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1856WRCAM54032New York: Eliphalet M. Brown Jr. 1856. Six lithographs with integral descriptions and titles to the six plates all within an elaborate decorative border including vignettte scenes and portraits of places and people encountered on the expedition six lithographic plates printed in colors and finished by hand by J. Sarony & Co. 4 Boell & Lewis 1 and Boell & Michelin 1 all after Heine. Title leaf not present as usual. Elephant folio. Individually matted and framed. One print with repaired closed tears slightly affecting image. Occasional faint marginal foxing and dust soiling. Very good. Magnificent and very rare example of Heine's elephant folio-sized lithographic record of six lithographs illustrating the opening of Japan under Commodore Matthew Perry. In scale scope and quality of execution this is arguably the finest lithographic work ever produced in the United States and is among the rarest of all American color plate books. <br> <br> William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip the first the greatest and the rarest of which is the present group consisting of a titlepage and six plates. These were overseen by the expedition's daguerreotypist Eliphalet Brown who was also an excellent artist and lithographer - he designed and drew the spectacular titlepage. The total number of sets of printed is not known but it is recorded that Brown gave 100 sets to Commodore Perry for distribution to members of the expedition. The number of sets sold to the public has not been established but was undoubtedly small. One of the reasons for the rarity of the complete set is that the plates were printed over two years by three publishers. Individual prints are occasionally encountered particularly the four printed in 1855 by Sarony of New York but the two other plates are much scarcer and were accomplished by different lithographers Boell & Lewis and Boell & Michelin. <br> <br> A secondary reason for the rarity of this set is the initial cost. It was significantly more expensive than Heine's GRAPHIC SCENES OF THE JAPAN EXPEDITION a much smaller folio published in the same year as the final plate: the popularity of this smaller set ensured that only very few of the magnificent larger sets were ever sold. The set consists of the following prints: <br> <br> 1 "Passing the Rubicon. Lieut. S. Bent in the 'Mississippi's' First Cutter Forcing his way through a Fleet of Japanese Boats while Surveying the Bay of Yedo Japan July 11th 1853." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. <br> <br> 2 "First Landing of Americans in Japan. Under Commodore M.C. Perry at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. This print is the most dramatic of the series showing the first landing of Perry on Japanese soil. Through a flotilla of American landing barges with the ships' complement of Marines drawn up on the beach Perry proceeds to meet a Japanese delegation while Japanese troops ring in the Americans. In the foreground are two Japanese official launches and two Japanese officials stand in the right foreground. Perry's steamboats can be seen lying under steam in the left corner. <br> <br> 3 "Landing of Commodore Perry Officers & Men of the Squadron to Meet the Imperial Commissioners at Yoku-Hama Japan March 8th 1854." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. <br> <br> 4 "Landing of Commodore Perry Officers & Men of the Squadron to Meet the Imperial Commissioners at Simoda Japan June 8 1854." Printed by Sarony & Co dated 1855. <br> <br> 5"Return of Commodore Perry Officers & Men of the Squadron from an Official Visit to the Prince Regent at Shui Capitol of Lew Chew June 6th 1853." Printed by Boell & Lewis dated 1855. <br> <br> 6 "Exercise of Troops in Temple Grounds Simoda Japan in Presence of the Imperial Commissioners June 8th 1854." Printed by Boell & Michelin dated 1856. <br> <br> This set of the Heine prints belonged to Major Robert Smith John Rodgers son of Commodore John Rodgers of War of 1812 fame and hung in his fine mansion on a hilltop outside of Havre de Grace Maryland. PETERS AMERICA ON STONE pp.98 352-53. Samuel Eliot Morison "OLD BRUIN": COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY 1794-1858 Boston 1967 p.463. Eliphalet M. Brown Jr. unknown books
1856170801New York: G. P. Putnam & Company 1856. Heine brought a gentle panoramic romantic realism First edition superior issue the "extra fine edition on Bristol boards in portfolio". Only one other copy of this issue still with the publisher's portfolio and the atlas in the original wrappers has appeared in commerce in the past four decades. Wilhelm Heine 1827-1885 was appointed as the Perry Expedition's official artist aged only 25. Sketching and painting in watercolour he "brought a gentle panoramic romantic realism to both the selection and execution of his subjects. His landscapes were invariably scenic. Where people were concerned he preferred them in substantial numbers. He rarely lingered on the 'exotic' did not dwell much as happened later on various social 'types' and did not seek out the sensational" MIT Visualizing Cultures. Heine's informative personal account of the expedition was published in Leipzig in 1856. The three-volume official narrative 1856-58 employed 63 of his artworks. In Bennet's view however the plates in Graphic Scenes are "many times finer". The nine views include one of "Macao from Penna Hill" two drawn in Canton and six of Loochoo Yokohama and Shimoda. The superior issue retailed at $12. When complete this is often found with the text rebound or with the text and plates housed in a later portfolio. The closest comparator sold at Sotheby's New York in April 2012 which included the letterpress in the original cloth-backed wrappers and a red half morocco portfolio. Putnam & Co. also sold an ordinary issue with tinted plates only for $6. Folio 520 x 380 mm 10 lithographed plates printed area c. 200 x 300 mm by Sarony & Co.: 8 printed on India paper and mounted on card as issued including tinted uncoloured lithographed portrait of Commodore Perry after a daguerreotype by Haas and 7 hand-coloured tinted lithographs after paintings by Heine; 2 chromolithographs printed direct on card. Together with letterpress text volume ff. 12 original cream wrappers blue cloth backstrip decorative lithographed front cover. Housed in publisher's black half roan portfolio grey cloth sides front cover lettered and ruled in gilt yellow paper lining. All housed in modern tan cloth solander box. Plates with rich colour tones card mounts lightly foxed and creased in margins concomitant wear on verso; corners of front wrapper a little creased letterpress lightly foxed; portfolio with old staining and spill marks front board and extremities consolidated and recoloured in places: a very good copy with well-preserved plates. Bennett A Practical Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books p. 53; McGrath American Colorplate Books 123; Rogala 367. hardcover
185634436New York: G.P. Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 x 14 inches. 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand-coloured views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. all mounted on thick card with smooth glossy backings. Text in the original yellow pictorial wrappers expertly rebacked to style with purple cloth the plates loose as issued with the text within a half purple morocco and period purple cloth portfolio yellow pastedowns and flaps cloth ties. All within a black morocco backed box.<br/> <br/>An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan: the very rare deluxe hand coloured issue on card.<br/> <br/>William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colors on regular paper and a very rare deluxe hand-coloured issue on card like the present example. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies. Two distinct issues of Heine's work were published: a regular issue with hand coloured plates on thick card; and the deluxe issue like the present with more elaborate hand coloring and on thick cards with glossy paper backings. The deluxe issue is considerably more rare than the regular issue.<br/> <br/>Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. G.P. Putnam & Company unknown books
1856371181New York: Putnam 1856. First edition deluxe colored issue on card. 12 leaves of letterpress text. Ten lithographic prints on proof paper tipped onto bristol board with glossy backs one tinted portrait of Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Hass nine views by Heine printed in colors and finished by hand all printed by Sarony & Co. Large folio. Original half black morocco and cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the upper cover restoration to the spine with minor areas of loss. Minor foxing and wear to the plates. Very good. In a cloth folding box. First edition deluxe colored issue on card. 12 leaves of letterpress text. Ten lithographic prints on proof paper tipped onto bristol board with glossy backs one tinted portrait of Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Hass nine views by Heine printed in colors and finished by hand all printed by Sarony & Co. Large folio. The very rare deluxe colored issue on card of this important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan. Evidence of the rarity of this album is given by Bennett writing in 1947: "Obviously several copies must have been preserved but the one described seems to be the only one yet offered for public sale." <br /> <br /> William Heine was the official artist of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony probably the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. <br /> <br /> Copies were produced on regular paper with tinted lithographs and in a deluxe form as in the present copy mounted on bristol board and beautifully with the plates finished by hand. The plates are numbered and titled as follow: 1. portrait of Perry; 2. "Macao from Penha Hill"; 3. "Whampoa Pagoda"; 4. "Old China Street Canton"; 5. "Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew"; 6. "Mia or road side chapel at Yokohama"; 7. "Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda"; 8. "Street and bridge at Simoda"; 9. "Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda"; 10. "Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge."<br /> <br /> Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both the Abbey catalogue and Cordier's Japanese bibliography. Bennett p.53; McGrath p.123 Putnam unknown
99009904New York 1856 Putnam. Tall folio single hand colored litho of "PASSING THE RUBICON" 82.5 x 56.5 cm. slight browning marginal tears mounted on a stiff cardboard VERY R A R E ! This work preceded the famous three volume set published in 1856: THE JAPAN EXPEDITION. GRAPHIC SCENES OF THE JAPAN EXPEDITION was a spectacular work and contained 10 hand tinted large and nine smaller colored lithographs to document the arrival of Perry & his Squadron. Most were drawn by Heine the young German who was the expedition artist. The complete work includes: 1. PORTRAIT OF M.C. PERRY. 2. MACAO FROM PENHA HILL. 3. PAGODA OF WHAMPOA. 4. OLD CHINA STREET IN CANTON. 5. KUNG-TWA AT ON-NA LEW CHEW. 6. MIA OR ROADSIDE CHAPEL AT YOKU-HAMA. 7. TEMPLE AT BEN-TENGIN THE HARBOR OF SIMODA. 8. STREET & BRIDGE AT SIMODA. 9. TEMPLE OF THE HA-TSHU-MAN-YA TSCHU-RO AT SIMODA. 10. GRAVEYARD AT THE SIMODA DIO ZENGE. Of these exceedingly RARE lithographs one prints is now offered: PASSING THE RUBICON documents the event of July 11 1853 wherein Lt. Silas Bent from the Mississippi's first cutter confronted Japanese guard boats and a coastal Junk. This is illustrated in S. Morrison: "OLD BRUIN" COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY on p.327. This scene shows the American sounding party at work on Monday morning July 11th ".when a flotilla of thirty to forty guard boats filled with soldiers who presented quite a bristling front with their spears and matchlocks while their lacquered caps and shields flashed brightly in the sun confronted the flag launch under charge of Lt. Bent & the senior Japanese officer made minatory gestures with his iron fan and yelled orders which nobody in the American launch understood. The Lieutenant anxious to avoid a crash altered his collision course but dispatched another boat to the Mississippi to ask Capt. Lee to move closer. On the steamer's approach the guard boats retired. And Perry named the nearest point of land 'Point Rubicon' because no foreign ship had passed it for three centuries." See Morrison p.328. The lithograph PASSING THE RUBICON is 83 x 56.5 cm. overall print size is 83 x 49.5 cm. with top and side edges trimmed bottom edge slightly trimmed; overall browned with some surface scuffs tears laid down on an old cardboard complete illustration present with minor faults. The complete title reads: PASSING THE RUBICON. Lieut's. Bent in the Mississippi's First Cutter Forcing His Way Through a fleet of Japanese Boats While Surveying the Bay of Yedo July 11th. 1853. To Commodore M.C. Perry Officers and men of the Japan Expedition this print is respectfully dedicated by their Obt. Servths sic. BIBLIOGRAPHY: R. Pineau: THE JAPAN EXPEDITION 1852-1854 THE PERSONAL JOURNAL OF COMMODORE MATTHEW C. PERRY after p.156 & before p.167 color illustrations. THE PAUL C. BLUM COLLECTION CATALOGUE OF BOOKS Yokohama Archives of History vol.4 no.4395. H. Cordier: BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA p.513-518. By and large any of these prints from this work is exceptionally rare and seldom if ever found on the market for sale. . unknown books
99009904New York 1856 Putnam. Tall folio single hand colored litho of "PASSING THE RUBICON" 82.5 x 56.5 cm. slight browning marginal tears mounted on a stiff cardboard VERY R A R E ! This work preceded the famous three volume set published in 1856: THE JAPAN EXPEDITION. GRAPHIC SCENES OF THE JAPAN EXPEDITION was a spectacular work and contained 10 hand tinted large and nine smaller colored lithographs to document the arrival of Perry & his Squadron. Most were drawn by Heine the young German who was the expedition artist. The complete work includes: 1. PORTRAIT OF M.C. PERRY. 2. MACAO FROM PENHA HILL. 3. PAGODA OF WHAMPOA. 4. OLD CHINA STREET IN CANTON. 5. KUNG-TWA AT ON-NA LEW CHEW. 6. MIA OR ROADSIDE CHAPEL AT YOKU-HAMA. 7. TEMPLE AT BEN-TENGIN THE HARBOR OF SIMODA. 8. STREET & BRIDGE AT SIMODA. 9. TEMPLE OF THE HA-TSHU-MAN-YA TSCHU-RO AT SIMODA. 10. GRAVEYARD AT THE SIMODA DIO ZENGE. Of these exceedingly RARE lithographs one prints is now offered: PASSING THE RUBICON documents the event of July 11 1853 wherein Lt. Silas Bent from the Mississippi's first cutter confronted Japanese guard boats and a coastal Junk. This is illustrated in S. Morrison: "OLD BRUIN" COMMODORE MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY on p.327. This scene shows the American sounding party at work on Monday morning July 11th ".when a flotilla of thirty to forty guard boats filled with soldiers who presented quite a bristling front with their spears and matchlocks while their lacquered caps and shields flashed brightly in the sun confronted the flag launch under charge of Lt. Bent & the senior Japanese officer made minatory gestures with his iron fan and yelled orders which nobody in the American launch understood. The Lieutenant anxious to avoid a crash altered his collision course but dispatched another boat to the Mississippi to ask Capt. Lee to move closer. On the steamer's approach the guard boats retired. And Perry named the nearest point of land 'Point Rubicon' because no foreign ship had passed it for three centuries." See Morrison p.328. The lithograph PASSING THE RUBICON is 83 x 56.5 cm. overall print size is 83 x 49.5 cm. with top and side edges trimmed bottom edge slightly trimmed; overall browned with some surface scuffs tears laid down on an old cardboard complete illustration present with minor faults. The complete title reads: PASSING THE RUBICON. Lieut's. Bent in the Mississippi's First Cutter Forcing His Way Through a fleet of Japanese Boats While Surveying the Bay of Yedo July 11th. 1853. To Commodore M.C. Perry Officers and men of the Japan Expedition this print is respectfully dedicated by their Obt. Servths sic. BIBLIOGRAPHY: R. Pineau: THE JAPAN EXPEDITION 1852-1854 THE PERSONAL JOURNAL OF COMMODORE MATTHEW C. PERRY after p.156 & before p.167 color illustrations. THE PAUL C. BLUM COLLECTION CATALOGUE OF BOOKS Yokohama Archives of History vol.4 no.4395. H. Cordier: BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA p.513-518. By and large any of these prints from this work is exceptionally rare and seldom if ever found on the market for sale. unknown
185642565New York: G.P. Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 3/16 x 14 3/16 inches. Deluxe coloured issue on card. 12 leaves of letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints on proof paper tipped onto bristol boards with glossy backs. Plates include 1 tinted portrait of Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Hass and 9 views by Heine 2 chromolithographs printed in colour and finished by hand and 7 lithographed printed with two tints with additional hand-colouring all printed by Sarony & Co. Publisher's original wrappers text leaves and plates loose within the original half roan and brown cloth portfolio with title in gilt on upper board. Within a modern half morocco clamshell box<br/> <br/> An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan: the very rare deluxe hand coloured issue on card.<br/> <br/> William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colours on regular paper and a very rare deluxe hand-coloured issue on card like the present example. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies. Two distinct issues of Heine's work were published: a regular issue with hand-coloured plates on thick card; and the deluxe issue like the present with more elaborate hand-colouring and on thick cards with glossy paper backings. The deluxe issue is considerably more rare than the regular issue.<br/> <br/> Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. G.P. Putnam & Company unknown
185646791New York: G. P. Putnam & Co 1856. Large folio approx. 20½ x 15" consisting of a title page and introduction leaf and 10 leaves of descriptive text to accompany each of the 10 plates of which one is a lithograph portrait of Commodore Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Haas 2 chromolithographs 7 lithographs printed in 2 colors on India paper and mounted as issued original pictorial wrappers with the title enclosed by 8 vignette scenes and an American eagle at the top the wrappers backed in blue cloth; the whole in the publisher's quarter green morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover; some soiling of the front wrapper and title page a little spotted but over all very good or better. Heine 1827-1885 was the official artist on Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. The sketches he produced of the places he visited and the people he encountered there together with the daguerreotypes taken by his colleague Eliphalet Brown Jr. formed the basis of the official iconograhy of the American expedition to Japan which remains an important record of the country as it was before the foreigners arrived in force. Upon his return to New York in 1855 he published several books: a collection of prints entitled Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition; and the 400 sketches which were included in Perry's official report as well as his memoirs Reiss um die Welt nach Japan Leipzig 1856. Bennett p. 53: "The plates are very beautiful Japanese scenes and places of special interest many times finer than the plates in the three-volume regular account of the Perry Expedition." McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam & Co hardcover books
185620647New York: GP Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches. 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand finished views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. 20th-century maroon half morocco over paper-covered boards titled in gilt on spine original wrappers bound in<br/> <br/>An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.<br/> <br/>William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted on regular paper as in the present copy and hand-coloured. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies.<br/> <br/>Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. GP Putnam & Company unknown books
185646791New York: G. P. Putnam & Co 1856. Large folio approx. 20½ x 15" consisting of a title page and introduction leaf and 10 leaves of descriptive text to accompany each of the 10 plates of which one is a lithograph portrait of Commodore Perry from a daguerreotype by P. Haas 2 chromolithographs 7 lithographs printed in 2 colors on India paper and mounted as issued original pictorial wrappers with the title enclosed by 8 vignette scenes and an American eagle at the top the wrappers backed in blue cloth; the whole in the publisher's quarter green morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover; some soiling of the front wrapper and title page a little spotted but over all very good or better. Heine 1827-1885 was the official artist on Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. The sketches he produced of the places he visited and the people he encountered there together with the daguerreotypes taken by his colleague Eliphalet Brown Jr. formed the basis of the official iconography of the American expedition to Japan which remains an important record of the country as it was before the foreigners arrived in force. Upon his return to New York in 1855 he published several books: a collection of prints entitled Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition; and the 400 sketches which were included in Perry's official report as well as his memoirs Reiss um die Welt nach Japan Leipzig 1856. Bennett p. 53: "The plates are very beautiful Japanese scenes and places of special interest many times finer than the plates in the three-volume regular account of the Perry Expedition." McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. G. P. Putnam & Co unknown
185625141New York: GP Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. 12 ff. letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand finished views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. Expertly bound to style in half purple morocco over period purple cloth covered boards.<br/> <br/>An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.<br/> <br/>William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colors on regular paper as in the present copy and a deluxe hand-coloured issue on card. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's great rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies.<br/> <br/>Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. GP Putnam & Company unknown books
185634662New York: G.P. Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. 12 leaves of letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints including one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted on thick paper from a daguerreotype by P. Haas and nine views by Heine two chromolithographed seven printed in two tints on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. Small stab holes in the margins where the text and plates were previously stitched. Publisher's original wrappers text leaves and plates loose within the original portfolio leather renewed to style with title in gilt on upper board. Within a modern half morocco clamshell box<br/> <br/> An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.<br/> <br/> William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colors on regular paper as in the present copy and a deluxe hand-coloured issue on card. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or roadside chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular quarto account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies.<br/> <br/> Bennett p. 53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. G.P. Putnam & Company unknown
185625141New York: GP Putnam & Company 1856. Folio. 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. 12 leaves of letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints including one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted on thick paper from a daguerreotype by P. Haas and nine views by Heine two chromolithographed seven printed in two tints on india paper mounted all printed by Sarony & Co. Expertly bound to style in half purple morocco over period purple cloth covered boards.<br/> <br/> An important work recording Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan.<br/> <br/> William Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855 and the following year the present volume was issued in a smaller format with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. "As artistic productions the pictures speak for themselves . none superior to them have been executed in the United States and they have no cause to shun comparison with some of the best productions of Europe" Introduction. Copies were produced tinted though with some plates with several colors on regular paper as in the present copy and a deluxe hand-coloured issue on card. The plates are numbered and titled as follows 1. portrait of Perry; 2. Macao from Penha Hill; 3. Whampoa Pagoda; 4. Old China Street Canton; 5. Kung-kwa at On-na Lew-Chew; 6. Mia or road side chapel at Yokuhama; 7. Temple of Ben-teng in the harbor of Simoda; 8. Street and bridge at Simoda; 9. Temple of the Ha-tshu Man-ya-tshu-ro at Simoda; 10. Grave yard at Simoda Dio Zenge. Bennett describes the plates as "many times finer than those in the regular quarto account of the Perry expedition." His remarks on the work's rarity are confirmed by its absence from both of Cordier's Japanese bibliographies.<br/> <br/> Bennett p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123. GP Putnam & Company unknown
1918KA8FVLF635ZVParis: Jules Meynial colophon: Frazier-Soye 1918. Original green cloth. Square 4to 25 x 26 cm. With three different versions of the frontispiece: a lithographed plate a hand-coloured miniature painting on vellum highlighted with gold and an engraved plate; and with the half-title printed in blue and several words in the text printed in green and blue. One of six deluxe copies numbered 4 of a sumptuous edition of seven poems on Islam by the French poet writer and publisher Maurice Heine 1884-1940. The entire edition comprised 77 copies the first six numbered 1-6 being deluxe copies printed on dyed Japanese paper and including the frontispiece in three versions one painted on parchment and highlighted with gold. The frontispiece an Arabic text surrounded by flowers was designed and drawn by the Algerian miniature painter Mohammed Racim 1896-1975 founder of the Algerian school of miniature painting that still exists. The poems included are: La demeure harmonieuse Dans la maison moresque Palais d'Islam Le voyage en faience Le cyprès Alger-aux-barbares and La mort d'Alger.The work opens with a half-title printed in blue followed by a blank leaf a leaf with the privilege another half-title three frontispieces the title-page and a dedication followed by the prologue and the seven poems. It closes with a colophon noting the different copies of the book followed by: "Exemplaire no. 4. Imprimé pour le docteur Pierre Astruc".With a presentation inscription to Pierre Astruc: "à Pierre Astruc avec toute l'affection de ton ami dévoué Maurice Heine". In very good condition.l Library of Congress Cat. of copyright entries 16 1919 2706 ordinary copy; C. Tailliart L'Algérie dans la littérature française 123; WorldCat 3 copies 1 possibly a deluxe copy. [Jules Meynial] (colophon: Frazier-Soye), hardcover
1822362546Berlin: Maurerschen Buchhandlung 1822. First Edition. Very good. Heine's first book a collection of poems published by a Berlin bookstore in December 1821 but dated on the title page 1822. A scarce book by one of the most important 19th century German poets.<br /> <br /> viii 170 1 pages. Collating as: i title ii blank iii-iv Zueignung v-viii Inhalt 1-35 Traumbilder 36 blank 37-64 Minnelieder 65-103 Romanzen 104 blank 105-142 Sonette und vermischte Gedichte 143-170 Uebersetzungen aus Lord Byrons Werken 170 printer's imprint: Berlin gedruckt bei G. Hayn 171 Berichtigung. First edition first printing. A very good or better copy in contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. With a red-paper label on the spine which is divided into compartments with four ornaments stamped in gilt. Label edge chipped just touching the H in Heine. Minor wear to the corners. Previous owner's name on the first blank. A bit musty. Maurerschen Buchhandlung unknown
1910006225Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1910. Limited First Edition Thus. Vellum. Near Fine. No. 46 of 60 on Imperial Japan Japan vellum and a total limited edition of 310 copies. Large 4to. 31.5 by 24 cm. 83 2 pp. With 35 lithographic plates six of which are hand-colored and nine of which are signed by Pascin. Also signed by him on the limitation page. The cover also has a partly colored illustration by Pascin done on the vellum. This book was Pascin's first book project. The satirical Heine novel first published in 1833 actually was the inspiration for Wagner's "Der Fliegende Hollander" or "The Flying Dutchman". Pascin was born in Bulgaria was active in Paris for much of his career although becoming an American citizen and working in the U.S. as well. The illustrations in this book have a deliberately naive quality almost as if done by a child. Condition: short tear of vellum along lower front joint 2 to 3 cm in length. Typical yet slight bowing of the vellum and a touch of lifting of the vellum from the boards. Minor darkening of the vellum leaves within along the edges. <br/><br/> Paul Cassirer hardcover books
1910006225Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1910. Limited First Edition Thus. Vellum. Near Fine. No. 46 of 60 on Imperial Japan Japan vellum and a total limited edition of 310 copies. Large 4to. 31.5 by 24 cm. 83 2 pp. With 35 lithographic plates six of which are hand-colored and nine of which are signed by Pascin. Also signed by him on the limitation page. The cover also has a partly colored illustration by Pascin done on the vellum. This book was Pascin's first book project. The satirical Heine novel first published in 1833 actually was the inspiration for Wagner's "Der Fliegende Hollander" or "The Flying Dutchman". Pascin was born in Bulgaria was active in Paris for much of his career although becoming an American citizen and working in the U.S. as well. The illustrations in this book have a deliberately naive quality almost as if done by a child. Condition: short tear of vellum along lower front joint 2 to 3 cm in length. Typical yet slight bowing of the vellum and a touch of lifting of the vellum from the boards. Minor darkening of the vellum leaves within along the edges. Paul Cassirer unknown
191047004Berlin.: Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE. 1910. Original publisher's full vellum front cover with lithograph by Pascin with additional colouring by hand title to spine in black t.e.g. 4to. 312 x 242 mm. Leaf with title with lithograph vignette by Pascin recto justification verso and Heine's text illustrated with 35 lithographs by Pascin of which 9 are signed in pencil and 6 are coloured by hand one double page final leaf with list of the illustrations recto. The édition de tête of Pascin's first illustrated book with an original drawing.From the edition limited to 310 copies with this one of 60 from the édition de tête on Kaiserliches Japan signed by Pascin pencil to the justification; Pascin has signed 9 of the lithographs in pencil and 6 feature additional colouring by hand.The original drawing by Pascin on a sheet of smooth laid paper without watermark 196 x 196 mm is for the second illustration in the book that on page 10. The drawing as per the illustration within a drawn frame is slightly larger than the lithograph version the drawn frame is 178 x 178 mm while the printed version is 146 x 146 mm and in addition also features at upper right a tiny remarque in watercolour: the head of a mouse peeking out of a hole to observe the events of the drawing.'Pascin's first book illustrations. The deceptive simplicity of his drawing recalling German illustration of a hundred years earlier gives the plates a mock innocence.' The Artist and the Book.The Artist and the Book 219. Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE. hardcover
1923000435Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Leather Spine Tips. A MASTERPIECE OF BOOK DESIGN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FINE PRESS BOOKS AND A HIGH POINT OF GERMAN AND FRENCH LITERARY AND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS Number 117 of 400. No copies in 30 years in the American auction records. 17 Original Lithographs signed twice by Max Liebermann and numbered. Book: HEINE Heinrich. DER RABBI VON BACHERACH. Propyläen-Verlag Berlin 1923. Folio. With 17 ORIGINAL Lithographs by Max Liebermann. 1/2 Black Morocco and boards. This copy SIGNED TWICE as usual on limitation and additionally not in all copies on frontispiece lithograph. Minor spotting and soiling to beige boards otherwise a HANDSOME AND FINE COPY and internally clean. This book is a wonderful combination of two Jews one who brought to France German literary tendencies and the other who brought to the Germans French artistic tendencies. Heinrich Heine has been called 'the first modern intellectual' and became one of the greatest and most respected writers of the 19th century. Leibermann was the Great German artist that led the Berlin secession group and introduced French impressionism to Germany. This fine press book a magnificent combination of typography design and illustration is often lauded as among the most beautiful of Jewish fine press books if not all fine press books. Liebermann demonstrates a refined sensitivity in his artwork that parallels the emotive text. The Rabbi of Bacherach includes a lovely and romantic description of a Passover- the earliest and most expressive of the essence of the festival in modern Jewish literature. The story here recounts that in trans. and referring to the Haggadah " It was an old heirloom with ancient wine stains. It had come down from the days of her grandfather. The book contained many boldly and brightly colored pictures. As a little girl she had often looked at it so eagerly on Passover evenings." ; German Language; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; JUDAISM HEBREW LANGUAGE Jewish Literature Kabbalah Judaica Jewish Studies Hebrew Talmud ; Signed by Illustrator . Propyläen-Verlag hardcover
54158New York Paris London Berlin: Goupil & Co. 1851. A fine and large 69 x 99 cm. bird's-eye view of New York City with Battery Park in the foreground engraved by Sigismund Himely after Heine Kummer & Dopley. Framed and glazed 102 x 132 cm. by John Jones in 1997. HEINE Wilhelm 1827-1885 KUMMER Julius 1817-1869 and DÖPLER Reps 2659; Stokes Manhattan Island vol. 3 p. 893. New York, Paris, London, Berlin: Goupil & Co., [1851] unknown
1856999999999999G.P. Putnam & Co 1856. First Edition. Softcover. Good. G.P. Putnam & Company; NY 1856. Letterpress text. 10 lithographic prints one tinted portrait of Perry on india paper mounted from a daguerreotype by P. Haas nine hand-coloured views by Heine two of these chromolithographed seven printed in two colours on india paper all printed by Sarony & Co. Good only All plates and text pages present. Moisture staining to top of block affecting almost all of the platesworse in front less so in rear Not affecting image in any. Heavy wear to original heavier stock wrapsThis being the $6.00 edition NOT the pricer $12.00 ed with the mounted palates/clamshell box. Tear and creasing to rear cover. 4toFolio. 20 x 14 inches. 12 ff. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. G.P. Putnam & Co, paperback
84309201Rotterdam 1856 Nijgh. Red cloth very good 2 vols. 486p. Dutch text 9 b.w. plates including the "suppressed" nude Shimoda bathing scene. A L W A Y S R A R E . . SUBTITLE: Aan Boord van het Expeditieeskader Onder Commodore Perry in de Jaren 1853 1854 en 1855 Ondernomen op Last op Last van Regering der Vereenigde Staten. Heine was very talented & superb young German artist who accompanied Perry to Japan Okinawa Macao China and other ports. He did most of the lithographs & woodcuts for the historic voyage which appeared as EXPEDITION TO JAPAN in 3 great copius volumes. This work was his own private contribution to the primary references on the historic trip to Japan. unknown
119705New York Croscup & Sterling Co. c.1920. . "Dusseldorf Edition" no. 40 of 250 copies; 20 vols 8vo 22 x 15 cm; original half crushed blue morocco by Croscup & Sterling gilt ruled marbled boards spines lettered in gilt and decorated with gilt flower motifs top edge gilt others untrimmed a fine set.<br /> The works comprise Germany Romancero French Affairs Letters on the French Stage Pictures of Travel Florentine Nights Book of Songs New Poems and Shakespeare Maidens & Women.<br /> New York, Croscup & Sterling Co., [c.1920]. hardcover
19210053731921. Hardcover. Very Good. Exquisite and delightful manuscript account of a happy and prosperous marriage made as a commemoration on its Silver Anniversary which occurred in 1921. Folio. 38 by 27.5 cm. 10 leaves on card stock with original watercolored artwork on each page. Blue felt bevelled binding with stalks of tall grass painted in silver on the cover. The grass design repeats on the title page with the addition of cherubs and a highly ornamental painted placard bearing the title -- this placard is suspended from a stalk and held by one of the cherubs. The account begins with a young man Vienna leaving his love behind as he travels to Lyon. We are told how he misses his beloved and so follows their wedding in 1896. A stock market crash then leaves the desperate groom concerned about their future. The young family return to Vienna where he becomes a workaholic as his wife tends to the home filling it with bric-a-brac that speaks to their material well being. Finally there comes the anniversary celebration and the happiness from seeing their children grown and settled. This brief account doesn't do justice to the verse or paintings. The account is really just a few snapshots of their lives using words and pictures which work together to bring a dream-like glow to the reminiscences. Each page is framed by a decorative band of primarily blue set off by a floral festoon within it. Most pages have two illustrations with the verse written by a calligraphic hand. The illustrations are filled with a vigor and energy -- they almost seem to float above or hover over the page. We would guess that the anniversary couple's surname was Labin based on a door sign in the office scene and the company the husband worked for was named Abadie which may have been based in Paris. Beyond that we can not speak more specifically about the parties. Condition: the felt is rubbed and slightly sunned on front. The silver design is somewhat faded. Soiling along the bevelled edge. The contents are clean and bright. <br /><br /> hardcover books
19210053731921. Hardcover. Very Good. Exquisite and delightful manuscript account of a happy and prosperous marriage made as a commemoration on its Silver Anniversary which occurred in 1921. Folio. 38 by 27.5 cm. 10 leaves on card stock with original watercolored artwork on each page. Blue felt bevelled binding with stalks of tall grass painted in silver on the cover. The grass design repeats on the title page with the addition of cherubs and a highly ornamental painted placard bearing the title -- this placard is suspended from a stalk and held by one of the cherubs. The account begins with a young man Vienna leaving his love behind as he travels to Lyon. We are told how he misses his beloved and so follows their wedding in 1896. A stock market crash then leaves the desperate groom concerned about their future. The young family return to Vienna where he becomes a workaholic as his wife tends to the home filling it with bric-a-brac that speaks to their material well being. Finally there comes the anniversary celebration and the happiness from seeing their children grown and settled. This brief account doesn't do justice to the verse or paintings. The account is really just a few snapshots of their lives using words and pictures which work together to bring a dream-like glow to the reminiscences. Each page is framed by a decorative band of primarily blue set off by a floral festoon within it. Most pages have two illustrations with the verse written by a calligraphic hand. The illustrations are filled with a vigor and energy -- they almost seem to float above or hover over the page. We would guess that the anniversary couple's surname was Labin based on a door sign in the office scene and the company the husband worked for was named Abadie which may have been based in Paris. Beyond that we can not speak more specifically about the parties. Condition: the felt is rubbed and slightly sunned on front. The silver design is somewhat faded. Soiling along the bevelled edge. The contents are clean and bright. hardcover
