1 - 169 BIBLIOGRAPHY and TYPOGRAPHY
= Cf. Boom/ Lommen 162.
= Boom/ Lommen 138 (printed in a limited edition).
AND 8 others and 4 sets of first day issues of post stamps, all design by the same, i.a. E. KLOEK (ed.), 1001 vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis (Nijm., 2015, orig. wr.); STEDELIJK MUSEUM IN DE NIEUWE KERK (Amst., 2008, orig. boards); I. BOOM and M. LOMMEN, Irma Boom: The Architecture of the Book (Eindh., 2010 and 2013, 1st and 2nd ed., 2 vols., ills., orig. wr., 16mo, loosely inserted in board box).
- Still shrinkwrapped. Frontcover corners trifle worn/ rubbed.
= Boom/ Lommen 136. "Liber amicorum. An unusual visual representation of the life of a captain of industry. It started as a small booklet, but it grew and grew... The book is built around a core of more than 200 letters from Frits's friends. These letters are printed on the inside of the thin paper fold-outs. They were the guide for what can be seen on the outside. The result is poetic and true to his roots." Publication on the occasion of the 70th birthday of F.H. Fentener van Vlissingen (1933-2006).
- Fine copy of the DELUXE EDITION, still shrinkwrapped.
= Boom/ Lommen 263. Rare and remarkable book, released in conjunction with the "No.5 Culture Chanel" exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, produced without use of ink and comprising only entirely white leaves showing embossed texts and illustrations. (This deluxe artist book edition is not to be confused with the regularly printed trade edition, published to accompany the exhibition).
Sur Place. Introd. J.P. Votron. Utr., Fortis Stichting Kunst en Historisch Bezit, 2007, 311,(1)p., richly illustrated, book design by IRMA BOOM, orig. blindst. boards, 4to.
= Boom/ Lommen 171.
AND 3 others w. bookdesign by IRMA BOOM, i.a. O. BLOM, Mars Zwart & Titaan Wit. Het beeldend werk van Jan Wolkers (Amst./ Leyden, 2008, (col.) ills., book design by IRMA BOOM, orig. boards).
- Wrappers trifle warped and worn along extremities; spine sl. cracking.
= Boom/ Lommen 266. "Dit boek verscheen in gelimiteerde oplage aan het einde van 2013. Als sluitsteen van het openingsjaar van het Rijksmuseum. Als dank aan iedereen die een steentje bijdroeg aan de herinrichting en opening. Deze uitgave is hors commerce, niet verkrijgbaar in de boekhandel." This copy unnumbered.
= Boom/ Lommen 323. Presented on occasion of the departure of Wim Pijbes as Director of the Rijksmuseum by commemorating his tenure from 2008-2016 through photographs and excerpts from published newspaper articles. Not published for the trade.
Scholten, F. (ed.). Small wonders. Late-Gothic Boxwood Micro-carvings from the Low Countries. Ibid., idem, 2016, 687p., num. (col.) ills., design and orig. boards by IRMA BOOM.= Boom/ Lommen 318.
- Partly yellowed/ sl. foxed; few lvs. waterst.
- All lvs. stamped on verso; some foxing. Portfolio sl. soiled and rubbed.
= Facsimile of the manuscript of 1553.
AND 13 others, i.a. L. BARBEDOR, Les ecritures financiere et italienne-bastarde (...) (Basle, n.d., ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., obl. folio. Facs. reproduction of the ed. Paris, 1647); W. FUGGER, Schreibbüchlein (Leipsic, 1958, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., obl. 8vo. Facs. of the ed. Nürnberg, 1553).
= Very fine copy. Originally published as catalogue 100 of Antiquariaat Forum in 10 issues (1994-2002). With 5556 entries and extensive indexes. From the library of Gerrit Komrij, sold at our rooms in 2012.
- Bookplate on colophon; first and last lvs. sl. foxed.
= Facsimile edition of a South-German incunable. Reichelt 125; Oppermann 1125: "Von den drei Totentanz-Drucken der Inkunabelzeit, dem Lübecker und zwei Süddeutschen, ist der hier im Faksimiledruck vorliegende eigentlich der interessanteste. Der nur in fünf Exemplaren bekannte Totentanz soll nach der neueste Forschungen durch Heinrich Knoblochtzer in Heidelberg gedruckt worden sein. (...) Bucheit schreibt mit Recht: "Wohl nirgends in der Geschichte der mittelalterliche Totentänze ist das Können grösser, die Phantasie beflügelter, der Stil vollsaftiger als hier.""
= With an accomp. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the author to "Cher Monsieur [Victor Déséglise]", dated "21 Juillet, 96", in orig. envelope, tipped onto first free endpaper.































