Rare Book Monthly Reviews - June - 2026 Issue

Incunabula from The Lawbook Exchange

Incunabula from The Lawbook Exchange

The Lawbook Exchange has published their Catalogue 112. It's subject is Incunabula. Law Books from the First Fifty Years of Printing. Obviously, these are all very old books. Each was printed during the fifteenth century, the “newest” one coming from 1500. Those dates don't reflect the age of these works. Many were written a couple of centuries earlier. They had existed only in manuscript. They needed to wait for Gutenberg to reach a wider audience.
 
Their importance is shown by the fact that they exist in print at all. A book sufficiently respected to be printed a couple of centuries af...

First Person Accounts from Langdon Manor Books

First Person Accounts from Langdon Manor Books

Langdon Manor Books is offering their Catalog 23, prepared for the recent New York Antiquarian Book Fair. “Books” may be in their name but there aren't a lot of those. This is mostly first person m...

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Spring Attractions from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Spring Attractions from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books has published their catalogue of Spring Attractions. Some are attractive, others attracting. They are fascinating to peruse. There's a lot of early 20th century materia...

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