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18705067Ingolstadt & Esslingen: Krüll and J.F. Schreiber 1870. English translation: "From the War of Liberation 1870. Portrait of a Turko! The avant-garde of the French "army of civilisation" ! Muhamedans destined for the invasion of Southern Germany!" Single sheet printed in original water colour and ink lithograph. 40.5cm x 33 cm. Exceptionally rare old coloured poster on the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 which Schreiber produced for Krüll'sche Buchhandlung in Ingolstadt. In the upper left margin a larger paper damage with loss of the letter "A" of the title bar. Otherwise in good condition apart from a slight crease and damage to the lower left corner. We can find no copies of this poster on sale at the present time. This is a curious poster. While France and the Ottoman Empire had a long history of alliance and co-operation dating back to the 16th century by the time of the Franco-Prussian War this partnership was largely symbolic and did not translate into Ottoman support or intervention during the conflict. We can only assume that this was purely propaganda in modern terms a "dog whistle" to the racist elements of the German population. . Traduction en anglais : "De la guerre de libération de 1870. Portrait d'un Turko ! L'avant-garde de l'armée française de civilisation ! Muhamedans destinés à l'invasion de l'Allemagne du Sud !" Feuille unique imprimée en lithographie originale à l'encre et à l'aquarelle. 405 cm x 33 cm. Affiche ancienne en couleur sur la guerre franco-prussienne de 1870/71 exceptionnellement rare que Schreiber a produite pour Krüll'sche Buchhandlung à Ingolstadt. Dans la marge supérieure gauche un gros dégât de papier avec perte de la lettre "A" de la barre de titre. Sinon l'affiche est en bon état à l'exception d'un léger pli et d'un dommage dans le coin inférieur gauche. Nous n'avons trouvé aucun exemplaire de cette affiche en vente à l'heure actuelle. Il s'agit d'une affiche curieuse. Bien que la France et l'Empire ottoman aient une longue histoire d'alliance et de coopération remontant au XVIe siècle au moment de la guerre franco-prussienne ce partenariat était largement symbolique et ne s'est pas traduit par un soutien ou une intervention de l'Empire ottoman pendant le conflit. Nous ne pouvons que supposer qu'il s'agissait d'une pure propagande en termes modernes d'un "sifflet à chien" destiné aux éléments racistes de la population allemande. Krüll and J.F. Schreiber unknown
196219420William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California Los Angeles CA 1962. 8vo. First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society Publication No. 96. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles CA, unknown
61464c.1860. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition. Photographer's number and title in negative; Dimensions: 250 by 180mm. 10 by 7 inches; Dimensions: 250 x 180mm. 10 x 7 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1860]. unknown
68178c.1870. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in fair condition pasted on original card title in manuscript.<br /> The oldest scientific institution in Australia the Botanic Gardens were founded in 1816 by Governor Macquarie. The collection and study of plants began the following year with the appointment of the first Colonial Botanist Charles Fraser.<br /> [c.1870]. unknown
68180c.1870. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in fair condition pasted on original card title in manuscript.<br /> The oldest scientific institution in Australia the Botanic Gardens were founded in 1816 by Governor Macquarie. The collection and study of plants began the following year with the appointment of the first Colonial Botanist Charles Fraser.<br /> [c.1870]. unknown
16901747London: : Randal Taylor 1690. Although the Popish Plot was ten years gone by the time this polemic was published anti-Catholic feeling still ran high. This pamphlet purports to show all of the ways that Papists had attempted to undermine the Church of England since the Reformation. As such this is almost a literature review of the previous hundred years summarising Bishop Burnett Stillingfleet and others whilst quoting from Parliament and Catholic peers. It is followed by A LETTER OF THE MINISTERS Of the CITY of LONDON Presented the First of January 1645. to the Reverend Assembly of Divines sitting at Westminster by Authority of Parliament against TOLERATION. This pamphlet has been abstracted from a collection and so appears as a disbound item - with the binding marks and stab marks to the spine. No wrapper or cover now held in a protective sleeve. The top edge of the first couple of pages is beginning to come away - although the binding is still holding securely. A touch of darkening to the front and rear pages less so inside. There are pencil ticks throughout the work in the margins. Wing B 4382. 4 67 1 pp. Randal Taylor, unknown
3726504<p>Philadelphia: Robert Rae & Co. 1854. 15 1 blankpp. 3 in manuscript 2 blank. Printed front wrapper; lower wrap absent. Light vertical fold from mailing; small gnawing to lower portion of pamphlet’s spine; general wear; all legible and complete.</p> <p>Unlisted in OCLC an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital located at Forty-Ninth Street and Monument Avenue and pictured here in 1864 was established in 1772 as an almshouse to provide for poor women and widows in their old age.â€â€”The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.</p> unknown
18015416Paris: Chez Lenoir 1801. First edition French translation. Three volumes complete text. This seems to be a French translation of "The Amicable Quixote; Or the Enthusiasm of Friendship" although we have no idea where the "Bruce" came from! The English original was published in four volumes by J. Walker of London 1788. This edition in three volumes has a leather spine with gilt decoration. There is some loss to the head of volume two and nicking to the bottom edge. Marbled boards with some rubbing to them. Half titles with printer details to the verso. Followed by title. Slight edgewear with small closed tears to the titles and half titles of volume I & II. Binding is slightly shaken but holding. Pages are mostly clean with a touch of foxing / marking to them. But overall in decent clean condition. Each title page has the ownership signature "Rosely" to the top edge. iv 9-282. iv 5-294. iv 5-275. pp. 17cm x 10cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 1388629075. This states only library holding at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Munich. This copy has a frontis engraving to volume one - our copy does NOT have this. No copies for sale at the time of cataloguing. . Première édition traduction française. Trois volumes texte complet. Il semble s'agir d'une traduction française de « The Amicable Quixote; Or the Enthusiasm of Friendship » bien que nous ne sachions pas d'où vient le nom « Bruce » ! L'original anglais a été publié en quatre volumes par J. Walker à Londres en 1788. Cette édition en trois volumes a une reliure en cuir avec des décorations dorées. Le haut du volume deux est légèrement abîmé et le bas présente des entailles. Les couvertures marbrées sont légèrement frottées. Demi-titres avec les détails de l'imprimeur au verso. Suivis du titre. Légères traces d'usure sur les bords avec de petites déchirures fermées sur les titres et les demi-titres des volumes I et II. La reliure est légèrement abîmée mais tient bon. Les pages sont pour la plupart propres avec quelques traces de rousseur / marques. Mais dans l'ensemble elles sont en bon état et propres. Chaque page de titre porte la signature du propriétaire « Rosely » sur le bord supérieur. iv 9-282. iv 5-294. iv 5-275. pp. 17 cm x 10 cm. Conforme à WorldCat / OCLC : 1388629075. Ce numéro indique uniquement la présence de l'ouvrage à la Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich. Cet exemplaire comporte une gravure en frontispice au volume I ce qui n'est PAS le cas de notre exemplaire. Aucun exemplaire n'était disponible à la vente au moment du catalogage. Chez Lenoir hardcover
59351c.1880. . Silver gelatin print. Good tonal range and in good condition; Dimensions: 200 x 125mm. 8 x 5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
372430<p>Np. c. late 1850s. Ninth-plate Tintype. 2½ x 2 inches. Book-form burgundy morocco case with gilt and blind decoration and silk lining; with wallet-style binding with brass closure. Tintype with brass mat and hand-tinting. Near fine.</p> <p>Diminutive tintype portrait of a man with delicately hand-tinted cheeks and lips mounted in a leather book-form case.</p> <p>The case housing the tintype is decorated using many of the same techniques used to create a luxury bookbinding: blind ruling frames on the exterior “boards†gilt rolled designs on the “turn-ins†and edges and a silk “endpaper†which in this case folds over to protect the glass covered tintype.</p> <p>The tintype is an early example of the process; these were typically not case-mounted after the 1850s.</p> unknown
61448c.1870. . Albumen print. Good rich tones and in fine condition. Title in manuscript; Dimensions: 100 x 140mm. 4 x 5.5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1870]. unknown
3495Boston: The Gorham Press 1901. . 4to tan printed paper-covered boards Two holdings only in OCLC Yale and Harvard -- Harvard copy has been filmed by Google Books. A most extraordinary and amusing compilation of puns double entendres homophones and absolute idiocy. We have not been able to find anything on the author or the two illustrators--one with the initials "GR" and the other who signed as "Billy". There is a colophon at the end: "Malum nunc et olim. Done at the Cider Press" Boston: The Gorham Press, 1901. hardcover
46776Title from caption at centre of image. Albumen print of calendar for 1866 with two illustrations one of shipping in Hobson's Bay the other a view of the city of Melbourne from the Yarra; carte de visite format 101 x 63 mm mount; recto of mount imprinted at bottom margin 'Pt. No. 5 / Copyright Secured'; verso blank; print and mount are both in fine condition. Cartes de visite of this type - usually featuring a short rhyming verse and with a pictorial theme - were printed as novelty items to be placed as a frontispiece in the family's or collector's photograph album. However this Melbourne-themed example which comprises a miniature calendar for 1866 with tiny illustrations is one that we have never sighted before. Nor have we seen an example from any other year. The publisher too remains a mystery as we can trace no mention of 'The Victorian Album Almanack' in Melbourne newspaper advertisements or notices of the period. A bona fide Melbourne carte de visite curio. unknown
3734140<p>America: N.p. no backmark n.d. 19th c. after 1863. 3¾ x 2¼ inches. A rich and sharp image; light surface wear; very good.</p> <p>An expression of Confederate sympathetic folk art this printed souvenir CDV portrait of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall†Jackson was turned into an object of mourning. This transformation likely occurred shortly after Jackson’s death by friendly fire on May 10 1863. An exceptionally strong image with dark tonal contrast.</p> unknown
194064020vi 182 pages black and white plates throughout of beautiful old bindings Pubnlished by Gumuchian and Cie hardcover
16331977London: John Norton for Joyce Norton 1633. A nice copy of this two volume work unfortunately lacking the title page to Volume I. The volume starts on gather A. Original full leather boards with a touch of bumping / edgewear to the boards. Recent spine with titles and date to the spine. There is a little water staining to the work particularly to the edges and a slight nicking to the edges of the blank front end paper. Some darkening / foxing again particularly to the edges. Owner's inscriptions to the inside front board and to the 2nd end paper. IWe think what is laid in as the first end paper is a later addition when the spine was replaced - the second end paper appears from condition and inscriptions to be the original one. Also lacking is leaf 3I2 page 99/100 with the text here also lacking. Bizarrely a full page plate dating from 1814 has been laid in to face page 275. This is an engraving by Wm Craig and L. Brown showing national liberty crushing the nations of Europe. This is perhaps laid in here as it is opposite an homily against Disobedience and Wilfull rebellion. This long homily published in various forms is important as it was part of the celebrations following the failure of the rebellions against Queen Elizabeth I. To the end of the work is "A thankesgiving for the suppression of the last rebellion." 1-98 vi 1-98 101-320 iv. 290 x 210 mm 11½ x 8¼ inches. John Norton for Joyce Norton hardcover
61249c.1880. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition; Dimensions: 210 x 260mm. 8.5 x 10 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
1795187London: J. Marshall & R. White; Bath: S. Hazard 1795. Very good self wrappers with the first leaf has a paper flaw resulting in skewed printing and a loss of a few words several pages shaved too closely and pages age-toned and smudged. A scarce Cheap Repository printing of the story of James Maclean who was executed at the infamous Tyburn tree on October 3 1750 following a short but successful stint as a highwayman who rid his victims of their possessions in the most courteous manner. With an ominous vignette on the title page of the gallows at Tyburn with crows circling a hanging body in the background while three Newgate inmates look on. <br /> <br /> 12mo. title 3-22pp. 2 advertisements. ESTC N490066 of the five editions noted this is the only edition featuring "Cheap Repository" printed at the head of the title; Not in Spinney but compare to Spinney 7 not indicating priority in different editions though this edition uses his #3 imprint; Blanch A Reassessment of the Authorship of the Cheap Repository Tracts 2009 Baylor U. Thesis at pg. 114. J. Marshall & R. White; Bath: S. Hazard unknown
60185Italy c.1880. . Albumen print. A good rich print in good overall condition; Dimensions: 260 x 200mm. 10 x 7.5 inches.<br /> A beautifully lit church doorway.<br /> Italy [c.1880]. unknown
3732652<p>Blitar East Java Indonesia. Circa 1890s albumen photograph 8¾ x 10¾ inches on its original card mount 12½ x 15¾ inches with pencil caption titling to photograph. Old glue stains along edges of mount. Save for light fading along edges of photograph a clean clear image.</p> <p>Circa 1890s photograph showing the Javanese ceremony “rampok macan†rampokan a ritualized big cat fight typically occurring at the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the Muslim new year. In a gladiator-like setting this public spectacle pitted men against tiger and it likely contributed to the population decline and eventual extinction of the Javanese tiger.</p> <p>We find one example of this image at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. See Wessing Robert. “A Tiger in the Heart: The Javanese Rampok Macan.†Bijdragen Tot de Taal- Land- En Volkenkunde 148 no. 2 1992: 287–308.</p> unknown
61530c.1870. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition; Dimensions: 230 x 200mm. 9 x 8 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1870]. unknown
89944South Germany late 19th century. . 9 watercolours each framed and glazed overall size: 440 x 633mm 17¼ x 25 inches.<br /> Attractive collection of unusual drawings for silverware items most probably made by the prestigious WMF factory. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik better known as the WMF factory has been a tableware manufacturer since 1853. By 1900 the firm had become the world's first producer and exporter of metallic products mainly inspired by the style of Jugendstil and Art nouveau. Their 3-letter logo has since been associated with refined silverware and premium cutlery.<br /><br />These charming watercolours include drawings of champagne flutes trays teapots gravy boats plates coffee pots and sugar bowls. All the drawings use a base of various shades of black white and grey to represent the bulk of the piece. The smaller details are vividly coloured such as the gilt tint of the inner parts the light blue reflection of crystal the brown of teapot handles and the pink green and yellow of the refined and lively motives covering one of the tea sets. Each has a caption written in German giving a description of the item including its weight and series number. All of the pieces are adorned with beautiful motives representing flowers curved lines laurels and ancient patterns.<br /> [South Germany, late 19th century]. unknown
61187c.1880. . Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good overall condition. Slight tear in lower left corner some vertical creases; Dimensions: 200 x 260mm. 8 x 10.5 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
3731482<p>Tamworth England: Cotton Printer n.d. ca. 1780s; pre-1783. 12½ x 7½ inches. Woodcut two ornamental chain lines. Printed in four columns. Three old manuscript corrections in last column; two lines of text are mostly worn off at the top one partly legible. Archival mat window mylar sheet.</p> <p>An unrecorded 18th century broadside commemorating Sir Lancelot du Lake and Sir Tarquin’s hand-to-hand combat battle.</p> <p>The sheet was sold to tourists at Tamworth Castle in Tamworth Staffordshire where a 16th century mural on the castle’s Great Wall depicted the fight. The mural was whitewashed over in 1783. Friends of Tamworth Castle and Museum</p> <p>The broadside states: “If Travellers who pass that way Tamworth Castle On Serjeant Willcox call He to this Day can shew these Knights Fighting against a Wall.†Prefatory text wraps around a woodcut of Sir Tarquin falling to the ground mortally wounded by Lancelot. </p> <p>Based on Thomas Deloney’s The Noble Acts newly found Of Arthur of the Table Round the verse has has 144 lines consisting of 36 hymnal stanza quatrains.</p> <p>A lesser-known character in Arthurian lore Tarquin had imprisoned 44 knights of King Arthur’s court. When Lancelot confronts him Tarquin at first does not recognize him as the slayer of his brother:</p> <p>"“If thou be of the Table Round Quoth Tarquin furiously Both thee and all thy Fellowship I utterly defy. / Tarquin that’s over bold reply’d Du Lake courageously; Then clapping Spurs unto their Steeds They at each other fly. /. Both wounded were and bled full sore For breath they both did stand. Leaning upon their Swords awhile Quoth Tarquin Hold thy hand /. Why that’s well said quoth Lancelot then Thy motion likes me well; But who’s this Knight thou so do’st hate. His name I pray thee tell / His name quoth Tarquin is Du Lake He slew my Brother dear… / Strait at each other like two Boars They both enraged fly; And two long Hours by Tamworth They fought most furiously. / The Ground besprinkled was with gore Long Time was hard to say Which of these knights the bravest was Or which would win the day; / Till Lancelot with one mighty Stroke His foe did so assail That Tarquin stagger’d and his strength Therewith began to fail; / With loss of blood he then grew faint Which when Sir Lancelot found With all his Force a blow he gave Which brought him to the Ground. / Then forthwith taking off his Helm Smiting his Neck in twain His Body and his Bason threw Into the River Tame. /. God bless our King and may his Knights When put upon the Trial Approve themselves as Lancelot did As Valiant and as Loyal.â€"</p> <p>We find no 18th century items with this imprint in OCLC or ESTC.</p> <p>Not in ESTC or OCLC and no entries in either of any items having this imprint. Not to be mistaken for ESTC N8306 i.e. A famous battle fought between Sir Lancelot du Lake and the famous giant Tarquinwhich begins: “Within this ancient British land…â€</p> unknown
146304<p>Np. Norwich England 1760s. Broadside. 12½ x 8½ inches. Laid paper; printed in two columns. Superscription “Third Part†in manuscript written above title. Old fold lines; staining; some losses to paper at edges not affecting text; good.</p> <p>Unrecorded eighteenth century polemical broadside in the tradition satirist Ned Ward or the mock poem Hudibras. </p> <p>While the present broadside includes only a few lines of poetry like Hudibras it appears to describe a religious controversy between a “Methodist Grub-Street Printer†named Don Dismallo Thickscullo de Halfwitto and another printer Dicko-Don-Quacko.The broadside reports that the printers’ dispute was also carried out in dueling newspapers the eighteenth century equivalent of an internet “flame war.†</p> <p>That the dispute was ongoing seems to be implied in the manuscript addition written at the top of the broadside: “Third Part.†The broadside states:</p> <p>"The Methodists and their Printer having erected their Battery of Lampoonary against the Printer of the Paper call’d Helter Skelter He hereby declares a Paper War against all Dicko Don Quack’s Mendicant Crew…"</p> <p>A mention of a work printed by the “Methodist Grub-Street Printer†concerning Pondicherry may well help to date the broadside to after 1761 when British forces in India defeated the French at Pondicherry. An account of a legal dispute between two printers found in a 1768 English literary annual The British Palladium may well shed light on the controversy outlined in the present broadside and suggests a possible place of publication Norwich England. The account begins:</p> <p>"An eminent Printer in the City of Norwich was once personally aspersed by a single Quack distributing Hand-bills against him in that city who as a Remedy for his Disorder brought out a Pamphlet cried about the Streets intitled The History of Dicko Don Quacko Liliano Brazenfaciano who instead of considering it as a wholesome Remedy for his Evil took Offence at his Prescriber insisting on his being misnamed and misrepresented. In consequence whereof a Trial was appointed to come on before a certain Judge…"</p> <p>The tradition of such fantastically named characters hearkens back to Samuel Butler’s Hudibras 1663 1664 and 1678 and to Four Hudibrastick Canto’s Being Poems on Four the greatest Heroes That liv’d in any Age since Nero’s Don Juan Howlet Hudibras Dicko-ba-nes and Bonniface 1715 sometimes attributed to Ned Ward.</p> <p>Unrecorded eighteenth century satirical broadside concerning the press and the growing influence of print culture in England.</p> <p>Not in ESTC. Ref. The British Palladium; or Annual Miscellany: for the Bissextile Year 1768. London 1768.</p> unknown
