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Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870), Anglo-Irish miniature painter, travel writer and author, friend of Sir Francis Burdett:Biblio.com

Johnson, Dr Samuel [Miniature: Dictionary]Biblio.com

JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MINIATURE; To which are added an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities; a List of the Cities Boroughs and Market Towns in England and Wales; a Copious Chronology; and a concise Epitome of the Most Remarkable Events during the French Revolution

180092London: Longman and Rees 1800. First Miniature Edition. Tooled leather with gilding. Very Good. Cook. 12mo tooled and gilt-stamped leather with four hubs engraved frontispiece of Dr. Johnson by Cook frontis. & t.p. iii-iv advert. 284 pages. Very Rare! Edited by Rev. Joseph Hamilton. Handy edition of the redoubtable Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary with its marvellous definitions. Published in 1800 during the raging Napoleonic wars with France see also the somewhat later inscription to a French ship's captain below. Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 or more commonly "Dr. Johnson" or "the Great Cham" was a brilliant English writer devout Anglican and Tory who made his reputation as a poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and most lastingly as a lexicographer. His Dictionary of the English Language is noteworthy for its extent comprehensiveness and use of pithy definitions. James Boswell of course memorialized the life and sayings of the great doctor. So uncommon it has NOT been identified by Courtney & Smith Johnson Bibliography with Supplement e.g. pp.57-59. The eighth edition of A Dictionary of the English Language appeared in 1799; the ninth edition in 1805. The upper cap of the spine is missing and the volume is rubbed with wear evident along the hinges and corners but the sewing is strong and the pages are clean with minimal toning. Minor brown offset from the fine engraved frontispiece of Dr. Johnson onto the title page. Bookstamp of bookseller "E. Desbois Bordeaux"; marbled endpapers. Interesting ink presentation on ffe: "To / J or "T" Beck Esqr. / commanding the French / packett Esteva on / her passage from Bordeaux / to Vera Cruz in Nov. 1831 ~ by his most obedt / humble servant / L. L. Becker" Longman and Rees hardcover

Borg Antiquarian · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

GARDENS, MINIATUREBiblio.com

Illustrated scroll on torinoko paper entitled in manuscript at beginning of text â€œBonsan shinpi denshoâ€ ç›†å±±çœŸç§˜å‚³æ›¸ â€œRocks Assembled on a Tray to Recreate in Miniature a Mountain Garden. Secret Pass It Downâ€

1796108121796. Approx. 40 brush & ink drawings in black & white. Scroll 180 x 1440 mm. central core roller. At end in rough trans.: â€œMany generations of SÅami bonsan 100 rules & styles. Extremely secret. All the information passed down by mouth is listed here. Handle this information with great care and keep it close. Given by Ishioka Seisaku çŸ³å²¡æ£æœ” in September 1796 to ZuihÅken no Yahiroko ç‘žèŠ³è»’ä¹‹å…«å°‹å.â€ Bonsan miniature mountain gardens is a sub-category of bonkei ç›†æ™¯ tray-garden landscapes. Created to fit into small containers good bonsan convey the texture color and form of natural mountainous scenery. These small tray or pot landscapes have their origins in 10th-century China. The text in our scroll is a distillation of the teachings of SÅami ShinsÅ ç›¸é˜¿å½ŒçœŸç›¸ 1472-1525 painter art critic and artistic adviser to the Ashikaga shoguns in Kyoto master of the tea and incense ceremonies and landscape gardener. He established rules for and a school SÅami ryu of garden design and flower arrangement as well as the rules and styles for bonsan. â€œAs a landscape gardener he designed two of the most celebrated Zen temple gardens in Japan: the RyÅan Temple garden in Kyoto an outstanding example of kare sansui a dry landscape technique in which combinations of stones and sand are used to suggest mountains and water; and the Daisei-in garden a miniature reproduction of a natural landscape also in the kare sansui style. It is believed that he also planned the garden of the famed Silver Pavilion Ginkaku Temple in Kyoto the villa built by his major patron Ashikaga Yoshimasa.â€â€“Encycl. Brit. online. The author begins by extolling the pleasures of bonsan and offers advice on how to observe and enjoy them. He continues with descriptions of the materials used miniature trees sand rocks etc. seasonal variations the kinds of trays square rectangular circular and colors red white blue yellow brown and black and advice on where how and when to display them. The text also discusses the styles created over the centuries and famous sites that could be replicated on the trays. All of this is finely illustrated in a series of about 40 fine black & white brush drawings illustrating the many varieties of bonsan design. Ishioka was a resident of Kyoto and gave instruction on creating miniature gardens. He left another manuscript on miniature gardening see WorldCat 1451711637. In fine condition. Some worming mostly marginal. Preserved in a modern wooden box. unknown

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · États-Unis4 500,00 $US≈ 3 807,45 €

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