Angelika,

This looks like a good read in preparation for next year's Conclave.  I'll have
to pick up a copy.
Thanks for sharing!

Julie

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From: AJ <angelika@...>
> Anyone planing on going to Princeton next year might be interested in
> a crime novel I am just reading:
>
> "A rare murder in Princeton" by Ann Waldron, published 2006.
>
> There are descriptions of places in Princeton and, as the murder
> takes place in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
> at the Princeton University, there is a lot about books and
> collectors as well as about procedures and people in the Rare Books
department.
>
> Ann Waldron has written 5 Princeton Mysteries, this is her forth and
> as far as I know, the only one that has to do with books.
>
> Best wishes,
> Angelika
>




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Is the book any good? Worth reading?

Peter
On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:34 AM, AJ wrote:

Anyone planing on going to Princeton next year might be interested in
a crime novel I am just reading:

"A rare murder in Princeton" by Ann Waldron, published 2006.

There are descriptions of places in Princeton and, as the murder
takes place in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
at the Princeton University, there is a lot about books and
collectors as well as about procedures and people in the Rare Books
department.

Ann Waldron has written 5 Princeton Mysteries, this is her forth and
as far as I know, the only one that has to do with books.

Best wishes,
Angelika






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With sadness, I report the passing of long time member, Jim Lorson
(Lorson's Books and Prints), in Fullerton, CA.
Jim did attend the last Conclave (while Joan was "under the weather").
He will be sorely missed.

Eileen Cummings

Call for Entries
Deadline Reminder – November 17, 2008
College Book Art Association Members Show
January 8 – 15, 2009

A juried members exhibit will be held at the Iowa Artisans Gallery in
Iowa City during the College Book Art Association biennial
conference, Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place,
hosted by the University of Iowa Center for the Book January 8 – 10,
2009.

Entry Deadline: November 17, 2008

This exhibit is open to book work created by members of the CBAA,
including artist books, fine press work, historical models, fine
binding, sculptural books, book objects, zines, broadsides, and
calligraphic work.

Jurors: Karen Kunc, Chip Schilling, and Pamela Spitzmueller

Exhibitors must be a member of CBAA;
join at www.collegebookart.org <http://www.collegebookart.org> .

Entries must be received by November 17, 2008

For Entry Form and Details go to:
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Hello all,

I wanted to announce the grand opening of ZMSC's Classifieds
<http://zooplies.org/ZMSCClassifieds>  for miniature & scale only items.
Everyone is welcome to place ads free, as well as see what we have to
offer.

I'm looking for individuals who knew Jim & Helen Dorsett, and would be
willing to share their experiences with them.  I'm writing a biography
for ZMSC's Wiki, about these two great contributors to the miniature
community.  I believe that a bio should be more than just dry facts
about people, but should also include a personal insight from their
friends.

I'm looking for individuals who are willing to share their knowledge
about miniatures with others at ZMSC's Wiki.  Zooplies Miniature & Scale
Communities <http://zooplies.org/>   are a repository for all
information about miniature and scale items. The history of these
different communities, the contributors, major contributions, tutorials,
free items, links and more are welcome here.

We are not a chat or forum group, yet it is the individuals that belong
to these groups that have the knowledge to help this site grow.  Read
more about ZMSC Here
<http://www.zooplies.org/ZMSCwiki/index.php?title=ReadThisBeforeYouStart\
>  !

Thank You

Jay @ Zooplies <http://zooplies.org/>



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Hello

I just finished a beautiful miniature binding. The book is antique and measures
less than 2"....

http://studiorobertwu.blogspot.com/

Please visit my weblog for pictures!...Thank you
Robert


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A reminder that early bird registration fees for the CBAA Conference "Art, Fact,
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Dear Fellow Artists and Educators,
Check out this juried  EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITY !
 
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Hello collectors!

I found an interesting blog...

best greetings from Vienna
:-)
Arno Gschwendtner


http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2006/12/22/when-is-a-miniature-book-not-a-min\
iature-book/

www.kb.nl/galerie/100hoogtepunten/066-en.html

----> click at the picture!!

Bookbinding  Made by Suenonius Mandelgreen. Middelburg, 1757. - 1793 F
106

Brown-carmine morocco, gold-tooled. The covers are filled with
decorations of interlacing ribbons with foliage and flowers in the
resulting compartments, made by many small tools. On both covers is a
circumscription: `A grateful reminder of the honour bestowed on the
5th of the autumn month 1757. On the occasion of the joyful dinner, on
the happy birth of Willem Zelandus van Borssele, whom the Lord will
appoint to the noble seat of his father, for the benefit of country
and church, is the respectful wish of A.L. Callenfels, S. Mandelgreen
and L. Taillefert. D.Z'. Signed at the bottom of the front cover `S.
Mandelgreen fecit'.   This bookbinding is a perfect example of the
high quality of the most de luxe bindings in the Netherlands in the
middle of the eighteenth century. It may be considered one of the most
curious items of its time. The decoration on the covers reflects
earlier decorations of bindings in France around 1600. This pattern
was still popular in Germany and Scandinavia in the early eighteenth
century, and it is found on many a Swedish craftsman's `masterpiece',
sometimes with an elaborate circumscription. The maker of this
binding, Suenonius Mandelgreen, knew them very well: he was born in
Uppsala and undoubtedly received his training in that town.  It is
exceptional to find the signature of the binder on the binding. No
other Dutch eighteenth-century de luxe binding bears the name of its
maker, except for two other bindings by Mandelgreen. Circumscriptions
of the covers are also rare; there are only a few Dutch bindings,
including a series of ten bindings by Mandelgreen, with such an
elaborate text on their covers.   What makes this such a remarkable
binding is the fact that it contains a small bookcase with miniature
books, that can be turned upwards. No other example is known in the
Netherlands, and it can only be compared with some miniature
travelling libraries, notably from seventeenth-century England. But
these have bindings containing a few shelves with small books on the
inside of both covers. Another difference is that Mandelgreen's
binding was not commissioned by a learned traveller for his own use,
but a present from three prominent citizens of Middelburg on the
occasion of the birth of Willem van Borssele, the young scion of one
of the leading Zeeland families. The miniature books contain very
appropriate texts, like the Bible, a history of the Netherlands, and
other works with an educational bias.   Mandelgreen worked in
Middelburg between 1736 and 1758. He was mentioned as a printer in
1756 and 1757 in the municipal accounts and was also an auctioneer.
Only a few editions printed by him are known. In 1758 he started
working together with the printers Callenfels and Taillefert for the
publication of the Middelburgse Courant.
Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands
<http://www.kb.nl/red/kbsite-en.html>

a set of 18th-century Dutch miniature books in deluxe binding
(Koninklijke Bibliotheek)

http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_m.cfm


miniature book
     A book conceived on a very small scale, measuring no more than
three inches along its greatest dimension (height or width), usually
printed in 6-point type or smaller and illustrated on the same scale.
Not uncommon, miniature books include Bibles, almanacs, poetry,
classics, juvenile literature, tokens, etc. Click here to see a page
from a 20th-century miniature atlas (Kansas State University
Libraries). Very tiny books, such as those used in doll houses, are
usually produced photographically. Of interest to collectors,
miniature books have an enthusiastic following in the United States.

     Click here to see a set of 18th-century Dutch miniature books in
deluxe binding (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). An online exhibition of
Miniature Books is provided by the Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M
University. See also 4000 Years of Miniature Books (Lilly Library,
Indiana University). For more information, see the Web site maintained
by the Miniature Book Society. See also: miniature edition, miniature
library, and necklace book.



miniature edition
     An edition of a book in which the copies are of very small size
(three inches or less in height and width), usually printed in 6-point
type or smaller and illustrated on the same scale. Synonymous with
lilliput edition and microscopic edition. See also: miniature book.



miniature library
     In 1800, the English publisher John Marshall issued the first of
several series of miniature children's books in glazed paper bindings.
Each series included as many as 16 separate titles of diminutive size
encased in a small wooden box with a lid to which an engraved paper
label was pasted and an ornamental pediment added to give the
impression of a glass-fronted bookcase. The text in each volume,
usually didactic in intent, served to draw the reader's attention to
details of the illustration on the facing page. The concept was
imitated by other publishers of children's literature in the early
19th century. For examples, see the online exhibition Miniature
Libraries from the Children's Books Collections, courtesy of the
National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In
modern publishing, the term is sometimes applied to a set of
children's books sold as a single unit, often encased in a gift box,
slipcase, or other container (example: The Dr. Seuss Miniature Library
published by Collins in 2004).


necklace book
     A small miniature book, usually containing blank leaves covered in
leather or metal, made to be worn about the neck as a pendant
suspended from a chain, ribbon, or thong, sometimes as a piece of
jewelry. To see examples, try a keywords search on the term "necklace
book" in Google Image Search.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/wid/exhibits/miniaturelibraries/index.html

Introduction

John Marshall (fl. 1783-1828) began publishing miniature libraries for
children in 1800. Confident, perhaps, that his innovation would
galvanise the children's book market, he produced his first three
libraries 'almost simultaneously'*. The Juvenile; or, Child's Library
was probably the first to appear. Two of its sixteen volumes
('Quadrupeds' and 'Birds') contain advertisements for another
miniature library, The Infant's Library. A third library, The Doll's
Library, also appeared in 1800. Marshall published a fourth library,
The Book-Case of Instruction and Delight (1802), as well as further
editions of The Infant's Library in Latin, German and French, and also
several variations on the theme of miniature libraries including The
Infant's Cabinet Series (1800-1801), The Infant's Letterbox (1803) and
The Doll's Casket (1815?). His remarkable success prompted imitations
from the most prominent names in children's publishing in the early
years of the nineteenth century.

'The children's printer'*

What little we know of Marshall's career suggests he was an astute and
venturesome businessman. Thus, in the early 1780s Marshall targeted
the existing market for Newbery-style stories, imitating John
Newbery's Goody Two-Shoes with such works as Primrose Prettyface and
Goody Goosecap. This type of story had remained popular in the
eighteenth century and was a 'safe' option for a publisher at the
outset of his career. In 1785, however, Marshall claimed to have
discarded these chapbook-style publications in favour of the less
frivolous (and highly profitable) stories of Lady Ellenor Fenn, Sarah
Trimmer, Mary Ann Kilner and Dorothy Kilner. His self-appointed role
as a protector of 'young minds' from 'prejudicial nonsense' impressed
the religious reformer, Hannah More. During the 1790s she engaged him
in publishing her Cheap Repository Tracts but dismissed him in 1798
for 'trying to winkle and wring out of her religious venture every
farthing he could for his own pocket'**. Marshall retaliated by
publishing his own, identical (and more successful) 'Cheap Repository
Tracts', though his dismissal by More no doubt prompted him to look
for an opening for a new venture. It is evident from his next major
publication, The Juvenile; or, Child's Library, that something had
inspired Marshall to adopt a new direction in his career. From 1800
onwards his showcase publications were no longer 'ordinary' books but
toy bookcases, sets of picture-cards and practical teaching kits.



*Marshall often referred to himself as 'The Children's Printer' and to
children as his 'young friends'. (See Display Case 2).
**Mary V. Jackson, Engines of Instruction, Mischief and Magic :
Children's Literature in England from its Beginnings to 1839 (London:
Scolar Press, 1989), p. 124.

Molten Books
Abecedarian Gallery will be hosting an all-media exhibition of erotic
artwork February 13-March 28. Book artists are invited to submit work
for concurrent display in the Reading Room. Priority will be given to
book works that transcend the merely pornographic or explicit, that
quietly arouse, that leave space in which imaginations can cavort and
thus appeal to most adult viewers, regardless of gender, race, sexual
orientation or sexual identity.

For submission guidelines, please email abecedariangallery@...

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I just got the catalog of an auction PBA is having on december 11 and 12.

There is a very large selection of miniature books on offer there. The
estimated prices are quite a bit lower than I would have expected.

Many of the lots contain numerous books from a publisher or a region.

If these estimates hold this is a rare opportunity for someone to build a
large collection of miniature books.

Neale Albert

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http://napoleonsbookoffate.blogspot.com/2008/08/napoleons-book-of-fate-napoleons\
-book_21.html

Napoleon's Book of Fate

Napoleon's Book of Fate , this copy of the book of fate , was printed
as a miniature book in 1905 , if you would like a facsimile copy of
this as a pdf file to view the Answers email us at ccsstt@...
for details . The book size is 1" wide by 2" tall !!


Napoleon's Book of Fate
Napoleon's Book of Fate : In 1813 Napoleon was defeated at Leipzip.
However he left behind him a "Cabinet of Curiosities" among which a
Prussian officer discovered the following Oraculum. Originally this
Oraculum had been discovered in one of the Royal tombs of Egypt during
a French military expedition of 1801. The emperor ordered the
manuscript to be translated by a famous German scholar and
antiquarian. From that time onwards the Oraculum remained one of
Napoleon's most treasures possessions. He consulted it on many
occasions and it is said to have "formed a stimulus to his most
speculative and most successful enterprises
Posted by Napoleon's Book of fate at 13:23

best greetings
Arno Gschwendtner

Horae. Greek. Horae in laudem beatissimæ Virginis ... Septem psalmi
poenitentiales cum Letaniis & orationibus. Adiectae sunt his preculae
aliquot, Johannis Damasceni ...

Hagenau, Johann Setzer, 1528. 1528 32mo. (92 x 69 mm.), ff. [128],
Greek text, printed in red and black throughout; some light staining
at beginning and end; later vellum. Aldus Manutius printed the first
Greek Book of Hours at Venice in 1497/8. He issued it in a miniature
16o. format, the smallest he employed, outside the normal run of
production. Some 16 years later the German printer Thomas Anselm
followed his example north of the Alps with a Greek Book of Hours
printed in similar format (Tübingen 1514). This is another, boldly
printed in red and black, with added prayers.
Aldus may have printed his Greek Book of Hours with half an eye to the
Eastern Mediterranean market but there is no doubt that he also had a
pedagogic purpose. "Politian himself said he had learned Greek by
studying a bilingual Bible, and the familiarity of the liturgical
content to Latin speakers lent itself to use in these books as simple
readers for beginners" (Martin Davies, Aldus Manutius, British Library
1995).
Contemporary signature at foot of title, a Hellenization of the Dutch
name Suiskens. We cannot place him but he was evidently a careful
reader and in a series of marginal notes, draws attention to an
extraordinary confusion in the printing house. The book is a 16mo. in
eights where two gatherings are printed on a single sheet of paper and
then cut apart for folding. Here the second forme to be printed of
gatherings I and K was placed on the press the wrong way around, so
that each leaf of gathering I carries text from gathering I on the
recto and gathering K on the verso, and vice versa. The text is, of
course, complete, but the reader has to jump from the recto of one
leaf in one gathering to the verso of another in the other. We have
not discovered whether other copies replicate this printer's error.

* GBP 6,800.00 > other currencies
* ordernr.: C1251
* bookseller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (UNITED KINGDOM)

################

PSALMS.
The Whole Booke of Psalmes.
http://www.ilabdatabase.com/images843/675.jpg

London, for the Companie of Stationers 1621 32mo. ff. (ii) 171 (xix).
Tiny Roman letter, woodcut device on t-p of the Angel of the
Resurrection overcoming death and the Cross, typographical ornament on
verso. Very light age browning, a good clean copy in contemp. English
straight grained natural morocco, covers with double ruled and
dentelle borders gilt, same motif repeated five times across spine,
a.e.g. C18th printed bookplate of Robert Watson on pastedown. A
charming and very rare miniature Psalter in the metrical translation
of Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others: the pages are only 1
7/8" x 3 1/8". The Psalms were to 17th C England what the Book of
Hours had been before the Reformation, the principal aid to regular
private devotion and there is no reason to suppose that this edn. was
printed in particularly small numbers. Yet so slight are the chances
of survival of the very small vol. of a modest work (as opposed to the
grand and large) that this edn, is recorded in only other copy, now at
Harvard. It is unusual also to find such heavily read vols. in good
condition, in their original bindings. Robert Watson (1719-1756),
sometime fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Physician to
Westminster Hospital, was described in the Gentleman's Magazine as "a
real scholar, an excellent physician, an admirable philosopher and in
every consideration, a most worthy person". Watson's library labels
appear dated and undated; examples of both are in the Royal College of
Physicians. STC. 2574.5. (single copy) cf. Lee, Early Printed Book
Labels pp. 115-6. SNL162.

     * GBP 2,250.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 675
     * bookseller: Sokol Books Ltd. (UNITED KINGDOM)

#################

CICERO, M. Tulli
De Officiis Libri III

Amsterdam: Gulielmus Caesius, 1625 32mo, 428pp. +index. Miniature
edition of Cicero's De Officiis.According to H. T. Sheringham, in a
1902 article, "The smallest Amsterdam book I have seen is a Cicero de
Officiis, printed by Gulielmus Caesius in 1625, and measuring only 2
5/8". by 1 5/8"." The book contains, in addition to De officiis, Cato
maior sive de senectute, Lælius vel de amicitia, Paradoxa VI,
Scipionis somnium, and De res militari, of uncertain authorship, as an
appendix. A beautiful copy in full red morocco, gilt. Lacking the
index pages after the letter "P", yet very rare: only two copies on
OCLC, none in the US.

* USD 3,750.00 > other currencies
* bookseller: Lame Duck Books (USA)

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GOLDSMITH, John.]
AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD MDCCCXX.
http://www.ilabdatabase.com/images885/53810.jpg

The Company of Stationers, 1824. 64mo. miniature, 55 x 32 mm., in the
original paper-covered boards. Enclosed in a superb silver-gilt
filigree case, each panel with diamond-shaped central lozenge, filled
throughout with a delicate lace-like design in coiled silver wire, the
whole with a rope border and floral corner-pieces with a matching
clasp. Pp. (xxiv), all edges gilt, with engraved explanation, view of
St.Pancras New Church on 4 pages, and engraved page of common notes.
Blank leaves at beginning and end, the whole printed on stiff paper.
Provenance: purchased at the sale of Northcliffe Hall, Styal,
Cheshire, home of the Greg family, in the early 1950s.


     * GBP 1,500.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 53810

     * bookseller: R.F.G. Hollett & Son (UNITED KINGDOM)

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Officium B. Mariæ Virginis nuper reformatum.

Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, 1677. Thick 8vo., early burgundy
velvet, with the bookplate of the noted collector of miniature books,
Wilber Macy Stone. A SUPERB COPY of what is almost a miniature book.
The bordered page size measures 72mm by 45mm; with its margins in
tact, the page sizes of this copy vary between 110mm by 77mm and 83mm
by 47mm. The entire work is printed in black and red; there are
numerous full-page engravings interspersed throughout the text. No
copy has appeared at auction in the past fifteen years. The Houghton
copy, which was TRIMMED, sold at Christie's in 1979 for nearly $400.
ALTOGETHER UNTRIMMED AND UNOPENED.

     * USD 2,500.00 > other currencies
     * bookseller: The Book Block (USA)

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BONNOBERGER, LUDWIG.
Betbüechlein.

(Vienna) K.K. Hofbibliothek (1912) 22 pp.; (126) pp. A facsimilie of
Viennese printer Ludwig Bonnoberger's famous prayer book of 1607,
presented to a gathering of bibliophiles at the Imperial Court Library
in September 1912. Bound in buff cloth shot with silver threads. All
edges are gilt and gauffered, with two indented circles to each edge.
The book is housed in a scooped out compartment at the back of a
larger (24mo.) volume of twenty-two pages. This work, bound in
olive-green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, discusses details of
Bonnoberger's tiny prayer book and miniature books in general, in
German. The leaves are followed by the secret compartment, wherein the
facsimilile prayer book lies. Facsimilie volume very fine, larger
volume with minor discoloration to foot of spine, else fine. Bookplate
of noted miniature-book collector Kathryn Rickard. (Welsh 546).
(facsimilie 1 3/16 by 7/8; 30x21mm.).

     * USD 1,750.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 21728

     * bookseller: Bromer Booksellers Inc. (USA)

#################

The Whole Booke of Pslames Collected into English Meeter by T[homas].
Sternhold, I{John] Hopkins, and others.

London: Company of Stationers, 1630. 32mo. 72 x 47mm. A-2A8.
[1],171,[18]leaves.[2], 171 [i.e. 346], [36]pp. Contemporary
embroidered binding with red, green and blue silk threads woven over
metalic silver wire in styalized floral arrangements; a.e.g., spine
and joints slightly cracked, cords are intact, lacks clasp; in a
marbled board, pull-off case. From the library of Wilbur Macey Stone
(noted collector of miniature books). [For a similar binding see:
Frederick Bearman et al., Fine And Historic Bookbindings From The
Folger Shakespeare Library, p 137.] Woodcut emblematic t.p. "In the
centuries before printing, the most important and lavishly decorated
manuscripts were usually clothed in elaborate coverings bearing the
work of the goldsmith, or in the case of textile coverings, the work
of a skilled embroiderer. Unfortunately fabrics, particularly velvet,
do not have the lasting qualities of animal skins, and only a
comparatively small number of examples of such coverings have
survived. Most velvet and embroidered bindings on printed books date
from the 16th and 17th centuries...In England the popular embroidered
bindings of the first half of the 17th century were rarely produced
after the Civil War..." [Fine & Historic Bookbindings From The Folger
Shakespeare Library,1992.] STC 2613.5 (two copies only).Not in ESTC.

     * USD 1,500.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 18030
     * bookseller: Krown & Spellman, Booksellers (USA)

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WIENER KOCHBUCH. DAS KLEINSTE KOCHBUCH DER WELT'. 'Enthält über 100
praktisch erprobte Recepte von Suppen, Fleisch- und Mehlspeisen,
Fische, Gemüse, Saucen, Salate etc. etc.'.

No place, no publisher, no date, but ca. 1905 24 x 22 mm. 136pp.
Original silver binding, floral Art Nouveau cover decoration, clasp
and ring for chain. The `smallest cookery book in the world' (at least
that is what the title says!): Very decorative miniature cookery book
(approx. 1 in square), containing over 100 recipes in German for all
kinds of soups, meats, pastries, fish, vegetables, sauces, salads,
etc. Reading requires a magnifying glass! Weiss 4184.

     * GBP 650.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 19594
     * bookseller: Garwood & Voigt (UNITED KINGDOM)

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The Bible in Miniature. or a Concise History of the Old and New
Testaments.

London: E. Newbery, 1780. 24mo, 45 x 30 mm, 256pp. With an engraved
title-page to each part and 14 engraved plates. Original brown calf,
four gilt fillets on backstrip. Ink annotation of the date at front,
inscription on rear pastedown erased, a very good copy of this tiny
and fragile piece. First edition third state (no imprint on p. 256).
This rare and early miniature Bible is mentioned in all the
literature. See Adomeit B26. Roscoe J28:3. Bromer, Levitan Collection,
3 ($400). AAA sale (1928) #34.

     * USD 1,250.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 5227
     * bookseller: Antiquarian Bookseller, John Windle (USA)

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Du Bois, J.P.J. (1747-1763 fl.) = ( Jean-Pierre-Isaac)
La Sainte Bible, mise en vers . Nouv. edition, corrigée & augmentée.
Miniature Bible. ( = Miniatuur Bijbel ). 3.8 x 6.3. cm.

A la Haye ( Den Haag ), chez P. Servas ( = Pieter Servaas ), 1762. 2
parts in 1 volume. Both printed at Servaas at the Hague and dated
1762. 64mo. in 8s. Fine engraved front signed J.R. ( Text :"Bibelia".)
( iv), 5 - 144; ( vi), 150- 266, (xxii)pp. with 12 engraved fullpage
plates... 3.8 x 6.3 cm. Contemporary full calf binding. Spine gilt
lettered "Bible". decorated.......edges gilt.diamond-head music and
head- and tailpieces built up from fleurons. Binding sligthly worn
especially at the corners. Bookblock detached from binding. Otherwise
in very good / fine condition. The 12 fine plates opposite p. 1; 5; 8;
12; 28; 128; 159; 190; 194; 199; 203; 215. Not in Picarta ( mentions
edition 1752 with different collation). Nor N.C.C. nor Worldcat/ OCLC.
( only other editions.) cf. Welsh, Bibl. Miniature Books 1231 & 1234
not in Darlow & Moule. Rare 1762 edition of this miniature Walloon
Bible original published by John Taylor in 1614 in English and
translated in a French paraphrase by J.P.J. Du Bois. This is an
enlarged and revised edition. The bible in verse is followed by the
the ten commandments set to music. A prayer ( 4 pages); table of
contents ( vi pages) approbation (iv pages) signed P. Franck Response
de Mr. Pasteur le Frank dated 1763 ( sic!!!!) .( ii pages) and the
"avis sur l ' utilité ". Jean-Pierre-Isaac du Bois was secretary to
the embassy of Pologne in the Netherlands. KEYWORDS: theology

     * EUR 963.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 4186
     * bookseller: Antiquariaat Theo de Boer (NETHERLANDS)

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FAIRY TALE LIBRARY IN CASE

MINIATURE. FAIRY TALE LIBRARY [LA GRACIEUSE avec ses 10 Volumes Modele
Depose] on label under the case. Paris 1896. 10 miniature books (1.25
x 1.75"), bound in stiff wraps in various colors are housed in the
original miniature book case. The case measures 4x5" and made of
shaped wood covered with printed paper (possible not original), with
brocade decoration on edges. It even has the original glass shelf.
There is some wear but overall in very good condition. Titles include:
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, Aladdin, Ali Baba, L'Enfant Prodigue/ Le Juif
Errant, Quelques Fables de la Fontaine, Quelques Fables de Florian,
Quelques Contes de Schmid, Fables et Allegories de Florian, La Morale
de L'Enfance and Le Neveu de la Fruitiere.

     * USD 1,200.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 29120
     * bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc. (USA)

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WEIHGESCHENT FUR JEDER ECHTER PREUSSEN

MINIATURE. WEIHGESCHENT FUR JEDER ECHTER PREUSSEN. no pub. info.,
German, circa 1830. 2 x 2 5/8", painted floral boards, all edges gilt,
fine in pictorial slipcase. A little book of Prussian royalty
featuring 1 page of text followed by 11 very fine engraved portraits
with captions of Prussian royalty, printed on rectos only. Begins with
Friedrich Wilhelm III who reigned from 1797-1840 and lists his son as
crown prince (who ascended to the throne in 1840), thus dating the
book to circa 1830).

     * USD 500.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 29208
     * bookseller: Aleph-Bet Books, Inc. (USA)

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London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1793.
http://www.ilabdatabase.com/images773/13324.JPG

Printed for the Company of Stationers [1792]. Miniature book, covers
measuring 2 5/16 x 1 5/16 inches, (26) pp. Folding plate, here bound
in, of "The New House of Correction for the County of Middlesex",
marbled endpapers. Finely bound in contemporary white morocco, covers
with a small onlaid oval of red morocco with a gilt urn and flowers,
surrounded by further gilt flowers and decorative borders, some light
soiling, small hole to top of spine. Held in a slipcase repeating
these designs, slightly darkened and rubbed. A well preserved and
attractive copy. Welsh 4586.

     * GBP 200.00 > other currencies
     * ordernr.: 13324

     * bookseller: Bow Windows Bookshop (UNITED KINGDOM)

I welcome comments from MBS members on an idea.

Should the annual Yearbook be available ionly online and not in print?

This would (a) save the cost of printing and distributing it and (b) enable
the information to be more up to date, as changes could be entered
instantly.

And it would save several trees.

Ut would even be possible to include photographs of members.

Comments ?

Neale



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Hi everybody,
Whilst I fully agree with Neale that we would save costs, trees, and have a more
easily updateable yearbook etc.
I do think we need to think very carefully about open access and distribution of
the membership list which contains addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses
etc. Here in UK there are strict rules and regulations about such data being
available.
This information is open to abuse by unscrupulous villains, and we could find
ourselves inundated with even more spam mail if we do not use an effective
filter.

Of course the question arises as to what we do for the members who do not have
access to computers or the internet.

Jim does a sterling job on production of our yearbook, and I am sure that he has
it all set up as a database already. Perhaps when we register our membership for
the year, we should be able to request an e-version of the yearbook as
individuals, members only, and then supply other members with a decent
photocopied version.

It will be interesting to see the reaction of others to this suggestion.
Good wishes to all fellow MBS members
Stephen Byrne

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I agree with Stephen Byrnes' excellent comments.

1. We would need to establish a password access system for privacy.

2. We would need to provide for members who do not have, or want, computer
access. We could do this by providing 8 x10 (or smaller) printouts for those
members.

So far the responses I am getting to my email are mostly favorable to the
on-line concept.

Perhaps we could establish a "members only" section on the MBS  website, with
password protection. The online directory could be in that section . And members
could use the private section to communicate with the membership.

Neale

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To: miniaturebooks@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [miniaturebooks] Online MBS Yearbook ????



Hi everybody,
Whilst I fully agree with Neale that we would save costs, trees, and have a more
easily updateable yearbook etc.
I do think we need to think very carefully about open access and distribution of
the membership list which contains addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses
etc. Here in UK there are strict rules and regulations about such data being
available.
This information is open to abuse by unscrupulous villains, and we could find
ourselves inundated with even more spam mail if we do not use an effective
filter.

Of course the question arises as to what we do for the members who do not have
access to computers or the internet.

Jim does a sterling job on production of our yearbook, and I am sure that he has
it all set up as a database already. Perhaps when we register our membership for
the year, we should be able to request an e-version of the yearbook as
individuals, members only, and then supply other members with a decent
photocopied version.

It will be interesting to see the reaction of others to this suggestion.
Good wishes to all fellow MBS members
Stephen Byrne

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Hello MB-collectors!

One question:
I found at the title page of
The Microbibliophile, Volume XIV, No.4, September 1990
a very nice picture of a book with a copper coin / medal:
DAWSON'S BOOK SHOP, Los Angeles, 1988
and the title: value vs. worth

Who knows something more about this book???

Thanks
Arno

Online is not yet convenient for me. Maybe some day.

Peter Thomas
On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:10 AM, Neale M Albert wrote:


I welcome comments from MBS members on an idea.

Should the annual Yearbook be available ionly online and not in print?

This would (a) save the cost of printing and distributing it and (b)
enable
the information to be more up to date, as changes could be entered
instantly.

And it would save several trees.

Ut would even be possible to include photographs of members.

Comments ?

Neale

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This response is from Mark, who has finds difficulty posting on yahoogroups.
Does anyone else have the same problem?

Hello all,

Yes, Stephen is right. Having our yearbook online is problematic because of
privacy issues. Other professional groups that I'm a member of require login
and password. Of course MBS could do this, but I'm afraid that we'd have to
hire a full-time web master to keep everything up to date, including
password and login maintenance. It's just too much to ask of a volunteer.

Plus, from an archival point of view, it's good to have a written record of
the membership each year in the form of a printed yearbook.

Mark

Some members seem to be having difficulty posting on this site.

I'm the "owner" of the group.

If anyone has trouble let me know and I will follow up with Yahoo.

Neale

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I am going to compile data on the replies.

It would make the compilation  more valuable if more mbs members would
reply.

Assume that (1) we could solve the privacy problem and (2) that we would
make printouts available to members who want them.

Would you like to have the yearbook available online ?

Neale


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New member here. :>)
An online yearbook would be fine with me as long as security issues are taken
care of.
Jackie Waldfogel

---- Neale M Albert <nalbert@...> wrote:
>
> I am going to compile data on the replies.
>
> It would make the compilation  more valuable if more mbs members would
> reply.
>
> Assume that (1) we could solve the privacy problem and (2) that we would
> make printouts available to members who want them.
>
> Would you like to have the yearbook available online ?
>
> Neale
>
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> penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or
> recommending
> to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein.
>
> Neale M. Albert | Of Counsel - Corporate
> Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
> 1285 Avenue of the Americas | New York, NY 10019-6064
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Neale,

I would prefer to have the hard copy.

Jan

If security issues can be solved and if a hard copy can be provided
for those who need/want it I favor online yearbook.

Twyla Racz