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1784ABC_46946The Netherlands 1784. Large folio 52 x 33.5 cm. Contemporary richly gold-tooled red morocco over boards sewn on 8 supports each board with a round gold-tooled green morocco inlaid centre piece gold-tooled board edges 2 pairs of green cloth ties gilt edges and block-printed paste-paper endpapers in red and yellow. The spine is also richly gold-tooled with 2 different rolls to frame the compartments and underline the leaf and flower stamps. The front and back boards match except for the gold lettering: on the front board "konst tekeningen" and on the back board "anno 1784". The tooling shows 4 different rolls used for multiple frames and numerous stamps of leaves flowers vases birds and other decorative elements. With 18 large beautifully hand-drawn and coloured illustrations of birds. 90 ll. Splendidly bound drawing book containing 18 unsigned detailed watercolour and gouache drawings of birds. The colourful birds appear to be drawn after the plates in Edward Donovan's The natural history of British birds first published in instalments between 1794 and 1819. If so the present drawings must have been added to the drawing book at least 10 years after it was bound.The blank drawing-book was bound according to the gold lettering on the back board in 1784 and the tools identify it as the work of the most important and arguably the best bindery in the 18th-century Netherlands dubbed the First Stadholder Bindery by Storm van Leeuwen. Since the names of the binders remain unknown the name now used alludes to the fact that it produced many bindings by order of the Stadholder Willem V and presumably his father Willem IV. Its great importance rests on the number of its surviving bindings the diversity of the work it produced the quality of the tooling the exceptionally large number of binding tools it must have owned and the length of time it must have been operating from at least 1722 to 1793 Storm van Leeuwen. The paper is laid with no watermark and appears to be quite consistent.Occasional minor foxing but otherwise internally fine and clean. The binding shows only slight signs of wear so both the album and the binding are in very good condition. A sumptuously bound album of attractive illustrations of British birds.l For the binding: Jan Storm van Leeuwen Bookbinding 18th century IIA pp. 67-101; for images of the rolls etc.: Jan Storm van Leeuwen De achttiende-eeuwse Haagse boekband pp. 388-395. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
1846RROBEGY00twF.G. Moon 1846-1849. Very Good. Roberts David drawings. Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot. Haghe lithography Louis; Brockedon historical description William. London: F.G. Moon 1846-1849. Illustrated. Folio. 3/4 red morocco with elaborately gilded spines. Book condition: Very good with careful professional restoration of leather primarily at spine ends joints and corners. Spine gilt is complete bright and fully legible. Pages are variously moderately foxed. Collated complete with 125 required plates many tinted and a few in bright multi-colors. F.G. Moon hardcover
1815G4JCUY01U79OFrance 1815. 20th-century red goatskin morocco sewn on 5 cords with the title "Gouaches érotiques" in gold in the 2nd of 6 spine compartments double-combed marbled endpapers pasted over the original marbled pastdown; spot pattern curled. 4to 26 x 21.5 cm. A matching set of 12 erotic drawings image area about 20 x 16 cm in coloured gouaches each showing a man and woman engaged in manual vaginal or oral sex in a richly furnished interior with furniture lamps clocks vases drapery mirrors books clothing architectural ornamentation etc. Each is drawn on thick paperboard and mounted on the album leaves. A matching set of 12 skilfully executed erotic gouache drawings in numerous colours each showing a naked or more often partly undressed young man and woman engaged in manual vaginal or oral sex. Each is set in an interior in at least most cases domestic most of them richly furnished. Though the drawings depict several different men and women some of them seem to appear in more than one drawing. One drawing appears to show a home library another includes a case full of books and two others have an open book lying on the floor. Another has the woman sitting on the man's lap before a writing desk with a quill pen in her hand. These may be intended to suggest that the man is the young lady's tutor and they got distracted from their lessons. The clothing suggests couples from fairly high social standing. The clothing architectural decoration furniture clocks lamps vases etc. much of it in Empire Style suggest a date around 1815 perhaps in France.The drawings are in good condition and the binding fine. unknown
17295AMEMBY35BNQSiena 1729. Folio ca. 29.5 x 20.5 cm. 3 ink wash and aquatints drawings on paper each drawn on one side showing the designs of the fireworks. Original designs for 3 sets fireworks all erected on the world famous shell-shaped piazza in Siena. They were designed erected and set off to celebrate the creation of the following cardinals: Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese 1697-1759 titular archbishop of Traianopoli who received the red hat and the title of Pietro in Montorio on 3 August 1729 drawing 1; Vincenzo Bichi 1668-1750 who was born in Siena and created cardinal priest in the consistory of 24 September 1731 drawing 2 and Pietro Maria Pieri 1676-1743 also born in Siena who was created cardinal priest in the consistory of 24 March 1734 drawing 3.List of the drawings numbered 38 39 and 40 respectively:1. Macchina de Fuochi Artifiziali in onore del Cardinale Francesco Borghesi reppresentati nella Piazza di Sienna il di 2 Octobre 1729.2. Disegno della Macchina de Fuochi artifiziali representati nella Piazza de Sienna il 25 Novembre 1731 in onore del Cardinal Vincenzo Bichi significante l'Odio et l'Invidia . del Merito inalzato dal Tempo al Tempo delle Glorie with eight laudatory inscriptions in Italian and Latin that were written not for this drawing but for the Macchina on the next leaf.3. Disegno della Macchina di fuoci artifiziali representati nella Piazza di Sienna il di 25 maggio 1734 in onore dell' esaltatione alla Porpora del Card. le Pier Maria Pieri da Piano Castagnaio dello Stato di Sienna.In good condition. unknown
192539179Marseille and Paris: Cahiers du Sud 1925. First edition of this amusing collection of light verse about travel one of fifty numbered copies printed on Chiffon de Moirans wove paper. A UNIQUE COPY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH ASTONISHING ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JULES PASCIN EXECUTED WITH A MATCH AND A NAIL. The drawings--lively funny and extremely irreverent and yet entirely relevant to the poems they illustrate--reveal Pascin to be at the height of his powers. At the end a note in Pascin's hand: "à Pierre Humbourg / ces dessins faits / avec un clou / et une allumette / Pascin". Large 12mo. Original printed blue wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT with large margins. FINE AND BRIGHT. Unique important and absolutely stunning. <br/><br/> Cahiers du Sud paperback
192330237<p>HB NODustJacket 1st edition 1ST Printing PUBLISHED Sept 1923 on the copyright page. Title & copyrite pg shows 1923 NF- BK/ VG-CVR NO DUSTJACKET NOJACKET AS-IS Lists thru this Title on Listing pg in front of bk 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 IN. Approx SPINE FADE Black Cloth with Gold Gilt Title & Decoration on Front of Hand Holding Fire & 7 Dancing Figures TINY Rub to Spine & spine edge with tiny chips back cloth cvr Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX Wear TIGHTLY BOUND 107 PGS new borzoi books Spring 1925 light bumping to the extremities. . No owner signatures bookplates or other marks. Sound binding and secure hinges. An intact presentable 1stprinting of Gibran's most enduring work. Light noticeable wear to the covers. Spine is not creased. Pages are otherwise clean free of markings and fully intact. Page block has darkened. Overall a really nice copy his second work in English after "The Madman"--for several years before it was published in October 1923. Both the author and the world consider this his masterpiece and it has been translated into dozens of languages. "The Prophet" concerns Almustafa "the chosen one" who after exile on an island addresses such universal themes as love joy sorrow pain and time. These short aphorisms functioning as a sort of spiritual poetry have move</p> ALFRED KNOPF , DOUBLEDAY NY, Electrotyped by Vail-Ballou Press, NY, Printed & bound Plimpton Press, MA hardcover
191311661AB1913. Vienna Berger 1913. 9 : 14 cm. Two original coloured drawings and the complete set of 6 coloured lithographed postcards by Berthold Löffler. With two original designes for two of the postcards drawings in pencil ink and colours green yellow blue red and pink. In 1913 Berthold Löffler designed a couple of postcards for the firm 'Kilophot' in Vienna. This were the official postcards for the Austrian Adria Exhibition which took place in Vienna in 1913. Here the complete set of 6 coloured lithographed postcards. Very elegant and young design. - Patke Berthold Löffler p. 91 with colour illustration. unknown
LD11902n.p.: n.p. n.d. Hardcover. Near Fine. Full chestnut morocco boards and spine ornately stamped in gilt and blind including "Grevedon" in blind and "F.H." in gilt on upper board; oblong 8vo 305x235mm; contains 21 original pencil drawings each about 90x140mm mounted to the recto only one per leaf. Undated but likely drawn in the late-18th or early-19th century tho they could be as late as mid-19th; a pencilled notation on the FFEP indicates that the artist is Pierre-Louis Henri Grevedon and the drawings collected by Franklin De Haven. Just a little light wear to binding; internally very clean with the small leather ex-libris of American collector Robert Hoe. <br/><br/>Grevedon 1776-1860 was known for his beautiful portraits of young women and these bust-length portraits are no exception; showing all sorts of women some plainly dressed perhaps a maid and others in more extravagant costume coiffure headdress including a bride. Grevedon published several collections of drawings in his lifetime and some of his works now reside in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum Art Institute of Chicago Harvard and more. n.p. hardcover
elala3637France: c1850. A combination of domestic social and street scenes including a number of caricatures i.e. a group of goat-headed soldiers with caption 'Vive La RÈforme Mil Huit Cent 48' 'Au Patron Des Ivognes Bon Vin De Bourgone sic' 'boire manger digÈrer voil‡ ma devise' 'Ces gueux de locataires si l'on pouvait se passer d'eux' 'L'Avocat du Gibier' &c. 307 x 236 mm. original cloth rebacked corners worn France: c1850 hardcover
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
RF1353<p><b>Original Watercolors on Native American Civilizations: </b></p><p><b>Mayas Aztecs and Incas.</b></p><p>176 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE SERIES "CIVILIZACIONES AMERICANAS" - WATERCOLORS AND ACRYLIC ON ACETATE. Various sizes.</p><p>UNIQUE: We present the originals that were used in Spain for informative publications of three Native American civilizations: MAYAS 54 images AZTECAS 54 images and INCAS 64 images. Made for pedagogical purposes they are of great interest from different points of view youth educational history American native civilizations in addition to being noted for their beauty.Ideal for research</p>
682014 sheets ranging from 2000 x 377 mm. to 670 x 385 mm. the 12 drawings to 567 x 380 mm. the furnace plus the wrapper. All on fine thin paper. Japan: ca. 1855-63.<br/> <br/> With the first demonstration of steam power in Japan thanks to Commodore Perry’s visit in July of 1853 the feudal domains immediately began to organize the construction of a fleet of large Western-style warships. By the August 1853 arrival in Nagasaki of the Russian Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin who gave a demonstration of a steam engine on his ship the Palladia. Hisashige Tanaka 1799-1881 the founder of the future Toshiba Corporation and the “Thomas Edison of Japan†promptly copied these models and built Japan’s first steam engine. The first steam-powered warship to enter the Japanese navy was the Kanko Maru given by the Dutch government in 1855. Western naval technologies were quickly assimilated; the earliest Japanese steam-powered warships were based on Dutch shipbuilding manuals and with direct assistance from Dutch representatives. In 1863 Japan completed is first domestically built steam warship the Chiyodagata. Following the humiliations at the hands of foreign navies in the Bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863 the shogunate began to rely more on French and British warship technologies.<br/> <br/> The large drawing of the steam engine and its parts is captioned in trans.: “The steamship’s measurements: length is ca. 50 meters width is ca. 11 meters and depth is ca. 7 meters. Steam engine’s structure and the parts described with measurements.†From right to left we see about thirty of the parts of the steam engine often with katakana labels and measurements the latter written in red ink. On the farthest left of this sheet is a remarkable and fine drawing 770 x 380 mm. in brush with wash in various grays yellow and pink of the assembled engine.<br/> <br/> On the first leaf of the series of 12 numbered sheets of drawings of the naval architecture of the proposed warship a label pasted-on states in trans.: “The 12 sheets of illustrations are copies of red-haired origin of the ship.†These sheets contain hundreds of drawings many heightened with gray wash and many with specific measurements of various aspects of the ship’s design in preparation for construction. Included are numerous depictions of the hull deck bulkheads rudders winches and gears from different viewpoints and of structural and strengthening elements with many manuscript labels in katakana of Dutch terms.<br/> <br/> There is some worming on the sheets which does touch some drawings and characters but it is not offensive. unknown
TK0040India: 19th century. Collection from various sources meaning clearly this group includes work from several different artists. Please view added illustrations online under this description. [19th century]. unknown
1819007599London: H. R. Young. Printed by J. McCreery 1819. Second Edition. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Cloth Slipcase. Very Good Plus. Folio 33 by 24 cm. xiv 2 306 4 239 13 pp. Also two engraved half-titles with illustration of tiger and with 40 hand-colored plates 20 in each volume. Contemporary dark green straight-grained full morocco binding with ornate gilt border decoration -- a repeat of vines and leaves contained within ruled lines and also a blindstamped band within this one. Five raised bands of spine with ruled lines denoting the raised areas and four gilt impressed vignettes of deer. Professionally rebacked both volumes with original spines retained and attached in a manner that the work is as inconspicuous as possible. The gilt decoration -- floral borders ruled edges turn-ins spine illustrations lettering has spots that are dulled but generally the gold remains bright. The leaves within both text and plates are also generally clean almost remarkably so notwithstanding the most occasional of spots of soiling. H. R. Young. Printed by J. McCreery unknown
1956145361Montreal: McGill Poetry Series Contact Press 1956 First Edition. 79 pp. Octavo. Original black patterned cloth. Silver lettering on the spine. Top edge trimmed with fore edge untrimmed. Contemporary name on the front endpaper dated April 1956. 5 line drawings by Freda Guttman. A fine copy unfortunately missing the rare dust wrapper. Whiteman A1. Nadel 45 The McGill poetry series was the first venture of its kind in Canada and was edited by Louis Dudek of McGill University. Cohen's first published book was printed in an edition of less than 400 copies according to Ira Nadel. The book although not rare in the market place has become very expensive with copies commanding over 5 figures. 1956 McGill Poetry Series [Contact Press] hardcover
1902D12396Paris 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Half cloth and marbled paper portfolio hand-calligraphed paper label "Paris Enghien Costumes de G Marie" affixed to upper board; contains 43 gouache ink and watercolor costume designs many heightened with wash gold or silver; loose sheets 380x254mm with artwork on the recto only each one signed by the artist with handwritten text description of the characters and costumes. Inscribed by the artist Gustave Marie to Madame Langlois likely a patron on the inside front board: "en souvenir. en bien respectueux hommage / 5 September 1902." Portfolio rubbed; frayed at spine tips corners and along joints; fore-edge ties lacking. Contents are VG or better; some leaves a little wrinkled and dusty along the edges; occasional faint foxing. Highly detailed skilled costumes designs for men and mostly women begging for display. <br/><br/>Papers of the day hailed the 3 act 5 tableaux revue by "masters of the genre" Monreal and Blondeau as a sensation. It boasted all new costumes and sets and a battalion of young and pretty women. The plates here show a range of amusing sexy chaste or dignified characters described as Parisiana La Cigalle Le Moulin-Rouge Les Enfants Terribles Le Chic L'Amour Le Fetard plus some dandies some military men and more. The costumes are abundant in detail with lace bows fanciful hats and accessories even some surprisingly risque cut-outs. hardcover
192544706Paris: Published by the author 1925. Limited First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 16 1/2 x 14 3/4". Unpaginated. 8pp Title Preface Table of Contents Limitation page 10 leaves Plates 10 leaves Suite of the plates. Original gilt-tooled full vellum with gold lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Title page in red and black lettering. Jean Auscher's striking series of 10 wash drawings highlighted in pochoir render a vivid joyful pittoresque and at times acerbic vision of people dancing at Parisian nightclubs in the 1920s. The ten drawings are followed by a suite of the same plates without the pochoir highlighting. Each illustration measures appr. 8 1/2 x 11" and is tipped in onto heavy cardstock. Text pages on Japan paper. One of the 50 Hors Commerce copies this being the only known HC copy printed on Japan Nacre from a total edition of 1178. Minor and sporadic rubbing along edges of binding. Covers slightly warped. Text in French. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. About the artist: Jean Auscher 1896-c. 1950 was a 20th century French artist caricaturist and illustrator. Auscher was a pupil at l’Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. His work was exhibited at Le Salon d'Automne and Le Salon des Tuileries between 1923 and 1933. His most characteristic work recorded the life "des Années Folles" in the Paris of the 1920s including scenes in the casinos gambling clubs and dance halls evoking the decadence of the demi-monde. He also recorded the theatrical community with portraits of actors some in their famous roles such as Louis Jouvet as "Le Trouhadec indigne" and the clown Grock. His best-known work appeared in limited edition folios published by the artist himself "La Faune des Dancings" 1925 and "Le Baccara" circa 1926. Many copies of the lithographs contained in these were heightened with watercolor. He contributed to the satirical journal "Le Rire"; he also illustrated works by Irène Némirovsky who was rediscovered when "Suite Française" was republished in 2004. Andre Haguenauer "Les Amertumes" 1925 and Alfred Machard "Printemps Sexuel" provided Auscher with subject matter that was again towards the margins of conventional attitudes to sexuality. From Wikipedia. Published by the author hardcover
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
1799B5768T. Chapman publisher; T. Gillet printer Salisbury-Square c. 1799. A fine and handsome example with plates and text clean and crisp. . Edition: Second Edition. Binding: Expertly rebacked contemporary full calf preserving mottled calf boards gilt dentelled borders flanked by single and double filleted ruling; spine with five raised bands compartments with central gilt marine motifs and gilt lettered title on red morocco label on two; all edges uncut. Notes: Captain James Wilson 1760–1814 commanded the British ship Duff which the London Missionary Society contracted in 1797 to convey a team of missionariesto their posts in Tahiti Tonga and the Marquesas Islands. Wilson surveyed locations of numerous islands in the Pacific including Vanua Balavu Fulaga and Ogea Levu in Fiji Mangareva in the Gambier Islands Pukarua in the Tuamotus and Satawal Elato and Lamotrek in the Caroline Islands. Three years after the establishment of the British mission in Tahiti the directors of the Society appointed a committee to consider a suitable memorial for presentation to Wilson for his services in helping to establish the first mission in the South Seas. He published an account of his voyage: A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean in 1799.<br>“This voyage was undertaken by the London Missionary Society for the purpose of establishing a mission in Tahiti. A settlement of twenty-five persons was formed. The king of the Islands befriended them but they met with continual difficulties from the civil wars and finally had to flee to Australia returning however in 1815 to Tahiti…. Includes many valuable details regarding Tahiti the Fiji Islands the Marquesas etc. A new group of islands was found among the Santa Cruslands and named the Duff Group…. The account is of extraordinary interest for its fresh and sometimes naïve viewpoint and for its descriptions of customs passed over by the nautical and geographical explorer.†Cox II:307. “Almost certainly two printers were employed by Chapman in order to speed up the job of publishing this quarto. This edition printed by Gillet is sometimes called the second edition; however the terms ‘coarse-paper’ ‘small-paper’ or ‘laid paper edition’ would be more correct. One may refer to them as the Gosnell edition and the Gillet edition. The text in both printings is the same but the list of subscribers in each is completely different the Gosnell edition having twelve pages and the Gillet edition having only seven which are not alphabetized. A careful study of these lists gives the distinct impression that the Gosnell edition is the earlier and the more expensive volume. As in the Gosnell edition the Advertisement to this edition also states: ‘The body of the journal is the composition of Mr. William Wilson from the captain’s papers his own and the missionaries’ reports.’†Hill 1895 “The anonymous editor of this book was Dr. Thomas Haweis one of the founders of the London Missionary Society. The long “preliminary discourse†was anonymously written by Samuel Greatheed using the then-unpublished narrative of James Morrison one of the pardoned ‘Bounty’ mutineers. Morrison’s manuscript was also the source for the extensive appendix on Tahiti. Indeed William Wilson and James Morrison may be called co-authors of this book.†Hill 1894 Size: Large quarto 285x220. Illustration: Complete with 13 plates maps and chart all detailing the geography and scenery of South Pacific islands. All plates and maps are present but in an order differing from the book’s table of plates. References: National Maritime Museum I:632; Hill 1894-95; Cox II:307. Pages: P: title bl. dedication 2 Advert. bl. list of prints bl. contents 4 1-312 Append. 313-395 bl. subscribers’ names 7 bl. preliminary discourse i-lxxxvii bl. letter of instructions lxxxix-c. Category: Book Voyages General; Book Asia South East T. Chapman, publisher; T. Gillet, printer, Salisbury-Square, hardcover
1820cmd30<p><strong> A VERY CURIOUS ALBUM OF EROTIC DRAWINGS </strong></p><p><strong> MANUSCRIPT / DRAWINGS</strong></p><p><strong> D'HANCARVILLE Pierre-François</strong></p><p><strong> <em>Monuments of the Private Life of the Twelve Caesars – 79 DRAWINGS</em></strong></p><p><strong> France c. 1820-1830. </strong>Small 4to 87 leaves. 19th century half brick-red shagreen binding.</p><p><strong>A very curious handwritten album created by an anonymous amateur based on the <em>Monumens de la vie privée des douze Césars</em> </strong>by D'Hancarville the famous <em>curiosa</em> first published in 1780 in Nancy by Le Clerc with the false imprint "A Caprées chez Sabellus". <strong>This album contains 79 erotic pen drawings purportedly inspired by antique cameos and statues</strong>. The artist allows himself some interpretation of D'Hancarville's plates: simplifying lines selecting elements of interest or even… exaggerating certain attributes. This intriguing album likely produced in the 1820s-1830s was bound later in the 19th century complete with a specially printed title page for the occasion!</p>
1800016157London: The Committee 1800. Book measures 67x51.cm. 1pp list of 21 plates this copy has an extra 3 plates so 24 double page folding plates in all of which 5 are partailly coloured. Bound without original wrappers. Bound in red calf both boards in-set with red cloth gilt lettering. Binding rubbed scuffed some loss on edges and corners. Internally contents becoming loose a couple of plates creased 1 plates with loss of margin not encroaching onto engraved area some surface wear to a couple of plates some light spotting. Generally plates in good clean condition. A good copy.F. Hardcover. Near Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. The Committee Hardcover
1842B5735London: George Virtue 26 Ivy Lane c. 1842. . A fine example with text and plates clean and crisp. A handsome set in attractive contemporary binding. Binding: Contemporary quarter green-brown calf with matching cloth boards spine with four raised gilt designed bands; compartments in blind and gilt floral design gilt title on two and four; matching marbled endpapers; all edges marbled; with tissue guards. Notes: “Bartlett made four voyages to the United States and Canada between the years 1836 and 1852 the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery in 1840 and Canadian Scenery in 1842 with text by N.P. Willisâ€Harper. “In autumn of 1836 in company with Willis he visited Niagara Falls and presumably was briefly in Canada. Journeyed from Halifax to Niagara in 1838 completing 117 sepia wash drawings which were engraved and published with text by Willis in a two volume Canadian Scenery in 1840†DNB. The engravings were produced by Willis Cousen and others. <br> Size: Quarto 274mm x 210mm. Illustration: Illustrated with one signed portrait of Bartlett by H. Room and B. Holl vol I; one full page map of Canada vol I plus 119 engraved plates by Bartlett both vols.; these include two engraved titles - each with a large vignette: “Wigwam in the Forest†vol I and “The horse-shoe fall†vol II - and a frontispiece to vol II entitled “Montreal from the Mountainâ€. <br> Volume: Two volumes. Provenance: Manuscript notation on verso of first upper free endpaper of vol I: “Mr. Coudani Copy // Albert Britnelâ€; third upper free endpapers of vols I&II manuscript note possibly signature of owner: “Allenâ€. References: Ref: Alston 7673; Sabin 3786; Lande 2310 Pages: P. Vol I: manuscript note bl. 2 owner’s signature frontispiece portrait engraved title “Wigwam…†bl. title printer’s note list of engravings bl. 2 map of Canada 1-128 with 53 engraved plates throughout the text; vol II: bl. 4 owner’s signature frontispiece “Montreal…†engraved title “The horse-shoe fall†bl. title printer’s note list of engravings bl. 1-116 with 63 engraved plates throughout the text. Category: Book Canada; Book Plate Books General; George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane hardcover
TK0041unknown: no date. . Please view added illustrations online under this description. [no date]. unknown
1800097754London: The Committee 1800. Book measures 66x51.cm. Complete with 21 plates double page or folding largest plate measures 183x64.cm 6 plates partially coloured. Bound in period quarter calf marble board. Binding heavily worn both boards detached. Internally small library stamp on title page small library stamps on verso of plates i.e. not stamped on engraved side a few plates creased on edges. Generally plates in very good condition. A good copy with good clean plates. . Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. The Committee hardcover
1823007166London: Thomas M'Lean 1823. Second Edition. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Very Good. Folio 37 by 26.5 cm. Title one page Preface List of Plates followed by 64 leaves half of which are the hand-colored plates. Each plate accompanied on a separate leaf with an English description on the recto one in French on the verso. The plates are not merely scenery but generally genre scenes depicting Italians at play at work going about their lives. The book is far more interesting in our view then contemporaneous color plate books about costume or of scenic views. Contemporary full red morocco binding. Binding has scuffs and some abrasions but remains attractive. Spine rebacked with original spine mostly preserved and pasted onto matching red morocco used in the reback. The reback in other words is not overly conspicuous. Corners bumped slightly and typical edgewear. Light foxing within along edges generally but text and plates still bright fresh and mostly clean. Thomas M'Lean unknown
