Catalog 181, Recent Acquisitions
by Kraus, Hans Peter
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/n/a
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About This Item
Kraus, Hans. Peter (October 12, 1907 – November 1, 1988). Catalogue 181, Recent Acquisitions. 1999, 4to, 110 pgs. Paper covers. Clean with very light tone at spine edges. Tight. A broad eclectic offering of new works acquired by the HP Kraus Company. Hans Peter Kraus, also known as H. P. Kraus or HPK, was an Austrian-born book dealer described as "without doubt the most successful and dominant rare book dealer in the world in the second half of the 20th century" and in a league with other rare book dealers such as Bernard Quaritch, Guillaume de Bure and A.S.W. Rosenbach. Kraus specialized in medieval illuminated manuscripts, incunables (books printed before 1501), and rare books of the 16th and 17th centuries, but would purchase and sell almost any book that came his way that was rare, valuable and important. He prided himself in being "the only bookseller in history...to have owned a Gutenberg Bible and the Psalters of 1457 and 1459 simultaneously," stressing that "'own' here is the correct word, as they were bought not for a client's account but for stock." -wiki
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- Bookseller
- Calix Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio53
- Title
- Catalog 181, Recent Acquisitions
- Author
- Kraus, Hans Peter
- Format/Binding
- 4to soft cover nice condition
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Nice tightly bound edition of the 1999 recent acquisitions
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- H. P. Kraus
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- H P Kraus, Kraus Hans Peter, Recent Acquisitions, Kraus Catalog
- Bookseller catalogs
- H P Kraus Catalogs;
- Size
- 4to
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