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17231834GothaL Reyheri 1723. Octavo vellum-backed marbled boards. Two page engraved frontispiece. 14 430 2 913 10 311 11 pages. Three parts bound in one volume. Internally clean. Moderate wear. Reprint of Seckensdorffs church history first published in 1666 with later additions by Artopoeus & Boeckler. GothaL Reyheri hardcover books
179926898Brussels: Flon 1799. First. hardcover. very good. Thick 8vo 500 pages. 1/2 tan calf marbled boards. Bruxelles: Flon An VII 1799. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> An important study on the origin and antecedents of printing by the Belgian bibliographer who did much to establish Gutenberg as the originator of the art. Brunet VI 31191. Biog. univ. 11 66-67.<br/><br/> Flon unknown books
1799214620Brussels: Emmanuel Plon 1799. First edition. 2 engraved plates 5 text engravings. 1 vols. 8vo. Half morocco and marbled boards. Slight foxing. First edition. 2 engraved plates 5 text engravings. 1 vols. 8vo. "One of the Monuments . " Bigmore & Wyman I 418 "One of the monument of typographical bibliography" Emmanuel Plon unknown books
177536968Londres: Et se trouve a Paris chez D. C. Couturier père Imprimeur-Libraire aux Galeries du Louvre 1775. First edition in French. 45 1 errata pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth-century quarter morocco and marbled boards. Minor rubbing else fine. First edition in French. 45 1 errata pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bigmore & Wyman II p. 41 Et se trouve a Paris chez D. C. Couturier père, Imprimeur-Libraire, aux Galeries du Louvre unknown books
177241086Paris 1772. Pp. 1-12; 17 of 19 copper-engraved plates Goußier del. Benard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. A clean bright extract lacking plates I & XIV. Small adhesion of first leaf to later blank wrapper else fine. Pp. 1-12; 17 of 19 copper-engraved plates Goußier del. Benard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. An especially attractive selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict every aspect of the art and craft of printing in the late 18th century; the explanatory text is concise yet fully detailed. Printing and the Mind of Man describes the Encyclopedie as "a monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization.". PMM 200; En français dans le texte 156 unknown books
177241089Paris 1772. Pp. 1-17 18 blank; 25 copper-engraved plates Goussier or Des Hauterayes del. Niodot Sculp. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. A very few spots in text leaves else fine. Pp. 1-17 18 blank; 25 copper-engraved plates Goussier or Des Hauterayes del. Niodot Sculp. 1 vols. Folio. Exotic Typography in the Encyclopédie. An elegant and visually appealing selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict alphabets and characters of more than 40 languages from Assyrian and Hebrew to Chinese Tibetan Japanese and Bengali; the explanatory text gives a fully detailed account of the level of scholarship current in the mid to late eighteenth century. Printing and the Mind of Man describes the Encyclopedie as "a monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization." PMM 200; En français dans le texte 156 unknown books
176936938Leipzig; Wien: Johan Paul Krauss 1769. First Edition. With 24 folding plates. xxv 436 12 index & errata; xl 524 18 index & errata. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter red morocco and marbled boards spine label. Exterior worn tear at foot of spine internally tight and clean. A very good copy. First Edition. With 24 folding plates. xxv 436 12 index & errata; xl 524 18 index & errata. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes notices of Berlin artists graphic arts engravers early woodcuts & woodcut books history of printing and account of a journey through Lower Saxony Westphalia & and Holland. Part Two with striking images from early printed books such as the "Eagle of John" from Ars Memorandi includes "a dissertation on the earliest forms of wood-cutting as applied to the illustration . Heinecken conjectures that Gutenberg took the idea of printing from the playing-card makers who are said to have been the first engravers of historical subjects intermingled with texts. . Heinecken is of opinion that their first productions were taken from wooden blocks." Bigmore & Wyman. Bigmore & Wyman p.320 Johan Paul Krauss unknown books
174036937La Haye: La Veuve Le Vier et Pierre Paupie 1740. First edition. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by Schley. 2 parts in one volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary French mottled calf gilt spine marbled endpapers. Upper joint starting at bottom and apart from some minor toning this is a lovely unsophisticated copy in contemporary dress. First edition. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by Schley. 2 parts in one volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Printed by Prosper Marchand a Huguenot publisher and journalist who fled France in 1709 the work appeared at the 300th anniversary of the invention of printing. Marchand writes that he produced the book "a la sollicitation de quelques amis qui ont cru que le troisième jubile ou la troisième année séculaire de l'imprimerie reveilleroit infailliblement la curiosité du publique touchant l'origine de ce bel art at the request of some friends who believed that the third jubilee or the tercentenary of printing would infallibly wake the public curiosity concerning the origin of this beautiful art." The allegorical frontspiece by J.V. Schley show Minerva and Mercury descending from Heaven granting the gift of printing to Germany who in turn gives it to England Holland France and Italy. Bigmore & Wyman II p. 22 La Veuve Le Vier et Pierre Paupie unknown books
177241090Paris 1772. Pp. 1-3 4 blank; 8 copper-engraved plates Goussier del. Prévost fecit.; 1-17 18 blank; 25 copper-engraved plates Goussier or Des Hauterayes del. Niodot Sculp. 1 vols. Folio. Removed. In later paper wrappers. Some soiling to margins adhesion of wrappers at gutter of first and last pages generally near fine. Pp. 1-3 4 blank; 8 copper-engraved plates Goussier del. Prévost fecit.; 1-17 18 blank; 25 copper-engraved plates Goussier or Des Hauterayes del. Niodot Sculp. 1 vols. Folio. From the Encylopédie with superb plates and alphabets. An important selection of 33 printing-related plates from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict the typefounding process and the alphabets and characters of more than 40 languages from Assyrian and Hebrew to Chinese Tibetan Japanese and Bengali; the explanatory text gives a concise account of the various arts and a more detailed account of linguistic scholarship current in the mid- to late eighteenth century. Printing and the Mind of Man describes the Encyclopedie as "a monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization." PMM 200; En français dans le texte 156 unknown books
177241085Paris 1772. Pp. 1-12; 19 copper-engraved plates Goussier del. Bernard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. Some faint age-toning of leaves and marginal soiling else fine. Pp. 1-12; 19 copper-engraved plates Goussier del. Bernard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. Beautiful selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict every aspect of the art and craft of printing in the late 18th century; the explanatory text is concise yet fully detailed. Printing and the Mind of Man describes the Encyclopedie as "a monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization." PMM 200; En français dans le texte 156 unknown books
1763WRCLIT82010Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville Printer to the University 1763. 573 leaves. Royal folio. Full contemporary blue-black morocco faded to emerald spine gilt extra narrow gilt borders on boards marbled endsheets a.e.g. Fore-corners bumped joints a bit worn but not cracked lower fore- corners of several leaves exhibit an old ink stain with old mends to two corners but otherwise an attractive copy. The Baskerville Bible one of the highpoints of the imprint and indeed of all English Bible-making was printed in an edition of 1250 copies priced at four guineas. This copy of what Dibdin declared "one of the most beautifully printed books in the world" has the subscribers list in the third state concluding with the entry for Charles York. Such an ambitious undertaking stretched Baskerville's finances to their limits and of necessity in 1768 he remaindered 556 copies to the London bookseller R. Baldwin at 36s each. As late as 1771 Baldwin was advertising copies in sheets in the BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE priced at 3 guineas. "The design is traditional but the quality of material and workmanship is so high and the conventions are so delicately modified and consistently applied that the result is extremely impressive" - CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE p.464. This is a very interesting association copy having been the family Bible in the 18th and 19th centuries of the S.L. Galton family and descendants with extensive records in manuscript on two preliminary blanks recording such events as the marriage of Frances Ann Violetta Darwin daughter of Erasmus Darwin and aunt of Charles Darwin to Samuel Tertius Galton and the birth in 1822 of Francis Galton -- the originator of the 'school' of Eugenics explorer meteorologist psychologist and a central figure in the development of the use of fingerprints as a means of identification. There are two bookplates of the Galton family on the front pastedown and another. GASKELL 26. DARLOW & MOULE 857. RUMBALL & PETRIE 145. Printed by John Baskerville, Printer to the University hardcover books
