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16-4010Paris : Paul Renouard 1826. Color lithograph. 255 x 435 cm. Plate VI. .View of Concepción Chile and its harbor Talcahuano. Includes native Americans wearing ponchos. Also includes ships dwellings wagon and palm trees.From "Vues et paysages des reÌgions eÌquinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde par Louis Choris avec une introduction et un texte explicatif.".OCLC Number: 1176999197; 221396479; BN Notice n° : FRBNF30240323.Choris served as artist on Otto von Kotzebue's expedition of 1815 to 1818. On this voyage Kotzebue traveled from Russia around South America via Cape Horn visited many Polynesian islands and charted the Alaskan coast. Image placed horizontally on page."In July 1815 Choris at the age of 20 joined Otto von Kotzebue's expedition on the Rurik as the official artist. This was the first Russian circumnavigation devoted exclusively to scientific purposes and several well-known scientists contributed greatly to its success. Choris made a great many drawings during this voyage. In 1822 he published Voyage Pittoresque autour du monde . . Despite his using many of his drawings in that work Choris found 24 subjects among the remaining drawings which he published 4 years later in the present work" Lada-Mocarski.The plates are of subjects from the Atlantic and Pacific and include five of the coast of Brazil three in Chile eleven in the South Pacific and Hawaii and the remainder in Kamchatka the Marianas Manila the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. "Choris' drawings are original and faithful pictorial representations of the subjects he drew" Lada-Mocarski.References:Borba de Moraes pp.180-181; Forbes I 632; Lada-Mocarski 90; O'Reilly & Reitman 786; Sabin 12885.Louis Choris peintre et voyageur russe habile à peindre des objets d'histoire naturelle accompagna en 1813 le botaniste Marschall de Biberstein dans le Caucase et l'année suivante Otto de Kotzebue. A Paris en 1819 sur l'invitation des scientifiques il dessina ses belles études qu'il avait recueillies dans ses voyages. Il en fit publier le Voyage pittoresque autour du monde en 1822 dont les dessins sont estimés pur leur exactitude. La parution en 1826 des vues et passages des régions équinoxiales en forment la suite. Parti de France en 1827 pour un nouveau voyage en Amérique Choris fut assassiné par des voleurs au Mexique.Expertise by Jean-Paul Veyssière 37000 Tours France. Paris : Paul Renouard, 1826 unknown
16-4012Paris : Paul Renouard 1826. Color lithograph. 255 x 435 cm. Plate VIII. 2 cm. closed tear in lower margin. . View of the mountains near Concepción Chile. Includes a flock of parrots on a bromeliad plant. From "Vues et paysages des reÌgions eÌquinoxiales recueillis dans un voyage autour du monde par Louis Choris avec une introduction et un texte explicatif.".OCLC Number: 221396491Choris served as artist on Otto von Kotzebue's expedition of 1815 to 1818. On this voyage Kotzebue traveled from Russia around South America via Cape Horn visited many Polynesian islands and charted the Alaskan coast. Image placed horizontally on page."In July 1815 Choris at the age of 20 joined Otto von Kotzebue's expedition on the Rurik as the official artist. This was the first Russian circumnavigation devoted exclusively to scientific purposes and several well-known scientists contributed greatly to its success. Choris made a great many drawings during this voyage. In 1822 he published Voyage Pittoresque autour du monde . . Despite his using many of his drawings in that work Choris found 24 subjects among the remaining drawings which he published 4 years later in the present work" Lada-Mocarski.The plates are of subjects from the Atlantic and Pacific and include five of the coast of Brazil three in Chile eleven in the South Pacific and Hawaii and the remainder in Kamchatka the Marianas Manila the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. "Choris' drawings are original and faithful pictorial representations of the subjects he drew" Lada-Mocarski.References:Borba de Moraes pp.180-181; Forbes I 632; Lada-Mocarski 90; O'Reilly & Reitman 786; Sabin 12885.Louis Choris peintre et voyageur russe habile à peindre des objets d'histoire naturelle accompagna en 1813 le botaniste Marschall de Biberstein dans le Caucase et l'année suivante Otto de Kotzebue. A Paris en 1819 sur l'invitation des scientifiques il dessina ses belles études qu'il avait recueillies dans ses voyages. Il en fit publier le Voyage pittoresque autour du monde en 1822 dont les dessins sont estimés pur leur exactitude. La parution en 1826 des vues et passages des régions équinoxiales en forment la suite. Parti de France en 1827 pour un nouveau voyage en Amérique Choris fut assassiné par des voleurs au Mexique.Expertise by Jean-Paul Veyssière 37000 Tours France. Paris : Paul Renouard, 1826 unknown
1973320089New York: Chappell 1973. 2 vols. 4to. Wareppers VG. 2 vols. 4to. INSCRIBED. Inscribed in both volumes to Todd on his 23rd birthday by Noel. Chappell unknown books
195632321London: Heinemann 1956. First edition. Blue cloth slight foxing else a fine copy in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Coward to his great friend Gladys Calthrop nicknamed by him "Blackheart" or "Blackie" "for Blackie with love / Noel". Calthrop designed the sets and costumes for many of Coward's plays. <br/><br/> Heinemann hardcover books
1957320090New York: The Macmillan Company 1957. First Amertican Edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. VG in VG dustjacket. First Amertican Edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH DRAWING. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1965232245Montreux Switzerland 1965. Black and white gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Matted and framed. Black and white gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. The Wingèd Coward. A famous image of the playwright in his Swiss chalet taken by the celebrated Swiss photographer Horst Tappe INSCRIBED to the novelist aka "Patrick Quentin" and librettist HUGH WHEELER who wrote the book for musicals SWEENEY TODD A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and CANDIDE:<br/><br/>"For Hugh<br/>"with my love<br/>Noël unknown books
193059412New York 1930. 1 vols. Black and white photograph 9 x 7 1/4 with archival matt framed. Photographer's studio stamp on reverse. Framed. 1 vols. Black and white photograph 9 x 7 1/4 with archival matt framed. Photographer's studio stamp on reverse. The Master. Beautifully composed portrait of Noel Coward at his most suave and debonair by the noted photographer of society and stage. unknown books
193666737N.p. 1936. Fine. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. With a typed letter signed from David Batten to the 1966 purchase of this typescript with a brief A.N.s. on verso. unknown
1973320089New York: Chappell 1973. 2 vols. 4to. Wrappers VG. 2 vols. 4to. Inscribed in both volumes to Todd on his 23rd birthday by Noel. Chappell unknown
17320259111732. Book. Near Fine. Leather. Early edition. 309pgs 330pgs. Full Wine Red Morocco Leather. Bound by Chambolle-Duru 1868 as indicated on bottom border of the front pastedown. . Neat bookplate on marbled endpapers. Five raised bands on the spine with decorative gilt and lettering dated 1732 on the lower spine. Silk ribbon marker. A touch of rubbing on the upper edges of the front hinges otherwise the bindings are beautifully preserved.The dialogue mixing both moral reflection and irony serves as a frame for a series of fables and descriptive portraits. The short comic tales and anecdotes are at first glance merely amusing but behind their light tone verbal fantasy and amusing portraits lie profound moral political and religious reflections. Size: Small Octavo. Hardcover
19973112455New York: Doubleday. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-385-48335-X . INSCRIBED by Julia Child on the title page. Also SIGNED by biographer Noel Riley Fitch on the title page. Fine in fine DJ. Most uncommon inscribed by Julia Child. GC ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 569 pages; Signed by Author . Doubleday. hardcover
1950981381950's. 1950's. Very good. - Octodecimo 18mo 4-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in light blue & silver cloth titled "Autographs" in gilt on the front cover. The front edges of the covers are slightly bumped. The album consists of 28 leaves with approximately 50 autographs with signatures often penned on both sides of the leaves. There is a short tear to the bottom edge of several leaves not affecting the autographs. Very good. <p>Among the autographs we are able to identify are the following: John Gielgud 19042000 was an English actor and theatre director; David Markham 19131983 was an English stage and film actor; Noël Coward 18991973 was an English playwright composer and actor; Robert Eddison 19081991 was an English actor who is most widely remembered for his role of the Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Trevor Howard 19131988 was an English stage film and television actor; Laurence Harvey 19281973 was a Lithuanian-born actor and film director who settled in England; Keith Michell 19262015 was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII; Michael Redgrave 19081985 was an English actor and director; Paul Scofield 19222008 was an English actor. Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting winning an Academy Award Emmy and Tony for his work; Micheál Mac Liammóir 18991978 was an Irish actor dramatist and impresario; Dorothy Tutin 19302001 was an English actress of stage film and television; John Westbrook 19221989 was an English actor who worked mainly in theatre and in radio; Brewster Mason 19221987 was an English stage actor who also appeared in films and on television; Jeffrey Segal 19202015 was an English actor and scriptwriter; Mairhi Russell 1923-1986 was a Scottish actress<p>Several of the actors are congratulating Gillian Richards for her radio play "The Dreamers" which they performed in on October 28 1955. [1950's]. hardcover
185750748Paris: Victor Masson 1857. <p>Guéneau de Mussy Noël 1813-85. Traité de l'angine glanduleuse et observations sur l'action des eaux-bonnes dans cette affection précédés de considerations sur les diathèses. xl 269pp. Plate. Paris: Victor Masson 1857. 215 x 133 mm. 19th-century quarter morocco marbled boards slight wear. Occasional foxing minor toning but very good. Presentation Copy inscribed to Ricord on the half-title: "a mon bien aimé maître N. Gueneau de Mussy."</p> <p> First Edition. Guéneau de Mussy's treatise focuses on diseases featuring chronic inflammation of the larynx and pharynx. The plate illustrates what Guéneau de Mussy called "glandulous angina" characterized by ulcerations on the palate uvula pharynx and larynx. He recommended sulfur water as a treatment. </p> . Victor Masson unknown
18674465London: Bernard Quaritch 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Nice copy in the original full dark red leather binding five raised bands all edges gilt. Minor shelfwear to the edges and a surface split in the back board gutter but no splits. Leather darkened. Completely flexible boards strong and tight binding which is unusual for this book. Light spotting in text seemingly as always. Strong VG. <br/><br/> Bernard Quaritch hardcover
1861e0064<p>Part I "General Report": 131 pages with the 2 large folding maps profile of area 12 engraved plates including frontispiece one "Interior of Moquise House" being colored 7 colored chromolithic plates titled "Indian Portraits" 8 folding panoramas and 41 wood cut illustrations in the text; Part II "Hydrographic Report: 14 pages; Part III " Geological Report": 154 pages with 3 plates 3 lithographic plates 27 wood cut illustrations in text tables 2 maps; Part IV "Botany": 30 pages; Part V "Zoology": 6 pages; and Appendices 32 pages. Quarto ll 3/4" x 9" 36th Congress 1st Session Senate EX Document. Original gilt pictorial blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Howes 194 First edition.<br /><br />Ives was born in New York City in 1828 and was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1852. As a Lieutenant from 1853 to 1854 he was appointed by the U.S. Army to the Topographical Engineers as assistant to Lt. A.W. Whipple in the Pacific Railroad survey along the 35th parallel. From 1857 to 1858 Ives commanded an expedition to explore up the Colorado River from its mouth. At Robinson's Landing he built then used the 54 foot paddlewheel steamboat Explorer to map and survey the river. His party included Smithsonian associate John Strong Newberry as geologist. He led his party up the Colorado to the lower end of the Grand Canyon then struck out across the desert to Fort Defiance in Colorado. Ives Reported his findings in his 1861 Report upon the Colorado river of the West. The Ives expedition produced one of the important early maps of the Grand Canyon drawn by F. W. v. Egloffstein topographer to the expedition. Ives next served as engineer and architect for the Washington National Monument from 1859 to 1860. During the American Civil War he joined the Confederate Army and served in several engineering capacities and was finally appointed aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis from 1863 to 1865. After the war he settled in New York City where he died November 12 1868<br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />New spine and paste downs large frontispiece maps with tears from gutter to first fold about six inches with tape repair else a very good copy.</p> Government Printing Office hardcover
196022519ELos Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Original 132 page revised first draft shooting script with color rewrite pages for the film Snow White and the Three Stooges written by Noel Langley and Elwood Ullman dated October 24 1960 and November 10 1960. Bradbound. Fine copy in printed studio covers. The film was directed by Walter Lang and Frank Taschlin. With two 8’ x 10†black & white stills from the film - one showing all three Stooges and Edson Stroll as Prince Charming and the other of Stroll about to kiss the sleeping Carol Heiss as Snow White. Both stills are in uniformly fine condition with the one of Edson & Heiss showing two sets of very minor staple holes at the margin. This comic retelling of the classic fairy tale tells the story of an ice-skating Snow White who is forced to flee from her jealous stepmother played by Patricia Medina with the Three Stooges substituting for the Seven Dwarves. The film was released in the U.S. on May 26 1961 in Philadelphia PA. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
196022519ELos Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Original 132 page revised first draft shooting script with color rewrite pages for the film Snow White and the Three Stooges written by Noel Langley and Elwood Ullman dated October 24 1960 and November 10 1960. Bradbound. Fine copy in printed studio covers. The film was directed by Walter Lang and Frank Taschlin. With two 8’ x 10†black & white stills from the film - one showing all three Stooges and Edson Stroll as Prince Charming and the other of Stroll about to kiss the sleeping Carol Heiss as Snow White. Both stills are in uniformly fine condition with the one of Edson & Heiss showing two sets of very minor staple holes at the margin. This comic retelling of the classic fairy tale tells the story of an ice-skating Snow White who is forced to flee from her jealous stepmother played by Patricia Medina with the Three Stooges substituting for the Seven Dwarves. The film was released in the U.S. on May 26 1961 in Philadelphia PA. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
194034434'Oak Knoll': Privately Printed 1940. 1st editions. Cf Fleck Catalogue 86 B.15 - B.32. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copies 4 to R. W. Chapman presumed to be Newton's fellow Johnsonian Robert William Chapman. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco clam-shell case. Lot is ranges from VG 1921 - Nr Fine 1940. Case is VG. Divers paginations. A few booklets are illustrated. 12mo. <br/><br/>The 13 Christmas booklets are: 'Madame Thrale Piozzi' 1921 inscribed 'Leech Drawing' 1923 'John Mytton' inscribed 1924 'My Library' 1926 'Reprimand' 1927 'Nelson' 1928 'I Want!' inscribed 1932 'Ascot' inscribed 1933 'Trollope Society' 1934 'Pope Poetry & Portrait' 1936 'Christmas Greetings' 1937 'George Dyer' 1938 including printed note on orange paper regarding coming year 1939 & 'A Letter From England' 1940. Privately Printed unknown books
177135876Paris 1771. Vols. 1-7 of 10 total. Bound in half leather and marbled boards. Ex-seminary library books. Old paper label on spine stamp on title page light mariginal stains to a few pages but otherwise a clean tight set in good condition. Text in Latin. A classic work by a 17th-century French Jesuit theologian. This is a set of Vols 1-7 only LACKING vols. 8-10. unknown
174822766<p><strong>1748 Astrology Cosmogony Occult Pagan Egyptian Mythology Illustrated Pluche 2v</strong></p><p><em>'The History of the Sky' </em>by Noel Antoine Pluche is one of the most important and well-known treatises on astronomy and cosmology. This rare edition published by Estienne is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings by J. P. le Bas. These images depict mythological beings and creatures sculptures and art of ancient Egyptian gods and other important historical esoteric and pagan symbols.</p><p>In this work Pluche "restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by physicists. He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism." DSB.</p><p>Item number: #22766</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PLUCHE Noel Antoine</p><p><strong><em>Histoire du ciel consideÌreÌ selon les ideÌes des poeÌtes des philosophes et de Moïse : ouÌ€ l'on fait voir : 1° l'origine du ciel poeÌtique 2° la meÌprise des philosophes sur la fabrique du ciel et de la terre 3°̊ la conformiteÌ de l'expeÌrience avec la seule physique de Moïse .</em></strong></p><p>Paris : Chez la Veuve Estienne 1748.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xxxvii 3 518 2</p><p> <!--endif-->26 plates</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 4 515 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.75in X 4in 17cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>22766</p><p>Photos available upoon request.</p> Veuve Estienne hardcover
175724779<p><strong>1757 Astrology Cosmogony Occult Pagan Egyptian Mythology Illustrated Pluche 2v</strong></p><p><em>'The History of the Sky' </em>by Noel Antoine Pluche is one of the most important and well-known treatises on astronomy and cosmology. This rare edition published by Estienne is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings by J. P. le Bas. These images depict mythological beings and creatures sculptures and art of ancient Egyptian gods and other important historical esoteric and pagan symbols.</p><p>In this work Pluche "restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by physicists. He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism." DSB.</p><p>Item number: #24779</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PLUCHE Noel Antoine</p><p><strong><em>Histoire du ciel ou l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie et les meÌprises de la philosophie</em></strong></p><p>Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne 1757.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xxxvii 3 518 2</p><p> <!--endif-->26 engraved plates including engraved frontispiece</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 2 515 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.75in X 4in 17cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24779</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> la Veuve Estienne hardcover
174827362<p><strong>1748 Astrology Cosmogony Occult Pagan Egyptian Mythology Illustrated Pluche 2v</strong></p><p><em>'The History of the Sky' </em>by Noel Antoine Pluche is one of the most important and well-known treatises on astronomy and cosmology. This rare edition published by Estienne is illustrated with 24 full-page engravings by J. P. le Bas. These images depict mythological beings and creatures sculptures and art of ancient Egyptian gods and other important historical esoteric and pagan symbols.</p><p>In this work Pluche "restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by physicists. He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism." DSB.</p><p>Item number: #27362</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PLUCHE Noel Antoine</p><p><strong><em>Histoire du ciel consideÌreÌ selon les ideÌes des poeÌtes des philosophes et de Moïse : ouÌ€ l'on fait voir : 1° l'origine du ciel poeÌtique 2° la meÌprise des philosophes sur la fabrique du ciel et de la terre 3°̊ la conformiteÌ de l'expeÌrience avec la seule physique de Moïse .</em></strong></p><p>Paris : Chez la Veuve Estienne 1748.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. I – xxxvii 3 518 2</p><p><!--endif-->26 plates including frontispiece</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Vol. II – 4 515 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7in X 4.25in 17.5cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> Veuve Estienne hardcover
21303London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1952. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Original red cloth with gilt and gilt on black lettering to spine and front panel with facsimile of the author's signature stamped in gilt to the lower edge of the front panel. In the dustwrapper illustrated by Cecil Beaton. A very near fine copy the binding square and firm the cloth and gilt bright the contents clean throughout. The pages are a little toned to margins owing to the paper stock used and there is a tiny stain c. 4 mm to the upper outer margins of pp. 49-53. Spine tips are a little softened and rubbed. In the bright dustwrapper rubbed and nicked to corners and folds with an area of loss c. 0.5 cm deep at the head of the spine. Loosely laid in to this copy is a folded sheet of paper headed with a printed monogram and address "Heronden House / Belgrave Square". As this is the fictional address of the central characters in the play the Marquess and Marchioness of Heronden there is no such house in Belgrave Square it is likely that this item of stationery is a stage prop a letter left for the Marchioness by her husband plays a significant part in the plot. Not price-clipped 8s 6d net to the front flap. A very attractive association copy. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to the title page "For Ginette et Marie Antoinette / With love / Noël". The recipients were Coward's friends Ginette Spanier Jenny Yvonne Spanier 1904-1988 and her husband Paul-Emile Seidmann who was affectionately nicknamed Marie-Antoinette by Coward. Spanier was director of the House of Balmain the fashion house founded by Pierre Balmain and patronised by such luminaries as Ava Gardner Brigitte Bardot and Marlene Dietrich. According to Philip Hoare in his biography of Coward the author met the couple while holidaying in France during the summer of 1946 and he would later provide the Foreword to Spanier's 1959 autobiography 'It Isn't All Mink'. 'Quadrille' "a glittering Victorian comedy of marital misapprehension" Sheridan Morley was first performed at the Opera House Manchester on 15 July 1952 before moving to London for an extended run of 329 performances at the Phoenix Theatre. Philip Hoare 'Noël Coward: A Biography' 1995; Stephen Cole 'Noël Coward: A Bio-Bibliography' 1993. Cole B-101. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1952 hardcover
96966London Longman Ca 1847. Hardback 6.5 x 5 inches. Unusual Beautiful floral scrollwork Black papier-mache boards with raised decoration deeply incised to resemble "Gothic" ebony book covers. Black leather to spine all page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With Custom made hard slipcase with window at front to show decorative covers. In very good condition. Stunning unusual 3D crafted cover some tiny cracks to surface small chip lower front corner. Contemporary leather on spine and contemporary marbled endpapers neatly reinforced inner edge. Spine a little rubbed. Inside neatly resown. Some foxing spots to title. Some darkening to edges and minor spots to plates. else inside pages clean and tight. 21 pages of colour illuminated printed plates. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated throughout with intricate chromolithographs and vibrant floral designs. Illustrated by Henry Noel Humphreys. The beautiful colour printing is from the decorated illuminated manuscripts by Henry Humphreys. London, Longman Ca 1847 hardcover
91235London Longman & Co. 1845. Hardback approx 11 x 7 inches. White cover with full gilt decorated front board with coloured details blue paneled on rear with gilt pattern. Light blue floral pattern endpapers. All page edges gilt. In very good condition. Cover a little worn edges rubbed corners bumped some rubbing to spine and boards. Some minor darkening and spots to endpapers. Neat inscription to verso of front endpaper “Bigg Swallowfield.” Some mild foxing to blank prelims. Some occasional minor spots to pages and plates mostly around edges. Binding professionally repaired and reinforced behind endpapers. Tight sound binding. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. 28pp double sided printed pages including 4pp description. 13 full-page single sided colour plates including decorative title page. Unpaginated. HAND COLOURED. 1pp advert page at rear. The Illuminated Calendar copied from “The Hours of Anne of Brittany” a prayer book held in the Bibliotheque Royale of Paris. London, Longman & Co., 1845 hardcover
