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1930042244Paris: G. Cres 1930. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. 201 Ii Pp. Full Black Niger Gilt And Blind-Stamped In An Art Deco Design Top Edge Gilt Black Gilt And Blindstamped Turns With Blue Silk Doublures And Additional Blue Marbled Endpapers Matching Leather And Marbled Paper On Slipcase. Front Board Neatly Detached Long Ago Reattached With Nearly Invisible Silk Now Again Detached But Can Be Invisibly Reattached Using New Cords Without Any Rebinding. Slipcase With Wear At Corners Split Along One Top Edge. Tipped In Is A Calling Card Of Emile Rossignol With Handwritten Message "Avec Tous Les Voeux De Bonheur Pour L'an Qui Vient" Rossignol." Very Faded Abbreviated Signature At End Of Contents Page. Roland Dorgelès 1885 - 1973 Was A French Novelist And A Member Of The Académie Goncourt. Born In Amiens Somme Under The Name Roland Lecavelé He Adopted The Pen Name Dorgelès To Commemorate Visits To The Spa Town Of Argelès He Spent His Childhood In Paris. A Prolific Author He Is Most Renowned For The Prix Femina-Winning Wooden Crosses Les Croix De Bois A Moving Study Of World War I In Which He Served. It Was Published In 1919 In English By William Heinemann In 1920. Dorgelès Served As A Juror With Florence Meyer Blumenthal In Awarding The Prix Blumenthal A Grant Given Between 1919 And 1954 To Painters Sculptors Decorators Engravers Writers And Musicians. <br/> <br/> G. Cres hardcover
1940110021940. Paris Guy Leprat s.d. 1940. 1 vol. in-plano 443 x 318 mm de 11 pp. et 12 planches en feuilles sous chemise cartonnÂŽe d'ÂŽdition. Edition originale. Tirage unique ˆ 500 exemplaires seulement sur vÂŽlin d'Arches seul papier. Exemplaire numÂŽrotÂŽ et signÂŽ ˆ la mine de plomb au colophon. ''Penser Paris. Comment songer ˆ vaincre ˆ rÂŽduire ˆ quelque forme intelligible un tel monstre de grandeur de rapports de diffÂŽrences concentrÂŽes '' Paul ValÂŽry. Premier tirage des 12 dÂŽlicates eaux-fortes de FlorÂs donnant ˆ voir : La rue des Francs-Bourgeois - Notre-Dame et les bouquinistes - L'aiguille de Notre-Dame - Le Pont-Neuf et la CitÂŽ - Notre-Dame vue des Quais de Seine - La Sainte-Chapelle - Tour de l'Horloge et marchÂŽ aux fleurs - L'Eglise Saint-Germain-des-PrÂs - MarchÂŽ rue Mouffetard - Rue Brise-Miche - Place de la Concorde - Arc de Triomphe / Place de l'Etoile. Chemise prÂŽsentant des marques d'usage ÂŽparses dont deux manques de papier affectant tÂte et queue du dos. Feuillets de garde fortement roussis. Rousseurs affectant texte et planches quoique davantage concentrÂŽes en marge. Du reste bonne condition. Rare. b42961 unknown
1879271041879. Bourg / Lyon Imprimerie EugÂne Chambaud / Martin-Bottier / A. Brun 1879. Un vol. au format pt in-4 275 x 223 mm de 2 ff. bl. 1 titre gravÂŽ n.fol. vi - 134 pp. 1 f. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ vert-bronze ˆ coins filets dorÂŽs portÂŽs sur les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid filets maigres dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ tÂte dorÂŽe. Edition originale de cette soigneuse publication. Belle impression sur vergÂŽ d'ÂŽdition agrÂŽmentÂŽe de 12 sur 12 eaux-fortes originales ainsi que d'un titre-frontispice gravÂŽ ; signÂŽs Paul Morgon dans la plaque. Natif de Thoissey en 1852 Paul Morgon ''participe avec une douzaine dÕartistes dont LÂŽon Dallemagne et Horace Fonville ˆ la fondation de la SociÂŽtÂŽ des amis des arts de lÕAin dont la premiÂre exposition a lieu en avril 1878''. in Rh™ne Estampes. ''Nous ne craindrons pas au travers de cette publication de faire des excursions dans le domaine du passÂŽ et de rechercher ses lÂŽgendes et ses drames ; nous espÂŽrons lorsqu'il sera possible de redresser sur leurs fortes murailles les ch‰teaux qui gardaient la vallÂŽe ; nous pÂŽnÂŽtrerons dans les ÂŽglises nous fouillerons dans les archives des communes.'' Table : Journans - Tossiat - Montagnat - Saix - Bourg-en-Bresse - Challes - Viriat - Attignat - Craz - Malafretaz - La Baume - Jayat - Saint-Julien - Lescheroux - Chartreuse de Montmerle - Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes - Pont-de-Vaux. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. Petites altÂŽrations superficielles en marge des plats. Frontispice dÂŽsolidarisÂŽ. Gardes tachÂŽes. Quelques claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. Du reste belle condition. Peu courant. b42961 unknown
Arkö, Jordi, Karl HaskelIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1896013618Edinburgh: T.C. and E. C. Jack 1896. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. The Centenary Burns four volumes 8vo tan cloth decorated in gilt in the MacKintosh/ Art Nouveau style volumes 1 and 2 published 1896 3 and 4 in 1897 gte sides untrimmed each in near fine condition. Set owned by Victorian author Ella Napier Lefroy 1854-1919 with her bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. A Glasgow native and eldest daughter of merchant and politician Alexander Hastie of Luscar in 1873 she married Thomas Charles Perceval Lefroy an Irish businessman who worked for the brewers Guinness and Bass. The couple lived in London and had four children. In the 1890s Lefroy wrote two novels - "A Scots Thistle" 2 vols. London: Bentley 1892 and "Janet Delille" 2 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett 1894 under the pseudonym "E. N. Leigh Fry." Thereafter it appears she gave up literature. Her husband died in 1893 which may have influenced her decision. T.C. and E. C. Jack hardcover
96510<p>Paris circa 1805 through 1814. . Very good. - A suite of 18 plates by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux engraved on creamy white stock measuring between 10-1/2 inches by 8 inches and 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches with large margins there is one smaller exception. The images depict the various cries of Paris merchants. All but three are signed "JDB" in the plate. Most of the images are identified and titled in French in pencil by a previous owner. The collection is as follows:</p><p>"Marchand de gravures etalagiste" portrays street vendors of engravings offering their merchandise to customers some of whom are handling the prints. Several prints hang from a wire stretched between poles in the background and a large blank canvas hangs from the center of the pole. In some editions what is here a blank canvas bears the printed title "Suite de Marchands ambulants de Paris par J.D. Bertaux" and serves as frontispiece to the work. The image measures 3-1/4 inch high by 2-1/4 inch wide within 4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. The edges are very slightly creased with two tiny tears to the left edge and a couple of tiny stains or spotting to the bottom margin of the page.</p><p>"Decrotteur et ramoneur" portrays a man shining the shoes of an officer as chimney sweeps and other shoe-shiners are pictured in the background. A small dog stands at the side of the officer. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/4 inch high by 4 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor faint foxing.</p><p>"Parade de comediens ambulants" portrays traveling actors performing and parading on the porch of a house with spectators in the foreground. The image measures 2-3/8 inch high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There is light foxing throughout.</p><p>"Colleur d'affiches" portrays a bill-poster perched on a ladder pasting a poster or bill to the corner wall of a building. Another worker stands around the corner and a family looks on with their dog. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There are some minor faint stains and minor foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Gagne petit" portrays a knife grinder or sharpener carrying his grinding wheel on his back with a dog at his side. Another knife grinder wheels his equipment in a wheelbarrow. A house and people are pictured in the background. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is minor foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Remouleur" although the title differs the image is identical to the prior one. "Gagne petit" and "remouleur" both translate to knife grinder or sharpener. There is some scattered foxing and the paper is lightly darkened.</p><p>"Titre" possibly the title page to the work. The image portrays men filling water containers from a city's monument fountain with water pouring from the mouth of a troll. The image measures 2-1/2 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. The edges of the plate are darkened with a short tear to the top edge and just a hint of foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Serrurier" portrays a locksmith grinding keys near the open gate leading to a mansion. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is a minor crease to the bottom right corner with just a hint of foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Cardeuses de matelats" portrays mattress carders. 3 women are seated with their carding tools and sections of stuffed fabric. The image measures 3-3/8 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4-1/4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There are minor creases to the corners with a couple of faint specks to the margins.</p><p>"Menuisiers" portrays carpenters working on furniture at their work table. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is light scattered foxing mostly to the margins.</p><p>"Marchands de parapluies et de soufflets" portrays an umbrella merchant carrying several on his back and a bellows merchant with several fireplace bellows attached to this clothing. The image measures 3-1/4 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks.</p><p>"Batteurs de platre" portrays plaster beaters. A man is beating away at plaster spread out upon the ground as another carries a basket of plaster to spread over it. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/4 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Charrons" portrays wheel builders constructing wooden carriage wheels. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor faint foxing throughout.</p><p>"Scieurs de bois" portrays sawyers at work as an empty horse-drawn cart rides away and another stacks wood upon a ramp leading to a barn's loft. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 4 inch wide plate marks. There are some minor sports of foxing or browning to the print.</p><p>"Lingere au petit crochet" portrays an elderly woman cloth merchant carrying her linens in a basket on her back. Several dogs are near her and another cloth merchant can be seen speaking to a man in the background. The image measures 3-3/8 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4-1/8 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There are minor creases to the edges.</p><p>"Porteur d'eau" portrays a water carrier and his wife pulling a large barrel of water on a cart. Another water cart and houses are depicted in the background at left. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/4 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide plate marks. There is creasing to the bottom right corner and some foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Tomeliers" portrays coopers at work constructing wooden barrels to which they affix metal rings. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor foxing throughout.</p><p>An untitled image portrays barbers working on customers hair and beards and a wigmaker at her loom. Several wigs hang from the wall. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/2 inch high by 4-7/8 inch wide plate marks. This print is engraved on a sheet which is slightly smaller than the others measuring 7-3/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. There is a piece chipped from the bottom left corner with some foxing and darkening to the margins. The artist's name here spelled "Duplessis-Berteaux" by an early owner is penned on the verso.</p><p>The engravings are in overall very good condition with a paper tab mounted along one edge of the verso of each print.</p><p>The French painter and draughtsman Jean Duplessis-Bertaux 1747-1819 produced etchings and burin engravings. Having taken part in the French Revolution Duplessis-Bertaux produced a series of prints entitled "Scenes de la Revolution" followed by "Campagnes de Napoleon" which illustrated scenes from Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaigns engraved after paintings by Carle Vernet. He also produced a series of engravings portraying the street cries of Paris "Cris de Paris". Duplessis-Bertaux also collaborated on some prints with Jean-Louis Delignon and produced several pornographic prints many of which were printed anonymously but were later re-attributed to him. The work entitled "Recueil de cent sujets de divers genres" published in 1814 gathered together in one volume 100 of Duplessis-Bertaux' engravings from eight of the suites including military scenes and those from his Cries of Paris which had previously been distributed seperately.</p> Paris, circa 1805 through 1814. hardcover
198938629Barcelona: Antonio Agra 1989. Poems by Gras Balaguer and FIVE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS with aquatint BY ROUGEMONT. Edition limited to 75 numbered copies plus ten artist's proofs and ten hors commerce all printed on extremely fine wove paper. 4to. Two booklets: poems loose as issued in original wraps; etchings also loose as issued in original wraps. House together in folding paper case SIGNED on the colophon by the author and the artist. FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Antonio Agra paperback
1884D11324London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary full morocco ornately gilt-stamped on boards and spine a.e.g.; 4to; pp. viii 304 plus frontispiece and 24 plates. Translated from the French. Spine and edges of boards scuffed and lightly bumped; small chip at fore-edge of upper board. Small ink scribble in margin of p. 3; some foxing here and there but overall internally nice and clean. A lavish production. <br/><br/> J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover
1883058370New York: Henry Holt and Company 1883. First American Edition . Green Stamped Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. 8" Tall. Xlvii 339 Pages . Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt Decorated In Red And Black And Gilt. First American Printing With 1883 Date On Title Page. Some Slight Foxing. Previous Owner's Bookplate On Front Pastedown "Young Folk's Library Of The New Jerusalem San Francisco #13 ". . Gilt Lettering And Stamped Cover Designs All Clean And Bright. An Attractive Copy. Contents Crisp A Little Light Foxing On Some Pages. The Two Etchings By Tadema Are Plates Without Plate Marks And Are The Frontispiece And Another Facing P. 49 As Called For In The Table Of Contents. <br/> <br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1923212181923. S.l. Les Bibliophiles comtois 1923. Un fort vol. au format in-4 292 x 226 mm de 258 pp. en feuilles sus couverture titrÂŽe ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs et ÂŽtui-chemise cartonnÂŽ dos lisse piÂce de titre contrecollÂŽe. Tirage unique ˆ 140 exemplaires seulement dont 15 seulement furent mis dans le commerce. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 115 sur Arches seul papier rÂŽservÂŽs aux membres de la SociÂŽtÂŽ et ˆ ce titre imprimÂŽs nominativement pour Charles EstÂve. ''Edition bien illustrÂŽe''. L'ouvrage renferme - ici en premier tirage - les eaux-fortes originales de Lucien Madrassi. ''ElÂve des peintres Rapha‘l Collin Gervais et GÂŽr™me Madrassi exposa au Salon des Artistes franÂais. En 1924 il est ˆ Cracovie o il ÂŽtudie sur place les moeurs et les types juifs pour Un Royaume de Dieu des frÂres Tharaud dont l'ÂŽditeur Lapina lui avait confiÂŽ l'illustration. Il fit ˆ cette occasion 86 eaux-fortes''. in Osterwalder. ''Membre de la SociÂŽtÂŽ des Artistes FranÂais depuis 1906 Madrassi a entre autres illustrÂŽ Un royaume de Dieu de Jean et JÂŽr™me Tharaud''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. ''Lamartine peint avec une apparente justesse l'ÂŽtat des esprits en 1814 et pendant la premiÂre Restauration. Oeuvre mÂŽconnue dont l'intÂŽrÂt documentaire est certain.'' Absent de MahÂŽ RÂŽpertoire des ÂŽditions de luxe - Carteret IV Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile / IllustrÂŽs modernes p. 230 - Osterwalder II Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 732 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 55 - Tulard Bibliographie critique des MÂŽmoires sur le Consulat et l'Empire pour l'originale de 1870. Petites marques d'usage affectant le dos de la chemise ainsi que les angles et coupes du coffret ; dont un plat prÂŽsente quelques marques d'eau sans gravitÂŽ. Quelques rousseurs affectant les trois premiers et derniers feuillets. Nonobstant belle condition. Peu courant. b42961 unknown
1895H4417New York: Dodd Mead 1895. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Two volumes 'new edition revised and enlarged' no. 11 of 50 copies with various original pencil signatures of author and illustrators; with etchings in two states signed in pencil by artists and one frontispiece also signed by Austin Dobson. Frontispieces in Vol. I by William Strang both signed in two states; plus several etchings by Adolphe Lalauze also in two states the first of each of which is signed by Lalauze who also supplied the frontispiece which is signed for the second volume. Cloth-backed boards in rare original dust jackets books very good bindings a little soiled especially to edges and spine ends with some foxing to deckled fore edges contents fine with decorated endpapers text printed on thick cream japanese vellum paper some pages unopened uncut; dust jackets show slight soil and toning darkening to spines light wear to spine ends one volume with chip to spine and both dust jackets a good half inch shorter than the books — probably made that way one of the fashions of that early period in modern dust jacket production. A distinctly uncommon set in the limited signed edition with no recent copies at auction. Dobson was a modernist and a pioneer in adapting French verse forms -- the villanelle rondel rondeau ballade etc. -- for use in the English language. Dodd, Mead hardcover
188419249London & New York: J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1884. hardcover in full black leather. Good. Thick quarto oversized. Some wear to edges and corners of boards. Gilt top edge. Corners bumped. Some wear to joints. 2 inch tear in leather joint at lower front board and a one inch tear at top joint. First and last hinge reinforced with green tape. Gift inscription on a card glued in on the first pastedown. Black leather with gilt boirder detailing at edges on both sisdes of the boards. though the title page notes 24 illustrations this is the extra illustrated edition with 50 attractive detailed b&w etchings by Delierre. <br/><br/> J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover
1872H3326Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1872. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition with the Lacroix notes also seems to include some tales from the Heptameron. 1872 4 volumes one of 500 copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper small 8vo 16.5 cm full cherry red morocco gilt with floral spine emblems 5 raised bands on spines with gilt borders and crowns surmounting the letter 'M' at all corners. All edges gilded double marbled endpapers occasional etchings by Flameng near fine set with just a touch of rubbing and occasional foxing especially to plates. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1819001587London: J. Bumpus 1819. Very Good. 8vo. xvii 384 pp. With nine of ten hand colored aquatint plates. Since there is no evidence in the form of offsetting of the missing plate it may never have been bound into this particular copy. Notwithstanding its omission the scarcity of this work of English caricature and illustration from Regency England make this a desirable copy. Prideaux 348. Small repair to the top of one plate a tiny chip on another and and a few text pages with a repair. Heavy offsetting onto text pages of plates. Otherwise internally quite clean. Attractively bound in three quarter red morocco. J. Bumpus unknown
190635294New York: Edwin C. Hill Company 1906. Limited edition. Vellum. Good. L. Alma Tadema. Limited edition of 206 this hand numbered 17 and signed by the Edwin C. Hill Company 1906. A Good copy. 4to. 312 pp. with 2 etched plates bound in decorated full vellum with top edge in gilt. Overall light wear and soiling to vellum. Upper spine is partially detached. Spine is tanned. Front and rear hinges starting to crack. Tear and small loss to the paper covering the rear board End papers are lightly toned with some finger soiling to title page otherwise text is clean and unmarked. Edwin C. Hill Company unknown
1912048515Boston Ma: Bibliophile Society 1912. First Ediiton Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Full Brown Polished Calf Git. One Of 469 Copies Printed For Members Of The Society. A Fine Copy Gilt Brilliant No Marks Signed By Both Macdonald And On All Illustrations By Bicknell. In Near Fine Original Inner Slipcase 1/2" Split Al One Lower Edge Adjacent To Open End And In Near Fine Original Brown Cloth Outer Slipcase With Printed Spine Label Which Is Somewhat Browned. The Slipcases Are Rare Survivals. <br/> <br/> Bibliophile Society hardcover
2492published at the Punch Office Fleet Street. HB NODJ ISSUED Red Morocco LEATHER Trimmings with decorated Boards 1st edition 1847-48 2 Volumesminor rub VG NODJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. published at the Punch Office, Fleet Street hardcover
192644185Paris: Éditions de l'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile 1926. Limited edition. Softcover. vg. 1/705. Quarto 9 x 7". 220 4pp. Uncut and unopened. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Tissue-guarded etched frontispiece in two states. Publisher's device on title page. <br /> <br /> "Le Spleen de Paris" is a collection of 50 short prose poems by Charles Baudelaire the iconic author of "Les Fleurs du Mal" The Flowers of Evil. <br /> <br /> The collection was published posthumously in 1869 and is associated with the modernist literary movement. <br /> <br /> This limited edition is splendidly illustrated throughout with 10 tissue-guarded etchings by Édouard Chimot. <br /> <br /> One of 705 numbered copies of which this is No. 622. Some age-toning to glassine. Text in French. Dust-jacket wrappers and interior in very good condition. Éditions de l'Intermédiaire du Bibliophile unknown
200060889Knight Library Press; University of Oregon 2000. Limited Edition. SIGNED. Thin folio 33 cm Designed printed and bound by Sandy Tilcock. Printed letterpress on Heine paper. The etchings are hand-colored by the artist. Calligraphic title headings and ornaments by Marilyn Reaves. The cover was made by laminating two handmade papers: Moulin de Larroque's Brown and Twinrocker's Mica Rose. Binding tied together with a leather strap. With the instructions for the "Tying of Strap" laid in. Number 56 in an edition of 125 numbered copies. Signed by Barry Lopez and Robin Escher on the limitation page. Knight Library Press; University of Oregon unknown
198036982Paris: A Parole Donnee 1980. Fine/Fine. Paris: "A Parole Donnée" 1980. First Edition Limited to 60 copies of which this is no. 15. Small square quarto 17cm; loose as issued in original green printed dust jacket housed in tan cloth chemise and slipcase; 20pp.; two leaves of color etchings signed with limitation by the Japanese printmaker Hiroshi Asada. A Fine example. Additionally signed by the poet and artist on colophon in rear. <br /> <br /> The sixth volume in Bohbot's "A Parole Donnée" series. No copies in OCLC as of October 2025. A Parole Donnee unknown
191252175Essen Germany: Krupp A. G. 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Inscribed to "Max von . in friendship Krupp Bohlen Halbach Herbst 1912" on front free endpaper. <br /> <br /> Folio. 416 2pp. 4 plates 2 foldouts. Original ochre cloth with brown lettering and publisher’s device on cover brown lettering and ruling on spine. Black edges. Title page with publisher’s device. Green ribbon marker. Head and endpieces with drawings and woodcuts by Robert Engels and C. Thiemann throughout depicting factories factory grounds and company products of the manufacturer. Three full page etchings of Alfred Krupp and one of Friedrich Alfred Krupp by W. Conz. Contains twofold color lithograph of the cast steel factory and a twofold color lithograph with plans of Krupp factories from different years in pocket at rear. Text in German. Light water-staining along bottom of front cover and spine. Imprint at rear with light foxing at top near spine and some water stains at bottom of back free endpapers. Krupp A. G. hardcover
187739444Paris: Vve Cadart 1877. Adolphe Martial Potémont. AN OUTSTANDING SET ONE OF ONLY 15 PRINTED ON CHINE APPLIQUÉ. A wonderful monograph and suite of etchings devoted to the Butte des Moulins a picturesque Parisian neighborhood that was when these etchings were executed about to be razed so that the Avenue de l'Opéra could be built. An extensive introduction 47 pp printed on fine laid paper followed by 22 plates including 20 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY ADOLPHE MARTIAL POTEMONT PRINTED AVANT-LA-LETTRE ON CHINE APPLIQUE. From a total edition of 180 numbered sets this is one of only 15 printed on Chinese paper. Potémont best known as "Martial" was one of the great etchers of Parisian scenery and these impressions on Chinese paper are particularly fine. Large folio. Loose as issued in worn and lightly stained original board portfolio. Support sheets of etchings somewhat foxed but etchings themselves mostly very clean. A UNIQUE RELIC OF A LOST PART OF PARIS AND A TESTAMENT TO THE CHANGES BROUGHT BY HAUSSMANN. <br/><br/> Vve Cadart unknown
192939332Paris: Editions du Scarabée 1929. A livre d'artiste with FOUR LOVELY FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY GUIDO COLUCCI. In this copy exceptionally TWO OF THE ETCHINGS ARE SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST. From a total edition of 115 numbered copies this is one of 110 copies on fine Arches wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Wraps a bit dusty and poorly repaired at spine. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. The four etchings are all in perfect condition. <br/><br/> Editions du Scarabée paperback
191339104Paris / Bruxelles: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie 1913. AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION COPY. First and only edition of this collection of sonnets illustrated with SIX STUNNING and technically accomplished ORIGINAL HORS-TEXT ETCHINGS BY JEAN-JULES DUFOUR very much in the style of Charles Meryon. 175 pp. One of only 21 numbered copies on extremely fine Imperial Japanese paper WITH A DOUBLE SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS on Chinese paper and on Japanese paper this copy printed for Lydia Cutting the Countess of Constantinovitch and her husband the Count of Constantinovich. WITH A SPECTACULAR CALLIGRAPHIC DEDICATORY SONNET FOR THE COUNTESS AND THE COUNT SIGNED BY COUDERC ON A PRELIMINARY BLANK. Manuscript correction in Coudrc's hand on p. 127. 4to. Bound in contemporary morocco elborate gilt dentelles watered silk endleaves. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. The front wrapper features an additional etching; the back wrapper is illustrated with Couderc's ex-libris also an original etching both of these etchings are also by Dufour. Light wear and sunning to binding. Internally clean. A unique item. <br/><br/> Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie paperback
190939443Paris: Charles Bosse 1909. Louis Toussaint. A PORTFOLIO OF 20 STUNNING LARGE FOLIO ORIGINAL ETCHINGS OF CHARMING PARISIAN SCENES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRADITONAL ARCHITECTURE PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Introduction by Jules Clarétie and 20 large folio etchings. Edition limited to 350 numbered sets. of which this is ONE OF ONLY 30 SETS WITH THE ETCHINGS PRINTED IN REMARQUE STATE ON FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps with the first etching repeated on the front cover. A bit of wear to wraps else FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare. <br/><br/> Charles Bosse paperback
