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Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, Published 2006. Paperback, 191 pp.; 26 cm; text in French, German, English and Spanish; illustrated with color and black-and-white plates of bindings, manuscripts, drawings and library interiors, and a map. Edited by Aglaja Huber-Toedtli.
In Very Good condition. Glossy gray and red paper covers, front cover pictorial with the baroque library hall of the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Light bumping to edges and corners, mild surface and edge wear. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Proceedings of the XXIVth Congress of the International Association of Bibliophiles, held 18-24 September 2005 in Geneva, Bern, Zurich, Basel and St. Gallen, with a post-congress tour around Lake Constance. Compiled by the Swiss organizing committee as a remembrance volume for participants, it describes the public libraries and private collections the members visited and reproduces highlights from each in color. Includes Mirjam M. Foot, "The Geneva Kings' Binder and other 16th century bindings decorated with masks" (in English, with notes and color plates of bindings from the Henry Davis Gift at the British Library), and Urs B. Leu on the Froschauer Bibles in Europe and North America (in English). Other pieces, mostly in French and German, cover the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, the private library of Jean A. Bonna, the Burgerbibliothek Bern, the Zentralbibliothek Zurich, the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen and the Vadiana. Congress programme, speeches and list of participants. Contents: XXIV Congreso de la AIB; Programme du XXIVe Congres de l'AIB; Discours d'ouverture du XXIVe Congres de l'AIB; The Geneva Kings' Binder and other 16th century bindings decorated with masks; Bibliotheca Bodmeriana; La Bodmeriana, un edifice spirituel; Bibliotheque publique et universitaire de Geneve; Bibliotheque de M. Jean A. Bonna; Bibliotheque Municipale et Universitaire de Berne / Bibliotheque de la Bourgeoisie de Berne; Stadt- und Universitatsbibliothek Bern; City and University Library of Berne; Burgerbibliothek Bern; Burgerbibliothek of Berne; Von der Stadtbibliothek zur Zentralbibliothek; From the City Library to the Zentralbibliothek Zurich; The History of the Froschauer Bibles from Zurich in Europe and North America; Vom alten Zurich in die Weltstadt London; Offentliche Bibliothek der Universitat Basel; Basel University Public Library; Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen; Der Besuch in der Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen; Vadianische Sammlung St. Gallen; Programme voyage post-congres; Reisenotizen zum Nachkongress; Schloss Zeil; Allocution; XXIVe Congres de l'Association Internationale de Bibliophilie; Liste des participantes et participants.