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1891001785Paris: A La Librairie Illustree 1891. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo. 18 by 11 cm. 254 pp. With 29 color plates and numerous text woodcuts. Spine has minor soiling/darkening. Age toned clean tight. <br /><br /> A La Librairie Illustree hardcover books
18691337047New York: D. Appleton & Company 1869. Hardcover. Quarto; Fair; Hardcover; Spine black with gold print raised bands; Boards in black leather with gold print tattering to spine caps an corners front hinge torn and almost detached rear hinge worn small stains on rear shelfwear; Text block has gilt edges marbled endpapers cracked hinges front and rear intermittent spine breaks mild age-toning to paper slight occasional foxing; 311 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w with protective tissue. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1337047. FP New Rockville Stock. D. Appleton & Company hardcover books
18761316745London: Smith Elder & Co 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; Fair/no-DJ; black 1/4 leather spine with gilt text; gilt rule framing spine binding; boards have noticeable soiling smudges to exterior; heavy chipping to spine; small chips to exterior edges; sturdy boards; red decorative border to front; text block shows slight age toning to exterior fore and tail edges; top edge gilt; some light foxing to few first and last pages; frontispiece with tissue guard; illustrated;. 1316745. FP New Rockville Stock. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover books
1895D5869Paris: Librairie L. Conquet 1895. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rebound by Carayon preserving the original illustrated wrappers at rear. Half gilt-ruled marbled paper and green morocco gilt-stamped lettering and illustration on spine t.e.g. marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 68 hand-colored plates. Light scuffing at spine tips and corners; gift inscription on FFEP. <br/><br/> Librairie L. Conquet hardcover books
1880114416Paris: J. Hetzel 1880. Hardbound. Good wear to outer hinges and bands book is tight and fresh with slight foxing. Vull red leather with 4 raised bands and bordered design in each compartment. All edges are gilt. 260 pp. 4 color chromolithographs and 58 bw engravings. A splendid copy internally and outside is nice except where it has worn through the red of the leather to the tannish leather below. The gilt edges and the tightness of the book make it a pleasure to hold. J. Hetzel hardcover books
1900005290New York: W. S. Sterling & Co. 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Cloth spine. . Very Good. Clever Columbiana an ABC for the college student and alum capturing college life there in the early days of the Morningside Heights campus -- this was written shortly after the university had moved from Midtown. Oblong 4to 21 by 29 cm. Unpaginated but 30 pages including title page. Illustrations on every page. A light dampstain affects every page but given the good paper quality the dampstain we believe is not especially obtrusive. Soiling on the cloth spine. <br/><br/> W. S. Sterling & Co. hardcover books
1858006736Paris: Chez Hangard-Maugé 1858. First edition. Half Morocco. Marbled paper over boards. . Very Good. Plate volume -- only color chromolithographic plates 154 in all. 4to. 28 by 24 cm. Some plates with foxing. Most plates are clean. Moderate wear to binding. <br/><br/> Chez Hangard-Maugé hardcover books
1895001393Paris: Librairie A. Rouquette 1895. First Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. One of 100 copies issued on Japon paper with extra suite of illustrated plates on chine paper. 8vo 21 by 14 cm 41 pp not counting the extra suite. With superb vignette color illustrations by Morin depicting characters at a masque described by Vaucaire's witty verse. Many of the characters derive from the Commedia dell'Arte Pantalon Arlequin. The entirety of the production captures the spirit of the Belle Epoque or Fin de Siecle at least as we like to remember it. Complementing the work itself is the spine decoration of masked figures linked by a floreate vine. Some foxing on the chine extra suite leaves. The half morocco leather is sunned. Spine gilt decorations though remain vividly bright. <br/><br/> Librairie A. Rouquette unknown books
183095864London: A. Fullarton And Co c.1830. Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands inner dentelles all edges gilt frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp. George Gordon Byron commonly known as Lord Byron was an English poet and politician and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty". Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets. He traveled extensively across Europe especially in Italy where he lived for seven years in Venice Ravenna and Pisa where he had a chance to frequent his friend the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in his brief life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. A. Fullarton, And Co hardcover books
1830D7399Italy c. 1830. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern half morocco and marbled boards gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine; 430 x 560 mm; contains 26 anatomical drawings in red and grey chalk most of them full-page but also including double-page spreads tipped onto stubs. Spine tips and corners gently bumped; some faint dampstaining; a few leaves with repaired tears. Images of skeletal and muscular representations of arms legs feet torsos and heads. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1857D11024Aix-en-Provence probably 1857-1860. Hardcover. Near Fine. Marbled paper over boards backed in red sheep gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments; 311 x 230 mm; contains 70 double-page pen-and-ink drawings open they measure 311 x 445 mm some enhanced with ink wash or watercolor each with the artist's name and the professor's signatures 4 signatures in all. Boards and spine rubbed and scuffed; top corner of front board lacking. Contents are very near fine -- just some light foxing and a few small spots of soiling. <br/><br/>Highly skilled technical drawings by Michel Clement a student at the École Impériale d'Arts et Métiers d'Aix. The period of training was set at three years with the first year devoted to arithmetic geometry and drawing; the second year to descriptive geometry trigonometry and mechanical drawing of both stationary and moving parts; and the third year to industrial mechanics and advanced drafting techniques. This album affords a fascinating glimpse into the type and extent of the skills required of graduates of French technical schools in the mid-19th century. The course in design cours de dessins is structured and presented here in 4 sections: Troisieme division premiere annee; deuxieme division these drawings dated 1858-1859; deuxieme annee; and premiere division. The drawings include ornements 6 architecture 6 lavis 4 lever a l'equerre 1 echelles 1 epures 5 boulons et rivets 2 assemblages 1 geometrie descriptive 22 cinematique 5 organes de machine 3 topographie 2 machine outil 1 engrenages 6 machine a vapeur 1 treuil 1 machine a vapeur 2 hydraulique 1. hardcover books
