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• A handbook to the Huntington Library exhibition. (The Library, 1978), by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Douce legacy : an exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the bequest of Francis Douce (1757-1834). (Bodleian Library, 1984), by Bodleian Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book, IX-XX centuries. (Oberlin, Ohio, 1938), by Frederick Binkerd Artz, Robert Perogrine Lang, and Allen Memorial Art Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quality in book-production; an exhibition of fine books of all periods selected from the Columbia University Libraries, with special emphasis on the typographic collection. (Low Memorial Library, 1952), by Columbia University. Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exposition du livre italien, mai-juin 1926 (Imprimerie moderne des beaux-arts, 1926), by France) Exposition du livre italien (1926 : Paris, Seymour de Ricci, Musée des arts décoratifs (France), and Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great books in great editions : an exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing (The Library, 1940), by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, Robert O. Schad, and Roland Baughman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great books in great editions (San Marino, Calif., 1954), by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, Robert O. Schad, and Roland Baughman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art ([Metropolitan Museum of Art], 1924), by William Mills Ivins, Bruce Rogers, William Edwin Rudge (Firm), and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British tradition : illustrated in historical documents, autograph and illuminated manuscripts, drawings and printed books, eleventh to nineteenth century :guide to an exhibition, November 25, 1941-March 30, 1942 (Pierpont Morgan Library, 1941), by Pierpont Morgan Library and Samuel Claggett Chew (page images at HathiTrust)
• The written word; inscriptions, texts and illuminated manuscripts from 3200 B. C. to the invention of printing in the xvth century. ([New York, 1944), by Pierpont Morgan Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Books and manuscripts from the Heineman collection; [catalogue] (New York, 1963), by Pierpont Morgan Library and Dannie N. Heineman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anniversariea (New York Public Library, 1948), by Berg Collection and John D. Gordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le siècle de Louis XIV : catalogue de l'exposition, février-avril 1927. (The Library, 1927), by Bibliothèque nationale (France) and Pierre René Roland-Marcel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oxford college libraries in 1556; guide to an exhibition held in 1956. (Oxford, 1956), by Bodleian Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katalog der Buchkunst-Ausstellung. (Selbstverlag der Hofbibliothek, 1916), by Hofbibliothek (Austria) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Exhibit of books, manuscripts, bindings, illustrations and broadsides selected from the collection of John Davis Batchelder, esquire ... ([U. S. Govt. print. off.], 1938), by Library of Congress and John Davis Batchelder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dvukhsotli͡etie grazhdanskago shrifta, 1708-mart-1908 : doklady, sdi͡elannye 8 marta 1908 g. na obshchem sobranii Russkago Bibliograficheskago Obshchestva pri Imperatorskom Moskovskom Universiteti͡e, i obzor ustroennoĭ togda-zhe vystavki. (Sinodal 'nai͡a tip., 1910), by Roman Ḟedorovich Brandt, Vladimir Ivanovich Pokrovskiĭ, and Moscow Russkoe bibliograficheskoe obshchestvo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Original manuscripts, drawings and printed books exhibited in the Cole reading room of Herring library at St. Lawrence university, 6 June to 31 August 1925. (Printed by W. E. Rudge, 1925), by St. Lawrence University (page images at HathiTrust)
• The treasures of the Newberry Library : an exhibition to celebrate the renovation of the library building. ([s.n.], 1962), by Newberry Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children's books, 1953-1954. (American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1955), by American Institute of Graphic Arts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Führer durch die Schwedische Ausstellung im neuen Grassi-Museum, Leipzig, 26 April-15 Maj 1927. ([Stockholm, 1927), by Schwedische Buchausstellung (1927 : Leipzig) and Grassimuseum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Henry Raup Wagner, 1862-1957: an exhibition of rare books honoring the centenary of his birth. (Chicago, 1962), by Newberry Library, Everett D. Graff, and Henry Raup Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice des principaux livres manuscrits et imprimés, qui ont fait partie de l'Exposition de l'art ancien au Trocadéro. (L. Techener, 1879), by Alphonse Ruble (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handschriften, Einbände, Formschnitte und Kupferstiche : des 15. Jahrhunderts, Druckwerke und Einblattdrucke des 15. bis 20. Jahrhunderts. Mit vier farbigen und acht schwarzen Tafeln. (J. Baer, 1920), by Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice d'un choix de manuscrits, d'imprimés et d'estampes acquis dans ces dernières années et exposés dans le vestibule. Mai 1889. (Typ. G. Chamerot, 1889), by Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katalog vystavki slavi︠a︡nskikh knig v pami︠a︡tʹ pervopechatnika Ivana Fedorova, 1491-1708 gg. (Sinodalʹnai︠a︡ tip., 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drei jahrzehnte deutscher Buchkunst, 1890-1920. (Euphorion Verlag, 1921), by F. H. Ehmcke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkai͡a i inostrannai͡a kniga XV-XIX vi͡eka. (Kruzhok li͡ubiteleĭ russkikh izi͡ashchnykh izd., 1914), by V. A. Vereshchagin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A continental shelf : books across Europe from Ptolemy to Don Quixote : an exhibition to mark the re-opening of the Bodleian Exhibition Room (Bodleian Library, 1994), by Continental Shelf : Books Across Europe from Ptolemy to Don Quixote (Exhibition) (1994 : Bodleian Library) and Bodleian Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book displays, January to December (State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1947), by Mary Peacock Douglas and Betty Elinor Gosnold Jeffrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Books and prints illustrating the origin and rise of wood engraving : exhibition at the Grolier Club house, January 17 to February 1, 1890. (The Club, 1890), by Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of an exhibition of rare and choice books : from the collections of members of the Rowfant club, at the Club House, October 26-30, 1907. (Rowfant Club, 1907), by Ohio) Rowfant Club (Cleveland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katalog der permanenten Ausstellung (Fey, 1894), by Stadtbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exhibition of rare and important books, October and November 1946. (Yale University Library, 1946), by Yale University Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• The development of the book ... (Princeton university library, 1938), by Princeton University. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• The engraved & typographic work of Rudolf Ruzicka : an exhibition (Grolier Club, 1948), by Rudolph Ruzicka, Walter Muir Whitehill, and Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Buch in China und das Buch über China : Buchausstellung (Hauserpresse/Werner u. Winter, 1928), by Preussische Staatsbibliothek and Frankfurt a. M. China Institut (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katalog der historischen Ausstellung von Wiener Buchdruck-Erzeugnissen, 1482-1882 [i.e. vierzehnhundertzweiundachtzig-achtzehnhundertzweiundachtzig] : anlässlich der vierten Säcularfeier der Einführung der Buchdruckerkunst in Wien [Ort der Ausstellung, k.k. Österreichisches Museum (Verlag der Section für die Historische Ausstellung, 1882), by Austria). Sektion für die Historische Ausstellung Säcularfeier der Einführung der Buchdruckerkunst in Wien (4th : 1882 : Vienna, Wilhelm Haas, and Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Festbuch zur Pfingstragung Deutscher Buchhandlungsgehilfen auf der Bugra 1914 in Leipzig : im Auftrage der "Eule" Ortsgruppe Leipzig der Allgemeinen Vereinigung Deutscher Buchhandlungsgehilfen ("Eule", Ortsgruppe Leipzig der Allgemeinen Vereiningung Deutscher Buchhandlungsgehilfen, 1914), by Max Diedrich (page images at HathiTrust)

• Treasures of the Newberry Library : an exhibition to celebrate the renovation of the library building, December 1, 1962-January 15, 1963. ([Chicago : The library, 1962), by Newberry Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Condensed catalogue of manuscripts, books and engravings on exhibition at the Caxton celebration held under the auspices of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal at the Mechanics' Hall, on the 26th, 27th, and 29th June, 1877, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the introduction of printing into England. (s.n.], 1877), by Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal (page images at HathiTrust)

• Books and freedom. ([London] : Ministry of Information, [1943?], 1943), by Great Britain. Ministry of Information (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of the exhibits in the Fine Art Section. (Printed and published by Whitehead Brothers, 1902), by Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition (1902) and John Masefield (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Exposition du livre italien, mai-juin 1926 (Imprimerie moderne des beaux-arts, 1926), by France) Exposition du livre italien (1926 : Paris, Seymour de Ricci, Musée des arts décoratifs (France), and Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Könyvkiállitás Budapest 1882. (Posner K.L. Műintézetéből, 1882), by Országos Magyar Iparművészeti Múzeum (page images at HathiTrust)

• Exposition du livre italien, mai-juin 1926 (Imprimerie moderne des beaux-arts, 1926), by France) Exposition du livre italien (1926 : Paris, Seymour de Ricci, Musée des arts décoratifs (France), and Bibliothèque nationale (France) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Naikaku Bunko tosho chinretsu mokuroku : tsuketari Naikaku Bunko enkaku ryaku. (Naikaku Shokikanshitsu Kirokuka, 1914), by Naikaku Bunko (Japan) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Catalogue of one hundred illustrated books, 1472-1896 : an exhibition held in November and December 1921. (Grolier Club, 1921), by Gilliss Press and Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of an exhibition of angling books, together with a number of manuscripts, angling book-plates, prints, medals, etc., from the collection of a member of the Grolier Club. New York, the Grolier Club, December 7, 1911, to January 6, 1912. (The De Vinne Press, 1911), by Daniel B. Fearing, De Vinne Press, Harvard University Library, and Grolier Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief hand-list of an exhibition of old English books (Grolier Club, 1893), by Grolier Club and De Vinne Press (page images at HathiTrust)

• Russkai͡a i inostrannai͡a kniga XV-XIX vi͡eka (Kruzhok li͡ubiteleĭ russkikh izi͡ashchnykh izdanīĭ, 1914), by V. A. Vereshchagin and Kruzhok li͡ubiteleĭ russkikh izi͡ashchnykh izdaniĭ (page images at HathiTrust)

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