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Bonhams - Photographs

2012/05/17

One of the few surviving Georgian auction houses in London, Bonhams was set up in 1793 when Thomas Dodd, a renowned antique print dealer, joined forces with the book specialist Walter Bonham. Today Bonhams is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The Bonhams name is recognised worldwide throughout all sectors of the fine art, antiques and collectors' market, with offices and salesrooms in London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Paris, Hong Kong, and Dubai.

Jeschke - Van Vliet - Rare and Valuable Books

2012/05/18

Founded in 1990 Jeschke/Van Vliet is specialized on rare and valuable books, autographs, maps, prints, art and antiques from six centuries as well as modern and contemporary art.

Christian Hesse Auktionen - Auction 5: Books, Autographs, Prints

2012/05/19

Hesse Auktionen - founded in 2010 - is specialized on valuable books, manuscripts, authographs, and decorative prints of all periods and areas.

PBFA International London Book Fair

2012/05/20

One of many events worth visiting during the International London Book Fair week. The PBFA Summer Book Fairs in London provide an excellent opportunity to browse and buy antiquarian, rare & secondhand books, manuscripts, ephemera and more from over a hundred dealers in the UK and beyond.

Ketterer Kunst - Books, Manuscripts, Autographs

2012/05/21

Located in Hamburg in Munich Ketterer Kunst is one of the leading auctioneers of modern and contemporary art and (in Hamburg) of rare and valuable books, manuscripts, prints and maritime art.

Hauswedell & Nolte - Auction 436: Books and Prints

2012/05/22

Bubb Kuyper - Books and Prints

2012/05/22

The largest specialized auctioneer of books and works on paper of the Netherlands, and one of the foremost companies in these fields in Western Europe.

PBFA International London Book Fair

2012/05/25

55th London International Antiquarian Book Fair at Olympia (ABA)

2012/05/24

The London International Book Fair 2012 - the 55th organised by the ABA - will be the biggest and best yet; more exhibitors, more books, maps, prints, ephemera & manuscripts in a bigger and better hall providing more space on stands, wider aisles, ample space to sit and relax in three different cafes.

“We are very pleased about the new location" says Brian Lake. "It will make the 2012 the biggest and best yet; more exhibitors, more books, maps, prints, ephemera & manuscripts in a bigger and better hall providing more space on stands, wider aisles, with ample space to sit and relax in three different cafés. We are delighted that the ABA's partner will be the National Trust, which will be promoting the many important libraries, containing over 2 million books, under its management.”

Bloomsbury Summer Book Fair

2012/05/27

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

Christie's - Russian Books

2012/05/29

Christie’s is a name and place that speaks of extraordinary art, unparalleled service and expertise. Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie's conducted the greatest auctions of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and today remains a popular showcase for the unique and the beautiful. Christie’s offers over 450 sales annually in over 80 categories, including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewelry, photographs, collectibles, wine, and more. Prices range from $200 to over $80 million.

Christie's - Pop Culture - Rock and Pop Film Memorabilia

2012/05/31

Les 9èmes Journées de l'Histoire de l'Europe

2012/06/01

La France et la Russie dans l'Europe des XIXe et XXe siècles.
Relations politiques, économiques et culturelles 1812-2012.
Conférences en Histoire et Histoire de l'Art, tables rondes de géopolitique.
Inscriptions : par téléphone ou bulletin d'inscription à imprimer sur le site http://association.histoire.free.fr
Le programme complet peut également être téléchargé sur ce site internet.
Salon européen du livre d'Histoire : Hall du Centre Malesherbes-Sorbonne.
Vendredi 1er et samedi 2 juin, de 10h à 20h. Entrée libre.

Les 9èmes Journées de l'Histoire de l'Europe - La France et la Russie dans l'Europe des XIXe et XXe siècles

2012/06/01

Conférences panoramiques - conférences thématiques - conférences d'Histoire de l'Art - tables rondes.

Bassenge - Prints, Paintings, Drawings, Modern Art

2012/05/31

"Galerie Gerda Bassenge Kunst- und Buchauktionen" is an individual house whose distinctive profile is valued throughout the world. We offer long-standing experience to our clients - collectors, museums, art dealers, gallery owners, libraries and book sellers - who we assist in all decisions with competent and individual advice."

Hauff & Auvermann - Books, Autographs, Prints

2012/05/30

Bassenge - Photography

2012/06/06

Stargardt - Autographs

2012/06/05

Since the 1950s, J.A. Stargardt has been holding two-day autograph auctions which belong the highlights of international trade and are visited by many private collectors, librarians, archivists and traders from all over the world.

Rare Book School Summer Course I

2012/06/04

Rare Book School (RBS) was founded in 1983. It provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and born-digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. In 2012 five summer courses will be held.

Paul Goldman: Collecting Pre-Raphaelite Books and Illustration

2012/06/12

The 5th ABA Seminar will be held by Paul Goldman. Apart from being a distinguished dealer in rare books, Dr Paul Goldman is Honorary Professor at the Cardiff School of English, Communication, and Philosophy; a tutor in the MA in the History of the Book at London University (as well as at the London Rare Books School), and a former Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum.

Rare Book School Summer Course II

2012/06/11

London Map Fair

2012/06/16

The largest Antique Map Fair in Europe, established 1980, brings together around 40 of the leading national and international antiquarian map dealers as well as hundreds of visiting dealers, collectors, curators and map aficionados from all parts of the world.

Art 43 Basel

2012/06/13

The world's premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars, are represented in the show's multiple sections. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works.

Klittich-Pfankuch - Rare Books, Prints, and Chess

2012/06/22

Specialties: Local History - Military History - Prints - Atlases, Early Science, Natural History, Literature, Childrens Literature, Maps & Prints and Valuable Books of all subjects

Bonhams - Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art

2012/06/24

Bonhams - Books

2012/06/26

Bonhams - Entertainment Memorabilia

2012/06/27

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: The Book in the Ancient World - Dr Irving Finkel, Dr Matthew Nicholls, Dr Marigold Norbye, Dr. Kathryn E. Piquette and Alan Cole

2012/06/25

The course is an intensive survey of the origins of, and the changes in, textual culture that took place between c. 2500 BC and 400 AD. It will set these changes into their related historical contexts and place considerable emphasis on the material nature of writing and book construction. This will involve extensive use of materials from the Museum of Writing (Curator: Mr Alan Cole) currently housed in the Senate House Library. In addition to handling and using original artefacts, students will have the opportunity to experiment with writing on clay tablets, on papyrus, and on wax tablets using modern reconstructions under the guidance of Alan Cole who will provide practical sessions during some of the seminars (these are asterisked). The course will end by looking at the ways in which the modern book form (the codex) emerged at the end of the period, and how some of the ancient texts studied in the course survived through the post-classical manuscript periods to the age of printing.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: Children's Books, 1470-1980 - Jill Shefrin

2012/06/25

A thorough introduction to the history of the children's book and children's book publishing in the British Isles, with additional material on influences from Europe and North America. This course is intended to be of practical utility to librarians and archivists having responsibility for collections of children's books (and allied material), as well as academics, researchers, collectors, booksellers and others needing a comprehensive professional grounding in the subject. Commencing from the introduction of printing into the British Isles , the course will offer a complete conspectus, including analysis of current trends in children's book collecting and children's book studies. The course will be taught by Jill Shefrin, for many years a librarian with the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, currently serving as Editorial Consultant to the Grolier Club's forthcoming 100 Famous Children's Books Exhibit (2014-2015).

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: European Bookbinding, 1450-1820 - Professor Nicholas Pickwoad

2012/06/25

The history of bookbinding is not simply the history of a decorative art, but that of a craft answering a commercial need. This course will follow European bookbinding from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, using the bindings themselves to illustrate the aims and intentions of the binding trade.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: A History of Maps and Mapping - Dr Catherine Delano-Smith and Sarah Tyacke

2012/06/25

The course is suitable for historians, art historians, geographers, students of literature, librarians, archivists, map dealers.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: An Introduction to Bibliography - Professor Anthony Edwards

2012/06/25

This course aims to give students an introduction to the various elements of bibliography and to set those elements within their appropriate historical and methodological contexts. It will examine the different forms of the book from manuscript through its development in its various printed forms and introduce students to the forms of bibliographical enquiry and their associated terminology and implications.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: The Medieval Book - Professor Michelle P. Brown

2012/06/25

An intensive introduction to manuscript culture during Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The historical contexts for manuscript production will be explored and the landscape populated with some of those who commissioned and made these remarkable works. Techniques of production, terminology and methods of description and cataloguing will be examined and a brief survey of palaeography and codicology will be provided. Styles and principal trends will be studied, with the aid of digital images, slides, facsimiles and primary sources.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 1: The Printed Book in Europe, 1450-2000 - Professor John Feather

2012/06/25

An introductory course for which there are no pre-requisites other than those needed for admission to the LRBS. It is suitable for anyone with an interest in the history of books, including historians, literary scholars, librarians, collectors and antiquarian booksellers.

Rare Book School Summer Course III

2012/07/02

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: The Early Modern Book in England - Dr Arnold Hunt, Mr Giles Mandelbrote

2012/07/02

This course will explore themes in the history of the production, distribution and consumption of printed books in early modern England, offering in particular an opportunity to look in detail at books as historical artefacts and to discuss a range of contemporary documentary sources.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: The History and Practice of Hand Press Printing 1450-1830 - Nigel Roche

2012/07/02

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: The History of Writing; a wider view - Alan Cole

2012/07/02

This course is designed to introduce students to the important, wider aspects of the history of writing. It will span more than 5000 years of human history from the origins of writing in the Middle East in the late fourth millennium BCE to the uses of writing systems in the early twenty-first century.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: An Introduction to Illustration and its Technologies - Dr Rowan Watson and Paul Goldman

2012/07/02

This course offers an introduction to the history of book illustration, an insufficiently exploited resource for the graphic arts and a major means of communication. The approach adopted emphasises the significant part played in the field by developments in printing and in printmaking technology.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: Modern First Editions; Dealing, Collecting and the Market - Mr Laurence Worms (Ash Rare Books)

2012/07/02

A practical course intended to explore and examine the present-day market in literary first editions of relatively ‘modern’ vintage – the era commencing approximately from the demise of the three-volume novel in the 1890s. There will be reflection on the history, problems and problematic nature of this market, but the course will range across all areas and provide a thorough grounding and background for collectors, booksellers, librarians, academics and others, who (either professionally or privately) engage or seek to engage with ‘modern firsts’, and require a more detailed insight into the assumptions, nuances, rationale and operation of this market.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: Reading, Writing and Sending Texts 1400-1919 - Professor John Barnard, Alan Cole, Professor Simon Eliot and Professor Iain Stevenson

2012/07/02

This course will concentrate mostly on the creation, transmission, and consumption of personal documents, particularly but not exclusively correspondence. These processes will be set in their broader economic, social and technological contexts.

London Rare Books Summer School 2012, Week 2: Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600: palaeography, codicology and contextualisation - Professor Michelle P. Brown

2012/07/02

An overview of the historical and stylistic development of scripts, from Antiquity to 1600, with accompanying discussion of codicological and art historical features. This course will introduce students to the terminology and bibliography of manuscript studies and will focus upon practical transcription / decipherment and dating / localisation skills. Latin will be the focus, but the western vernaculars will also be discussed.

Bloomsbury Book Fair

2012/07/08

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

Salon du livre ancien de Lapalisse (03)

2012/07/07

Exposition : Pierre BESBRE, auteur Bourbonnais, dans les locaux du Château de Lapalisse, du 7 au 15 juillet, entrée gratuite.

Carl Williams: Collecting Counterculture

2012/07/10

This ABA Seminar will be given by Carl Williams of Maggs Brothers, one of the rare book trade's most engaging and offbeat characters – and one of its brightest. Carl Williams is a former runner and rare book dot-commer who studied Sociology and, later on, Diplomatic History at the LSE. He also worked as a curator on secondment to the Ludlow Santo Domingo Library in Geneva for about three years.

Rare Book School Summer Course IV

2012/07/16

Rare Book School Summer Course V

2012/07/23

39th ANZAAB Antiquarian Book Fair

2012/07/27

Commencing in July 2012 the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers' biennial Melbourne Rare Book Fair will become an annual event. The 39th ANZAAB Australian Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from Friday July 27 to Sunday July 29, in conjunction with the University of Melbourne Cultural Treasures Festival. Leading antiquarian booksellers from Australia and the wider international bookselling community will gather at the University's historic Wilson Hall, offering rare and interesting books, manuscripts, maps and prints covering a broad spectrum of collecting interests. Admission to the Book Fair is free.

http://www.anzaab.com

Bloomsbury Book Fair

2012/08/19

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

International Autograph Auctions - Autographs

2012/09/01

IAA Ltd was established in 2005 and quickly gained the reputation of being Britain’s leading specialist auctioneers of autograph letters, signed photographs and historical documents. As well as selling many individual lots at £80-£100, we are also honoured to sell collections from £10,000 to £250,000.

Bloomsbury Book Fair

2012/09/09

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

York National Book Fair

2012/09/14

"One of the most enjoyable book fairs I have visited for a long time" (Rare Book Review). From modest beginning with just 20 exhibitors at the White Swan Inn in York in 1974, the York Book Fair has grown into the largest, and many say friendliest, rare, antiquarian and out-of-print book fair in the U.K. Held over two days, around 200 of this country's leading booksellers offer for sale a breathtaking diversity of books, as well as maps & prints, ranging in price from just a few pounds up to tens of thousands of pounds. There will also be a range of trade stands related to the book trade.

Rousseau, Calvin, Genève

2012/05/19

Dans le cadre de l’année Rousseau, les musées de Noyon proposent une exposition présentant le rapport entre Calvin, Rousseau et Genève, ville en lien direct avec ces deux grands auteurs de langue française.

Cette exposition développera transversalement le thème de la religion et plus particulièrement du calvinisme dans la pensée, la vie et l’œuvre de Rousseau, à travers notamment : son évolution confessionnelle (la jeunesse dans la cité de Calvin, suivie de l’éclipse catholique puis du retour au protestantisme) ; les citations mêmes de Calvin (le Calvin législateur du Contrat social notamment) par Rousseau ou ses correspondants ; une série de « face à face » décisifs (Voltaire, Diderot, les Encyclopédistes…) dans lesquels Rousseau trouve à exprimer sa conception en matière de religion ; la « fortune biographique » de chacun des deux, à travers notamment les calomnies dont ils furent victimes, leur « légende noire » ; enfin, les débats posthumes évaluant l’héritage de Calvin dans la pensée de Rousseau jusqu’à l’époque moderne.

Stockholms Auktionsverk - Livres rares et manuscrits

2012/09/18

Incunables, manuscrits, livres rares et precieux en sciences et voyages.

Open City: London, 1500-1700

2012/06/08

Over the course of two centuries, London changed from the capital of England, secure within its medieval walls, to a metropolitan seat of empire. Its population grew tenfold. Some urban developments were spurred by the dissolution of the monasteries, a royal decree that was both politically and religiously motivated. Also reshaping the city were natural tragedies, like repeated bouts of the plague or the Great Fire of 1666 that destroyed more than 13,000 homes, 86 churches, and over 400 acres in the heart of the city. The Folger exhibition "Open City" explores activities and pressures that altered Londoners’ sense of community, focusing on three types of institutions that touched everyday lives: church, theater, and market. Drawing on materials as disparate as deeds, diaries, engravings, and maps, Open City illustrates the impact of new ideas, new products, and new people in this rapidly growing capital city.

Aberdeen Book Fair

2012/09/29

Bath Antiquarian Book Fair

2012/09/29

Around 90 booksellers from all over the country will be offering for sale thousands of books on all subjects, as well as other items such as maps, prints, original art work, posters, manuscript material, autographs, postcards and all manner of printed ephemera.

24e Foire Internationale de la LILA

2012/09/27

Le Syndicat de la librairie ancienne et du commerce de l'estampe en Suisse (VEBUKU/SLACES) et son président Alain Moirandat sont fiers d’accueillir le 40e Congrès de la LILA à Lucerne du 22 au 26 Septembre 2012 et le 24e Foire Internationale de la LILA à Zurich du 27 au 30 Septembre 2012. La Suisse est un des pays fondateurs de la LILA, et c’est un libraire Suisse, William S. Kundig qui en fut le premier président. Plusieurs congrès de la LILA ont déjà eu lieu en Suisse : le 5e Congrès à Genève en 1952, le 15e Congrès à Bâle en 1962, le 25e Congrès à Zürich en 1978. 34 ans plus tard, les libraires de 32 pays se retrouveront en Suisse pour un congrès au programme empreint d’art, d’architecture, de culture, de folklore et d’histoire industrielle.

http://www.vebuku.ch

Dublin Antiquarian Book Fair

2012/10/06

Housed in the second oldest Grand Lodge in the world, the PBFA Dublin Book Fair provides a wonderful opportunity to see a wide selection of rare, antiquarian and secondhand books, manuscripts and ephemera from all periods.

Julian Browning: Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts

2012/10/09

The October ABA Seminar will be given by Julian Browning of Julian Browning Autographs (www.historicalautographs.co.uk). An accomplished and entertaining speaker, with over thirty years experience in the antiquarian book and manuscript trade, Julian specializes in the sale of autograph letters, historical documents and manuscripts dating from about 1450 to 1950, with a particular focus on British and European history and literature. He rescues interesting letters by obscure and less well known names, as well as more significant letters and documents written or signed by famous historical figures.

32th Annual Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair

2012/10/14

The Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair is Canada's oldest book fair. Ottawa, Canada's capital has over 1,000,000 people in the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region and is conveniently located 2 hours from Montreal and 5 hours from Toronto. The fair will include over 40,000 items, dating from the 15th century to the present day, displayed for sale by 40 dealers from across Canada and the United States.

Bloomsbury Book Fair

2012/10/14

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

Salon international du livre ancien de Toronto (ABAC)

2012/10/12

En 2012, le Salon sera présenté à nouveau et regroupera des libraires et des bibliophiles pour un salon de trois jours. Commandité par l’ALAC, l’édition 2012 du Salon international du livre ancien de Toronto se joindra aux prestigieux salons de San Francisco, de New York et de Boston sur le calendrier nord-américain 2012 de la Ligue internationale du livre ancien (LILA).

Seul salon international de la librairie ancienne et du livre de collection au Canada, le SILAT attire des exposants venus d’Europe et de partout en Amérique du Nord. Tous les exposants sont membres de leur association nationale respective et de LILA, et sont ainsi parmi les plus importants libraires du monde. Ils apportent avec eux un large éventail de livres, cartes, estampes et manuscrits pour votre plus grand plaisir, sur des sujets allant des voyages et de l’exploration à l’histoire naturelle, les sciences et la technologie, en passant par les livres d’enfants, les livres illustrés, les beaux livres et les éditions à tirage limité, les éditions originales modernes et les livres signés, les livres anciens et les incunables, de même que des livres intéressants et inhabituels de tous genres.

Frankfurt Antiquarian Book Fair

2012/10/10

The Frankfurt Antiquarian Book Fair is part of the Frankfurt Book Fair which attracts more than 7,300 publishing houses from more than 100 different countries and around 300,000 visitors year by year. The Antiquarian Book Fair has become an important part of the Frankfurt Fair since its premiere in 2005. With some 50 to 60 exhibitors it is one of most attractive rare book fairs in Germany.

11e Salon de la carte géographique ancienne & du livre de voyage

2012/11/03

La 11e édition du Salon de la Carte Géographique Ancienne & du Livre de Voyage aura lieu le 10 novembre 2012 comme de coutume à l' hôtel Ambassador. Situé au coeur de la capitale, à 2 minutes de l'Opéra Garnier et des magasins du Printemps et des Galeries Lafayette, l'hôtel se trouve à proximité du quartier de Montmartre ainsi que du musée du Louvre. Des marchands venant de France, d' Allemagne, de Grande-Bretagne, d' Italie, d'Espagne, de Belgique, des Pays Bas et des États-Unis participeront à ce salon.

22th Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair 2012 (ABA)

2012/11/02

The friendliest and most approachable event of the antiquarian book fair calendar: If you are already in the trade, an existing collector, or simply curious about old, antiquarian, collectable books, maps and ephemera, then the Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair at the Chelsea Old Town Hall is not to be missed.

13. Liber Berlin

2012/11/02

In 2012 the 13th edition of the LiberBerlin will take place at the Kulturforum in the Museum of European Art.

Hartung & Hartung - Manuscripts, Rare and Valuable Books, Autographs, Prints

2012/11/05

Hartung & Hartung holds auctions twice a year in May and November, with a fine selection of manuscripts, autographs, prints, maps, atlases, first editions, illustrated books, especially on German literature, medicine and natural sciences.

Bloomsbury Book Fair

2012/11/11

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

Jolyon Hudson: Book Collecting - The Financial Nuts and Bolts

2012/11/13

In November the ABA Seminar will be given by Jolyon Hudson of Pickering & Chatto, who will try to demystify the Indian rope trick of the economics of the rare book trade – from the point of view of the dealer and the auctioneer as well as the collector.

Jolyon Hudson started as an auction porter in 1976, eventually becoming a director and auctioneer for Christie’s. In 1992 he left Christie's to become manager of Pickering & Chatto, who have been dealing in rare books for the best part of two centuries, and in 2006 he also became manager of Marlborough Rare Books.

Boston, Book, Print and Ephemera Show

2012/11/17

"The other Boston book fair" which opens on the Saturday of the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Hynes Convention Centre.

BOOK ALLEY - Antiquarian, Collectible Books, Prints and Ephemera

2012/11/17

500 Exhibitors plus FASHION ALLEY and now BOOK ALLEY. NYC's largest art, antiques, style & collecting event.

Salon du livre ancien de Souvigny (03)

2012/11/17

Exposition sur Pierre BESBRE, auteur Bourbonnais et publications de l'époque.

36th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (ABAA)

2012/11/16

The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair is one of the oldest and most respected antiquarian book shows in the USA. Rare book dealers from the United States, England, Germany and The Netherlands offer rare, collectible and antiquarian books, modern first editions, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, and a plethora of other literary ephemera at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center.

http://www.bostonbookfair.com

Cologne Fine Art & Antiques

2012/11/21

The Cologne Fine Art & Antiques has re-established itself in recent years as the leading trade fair for the art world. Covering a broad spectrum of content and facilitating the crossover of modern art, the ancient masters, applied art, design and work on paper, the Cologne Fine Art & Antiques has become an important international event.

Bubb Kuyper - Books and Prints

2012/11/20

The largest specialized auctioneer of books and works on paper of the Netherlands, and one of the foremost companies in these fields in Western Europe.

Bloomsbury Book Fair

2012/12/09

Dealers from the UK and abroad offer fine bindings, antiquarian, illustrated books, travel, modern firsts, children’s books, maps, prints, and ephemera.

Art 43 Basel Miami Beach

2012/12/06

From December 6 through 9, Miami Beach, Florida, will host the 11th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, the most prestigious art show in the Americas. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part, showcasing works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Roger Gaskell: Science, Illustration and the Royal Society

2012/12/11

The December seminar in the new book-collecting series organised jointly by the Institute of English Studies (London University) and the ABA Educational Trust will be given by Roger Gaskell (www.rogergaskell.com), a leading dealer in early scientific, medical and technical books.

This seminar will spell out the importance of images in scientific books of all periods, analysing different kinds of graphics to show how they function in scientific communication. The Scientific Revolution in Restoration England is a particularly important for this story and examples will be drawn from the works of Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke and other members of the Royal Society – including Sir Christopher Wren, not always remembered as a scientific draughtsman. The knotty problems for collectors of the bibliographical description of plates in book will be dealt with.

International Autograph Auctions - Autographs

2012/12/15

27. Antiquaria Ludwigsburg

2013/01/24

The 27th Antiquaria Ludwigsburg will start one day before the Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair and can be reached within 10 minutes from Stuttgart. Over 50 exhibitors offer beautiful and extraordinary books, prints, autographs and ephemera.

52nd Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair (VDA)

2013/01/25

The first event of the bibliophile year: For more than 50 years the Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair attracts dealers and collectors from all over the world to the elegant "Kunstverein" in the heart of Stuttgart. Over 80 exhibitors from Germany, Great Britain, the United States, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria, France and the Netherlands show rare and valuable medieval manuscripts, books, autographs, and modern prints.

http://www.antiquare.de

46th California International Antiquarian Book Fair (ABAA)

2013/02/15

With over 200 exhibitors the California Antiquarian Book Fair is recognized as one of the world’s largest and most prestigious exhibitions of antiquarian books. It gives visitors the opportunity to see, learn about and purchase the finest in rare and valuable books, manuscripts, autographs, graphics, prints, maps, photographs and more