New books and manuscripts arriving soon for the New York Book Fair 2025

Our New York catalogue will be produced this week and contains a superb array of new acquisitions. Please ensure you are signed up for the Catalogue. 

The highlights include:

1. The earliest witness to Cicero’s Verrine Orations from C9th.
2. A collection of manuscripts in Beneventan script.
3. A C12th Missal with Thomas Becket association pre-1173.
4. A Juz Qur’an from Mamluk period – early C15th.
5. 3 Books of Hours, one of which is bound by the Royal binder, Thomas Cape.
6. A Lactantius manuscript with beautiful pen initials, complete, 1472.
7. A leaf from a Peter Schoeffer 1469 book printed in Mainz and recovered from a binding.
8. An English binding of c.1530 by James Gaver on a 1515 Aldine.
9. A John Rastell 1530 printing with the bookplate of William Morris/
10.  Queen’s binder exquisite book.

And much more. We look forward to seeing you at our stand D26. Please come by and introduce yourself.

Stephen Butler and team.