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187229260AB1872. London Vanity Fair 1872. Folio. 208 208 pages. Complete set. Interleaved with 51 chromolithographic portraits. Beautifully restored original Hardcover half-leather with orginal spine gilt letttering and ornament. With new linen-covered boards using the original pastedowns and endpapers. A stunning Volume in excellent condition. All illustrations in wonderful colour. Portraits include: 1. Caricature of Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers President of France. Caption read "Faute-de-mieux Premier" / 2. Caricature of Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle 9th Earl of Cork and 9th Earl of Orrery 1829-1904. Caption read "Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds" / 3. Caricature of Dr Frederick Quin 1799 - 1878. Caption read "Homoeopathic Society" / 4. Men of the Day No.38: Caricature of Mr. James Anthony Froude. Caption reads: "He created Henry VIII exploded Mary Stuart and demolished Elizabeth" / 5. Caricature of Wilkie Collins 1824-1889. Caption read "The Novelist who invented Sensation" / 6. Caricature of Spencer Horatio Walpole 1806-1898. Caption read "He defended Hyde Park" / 7. Caricature of John Ruskin. Caption read "The realisation of the Ideal" / 8. Caricature of George Grenfell Glyn M.P. 1824-1887. Caption read "The Whip" / 9. Alexander William Kinglake 18091891 - British politician military historian writer and traveler. Caricature / 10. Caricature of William Henry Smith 1825 1891. Caption read "Newspapers" / 11. Caricature of Sir Roundell Palmer. Caption reads: "He refused the Woolsack and voted against the Disestablishment of the Irish Church" / 12. Caricature of Mr.John Francis Maguire MP. Caption reads: "A Home Ruler" / 13. Caricature of Charles Kingsley 1819-1875. Caption read "The Apostle of the Flesh" / 14. Caricature of John Tyndall. Caption read "The Scientific Use of the Imagination" / 15. Caricature of Reverend John Cumming. Caption read "The End of the World" / 16. Caricature of The Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy MP DCL. Caption reads: "Conservative" / 17. Caricature of Mr William Hepworth Dixon. Caption reads: "He discovered New America and Free Russia" / 18. Caricature of King Amadeus of Spain. Caption reads "He would be a King" / 19. Caricature of Sir Wilfrid Lawson 2nd Baronet MP 1829-1906. Caption reads: "Permissive Prohibition" / 20. Caricature of The Hon Hamilton Fish. Caption reads: "Consequential damages" / 21. Caricature of The Hon. Charles Sumner 1811-1874. Caption reads: "The Massive Grievance" / 22. Caricature of Ulysses S. Grant. Caption read "Captain Tanner Farmer General Imperator" / 23. Caricature of Thomas Hughes M.P. 1822-1896. Caption read "Tom Brown" / 24. Caricature of Mr S Morley MP. Caption reads: "Dissent" / 25. Caricature of Sir Arthur Wellesley KG PC MP 2nd Duke of Wellington. Caption read "The son of Waterloo" / 26. Caricature of Frederic Leighton 1830-1896. Caption read "A sacrifice to the Graces" / 27. Caricature of Michael Costa 1808-1884. Caption read "Orchestration" / 28. Caricature of Mr George Leeman MP. Caption read "A Yorkshire Solicitor" / 29. Caricature of Horace Greeley. Caption reads: "Anything to beat Grant" / 30. Caricature of The Rt Hon Edward Pleydell-Bouverie MP. Caption reads: "He did not decline the Speakership." / etc. hardcover
1714ST19517bAmsterdam: Pierre Humbert 1714. FIRST EDITION. 290 x 220 mm. 11 1/2 x 8 3/4". Two volumes. <br/> Excellent contemporary calf raised bands spine lavishly gilt in compartments with unusual architectural centerpiece intricate scrolling cornerpieces with lancet accents two red morocco labels marbled endpapers. Title pages with engraved vignette of the council dedication page with engraved royal arms of Frederick William of Prussia decorative engraved initials and 19 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS BY BERNARD PICART. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedowns with private library shelf label of Bessinge. Title pages of both volumes with signature of Charles Richard Tronchin. Brunet III 976. ◆Volume II with half-inch split at head of front joint and small patch of lost patina from insect activity on front board joints and extremities of both volumes a little rubbed boards with light chafing or faint scratches isolated mild browning or other trivial imperfections but still AN EXTREMELY APPEALING SET--entirely clean and fresh internally with especially ample margins with sharp impressions of unusually bright plates and with bindings showing no significant signs of use and looking very attractive on the shelf.<br/> <br/> This is a handsomely illustrated history of the Council of Constance the 15th century ecumenical council that resolved the Western Schism elected a new pope for the unified Roman Catholic Church and condemned reformer Jan Hus as a heretic. It is enlivened with beautiful portraits of the participants by an artist Ray considers "the outstanding professional illustrator of the first third of the eighteenth century." Our author French Protestant divine Jacques Lenfant 1661-1728 drew heavily on writings by those present at the council for this account which is considered a fair recording of the proceedings. Lenfant likely felt some sympathy for Hus tried and burned at the stake for heresy and for his countryman Jerome of Prague who came to support Hus and ended up meeting the same fate. Picart has referenced their martyrdom in his portraits depicting Hus' execution in a vignette beneath his portrait and balancing the tondo portrait of Jerome on a pile of burning logs. Similarly the radical English theologian John Wycliffe posthumously convicted of heresy at the council is pictured over a stack of burning books his writing having been condemned to this fate. But in addition to the harsh reality of burning execution Picart employs gentler details: Parisian Jean Gerson the formidable Chancellor of Paris is in sober robes but the adorable fluffy puppy beneath his portrait softens his image considerably. The cardinal of Foix who had negotiated the end of the schism involving rival popes in Rome and Avignon is flanked by a cherub holding an olive branch looking askance at a slain dragon which has been relieved of his many heads. The new pope Martin V is shown with the insignia of the papacy and a dove clasping an olive branch in its beak. The portrait of Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini is shown hanging in an open window that looks out on his city of Florence with a stack of books by Quintilian and other classical authors Poggio had rescued from obscurity on the windowsill. Throughout Picart's facial images are strikingly individuated--these are convincing portraits that project history from the book's pages. Picart 1673-1733 was born in Paris where he learned engraving from his father Etienne and from Sébastian Le Clerc and "early acquired a reputation both as an artist and engraver." He moved to the busy publishing city of Amsterdam sometime before 1712 and established himself as both printseller and illustrator/engraver. There he designed and engraved an impressive body of illustrations for Dutch printers at a time when in Ray's words "designs for the finest illustrated books were typically drawn by leading painters." Our previous owner Charles Richard Tronchin 1763-1835 was a Swiss politician of great wealth who donate very substantial sums to relieve the sick and destitute. Pierre Humbert unknown
189263140New York Boston and Philadelphia John C. Yorston & Co. Masonic Publishers 1892. 4to 350 x 280 mm. Five volumes uniformly bound in publisher original full cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to front boards. Small paper-labels pasted on to spines. Light wear to extremities and a few scratches to edges of boards. A few plates with marginal brownspotting otherwise fine and clean. With numerous fine steel engraving. <br/><br/><em>Large Paper Edition of this grand and finely produced biographical compendium of American Freemasonry profusely illustrated with engraved portraits of prominent members across the United States. </em> hardcover
1957058685The Rand Corporation 1957. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. 53 Posters Each 12" X 9". Finely Printed On Heavy Card Each With Portrait Signed "N. Boyle" A Particularly Memorable Quotation And The Same Logo At Bottom "The Rand Corporation Santa Monica California". A Fine Set In A Folding Box Perhaps But Not Certainly As Issued. The Posters Were The Basis Of A Series Of Well Known Ads Placed In Serious And Academic Journals Etc. The Original Ads Are Still Collectible But These Original Posters Are All Rare. <br/> <br/> The Rand Corporation unknown
174018992AB1740. Rom Rubeis ca. 1740. 325 : 23 cm. Title-page and 69 engraved plates. Contemporary boards with title-label on spine. An elegant collection of portraits of cardinals printed on strong paper and with wide margins. Following a chronological order the first cardinal depicted is Alderano Cybo 1645i while the last is Henricus de la Grande d'Aroqvan 1695 Henry Stuart 1747. The engraqved plates show pope Innocent XI and his cardinals. - Complete copies are rare. - Plates 47 till 69 with a brown stain in the lower left part but the images are not effected. hardcover
199281984Industria. New. 1992. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . Industria hardcover
194628322New York: Henry Holt & Co. As New. 1946. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer-- . Henry Holt & Co. hardcover
1860D9231c. 1860s. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-tooled gilt morocco; small 4to; period album with brass clasp; contains 38 playful images mostly pen-and-ink drawings but also including 4 cartes-de-visite and 1 tintype with hand-drawn elements like a pipe extra hair or gender-benders. Perhaps a gift for Humphrey and Meta the results are delightful character sketches: a stern Italian nurse portraits of Humphrey and Meta aged 1 and screaming and 8 and 9 and later not screaming their rivals Madame Gorgonzola with her nose in the air Cousin Rubicon Reverend Brimstone and more. <br/><br/> hardcover
19472221919<p>Photograph signed "W. Somerset Maugham" in black ink on the mount of a striking portrait of Maugham from the chest up with him leaning his cheek on his right hand. Signed in full. The photograph is stamped "Pirie MacDonald Photographer-of-Men New York." The image measures approximately 6" x 9" and is affixed to MacDonald's original mounting board which measures 11" x 14". On the back of the board is imprinted an array of information of MacDonald's awards and accomplishments and address. A further affixed label indicates this photograph of Maugham was taken in 1935 and signed by him in 1947. An excellent and rare "soft focus" image. Very good.</p> unknown
16176232s.l.: s.n. 16th and 17th century. In-4° portraits de papes de rois d'hommes politiques Pierre Séguier Chancellier de France e.a. d'hommes de lettres Molière Ronsard. Les dames Catherine de Medicis e.a. en fin de volume. Reliure en plein veau blond dos à cinq nerfs compartiments ornés. Portraits of popes kings politicians writers. Ladies at the end of the volume. Full blond calf binding decorated back s.n. unknown
96138901China n.d. c 1750's. Wood covers paper title slip layed on title brushed on accordion folded 11 fine color paintings cinnabar sealed silk border mounts few old worm holeselse clean solid copy. VERY R A R E !! A very charming early painted work with lovely Chinese text adjacent to each painting. This work covers 11 old sages and the text is a tribute to each. Covers Buo Liu Ji an official Wang Yi Zhi a Taoist notable Yen Wen Zhong scholar & eight others. Nicely painted with a delicate hand finely executed and very clearly written characters each with two nice cinnabar seals in both lower corners. Those celebrated are drawn in full period costume some are seated in elaborate chairs most sport very long beards. A wonderful example of a Chinese painted album strictly for Chinese without a thought for the "foreign market." Refreshingly superb work showing the literati. . unknown
1697ST19416Rotterdam: Reinier Leers 1697- ca. 1713. 390 x 245 mm. 15 3/8 x 9 5/8". <br/> APPEALING CONTEMPORARY MARBLED CALF GILT covers with border roll of alternating diamonds and lilies raised bands spine compartments with thistle tulip and acorn centerpiece foliate cornerpieces burgundy morocco spine label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. WITH 66 SENSITIVELY DRAWN AND EXPERTLY ENGRAVED PORTRAITS of notable personages after Adriaen van der Werff created for Larrey's "Histoire." Brunet III 852; Graesse IV 110-11; Lowndes II 1313 all citing Larrey’s "Histoire". Leather with a few minor scratches a half dozen plates lightly browned isolated mild marginal foxing but A VERY FINE COPY--the plates especially clean and fresh with rich impressions of the engravings and in a lustrous unrestored contemporaneous binding.<br/> <br/> These brilliant portraits by Dutch Baroque painter Adriaen van der Werff 1659-1722 were unanimously deemed by Brunet Graesse and Lowndes to be the only valuable part of Larrey's otherwise disappointing history of England Scotland and Ireland; and our former owner seems to have agreed choosing to have them bound--quite beautifully--apart from the text. The engravings here are mostly of 16th and 17th century kings queens religious figures and statesmen of England but they also include some continental European monarchs such as Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Philip II of Spain and Frederick the Great of Prussia. The plates are not only beautifully engraved—by accomplished Dutch engravers Pieter van Gunst Cornelis Vermeulen and Gerard Valck—but are wonderfully convincing images with considerable personality. For once Queen Elizabeth I looks like a real woman as opposed to a tightly cinched flattened figure floating above a farthingale and dwarfed by mountainous ruffs. And Henry VII looks much less regal than he does haggard and rueful. According to the "Handbook of Painting" van der Werrf's portraits "were so highly admired by princes and men of fortune that he found it impossible to execute all the commissions given him." His fortune was made when John William Elector of the Palatinate commissioned his own portrait: so pleased was the elector with this work that he put the artist on a generous retainer presented him with a portrait executed in diamonds and awarded him a knighthood. Larrey's "Histoire d'Angleterre d'Ecosse et d'Irlande" was issued between 1697 and 1713 with a second edition in 1723. Brunet notes that the work was available with and without plates suggesting the suite of engravings was issued apart from the text; it is obvious our set has been together from the beginning in its present early 18th century binding. Reinier Leers unknown
1824ST18708London: Robert Triphook 1824. FIRST EDITION. 233 x 143 mm. 9 1/8 x 5 3/4". 2 p.l. v 3 206 pp. 1 leaf ads. <br/> HANDSOME SCARLET MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in front cover WITH FIVE MINIATURE PORTRAITS OF SHAKESPEARE on ivory under glass ALMOST CERTAINLY BY MISS C. B. CURRIE surrounded by delicate gilt tooling rear cover and spine compartments framed by double gilt fillets raised bands gilt lettering to two compartments gilt-ruled turn-ins olive green silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. In a maroon fleece-lined slipcase. With five engraved plates reproducing portraits of Shakespeare. Jaggard pp. 586-87. Slight wear to silk endleaves at front hinge isolated small printing smudges or other trivial defects final leaf ads with short closed tear at head otherwise A VERY FINE COPY the text with no signs of use and the splendid binding in perfect condition.<br/> <br/> This analysis of portraits purporting to depict Shakespeare is the perfect vehicle for a Cosway binding used here to present the leading contenders on the front cover these likenesses also appear on engraved plates in the book. The portrait at the center of our cover is considered the most authoritative being that done by Martin Droeshout for the First Folio of 1623. The other portraits shown in the plates and in the miniatures are the Chandos Head the Stratford Bust the engraving by W. Marshall from the 1640 edition of the poems and the Jansen portrait of 1610. A Shakespeare scholar who raised the alarm about forgeries of Shakespeare manuscripts in the 1790s Boaden 1762-1839 sets forth here as indicated in the preface "a careful examination of the evidence" by which "the pretended portraits have been rejected and the genuine confirmed and established." The so-called "Cosway" binding with painted miniatures inlaid in handsome morocco--either inside or as here on the outside of the front cover--apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909. In that year G. C. Williamson's 1905 book entitled "Richard Cosway" which celebrated the career of this leading Georgian and Regency miniature painter was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment in order to boost sales. The name "Cosway" then was used to describe any book so treated whatever its subject. The finest miniatures on Cosway bindings were executed by Caroline Billin Currie 1849-1940 who is known to have created such paintings for Sotheran's from 1910 until her death usually from designs by J. H. Stonehouse and typically for bindings executed as here by Riviere. Not present in this volume is an inserted leaf acknowledging Currie's work--something normally seen with Cosway bindings featuring her miniatures; but she has a distinctive deftness to her brush strokes and a recognizably refined execution that are clearly present here. The precision and detail of these portraits and the wonderfully expressive eyes are hallmarks of her work. Robert Triphook unknown
