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Famous fables. [1869] Text in French. xxxii, 668 pages. Five bands on spine, gilt decoration and title on spine. Gilt page edges all round. Blind stamped line decoration on covers. Front free endpaper facing half-title page has been removed leaving a quarter behind. Browning to margins of title page with a few brown spots. Occasional foxing in the text. Wear to cover edges and joints of spine, cover corners with heavy wear. Gutter cracked between pages 662/3. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Two Volumes. pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8; [2], viii, [2], 306, [4], [9]-16 + Plus a remarkable group of elegant engravings, including: Two frontispieces by Fiquet, after Rigault and Vispre; over fifty vignettes and culs-de-lamp by Choffard; and 80 full-page plates after Eisen by - Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, de Longueil, Flipart, Le Mire, Lempereur. Leveau, Ourvrier, et. al. One plate is apparently from a different copy. Some slight age foxing. ALSO: Two plates that are often censored - Cas de Conscience & Diable de Papefiguiere - do not seem to appear at all in my examples. 12mo (in 8s). 185 mm. Attractive contemporary French red morocco gilt bindings, with only very slight defects. First Edition. Provenance: The set belonged to Edwin Wolf II (1911 1991) - famous as the Librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia, and as a collector, and an employee of the renowned Rosenbach Co. from 1930 to 1952. The Family Album purchased a large part of his collection of early books in 1992. About this work : The world famous tales and fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), neatly printed in verse, are joined by a 'Dissertation sur la Joconde' by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636-1711); and the best work of the great illustrators & engravers Charles Eisen (1720-1778) and Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809). Justly considered one of the greatest examples of French rococo illustration. The Fermiers Generaux, an entrepreneurial financial association responsible for gathering and banking certain kinds of taxes, commissioned this edition of La Fontaine's zesty tales. Determined that the book should be the best of its kind, they allowed their agent, the Chevalier d'Agincourt, unlimited resources. It is still provocative to consider that patronage of the arts by this new plutocracy produced the greatest monument and triumph of this renowned age of illustration. See: Cohen-de Ricci 558-571; Ray. 'Art of the French Illustrated Book' p. 54-56; Holloway. 'French Rococo Book Illustration' pp. 21-24; & Etc. THE IMMORTAL FERMIERS GENERAL EDITION OF THE TALES OF LA FONTAINE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SAFE ADD 1
One volume (of two). pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8 [Directions to the Binder often lacking] + Plus a remarkable group of (40) elegant engravings, including two duplicates and a portrait frontis. Lacks the plate at p. 87. Many fine vignettes. Most of the plates are after Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778). 12mo (in 8s). 185 mm. Some age stain, but generally clean. All edges gilt. Attractive contemporary French dark green morocco bindings, with only slight defects. Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. The world famous tales and fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), neatly printed in verse, are joined by the best work of the great illustrators & engravers Charles Eisen (1720-1778) and Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809). Justly considered one of the greatest examples of French rococo illustration. The Fermiers Generaux, an entrepreneurial financial association responsible for gathering and banking certain kinds of taxes, commissioned this edition of La Fontaine's zesty tales. Determined that the book should be the best of its kind, they allowed their agent, the Chevalier d'Agincourt, unlimited resources. It is still provocative to consider that patronage of the arts by this new plutocracy produced the greatest monument and triumph of this renowned age of illustration. See: Cohen-de Ricci 558-571; Ray. 'Art of the French Illustrated Book' p. 54-56; Holloway. 'French Rococo Book Illustration' pp. 21-24; & Etc. By offering this one volume we give you an addordable opportunity to acquire part of THE IMMORTAL FERMIERS GENERAL EDITION OF THE . TALES OF LA FONTAINE. Please check our other entries for the full set of this great work in fine condition. CHEST 2/1
Broché. 189 pages. Passages soulignés au crayon.
Fables du poète et chansonnier saint-simonien puis fourriériste, franc-maçon, Pierre LACHAMBEAUDIE (1806-1872) qui écrivit dans le "Charivari", ami de Béranger (qui le sauva de la déportation après le 2 décembre 1851); précédées d'une importante (208 pages) introduction en édition originale du philosophe, journaliste et homme politique théoricien du socialisme Pierre LEROUX (1797-1871) sous forme d'un dialogue avec un "ennemi du Romantisme" intitulé "De la fable" (historique et critique du genre, de l'Antiquité et de Pilpaï (Bidpaï) à La Fontaine) et conclue par un appel à un monde solidaire, "d'un seul Genre Humain, sans monarchie, sans aristocratie, sans despotisme"; édition illustrée de 13 planches hors texte et vignettes sur bois d'après les dessins de Charles-François DAUBIGNY, Gérard SEGUIN, CABASSON, Adrien GUIGNET, C. MARVILLE, C. NANTEUIL, STAAL, TRAVIES, etc, et d'un portrait de l'auteur gravé par PANNIER en frontispice (soit 14 planches hors texte); index des fables. Français
Grand in-8, demi-chagrin vert bronze de l’époque, dos à 4 faux nerfs filetés or, filets gras d’encadrement à froid, filets droits et perlés dorés en tête et pied, titre doré, (2) f., ccviij, 439 p., rousseurs éparses, portrait frontispice, 13 planches sur acier, vignettes sur bois. Première édition illustrée d’un portrait frontispice, de 13 planches sur acier, gravés d’après C. Nanteuil, Staal, Daubigny, Gérard-Séguin, etc., et de vignettes sur bois. Contient la préface de Pierre Leroux ("De la fable", 208 pages) en édition originale. Dans cet essai composé sous forme de dialogues, jamais réédité et demeuré inconnu au XXe siècle, P. Leroux remonte l’histoire de la fable depuis La Fontaine, Esope, jusqu’à "la source indienne". Pierre Lachambeaudie occupe une place importante parmi les poètes du socialisme. Socialiste convaincu, il fut d’abord fervent disciple du saint-simonisme, il devint également le poète attiré d'un groupe d'ouvriers fouriéristes. (Vicaire, IV, 791. Evans, p. 250).
Reliure demi-chagrin. 356 pages.
Paris, Belin Leprieur et Morizot, 1851. In-8 relié plein cartonnage romantique de l'époque. Dos et plat très décoré d'une motif en différents tons. Titre doré. Tranches dorées. Coins très légèrement émoussés. 1 feuillet blanc, frontispice, titre, 452 pages + Table, 1 feuillet blanc. Avec une notice sur l'auteur par Madame Eugénie Foa. Deuxième édition illustrée par Th Guérin, Gavarni, Mouilleron, E Walter, etc. Rousseurs éparses.
12mo., on laid paper, small strip clipped from upper edges of blank preliminary and title, some very light age-staining; most attractively bound in contemporary half calf, back with five gilt rules, second compartment with red leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges, covers very lightly rubbed else a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. RARE
Edition originale peu courante. Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, duc de Nivernais (1716-1798), avait été ambassadeur à Rome, Berlin, Londres, ministre dans le cabinet Necker, emprisonné sous la Terreur. À propos de ces fables imprimées à compte d'auteur, l'académicien se défend dans sa préface, d'un pêché d'orgueil ” j'ai longtemps résisté aux sollicitations d'amis trop prévenus en ma faveur qui me pressaient de faire imprimer ce mélange mais à mon âge de quatre-vingts ans ans on perd la force de résistance comme toutes les autres et je me suis laissé persuader”.
90p. illus. Hardcover Very good conditon very good d.j. good
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF LA FONTAINE'S LIFE AND WORKS, written c. 1700 by a friend of La Fontaine but unpublished until this edition. 2 leaves; vi, 132 pp. Includes a few heretofore unpublished poems by La Fontaine. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. Bound in contemporary calf, decorated in gilt on cover and spine. All edges gilt. Front joint cracked but holding. Spine and corners worn. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare.
64p. Full page color illustrations by the author. Decorated endpapers. Stamped ownership. 8vo. Original full printed paper binding. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Nice copy. A delightful little book on various nuts, full of botanical information and forgotten lore and legends about nuts. Very scarce. PLANTS W130
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brick red cloth boards. Tears on dust jacket. 8 1/2"w x 10 3/8"h. 94 pages. Map endpapers; many b&w illustrations; bibliography; index. A collection of owls in art accompanied by texts, fables, and folk tales.
Very Good English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 32 p., vintage b/w ills. and color on front cover. No illustrator info. Hand-colored illustration on cover. Vintage hand-colored illustration on front cover one red rooster and speckled chicken near him on a wooden car and four mice sling their wooden car. Çiltavukla kirmizi horoz. First and Only Edition. CHILDREN LITERATURE Illustrated Collection Fable.
New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 m). In Turkish. [xi], [1], 613 p. Ocaktan gelen haber: 1887 ve 1889 tarihli Ignacz Kunos derlemesi. Török nepmesek. Turkish folk tales were collected from the mouths of the Turkish peasantry by the Hungarian savant Dr. Ignatius Kunos, during his travels through Anatolia, 1887 and published for the first time in 1889 by the well-known Hungarian Literary Society," A Kisfaludy Tarsasag," under the Title of Torok Nepmesek ("Turkish Folk Tales"), with an introduction by Professor Vambery. That distinguished Orientalist, certainly the greatest living authority on the primitive culture of the Turko-Tartaric peoples, who is as familiar with Uzbek epics and Uiguric didactics as with the poetical masterpieces of Western Europe, is enthusiastic in his praises of these folk-tales.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. This book smells a bit like nag champa incense. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. 342 pages.
56 pages. Features: Cover illustration of winter golfer; Nice photo ad inside front cover for a huge International Harvester bulldozer at work at a logging operation; Full-page Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.) recruiting ad; Houses, Houses, Where are the Houses? - The more we build, the greater the shortage; Mrs. Majesty - photo-illustrated article on Queen Mary; The Sound of Yesterday - story by Davis Grubb - illustrated by Mike Mitchell; The Big Lies - just as the Germans were misled by the lies of Goebbels, we're swallowing fables juast as fantastic and dangerous; Git Aloft, Little Dogie - Cattle are now shipped by airplane; Ballet Rally - There is a ballet boom in Canada - article with photos; Pension Poverty - Life on $30 a month is a bitter dose for our aged, but can we afford to pay more?; A Man of Principle - story by Robert Zacks - illustrated by W.J. Book; He Suits Millions - David H. Dunkelman is the Founder of Tip Top Tailors - article with photos; Bright red two-page ad for the new 1949 Chevrolet; Oldsmobile ad. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
82 pages. Features: 2-page Van Heusen ad inside front cover; nice Pernod ad; Freaky Fables; Glenfiddich 'halo' ad; 2-page Cathay Pacific ad; Cross pen ad - auction scene; 2-page ad for Pure New Wool; 2-page ad for the Renault 11 Turbo; The Famous Grouse whisky ad; Alfa Romeo ad for the Alfa 33; 2-page Mercedes-Benz ad featuring the 190s; Faconnable ad; John Player Special - Blackjack ad; WH Smith 2-page ad; Bold 2-page ad for Jamaica tourism; Rothmans ad inside back cover; Back cover ad warns of the dangers of smoking - features venus flytrap; and much more. Average wear. Covers loosening but still attached. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
66 pages. Feature: Alfa Romeo ad; EEC Plan to tattoo pets brings howls of protests from British MEPs; Hunter Davies - Airport III; Two-page Cunard ad; Colour photo ad for Air Canada; Frank Keating - Rives' Tale; Handelsman Freaky Fables; Two-page colour photo ad for the new Vauxhall Carlton CD; Nice colour photo Dunhill ad inside back cover; Colour photo Raffles cigarette ad on back cover; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. Crease to front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
America's War-Machine in the Making - article and photos; Following on the Heel of the Hun in East Africa; Brief Interludes in the Grim Business of Battle; Items and Incidents of the War in the Air; Air Warfare and Architecture - expert views on some effects of aerial raids (article); Scenes in the war above and under water; Blinded in Battle; Along the Arras Battle-Line - in the thick of the fighting from Lens to the Scarpe (article); The work of women during the war; Crown Prince Rupprecht's Concrete Boudoir; Blunders in the Balkans - article by Lovat Fraser; Destruction and Reconstruction in France; Fables and Phrases of the Great War - some examples of current legend and popular nomenclature. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
2 tomes reliés en un volume in-8, demi-chagrin vert bronze de l'époque, dos à nerfs plats orné de compartiments à guirlandes dorées, titre doré, (8), 144 p. et (4), 140, (2) p., nombreuses illustrations, certaines à pleine page. Première édition française illustrée de 300 vignettes allemandes de Richter de Dresde, de Osterwald de Hanovre et de Jordan de Düsseldorf. Traduction par A. Cerfeberr de Médelsheim. (Gumuchian, 4228. Vicaire, V, 1205). Mors fendus.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. 24 x 17 cm. In Turkish. 377 p. Atalar sözü yerde kalmaz. Sivas'ta sözlü gelenek. Oral material of Turkish folklore in Sivas City and environment.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Peelings on spine. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm) In Turkish. [2], 76 p., b/w ills. A very vintage cover illustrated with queen of bees sitting on her throne and 12 bees around her. First Edition. Sen arilar kraliçesi. Ills. by Nevide Gökaydin. [= Queen of happy bees]. Nevide Gökaydin, (b. in Salonica, 1932- ) is a Turkish sculptor and painter. She graduated from the Department of Arts and Crafts, Gazi Education Institute. With a three-year scholarship from the British Council, she went to the UK in 1958 and completed her postgraduate studies at the Bath Academy of Art. She studied gravüre with Prof. Henry Cliff, textile design with Prof. Stephan Russ, graphics with Prof. James Tower, and lithography with Prof. Clifford Ellis. She returned to the UK fora second time in 1967. Between 1991 and 1996, she worked on the teaching staff at Savastepe Village Institute, istanbul Fine Arts Workshop, Gazi Education Institute, Hacettepe University and Bilkent University. She has participated in numerous national and international art events, workshops, training programs, and has presented at many conferences. She has received 7 awards and certificates of achievement in various competitions and has produced illustrations for books and animations. Nevide Gokaydin performs her art in Ankara. CHILDREN LITERATURE Illustrated Collection.
Good English Original illustrated bdg. Minor peelings on spine, discoloration and minor fading on pages. Minor stain on back cover. Oblong cr. 8vo. (14 x 19 cm). In English. [7] p., vintage ills. All pages hard like front and back covers. Rare. CHILDREN LITERATURE Illustrated Collection.
