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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
1796ST12327Paris: P. Didot l'aîné 1796. ONE OF 100 COPIES. 330 x 235 mm. 13 x 9 1/4". 2 p.l. 165 1 pp. <br/> Original gray boards flat spine dark gray paper title label two-thirds of the leaves UNOPENED. Engraved printer's device on title page and SEVEN FINE COLOR-PRINTED ENGRAVINGS AFTER PEYRON BY CHAPUY AND LAVALLÉE SOME FINISHED BY HAND. Cohen-de Ricci 730; Brunet III 1860. ◆A couple of very small brown spots and just a hint of soiling as well as minor abrasions to covers corners somewhat mashed as expected isolated trivial foxing to text but A VERY FINE COPY clean and bright internally with vividly colored plates and in a surprisingly sturdy and generally well-preserved original temporary publisher's binding.<br/> <br/> This is the fine Levy copy of a strictly limited Large Paper edition of a handsomely illustrated work offered here in what seem to be the publisher's temporary boards mostly unopened and virtually untouched internally. Attractively printed with enormous margins the text of the first and by far the most important work here is a prose poem on love supposedly translated from the Greek by one of the great political philosophers of the Enlightenment Charles de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu 1689-1755. In its own day the work was popular largely because of its racy content; today it is considered as a more serious accomplishment by modern scholars who are inclined to see it as a philosophical fable. The colophon informs us that this limited edition was printed with a new type cut and cast by Firmin Didot "with such perfection that up to this moment none other can equal it." The dramatic and animated plates are strikingly different from the Eisen engravings in other editions of this work and are more modern in sensibility than the usual 18th century French engravings. The colophon notes that the plates were broken after the 100 copies of this edition were printed. Our copy was in the outstanding library of American bibliophile Jacques Levy 1905-80 a man of wide-ranging interests who assembled an eclectic collection over 40 years always with a discriminating eye toward visually pleasing and historically important bindings and illustration. In his sale Sotheby's described our binding as being publisher's boards and although the volume seems almost too well preserved to be original we are persuaded by the collector's reputation that this is the correct characterization. P. Didot l'aîné unknown
177244477Paris, , 1772. In-8 sur un grand papier vergé (204 x 132 mm) de 2 ff.n.ch. (titre et frontispice), (1)-8-124 pp., figures et texte gravés, veau marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, filet doré aux coupes, roulette intérieure, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
178642884À Londres [Montargis, Claude Lequatre], 1786. In-16 de (8)-156 pp., (20) ff. d'échantillons de papier, basane fauve, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en veau vert, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, gardes de papier dominoté, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
178644364À Londres [Montargis, Claude Lequatre], 1786. In-16 de (8)-156 pp., (20) ff. d'échantillons de papier, maroquin vert, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert, roulette dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
178341804Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1783. In-8 (199 x 120 mm) de (4)-49 pp., maroquin rouge, titre en long sur le dos «ÉPREUVE DE LA NOUVELLE PRESSE DE L’IMPR. ROYALE» encadré d’un double filet doré, triple filet doré d’encadrement sur les plats armes royales serties de la mention « Imprimerie royale », roulette dorée sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure, doublures et gardes de moire bleue, tranches dorées (reliure de l’époque).
176443525A Paris, Imprimé par l'Auteur, et se vend chez Barbou, 1764-1766. 2 vol. in-8 (161 x 105 mm) de (3)-V à XXXII-323-[5] ; (2)-XLIV-306 pp., planches, veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin lavallière, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1790ST14261Paris: Drouhin 1790. FIRST EDITION. 265 x 205 mm. 10 3/8 x 8". Two volumes. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY MARBLED CALF GILT IN A NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN covers with a cresting palmette frame featuring ornate urn ornaments at corners flat spine divided into compartments by Greek key roll floral spray centerpieces one green and one black label marbled endpapers. With 55 PLATES OF COSTUMES designed by Philippe Chéry and engraved by Pierre-Michel Alix 50 of these PRINTED IN COLOR five in black and white a couple of these with color highlights applied by hand and with a color portrait of the author from the 1802 edition tipped in at front. Colas 717; Hiler p. 542; Lipperheide 3203; Cohen-de Ricci 227; Brunet IV 1135. One corner worn to board joints and extremities lightly rubbed but the bindings lustrous and generally very attractive. First volume slightly browned throughout second volume occasionally so volume II with two-inch marginal stain to upper gutter affecting four quires and six plates but not touching text or images two plates with pen marks in margins touching lettering but not image other trivial defects but still an excellent copy internally the colors especially clear and pleasing.<br/> <br/> This is an elegant production with the Neoclassical binding being the perfect complement to the color engravings of ancient Greek and Roman costumes that illustrate the present history of theatrical attire. In the two volumes here theater critic and historian Jean Charles Le Vacher de Charnois 1749-92 covers Classical tragedies and comedies as well as later interpretations of these dramas by playwrights including Racine. Le Vacher de Charnois intended a series of books encompassing as the title indicates theatrical costumes from all nations and from the ancient to the modern; however the French Revolution interrupted his scheme and as a monarchist he was imprisoned in 1792 for his writings in support of the aristocracy. It was long thought that he had died in the massacres at the Abbaye prison in September of that year but later research indicates that he may have been executed during the Reign of Terror in 1794. The artists who illustrated this work were at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Painter Philippe Chéry 1759-1838 studied with Jacques-Louis David and adopted his master's passionate support for the Revolution as well as his Neoclassical style. Engraver Pierre-Michel Alix 1762-1817 was a specialist in color printing best known for his portraits of leaders of the French Revolution and later of Napoleon and First Empire dignitaries. While the handsome binding here is unsigned the palmette roll on the covers is very similar but not identical to one used by Bozerian see Culot "Jean-Claude Bozerian" roll #44 and plate #XXIV. Perhaps our binder had trained in that atelier as the design and workmanship are certainly of that level. Drouhin unknown
178943026Neapoli, Ex Typographia Vincentii Ursini, 1789. In-folio de 1 frontispice gravé (2)-XX-668 pp.MABILLON (Jean). De Re diplomatica Librorum supplementum. In quo archetypa in his libris, pro regulis proposita, ipsaeque regulae denuo consirmantur, novisque speciminibus & argumentis asseruntur & illustrantur. Opera & studio Domni Johannis Mabillon, presbyteri & monachi Ordinis S. Benedicti e Congregatione S. Mauri. Tertia atque nova editio…tisque nunc primum illustrata a marchione Bumbae Johanne Adimari. Neapoli, Ex Typographia Vincentii Ursini, 1789. In-folio de In-folio de VIII-116-CLXXX pp.Ensemble 2 vol. grand in-folio, vélin, titre doré sur les dos (reliure de l'époque).
177215319[], [], 1772-1777. 4 pièces en 2 volumes in-8, texte encadré, veau marbré, dos lisse orné à la grotesque, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin noir, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
178212394Aux Deux-Ponts, [Parme, Stamperia Reale, Giambattista Bodoni], 1775 [1782]. 13 vol. grand in-8, veau marbré, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, et de tomaison en maroquin rouge sur pièce de maroquin vert, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
173528870Chaalons' i.e. Châlons-sur-Marne 'pour la Communauté des Libraires' 1735 1735. New edition apparently unrecorded. Not found on OCLC or the Union Catalogue of France CCFr. A fine copy. 12mo contemporary polished continental calf marbled paper endpapers blind-ruled borders red morocco spine label gilt decorations and lettering a.e. stained red. Woodcut tailpieces. By the late 17th century the French government attempted to regulate all aspects of printing and the distribution of books in and around Paris. In 1686 those regulations were codified in the Édit du Roy pour le Règlement des Imprimeurs et Libraires de Paris and the Édit du Roy pour le Règlement des Relieurs et doreurs de Livres. Further revisions were made 30 years later and after some disagreements two editions of the code were published in 1723 and 1731 in the form of a decree. The code was extended to all of France in 1744 and remained in effect until 1777. This edition is a provincially printed version of the 1723 edition printed in Châlons-sur-Marne in 1735. The code is divided into 123 articles and is remarkably comprehensive in its regulation of all aspects of the trade including the import of books old and new bound and unbound and of imported printing types; books sold by subscription; requirements for the apprenticeships to booksellers and printers; the widows of booksellers and of printers; proofreaders; type founders; traveling booksellers; fairground booksellers and printers; prohibited books; auctions and inventories of libraries and bookstores et al. From the library of 19th century Châlons librarian and local historian Amédée Lhote with his bookplate on the front paste-down and ink ownership stamp in the margin of the final page of text; a bookseller's catalogue entry for the Histoire de l'imprimerie a Châlons 1895 on the rear paste-down. Marginal notations in ink on two leaves. Chaalons' [i.e. Châlons-sur-Marne], 'pour la Communauté des Libraires', 1735 unknown
1787002012Paris Imprimerie de Didot l'Aîné 1787
179821300Basle, Henry Haag, 1798-1804 ; 3 tomes in-8, demi veau glacé vert foncé, dos à faux nerfs de filets à froid et dorés, roulettes décoratives, plaquette à décor de cathédule en queue, titre doré (reliure de l’époque) ; LII, 397 ; 435 ; 384 pp. et trois frontispices en noir et blanc gravés par Leizelt, une planche dépliante en noir et 150 (47, 52, 52) planches hors texte soigneusement aquarellées et gommées, soit 154 planches en tout.
174942104Paris, Vaneck, 1749. Titre et 20 gravures sur cuivre (12 x 7,5 cm) frappées par 4 ou 5 sur 5 feuilles (24 x 38 cm).[CHEVILLARD (Jacques)]. Methode facile pour apprandre le blason, ou l'on joint les armes accollees, des Princes, et Princesses Ducs, et Duchesses, et celles des Maisons des plus considerables de France, avec les Explications des ornements exterieurs. Paris, Vanheck, 1749. 71 gravures sur cuivre (12 x 7,5 cm) frappées par 3 ou 4 sur 18 feuilles (24 x 38 cm).Ensemble 2 suites reliées en 1 vol. in-folio, demi-chagrin prune à coins, dos fleurdelisé à nerfs, double filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats (reliure du XIXe siècle).
1791000015094Worcester Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Thomas edition. Hardcover. Good or better. 4to. 2 3-1310 pp. Contemporary paneled sheep with the spine in six compartments. Illustrated with two engraved frontispieces. Completing the title page: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised by the special command of King James I of England. With marginal notes and references. To which are added an index and an alphabetical table of the names in the Old and New Testaments with their significations. American Antiquarian Society "Isaiah Thomas’s Printing Press: "Old Number One". Darlow and Moule 1353. Isaiah Thomas' printing press first operated out of Boston: producing a newspaper and materials that encouraged American colonists to rebel against the British imperial government. Thomas moved his press to Worcester at the behest of his friends who suspected that it would be impounded by the British authorities. Thomas' Bible was produced in several quarto octavo and duodecimo editions. Darlow and Moule note that Thomas enlisted the help of clergymen and others to compare nearly thirty different editions of the scripture. The Thomas Bible is one of the more attractive productions of early American printing. The clasps largely perished quite a bit of rubbing to the leather's edges. Lacks leaves K3 and K4 the final verses of Maccabees also lacks the endpapers. An armorial bookplate that states "Williams" on the front pastedown an inscription reading Thomas Williams Jr. 1792 on the verso of the Apocrypha title page. Isaiah Thomas hardcover
177921298Neuchâtel, Samuel Fauche, 1779-1783 ; 18 tomes in-8, veau raciné, dos lisse décoré de palette, roulette, filets, fleurons, titre et tomaison dorés, roulette sur les coupes, tranches marbrées en couleurs (reliure de l’époque) ; édition illustrée de 56 planches dépliantes et deux tableaux dépliants hors-texte. Comprend: 1. Traité d’insectologie. 2. Observations diverses sur les insectes. 3. Mémoires d’histoire naturelle. 4. Recherches sur l’usage des feuilles. 5 et 6. Considérations sur les abeilles. etc. 7-8-9. Contemplation de la nature. 10. Ecrits d’histoire naturelle : cinq mémoires sur les abeilles. 11. Ecrits et lettres d’histoire naturelle. 12. Lettres sur divers sujets d’histoire naturelle. 13 et 14. Essai analytique sur les facultés de l’âme. 15 et 16. Palingénésie philosophique. 17. Essai de psychologie. 18. Ecrits divers.
179021667Constantinople, de l’Imprimerie du palais de France, mars 1790 ; in-4°, demi-veau havane, dos à faux nerfs et titre doré (reliure un peu postérieure); XXXII, 462 pp., [1]f. de Faute à corriger.
176244592Arles, Jacques Mesnier, 1762. In-12 de (8)-235-(1) pp. maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, roulette, filet et frise dorés d'encadrement sur les plats, armes et devise dorées de la ville d'Arles frappées au centre, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
179662445CBLondres [London, i.e. Paris], Selbstverlag, 1796. 8°. 20,5 x 13 cm. 415 Seiten, Frontispiz, 5 Tafeln ; 2 Blatt, 398 Seiten, Frontispiz, 6 Tafeln. Erster Band: Brauner Lederband der Zeit mit schwarzen, ledernen Rückenschildern mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel sowie ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung. Zweiter Band (abweichend): Fachmännisch restaurierter roter Lederband der Zeit auf fünf Bünden mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung, Außen- und Innenkantenfileten, Rundum-Goldschnitt und marmorierten Vorsätzen. [6 Warenabbildungen]
1793ST20474Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve 1793. First Edition with these Illustrations. 350 x 262 mm. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4". 125 pp. <br/> VERY PRETTY 19TH CENTURY CRIMSON MOROCCO ELEGANTLY GILT covers framed with floral tools raised bands spine panels filled with rows of flower-and-lozenge roll gilt lettering gilt turn-ins top edges gilt. FOUR FINE STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES by Colibert and Cazenave after Monsiau PRINTED IN COLORS. A Large Paper Copy. Cohen-de Ricci 400; Furstenberg 122; Lewine p. 188; Maggs 1930 Catalogue of French Illustrated Books 84; Ray p. 145. Occasional minor foxing the margins of one plate foxed a bit more otherwise a fine copy clean and fresh internally with immense margins the plates with pleasing colors and the unworn binding bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> This is an especially tall copy of Florian's pastoral romance in imitation of Cervantes one of the grander French books to be printed in colors when the vogue for such productions took hold during the last years of the 18th century. Ours is one of six such books all printed after 1786 that Ray singles out for praise as "handsome and imposing volumes." A noted painter of both classical and modern subjects Monsiau 1754-1837 was also an illustrator whose "abundant and interesting work in this line" is underrated even though it has the merits of being simple natural lively and piquant. Ray Monsiau's obscurity says Ray may be owing to the fact that he most often worked as a secondary collaborator on major illustrated works; the present book is one of the few he did on his own and it is among his best. Publisher Defer de Maisonneuve did not originate the technique of stipple engraving on copper plates but he did perfect the process which allowed for gradual tonal changes in hues and intensities of color rather than the "stained glass" effect of separately printed patches of color. Given the turmoil of the period when this book was published it is quite likely that it did not have an especially decorative original binding and may have remained in publisher's boards as was often the case. Happily a later owner supplied a period-appropriate binding here that matches the opulence of the contents. While our copy has the engraver's name just visible beneath the plates perhaps disqualifying them as the "avant la lettre" versions used in the Large Paper Copies per Cohen-de Ricci the size of the margins here and the quality of the paper certainly argue for that designation. Defer de Maisonneuve unknown
17925795Parme, Bodoni, 1792. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-8 de (4)-175-(1) pp. et (4)-190-(2) pp. 1 f. blanc, veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, triple filet doré sur les plats, fleurons aux angles, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et en maroquin noir, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
176739595Augsburg, Innsbruck, Joseph Wolff, 1767. 21 feuilles (43 x 36 cm) pliées en deux, imprimées recto verso.
178216064A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1782. In-8 de 232 pp., veau marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, armes et triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
179144407Paris, Imprimerie de Provost, Garnery, 1791. In-12 de (8)-260 pp., demi-maroquin noir à petits coins, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés, entièrement non rogné (Bauzonnet).
