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1800LCB64873London: Vernor & Hood. 1800 - 1801. 1st Edition english; First Impression. Original half leather boards. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Visible cracking to spine & corners. Marbled boards are rubbed & scuffed. Corners are scuffed. Some staining & foxing. Tear on page 81-82 >3 cm. Previous owner signature in ink on end paper. ; Ex-libris William Gibton of Mack Williams & Gibton a notable figure in Irish arts & commerce of the 19th century as evidenced by personal bookplate. Original half-leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering & bands on spine & corners. Frontispiece chapter headings & vignettes collaboration between T. Thurston Well-regarded artist & exhibitor at the Royal Academy & C. Warren renowned engraver. A handsome early 19th century compilation volume of three German plays bound together & translated by Benjamin Thompson a key figure in the cultural exchange between Germany & Britain at the turn of the 19th Century. ; 16.8 cm x 10 cm x 2 cm ; 82 pages . Vernor & Hood hardcover
1791854London: C. Clarke for T. and J. Egerton 1791. Full calf. Near fine. 12mo 7.1 in 18 cm. 2 xvi 152 2 pp. <br/><br/>First edition: Joseph Ritson 1752-1803 was a literary scholar anthologist and bibliographer. Here are seven Middle English poems including Tom Thumbe. Thomas Bewick 1753-1828 is known for reviving the art of wood engraving; his younger brother John Bewick 1760-1795 was his apprentice until he established his own career. <br/><br/>ESTC T149587. DNB. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt decorated and titled spine and gilt decorated board edges. 15 woodcut headpieces and tailpieces by Thomas and John Bewick. Glossary. Joints starting with long thin cracks without spring. Tight clean and bright. Well-preserved first edition illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick and John Bewick. C. Clarke for T. and J. Egerton unknown books
1764001R83Various publishers including . Paris &/or Geneva: -1769. 1764 Fourteen 14 Rare French Literary Pamphlets in two volumes. All 8vo. 205 mm. Leather backed marbled boards very slightly worn. Hardbound. Text in fine condition; some offsetting from the engravings. Contents include: Vol. I - 1. LETTRE AMOUREUSE D'HELOISE A ABAILARD. Translation of: Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope. New Edition corrected by the autor. Chez la veuve Duchesne Paris: 1766. 30 p. large engraving by Eisen; Engraved headpiece by Colardeau. 2. LETTRE DE DON CARLOS A ELISABETH SUIVIE DUN PASSAGE DE L'AMINTE DU TASSE TRADUIT EN VERS & Du Poeme De La Nuit imite de Gesner. Panckoucke Paris & Duchesne Lille: 1768. pp. VIII 29 Gravelot engraved plate. 3. LETTRE DE JULIE FILLE D'AUGUSTE A OVIDE. By Claude Dorat. A Geneve Et se trouve a Paris: Chez Bauche: 1766. 23p. With Engraved head and tail pieces by Eisen and Massard. 4. LETTRE D'OVIDE A JULIE PRECEDEE DUNE LETTRE EN PROSE A M. DIDEROT. By the Marquis de Pezay. Geneva: 1767. 32p. Full page engraved plate and vignettes after Eisen. 5. LETTRE DE SAPHO A PHAON Precedee d'une Epitre a Rosine D'une vie de Sapho & suivie d'une Traduction en Vers des Ouvrages de ce Poete. By Blin de Sainmore. Sebastien Jorry Paris: 1766. 32 p. Engraved plate by Aliamet after Gravelot; Vignettes by Ghendt after Eisen another by Choffard. 6. LETTRE DE CATON D'UTIQUE A CESAR. By Abbe Parmentier. Lambert Paris: 1766. 34 p. Engraved plate after Gravelot. 7. LETTRE D'ALCIBIADE A GLICERE: Bouquetiere d'Athenes suivie d'une Lettre de Venus a Paris et d'une Epitre a la Maitresse que J'Aurai. By Marquis de Pezay. S. Jorry Geneva & Paris: 1764. 36 p. Large engraved plate and vignettes by Eisen. Vol. II - 1. LETTRE DU COMTE DE COMMINGES A SA MERE: Suivie d'une Lettre de Philomele a Progne. By Claude-Joseph Dorat. S. Jorry Paris: 1764. 68 p. Two full page engravings vignettes by Eisen & Massard. 2. L'HEUREUX JOUR EPITRE A MON AMI. By le Parquis de Pezay. Duchene Paris: 1768. pp. 29 1. Engraved title full page engraving & vignettes by Eisen & Massard. Cohen p. 797. 3. LISLE MERVEILLEUSE. Poeme en Trois Chants Traduit du Grec Suivi d'Alphonse ou de l'Alcide Espagnol Conte tres Moral. By C. J. Dorat. Geneva: 1768. 85 p. Engraved plate after Eisen. 4. L'HOPITAL DES FOUS Aesculapius - or The Hospital of Fools by William Walsh. A Play translated by De La Flotte. Jorry Paris: 1765. Large plate head-piece and tail-piece engraved by Delafosse after Eisen. Two lines of French manuscript about Fools. 5. EXTRAIT DE QUELQUES PIECES PRESENTEES A L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE Pour concourir au Prix de poesie de L'Annee 1766. Regnard Paris: 1766. 27 p. 6. EPITRE AUX MALHEUREUX Piece qui a Eu L'Accessit du Prix de l'Academie Francois 1766. par M G.-H. Gaillard. Paris Regnard: 1766. 10p. 7. EPITRE A UN AMI SUR LA RECHERCHE DU BONHEUR. Cette Piece a concouru au Price de l'Academie Francois 1766. par M.D. Avocat au Parlement Cuissart & Regnard Paris: 1766. 19p. Small circular stain on first 10 pages. This collection is sometimes found with the texts in a different order and with different pagings and signatures and/or with one or more pieces omitted. There are often different printers and publishers where identified. The artists and engravers were among the best of this great era in illustration: Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen 1720-1778; Charles-Pierre Colardeau 1732-1776; Hubert Francois Gravelot 1699-1773; Jacques Aliamet 1726-1788; Jean Francois Rousseau; Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt 1738-1815; Joseph de Longueil 1730-1792; Jean Massard 1740-1822; Pierre-Philippe Choffard 1730-1809. A classic of 18th century French book illustration. CHEST 2/1. Hardcover. Very Good. Various publishers, including . Paris &/or Geneva: -1769. hardcover
1795ST20880London: W. Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare Printing Office 1795. 305 x 238 mm. 12 x 9 5/8". xx 76 pp. <br/> HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY SCARLET STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT covers framed by gilt fillets and decorative rolls smooth spine panels diapered into compartments containing annular dots gilt lettering turn-ins with gilt bead roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Housed in a velveteen-lined brown cloth chemise in an excellent matching morocco-backed slipcase. Engraved title page vignette five plates and seven vignettes in the text by Thomas and John Bewick. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with bookseller's ticket of E. Lloyd. Hugo 87; Ray "England" 50. See also Glaister p. 75. Four small black ink spots to boards a hint of wear to corners title and dedication leaf a bit foxed occasional mild foxing elsewhere but an excellent copy--the text clean and fresh with capacious margins and the beautiful contemporary binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> This extremely attractive poetic production is called by Hugo "a magnificent result of the efforts of the wood-engraver type-founder papermaker and printer" and it is offered here in a richly decorative contemporary binding. The text is composed of two poems by Oliver Goldsmith "The Traveller" and "The Deserted Village" and one poem by Thomas Parnell "The Hermit" accompanied by biographical sketches of each writer that of Parnell written by Goldsmith. The charming illustrations are the work of the Bewick brothers. More than any contemporaneous artist or printer Thomas Bewick 1753-1828 was responsible for a renewed interest in wood engraving his virtuosity and prolific output in the medium raising its reputation in book production. And here his artworks are accompanied by those of his brother John 1760-95. The large scenes which gracefully depict the figures from the poems are accompanied by the small head- and tailpiece vignettes for which Thomas Bewick is best remembered the gently sentimental scenes of rural vistas and picturesque ruins perfectly offsetting the text. Our volume was beautifully printed on heavy Whatman paper by Bewick's friend the celebrated William Bulmer who in Glaister's words was "one of the best printers of the time striving to raise the standard of English typography. To this end he perfected his own ink used good paper and specially cut types." Ray praises the printing as well as the illustrations writing that "thanks to Bulmer this is by far the handsomest of contemporary volumes containing Bewick's work." Our copy in pleasing contemporary morocco is a particularly appealing example. W. Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare Printing Office unknown
178039396Berne Bern: Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique 1780-1781. Freudeberg. Three volumes complete. A PRISTINE LARGE-PAPER SET OF FREUDEBERG'S MASTERPIECE THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FAR AND AWAY THE GREATEST WORK OF ITS KIND PRODUCED IN SWITZERLAND AND ILLUSTRATED BY SWISS ARTISTS. Volume I includes the cancellans engraved title the frontispiece by Eichler after Dunker and 21 finely-engraved hors-texte plates after Freudeberg. Volume II includes the frontispiece and 25 plates after Freudeberg. Volume III includes the frontispiece and 27 plates after Freudeberg. THIS SET IS ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE with the identical frontispiece in each volume as issued and 73 hors-texte plates after Freudeberg. Additionally there are 72 etched vignettes and 72 elaborate tailpieces by or after Dunker. SO 220 ETCHINGS IN ALL. This is furthermore a LARGE-PAPER SET ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER "HOLLANDE" AN ISSUE UNKNOWN TO COHEN-DE RICCI. Cohen-De Ricci cols. 681-2 describes numerous outstanding sets of this work owned by leading 18th and 19th-century bibliophiles and concludes that "Le papier du troisième volume est toujours inférieur a celui des deux premiers"--which is certainly not the case with this set: the paper is excellent and consistent throughout. Cohen-De Ricci also mentions that the plates in volume III are numbered so close to the bottom of the sheets that the numbers are present only when the sheets are entirely uncut as is the case here. 8vos. ENTIRELY UNCUT 21 x 15.5 cm with large margins. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPS WITH PAPER SPINE LABELS. Tiny traces of wear to extremities else FINE AND BRIGHT. THIS SET IS AS IT WAS WHEN IT LEFT THE PRINTER'S OFFICE ALMOST 250 YEARS AGO DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. <br/><br/> Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique paperback
175918779The Hague 1759. Large folio ca. 50 x 36 cm. Pierre Gosse junior 19th-century half green morocco a red morocco label on the spine with the title in French lettered in gold marbled endpapers. With 20 engravings each mounted on a double-leaf of heavy paper the text is printed in Dutch and French with a separate title page for each language the engraved coat of arms of Princess Anna on each and 4 decorated woodcut initials. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4 4; 4 27 pp. First edition of two works with illustrations and descriptions of the funeral ceremonies for Princess Anna of Hannover 1709-1759 who was then regent for her son William V Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. The first work shows the ceremonial mourning chamber with Princess Anna on her death bed. The plates were drawn by Pieter de Swart 1709-1772 one of the most important Dutch architects of the 18th century and engraved by Simon Fokke 1712-1784. The second work shows the funeral procession which took place in Delft on the 23rd of February in 1759 with detailed illustrations of all the heralds riflemen guards etc. that took part in the ceremony. The plates for this work were drawn by artist Paulus Constantijn la Fargue 1729-1782 and also engraved by Fokke. The creators apparently suspected that counterfeit editions of the work might appear as the text at the end of the first work states that only copies signed by the bookseller would be considered real. The present copy is signed.Princess Anna of Hannover duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg was the eldest daughter of George II August later King of England as George II and Wilhelmina Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. In 1734 she married the Dutch Willem Karel Hendrik Friso 1711-1751 Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Friesland. When in 1747 her husband became Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic as Willem IV the couple moved from Leeuwarden to The Hague and Anna became highly involved in politics. After the death of Willem IV in 1751 she became regent for her three-year old son the later Stadtholder Willem V. In this position she played a prominent part in the political life of the Republic defending the position of the House of Orange against the republicans.The edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed the boards are slightly rubbed the spine is somewhat discoloured. Otherwise a beautiful copy on heavy large paper with the plates in their original fresh impressions.l Ad 1: Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 233; Lipperheide 2675; Muller 4095; STCN 23024453X 7 copies; Vinet 756; Ad 2: Landwehr Splendid ceremonies 234; Lipperheide 2676; Muller 4097; STCN 230244394 7 copies; Vinet 756bis. ABE CAT Costumes & Uniforms hardcover
1785ST18172Turin: Michael Briolus 1785. FIRST EDITION. 410 x 270 mm. 16 1/8 x 10 5/8". Volume II with pp. 3-4 bound before pp. 1-2 but complete. Three volumes. <br/> INVENTIVE AND ELEGANT BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ANNIE BOIGE stamp-signed "A. Boige" on front pastedown and dated 1996 on rear pastedown upper covers cleverly encrusted with botanical specimens leaves or branches smooth spines with silver titling leather hinges watermarked light gray endpapers. Housed together in the original suede-lined brown cloth drop-back box suede-covered separators preventing contact between volumes. WITH engraved frontispiece portrait of the king of Sardinia in volume I engraved allegorical vignette on title pages and 92 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES ILLUSTRATING 237 BOTANICAL SPECIES. A Large Paper Copy. Cleveland Collections 557; Dunthorne 6; Sitwell "Great Flower Books" p. 67 69; Nissen BBI 18. ◆One plate with minor repair to fore-edge margin another with tiny rust hole not touching image half a dozen plates with insignificant smudges made during the printing process other trivial imperfections but A VERY FINE COPY clean fresh and wide-margined in a flawless binding.<br/> <br/> This is a major work of 18th century botany describing more than 2800 species of plants found in Italy's Piedmont region illustrating 237 previously unknown specimens and--crucially--classifying them all according to the new Linnean system becoming one of the first regional botanicals to use that taxonomy; as a bonus our copy comes in a particularly appropriate and charming binding with prominent botanical design elements. "Flora Pedemontana" was the chief work of Italian physician Carlo Allioni 1728-1804 professor of botany at the University of Turin and director of its natural history cabinet and botanical garden. The illustrations were drawn and engraved by the botanical garden's resident artist Francesco Peyroleri and his son Pietro. Our flora is also an important source of information on Alpine flowers. The modern binding is by an artisan who was proclaimed the "Grande Dame of French bookbinding" by the journal "Art & Métiers du Livre." Annie Boige trained at the Estienne School and at the Vésinet Applied Art Workshop before establishing her atelier in 1985. An art bookbinder she is noted for her monochrome color schemes and her use of beautiful leathers and vegetal materials a felicitous choice here. Michael Briolus unknown
