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8327118. ALBUM PAINTING NAKAJIMA Yûshô ä¸å³¶æœ‰ç« . SHÔKEI GAFU å‹æ™¯ç”»èœã€€Orihon folding painting album in gafu style full of lovely views of Japan. 28.2 x 16.8 CM. Preliminary and final decorated pages plus a 2 page table of contents and 42 double page color paintings each 28.2 X 33.4 CM ~11" X 13". In a late Shijô Kyoto-school style by Nakajima Yûshô 1837-1905 the son of Nakajima Raishô ä¸å³¶æ¥ç« 1796-1871　 and a talented artist in his own right who has been collected by the British Museum among other places.<br /> <br /> The 42 paintings illustrate the beauties of Japan mostly of western Japan with an emphasis on the beauty spots around the old capital at Kyoto. Yûshô has a wonderful way with his brush - pointillist dot leaf trees the delicate colors. you can see the quiet of the temple hear the urgent plash of waters at the waterfall. lake scenes ocean scenes mountains. Mostly empty of human figures. A natural and largely silent world. An examination reveals views entitled: Fresh Breeze at Kurise Evenglow at Seta Geese landing at Katata. some being scenes from canonical series. The geese landing at Katata is traditionally one of the EIGHT VIEWS OF OMI.<br /> <br /> Wonderful evocations of the past in traditional style with the lovely brush control of the Maruyama/Shijou School. Yûshô gives a world that must have been vanishing right before his eyes. But a world he could still see the essentials of. and give to us.<br /> <br /> In brocade covers with a brushed title label and enclosed in a clasped chitsu case. Lovely throughout delicate colors skilled brushwork. Overall a very nice presentation of the work of a skilled Shijo artist. unknown books
653830 fine color paintings & 24 black ink drawings of various parts of the bamboo. 50 leaves. 4to 275 x 206 mm. modern bright silk brocade wrappers stitched as issued. Probably Japan: late Edo. A beautiful album of finely rendered drawings of bamboo accompanied by explanatory text. There has been a long tradition in both China since the eighth century and Japan of illustrating bamboo with much thought given to composition and the painting of the stems knots branches and leaves. A number of treatises were written on the subject. This handsomely painted manuscript contains many illustrations all finely painted or brush-drawn of bamboo. Following the title there are two leaves which are somewhat soiled illustrating the yin and yang of the three variations of bamboo painting. They include how to place the brush on the drawing surface and how to maneuver the brush and lift it at just the right moment the calligraphy techniques are named. These are followed two fine calligraphic illustrations using black ink of bamboo branches again the calligraphy methods are named followed by a leaf of instructions. Next there are 18 pages of illustrations of leaves with each illustration becoming increasingly more complex. Then the manuscript text turns to the botanical aspects of bamboo: where it grows the genera and uses appearance how to propagate etc. Both Chinese and Japanese names are given with references to the classic botanical guide Ben cao gang mu Compendium of Materia Medica. Next we have 28 fine full-page illustrations of many genera of bamboo some pages contain multiple images each preceded by text describing the examples depicted. They are very vividly colored and finely painted using many techniques including the application of mica. Among the elaborate and richly colored illustrations are cross-sections roots sprouts leaves and fruits. Some of the examples are very exotic. Now we come upon two full-page color illustrations of tools for cutting and trimming bamboo and for the extraction and preparation of medicines with two pages of explanatory text. Finally we have a section with six artistic renderings of bamboo in art and literature. They include various iconic Chinese scenes including variations of literati in bamboo groves and the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Each painting is preceded by a leaf of text with a description and historical background of the scene. In fine condition. A contemporary reader has made some neat annotations in red ink. Final leaf has the artist's pen name written "Seigetsu an." Several minor and marginal wormholes. Preserved in a chitsu. unknown books
200136416Newton Abbot:: David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0715311808 . Over 200 color illustrations. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . David & Charles, hardcover books
1770161411770. Etching and engraving. Unfinished working proof. In fair condition with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark. Laid onto contemporary backing card. Tear along middle of image which has been expertly repaired. Some creases in image. A rare working proof by John Browne the celebrated English landscape engraver.<br/> <br/>One of the most esteemed English landscape engravers John Browne was born in Finchfield Essex in 1741. In 1756 he was apprenticed to the engraver John Tinney but then went to work for the influential landscape engraver William Woollett. It is believed that many of Woollett's most admired plates were in fact engraved by Browne. He devoted himself entirely to engraving landscape and genre scenes in particular after works by the French and Dutch masters. In 1770 he was elected an associate engraver of the Royal Academy exhibiting thirteen plates between 1767 and 1801. This stunning genre scene is a wonderful example of his skilled hand and a rare working proof. This intriguing print shows a unique step in the printmaking process before an image is ready for publication. Before the image is completed the engraver has printed a trial impression to view this stage of the engraved plate. It is incredibly rare to find prints in this unfinished experimental stage; impressions which were pulled as working proofs are unique and were almost never duplicated.<br/> <br/>Dictionary of National Biography. unknown books
200221468Cincinnati: North Light Books. Near Fine. 2002. Paperback. 1581801602 . Color photographs throughout. First printing paperback. Near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . North Light Books paperback books
199544743n.p.:: Caozhou Painting and Calligraphy Academy. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 7800051021 . Text is in Chinese except for the preface which is in English. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a very good age toning about the edges slipcase. ; 148 pages . Caozhou Painting and Calligraphy Academy, hardcover books
199320902Cincinnati: North Light Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0891344616 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear in the lower corner of the front panel dust jacket. . North Light Books hardcover books
1977407672Bronxville NY: Sarah Lawrence Gallery 1977. Wrappers with a few nicks/creases and toning at edges small tear and crease on title. 4to 8 x 8 inches. Black-and-white reproductions. Pale blue printed wrappers. Inscription on title signed Mary possibly by one of the contributors. Catalogue for a traveling exhibition that was held at the Sarah Lawrence Gallery the American Foundation for the Arts in Miami and the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. It's aim was "to consider the variety of what is currently happening in the painting medium" and it includes essays and profiles of painters including Nicholas Africano Jennifer Bartlett Brad Davis Martha Diamond Robert Mangold Brice Marden Susan Rothenberg and many others. <br/><br/> Sarah Lawrence Gallery unknown books
199220901Cincinnati:: North Light Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0891344276 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . North Light Books, hardcover books
199420537NY: Watson-Guptill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0823032736 . 335 color illustrations. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Watson-Guptill hardcover books
2006129615Shanghai China: Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy 2006. Softcover. NF. White/blue wraps with French folds and color illustration. 52 p. 20 plates mostly color and additional illustrations. From the foreword: Deena Gu Laties represents a still unusual phenomenon - an accomplished artist practicing a traditional Chinese mode of painting with an American art world used to the grand gesture. She has endeavored to meld aspects of western art with her Chinese training much as Giuseppe Castiglione did in reverse for the Qianlong emperor. Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy paperback books
FF2479London and New York:: George Routledge and Sons n.d. Series: Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books. Small 8vo. 313 1 pp. Original full gilt-ruled red morocco raised bands gilt spine title and compartments with gilt ruling all ledges gilt; rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Kathleen Millicent Chandos-Pole 1894-1960. With an erotic fore-edge painting showing a scene of a man his penis erect and two women with their rears bare and awaiting his visit in a country field setting a tree to the left set within an oval and the borders imitating the red marbled endleaves. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1994. / Revd. Dr Thomas Cockman Doctor of Divinity 1675–1745 was the translator of this edition sometime Master of University College Oxford. William Melmoth 1665/66–1743 was an English devotional writer and lawyer. George Routledge and Sons, n.d. hardcover books
1846FF2480Cantabrigiae:: J. et J.J. Deighton; Londini: Joh. Gul. Parker 1846. 1846. Two parts in one vol. 8vo. xii 13-335 1 pp. Title & leaves with red borders throughout. Text mostly in Latin and English with some Greek. Original full dark green gilt-stamped morocco raised bands all edges gilt "Bound by Dodd" Cambridge; rubbed. Foxed. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sebastian Bayley M.A. "Finem Respice". With an erotic fore-edge painting showing a bedroom scene the young man wearing only his shirt lying in bed the nude lady-lover stroking his erect penis and taking some pleasure as his feet play between her legs. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. / The text is compiled by Drury with numerous poetic contributions from various sources. Includes "A Song of Sixpence." p. 113. Among the English selections are contributions by Samuel Rogers Gray Burns Shakespeare Tennyson Gammer Gurton unknown Sheridan Byron Andrew Marvel Ben Jonson Cowper Milton Congreve Prior Colton etc. "In 1838 Drury became classical lecturer at Caius but having been ordained he left Cambridge in 1839 to take sole charge of Alderley Gloucestershire a curacy which he exchanged the following year for that of Bromham Wiltshire. Drury together with some friends projected and published the Arundines Cami a collection of translations into Latin and Greek verse by several Cambridge men. The first edition was published in a beautiful form in 1841 and four subsequent editions appeared during Drury's lifetime; a sixth after his death was edited by his son-in-law Mr. H. J. Hodgson in 1865. These successive editions contained several new pieces." Wikipedia. See: "Sudden Death of the Archdeacon of Wilts and Chaplain to the House of Commons" The Times London Tuesday 27 Jan 1863 p. 8. PROVENANCE: Thomas Sebastian Bayley M.A. fl.ca.1855 Lancashire. J. et J.J. Deighton; Londini: Joh. Gul. Parker, 1846. hardcover books
1842FF2481London & Paris:: Fisher Son & co. no date ca.1842. 1842. Small 8vo. 8 400 12 pp. Engraved frontispiece ads. Original full black gilt-stamped morocco spine with compartments and gilt title all edges gilt; rubbed. Very good. With an erotic fore-edge painting showing a nude lesbian couple lying on a chaise lounge and enjoying each other. The scene is framed within an ochre border a bluish-green wallpaper panel on either side itself framed in ochre a bureau partly displayed on the left a circular window or mirror on the left. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1994. Fisher, Son, & co., [no date, ca.1842]. unknown books
1884FF2482Manchester:: Privately Printed for Viscount Julian Smithson and friends 1884. 1884. 8vo. ii xiii 248pp. Rebound by Martin Frost in three-quarter dark crimson morocco raised bands gilt-stamped spine marbled boards with edge tooling in blind all edges gilt. Fine. EROTIC MANUAL WITH DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With a wonderfully erotic and playful double fore-edge painting by the master of the discipline Martin Frost painted ca. 1996. Signed by the artist "MF" in the scene. In classical motifs borders and set within an oval frame: Three nude nymphs running to an erect Satyr. On ethe reverse: Three Satyrs one erect approaching a nude nymph. Signed on the lower right of the scene oval. / The text is arranged in two books containing eight chapters: The Metamorphoses of Venus; I: Of Copulation; II: On Pedication; III: Of Irrumation; IV: Of Masturbation; V: Cunnilingues; VI: Of Tribads; VII: On Intercourse with Animals; VIII: Of Spintrian Postures; concluding with an "Enumeration of the Erotic Postures" 90 of them. / Bound by the artist himself Martin Frost newly gilded edges on this privately printed edition of 100 copies: "None of these copies are for sale." / "De figuris Veneris On the figures of Venus is an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist Friedrich Karl Forberg in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to Antonio Beccadelli's 1394-1471 Hermaphroditus commonly referred to as Antonii Panormitae Hermaphroditus an erotic poem sequence of 1425 in renaissance Latin though it was later also published as a separate work." / "Forberg's work was later also translated into English in 1899 and published by Charles Carrington as De figuris Veneris Manual of classical erotology and again in 1907 by Charles Hirsch and into French German and Spanish. The French edition by Alcide Bonneau was titled Manuel d’érotologie classique. One French edition of 1906 was illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril which concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions. Most of the editions were restricted to high society or censored; one of the copies edited in France was immediately deposited on the secret shelves of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Spanish translation was titled Manual de erótica clásica." Wikipedia. Privately Printed for Viscount Julian Smithson, and friends, 1884. hardcover books
1870FF2483London & Edinburgh:: Gall & Inglis no date ca.1870-1890. 1870. Small 8vo. xxiv 584 pp. Engraved frontispiece and half-title steel engraved plates pages printed with red rules. Original full dark brown morocco blind rules and gilt initials on upper on upper "CE" EC raised bands gilt title all edges gilt. Very good. With a well-painted erotic fore-edge painting the curtain opened for a revealing view of a mature man lying on his back his penis erect the mature woman holding it and placing the number in her vagina she showing her back side and ready to straddle his loins. The background shows an interior with large columns. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1997. Gall & Inglis, [no date, ca.1870-1890]. hardcover books
1858FF2485London:: Bickers and Bush 1858. 1858. Small 8vo. xxvi 476 30 pp. Illustrated with steel engravings. Original full tan gilt-ruled calf raised bands spine compartments gilt tooled red leather spine label all edges gilt; rubbed corners worn. Very good. With an erotic fore-edge painting of a man and woman nude in bed etc. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1997. Well painted scene very erotic. The scene is not signed but the origin of being painted is known Bickers and Bush, 1858. hardcover books
1903FF2486London & New York:: Macmillan 1903. 1903. Small 8vo. xxviii 459 1 pp. Half-title title vignette showing the author indexes glossary. Original olive-green calf raised bands spine with five fleurs-de-lis all edges gilt bound by Bumpus Oxford; rubbed. The inner dentelle shows the initials I.H. owner's initials. With an erotic fore-edge painting set within a styled wooden frame an austere bedroom the bed being about the only element a man and a woman both partly dressed. He is lying on the bed and propped up by two pillows the lady with her back facing him straddling his loins. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: I.H. unknown. Macmillan, 1903. hardcover books
1900FF2487Oxford:: Clarendon Press 1900. 1900. 8vo. xiii 3 554 2 pp. Frontispiece facsimile of Milton's handwriting. Original red calf all edges gilt; professionally rebacked to match in red calf raised bands gilt title "FOREDGE PAINTING" stamped at foot of spine; rubbed some scuffing spine is fresh. Prize bookplate of St. Paul's Girls' School gained by Burella Taylor July 1909 Frances R. Gray Head Mistress. Very good. With an erotic fore-edge painting set within a wide ochre border corner florets in black the scene depicting a mostly nude woman reclined in her bed fingering her vagina holding on the other hand a dildo. Another woman is entering the chamber. On the left side of the frame is a bureau with a mirror and a goblet. The lady in bed is watching herself masturbating in the mirror. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1994. Harrington's commissioned the binding repair adding the new spine and the words "FOREDGE PAINTING" at the foot of the spine. Clarendon Press, 1900. hardcover books
1902FF2488London & New York:: Macmillan 1902. 1902. Small 8vo. xliii 1 559 1 pp. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco covers stamped: "Mens Sana In Corpresano Summer Fields" "A healthy mind in a healthy body" all edges gilt. Some light foxing. Inscribed by early owners "Middle 3rd --- Prize Christmas 1902 G.R. Westmacott. Very good copy. The erotic fore-edge painting on the edges is vertical showing an interior of a room with a man and thick-thighed woman locked in their intercourse this penis addressing her lily white buxom thighs one leg lifted up to his waist and standing on the other foot her position being quite agile. She wears a bonnet her skirt brushed to the side her arms clinging to him. He retains his cap coat and boots his pants dropped to his knees. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: Lieutenant G R Westmacott. WWI Unit: Grenadier Guards. Received this book as a prize in 1902. Macmillan, 1902. unknown books
1864FF2489London: 1864-85. 1864. Eight volumes. Small 8vo. Original full dark red gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt; rubbed. Bookplates of Samuel Bronfman; ownership signature of Edwin Robinson 1864 1872. All volumes with crudely painted erotic scenes on the fore-edges fanned in both directions. EIGHT-VOLUMES WITH EROTIC DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS. INVENTORY: 1 Enoch Arden etc. London: Edward Moxon 1864. Small 8vo. 4 178 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude couple on a bed she with upstretched arms he with his penis erect approaching his lover. 2 Nude man masturbating. 2 Idylls of the King. A new edition. 1864. Small 8vo. vi 2 261 1 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Vertical scene showing the woman kneeling and performing fellatio on the man. 2 Nude man and woman with another copulation position. 3 Poems 1864. Sixteenth edition. Small 8vo. xii 379 1 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Copulation position. 2 Back-view of the man and woman enjoying a seated position nude as if watching a sunset probably on the edge of a bed. 4 The Princess a medley. Twelfth edition. with: Maud and other poems. A new edition. London: Edward Moxon 1864. Two volumes in one. Small 8vo. vi 183; viii 168 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude couple penis erect the lady lying down and relaxing next to him. 2 The nude couple with a copulation scene. 5 The Holy Grail and other poems. London: Strahan 1870. Small 8vo. 6 222 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude man lying down performing fellatio on the nude women straddling above him. 2 Man nude masturbating. 6 Gareth and Lynette. London: Strahan 1872. Small 8vo. 6 136 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Full penetration scene of the man and woman viewing from the man's rear. 2 Man and woman nude where he is performing fellatio on the woman. 7 Becket. London: Macmillan 1884. Small 8vo. 4 213 3 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Man & woman in bed nude she manipulates his genitalia. 2 Nude embrace. 8 Tiresias and other poems 1885. Small 8vo. viii 203 1 pp. Fore-edge painting: 1 Nude couple the lady performing fellatio on the man. 2 Another position of the same she with her back to the man manipulating his genitalia. PROVENANCE: Edwin Robinson 1864 – Samuel Bronfman 1889-1971 Canadian businessman. 1864-85. unknown books
1821004131Chiswick -- London: C. Whittingham 1821. Full Calf. Very Good Minus. Fore-edge painting of a square rig vessel and ancillary rowboats at sunrise by A. C. Needham. 12mo. 13 by 8 cm. Needham 1872-1952 was an American painter based in Boston and Manchester Massachusetts known for his marine paintings and proficient in miniatures. Supposedly he was self-taught at least in fore-edge painting technique and he was believed to have executed between 35 and 40 fore-edge paintings. In an article he wrote about his artwork he had a preference for painting things that had a close relationship to the subject of the book as is the case with this fore-edge painting. See Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders p. 213. Blindstamping on green calf covers. Gilt work in corners of board and on spine. Rubbed joints and edges. Scattered foxing within <br/><br/> C. Whittingham unknown books
1953183125Westport: The Course 1953. Hardcover. VG- overall fading and scuffing to boards of binders. Page have light toning along edges but are otherwise very clean and clear. Three oversized cloth three ring binders containing all 10 volumes. The first is red cloth boards with gilt lettering containing the table of contents page for all lessons The Handbook and Lesson One. The second volume is yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering containing Lessons 2 through 5. The third volume is blue cloth boards with gilt lettering containing Lessons 6 through 10. A handbook of ten lessons; Lesson 1 Oil Painting. Lesson 2 Water color painting and other mediums. Lesson 3 Form still life and perspective. Lesson 4 Composition and pictorial design. Lesson 5 Landscape painting. Lesson 6 Human form. Lesson 7 Portrait painting. Lesson 8 the figure in action. Lesson 9 figure composition. Lesson 10 Anatomy. The Course hardcover books
3417818. FAN PAINTING Murata KAGEN artist. An unmounted fan painting by Kagen d.1849 an Osaka artist mentioned in both Hillier's UNINHIBITED BRUSH and his 2 vol. work on ehon as a book designer and book illustrator. A lovely simple Shijô-style composition of flowers in light ink and muted colors. Signed and sealed. In near perfect condition. unknown books
5464918. FAN PAINTING Ueda KÔCHO artist. ISE JINGU - PRIEST AND ATTENDANT. Original color and sumi painting on fan - shaped heavy paper unmounted by Ueda Kôcho the important and prolific Shijô school artist and illustrator of the the first half of the 19th Century. See Mitchell 102 for the extensive list of his book contributions. Clean and handsome. unknown books
