[Rarebooks] Leaf Books From Oak Knoll

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Oak Knoll has recently acquired a small collection of leaf books. A leaf
book, a term now officially canonized in the 8th edition of John Carter's
ABC FOR BOOK COLLECTORS, is a book that contains an original leaf from an
imperfect copy of an historic book bound with an essay about the
significance of the historic book.  As such they provide a unique medium for
both learning the history of books while providing the opportunity to
inspect (or own) a specimen of the original.

 

To view this group of leaf books at Oak Knoll click the following link:

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Highlights from this collection include books with leaves from:

>The Letters of St. Jerome, The First Book Printed in Rome circa 1466-1467

>Sweynheym & Pannartz, 1471

>The Polycronicon Printed by William Caxton, 1482

>The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

>Sebastian Brant's "Ship of Fools", printed by Richard Pynson in 1509

>The Golden Legend Printed by  Wynkyn de Worde in 1527

>Chaucer's Works, 1561

>Rhemes New Testament, 1582

>Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin, 1583

>The Mercator-Hondius World Atlas, 1619

>The Fables of Aesop illustrated by Thomas Bewick, 1818

>William Pickering, publisher, 1820-1853

 

We hope you find something of interest.

 

Best Wishes,

Your Oak Knollers

 

 

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