PAZZI (Edouard de).Livre Rare Book
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2005215992005 50 x 40 cm Photographie, tirage argentique datelier justifiée 2/10, 2005, 50 x 40 cm., encadrée.
340892Albert Morancé Paris S.D. (1930) 2 volumes in-folio ( 520 X 370 mm ) en feuilles sous chemises imprimées à dos de toile rouge titrés en lettres dorées et fermeture par lacets. 83 et 85 pages de texte et 75 et 85 superbes planches numérotées et légendées de Fred BOISSONNAS et W.A. MANSELL and Co. Il manque un lacet, très bel exemplaire en parfait état, les planches sont très fraîches.
18511490A Paris, à la Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1851. In-16 - 9,5x14,5cm. Reliure de l'époque en demi-chagrin bleu marine, dos lisse orné de triples filets, pointillés et dentelle dorés, papier marbré sur les plats, tranches mouchetées. XVI, 368pp. Exemplaire bien complet de sa planche dépliante.Publié 3 ans après l'édition originale, cet ouvrage s'intéresse principalement au daguerréotype (technique utilisée par Valicourt lui-même), ainsi qu'à toutes les techniques photographiques de l'époque [avec descriptions complètes des appareils, des produits chimiques, des plaques (y compris du daguerréotype) et des différents procédés en papier utilisés : collodion, albumine et gélatine, etc. mais aussi des techniques photomécaniques]. Valicourt aborde également les découvertes de MM. Niepce et Daguerre, F. Talbot, Herschell, Hunt, Blanquart-Evrard, Niepce de St-Victor, Fizeau, Clauder, Baron Gros, Humbert de Molard, Legray, etc. Bellier de la Chavignerie, Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Français, 1863, p10, n° 55.
(Mm. 160x105), bella fotografia in tinta di Giuseppe Verdi, datata Sant’Agata 1879 e firmata. E’ stata realizzata da Giulio Rossi, pittore fotografo, Milano-Genova. Al verso dell’immagine una lunga scritta d’altra mano, recante la data Torino-Pinerolo 1932, attesta che la fotografia con autografo venne donata da Giuseppe Verdi “..al nonno Giovanni Zaffignani in segno di apprezzata amicizia.” Giovanni Zaffignani, piacentino, fu il direttore della prima calzoleria di Piacenza. Diverse sono le missive che il Maestro gli indirizzò. Quando Giuseppe Verdi si trovava a Piacenza, di stanza all'albergo San Marco, sovente faceva visita all’amico in via Garibaldi dove l’artigiano piacentino gli confeziona su misura scarpe e stivali. Il quotidiano cittadino “Libertà” che fu tra i primissimi giornali a dare la notizia della morte del Maestro il 27 Gennaio 1901, ricordava nel suo articolo anche la “preziosa amicizia” che Verdi ebbe con Zaffignani. Buon esemplare.
New Turkish Original red decorative cloth bdg. Oblong elephant folio. (33 x 48 cm). In Turkish. 4 volumes set: (866 p.; 871 p.), fully photos. Konstantiniyye'den Istanbul'a. Vols. 1-2: XIX. yüzyil ortalarindan XX. yüzyila Bogaziçi'nin Rumeli Yakasi fotograflari. Vols. 3-4 : XIX. yüzyil ortalarindan XX. yuzyila Bogaziçi'nin Anadolu Yakasi fotograflari. 4 volumes set. From Konstantiniyye to Istanbul - Photographs of the Rumeli Shore of the Bosphorus from the mid- 19th to the 20th century is comprised of works by photography masters who practiced their art in Istanbul from the end of the 19th to the early years of the 20th century. The unique selection from The Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation Photography Collection reveal the magnificent structures, the daily life and the intriguing personalities of a past Istanbul. Istanbul has evolved into an industrial city and an enormous metropolis: its silhouette, architecture, vehicles, bridges, quays, streets and public spaces have attained an entirely different appearance. Masters such as James Robertson, Félice Beato, Pascal Sébah, Polycarpe Joaillier, Abdullah Brothers, Guillaume Berggren, Bogos Tarkulyan, Mihran Iranian and Gülmez Brothers, not only document the nostalgic images of the city during their time, but also took us along a pleasant journey extending from Karaköy to Rumelifeneri through photographs taken with the difficult and onerous techniques of the time.
74554Paris, Arts et Métiers Graphiques (Collection d'Etudes Photographiques du Corps Humain n°1), 10 mai 1933.
190015143(Triest, um 1900). 1 kalligrafiertes Widmungsblatt und 15 Original-Photochromdrucke der Firma Photochrom Zürich nach Fotografien (alles unter Passepartout). Quer-Gr.-4°. Ldr. der Zeit mit Deckervergoldung und Deckeltitel (etw. beschabt und bestoßen, Rückengelenke etw. angeplatzt). [8 Warenabbildungen]
189318070Wien, Heck, 1893. 2 Bll. (Titel und Inhalt). 12 Tafeln in Photogravur [Heliogravure] von Richard Paulussen. Fol. Lose in OLwd.-Flügelmappe (Flügel erneuert, bestoßen und fleckig, Bezüge mit Läsuren). [3 Warenabbildungen]
20997Very good. Four photograph albums containing a total of 558 mounted images documenting military training and service in Japan in 1920s and 30s all in very good condition. Although we acquired these albums together they appear to have belonged to different people. Most if not all were officers. One album has handwritten captions the others do not but do have some group photographs with captions in the negative. Two identity documents are tipped in to one album that we are told are for people with the family names Yokoo and Hayashi. During the interwar years Japanese culture was pervaded by the conviction that a strong military was the solution to most problems foreign and domestic. The Army enjoyed considerable independence from the civilian government and various factions within the military played a major role in directing the country's foreign policy. As described by historian David Hunter-Chester in The Culture of Military Organizations Cambridge 2019 the Imperial Japanese Army's "organizational culture produced tough proficient and courageous soldiers." These albums reflect great pride in military service with numerous images of their subjects in dress uniform singly and in groups and engaged in military exercises including bayonet training firing machine guns field and parade drills physical fitness ropes course gymnastics equestrian training cleaning and assembly of weapons and more. There are also images of soldiers in the classroom at leisure sporting events sumo at a public bath etc. and at special events and celebrations—the latter characterized by an abundance of Japanese and Imperial Army flags. These albums reflect an ethos that was soon to vanish. The military culture of pride in excellence according to Hunter-Chester "left it unable to deal with military losses; it was a culture that prized reputation over public honesty ritualized death and placed its own judgment above question. According to its own creed the Army should have ‘done its utmost to protect the state.' Instead its soldiers are remembered in Japan and much of the world as ‘beasts.'". unknown
191075672Jerusalem: Jamal Brothers 1910-1921. This very attractive item is comprised of the complete set of 110 photogravures of photographs by Schlomo Narinsky. Each gravure measures 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches and all are mounted into archival bifolios measuring 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Each gravure has its accompanying tissue guard. Table of contents printed of three buff sheets which are laid in at the front. The whole housed in a custom gray cloth clamshell case with a deep burgundy morocco gilt lettering label affixed to the front and spine. Very fresh and clean. A pleasure to behold.Just about everything in this cradle of religion is portrayed by these Narinsky photogravures. The photos include a portrait of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda; Portrait of Sarah Aaronsohn; The Outlet of the Jordan River; Ain Fara Ravine: A Yeminite Beauty; A Bedouin and His Pride; The Wilderness of Judea; The Colony of Jann in Galilee; The Mosque El-Aksa; A View of Tiberius; etc. Each print is discreetly numbered in a very diminutive hand in pencil.Narinsky was born in the village of Abyan in southern Russia now Ukraine. He studied painting in Moscow as a child and photography in Paris 1904 and Berlin 1905. He briefly returned to Russia after finishing his studies but immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1906 where he opened a photography studio in Jerusalem called "Photographic Unity" with Yaakov Hotimsky. His wife Sonia also a photographer was a partner in the studio. While he was there he made a postcard collection of Palestine. Narinsky's photography was influenced by the works of 19th-century European photographers. When World War I came Narinsky was exiled to Egypt where he worked in photography in Alexandria and then in Cairo. He moved to Paris in 1932 and opened another photography studio. In World War II he was interned in the detention camps in Saint-Denis and Drancy and was released in 1944 as part of a prisoner exchange. The couple returned to Palestine and settled in Kibbutz Ein Harod. In the 1950s they moved to Haifa where they remained until his death in 1960. These sets were put together by photographer Tim Tidal in 1980. In his title list there are 118 entries but the vast majority of copies sold have had 110 photogravures and many have even fewer; one copy at auction recently only had 70. No doubt he ran out of certain images quite soon but 110 seems to be a number that held steady for the majority. [Jamal Brothers] hardcover
19332881<p>7 x 11-3/4 inches. 28 leaves containing 52 b&w photographs and three blue photographs as well as 17pp of holograph poetry written in white on the black leaves and two hand-painted color illustrations. Black hardcover post-bound album stamped in gilt. A few photos starting to come loose else fine. Very Good or better.</p><p>An exquisite photograph album about the travels through Kashmir of one man and two women -- all white possibly British inscribed only to "Auntie Gillmore" -- filled with vernacular photographs of the countryside and local people. Nearly all of the photographs are captioned and the three blue photos appear to be made after the method devised by Frank A. Perrett to photograph volcanoes in the early 1900s rather than being cyanotypes.</p><p>The trio's journey is narrated in rhymed poetry written by the man of the group as revealed on the last page: "The author of the photographs / And also of the paragraphs / Is standing on the Kamri Pass / Complete with alpenstock and glass. / He hears you say 'The verse might be / A little better' but you see / His job lies not in making rhymes / It's more prosaic and the times / When he is bold enough to write / His thoughts in measured words are quite / Rare and few and far between: / Hence all the nonsense you have seen."</p><p>The poetry in this cataloguer's estimation could indeed be better but it nevertheless illuminates the trio's travels which begin in Srinagar and proceed through the Sind Valley and the Kamri Pass. Included are gorgeous shots of Mt. Nanga Parbat Srinigar waterways a market stall a rice barge converted into a houseboat Gurais and much more. Additionally two illustrations one of a flower and one of a pair of colorful hummingbirds have been painted with a deft hand on two leaves.</p><p>A handsomely-produced record of a remarkable journey through 1930s Kashmir.</p> hardcover
1890576371890. Very good. Photographers not known. Oblong quarto 28 cm x 35 cm Pictorial lacquer boards. Binding professionally rebacked/repaired. Beveled edges. Gilt turn ins. Spine professionally and attractively restored. All edges gilt. 11.5 inch crack across front board. The embossed faces on the front board are missing and it looks as though someone has tried to drawn in one of the faces. Previous owner's brief inscription on the front free endpaper. Leaves with 48 striking hand-tinted albumen prints 19 cm x 25 cm. Each leaf has two images one on each side. Tissue guards in between. Very occasional light foxing to the images. A wonderful visual chronicle of the views people dress habits and customs of Japan. With the following images:<br /> <br /> No. 1043. Gardens at Tokio; No. 143 B. Temple at Shiba Tokyo; No. 954. Shiba at Tokyo; Carriages and stand in park under blossoming trees no caption; Two women in natural setting one carrying tray of tea; No. 140 B. Tokyo Costle sic; No. 988. Takinogawa Near Tokyo; Forest Image no caption; 715. Yomeimon Gate at Nikko; No. 127 B. Chiuzenji Road; Waterfall no caption; 1155. Chuzenji; Village scene no caption; Flower stand no caption; Village port with boats no caption; Port with boat and lighthouse no caption; 574. Daibutsu at Kamakura; Beach small boats workers not captioned; Two men in small boat on river no caption; 610. Hakone; Four young girls gathering berries/leaves - no caption; 930 B. Kioto Town from Maruyama; No. 452. Kioto; 1051. Interior of Honganji Temple; Waterway with logs and Cherry Blossom Tree no caption; Small vessel with man woman and child on board no caption; Ceremony with five people no caption; Human and deer in park no caption; 76B. Osaka Street; 1080. Nunobiki Foll Kobe; Small boats no caption; Two women bowing towards each other in doorway no caption; Two women engaged in a ritual with their heads and hands on the ground no caption; Two women one pouring tea the other smoking no caption; Woman playing string instrument tea and snacks on a plate in front of her no caption; Two women one playing a string instrument the other dancing with a fan no caption; A number of people under a bridge no caption; Woman on terrace with ladel bowl and hand towel no caption; Two young girls no caption; Young woman with umbrella; Young woman in bold triangle-patterned Kimono no caption; Man with fan and sword no caption; Two people in shallow water one holding a fish the other stooped over gathering something no caption; Young Japanese man with bucket over shoulder no caption; Young street merchant with handcart full of brooms feather dusters baskets and household items no caption; Man in straw coat pulling woman with umbrella in carriage; Men and women working in rice fields no caption. unknown
1890List2450Deadwood: H.R. Locke 1890. Albumen photographs measuring 9 x 7 inches on larger mounts. Very good contrast some chips and wear to mounts. Very Good. A group of four photographs by Henry Robinson Locke who operated a studio in Deadwood South Dakota in the early statehood years. He photographed the Black Hills region. This collection of four photographs shows a gold mill in Deadwood a cyanide mill in Deadwood and two views of Lead City which was the home of the Homestake Mining Company during the period and continued to be a center for natural resource extraction for several decades following the initial Gold Rush period of the 1870s which brought the first wave of Euro-American settlers to the area. H.R. Locke unknown
004987Paris: Agence Générale de Publicité et de PropagandePrinter: E. Desfosses. Wraps. Brochure. Near Fine. N.d. circa 1930. 8vo. 24.5 by 18.5 cm. Unpaginated 31 leaves all of a weighty card stock or over 60 pages about half with color plates we count 31 but one can quibble about whether one or two of them so qualify. Eleven of these are non-product illustrations -- attempts to capture concepts or abstractions -- the balance being exquisite depictions of the company's fine perfume bottles. The catalogue exudes an unalloyed dreamy luxury in every respects as befits high-end perfume marketing. Cassandre a name adopted by the Ukrainian-born Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron 1901-1968 -- his parents were French -- was a highly celebrated commercial artist theatrical designer magazine illustrator and poster artist. He worked heavily with the prestige printer Draeger as well as the couturier Lucien Lelong and others. In time he was awarded the French Legion of Honor. Lelong was a top Parisian couturier from the twenties til his retirement in the late forties. He was himself not a designer but rather relied on a stable of designers and among his proteges was Christian Dior. As this catalogue also shows dress designers were branching out into fragrances for a long time; this catalogue predates the creation of Chanel No. 5 by a few years. Light wear to the wraps -- a minor closed tear along the upper joint and some minor wrinkling or creasing to the cover paper. Otherwise clean and fresh. <br /><br /> Agence Générale de Publicité et de PropagandePrinter: E. Desfosses. paperback books
1886030448New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. 15.5" tall x 12" wide x 1" thick. Kenyon Cox. Kenyon Cox October 27 1856 – March 17 1919 was an American painter illustrator muralist writer and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He was a highly-gifted New York artist whose works are in most of the principal American museums. The Blessed Damozel proved to be a landmark work in Cox's career. This rare book includes 20 drawings by Cox in sepia tones along with the text by Dante Gabriel Damozel. Unpaginated. All prints are present. Large folio measuring 15.5" tall x 12" wide x 1" thick. Publisher's cloth with gilt cover design by Cox. Gilt top edge. Deckled foredge and foot. External cover shows wear particularly along corners and edges. Internal foxing and continuous dampstain along the textblock foredge throughout yet drawings are magnificent and uncompromised. A very nice rare first edition copy.<br><br>PLEASE NOTE: Due to the size and weight of this copy an additional shipping charge may apply and will be requested after purchase. Upon delivery a signature will be required. Full refund if not satisfied. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
2012350879Steidl Publishing 2012. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Black & White is the definitive collection of Bruce Davidson's black and white photography spanning a period of 40 years. This collectable five-volume set comprises re-prints of classic books of Davidson's poignant and purposeful imagery some of them newly edited and expanded. 5 clothbound volumes in a cloth slipcase; volume 1 - Circus: 108 pages roughly 80 tritone plates; volume 2 - Brooklyn Gang: 120 pages roughly 95 tritone plates; volume 3 - Time of Change: 168 pages roughly 145 tritone plates; volume 4 - East 100th Street: 168 pages roughly 150 tritone plates; volume 5 - Central Park: 144 pages roughly 90 tritone plates.4tos cloth in slipcase. Gottingen Steidl 2012. Limited Edition of 2000 sets. A certificate hand signed and numbered by the artist at end of volume 1. DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 350879 Steidl Publishing hardcover
2012350882Steidl 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Three volumes sharing the following format: Hardcover. Fine cloth-covered boards with tipped-in four-color plate on cover; no dust jacket as issued. The three volumes are contained in a custom foil-embossed slipcase. Photographs by William Eggleston. Text by Thomas Weski. 588 pp. with 250 four-color plates. 12-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Between 1965 and 1974 William Eggleston and Walter Hopps traveled together in the US Eggleston taking photographs Hopps driving. During these travels the title Los Alamos was born. The negatives for what became known as the Los Alamos Project were made between 1965 and 1974 and were archived in two boxes labeled Box #17 and Box #83. The latter was lost for several years. The project is presented in its entirety in this three-volume set for the first time. An earlier edition of "Los Alamos" edited by Thomas Weski was published by Scalo in 2003. Weski"s original essay is included in this revised edition. "Los Alamos Revisited" has been drawn from the complete set of photographs including the long lost negatives from Box #83. NOTE: DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 350882 Steidl hardcover
193538548Moscow: VOKS 1935. First Edition. Small quarto 27cm. Leatherette-backed pictorial paper-covered boards; 1-24 25-306 20pp. Mild external wear; slight lean to text block; still a tight Very Good or better copy with both pictorial inserts present and in good condition bit of wrinkling to the fragile celluloid insert bearing Stalin's silhouette portrait. Unusually well-preserved copy of this landmark of Soviet book design featuring copious examples of the revolutionary photomontage work of Rodchenko and Stepanova. The two extremely fragile inserted design elements - a die-cut folded plate bearing Lenin's portrait on a movie screen and a clear celluloid sheet with the printed silhouette of Stalin are rarely found intact if at all; in this copy both are present and complete in excellent condition. VOKS unknown books
193651694Prague: ÚstÅ™ednà knihovna lavnÃho mÄ›sta Prahy Prague Central Library/ Printed by V. Neubert and Sons 1936. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Black paper wrappers. Main title page and additional exhibition title page both illustrated with striking photo-montage in b/w. Title page signed in pen by Karel Hajek.<br /> <br /> This finely printed photo-illustrated work was published to coincide with the the exhibition of photography by acclaimed Czech photographer and photo-journalist Karel Hajek 1900-1978 held in January 1936 at the Prague Central Library. Images throughout the publication are all gorgeous examples of vibrant b/w photogravure printing. The layout design and typography of the work was created by Hajek in collaboration with the acclaimed Czech illustrator puppeteer and animator Jiřà Trnka 1912-1969. Following the title page with a playful photomontage showing the photographer in a newsprint suit is a page of introductory text for the exhibition from writer playwright and filmmaker Vladislav VanÄura 1891-1942 art critic Bohumil Markalous 1882-1952 and finally Hajek himself. This is followed by a beautiful full-page photomontage of images by Hajek which serves as an introduction to the exhibition. A selection of 7 captioned images from the exhibition is then followed by a text page of technical information concerning the photography and a full list of the 181 photos included in the exhibition along with their respective film stocks. The final pages are comprised of numerous finely photo-illustrated period advertisements all also printed very nicely in photogravure. A now very scarce document of the early career of this important figure of Czech photo-journalism.<br /> <br /> Minor scratches and abrasions to the front wrappers. Light chipping with tiny stains along the bottom edge of the back wrapper. Lightly rubbed at the head and tail of the spine. Starting at the gutter of the interior front cover. All images throughout very clean and nice. Wrappers in very good interior in very good condition overall. 5 OCLC copies worldwide. Not found in 'Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 1918–1989' Manfred Heiting ed. [Ústřední knihovna lavního města Prahy] (Prague Central Library)/ Printed by V. Neubert and Sons unknown
1932611279New York: Macmillan Company 1932. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Non-paginated. Hardcover. Black & white photographs by Lewis W. Hine. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper; handwritten poem on rear endpaper. Green cloth covers with light rubbing to corners. No dust jacket. Record # 611279 Macmillan Company hardcover
1960List503Humboldt and Eureka Counties 1960. Oblong quarto cream colored cloth boards 10 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches. Contains 160 photographs measuring from 2 x 3 to 2 x 5 inches. Most photos identified with captions. As engaging a photographic document of mid-century forestry as one is likely to find following the Rodgers Brothers trucking company in their logging trips through Humboldt and Eureka counties. With images of accidents company trucks and machines the cutting and processing of giant redwoods drivers posed in front of their trucks and more. The deadpan captions "THIS ONE GOT HIT BY A TRAIN" "THESE ARE PRIVATE ROAD TRUCKS AT BIG LAGOON" "THIS ONE WENT THROUGH THE BRIDGE" etc. add to the visual appeal. Redwood logging in Humboldt Count reached its apex around this time which preceded the establishment and expansion of Redwood National Park. Overall in near fine condition quite well preserved with minimal wear. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. unknown books
1927021520-HVienna: Wien Graph 1927. Book. Illus. by Karl Klietsch. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1927 Brown paper hardcover with gilded letters to the front board and spine 63 page book with all 25 plates . Also included is a Photo-Gravure of Karl Klietsch laid in . One of the only biography of the inventor of the Photo-Gravure and modern Rotogravure a very scarce book on this photographer and inventor. Condition : Very Good with corner ware rubs and paper on front bord has missing piece in the center and a split at the spine . Interior has some cracks at the hinge and some pages . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Wien , Graph Hardcover
1961074706Boston: Museum of Fine Arts; English text printed by T. O. Metcalf Co 1961. Loose Leaf with Booklets within Clamshell Box . Near Fine. 19.5" X 14" X 2.5. Color and collotype plates by Korinsha Kyoto Japan. This beautiful portfolio is a collection of 178 loose leaf plates of art reproductions by Chinese artists from the Yuan Ming and Ch'ing dynasties roughly the thirteenth to the nineteenth century by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in 1961. Nestled in a beige clamshell case with fold out enclosures each plate is numbered 1 to 178 and are all present. Some plates bear a full-color tipped in reproduction of each art piece; all others in black and white against a cream cardstock paper. Some plates frame the tipped in image in a debossed border within the paper. Each full plate measures 18.75" tall x 13 2/16" wide with varying sizes of art pieces thereon. Two booklets are enclosed one written in English 30 pages and one written in Chinese 45 pages containing the plate number title artist artist's medium catalogued number and collection and a detailed description of the piece. The English booklet also includes an index of artists and sources of acquisition. The case bears two closures which secure at the foredge with plastic/bone-like pin clasps and gold gilt debossed lettering on the cover and spine. The case's inner lining is a navy blue cloth and cream paper with the inner flap closures lined with cream paper. This collection and case are housed in the original plain cardboard box with a cream label with the title in a light brown on the front. Two cardboard surrounds protect the case within the box and are both present. The box itself measures 19.5" tall x 14" wide x 2.5" thick. The entire collection within the outer cardboard box weighs 19 lbs.<br><br>ARTISTS WORK REPRESENTED WITHIN ARE: Chang Hung Chao Meng-fu Chao Yung Ch'a Shih-piao Ch'eng Cheng-k'uei Ch'ien Hsuan Ch'iu Ying Ch'ien Wei-ch'eng; Chou Ch'en Chou Chih Chu Ta Chu Tuan Hsia Yung Hsiang Sheng-mo Hsieh Shin-ch'en Hsu Pen Hua Yen Huang I Hung-jen Kao Cheng-mo Kao Ch'i-p'ei Lan Ying Leng Mei Li Liu-fang Li Yin Lu Chih P'u-ho Shang Jui Shen Chou Shen Shih-ch'ung Shih Chung T'ang Yin Tao-chi Tsou Chih-lin Tung Ch'i-ch'ang Wang Chen-p'eng Wang Hui Want Lo Wang Meng Wang Shih-min Wang Yuan-ch'i Wang Yun Wen Cheng-ming Wen Chia Wu Chen Wu Huan Wu Li Wu Tan Wu Wei Yao Yen-ch'ing Yen Hue Yen Hung-tzu Yo Tai Yuan Chiang Yuan Yao Yun Shou-p'ing Yung Jung and other anonymous artists. <br><br>FROM THE FORWARD of the English booklet: "In the Occident wide interest in the great art legacies of China has long been evident. Only during the past three decades however has the true appreciation of Chinese paintings become apparent. Today public museums and private collectors are striving to acquire masterpieces. Fortunately this Museum recognized the significance of the pictorial art of China as far back as the early nineties and beginning with the purchase of five paintings by Chou Ching-ch'ang dated 1178-1190 has ever since been assembling worthy paintings. Now it holds an enviable position among similar collections in the world.<br><br>In 1933 the Museum published a Portfolio of Chinese Paintings in the Museum Han to Sung Periods. As its sequel the Museum now offers to the public this Portfolio containing reproductions of paintings from the Yuan Ming and Ch'ing dynasties roughly from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. <br><br>Anyone who has delved into the field of Chinese paintings is aware that many works especially after the Yuan period bear inscriptions usually of a poetic nature appropriate to the subjects depicted. The reason is not far to seek for many of the celebrated artists were not professional painters but men of letters some of them holding high governmental offices. To them the art of painting was but one of the cultural accomplishments like calligraphy and poetry. It was therefore natural for them to express on the pictorial works their calligraphic skill and poetic thoughts. Thus a picture and the literary writing upon it became integral parts. For this reason included in the descriptive section of this Portfolio are translations of such Chinese inscriptions. One acquainted with the Chinese language knows that a literal rendering of a Chinese composition into English is well-nigh impossible because of the frequent allusions to classical literature and also because of the hidden or double meanings of some phrases. Consequently the English versions which are incorporated in the descriptions are free interpretations. The transcriptions of the original inscriptions are to be found in the catalogue in Chinese accompanying the Portfolio. <br><br>The paintings reproduced in the Portfolio came from individuals as gifts or were acquired from individuals as gifts or were acquired from funds established by legacies. It is regrettable that all of these generous friends are no longer with us. May this publication be regarded as an expression of the deep gratitude of the Department which has been privileged to build the collection!" - Kojiro Tomita Curator of Asiatic Art<br><br>CONDITION: Very near fine this collection is absolutely lovely. Stunning and even in its original box. Light offset/toning on the cover of booklets from flap closure impression. Very small spotting on the inside front cover of the clamshell box. Some mild toning on the backs of plates. Small tear at the inside bottom of the case else beautifully fine. No creasing whatsoever. Art pieces are crisp and perfect. A wonderful collection. Outer cardboard storage box shows wear and discoloration and previous owner's label with notation dated 1978. Due to the size and weight of this item an additional shipping charge will apply and will be requested post ordering. Please note that the set will be delivered with signature required. Full refund if not satisfied. Museum of Fine Arts; English text printed by T. O. Metcalf Co unknown
9839<p>Folio limited edition. Lavendar cloth with a matching clamshell case. Black lettering and a pictorial pastedown to the front cover of the case. Some rippling to cloth on fore edge of slipcase nonetheless an unused bright copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.</p><p>Please expect the possibility of additional postage as this book weighs circa 15 pounds 6.8 kilos and measures 15.5 x 18.5 in 39 x 47 cm.</p> Assouline hardcover
191016694Sumatra ca. 1910. Near fine. Oblong photo album measuring 7” x 10” approx. String-bound padded boards in Indonesian batik cloth. 32 sepia-toned photographs glue mounted recto and verso each measuring 6” x 4.25” approx. Minor soil to cloth with touches of wear at corners. Page edges very lightly worn. Sunning at extremities. Tissue guards edge-worn and creased. Photographs generally fine. Near fine overall. <br/><br/>Photo album of an Sumatran likely East tobacco plantation taken by an accomplished and likely professional photographer. Includes crisp and detailed photographs of the fields planting cultivation harvest various processing areas drying etc. buildings landscapes and many striking portraits of workers and other native Indonesians. Laborers much in evidence throughout including several images showing what are likely Chinese immigrant workers more than 300000 emigrated between 1870 and 1930 to work the plantations after tobacco's introduction to Sumatra in the 1860s. The album opens with several individual studio portraits likely the plantation owners or other Sumatran officials suggesting this was assembled with promotional purposes in mind. Nevertheless an intimate look at the tobacco industry in Indonesia around the turn of the century taken by an accomplished photographer. Perhaps more than any other region of the world tobacco remains an integral part of Indonesian life with some of the highest smoking rates anywhere. Therefore an important document in the development of Indonesian culture during the peak years of tobacco production in the region. [Sumatra] hardcover books
