ILAB announces the winners of the
19th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography
2026 Submissions
2026 1ST PRIZE:
Alain Riffaud, Catalogue Molière: 1660–1673 (Le Mans: Matière à Dire, 2025).
2026 2ND PRIZE:
Manuel Suárez Rivera, La alhaja más preciosa:
Historia de la Biblioteca de la Real Universidad de México (1761–1815) (Ciudad de México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, 2022).
2026 3RD PRIZE:
Heidrun Lange-Krach, Das Neue Gebetbuch Kaiser Maximilians I. in seiner Entstehung (Berlin: Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 2026).
SPECIAL PRIZE – PRESERVATION
OF CULTURAL HERITAGE:
Oleksandr Okhrimenko and Fr Methodius (Stanislav) Voloshchenko, Apostolus Christinopolitanus (Kyiv: Horobets Publishing House, 2023).
SPECIAL PRIZE - ASIAN SUBMISSION:
Koichi Yukishima, The Birth of Bibliography:
Study of Conrad Gesner’s Bibliotheca universalis [Japanese] (Tokyo: Nichigai Associates, 2022).
SPECIAL PRIZE – CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN SUBMISSION:
Agnes Gehbald, A Colonial Book Market: Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023).
HONORABLE MENTION:
Mark E. Andrews, The Science and Engineering of Water: An Illustrated Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts on Italian Hydraulics, 1500–1800 (Toronto: A.E. Publications, 2022); The Science and Engineering of Materials: A Theatre of Machine Books, 1472–1800 (Toronto: A.E. Publications, 2023); The Science and Engineering of Water: An Illustrated Catalogue of
Books and Manuscripts on Hydraulics North of the
Alps and around the Globe, 1400–1800 (Toronto:
A.E. Publications, 2024); The Photographer at Work: Documenting Civil Engineering 1853–1913
(Toronto: A.E. Publications, 2025)
Read more: >> ALAIN RIFFAUD WINS 19TH ILAB BRESLAUER PRIZE FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LANDMARK MOLIÈRE CATALOGUE
The World's Leading Prize honouring original contributions to the field of bibliography and book history
The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography is sponsored by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers with the generous support of the B. H. Breslauer Foundation. The 19th edition of the prize will be awarded in 2026.
Authors, publishers, academics, scholars, and the book trade are invited to submit works published between 2022 and 2026 for the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography!
The prize is awarded every four years, with a first prize of US$10,000 and second and third prizes of US$5,000 and US$3,000 respectively. In addition to the prize, the judges may, at their discretion, award Honourable Mentions to other deserving entries.
Additional prizes of US$1000 for submissions from an Asian, African, and Central & South American publisher
For the 2026 Prize three additional awards of US$1000 each will be offered for a submission from an Asian, African, and Central & South American publisher or author in the field of bibliography, or book related history. These special awards are meant to encourage authors from these underrepresented regions to participate in the Prize thus helping ILAB to expand its mission of creating a worldwide network for booksellers, book collectors, librarians, and bibliographers.
ILAB would like to thank rare booksellers Asia Bookroom, Peter Harrington, Scott DeWolfe and Charles Kutcher for sponsoring these additional prizes.
Please do not hesitate to contact our Prize Secretary, Mr Daniel De Simone, or any member of the jury if you have any questions.
Only one copy is required for the submission.
Please note that submissions are now closed for the 2026 Prize and winners will be announced by 1st September 2026.
