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18759365Paris: Ve. A. Morel 1875. First edition. 20 chromolithographic plates 5 uncolored architectural views. 1 vols. Folio. Half red morocco. Some rubbing and chipping with head of spine missing corners repaired with red cloth not unattractive. 2 Photographs of Sainte Chapelle loosely inserted paste marks to front free endpaper. Text and plates bright. First edition. 20 chromolithographic plates 5 uncolored architectural views. 1 vols. Folio. Beautiful Chromolithographs of Church Ornamentation. Very fine plates by Lemercier of Paris. Ve. A. Morel unknown books
1985892671985. STENCIL PRINTING SERIZAWA Keisuke; YOSHIDA Kogor. KIRISHITAN MONOGATARI. Tokyo Gohachi Showa 60 1985. Bound Western-style in wrappers large 26.7 x 26.3 cm album of bw stencil prints by Serizawa illustrating a brief text by Yoshida a famous scholar and historian. Pictorial vignetttes of the 16th century introduction of Christianity to feudal Japan. One of 200 copies. In about new condition in the original wraparound cover with a printed paper title label and shipping slipcase. unknown books
296443Calcutta: DIPT printing. Pocket map. Lithograph. 33 1/2 x 23 inches. In very good condition. Lined.<br/><br/> Beautiful large map of Calcutta with 3 inset boxes; Postal Zonal numbers 7 References to temples and telegraph offices and a list of 238 important places.<br/><br/> DIPT printing unknown books
189820127Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard 1898. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. decorated in color Art Nouveau portfolio. Fine. 27 x 21 cm. Twelve separate full-page color plates printed on glossy stock by prominent and less known Belle Epoque artists depict a variety of scenes some sporting and military but balance more characteristic of each artist's style. such as the charming five singing children by Boutet de Monvel. A month by month list of artists follows January through December respectively: Henri Boutet de Monvel Leon Sabattier Maurice Orange E. De Monzaigle Paul Destez Felicien De Myrbach Reichan Leon L'Hermitte A. Parys Emile Caran d'Ache Leopold Kowalski and Luc-Olivier Merson. Each plate with two holes at upper margin as issued for silk ties no longer present. Issued as a promotion for a leading chain of clothing shops in Paris Lyon Marseille and five other French cities. Interior and covers almost as new. Imprimerie de Vaugirard unknown books
187027000105Chicago 1870s-1890s. Extensive information on growers and producers and the networks required to feed America at the time. The assumption of Chicago for the first journals is based on the bookseller labels in the journals and the accompanying letterhead. The Boston location was determined by reference to Boston based individuals in the journal and the address on the accompanying envelopes. All of these materials were found in one location without further information. A collection of five journals for Fruit Vegetable Butter and Egg Shipper Journals from the 1870s-1890s. The four larger format journals are most likely from Chicago detailing the various farms from which they received their product. Four of the journals list out each farm and their location and are believed to be from the 1870s-80s. They are accompanied by a letterhead for J. C. Wallace Commission Merchant Jobber and Shipper in Foreign and Domestic Fruits Nuts Produce etc. Chicago 1875. The titles of these four journals are: "Early Fruit and Vegetable Shippers No. 3 Bermuda Veg. Shippers" "Butter and Eggs" "Shippers of Early and Late Potatoes" and "Shippers of Blueberries Blackberries Raspberries Huckleberries Gooseberries Whortleberries Snowberries Dewberries Currants Cherries and Winter Green Berries and Elderberries". Each of these journals is approximately 120 pages long with an alphabet index tab on the side. The shippers are organized alphabetically by last name followed by their location. With the exception of the "Early Fruit and Vegetable" journal which also includes locations in Bermuda all the farming locations are from various towns all over the United States. Often within each letter there are subcategories mostly references to either 'early' or 'late' seasonal shipments. However the Berry Journal is also subdivided by individual berry type all of which were listed in the title of the journal and the Butter and Egg Journal which has the subcategories of Butter and Eggs Creamery Butter Roll Butter and Pickled Eggs. The locations are predominantly Midwest and southern states including Illinois Michigan Tennessee Louisiana Kentucky Florida Mississippi Arkansas etc. Butter and eggs journal also includes Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa. Black leather covers measure 13" x 8". The fifth fruit journal is a smaller ledger with a variety of information in it. It starts with a list approximately 37 pages long of shippers of fruits and vegetables. It is most likely from the Boston area from the late 1890s. This journal was accompanied by envelopes from the New England Fruit & Produce Co. The is an average of 8 shippers listed on each page which includes their names and locations as well as the exact items they are shipping. Such as peaches asparagus tomatoes grapes melons onions or pears. The next 24 pages of the ledger lists the sales from September 20 1897 to October 9th 1897. These daily sales lists are either detailed list of each product sold that day or a more simple list which simply totals the amount of cash sales for that day. Measures 11 3/4" x 5 1/4". <br/><br/> hardcover books
19452613361945. Poster. Offset Lithograph. 26 x 18.5 inches.<br/><br/> This WW II poster is in good condition and features Uncle Sam's hand offering war bonds to a man who is reaching into his pocket for money. The image implies a sense of duty and patriotism. In the background planes and tanks advance toward the horizon and bold yellow lettering urges the population to buy bonds. In good condition with fold lines visible. Minor edge wear and foxing.<br/><br/> unknown books
1865WRCAM54141Mound City Il 1865. 1p. Two older tape stains else clean. Very good. A rare U.S. Mississippi Squadron Special Order from Rear Admiral Samuel Lee on the Flag Ship Tempest passing along a confidential telegraph order from Gideon Welles Secretary of the Navy. Admiral Lee conveys the order that "the utmost vigilance should be exercised on the Mississippi River especially the lower portion of it to prevent the carrying across of plunder and property in the hands of Jeff Davis and his Cabinet and also to seize their persons." Davis and other Confederate leaders had fled Richmond and the oncoming Union Army; they had hoped to find sanctuary outside the United States. At one point they hoped to cross the South and reach Mexico. Davis his family and entourage were captured in Georgia on May 10. unknown books
1937221004San Fransisco: Book Club of California 1937. Limited. hardcover. very good. Slim folio cloth-backed patterned boards somewhat soiled; paper spine label partially lacking. San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1937. Limited Edition -- one of 300 copies. Very good.<br/><br/> Laid in is a leaf from the Old Testament the end of Chapter XXII & the beginning of Chapter XXIII with one initial letter. The leaf is lightly stained in the margins; the book is very good with rust marks from a paper clip on two blank pages and very lightly on the title page. The boards are lightly rubbed on the front with stains on the back cover and bumped corners. One of 300 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Gsabhorn Bibliography 275.<br/><br/> Book Club of California unknown books
181123306Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback 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
184765229Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1847. publisher's printed boards later linen drop box. Type Specimens. 4to. publisher's printed boards later linen drop box. ii 65 pages. First edition. Audin 14 Updike II p.327 Burke 596. Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages including ancient Egyptian Chinese Armenian Syriac Arabic Mongol Tibetan Russian Runic Anglo-Saxon German Fraktur Javanese and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846 with one font attributed to Garamont and others engraved by Grandjean and Alexandre Luce Firmin Didot Jacquemin and Legrand. Updike calls this "one of the most enlightening documents about French typeface in existence." Some minor wear at foot spine and upper tips. Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1847109513Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1847. original publisher's printed paper covered boards. Type Specimens. 4to. original publisher's printed paper covered boards. iv 65 pages. First edition. Audin 14 Updike II p.327 Burke 596. Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages including ancient Egyptian Chinese Armenian Syriac Arabic Mongol Tibetan Russian Runic Anglo-Saxon German Fraktur Javanese and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846 with one font attributed to Garamont and others engraved by Grandjean and Alexandre Luce Firmin Didot Jacquemin and Legrand. Updike calls this "one of the most enlightening documents about French typeface in existence." With hand-written presentation at top of half-title by M. Saint Georges Director of the Imprimerie Royale and officer of the Legion d'honneur to a major in the Imperial Guard of the Sultan on 30 October 1850. Top of spine rubbed; corners of boards rubbed and scuffed at edges. Cover slight sun fading. Ownership inscription on title page. Imprimerie Royale unknown books
106831Ponape: 1858. Broadside 24 x 20cm uncut as issued. § A spelling sheet untitled. Apparently the first example of Gilbertese printing cited by Ballou as the first example from the press there established under Hiram Bingham's Mission. See Ballou: "Preliminary Bibliography of Books in the Language of Micronesia." Boston 1900. E. F. Kunz: "Annotated Bibliography of the Languages of the Gilbert Islands Ellice Island and Nauru" Sydney 1959. Kunz locates only one copy at Harvard. 1858?]. Broadside unknown books
270136Philadelphia: Carriage Monthly Engravings and Printing House. Original poster. Color lithograph. 51.5 x 35 inches.<br/><br/> Unusual advertising poster is dated to circa 1891 features light carriages harnesses and sleighs manufactured by J. H. Birch. Issued by the Carriage Monthly Engraving and Printing House in Philadelphia PA the poster shows some of the products manufactured by J. H. Birch in Burlington N.J. These also include horse clothings blankets robes whips saddles bridles and everything pertaining to the road track and stable. The poster features 26 illustrations of horses and 4 images of goats with the various products advertised. Also contains detailed text explaining each product featured terms and other interesting information. On the top of the poster J. H. Birch boldly claims "I carry in stock all I advertise and more too". Another amusing note at bottom right reads "This is the largest Harness Chart ever published in the world and consequently cost me large amount of money and you will confer a favor by hanging it in a conspicuous place."<br><br>The poster is in good condition with some edge loss along top and bottom edges and minor wear along original folds. Minor loss at some fold intersections. Lined on canvas. Toning near top right corner.<br/><br/> Carriage Monthly Engravings and Printing House unknown books
1819SS321-001Various: Various 1918-1955. Hardcover. Very Good. For an itemized list of the items in this lot please inquire. Condition Very Good to Good. The Courier-Journal newspaper began publication in Louisville Kentucky in 1868 - the last run of the Courier-Journal newspaper was Sunday February 28 2021; the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company printing facilities closed for good on March 4th 2021. The material offered here is dated 1918 through circa 1955 and includes technical material used by apprentices and compositors working in the composition and press rooms of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Co. Included are 6 volumes of the Typographic Technical Series For Apprentices Part VI Nos. 32-40 out of series Chicago IL: Published by the Committee on Education United Typothetae of America 1918. All copies with the bookplate "Property of Courier-Journal Job Printing Co. For EMPLOYES' sic Use Only Return to Superintendent's Office" in a handsome Art Nouveau design on the front paste-down. This educational material demonstrates that the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company was unionized at least from the beginning of the twentieth-century and highlights the power and influence of typographers who were among the most educated economically mobile wage laborers in the United States and who were represented in every major urban center in the newspaper industry; the typographic unions won a 48-hour work week in 1897 and a standard wage scale throughout the newspaper industry; as an example of the power of the typographers unions in the 1930s the International Typographical Union introduced the 40-hour work week across the industry which spread to other unions and has sinse been codified across the labor sector by federal legislation; the typographers occupied an important if ambiguous place in the development of American labor history in as much as American labor was never successful in uniting all laborers together in one force but tended organize within industries. This grouping tends to focus on the tools of the trade including type specimens and catalogs of process inks issued in the 1920s and 1930s; Courier-Journal typographers left notes to themselves in these catalogs indicating material they felt needed representation in the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company's shops. Something of an outlier in this grouping is an accordion-fold volume of photographs of printing equipment available for use in the 1950s by the competing print shop The Standard Printing Company Incorporated of Louisville Kentucky. Most likely a salesman's dummy to show potential clients that The Standard Printing Company had the latest printing equipment and the most prestigious customers this undated circa 1955 without imprint accordion-fold photo-archive of printing equipment shows the most modern print shop of the 1950s. The earliest book printed by the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company was issued in 1884. An interesting article by Chris Kenning in the Louisville Courier Journal March 11 2021 gave some valuable insights into the history of the newspaper the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company and the challenges to the newspaper business and printing in general in the United States with the advent of desktop computers and the rise of the internet. While the Kenning article did not touch much on the time period 1918-1955 there are still interesting stories to tell about the printing industry in America the place of printing in the American labor movement and printing technology in the first half of the twentieth century that can be told using the materials offered here as visual aids. With the sale of the Courier-Journal to the Gannett Co. Inc in 1986 the road to the shut down of the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company was opened. Now the Courier-Journal newspaper will be printed in Indianapolis IN. The current print circulation of the paper is now under 60000 while the Courier Journal's digital journalism garners 4.5 million monthly visitors to their website. Media consolidation has been made possible with the internet's ability to distribute news on a minute-by-minute basis making regional newspapers printed on paper a redundancy. The Cincinnati Enquirer the Lexington Herald-Leader the Bowling Green Daily News are all regional newspapers that will no longer be produced locally after having been produced in Louisville by the presses of the Courier-Journal. This consolidation of the newspaper industry means the loss of 102 Louisville jobs including printing press operators mailroom and transportation jobs that have been lost to the relocation of the press work to Indianapolis. Various hardcover books
22194New York. Very good. 138 black and white photographs. 64 are approx. 8'' by 10'' or 7'' by 9'' the remainder of the collection in assorted smaller sizes. Many photos curled a few creased and a very few with small tears to edges. Majority very good or better. Approximately a third of the photos have a typed descriptive label attached to the back; others have notes in pen or pencil identifying the subjects. Of the remainder many have a photographer's stamp on the back but are otherwise unlabelled. <br/><br/>Photographs of student printers and instructors nearly all from the New York School of Printing most dated from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s. Many photographs have a detailed description attached e.g. "NYSP students in basement with shipping crates" with one accompanied by a press release from the Printing Education Week Committee. Several images of work in progress have an attached technical description on the reverse explaining the process shown in the photo: e.g. "Registering and Assembling Negatives and Transparencies" "Checking Negative Register" "Burning an Offset Plate" "Preparing 'flats' for contact to blueprint prior to plating" "Hand Composition" "Color Mixing" "Journeymen Instruction in Teletypesetter Operation at the School for Printers Apprentices of The New York School of Printing." Other photos show exhibits from a Printing Education week; high school and college lectures on printing; bookbinding and letterpress classes; exterior shots of the former NYSP building on 49th St. from 1956; design process and scale models for the new NYSP building opened in 1960 and multiple shots of its construction process; and industry booths at a printing trade show or exhibition. Identified subjects include journeymen primters and instructors; representatives of the New York Printing Pressmen's Union #51; and many others identified by name only. One series of 1961 photos showing a tour of a printing workshop bears the stamp "Official Photograph Board of Education - City of New York." Another small set shows a "Printing in Japan" exhibit with several smaller snapshots labeled "Jap Interview" sic. Most photographs are dated between 1951 and 1968 with the largest concentrations in 1956 and '60-61. Photographs lacking a date or description appear to date from the same era with a few exceptions: one photo dated 1943 two 8'' by 10'' enlargements dated 1926 and one 4'' by 5'' photo dated 1933 labelled "Industrial High School / Class in Appreciation of Printing - Studying Foreign Types." unknown books
39734COLOR PRINTING--AMERICAN THE IRIS; AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII. Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo 1852. Large 8vo. Publisher's gilt red clot all edges gilt. 298 pages including 12 full-page chromolithographic plates. First edition. The book is comprised of text by Mary Eastman and accompanying illustrations from drawings of her husband Captain Eastman made during his nine years in military stationed among the Indian tribes in and around Fort Snelling in Minnesota. The illustrations were printed in color by Peter S. Duval of Philadelphia. John S. Hart the book's editor proudly announced that each print was printed in ten colors overprinting some to produce varied effects. The book is a bright copy with some sporadic as usual. Spine professionally repaired. unknown books
2006543742006. United States Statutes at Large. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. Vols. 80 to 120 1966-2006 in 115 books. Lacking Vols. 83 & 84 pt. 1. Dampstaining to vols. 116 part 4 and 119 part 1. Publisher's tan buckram with red and black spine labels. Ex-library with library location labels on spines with bar code labels on front covers else very good condition. Reprint Price USD 6815. Special $995. "At the close of each session of Congress or for each calendar year all the acts and resolutions are collected and published in final permanent form in bound volumes called United States Statutes at Large." Additionally they "contain the treaties ratified by the Senate postal conventions such executive agreements as were published in the Treaty Series and the proclamations of the President of the United States." Boyd 100. 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
183027456Boston: Boston Chemical Printing Company 1830. 12" x 11" broadside poem printed on white cotton cloth in two columns. A decorative rectangular border surrounds the poem. The inside border is surrounded by twenty vignettes in oval borders. Vignettes include animals such as a fox and an owl as well as scenes such as a soldier leading an army a king holding his scepter a face in the clouds blowing wind at the trees. Spotted at lower left corner and another light spot. Very Good. <br/><br/> This poem is a dialogue between Charles and Father concerning the reformation of Neighbor Joe a former drunk who would curse and beat his wife and children. He told Father that through the example of his eldest daughter Emeline a student in the Sabbath School and follower of the Bible he was able to ask God for forgiveness and change his wicked ways.<br/>OCLC 30730589 4- AAS Mass. Hist. Soc. Yale Brown as of December 2018. Benes Textiles in New England II page 200. Boston Chemical Printing Company 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
185148314San Francisco / New York: "Gregory's United States & California Express" 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock 149 Pearl Street 1851. Shiny dark blue paper covers with gilt stamped lettering stapled. Buff paper mailing envelope. Wrapper insides: front instructions for use; rear 2 estimonials dated 1851 from the Panama Star newspaper. Unused Nr Fine with an envelope in similar condition. Unpaginated blank pages. 4-3/4" x 2-7/8" <br/><br/>From the inside of the front cover: "Gregory's California Express. This line one of the oldest established in the business dispatch messengers BY EVERY STEAMER leaving New-York and San Francisco in charge of Letters Parcels Packages Gold Dust and valuables for distribution throughout the United States and California. If possible letters should be directed to the care of mercantile houses or well-known residents in San Francisco or other parts of California by which means their earlier delivery may be insured. Letters directed simply to 'California' or 'at the mines' will not be forwarded as little probability exists of their reacing the persons so vaguely addressed." From the rear cover: "The Central Office of this Express is located in the throughly fire-proof building corner of Montgomery and Merchant Streets San Francisco from which the proprietor Daily dispatches Expresses by steamboat to all parts of the Mines and to Portland Oregon and Honolulu Sandwich Islands on the arrival of ecah steamer with packages from the States." A rare Gold Rush survivor documenting the 'letter & dispatch' business of the era. "Gregory's United States & California Express," 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock, 149 Pearl St unknown books