Gilhofer & Ranschburg — Bibliotheca Medii Aevi. 320 Incunabula Systematically Arranged Including Specimens of Rare Presses Woodcut Books Fine Bindings. Catalogue 220
Wien, Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1927. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still relatively sturdy of interior. Moderately soiled and worn, split, printed, illustrated wraps, tan, over flexible card-stock covers, a bit stained of covers, tattered of spine, but the internals are good. 214 pp., but with an unusually high number of black-and-white illustrations and including fine plates, chapter heads and tails, too. Major sections are devoted to Archaeology, Astronomy & Astrology, Bible texts, Bindings, Economics, Geography, History, Law, Medicine, Mystics, Philosophy and other topics. Laid in also is a post-card, blank, addressed to the book-dealer requesting would-be customers note which books in which they may be interested. Prices quoted are in Swiss francs, according to a sewn-in pink note. Else and withal, a fine, nearly century-old book catalogue, the 220th of the book-dealers based in Vienna, Gilhofer & Ranschburg.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good