starting now and hopefully, will at least, develop a complete collection of his novels before the prices get out of hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span>Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-27208197366243038022011-05-03T22:35:00.000-04:002011-05-03T22:35:56.526-04:00A Must See Bookish Exhibit in Boston at the Gardner: Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center"><span align="top" class="pie_g">Commissione of Doge Francesco Donato to Vincenzo Gritti as Lieutenant of Udine, 1546. leone andante, St. Vincent Ferrer, Latin inscription reading ‘I Francesco Donato, by the grace of God, Doge of Venice, etc’, putti raising the Gritti family arms, antique armor and trophies. Paint and gold paint on vellum, height 24 cm by width 17 cm by depth 4 cm (closed).</span></div><br />
<div align="left"><span align="top" class="pie_g"><span style="font-size: small;">Visits to rare book rooms at libraries, browsing the displays at book fairs and tours of museum exhibits of rare books are some of my favorite activities. I was thrilled to learn if this all too brief exhibit of 7 rare books, complete books, in their original bindings to be on display at the </span><a href="http://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/events/3685"><span style="font-size: small;">Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, May 3-June 19, 2011, Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">. The seven books on display are truly one of a kind books created via commission to honor the election/appointment of the Doge, the ruler of Venice. </span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span align="top" class="pie_g"><span style="font-size: small;">The books, called, commissioni, were commissioned by the newly elected noble who would rule the Venetian Republic for a period of 16 months or to serve as lifelong administrators of the city of Venice. The commissioni were lavishly illustrated and represent a unique class of book, the Venetian Book. There are very few surviving complete examples of commissioni as most have been parted out for page by page profit. </span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span align="top" class="pie_g"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll report more on these once I visit the Museum, for now, only a head's up to all in or close to Boston, get thee to the Gardner! </span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
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</tbody></table>Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-71118530559536177702011-04-26T23:05:00.001-04:002011-04-26T23:11:04.215-04:00Collecting Joseph Cambell on Mythology, A Quartet for Every LibraryLike many, I discovered <a href="http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php">Joseph Campbell</a> during my college years and began reading his then, 20 year old classic, <em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology</span></em>, The Viking Press, New York, 1959 and over the next few year, the other three title in<span style="color: purple;"><em> The Masks of God</em></span> quartet. About 20 years later I was finally able to pass along my torn and tattered trade paperback editions and proudly shelve the first edition, first printing collection of <em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God</span></em> in my library. I do tend to collect what I love(d) to read, especially classics in the history of ideas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God</span></em> quartet<br />
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</tbody></table><a href="http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php?categoryid=11">Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987</a>, was a very rare individual who was able to pursue mastery of self while constantly making progress professionally, personally and intellectually. His life story is a fascinating example of the power and promise of following serendipity. A vagabond, perpetual student, teacher, editor, author, and gifted public speaker, he achieved scholarly notoriety and genuine mass market popularity for his study and teaching of world mythology. Collecting Campbell provides and opportunity to acquire a classic library of important books on world mythology, generally available and generally affordable.<br />
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Campbell was involved in the launch of the now-famous <a href="http://press.princeton.edu/catalogs/series/bs.html">Bollingen Series</a> sponsored by the philanthropist couple, <a href="http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper112.html">Paul and Mary Mellon</a>. Sometime in 1943, Campbell was invited to write and Introduction and Commentary for the 1st Bollingen Series title, <em><span style="color: purple;">Where the Two Came to their Father: A Navaho War Ceremonial</span></em>, text and paintings recorded by Maud Oake, given by Jeff King, Bollingen Series, I, Pantheon Books, Princeton, New Jersey, 1943. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26kn%3DBollingen%2BSeries%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DWhere%2Bthe%2BTwo%2BCame%2Bto%2Btheir%2BFather%253A%2B%2BA%2BNavaho%2BWar%2BCeremonial%26yrh%3D1943%26yrl%3D1943">Three copies are currently available between $1750 and $2000</a> and it is well worth the effort to read the catalog descriptions as this must be a stunning book!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 1949<br />
<a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4565238505&searchurl=afn_sr%3Dgan%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26kn%3DBollingen%2BSeries%2BXVII%26pfxid%3Da_625638896%26pn%3DPantheon%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BHero%2BWith%2BA%2BThousand%2BFaces%26yrh%3D1949%26yrl%3D1949">The copy for sale from Hang Fire Books</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>In 1949, Campbell published his first book, <em><span style="color: purple;">The Hero with a Thousand Faces</span></em>, Joseph Campbell, Bollingen Series, XVII, Pantheon Books, Princeton, NJ, 1949. Four copies are available all reasonably priced between $120 and $350. Sadly this is a book that remains on my want list still today!<br />
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After <em><span style="color: purple;">The Hero with a Thousand Faces</span></em>, Campbell's next major writing project evolved in to the classic 4 volume, <em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God</span></em>, series. This classic general audience set belongs in the collection and/or library of anyone interested in the study of world mythology, culture and creativity. While I imagine that scholars actively debate Campbell's writing and legacy, his prose and grasp stand outside current scholarly debate and have lasting value for the history and ideas presented.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology</span></em>, 1959</td></tr>
</tbody></table><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology</span></em>, Joseph Campbell, The Viking Press, New York, 1959 is book one in the series. From the cover copy, <em>"A new approach to mythology, in which the oldest truths of man's inner life - the sources of his beliefs and aspirations - are seen in the light of a new science in the making, a science to which psychology, anthropology, archaeology, and many others contribute. With excitement and wonder, the reader watches the unfolding of a unified view of the spiritual roots of mankind." </em> <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DJoseph%2BCampbell%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DViking%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BMasks%2Bof%2BGod%253A%2B%2BPrimitive%2BMythology%26yrh%3D1959%26yrl%3D1959">Currently, there are 15 copies for sale ranging in price from $18.00 to $125.00, a bargain!</a> When choosing the perfect copy, focus on condition and acquire the best condition within your budget.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Oriental Mythology</span></em>, 1962</td></tr>
</tbody></table><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Oriental Mythology</span></em>, Joseph Campbell, The Viking Press, New York, 1962 is book two in the series. From the cover copy, <em>"Whenever men have looked for something solid on which to found their lives, they have chosen not the facts in which the world abounds, but the myths of an immemorial imagination.</em>" <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DJoseph%2BCampbell%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DViking%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BMasks%2Bof%2BGod%253A%2B%2BOriental%2BMythology%26yrh%3D1962%26yrl%3D1962">Currently, there are 17 copies available ranging in price from $8.00 to $78.00 which makes me wonder about the state of the world!</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology</span></em>, 1964</td></tr>
</tbody></table><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology</span></em>, The Viking Press, New York, 1964 is book three in the series. From the cover copy, "In the long view of the history of mankind, four essential functions of mythology can be discerned. The first is to elicit a sense of awe; the second, to render a cosmology; the third, to support the social order; and the fourth, to initiate the individual into the realities of his own psyche, guiding him toward spiritual enrichment and realization." <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DJoseph%2BCampbell%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DViking%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BMasks%2Bof%2BGod%253A%2BOccidental%2BMythology%26yrh%3D1964%26yrl%3D1964">Six copies of the first edition, first printing are available with prices ranging from $18.00 to $45.00.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Creative Mythology</span></em>, 1968</td></tr>
</tbody></table><em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God: Creative Mythology</span></em>, Joseph Campbell, The Viking Press, New York, 1968 is the final book in the series. In this volume, Campbell brings together the story of mythology presented in books 1-3 and focused on the impact of mythology on the history of human creativity. This is one of my favorite reads of all time! <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DJoseph%2BCampbell%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26pn%3DViking%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BMasks%2Bof%2BGod%253A%2BCreative%2BMythology%26yrh%3D1968%26yrl%3D1968">Only 4 copies of the first edition, first printing are available with prices ranging from $40 to $250 as would be expected for the probably, the most popular volume of the series</a>.<br />
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Campbell went on to publish more books on mythology between 1968 and his death in 1987. The place to start collecting Campbell is <em><span style="color: purple;">The Masks of God</span></em> series. Unfortunately, after learning about Bollingen Series, I, I fear I will become obsessed with at least viewing a copy and probably acquiring a copy, someday.<br />
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Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-52746019034224988532011-04-25T22:52:00.000-04:002015-09-18T15:52:29.265-04:00Another Book featuring Brassai, Listed at Auction, Comparing Editions and PricesMore often than not, I simply pine after a book and never take the plunge and acquire a copy. Today's email alerted me that <a href="http://www.christies.com/">Christie's </a>identified 6 lots which might interest me from the auction, <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSaleID=23420#action=refine&intSaleID=23420&sid=850cc38c-ca80-45b4-aab3-a97a984bde87">Importants Livres Anciens, Livres d'Artistes et Manuscrits, May 11, 2011.</a> Actually, there were many more lots in this auction that I am interested in but I restrained myself when initially registering with Christie's, keeping my interests on the short side! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original cover</td></tr>
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As I was browsing through the list of 6 lots, my attention turned to Lot <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5433882">0214, [PICASSO] -- KAHNWEILER, Daniel Henry (1884-1979). <i>Les Sculptures de Picasso. Photographies de Brassaï.</i> Paris: Éditions du chêne, janvier 1949.</a> In-4 (310 x 234 mm). 218 photographies en héliogravure d'après les originales de Brassaï et de Dora Maar. Cartonnage original de l'éditeur, plat supérieur orné d'un moulage de la main de Picasso, dos en toile noire (petites égratignures). ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Très belle publication sur les sculptures de Picasso, luxueusement imprimée. Très bon exemplaire avec la reliure en bon état de conservation. <br />
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After an annoying email verification and required telephone number entry, I accessed the condition report which states: <em>"Lavishly illustrated documentation with gravure plates after</em> <em>Brassaï and Dora Maar. Original cloth-backed decorated boards in good condition (only a few scratches)." </em>There were no photographs of the book available and the estimated selling price was listed as $292-$439. Assuming shipping and applicable buyer's premium I imagine the complete cost to acquire this copy would be between $400 and $600. I'm not planning to bid but I did decide to do a little research on this Picasso-Brassaï collaboration. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DKahnweiler%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DLes%2BEditions%2Bdu%2BChene%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DLes%2BSculptures%2Bde%2BPicasso%26yrh%3D1949%26yrl%3D1949">Here is a listing of 4 other copies currently for sale listed between $125 (very very very tempting) and $279 plus shipping</a>. <br />
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Brassaï photographed Picasso's sculpture between 1932 and by 1946. They developed not only a close professional relationship between artist and photographer but also a close friendship. <a href="http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/collectors/daniel-henry-kahnweiler.htm">Daniel Henry Kahnweiler</a> was Picasso's art dealer and wrote the text accompanying this book. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/26/arts/dora-maar-a-muse-of-picasso-is-dead-at-89.html">Dora Maar,</a> a favored muse, lover and ultimately, tragic figure from Picasso's life, was a trained artist who ventured into photography during the 1930's and contributed photos to this collection. I would certainly love to add <span style="color: purple;"><em>Les Sculptures de Picasso. Photographies de Brassaï.</em> Paris: Éditions du chêne, janvier 1949</span> but I wonder about the projected cost of this particular edition and what other editions of this work might be more appropriate for me, one who can not read French.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st English Edition showing what's left of the original tissue dust jacket<br />
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The first English edition of <span style="color: purple;"><em>Les Sculptures de Picasso. Photographies de Brassaï,</em> translated from the French by </span><span style="color: black;">A. C. B. Sylvester, published by Rodney Phillips, London, 1949 (printed in Paris, France, by Theo Brugiere) with the title <em><span style="color: purple;">The Sculptures of Picasso</span></em> is a more likely candidate for my library. I would like to actually read Kahnweiler's essay so this seems a better fit. It is interesting to note that the <span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Éditions du chêne and Rodney Phillips editions were both published in 1949 and is a potential source of confusion concerning which edition appeared first, in this case the French. There are 9 copies listed for sale. A few copies are ex-library and probably in poor condition. I personally don't think there is any need to pay a premium for a copy which includes the original tissue wrapper.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Recently, <a href="http://www.shopassouline.com/index.html">Assouline, New York</a>, published a new edition with the title <a href="http://www.shopassouline.com/9782843237881.html"><em><span style="color: purple;">The Sculptures of Picasso</span></em>, by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Photography by Brassai, Portfolio format with loose photo prints, 2005, $120, direct from the publisher</a>. I am disappointed with the web page from Assouline because there is no mention of Dora Maar or if this is a new translation of Kahnweiler's text. I expect that it is the original English translation and the Dora Maar photographs are included and both should be mentioned on the catalog page for the book! At any rate, I would expect that the publication is high quality and for anyone interested in a complete collection of this work, a necessary acquisition. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DKahnweiler%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DAssouline%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BSculptures%2Bof%2BPicasso">Copies are available on the secondary marketplace priced between $61 and $139 plus shipping</a>, but since the publisher still has copies for sale, I'd prefer a brand-spanking new, copy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">This is a simple illustration of the basic and quick research that will help a collector or innocent book junkie avoid overpaying for a want via auction. Always do the research if only to make an inquiry with the auction house prior to bidding. Verify, comparison shop, comparison price and then, only if the price is right, make a bid. </span>Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-29934127703168461492011-04-21T21:26:00.000-04:002011-04-21T21:26:28.594-04:00Inspired Collecting, Holy Week focus, Collecting Apocalypse Manuscripts, More Medieval Illuminated ManuscriptsAs I was thinking about book collecting during Holy Week, 2011 and <a href="http://www.thebooksinmylife.com/2011/04/during-holy-week-collecting-book-of.html">writing about Book of Hours</a>, my thoughts naturally turned to Apocalypse Manuscripts another example of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts. Along with Book of Hours, Psalters, and Bestiaries, Apocalypse Manuscripts are generally considered a worthy target for book collecting and since these beautifully illustrated books rarely survived as a whole, the few that did, are sometimes reproduced in facsimile editions. Collecting Apocalypse Manuscripts in facsimile is the most likely route to building a collection of illuminated Apocalypse Manuscripts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_413962709">Icon of St. John the Theologian</a><br />
<a href="http://bibleworld.com/Patmos/patmos.htm">author of the New Testament Book of Revelation</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>In modern usage, apocalypse is the cataclysmic end of times, ponder worldwide destruction, plagues, beasts, the war to end all war and the final judgement. Apocalypse is Greek in origin and traditionally translated into English as revelation. The final book of the<a href="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/revelation.html"> New Testament is the Revelation to John</a> and tradition holds that the book was written on the<a href="http://www.patmos.com/"> island of Patmos</a> in the 1st century AD. Reading The Revelation to John is a worthwhile activity for anyone interested in Western religion and mythology and acquiring illuminated editions is a great way to experience the visions of the revelation. <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DApocalypse%253A%2B%2BVisions%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BBook%2Bof%2BRevelation%2Bin%2BWestern%2BArt%26yrh%3D1978"><em><span style="color: purple;">Apocalypse: Visions from the Revelation in Western Art</span></em>, by Frederick Van Der Meer, Thames and Hudson, London, 1978, Alpine Fine Arts Collection Ltd, New York, 1978 and Mercatorfonds, Antwerp, 1978 </a>is a fine, affordable, overview with numerous illustrations from medieval illuminated manuscripts. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkrWHlaKbpvCYhlnJGfDxtclFD10XeLS2q1Btc9Os4Hq5PNmunM3lyv3-xXt2ItJJ0duamiWyMBTlqANYCaSHzgVfKF5GQsTadDnLI_X6AJAMnUpZFdDhpuKeWRAyfK-FgYh11OFBRPA/s1600/Morgan.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkrWHlaKbpvCYhlnJGfDxtclFD10XeLS2q1Btc9Os4Hq5PNmunM3lyv3-xXt2ItJJ0duamiWyMBTlqANYCaSHzgVfKF5GQsTadDnLI_X6AJAMnUpZFdDhpuKeWRAyfK-FgYh11OFBRPA/s1600/Morgan.bmp" /></a></div>The most famous of the Medieval Apocalypse Manuscripts is associated with the 8th century AD monk, Beatus of Liébana , who created a Commentary on the Apocalypse in the 8th century AD in Spain. Between the 8th and 13th centuries, many Apocalypse manuscripts were created in Spain, England and France. There are 35 copies of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana know to exist, 27 are illustrated. The most complete and stunning illustrated example is held by the Morgan Library in New York City, <a href="http://www.themorgan.org/collections/swf/exhibOnline.asp?id=500">Morgan Manuscript 622</a>, the <em><span style="color: purple;">Las Huelgas Apocalypse</span></em>. Every Apocalypse Manuscript collection needs a copy of <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DApocalypse%253A%2B%2BVisions%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BBook%2Bof%2BRevelation%2Bin%2BWestern%2BArt%26yrh%3D1978"><em>A Spanish Apocalypse: The Morgan Beatus Manuscript</em>, Introduction and Commentaries by John Williams, Codicological Analysis by Barbara A. Shailor, George Braziller, Inc., in association with The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1991</a>. This is a fabulous book and an affordable first step in developing an Apocalypse Manuscript collection.<br />
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Beatus of Liébana<br />
Las Huelgas Apocalypse</span></span></td></tr>
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<em><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_cloisters/manuscript_of_the_apocalypse/objectview.aspx?collID=7&OID=70012421">The Cloisters Apocalypse</a></span></em>, held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is also available in a reasonably priced facsimile edition. <em>The Cloisters Apocalypse: An early fourteenth-century manuscript in facsimile</em>, two Volumes (Volume 2, <em>Commentaries on an early fourteenth-century manuscript</em>, by Florens Deuchler, Jeffrey M. Hoffeld and Helmut Nickel), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971 is a great companion to the Beatus Apocalypse and with both, a collection is started!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.faksimile.ch/werke/frame_werke.php?l=e&nr=49">The Trinity Apocalypse in facsimile</a><br />
<a href="http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=1016">The original is held by Trinity College, Cambridge</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>There are numerous fine, limited edition, facsimile Apocalypse Manuscripts available but many are very expensive. A fine list of potential acquisition targets may be found <a href="http://www.ull.ac.uk/exhibitions/apocalypse.shtml">here</a> and <a href="http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/illuman/9-10_01.html">here</a>. One example that qualifies as rare, collectible and breathtaking is <em><span style="color: purple;">Die Trinity-Apokalypse Kommentar (The Trinity Apocalypse and Commentary)</span></em>, <a href="http://www.faksimile.ch/werke/frame_werke.php?l=e&nr=49">Faksimile Verlag, Luzern, 2004</a>, 2 Volumes, Volume 1 full color facsimile, Volume 2, Commentary by David McKitterick. While you may still be able to buy directly from the publisher, <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DDie%2BTrinity-Apokalypse%2BKommentar%2B%255BThe%2BTrinity%2BApocalypse.%2BCommentary%255D">a copy is available here for around $2200</a>.<br />
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Perhaps, someday, the Revelation of John will come to pass, perhaps before then, we will add an Apocalypse celebration to our annual holiday observances and commit one day a year to universal contemplation of the end of time! Until then, I plan to continue building a small collection of Apocalypse Manuscripts, they simply are amazing.Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-6847561607781406582011-04-20T17:43:00.002-04:002011-04-20T18:10:29.975-04:00During Holy Week-Collecting Book of Hours- One of A Kind, Facsimile, High Spot and Reasonably Priced<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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St. Gregory composing a text with 3 scribes copying<br />
Ivory Book Cover , 10th Century</td></tr>
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During this Holy Week, I started visiting the various<a href="http://historymedren.about.com/od/booksofhours/p/book_of_hours.htm"><span style="color: purple;"> Book of Hours</span></a> I have acquired over the years. My small set of these precious examples of <a href="http://www.historyofpainters.com/illuminate.htm"><span style="color: purple;">Medieval Manuscript Illumination</span></a> are treasures I love to display and hope to continue acquiring for my library. A <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> is simply a prayer book used to guide the faithful in their daily prayers throughout the year. <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> were created in scriptorium of Monasteries and commissioned by the wealthy for their private use. Between the 5th century and the 15th century, each <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> was a one of a kind, hand printed and painted example of Medieval art. While I am not religious in any way, shape or form, I believe that the illumination to be found in a <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> represents Medieval art better than almost any other form. <br />
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Collecting <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> is a multi-faceted pursuit. An original, complete <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> is a priceless acquisition that is available to only the most well funded private collector or institution. Since a complete <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> is priceless, some may choose to acquire a single vellum page as a representative example of Medieval illuminated manuscript production. Another approach is to acquire exquisitely reproduced, facsimile, limited editions of complete <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span>. The approach that fits my collecting budget more appropriately is the collection of carefully designed and manufactured <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> intended for wider distribution and acquisition. While someday, I hope to acquire an exquisitely reproduced facsimile, printed on vellum with actual gold gilding, produced for the very few, I enjoy every example of <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> I have the pleasure of holding in my library. For a comprehensive introduction to Medieval book illumination there is no better source than <em><span style="color: purple;">A History of Illuminated Manuscripts</span></em>, Christopher De Hamel, Phaidon Press, Limited, London, 1986 or David R. Godine, Boston, 1986 (link to first edition <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DDe%2BHamel%26bi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26dj%3Don%26ds%3D30%26fe%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DA%2BHistory%2Bof%2BIlluminated%2BManuscripts%26yrh%3D1986%26yrl%3D1986">here</a>, beware of book club editions from 1986, current paperback, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/History-Illuminated-Manuscripts-Christopher-Hamel/dp/0714834521?ie=UTF8&tag=thboinmyli00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">here</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thboinmyli00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0714834521" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book of Hours, Use of Geneva, c 1515<br />
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</tbody></table>A fine example of an original <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> was sold at auction at Christies on June 4, 2008. <strong>Book of Hours, use of Geneva, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum, France or Switzerland, c.1515, 198 x 140mm. i + 202 leaves: 1-2<v>6, 3<v>8, 4<v>6(of 8, final two blanks cancelled), 5-26<v>8, complete.</strong> The catalog description of the illumination and binding is detailed and fascinating, <em>"one- and two-line initials of burnished gold on grounds and infills of pink and blue with white decoration, line-fillers of the same colours, three-line initials of blue or pink patterned staves against burnished gold grounds with trefoil leaf sprays in the infills, TWENTY-FOUR SMALL MINIATURES IN THE FULL-PAGE BORDERS OF THE CALENDAR with occupations of the month on the rectos and zodiac signs on the versos, FIFTY-FOUR LARGE MINIATURES ACCOMPANIED BY FULL-PAGE BORDERS with divided grounds with fields of liquid gold with naturalistic sprays of fruit and flowers between areas with acanthus sprays on the vellum ground, occasional birds, grotesques or beasts (some rubbing, spotting and smudging). Panelled brown morocco gilt by Rivière, silver clasps and catches (upper joint split at foot, spine rebacked at head and upper cover restored at head, lacking one clasp). </em>The winning bid, at auction, was $213,584 and a <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5080750">visit to the Christie's page provides more detail and information on provenance</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bedford Master, Faksimile Verlag, Luzern, 2005</td></tr>
</tbody></table>A fabulous publisher of <a href="http://www.faksimile.ch/frame_faksimile_e.html">limited edition, fine press, facsimile reproductions of Medieval manuscripts</a> is <a href="http://www.faksimile.ch/welcome_e.php">Faksimile Verlag</a>, originally of Luzern, now headquartered in Munich. A fine example of a <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours </span>from Faksimile Verlag is the <a href="http://www.faksimile.ch/werke/frame_werke.php?l=e&nr=55"><em>Bedford Book of Hours</em>, Faksimile Verlag Luzern, 2005, 578 pages</a>, 263 x 184 mm, 1288 images, gold on every page, 1250 elaborate medallions, 38 large-format miniatures, gold leaf, brush gold and silver, historical initials. The manuscript includes splendid scrollwork, with hundreds of tiny golden vine or acanthus leaves, colourful flowers and small animals covering the pages. The Latin text is embellished with numerous gold initials and imaginative line-fillers, while French explanations of the miniatures appear in red, blue, and gold writing at the bottom of each page. The <em><span style="color: purple;">Bedford Hours</span></em> circa, 15th century, created by the unnamed master scribe now known only as the Bedford Master, is <a href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/bedford.html">owned by the British Library</a>. This is a masterpiece of facsimile publishing and <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DFaksimile%2BVerlag%2BLuzern%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DBEDFORD%2BHOURS">one copy is available for sale for a mere, $18, 480 plus shipping</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noah from the Bedford Book of Hours</td></tr>
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While perhaps not as breathtaking as owning an original or a fine, limited edition facsimile, it is possible and affordable to acquire facsimile editions intended for the general book loving audience on a budget! Perhaps the most extraordinary <span style="color: purple;">Book of Hours</span> ever created was,<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_519900462"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Trés Riches Heures</span></a></em></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3Dh%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DBraziller%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DThe%2BTr%25E9s%2BRiches%2BHeures%2Bof%2BJean%252C%2BDuke%2Bof%2BBerry%26yrh%3D1969%26yrl%3D1969"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> of Jean, Duke of Berry, owned by Musée Condé, Chantilly, France, Translated from the French by Victoria Benedict, Introduction and Legends by Jean Longman, Honorary Curator, Library, Institut de France and Raymond Cazelles, Librarian, Musée Condé, Preface by Millard Meiss, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, George Braziller, New York, 1969, 139 illustrations, slipcase</span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">. There are 73 copies currently for sale with prices ranging from $12.00 to $180.00 for a copy in fine condition. This is a masterpiece of Medieval illumination and certainly merits a place in every library with an interest in Medieval manuscripts or simply, the greatest books of all time! There are numerous facsimile editions available, higher priced and representing finer production standard, but for a new collector, acquiring a copy of the 1969 edition is a great starting place!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the <span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><em>Trés Riches Heurs</em></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><em>\</em>Braziller, 1969, image on slipcase</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Thomas E. Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15916786835828097832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701947447255735986.post-57332357688372130382011-04-19T16:25:00.002-04:002011-04-19T16:29:09.963-04:00Acquiring The Haggadah, A Special Book for the Home, A Special Gift for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Family Seder from the Szyk Haggadah<br />
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The<a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holidaya.html"> 2011(5771) Jewish Passover holiday</a> began at sundown on April 18 and continues until sundown on April 26. The Passover holiday honors the exodus of the Jews from Egyptian slavery under the leadership of <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/moses.html">Moses</a>. Personally, I consider the exodus story a core part of Western mythology and a story everyone, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, atheist, contrarian...ought to honor! Last year we attended the <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/barmitz.htm">Bar Mitzvah</a> celebrating the coming of age of one of our favorite youngsters. I lobbied to acquire a fine edition <em><span style="color: purple;">Haggadah</span></em> as the perfect gift, but my suggestion was overruled due to cost, at the time. The <em><span style="color: purple;">Haggadah</span></em> is a necessary part of every Jewish household and it is where the story of the exodus is told and sacred text of the Passover holiday is found. <br />
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With Passover this week and a<a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/barmitz.htm"> Bat Mitzva</a>h on the horizon for us, I decided to re-visit the special edition <em><span style="color: purple;">Haggadah</span></em> I favored last year and look into the general marketplace of fine edition, illustrated <em><span style="color: purple;">Haggadah</span></em>. A quick search provides a list of 4030 copies of the Haggadah for sale in the used and collectible marketplace with prices ranging from $1.00 to $56,900!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Moses from the Szyk Haggadah<br />
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</tbody></table>The top spot on the list is held by the <em><span style="color: purple;">Szyk Haggadah</span></em>, illustrated by Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), a Polish Jew who luckily escaped the madness of the Holocaust and World War II, was a master book illustrator who, through his illustrations, fought tirelessly against Hitler and the Nazis and for universal religious tolerance and racial equality. The <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DSzyk%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DHaggadah%26yrh%3D1940"><span style="color: purple;"><em>Szyk Haggadah</em></span> was first published in England, 1940, by Beaconsfield Press</a> in a limited edition of 250 copies and $56,900 is the asking price for the only copy currently for sale. In 2008, the rare book dealer, <a href="http://www.szyk.com/historicana/index.htm?mnHd=6&mnSubHd=29">Historicana, Burlingame, California</a>, brought out two facsimile editions of <em><span style="color: purple;">The Szyk Haggadah</span></em>. <a href="http://www.szyk.com/szyk-haggadah/editions-pricing.htm?mnHd=1&mnSubHd=7">The Deluxe and the Premiere Edition of the Szyk Haggadah</a> are wonderful limited edition publications with a price to match. The Deluxe, 250 copies were orginally printed, retails for $8,800 and the Premiere Edition, limited to only 85 copies, retails for $18,000!<br />
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For a more reasonable amount I created a list of <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fan%3DHaggadah%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26prh%3D600%26prl%3D95%26sortby%3D1">485 copies of the Haggadah priced between $95 and $600</a>. While I have not browsed all of the copies available within that price range, I did browse enough to know that some fine, collectible, gift-worthy copies, are included. There are numerous facsimile editions on the list and while they may not be practical, fine facsimile editions of famous old manuscripts are a treasure! In fact, Harvard University Press has just released <em><span style="color: purple;">The Washington Haggadah</span></em>, a facsimile of the Haggadah created during the 15th century by scribe and illustrator, <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0011_0_10198.html">Joel ben Simeon</a>, which now resides at The Library Of Congress in Washington, D.C.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">The copy of the Haggadah I was eyeing last year was a new edition published by Assouline Press in 2008. <em><span style="color: purple;">Haggadah, Special Edition</span></em>, by Marc-Alain Ouaknin, illustrated by Gerard Garouste, in a Cloth-covered presentation box, 10.75 x 15.5", 11lbs, 280 pages, 150 illustrations, seems like a wonderful new edition. Do visit the <a href="http://shopassouline.com/9782843232510.html">Assouline page</a> for the book where you can take a tour which isn't possible to display here! Assouline is asking $550 for this edition but it is possible to find lower prices for at either <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haggadah-Celebration-Ceremony-Marc-Alain-Ouaknin/dp/2843232511?ie=UTF8&tag=thboinmyli00-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thboinmyli00-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=2843232511" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> or <a href="http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000024289215&pubid=21000000000346617&cm_ven=PFX&cm_cat=affiliates&cm_pla=dlt&cm_ite=21000000000346617&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abebooks.com%2Fservlet%2FSearchResults%3Fbi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26pn%3DAssouline%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3DHaggadah%252C%2BSpecial%2BEdition">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">It seems to me that a fine copy of the Haggadah would grace any library and I do expect to acquire one or two myself. To all, Happy Passover.<br />
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