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1920ST16608<p>London: Designed written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski Colophon 1920. 255 x 212 mm. 10 1/8 x 8 1/2". 25 3 pp.</p><p>ELEGANT LIGHT OLIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND INLAID by Riviere for London bookseller Charles J. Sawyer stamp-signed "Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. London" on front turn-in upper cover with inlaid mahogany-brown morocco lyre at head "strung" with gilt fillets and surrounded by dense gilt stippling six gilt fillets emanating from the top of this ornament and curling extravagantly below it with inlaid green morocco leaves at the tips of its extensions and inlaid red dots accenting the perimeter raised bands spine compartments with gilt and inlaid leaf sprig gilt titling turn-ins framed with five gilt fillets stippled and inlaid cornerpieces ivory moiré silk doublures and endleaves. In a fine full morocco plush-lined box with raised bands and gilt titling. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH EIGHT LARGE MINIATURES within extraordinarily elaborate illuminated borders FIVE FINE ROUNDELS FOUR LARGE HISTORIATED INITIALS a portrait of a young woman a leaping stag a skull and a landscape with a castle tower AND 25 ILLUMINATED INITIALS all with burnished gold. New expertly matched silk guards. SIGNED by Sangorski in the colophon following the statement: "This manuscript will not be duplicated." With an early typescript list of the contents laid in at front. Ratcliffe "Alberto Sangorski" SJR 338 attributing the binding to Riviere. ◆Spine slightly sunned to olive brown just a hint of sunning to head and fore edges of boards spine with half a dozen barely perceptible tiny dark spots but A VERY FINE COPY OF AN EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL MANUSCRIPT the binding unworn and lustrous and the interior pristine with vellum clean and bright and the paintings perfectly preserved.<br /><br />Written out decorated and painted by one of the most accomplished illuminators of the modern era this attractively bound work celebrates some of Shakespeare's best-known plays with sumptuous miniatures that are in a perfect state of preservation. Songs from "The Tempest" "As You Like It" "Hamlet" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and other works provide the inspiration for the many delightful miniatures seen here which display an impressive variety of portraits outdoor views and figural scenes--everything from reclining nudes to a particularly lush scene in which a group of spirited hunters return from the woods. The illustrations are all painted with exquisite attention to detail and demonstrate the artist's innate understanding of color rendering each composition delicate yet vigorous and vibrantly hued. All Sangorski manuscripts with miniatures are painted with great skill but this one is particularly arresting. Alberto Sangorski 1862-1932 started his professional life as secretary to a goldsmith's firm became attracted to the book arts at the age of 43 and began doing illuminated manuscripts that were then bound by his brother Francis' firm Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sometime around 1910 Alberto and Francis had a falling out and the artist went to work for Riviere the chief competitor to his brother's firm. <br /><br />The gracefully tooled binding here was commissioned by London bookseller Charles J. Sawyer 1876-1931 who opened his shop in 1894. According to Brown and Brett's "The London Bookshop" Sawyer provided "anything suitable for a gentleman's library" with specialties in "rare items early English literature fine bindings and sporting and colour-plate books." While the binder fulfilling the commission did not sign this work Sangorski bibliographer Stephen Ratcliffe attributes it to Riviere & Son and there are examples of Riviere bindings decorated in this Art Nouveau style. But the design here with its delicate curving lines creating uncommon shapes also resembles the work done by members of the Guild of Women Binders. Whoever the artisans involved the binding is attractively designed and executed using premium materials and it provides a pleasing cover for the glorious illuminations within.</p> [D]esigned, written out, and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski [Colophon]
191196495Leipzig, Insel, 1911. [2] Bl., 453 S., [1] Bl. (= Die Grenzen, Bd. 1). 18,5 cm. OHPgt. mit Kopfgoldschnitt u. Rückentitel.
191597758Leipzig, Kurt Wolff, 1915. 119 S. Mit 12 Originalholzschnitten v. Karl Thylmann. 23 cm. OHPgt m. goldgepr. RTitel u. goldgeprägter Illustr. auf d. VDeckel sowie Kopfgoldschnitt.
196395687Hamburg, Otto Rohse Presse, 1963. 22 S. Mit Holzschnitt-Titel u. Holzschnitt-Signet im Impressum (= Druck der Otto-Rohse-Presse, 3). 27 cm. Handgebund. Halbpergament mit goldgeprägtem RTitel u. Deckelillustrationen in Kupferstich von Werner Bunz.
191496405Leipzig, Hesse & Becker, 1914. [= Deutsche Klassiker-Bibliothek]. 18 cm. Goldgeprägt. OHPgt mit goldgeprägt. Deckeln und Kopfgoldschnitt.
191850966Berlin, Hyperion, (1918). 86 S. Gr.-8vo. OHPgt.
191818432Berlin, Hyperion, (1918). 86 S. Gr.-8vo. OHPgt.
192465442(Leipzig, E A. Seemann, 1924). 10 Bll., 3 Faksimile-Dokumente (11 Bll. unterschiedl. Formats), 2 Bll. Mit 5 Illustr. Folio (ca. 37 x 23,5 cm). OHPgt. mit farb. illustr. VDeckel-Titel.
1909ST16339Paris: Bouasse-Lebel et Marrin ca. 1909. 188 x 140 mm. 7 3/8 x 5 1/2". 72 pp.; 1 leaf miniature; XXXII pp. <br/> Tasteful contemporary olive green crushed morocco each cover WITH A CENTRAL RECESSED PANEL OF MODELLED AND PAINTED LEATHER that on the upper cover with a portrait of the Virgin Mary within an arched frame of acanthus leaves that on the lower cover with the coat of arms of the Deburghgraeve family. With text and decorations lithographed featuring decorative borders and initials throughout those on 55 pages COLORED AND ILLUMINATED BY HAND many of these in a Medieval or Renaissance style others with Japanese or Greek motifs with a small hand-painted miniature of the Crucifixion against a golden sky and WITH A FULL-PAGE HAND-PAINTED MINIATURE showing the Flight into Egypt within a decorative border featuring vignettes of a peasant gathering wood and a knight in armor praying. With a hand-painted ribbon bookmark "Souvenir de ma 1ère Communion" dated 6 June 1909; carbon copy of a poem "A la Memoire de ma tres chere et regrettee cousine Mathilde Deburghgraeve-Canal" by Lucy Salze-Bouchet dated February 1945 this with short curving tear into one margin. Just the most trivial signs of wear but A VERY FINE COPY the vellum leaves quite clean and very bright with shining decorations and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> Luxuriously lithographed on vellum handsomely bound and illuminated and painted by hand in vibrant colors this charming prayer book was obviously treasured by its owners--the first of whom may have been a young lady who received it on the occasion of her First Communion. The text and decorations here have been reproduced lithographically from a manuscript of the period being printed apparently by Bouasse-Lebel et Massin--a company specializing in devotional prints and books. The firm's name appears in very small letters at various places in the volume. Each leaf contains a different border design inspired by Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts as well as artwork from around the world in a pleasing pastiche of Western Egyptian Japanese Indian and Grecian motifs. Many of the borders have been hand-colored and present an array of distinct palettes usually richly hued which adds greatly to the book's appeal and the viewer's sense of discovery from page to page. The bespoke binding featuring the Madonna in profile beautifully modelled in leather adds another element of luxury to the book. The coat of arms suggests that it was made for a member of the Deburghgraeve family and the laid-in poem suggests that it remained with them through the death of the family's matriarch Mathilde Deburghgraeve-Canal in 1944. We know that Mathilde had three daughters all born around the turn of the century; based on the presence of a bookmark commemorating a First Communion in 1909 it is likely that the original recipient was among these three young ladies. Bouasse-Lebel was established in 1845 by Eulalie Bouasse-Lebel 1809-98 as a means of supporting herself and her children following the dissolution of her marriage. Though founded under difficult circumstances Bouasse-Lebel became a very successful enterprise and even earned a papal commendation in 1871 for consistently excellent work. The company was highly regarded for the quality and delicacy of their productions of which the present work is a choice example. Although individual religious cards printed by Bouasse-Lebel show up fairly frequently far scarcer are complete books in the estimable condition seen here--particularly those with the kind of deluxe upgrades that make this particular item so desirable. Bouasse-Lebel et Marrin unknown
1915ST20770London: Especially written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski ca. 1915. 249 x 165 mm. 9 3/4 x 6 1/2". 18 2 pp. 2 leaves blank colophon. <br/> Attractive dark green crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with wide frame and central panel tooled in gothic architectural motifs raised bands spine compartments with double gilt rules gilt lettering turn-ins framed by gilt fillets and dots scarlet watered silk pastedowns and endleaves all edges gilt old repair to head of spine. With one burnished gold initial "A" with intricate penwork embellishment in red and blue THE WORD "FOR" WRITTEN IN LARGE BURNISHED GOLD LETTERS SIX TIMES all with delicate penwork embellishment in blue or green TWO WITH A FAIRY-WINGED PUTTO perched on the crossbar of the "F" another "FOR" written in blue THE "F" IN BURNISHED GOLD ON A BACKGROUND OF BRUSHED GOLD WITH A PINK ROSE SPRIG a tailpiece of white jasmine blossoms entwined with a spray of lilac blooms FOUR ESPECIALLY FINE BRIGHT OVAL VIGNETTES approximately 90 mm. across SHOWING LOVELY GARDENS one of these accompanied by A HALF BORDER OF HUCKLEBERRY VINE another at the front as part of A SUPERB DOUBLE-PAGE OPENING FEATURING A PROFUSION OF PINK ROSES forming a frame around a gilt-edged cartouche bearing the title in blue surrounded by delicately blue and brown tendrils on the left AND A FRAME OF GRAPEVINES BEARING SUCCULENT PURPLE FRUIT ON A BRUSHED GOLD BACKGROUND on the right an oval view of a lake and mountains at its foot this frame enclosing text beginning with the words "GOD ALMIGHTY" in thickly burnished gold accented with curling blue and brown acanthus leaves and blue penwork. One page with trivial thumb smudge faint variations in shade of the vellum but A SUPERB SPECIMEN the vellum smooth and creamy the paint and gold bright and the virtually unworn binding with shining gilt.<br/> <br/> Featuring several gorgeous moments this is a luxurious and appropriately luxuriant illuminated manuscript of Bacon's prescription for the ideal princely garden. The most prominent modern creator of illuminated manuscripts our artist Alberto Sangorski 1862-1932 started his professional life as secretary to a goldsmith's firm before being attracted to the book arts at the age of 43. He began doing illuminated manuscripts that were then bound by his brother Francis' firm Sangorski & Sutcliffe with the colophon crediting the manuscript to the firm rather than acknowledging Alberto's contribution. Partly because of this failure to recognize his work Alberto had a falling out with Francis sometime around 1910 at which time he took his talents to Riviere the chief competitor to his brother's bindery. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. Riviere was happy to allow Albert to add a colophon proclaiming as here that "This manuscript . . . was designed written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski." The decoration in the present work has an airy light-hearted aura with the bright gold lettering the delicate intricate penwork and the whimsical fairies conveying considerable joy and playfulness. And the beauty of the manuscript is heightened by the extremely fine condition here. Especially written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski unknown
191097851Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1910. XLVIII, 431 S S. Mit Buchschmuck u. Illustr. von Heinrich Vogeler. (= J. P. Jacobsen, Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 1). 19 cm. OPgt.-Koperteinband mit floraler Goldpräg. u. Kopfgoldschnitt.
191296520Leipzig, Albert Bonnier, [ 1912]. XV, 156 S. 19 cm. OHPgt m. goldgeprägt. Rückentitel u. goldgepr. Verlagssignet auf VDeckel.
192295913Hamburg, Adolf Harms / [Leipzig, [W. Opetz], ( 1922). 15 S. Mit 2 in Holz geschnittenen Titeln (Reihe u. Titel) u. 3 Originalradierungen. (= Die Drucke der schönen Rarität., Hrsg. v. Niels Hoyer. [Druck 4]). 4to (33 cm). OHPgt mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. gemusterten Japanpapierbezügen.
192765131[Leipzig, Bibiliophilen-Abend, 1927]. 145 S., 1 Bl. Mit grün-schwarz gedrucktem Titel u. 5 Original-Lithographien von Alfred Kubin. 4to. OHPgt mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- u. Deckeltitel.
191762028Berlin, Erich Reiß, (1917). 115 S. Mit einer Original-Lithographie (Umschlagtitel) von Max Slevogt und 1 Original-Radierung von Hans Meid. (= Prospero-Druck, 2). Gr.-8vo. OHPgt. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. Kopfgoldschnitt.
195474499Philadelphia: American Dredging Company 1954. A lovely calligraphic memorial resolution calligraphed by by W. G. Strickland of Philadelphia. Octavo 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 6 leaves of vellum of which four bear the memorial versos only. Capitals done in gilt and blue. Opening leaf elaborately decorated. Final leaf signed by each Member of the Board. Original black pebbled morocco gilt turn-ins white moire silk doublures matching slipcase. An excellent example of this form of the Golden Watch.The American Dredging Company of Philadelphia began operations in 1867 and soon became the largest dredging company in the country. E. Homan Stroud joined the company in 1904 and rose through the ranks to become its president in 1944. He died on June 24 1954 and this memorial was dated the day after. Apparently there were two copies as it states near the rear that a copy shall be given to his widow. [American Dredging Company] hardcover
192497491München, Rikola, [ 1924]. 41, [7] TextS. Mit 7 ganzseitigen Orig.-Radierungen. 28 cm. Etwas späteres HPgt mit Buntpapierbezug.
190769660Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1907. 2 Bll., IV, 300 S., 2 Bll. Kl.-8vo (16,5 x 10,5 cm). OHPgt.
192532900(Hamburg, 1925). 28 einseitig bedruckte Blätter. OHPgt. mit durchzogenen Bändern (sign. Einband: Joh. Larink, Hamburg).
1937260641937. Èditions du Rameau D`Or, Paris. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen von Jacques Touchet. Originale flexible Pappbände. 229, 247, 213 Seiten. 26 x 20 cm.
1926260621926. Javal et Bourdeaux, Paris. Mit 32 (dacon 16 farbigen Aquarellen von Joseph Hémard von Delzers auf Kopfer graviert. Originalpappband im Schuber. [6], 190, [6] Seiten und Suite. 28,5 x 23 cm.
192296114Paris Paris : Conard, Louis Conard, 1922. Gestoch. Frontispiz, XLI, 520 S. (= Oeuvres complètes de Charles Baudelaire). 23 cm. Priv. HPgt m. goldgeprägtem Rückenschild i. Kopfgoldschnitt.
191369783Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1913. 238 S. Gr.-8vo (22 cm). OHPgt m. goldgepr. RTitel u. goldgepr. VDeckel-Signet.
191396907Jena, Eugen Diederichs, 1913. LVI, 113 S. (= Das Zeitalter der Renaissance. Ausgewählte Quellen zur Geschichte der italienischen Kultur. Serie 1, Bd. 7). 21,5 cm. OHPgt.
192445021Ffm. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt A.-G. 1924. 554 S. Mit 61 Abb. a. Taf. u. 1 Stammfaf. des Hauses Medici. 4to. OHPgt. mit reicher RVergold..
