Monthly Archives: August 2023

Summer 2023 Catalogue of new acquisitions

Summer 2023 Catalogue of new acquisitions Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts

Download our latest Catalogue of recent acquisitions, now available on our website. Featuring: A selection of Oxythynchus fragments from c.250AD with excellent Provenance ‘Die Cronica’ – a chronicle of Cologne published in 1499 and with some of the earliest accounts of Guntenberg and early printing. An Aldine owned by Tsar Nicholas II and with an […]

An Aldine owned by Tsar Nicholas II AND probably Renouard

An Aldine owned by Tsar Nicholas II AND probably Renouard Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts

A sumptuous copy of Aldus’ 1515 edition of Lucretius bound by Courteval and once in the Library of Tsar Nicholas II with his bookplate. Appearing in our forthcoming catalogue, keep a look out for this beautiful volume that was probably also owned by bibliophile Auguste Renouard. For other fine items upcoming in future listings, please […]