Titles starting with N from The Book Block

Leipzig C. T. Rabenhorst, 1809. 8vo., burgundy straight-grained morocco with a series of gilt borders, straight and decorated, resulting in a large central panel. Smooth spine framed with gilt borders and horizontal scroll-work dividers with leaf-and-flower tooling. In the top and large central compartments there are two different neoclassical gilt-stamped vases. At the bottom is an oval gilt cartouche with ownership initials: M. H. [above] g. D. The title is gilt stamped on a black morocco label. Board ed... more information

Bern Hallerschen, N.d. [ca. 1830]. Oblong folio (13 x 16 1/4 inches), publisher's quarter morocco spine over textured paper covered sides with the title lettered in gilt on the upper cover. A few plates lightly foxed mainly in the margins, but over all an excellent copy.The work consists of 24 large lithographic plates, which follow a portrait of Manuel dated 1530, and six pages of explanatory text and verse. Although the hierarchy of the Dance of Death is familiar—the first few plates ... more information