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1822ST17561London: Published for the Proprietor by Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1822 1823. FIRST EDITION ONE OF 227 COPIES. 288 x 220 mm. 11 3/8 x 8 5/8". 3 p.l. vi 2 100 8 103-118 pp. 2 leaves. <br/> Pleasing 20th century rich green crushed morocco gilt-framed covers and smooth spine gilt lettering to spine edges untrimmed. In a burgundy calf-backed clamshell box meant for this book but for some reason substantially larger green morocco title label on spine. WITH 60 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS as called for in Abbey 48 PRINTED IN COLORS including decorative title page dedication with Earl Spencer's coat of arms six plates with a total of 18 color ink specimens two type specimen plates four engravings of printing presses Columbian Press in two states one before letters nine defaced plates printed recto-verso and six headpieces three color printed 28 engraved plates printed in colors: five in a single block six in two to four blocks 14 in five to nine blocks and three full-color in 13 14 and 29 blocks respectively as called for in the contents and in Abbey. Front pastedown with the bookplate of the Robin Collection. Abbey Life 233; Ray "England" 99. Occasional mild thumbing otherwise nothing but the most trivial imperfections--quite a fine copy internally clean and fresh with pleasing colors in a very appealing unworn binding.<br/> <br/> This virtuoso production was in Ray's opinion Savage's magnum opus a work that was "both a highly idiosyncratic volume and a notable landmark in the history of color printing from wood." Printer and engraver William Savage 1770-1843 was in Ruari McLean's words "the first true colour printer of the nineteenth century in England." One of his great innovations which made possible color printing as seen here was a new formulation of ink. DNB reports "Printing ink in England at that time was of a very poor quality and Savage by various experiments made a printing ink without any oil in its composition. This made it more serviceable for artistic work and easier to manufacture." Savage's inks transferred so cleanly from the engraved wooden block to the paper that the blocks did not have to be wiped between impressions--speeding up the process considerably especially when as here one image could require up to 29 colored blocks. The oil-free inks were also less inclined to smear or to bleed through the paper. While Savage's elaborate methods were not economically viable for mass printing of color-illustrated works his improvements to printing ink and his use of multiple blocks paved the way for the use of chromolithography. The engravings in this work are rare because the work was strictly limited and because Savage despite some protests fulfilled his promise to subscribers that all the blocks would be destroyed. While the plate count in the work can vary from copy to copy the present item collates as indicated by the table of contents and includes Clymer's Columbian Press plate in two states as called for by Abbey. This work appears on the market from time to time but seldom in the kind of agreeable condition seen here. Published for the Proprietor by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown
1805ST21016London: Printed by T. Bensley 1805. APPARENTLY THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM. 260 x 152 mm. 10 x 1/4 x 6". 2 p.l. 146 pp. 1 leaf notes. Translated by Maria Henrietta Montolieu. <br/> Very pleasing contemporary straight-grain scarlet morocco gilt by Charles Hering binder's ticket on verso of front flyleaf covers bordered with a wide frame of multiple patterned rolls with rosette cornerpieces enclosing a delicate frame of a dotted roll cornered small floral tools raised bands spine gilt in compartments wide turn-ins sumptuously gilt cream silk endleaves with gilt borders and fleuron cornerpieces all edges gilt. WITH EIGHT ENGRAVINGS BY FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI IN TWO STATES one on gold silk and the second on paper. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with two engravings depicting Princess Izabela Czartoryska and her daughter Zofia. A Large Paper Copy. Henrey 624. See also Clemens Alexander Wimmer "The Princess and the Poles" Historic Gardens Review no. 10 2002: 14-17. Spine slightly darkened joints and edges with minor barely noticeable wear vellum a bit and naturally rumpled and consequently the book yawning a bit a handful of light spots but still an extremely appealing copy with fine impressions of the plates vast margins and a special story to tell.<br/> <br/> Printed on vellum richly bound and illustrated with attractive plates on silk this is an extraordinarily luxurious copy of Delille's famous poem on gardens that almost certainly belonged to a noblewoman whose gardens are mentioned in the text. First published in 1780 our poem condemns formal gardens and broad promenades in favor of a gardening art which hides its artistry by reproducing the asymmetrical groupings of nature and careless bounty of the countryside. This view accords with the translation of Virgil's "Georgics" done by Delille 1738-1813 in 1769 a version that brought him great acclaim for its supple and sonorous versification. In fact it so pleased the Count of Artois the future Charles X that he named Delille abbot of Saint-Séverin; however revolution disrupted things and the poet for a time led a wandering life in Switzerland Germany and England where this updated and expanded version of "Gardens" was published in 1801. The present special edition includes the plates which had appeared as head- and tailpieces in the first edition but now used as stand-alone plates in two states. These were executed by Bartolozzi after originals by Portuguese neoclassical painter Francisco Vieira. In addition to the called-for suite of illustrations our copy includes two inserted plates portraits of Princess Izabela Czartoryska 1745-1835 and her daughter Zofia. Czartoryska was a major figure in the Polish Enlightenment as a writer and patron of the arts as well as an advocate for improving the lives of the poor. She is best remembered for the sprawling gardens at her palace in Pu awy which included a formal garden a "wild promenade" or landscape park and multiple structures including the neoclassical Temple of the Sibyl which became one of Poland's first museums. She made the acquaintance of the author while travelling through Paris in 1791 and the two struck up a friendship. She financially backed the second edition of the work in exchange for a mention of her gardens which duly appears in heightened verse on pp. 11-13: "Favoured Pulhavi! You from Heaven obtain / Each separate charm Earth's choicest scenes contain; / Bright glow thy features fresh from Nature's hand / Excite our wonder and our praise command." The presence of this poetic tribute--and especially the inserted plates showing the princess and her daughter-- clearly suggest that the our apparently unique luxury edition must have been a presentation copy to Czartoryska herself. The present copy is as striking outside as it is inside. Charles Hering was the most distinguished and influential English binder of the first decade of the 19th century and although his career was brief from about 1795-1812 Ramsden focuses on his work as representing the transition in binding styles from those of the German émigrés of the late 18th century to the new generation of binders headed by Charles Lewis. Dibdin states that until "the star of Charles Lewis rose above the bibliopegistic horizon no one could presume to 'measure business' with Hering. There was a strength squareness and a good style of work about his volumes which rendered him deservedly a great favourite." We have been unable to trace any other copies of the present edition on vellum. Printed by T. Bensley unknown
1846ST19286London: Printed by Catchpool & Trent for Simpkin Marshall & Co 1846. FIRST EDITION. 320 x 255 mm. 12 1/2 x 10". xiii 3 96 pp. <br/> Publisher's original blind-decorated dun-colored cloth gilt titling to upper cover smooth spine newer endpapers. WITH 11 COLOR ENGRAVINGS after Frost by W. P. Chubb & Son printed in oil colors by George Baxter all with original tissue guards. Front free endpaper with small ink signature of John Hill. See: Francis Reid "Isaac Frost's 'Two Systems of Astronomy' 1846: Plebeian Resistance and Scriptural Astronomy" in "The British Journal for the History of Science" Vol. 38 No. 2 Jun. 2005 pp. 161-177. Cloth rather spotted corners bumped but the binding solid with no wear to joints or hinges. A few spots of foxing to title page half of the tissue guards with overall very faint foxing/browning the illustrations with minor foxing at edges and in margins but the images themselves clean and bright and all in all a really excellent copy the text wide-margined and quite clean and fresh and the plates with rich coloring.<br/> <br/> Illustrated with beautiful color plates this anti-Newtonian work promotes a view of the universe based on the backward-looking beliefs professed by a Protestant sect known as the Muggletonians. Named after co-founder Lodowicke Muggleton the Muggletonians emerged in London in 1651 based on the claims of two tailors who professed to be the "Last Witnesses" described in the Book of Revelation. Rejecting the new directions in philosophical reason Muggletonians believed in a purely scriptural interpretation of the universe. According to E. P. Thompson's 1994 "Witness Against the Beast" the Muggletonians had curious notions quite contrary to other Protestant denominations: they believed that the soul is mortal that Jesus and God are one and the same that Heaven was left without divine supervision from Jesus' death until the day of judgment that Heaven resides six miles above the Earth that God stands between five and six feet tall and other unconventional things. Although the sect initially avoided both worship and evangelizing during the 19th century some followers became more outspoken about their beliefs and even published books appealing to the general public. Our author Isaac Frost 1793-1858 was a prominent Muggletonian and successful owner of a brass foundry who along with his brother Joseph invested large sums to promote their belief system--the present work being an especially notable example. Divided into two main sections the text first describes the Newtonian system of heliocentric astronomy and then turns to Frost's scriptural interpretation and geocentric views. As Reid tells us "According to Frost Scripture clearly states that the Sun the Moon and the Stars are embedded in a firmament made of congealed water and revolve around the Earth that Heaven has a physical reality above and beyond the stars and that the planets and the Moon do not reflect the Sun's rays but are themselves independent sources of light. Our book was apparently written as a reaction against the lecturers who expressed Newtonian astronomy--which was often for them and their audiences simply shorthand for heliocentrism." The 11 plates that illustrate these extraordinary ideas are the work of George Baxter a pioneering printer who revolutionized color printing techniques by combining metal engravings with woodblock printing using oil-based inks to produce high-quality affordable prints. The plates here are appropriately ethereal and otherworldly utilizing a beautiful palette with subtle gradations and esoteric figures to create memorable pseudo-scientific imagery. Although this work appears at auction with some regularity it is almost always incomplete no doubt because the attractiveness of its plates encourages harvesting. Useful price comparisons include a complete copy said to be in fine condition selling for £7500 in 2016 and six loose prints from the book fetching £6875 in 2015. [Printed by Catchpool & Trent for] Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown
189511071n. p. but Washington: U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1895. Hardcover. Near fine. Square octavo 21 numbered leaves of portrait plates plus four unnumbered. Bound in full crushed navy morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to boards spine compartments and edges with gilt dentelles all edges gilt and marbled endpapers. In near fine condition overall very well-preserved with a few tiny nicks to the corners and some scattered internal foxing mostly at the gutters and borders; and not on the proof images. The first two engravings depict the U. S. Capitol Building and the White House. The last two portraits of sitting President Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances are each SIGNED by their subjects in different ink below the images. The main contents consist of extremely well-executed and quite familiar portraits of the presidents; the very portraits that were used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on official U. S. banknotes. These Treasury Department specimen books were produced in very small numbers and presented to important diplomats cabinet secretaries members of Congress and the like. The proof engravings contained within were designed for use on official US banknotes though some of the images were likely never used on actual money. At the turn of the 21st century numismatic experts had counted 47 known examples. Several more have come to auction primarily numismatic since then but they remain extremely rare in the trade. No two specimen books are exactly alike. We could trade one example closely matching the contents of ours however that copy was in a different binding and did not include the signed portraits of President and Mrs. Cleveland. <br /> <br /> The name "Romaine" is stamped on the gilt-stamped morocco label on the front board and is almost certainly the surname of the intended recipient of this volume though without any further context nor any bookplates or written provenance we are unable to identify this person. <br /> <br /> When these books do occasionally come to auction there is much buzz. It is difficult to imagine a more interesting and treasured sort of volume for anyone who has an interest in numismatics and rare books. A rare chance to own a special volume of American printing history. (U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing) hardcover
187511070Washington DC: U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1875. Hardcover. Near fine. Small quarto unpaginated. Bound in full red crushed morocco with gilt borders edges spine title and compartments. All edges gilt. 144 engravings plus frontispiece and engraved title page. A near fine example with some small nicks to the boards and some mild scattered foxing internally. An extraordinary volume one of a small and undetermined number of these U. S. Treasury specimen books. These were printed and bound by the Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing and presented to a select few diplomats cabinet secretaries and members of Congress. The proof engravings contained within were designed for use on official US banknotes though some of the images were likely never used on actual money. At the turn of the 21st century numismatic experts had counted 47 known examples. Several more have come to auction primarily numismatic since then but they remain extremely rare in the trade. No two specimen books are exactly alike; they usually contain a number of portraits of Presidents and other notable politicians but some as in our copy contain a number of vignettes of major events and places in US history along with more abstract concepts such as "Loyalty" and "Liberty and Union." Some significant examples herein include "Reconstruction" "Valley Forge" "The Patent Office" and far too many more to list. A number of the engravings have no caption and some of these are the most alluring. For example one of the largest images depicts a Native American man sitting on a cut-down tree head in hands as though he is weeping. Before him is a modern city with dozens of billowing smokestacks. Clearly this image is meant to portray the imminent conclusion to the United States Government's closing of the frontier and final usurpations of land from Indigenous people. It almost goes without saying that each and every one of the vignettes and portraits is of the most excellent quality both in design and execution as both the artists and the printing tools were of the highest order of the day. Though undated the title page names George B. McCartree as Chief of the BEP on the title page a position he held from 1869-1876 which would approximate the date.<br /> <br /> When these books do occasionally come to auction there is much buzz. It is difficult to imagine a more interesting and treasured sort of volume for anyone who has an interest in numismatics and rare books. A rare chance to own a special volume of American printing history. U. S. Treasury Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing hardcover
1862ST20857London: Edmund Evans for Sampson Low Son and Co 1862. ONE OF PERHAPS 10 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM. 260 x 195 mm. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4". vii 1 235 1 pp. <br/> Publisher's stiff vellum smooth spine with gilt lettering edges untrimmed. In a modern felt-lined blue buckram drop-back box. Decorative initials in red or blue title page and text leaves with full criblé border of vined foliation occasionally inhabited eight or 10 leaves with more extensive illustrations at head or foot all engraved by W. J. Linton after illustrations by John Franklin. Front pastedown with ex-libris of Marion Hope Rattey. A Large Paper Copy. McLean "Victorian Book Design" p. 184. Short thin cracks to head and tail of front joint spine vaguely soiled upper cover with two very small brown spots and one trivial red mark occasional mild rumpling or naturally occurring variations in the grain or thickness of the vellum as usual a couple of minor smudges but still a very agreeable copy the binding solid and without the splaying common in vellum books the interior clean fresh and bright and the margins extraordinarily wide.<br/> <br/> This is an infrequently encountered copy of a beautiful Victorian book on vellum issued by one of the era's top printers. The volume was printed by Edmund Evans 1826-1905 who is now best remembered for his illustrations and advances in color wood engravings. Relatively little is known about this book's production: Ruari McLean tells us that it was "entirely printed" by Evans but it is unknown whether he was responsible for the design as well McLean remarks that "if Evans was responsible for its design it shows his superiority in book-making". We also are unsure how many copies were printed on vellum although the general consensus is 10. Regardless as McLean tells us "it is one of the prettiest books of the 'sixties" with sharp deep impressions of the type on the rich creamy vellum jewel-like colored initials and elegant wood-engraved illustrations. These illustrations are the work of John Franklin ca.1800-68 a painter and draftsman who was highly respected in his own time. The precisely realized borders feature idealized human forms posed within a robust botanical largely acanthus context the figures posing with balletic grace their expressive faces often turned gently away from the reader. The size of the leaf here is significant: the untrimmed edges retain their tiny printing pinholes which would normally have been trimmed away with regrettable loss. And not surprisingly our vellum printing is almost never seen: we could trace just two copies at auction since 1924. Former owner Marion Hope Rattey 1922-97 was likely the daughter of bibliographer Clifford C. Rattey 1886-1970 whose impressive library featured incunabula and block prints. [Edmund Evans for] Sampson Low, Son, and Co unknown
1882ST12705Paris: A. Quantin 1882. UNIQUE COPY ON VELLUM printed for M. A. Werlé. 206 x 140 mm. 8 1/8 x 5 1/2". xxxii 247 pp. 1 leaf colophon.With a bio-bibliographical notice by Fernand Drujon. <br/> Pleasing burgundy Jansenist crushed morocco by Canape et Corriez stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in dated 1930 on rear turn-in raised bands turn-ins richly gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt on the rough. Decorative head- and tail-pieces throughout and eight engraved plates comprised of a frontispiece portrait in four states one on vellum three on paper and an allegorical vignette also in four states. Verso of front free endpaper with ex-libris of Jean Furstenberg. ◆Two small dark spots to upper cover a couple of leaves with naturally occurring minor discoloration to vellum but A FINE COPY--especially clean fresh and bright internally and in a lustrous unworn binding.<br/> <br/> Given its illustrious provenance and its singular status as the only copy printed on vellum this is a quintessentially bibliophilic copy of the poems of French cleric and diplomat Cardinal François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis 1715-94. Admired as a witty epigrammist at the court of Louis XV where Madame de Pompadour presided Bernis composed poems on such conventional themes as love and the natural world but also verses contemplating manners and mores fashion independence and love of country. Since none of his poems was published before his death he was not widely known as a poet during his lifetime but in another sphere he performed important service to his country as France's ambassador to Rome. He provided shelter and succour there for refugees from the French Revolution earning the papal epithet "Protector of the Church of France." The present work was printed for Count Alfred Werlé whose father had inherited the Veuve Clicquot Champagne house from the Widow Clicquot. Alfred took over the operation in 1884 and greatly expanded the Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin vineyards. The volume subsequently passed into the library of the great collector Jean or Hans Furstenberg 1890-1982 who put together one of the finest collections of 18th century books ever assembled. In 1974 the Furstenberg collection was sold en bloc to Dr. Otto Schäfer whose marvelous library had already become distinguished for its fine and historic bindings. A. Quantin unknown
1854ABC_47435Secunderabad near Hyderabad: Robert Hudson Columbian Press 1854. Contemporary half calf orange and blue marbled sides over paper boards gold-tooled double fillets on the spine red sprinkled edges. 33 x 22 cm. The extremely rare Hyderabad edition of the official British papers relating to the so-called Hyderabad debt crisis during which Lord Dalhousie the Governor-General of India and General James Stuart Fraser the British Resident in Hyderabad orchestrated a "shakedown" of the Nizam of Hyderabad whom they claimed owed the British an astounding 7.4 million rupees. This resulted in the Nizam of Hyderabad having to cede the wealthy cotton-growing province of Berar to the British to clear his debts. The first edition of this account appeared at London in 1854 as part of the serial publication of parliamentary papers and the present Hyderabad edition probably later in the same year the first separate publication. It was printed and published by the Columbian Press in Secunderabad "by the request and permission of His Excellency Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor" the Prime Minister of the Hyderabad State who believed that the papers portrayed Dalhousie and Fraser in a bad light. Nawab Sir Mir Turab Ali Khan Salar Jung I 1829-1883 also known as Salar Jung I was an Indian nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad State between 1853 and 1883 and was also the regent for the sixth Nizam Asaf Jah VI from 1869 to 1883.The present work is the ultimate insiders account from the British perspective of the crisis surrounding the Nizam's staggering debt to the British government featuring transcriptions or summaries of all the official correspondence and documents of Lord Dalhousie General Fraser and other colonial senior officials. The present work is extremely rare in this Indian Secunderabad/Hyderabad edition we have not been able to trace any other copy on the market or institutionally. Supposedly the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad holds a copy of the same edition but we were not able to verify it.With an owner's inscription "Margaret D. Stubbs" and an orange printer's label "Secunderabad Columbian Press R. Hudson" both on the front pastedown. The binding is somewhat worn without affecting its structural integrity the outer margin of 6 leaves between pp. 52-69 and pp. 83-84 are folded in. With a minor tear in the foot margin of the title-page near the gutter and occasionally very slight staining. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. WorldCat 941776603 electronic version of the first ed.; for the background: H.G. Briggs The Nizam his history and relations with the British Government London 1861; Kumari Sarjini Regani The cession of Berar in: Indian History Congress 20 1957 pp. 525-259. Robert Hudson, Columbian Press, hardcover
1882ST16453Glasgow: Printed by Robert Anderson for Private Circulation 1882. ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES. 195 x 122 mm. 7 3/4 x 4 7/8". 1 p.l. x 103 1 pp.From George Bannatyne's manuscript compiled A.D. 1568. <br/> BEAUTIFUL CITRON CRUSHED MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT BY RAMAGE stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with six concentric frames--intricate filigree roll pointillé-tooled floral vine and alternating small ornaments--enclosing a central panel with cornerpieces semé with rows of fleurs-de-lys large oval medallion at center radiating ornate fleurons raised bands spine compartments with large central medallion containing a vase of flowers delicate tooling in corners gilt titling turn-ins framed by filigree roll and alternating small ornaments brown and tan silk jacquard endleaves patterned in a Medieval motif top edge gilt. Printer's device on title page decorative woodcut initials and headpieces. Spines evenly sunned to a warm honey brown corners lightly rubbed short faint scratch to lower board but the binding virtually unworn and happily free of the splaying that plagues vellum books. Leaves lightly rumpled but A VERY FINE COPY the vellum leaves creamy clean and bright and the binding glittering with gold.<br/> <br/> Printed on luxurious vellum and limited to just 50 copies presumably for private circulation among friends of the printer this is a lovely edition of 16th century poems by a mysterious author believed to have been a poet and musician associated with the court of Mary Queen of Scots. This work contains all 36 extant poems attributed to Scott ca. 1520-82/3 including what is considered to be his most historically important work "Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary" 1562 written in support of the young Scottish queen caught between Catholic and Protestant agendas. His other poems consist largely of lyric verses on love and sexuality which DNB describes as possessing "exceptional metrical variety and vernacular directness" with "a musician's ear for rhythm and melody." Scott's poems are known to us via the Bannatyne manuscript now held in the National Library of Scotland which ranks among the most important documents of Scottish Medieval literature. Written by George Bannatyne in 1568 during a period of confinement due to an outbreak of plague it contains a mixture of both secular and religious material including the sole extant copies of several texts. In the preface to the present work the publisher notes that Scott's poetry has been faithfully reproduced from that manuscript and thus "for the first time accurately printed." Very little is known regarding the life of Alexander Scott but he seems to have been attached to the court of Mary Stuart through John Erskine a guardian and counselor to the queen. Given the very limited number of copies made it is not surprising that this work is extremely rare on the market. Printed [by Robert Anderson] for Private Circulation unknown
1900185953Leeds: Harrison & Waide c.1900. Cough syrup hair dye tooth tincture and poison. An extensive collection of designs ranging from the 1870s through to the Edwardian era demonstrating the development of styles. The labels primarily refer to chemists' and druggists' products but also include advertisements and packaging for food and drink such as whiskey lemonade and curry powder. Operating as printers bookbinders and stationers Alfred Harrison and Thomas Waide commenced trading in 1878. They were based in Leeds an important printing hub of the period that was "second only to London. Leeds firms specialized in quality colour printing of everything from postcards to calendars and posters on tinplate as well as card and paper" Fraser p. 164. That "quality" is very much in evidence here exhibited by the huge range of styles for a vast array of products: rheumatic pellets and kidney pills hair restorer and wart paste castor oil and poisons with much else besides including wine and beer labels photographic developer and furniture polish. Harrison and Waide's firm was well-respected and they moved to successively larger premises until around 1909 when their partnership ended. The expansive nature of the business is indicated by the huge number of chemists who are named on the labels from all parts of Britain Ireland and even as far afield as India. Quarto 254 x 180 mm. Approximately 2000 printed labels mounted on 502 pp. of pink paper thumb index lettered in manuscript at front. With 8 "ordinary slip labels" loosely inserted. Recent dark brown quarter morocco black label dark green cloth sides. With 20th-century bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst Lancashire pharmacist and businessman. Contents lightly soiled else in very good condition. Derek Fraser ed. A History of Modern Leeds 1980. hardcover
1833123235Small slim 4to. Paris: Techener 1833. Small slim 4to32ff printed in black letter on vellum woodcut illustration on t/p. Original full orange morocco backstrip gilt black label modern quarter red morocco box bookplate of Robert Hoe. A fine copy with some fading to the boards. § Unique copy printed on vellum Hoe's copy with his bookplate of this first facsimile reprint of the extremely rare French edition of 1530. This was one of several tales printed in the sixteenth century as a collection itself of the utmost rarity. We have not located a single copy in the US. Techener hardcover books
182744385Montbéliard, Imprimerie de Th.-Fréd. Deckherr, sans date, (1827). In-12 (100 x 144 mm) de 24 pp. sur papier bleu, entièrement interfolié, percaline Bradel moutarde, pièce de titre en long de maroquin rouge, couverture bleue imprimée conservée (reliure postérieure du XIXe siècle).
180521362Paris, L. Duprat-Duverger, imprimerie de Baudouin, an XIII-1805 ; 6 tomes in-8 et Atlas grand in-4° (338 mm), demi-veau fauve et petits coins de vélin, pièces de titre décorées rouge-orangé et de tomaison décorées vert-empire, plat de papier rouge à l’époque, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l’époque); XI, 88, 332 pp., frontispice de Girodet, gravé par Robert De Launay, [1] f. serpente imprimée de l’explication de l’estampe ; [2] ff. (Table et Errata) ; 446 pp., [1] f. (Errata) ; 444 ; 410 ; 372 ; 372; 360 pp. ; Atlas : [1] f. Titre, IV pl. pour les Mémoires ; 35 planches sur le cerveau (XXXII et II bis, V bis et XXIIbis), dont 8 doubles.
1885145249Toronto 1885. Vol. I No. 1 April 4th 1885 - Vol. I No. 18 August 1st 1885. Hardcover. Good. 152 p. 46 cm. Numerous b&w engravings. 15 unnumbered inserts of tinted illustrations. Map of battleground of Batoche. Map of the North-West Territories. Respined and recornered in black leather. Black cloth with gilt impressing. Some wear including chipped edges. Hinges repaired internally. Some tears chips rough edges to text block. Label removed from title page leaving residue. Hole in rear free endpaper. Tape repairs. Lacks 4 p. supplementay Honour Roll. <br/><br/>Weekly reporting on the violent five-month insurgency against the Canadian government fought mainly by Métis and their native allies in 1885. Articles convey the latest news from the northwest the mounted police medals for bravery bios and so on. Contains numerous scenes of Western towns battles military life and training as well as portraits and caricatures. Much advertising mainly Toronto. Peel 1460. Land 1245. hardcover
18812080502106504268Not Available 1881. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
1853LL 603<p>TYPOGRAPHIC SPECIMENS OF THE VATICAN PRINTING HOUSE. Folio 342x255 mm; original cloth with title impressed in gold on upper cover; half-title leaf title-page leaf printed in blue red and gold within a triple border as well printed in blue red and gold a leaf with the advice to reader pp. VIII 62 plates and 4 plates containing many samples of fonts text printed in Italian Latin Greek Copic French also with sample of numbers music typographical borders tailpieces etc. last 4 plates: " Campioni dei tratti di penna" so calligraphic samples. Francesco Salviucci belonging to a well-known family of Roman typographers director of the Typography of the "Reverenda Camera Apostolica" describes a vast sample of the printing characters present in the typography preceded by a brief excursus on typographic art in general. In addition to the characters there are various friezes and engravings including the image of a steamship probably the first of the Papal State. Maggs cat. n. 509; Books on Printing Part II Books From Famous Presses 15th To 20th Century.</p> Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica hardcover
1886007461Paris 1886. Pebbled Cloth. Very Good. Spectacular catalogue with chromolithographic plates of ornate stoves heaters fireplaces. Elephantine Folio 49 by 34 cm. First color plate is double paged showing tile platterns followed by 23 color plates showing the company's products one stove or fireplace per plate. Double paged plate illustrates 97 samples of tiles. At end is a one page price list for January 1886. Curiously this price list doesn't correspond with the plates. Scarce -- no copies found of any catalogue issued by Debaecker or for Victor Vogt its predecessor firm on OCLC COPAC or KVK. Condition: rebacked inconspicuously. A fair amount of soiling on the boards. Occasional light soil on the leaves. Generally clean and illustrations remain bright and crisp. unknown
185944591Paris, Librairie de France, 1859. In-12 de (4)-228 pp., portrait, maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs orné du bonnet phrygien répété quatre fois, double encadrement doré avec bonnets phrygiens dorés dans les angles, dentelle intérieure, tête dorée, non rogné, étui bordé (Thivet).
185941414Vitry-le-François, , 1859. Casier en bois blanc (36 x 26,5 cm) de 35 compartiments contenant chacun 5 planchettes mobiles en bois (4 x 2,8 cm) peintes en noir au pochoir recto verso (lettres et chiffres), couvercle.
188194436Colegio Nacional de Sordo-mudos y Ciegos 1881. hardcover. Bueno. Madrid 1881. Colegio Nacional de Sordo-mudos y Ciegos. Holandesa. Lomo con nervios y dorados. 448 pp. 24x17. Colegio Nacional de Sordo-mudos y Ciegos hardcover
186617459Paris, J. Miard (imprimerie Bonaventure et Ducessois), 1866 ; in-12, maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, plats décorés «à la Duseuil» enrichi de courbes et fleurons, cartouche central avec entrelacs et petits fers courbes, dans un triple encadrement de filets dorés, double filet sur les coupes, large dentelle d'intérieur, tranches dorées (Cuzin) ; (4), 61 pp. , (1) f. d'achevé d'imprimer ; titre en rouge et noir.
180341822A Parme, imprimé par Bodoni, 1803. Petit in-8 de (8)-61 pp. 1 feuillet blanc, basane blonde, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, roulette dorée sur les plats (reliure de l'époque).
188441090Blois, Raoul Marchand, 1884. In-8 à pagination multiple (14,5 x 22,5 cm) cartonnage Bradel de soie à motifs de fleurs, dos lisse muet, non rogné (Thiolat, rel. Blois).
1861134<b>MINING CLAIM CERTIFICATE. </b><b>MORRIS DISTRICT K.T. </b><b>Dated: </b><b>March 25th 1861</b><br /><br /><b>Clear Creek County </b><b>KANSAS TERRITORY </b><b>later and briefly Jefferson Territory </b><b>and then </b><b>COLORADO TERRITORY</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Imprint: </b><b>DENVER MOUNTAINEER </b><b>PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. </b><b>Printer listed in Burt & </b><b>Berthoud's ROCKY MOUNTAIN </b><b>GOLD REGIONS 1861 but was </b><b>not long after bought out by </b><b>William N. Byers' News </b><b>Printing Company Denver City </b><b>Jefferson Territory</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Claim by Robert Lanilere </b><b>for No. 5 West of the </b><b>Elmira Lode. </b><b>O. D. Montgomery President </b><b>of the Morris District</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Dimensions: 8-5/8 inches by 3-3/4 inches</b><br /><br /><b>Condition: very good plus </b><b>to near fine; light folds most </b><b>likely done in 1861; tiny chip </b><b>to upper right-hand corner of certificate.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Not listed in McMurtrie & Allen's </b><b>EARLY PRINTING IN COLORADO </b><b>With a Bibliography of the Issues </b><b>of the Press 1859 to 1876</b><br /><b>inclusive and a record and </b><b>Bibliography of Colorado Territorial </b><b>Newspapers. </b><b>Hirschfeld Press 1935</b><b><br /></b><br /><b>Beyond exceedingly scarce </b><b>Kansas - Colorado Territory </b><b>imprint!!!</b><b><br /></b><br /><b>COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL<br /></b> DENVER MOUNTAINEER PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT
1834002750Paris, Vimont, 1834
