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19281436Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris 1928. Pet. in-4 broché (280 x 195 mm). Couverture de papier vergé rose illustrée d'une vignette sur le premier plat. Édition originale. TROIS (3) GRAVURES EN HORS-TEXTE ET UNE (1) VIGNETTE SUR LA COUVERTURE par LOUIS MARCOUSSIS. Tirage : 4 Japon + 10 Hollande de van gelder + 86 vélin d'Arches + 4 h.c. + 2 au dépôt légal. Celui-ci l' 1 des 10 sur Hollande avec LA SUITE DES GRAVURES AVANT LA LETTRE TOUTES SIGNÉES AU CRAYON PAR MARCOUSSIS. Exemplaire offert par Tristan Tzara à Georges Hugnet portant un très joli ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ ET DATÉ PAR TZARA ACCOMPAGNÉ D'UN PETIT DESSIN À L'ENCRE. Imprimé par Paul Haasen pour les gravures et R. Coulouma pour le texte.
19253783Paris, Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1925. 1 vol. in-8 (19,6 x 12,9 cm), broché sous couverture rempliée illustrée d'une gravure sur le premier plat. Édition originale illustrée de 9 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES DE JUAN GRIS dont 1 en couverture, 4 hors texte et 4 in texte, imprimées en sépia par Charlot Frères. - Tirage : 112 exemplaires. Celui-ci, l'un des 90 sur vergé d'Arches signé à l'encre par le poète et le peintre (n° 94). - Édité par Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler l'ouvrage contient les seules gravures sur cuivre de Juan Gris (1887-1927). Kahnweiler notera par ailleurs : « On ne peut que regretter que Gris n'ai débuté que peu de temps avant sa mort dans la gravure à l'eau-forte dans laquelle il aurait excellé ». Depuis longtemps Tzara désirait travailler avec Juan Gris et "Mouchoir de Nuages" sera la seule collaboration entre l'écrivain et le peintre. Skira 144 ; Kahnweiler p. 294 ; Rauch 99 ; Hugues 19 ; Hofer 126 ; Pompidou p. 184; Chapon p. 285 ; Galland p. 918 ; Hugues 19.
33669Paris, Secrétaire général : Georges Bataille. Du n° 1, avril 1929 au n° 7, décembre 1929 et du n° 1, 1930 au n° 8, 1930. Collection complète. 15 numéros en 15 livraisons in-4 brochées, sous 2 emboîtages (29,5 x 24 cm) Doctrines, archéologie, beaux-arts, ethnographie. Magazine illustré paraissant dix fois par an. Textes de Georges Bataille, Jacques Baron, Alejo Carpentier, Robert Desnos, Carl Einstein, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Marcel Griaule, Juan Gris, Eugène Jolas, Marcel Jouhandeau, Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Queneau, G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges Henri Rivière,André Schaeffner, Roger Vitrac, Georges-Henri Rivière, André Schaeffner, etc.- Nombreuses reproductions duvres dart et dobjets ethnographiques de Hans Arp, Constantin Brancusi, Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Giacometti, Juan Gris, Henri Laurens, Fernand Léger, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Sima etc. - Photographies de Jacques-André Boiffard, Élie Lotar, etc. Complet de tous les "English supplément" dans les numéros de la première année en fin de chaque fascicule et du bulletin de souscription détachable imprimé en rouge présent dans le n°3 de la deuxième année. A part un frottement sur la couverture des 2 premiers n°, très bel état de fraîcheur.
195373558Sous étui et chemise cartonnés recouverte de papier Japon nacré à fibre. Illustré de 11 gravures sur bois originales d'Henri LAURENS, dont une pour la couverture et une pour la page de titre. Sur le faux-titre, un DESSIN ORIGINAL d'Henri LAURENS accompagne un ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ DE L'ARTISTE : « à Madame Pierre de Harting, amicalement. H. Laurens ». Dans cet exemplaire est ajouté:- Une des 25 suites tirées sur Japon, comprenant 10 gravures originales d'Henri Laurens, la première signée par l'artiste et la présidente de la société, et justifiée X/XXV ;- Une suite de 4 gravures (3 têtes de chapitre et 1 cul-de-lampe), tirées sur Vergé d'AuvergneChacune de ces suites est conservée dans une chemise individuelle, respectivement d'Auvergne blanc et d'Auvergne bleu-gris, ornées du bois gravé de la couverture, avec variantes de couleurs.
1409t'Amsterdam: By Jan Ten Hoorn 1698 AND t'Amsterdam: By Jan Ten Hoorn 1699. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. 4 volumes. Ad I by Bosch in three volumes: I: 1 480 300pp.; II: 2 403 431pp.; III: 3 331 281pp. With an engraved title-page added. Ad II by Zanten: Four parts in one volume. I: xvi 192pp.; II: iv 128pp.; III: iv 159pp.; IV: iv 198pp. With the half-title and the engraved title-page present. Contemporary uniform blindstamped vellum with a half inch crack to the upper joint of the second volume of Bosch work. With 24 engraved plates by Jan Van Luyken to Bosch's work and 12 engraved plates again by Jan Van Luyken to Zanten's work. A fine copy. <br/> <br/> t'Amsterdam: By Jan Ten Hoorn, 1698 [AND] t'Amsterdam: By Jan Ten Hoorn, 1699. hardcover
002774t'Amsterdam: By Jan ten Hoorn 1699 AND t'Amsterdam: By Jan Ten Hoorn 1698. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. 4 volumes. Ad I by Zanten: Four parts in one volume. I: xvi 192pp.; II: iv 128pp.; III: iv 159pp.; IV: iv 198pp. With the half-title and the engraved title-page present. Ad II by Bosch in three volumes: I: 1 480 300pp.; II: 2 403 431pp.; III: 3 331 281pp. With an engraved title-page added. Contemporary uniform blindstamped vellum with a half inch crack to the upper joint of the second volume of Bosch's work. With 12 engraved plates by Jan Van Luyken to Zanten's work and 24 engraved plates again by Jan Van Luyken to Bosch's work. A fine copy. <br/> <br/> t'Amsterdam: By Jan ten Hoorn, 1699 [AND] t'Amsterdam: By Jan Ten Hoorn, 1698. hardcover
16132072Paris: for Raphael du Petit Val à Rouen 1613. Scarce French-language edition of Du Laurens works with a set of 26 anatomical engravings derived from Vesalius and others. "This is the second edition of the French translation of Du Laurens collected works. which preceded the publication of the Latin text. In addition to the author's textbook of anatomy and his account of scrofula the volume contains works on geriatrics melancholy and other mental afflictions and an early opthalmological work which describes the anatomy and diseases of the eye. The volume has an exceptionally well-engraved title page the author's engraved portrait and numerous historical and ornamental woodcut initials." Heirs of Hippocrates p. 144. According to Krivatsy the French translation of Du Laurens Opera Omnia was first published by P. Mettayer in Paris in 1613 and was reprinted by Raphael Du Petit Val in Rouen in 1621. Our copy has an engraved title signed by du Petit Val in Rouen but dated 1613; the Rouen librairie presumably recycled some of the original Paris-printed titles modifying the original engraving with a cancel. Du Laurens 1558-1609 was the court physician to Marie de Medicis and Henry IV and previously had been professor at the University of Montpellier. Wellcome I 1942; Krivatsy 3506 3507; Heirs of Hippocrates 389. Folio 23 x 34.5 cm 10 ff. including engraved allegorical title & portrait of Du Laurens 353 1 pp. 10 ff.; 1f. 53 3 ff.; 43 3 ff.; 57 3 ff.; 30 2 ff. Bound in contemporary French calf gilt-ruled covers with gilt wreath in center spine with raised bands rebacked with author-title gilt on spine. Ex Libris of Pierre Americ on front-end pastedown early ownership inscription of Michaux . De la Burtieve / Praecevitor S. Capellae Dune.sis on title. Soiling to engraved title with extreme right margin in partial facsimile; preliminary & final leaves remargined without loss; light waterstain in upper margin of scattered leaves; some other leaves soiled or spotted in margin. for Raphael du Petit Val à Rouen hardcover
16132072Paris: for Raphael du Petit Val à Rouen 1613. Scarce French-language edition of Du Laurens works with a set of 26 anatomical engravings derived from Vesalius and others. "This is the second edition of the French translation of Du Laurens collected works. which preceded the publication of the Latin text. In addition to the author's textbook of anatomy and his account of scrofula the volume contains works on geriatrics melancholy and other mental afflictions and an early opthalmological work which describes the anatomy and diseases of the eye. The volume has an exceptionally well-engraved title page the author's engraved portrait and numerous historical and ornamental woodcut initials." Heirs of Hippocrates p. 144. According to Krivatsy the French translation of Du Laurens Opera Omnia was first published by P. Mettayer in Paris in 1613 and was reprinted by Raphael Du Petit Val in Rouen in 1621. Our copy has an engraved title signed by du Petit Val in Rouen but dated 1613; the Rouen librairie presumably recycled some of the original Paris-printed titles modifying the original engraving with a cancel. Du Laurens 1558-1609 was the court physician to Marie de Medicis and Henry IV and previously had been professor at the University of Montpellier. Wellcome I 1942; Krivatsy 3506 3507; Heirs of Hippocrates 389. Folio 23 x 34.5 cm 10 ff. including engraved allegorical title & portrait of Du Laurens 353 1 pp. 10 ff.; 1f. 53 3 ff.; 43 3 ff.; 57 3 ff.; 30 2 ff. Bound in contemporary French calf gilt-ruled covers with gilt wreath in center spine with raised bands rebacked with author-title gilt on spine. Ex Libris of Pierre Americ on front-end pastedown early ownership inscription of Michaux . De la Burtieve / Praecevitor S. Capellae Dune.sis on title. Soiling to engraved title with extreme right margin in partial facsimile; preliminary & final leaves remargined without loss; light waterstain in upper margin of scattered leaves; some other leaves soiled or spotted in margin. for Raphael du Petit Val à Rouen hardcover books
19241674Éditions de la Galerie Simon (D.H. Kahnweiler), Paris 1924. Volume petit in-4 broché (25 x 20 cm), 22 pages, couverture ivoire illustré d'une eau-forte. ÉDITION ORIGINALE illustrée de 4 eaux-fortes d'André Masson, dont celle de la couverture et 3 en hors-texte. Premier livre de Georges Limbour et premier livre illustré par André Masson. Tirage à 112 exemplaires, celui-ci étant l'un des 90 numéroté sur vergé d'Arches (n° 53), SIGNÉ PAR L'AUTEUR ET L'ARTISTE au colophon. Les gravures de Masson les plus authentiquement surréalistes.
16-3705Paris: Editions de la revue Verve 1952. 4to. Original pictorial boards. 26.5 x 35.5 cm. 10½ x 14". French edition.153 1 p. With 27 lithographs many in color 5 of them double-page; plus numerous reproductions of drawings paintings photographs miniatures etc.;boards with color illustration by Georges Braque on front cover.Major double-issue of Verve 27 lithographs by or after Georges Braque 1; Henri Matisse 3 1 of them double-page; Henri Laurens 2; Alberto Giacometti 2; André Masson 3 1 of them double-page; Fernand Léger 3 1 of them double-page; Joan Miro 3 1 of them double-page; Borès 2; Gromaire 1; and Marc Chagall 7 1 of them double-page. The lithographs printed by Mourlot. Paris: Editions de la revue Verve, 1952 hardcover
1700ABC_46668Amsterdam: Nicolaas Visscher 1700. Blind- or black-tooled half calf ca. 1900 marbled paper sides and endpapers. Small oblong folio 18 x 24 cm. With 32 numbered engraved prints 13 x 16.5 cm including the title-page captioned in Dutch with views of the country house and gardens of Clingendaal near The Hague designed and etched and engraved by Daniel Stoopendaal Laurens Scherm and Leon Schenk. A series of 32 prints including the engraved title-page by the etcher engraver and draughtsman Daniel Stoopendaal 1672-1726 and etcher Laurens Scherm fl. 1689-1701 in their second issue executed by Leon Schenk and edited and published by Nicolaas Visscher: beautiful views of one of the most prestigeous country houses and gardens of the Dutch Republic Clingendaal near The Hague including prints showing the construction of the house and plans of both the house and gardens.The garden of the Clingendaal estate occupies a unique position in the development of garden art in the Netherlands of crucial importance for the understanding of the development of French-inspired formal gardens at the time of Stadtholder Willem III 1650-1702 from 1689 King William III of England Ireland and Scotland.Clingendaal was in possession of the wealthy and influencial Doublet family from 1591 to 1727. Philips Doublet II 1633-1707 inspired by the new French classical style and the gardens of Hofwijk - the country house of his father-in-law Constantijn Huygens secretary to the Stadtholder/King William III - started the constructiion of the gardens as early as the 1670's and completed it in the early 1680's establishing one of the first "French gardens" in Holland. Doublet's estate played a central role in the introduction and dissemination of French stylistic forms in Holland which would culminate in garden layouts at Het Loo De Voorst Heemstede and Zeist. Philips Doublet a real "gentleman-virtuoso" and dilettante architect had married Susanna Huygens the daughter of the famous scholar and humanist Constantijn Huygens. Doublet was a personal friend of Willem III with whom he discussed matters concerning art and architecture.With the bookplate of H. Boekenoogen on the front paste-down an owners inscription in black ink "Jorn Copijn 1977" and a small bookbinder's label of " D.G. van Bommel Amsterdam" on the second free endleaf. Lacking print 33 by L. Scherm: an obilisque ina maze of tall hedges Hollstein XXIV Scherm 30. The binding shows some signs of wear around the corners and the spine internally slightly soiled but overall a good copy with wide margins.l The Anglo-Dutch garden in the age of William and Mary 1988 pp. 179-183; Hollstein XXIV Scherm 24-29 & 31-32 = nos. 1 6 16 19-20 24 31-32; Hollstein XXVIII Stoopendaal 18-41 = nos. 2-5 7-15 17-18 21-23 25-30; Springer p. 45; STCN 4 copies. Nicolaas Visscher, unknown
19281437Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris 1928. Pet. in-4 broché (280 x 195 mm). Couverture de papier vergé rose illustrée d'une vignette gravée sur le premier plat. Édition originale. TROIS (3) GRAVURES EN HORS-TEXTE ET UNE (1) VIGNETTE SUR LA COUVERTURE par LOUIS MARCOUSSIS. Tirage : 4 Japon + 10 Hollande de van gelder + 86 vélin d'Arches + 4 h.c. + 2 au dépôt légal. Celui-ci numéroté sur Arches. Imprimé par Paul Haasen pour les gravures et R. Coulouma pour le texte.
1934148190London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1934. First edition first impression in an excellent example of the Anthony Butts jacket of this scarce Hogarth Press novel the debut of Woolf's friend Laurens van der Post. Of the 1250 copies printed Woolmer states that 300 were pulped. Octavo. Original green cloth spine lettered in black. With dust jacket designed by Anthony Butts. A hint of sunning to spine the boards otherwise bright the binding sound internally crisp. A superb copy in fresh jacket with only minimal rubbing to corners. Woolmer 353. hardcover
1780J1NGK9D42C5GAmsterdam 1780. 8vo. Johannes Allart Laurens Brandligt Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold. With 4 folding engraved maps and 1 folding engraved plate. XIII 1 194 pp. First and only edition of a work on navigation around the Dutch island Texel and improving the harbour of Den Helder written by the sea merchant Laurens Brandligt ca. 1730-ca.1800. Due to alluviation the stream velocity in the waters around Texel had decreased. Brandligt suggests several ways to improve the navigability of these waters which was important since Dutch warships often took refuge in them. He also promoted Den Helder as a new harbour for both merchant- and war ships stressing the poor accessibility of Amsterdam. However since the harbour of Den Helder was too shallow at the time he proposed to build a dam. This dam would reverse the current pushing the sand at the bottom of the river back to sea to deepen the harbour. Brandligt worked on the plan which he named Scylla and Charybdis for 10 years. The dam was approved in 1781 and built in 1782. It remained in use until 1954 and played a pivotal role in turning Den Helder into a thriving harbour town.The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed the front joint is partly weakened with some loss of material at the head of the spine. A small restored tear in the first free end paper the title page is slightly browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Bierens de Haan 558; Kemper 1566; STCN 160106095. hardcover
1854P2902Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 304x437 mm 11.97x17.20 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 400x570 mm 15.75x22.44 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
1952510480Editions De La Verve 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE. Tall 4to 35.5cm. Sewn binding in lithographic printed paper over boards with original design by Braques. George Braque honorary double issue Profusely illustrated with original lithographs created for this issue by Miro Bores Chagall Matisse and others. Spine paper chipped at head moderately toned and splitting at a few points otherwise exceedingly clean and sharp internal text with crisp bright paper. COMPLETE with all lithographs. A binding very prone to wear--much nice than commonly seen. Editions De La Verve hardcover
198087094Lewis. New. 1980. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ASIN: B000S5ZJBM. Text in English. 172 pages; 94 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee Lewis hardcover
198586549Edition Brusberg. New. 1985. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- --184 pages with many illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works Edition Brusberg hardcover
198586545Edition Brusberg. New. 1985. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- --184 pages with many illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works Edition Brusberg hardcover
1934352048London: Hogarth Press 1934. First edition lower pastedown and jacket stamped Colonial Cloth Edition. 350 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth spine lettered in black. Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with design by Anthony Butts. First edition lower pastedown and jacket stamped Colonial Cloth Edition. 350 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First book by Laurens van der Post who edited with William Plomer whose debut novel Turbott Wolfe was also published by the Woolfs<br /> <br /> "Plomer and Campbell with the help of a young Afrikaner journalist Laurens van der Post edited and wrote almost the entire contents of Voorslag during 1926. This the first bilingual South African literary journal attacked race prejudice as Turbott Wolfe had done and produced the same angry reaction" ODNB.<br /> <br /> A choice copy with the dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are stamped in ink Colonial Cloth Edition Woolmer does not note such a variant.<br /> <br /> SCARCE. Woolmer 353 Hogarth Press unknown
65924With the exception of the frontispiece complete set of sixteen plates depicting the magnificent gardens of Paleis Het Loo. Charming in brownish ink.1. Geheel Gezicht van 't Koningly Luft-hof van Z. B. M. op 't Loo / C. Allard exc. / cum Privilegio;2. 't Konings Huis op 't Loo door de Laan komende van Appeldoorn te zien. / Carolus Allard excudit vum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et West Frisiae;3. 't Konings Huis van de Tuin-zyde met de Fontein van Venus. / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio;4. 's Konings Tuin met de Klosbaan achter de Stallingen gezien / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio;5. De Fontein van Hercules met die van de Groote Sprong voor 't Amphitheater / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L: Scherm delli: et sculp:;6. Gezicht van 't Amphitheater over de Groote Tuin van 't Hof / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L: Scherm delli: et sculp:;7. Het Groote Doolhof / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio;8. De Cascade van Galathea aan de West-zyde van de Groote Tuin / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio;9. De Cascade van Narcissus aan de Oost-zyde van de Groote Tuin / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L.S:d:S:;10. De Fontein van de Koninglyke door-eengevlochte Naam; voor de Veiver / C. Allard exc. cum Privil.;11. Het Groene Koningins Kabinet / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio;12. De Koninginne Tuin met 't Groene Kabinet en de Oranjerie van Achteren te zien. / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio;13. De Groote Rust-Plaatsen; gezien van het Amphitheater tot het End van de Laan / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L: Scherm delli: et sculp:;14. De zes-weg by Phaunus na 't Beeld van Ceres te zien / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L: Scherm delli: et sculp:;15. De Grot-Sprong in het Kruid-hof / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L: Scherm del: et sculp:;16. De Laan na Ceres tegen over 't Beeld van Phaunus / C. Allard exc. cum Privilegio L: Scherm delli: et fec.Disassembled from an album as the sides of the pages are marmorized with the exception of the left margin. Etchings on paper with margins; plate mark: ca. 168 x 197 mm total: 182 x 280 mm; some impressions are blurry probably due to errors in the process of printing. Plate 12 on the external margin presents a small tear. Only state in good condition. Hollstein 34-49. unknown
169937916Amsterdam: By Jan ten Hoorn boekverkooper 1699. First Edition. In four parts each with half-title and separate pagination and signatures. Engraved pictorial title and eleven plates by J. Luyken. 16 192 4 128 4 159 1 blank 4 198 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum. Minor soiling to covers engraved title with contemporary repair to lower margin one gathering loosened lower corner of one page torn with loss of one letter in marginal gloss else a fresh fine copy. Luyken J. First Edition. In four parts each with half-title and separate pagination and signatures. Engraved pictorial title and eleven plates by J. Luyken. 16 192 4 128 4 159 1 blank 4 198 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Compendium of short biographies illustrating the rise and fall of princesses women martyrs of the church and other notable women from history. With eleven "curious" plates by Luykens depicting murders executions and other violent deaths. By Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkooper unknown
1854P2903Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 310x440 mm 12.20x17.32 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 400x570 mm 15.75x22.44 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
1854P2901Paris: Pierre-Bertrand c.1854. Very Good. Notes: In 1846 the French government decided to send a mission to Persia an expedition led by the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell to carry out further investigations. Laurens a young artist who had studied in the studio of the painter Paul Delaroche was employed to record the course of their journey in a series of images that after his return in 1849 were used to illustrate Hommaire de Hell's Voyage en Turquie et en Perse 4 vols and atlas 1854-60. Despite the rigours of the journey and an attack of fever Laurens filled several sketch-books with his drawings of the people and landscapes they encountered. Image Size : 312x440 mm 12.28x17.32 Inches Platemark Size : Paper Size : 395x570 mm 15.55x22.44 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Lithograph Categories: Views Asia Middle East Iran; Pierre-Bertrand unknown
1934227004London: Printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1934. First edition first printing. Publisher's green cloth spine titles stamped in black in Anthony Butts illustrated dust jacket 7s. 6d. Very mild rubbing extremities scattered scuffs to text block edges three tiny punctures to rear board near spine not affecting jacket overall fine in fine faintly toned and rubbed dust jacket with only a hint of edge wear. An extraordinarily beautiful copy of van der Post's first work. 350pp. Laurens’ debut novel In a Province confronts head on the ethical dilemmas and dangers of colonialism in South Africa. Written at a time when few white authors addressed these issues van der Post confronts the injustices of the socio-political landscape of South Africa in the early 20th century while addressing the psychological toll that both the colonizers and colonized suffered as a result. In a Province is undoubtedly solidified in the canon of anti-colonial and postcolonial literature. Its exploration of human rights and ethical responsibility gives it continued relevance in discussions of historical oppression and reconciliation. Printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press unknown
