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MEMORANDA OF CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE 1822 - c1832

1822013470anonymously hand-printed and illustrated 1822. Hardcover. Near Fine. Replicas of the first 58 volumes of Curtis Botanical Magazine rendered in hand-colored floral illustrations and holographic text edited from and amended to the original text by an anonymous English artistic hobbyist and rebound likely early 20thC in 24 volumes. William Curtis' first volume was published in 1787; Curtis's volume 59 the last in this hobbyist's project is dated 1832 which coincides when the hobbyist concluded his or her work. The magazine continues still under the auspices of Kew Gardens. The hobbyist here started this ambitious undertaking in 1822 which is known from the notation "Commenced 1822" he or she leaves on the title page of the first volume. The ten-year project concluded sometime in 1832 which the last entry is dated. The monumental work results in replications of illustrations and text for 3024 species. The drawing and hand-coloring aspires to the original works of James Sowerby the first of Curtis's artists. The hobbyist here sometimes copies sometimes adapts Sowerby's style; the result though technically primitive in execution is consistently charming. The amateur's colors are not as vibrant as Sowerby's; supplies of high-quality natural pigments would have been limited to the amateurist. Bound-in after Curtis' Volume 42 is the actual published Part 1 of "General Indexes to the Plants contained in the First Forty-Two Volumed of the Botanical Magazine" printed by Stephen Couchman and published by Sherwood Neely & Jones 1816 40 pp and Part II 1817 pp 41 - 111. Most impressive is the hobbyist's holographed index to all Curtis's 53 volumes which runs approximately 200 double-sided pages. These 58 volumes were collected into 24 bound volumes presumably organized by the hobbyist thusly and were professionally rebound in polished black half leather - with five raised bandstitles and devices in gilt to the spine over green/salmon/ black marbleized boards with marbleized edges - by appearances sometime in the first quarter of the 20thC by an anonymous binder. The bindings are of highest quality. Laid-in to Volume 1 is the original bill of sale for the work from Henry A. Martin print dealer and publisher of Washington DC dated 11/24/1916. The original bindings were likely calf which with age would have called for some kind of rebinding here handsomely executed. anonymously hand-printed and illustrated hardcover

Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB · États-Unis8 750,00 $US≈ 7 403,38 €

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WONDERS OF HUMAN NATURE: A SERIES OF MEMOIRS OF REMARKABLE AND ECCENTRIC PERSONS. Illustrated by Nearly One Hundred Characteristic Portraits. Later published as: "Curiosities of Biography".

1842101007Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Company 1842. 1842. Fair. - Octavo 7-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in the original black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. Half-title engraved frontispiece title pages vii-xii and pages 1-360. Profusely illustrated with portraits of the subjects. The front cover endpaper half-title and frontispiece are detached. The title page is detached and a tear through the center of it has been repaired with clear document tape. The rear cover and pages 359/360 are detached. The corner of page 153 is torn without any loss of text. A fair complete copy.Exceedingly rare First edition printed by Robert Malcolm of Glasgow.The book was reprinted in 1845 with the title "Curiosities of Biography or Memoirs of Remarkable Men.: Illustrated by one hundred characteristic portraits". Apart from the title a page-by-page comparison of the two books shows them to be identical in content and even in pagination. The only difference to be found is the absence in the 1845 reprint of an engraving of Napoleon on page xii at the foot of the contents page. Although the 1845 edition has been represented by many sources as the first edition it is indeed a reprint of the rare 1842 edition.The work contains 131 separate biographies. Nearly 100 of these include portraits of the subjects. Among the biographies are Margaret Finch Queen of the Gypsies John Case celebrated quack doctor Logan the American Indian Chief Eugene Aram executed for murder Dolly of the Chop-House Lord Lovat executed for treason Maximilian Christopher Miller a Saxon Giant Old Harry a famous raree-show man John Gale born deaf and dumb Patie Birnie a famous fiddler of Kinghorn Thomas Topham the strong man La Maupin a French female singer and duellist Matthew Hopkins witch finder general Owen Farrel a celebrated Irish dwarf Henry Blacker famous English giant Jonathan Wild "cold-hearted villain" Jack Sheppard celebrated criminal Sarah Mapp a quack a "remarkable female bone-setter" Jacob Hall celebrated rope-dancer Mr. Andrews a famous billiard player Joseph Strong a remarkable blind mechanic Peter the Wild Boy O'Brien the Irish giant James Mackean "cold-blooded murderer" Claude Ambroise Seurat the living skeleton Daniel Dancer a "wretched miser" and Valentine Greatrakes "renowned in the annals of quackery". Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Company, 1842. hardcover

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

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