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13790Soyer Raphael. MEN EATING. Cole 50. Lithograph 1937. Signed and titled in pencil. Published by the Federal Art Project Work Projects Administration New York with the ink stamp lower left. 8 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches 220x302 mm. plus full margins. In very good condition. The print is related to Soyer's large lithograph The Mission from the same year. The edition was small and the print is now rare. unknown
1917133091917. Soyer Raphael. SELF-PORTRAIT. Cole 3 Gettings 2. Etching c.1917. One of a very few printed. Signed in pencil lower right. 4 1/16 x 3 inches plate 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches sheet. In very good condition notwithstanding a repaired break going through the image. The repair is so skillful that it is not visible from the recto but is clearly seen on the verso. Provenance the Arnold Collection New York to Swann in 2000 to a private collection New York. The National Portrait Gallery has a copy but we are not aware of another copy. This was one of a group of portrait etchings that were the first prints Soyer made. Cole 1 is a portrait of his father Cole 2 a portrait of his mother. Cole 3 and Cole 3A are self-portraits and Cole 4 is a portrait of his brother Isaac. All four were printed in only a few copies each and all are very rare. Soyer's comments to Gettings on these early portraits in general and on this one specifically: "I did everything myself prepared the plate put it in acid and printed it myself. I printed on the only kind of paper I had. I didn't try to get fancy paper." "In those days I did many drawings of myself. This was the earliest etching of myself. I didn't think it was very successful because the features are too big for the face the lips and nose are too big and so on. When I did it I thought of Rembrandt of Rembrandt's early etchings of himself but I didn't consider it successful.See other work by Raphael Soyer at https://edpollackfinearts.com/cgi-bin/edp1/creator2011.htmlme=253&te=2 unknown
1917133141917. Soyer Raphael. SELF-PORTRAIT. Cole 3A. Etching c.1917. One of a very few printed. Signed in pencil lower right. 3 5/8 x 2 3/16 inches plate 8 3/4 x 6 7/16 inches sheet. In excellent condition with tack holes for drying and a small tear at the sheet edge upper right. Provenance the Arnold Collection New York to Swann in 2000 to a private collection New York. We are not aware of another copy; this copy may be the one illustrated in reverse in the Supplement which was added to the Second Edition of the Cole Catalogue. This was one of a group of portrait etchings that were the first prints Soyer made. Cole 1 is a portrait of his father Cole 2 a portrait of his mother. Cole 3 and Cole 3A are self-portraits and Cole 4 is a portrait of his brother Isaac. All four were printed in only a few copies each and all are very rare.See other works by Raphael Soyer at https://edpollackfinearts.com/cgi-bin/edp1/creator2011.htmlme=253&te=2 unknown
192425216Paris - La Renaissance du Livre éditeur 1924. Enorme in-8 relié à grande marges de 296 pages au format 20 x 4,5 x 15 cm. Magnifique reliure demi maroquin rouge, avec plats en papier marbré. Dos rond avec titre gravé et doré. Tête dorée. Livre glissé sous bel emboitâge. Intérieur parfait, à l'exception d'une petite restauration au filmoplast au bord de la page 53/54. Couvertures illustrées par Lorenzi et dos conservés. Magnifiques illustrations in et hors texte en couleurs et noir et blanc de Raphaël Kirchner, Chimot, Domergue, Jaquelux, Lorenzi, Robaudi, Bourdelle. Superbe ex-libris érotique gravé et signé, contrecollé au verso de la couverture. Tirage sur grand papier, non justifié. Superbe état, proche du parfait. Edition définitive en grande partie originale. Exemplaire unique, contenant une carte postale avec dédicace autographe de Félicien Champsaur, 2 dessins originaux à la plume sur calque, 33 dessins originaux à la plume, retouchés à la gouache, ayant servi à l'illustration de l'ouvrage, quelques-uns avec le monogramme de Raphaël Kirchner et un pastel de Bourdelle, signé, retouché aux crayons de couleur. De toute rareté.
1875018433Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante 1875. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ii 60 pages of text followed by 12 beautifully hand-colored plates of hummingbirds. The text has sustained water damage but those pages have been professionally washed and stabilized. Signatures page gatherings were reformed and resewn. Rebound with a new leather spine with gilt-lettered leather spine label and linen-covered boards. The tinted lithographed frontisportrait and six pages of text are affected by dark areas of discoloration from the water exposure and many pages have minor rippling as some treated pages were discreetly detached for treatment and re-inserted on an added tab. Minor rippling to the hand-colored plates but the images remain bright and are not noticeably affected. There is minor soiling to the plates. All page edges were trimmed by about a half inch to remove damaged paper and does not affect any text or plates; the size is about 10.5 inches height by about 7.5 inches. Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante Hardcover books
20029178New York: Dieu Donné Papermill Inc. 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Tight bright and unmarred. Collaged covers composed of hand-cut paper and string with translucent paper overlaid onto boards; contents variously letterpressed photo-copied and digitally printed with die-cut chapter covers and various inserts; matching slipcase in gold silk. 4to. np. Illus. color and b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 15 of 17 Artists Proofs in addition to the 30 of the Standard edition for a total of 47 copies. <br/><br/>An artist book with poems by Raphael Rubinstein. "Each book cover is a one-of-a-kind handmade paper collage created by the artist in the papermaking studio assisted by Susan Gosin and Mina Takahashi. The white cotton text paper and colored abaca chapter covers were handmade at Dieu Donne Papermill. The circles in the chapter covers were die-cut by hand. Carol Joyce bound the edition and slipcase each book in one of four colors of raw Indian silk to match the colored chapter covers. The text is letterpress printed in Avenir types by Ruth Lingen." from the colophon. OCLC finds 5 copies only Getty U.Minnesotta U.Wisconsin U.Washington BNF; we find 2 additional copies at the Met and MoMA. Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc. hardcover books
9178New York: Dieu Donné Papermill Inc 2002. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. An artist book with poems by Raphael Rubinstein. "Each book cover is a one-of-a-kind handmade paper collage created by the artist in the papermaking studio assisted by Susan Gosin and Mina Takahashi. The white cotton text paper and colored abaca chapter covers were handmade at Dieu Donne Papermill. The circles in the chapter covers were die-cut by hand. Carol Joyce bound the edition and slipcase each book in one of four colors of raw Indian silk to match the colored chapter covers. The text is letterpress printed in Avenir types by Ruth Lingen." from the colophon. OCLC finds 5 copies only Getty U.Minnesota U.Wisconsin U.Washington BNF; we find 2 additional copies at the Met and MoMA. Tight bright and unmarred. Collaged covers composed of hand-cut paper and string with translucent paper overlaid onto boards; contents variously letterpressed photo-copied and digitally printed with die-cut chapter covers and various inserts; matching slipcase in gold silk. 4to. np. Illus. color and b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 15 of 17 Artists Proofs in addition to the 30 of the Standard edition for a total of 47 copies. Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc hardcover
18834665New York: Imprenta y Libreria de N. Ponce de Leon 1883. Very good. vii53pp. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Inscribed by the author on verso of title page. Manuscript pencil numbering to top corner of each page. Minor foxing. One of the most important and intriguing 19th century Cuban-American imprints featuring two Socialist 'morality tales' that while lauding the quest for social and economic equally also decry the risks posed by human nature and totalitarianism upon the practical application of Marxism. It was written by the prominent Cuban émigré Rafael de Castro Palomino and features a famous prologue by his close friend and colleague José Martí. From the 1870s to 1890s New York City was the heart of the Cuban community in exile. During the Ten Years' War 1868-1878 a wave of Cuban dissidents many being highly educated and with financial resources arrived in New York forming a vibrant and politically active community. There they had almost unfettered freedom to publish raise money and buy arms to support the struggle in the homeland especially at the U.S. Government hoped to exploit instability in Cuba for its own imperialistic advantage. From 1881 until 1895 José Martí 1853-1895 the brilliant author philosopher poet and journalist who was the 'Apostle of Cuban Independence' often made New York his home.<br /> <br /> Upon Martí's arrival in New York in 1881 he was greatly assisted by Rafael de Castro Palomino a long-established Cuban resident of the city. Palomino was a prominent Socialist writer and journalist being the author of numerous articles and short books. Even though his name comes up frequently much of Palomino's biography remains hazy. We do know that he was considerably older than Martí hailed form an affluent Havana family and had been educated in France. Like Martí he was deeply concerned about the potential excesses and pitfalls of Marxism as applied on the real world. Notably Martí and Palomino were close friends of Néstor Ponce de León y de la Guardia 1837-1899. An exiled Cuban lawyer and bibliophile he founded the Imprenta y Librería de N. Ponce de León in the early 1870s a Spanish-language printing house and bookstore that became the intellectual center of the New York Cuban émigré community. As an interesting side note he possessed the largest Spanish language private library in New York featuring more than 1700 titles which he made openly available to his colleagues such as Martí and Palomino. The work is relatively rare and particularly so in commerce. We locate four copies in OCLC at the University of Florida's Cuban collection Harvard Yale and the University of Chicago. An important work from the Cuban exile community. Imprenta y Libreria de N. Ponce de Leon unknown
197413010FISCHER 06-07/1974. 1. softcover. 900 Großmütter FISCHER paperback
13-1379Rome: Dominico de Rossi Jo. Jacobi Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis August 15 1693. Oblong folio. 46.5 x 69 cm. 18.25 x 27.25 inches page size. Suite of 12 engravings. Housed in a custom portfolio with painted boards leather spine large embossed leather label leather ties and leather corners by the celebrated Russian-American binder Alexandr Sasha Mosalov. OCLC Number: 504754030Set of 12 engravings of Raphael’s frescoes of scenes from the myth of Cupid also known as Eros and Psyche in the Villa Farnesina in Rome. Raphael’s paintings illustrate part of the story The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. In this work Venus jealous of a beautiful mortal girl named Psyche sends Cupid on an errand to punish the girl. Cupid instead falls in love with Psyche and after a series of secrets betrayals and trials the lovers are reunited and Psyche is made immortal.The frescoes are painted on the vaults and ceiling above demilune reserves on the ground floor at the end of the entrance hall now known as the Loggia of Psyche. Images of leafy garlands of fruit accentuate the arches of the vaults also framing the classical images. The frescoes were commissioned by the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi called “magnifico†by his peers for his richly decorated villa and the elegant entertainments he hosted there. The paintings were recently restored and the Villa Farnesina is open to the public as a museum.Some foxing Rome: Dominico de Rossi, Jo. Jacobi (Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis), August 15, 1693 hardcover
183652758Mexico City: Palacio del Gobierno Nacional 1836. Fine. Official printed government notice of Mexico's continuing efforts to maintain control over Texas immediately after the loss at San Jacinto - here working with privateers to harass Texans at sea. When Mexico finally won its independence from Spain in 1821 its territory included modern-day Texas settled by a mix of Tejano Mexican and Texian Anglo-American populations in addition to indigenous tribes and enslaved African Americans. Tensions between the Tejano and Texian factions increased and finally erupted into full-scale violence in 1835 beginning what is now called the Texas Revolution. Its most famous battle at the Alamo occurred a few months before this broadside was issued. <br /> <br /> The decisive battle of the war San Jacinto occurred on 21 April a Mexican defeat that led to the formation of the Republic of Texas. While the Mexican general Santa Anna negotiated a surrender the Mexican government deposed him for it and refused to recognize an independent Texas. After San Jacinto Mexico avoided pitched battles but continued to take action to undermine and antagonize the new Texas nation. This broadside was one such effort issued just over a week after the defeat at San Jacinto. It announces the formal employment in the navy of private ships to aid in attacking Texans at sea and forming a blockade "para terminar la guerra con los colonos de Tejas é impedir el contrabando en los puertos y costas de la República". Privateers were necessary because the Mexican government did not yet have a robust navy a weakness that the United States would later exploit in the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. <br /> <br /> Ephemeral broadsides like this survive in few numbers; many of this era during José Justo Corro's interim presidency show only two or three institutional holdings via OCLC. This particular imprint shows three institutional holdings in the US Baylor Texas A&M and Brigham Young. A rare piece of Texana. 12'' x 8.25''. Single letterpress broadside printed recto only. A bit of faint wrinkling. Crisp and bright. Palacio del Gobierno Nacional unknown
115159Madrid: Editorial Artika 2021. color plates with five preparatory studies for oil paintings 13 self-portraits -some show the aftermath of the accident that forever marked their painful daily reality- three portraits of friends and lovers 12 originals of fantasies and dreams -without correspondence in their oil paintings- and a sensual still life that refers to his final stage of landscapes and still lifes. die-cut wooden covers simulating the vegetation present in her works also collects fragments of the artist's diaries.The work is presented in a case that contains an art book a study book and a folder with a largefolding sheet of The Nalgón Bird. Techical specifications: https://artikabooks.com/en/works/the-dreams-of-frida-kahlo#technical-specifications. A bilingual Artist's book and an exhaustive study dedicated to the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo which includes analysis and research on her career and a selection of 34 works in pencil ink sepia or watercolor made in notebooks journal sheets or in letters sent to your family and friends. For the first time 130 drawings by the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo 1907-1954 are compiled and published with little-known pieces such as The Nalgón Bird 1946 and Self-portrait dedicated to Marte R. Gómez 1946. Conceived as an object/artist book. Its preparation required four years of research it was conceived as an art book and includes pieces that are kept in museums and 50 private collections. The art book reproduces the 130 drawings and texts by María del Sol Argüelles director of the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera; by Juan Coronel Rivera and the researcher Helga Prignitz-Poda as well as 34 facsimile drawings and a folder with a large format sheet. Included is a text by the poet and grandson of Diego Rivera Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera who gives an explanation of Frida's life through four works also a text by the art historian Helga Prignitz-Poda one of the people authenticated work. Prignitz-Poda is the one who has helped locate the drawings which are located all over the world and contact collectors but here she makes an analysis of all the drawings. The reproduction of drawings such as Diego y yo 1930 Nude by Eva Frederick 1931 Portrait of Luther Burbank 1931 Henry Ford Hospital or The Lost Desire 1932 Frida y el aborto 1932 and Puebla de Los Angeles 1952 among others. This edition will allow us to peek inside Frida through her drawings of which only a few dozen are preserved. To publish this work a meticulous compilation work has been necessary since many of her drawings disappeared after her death while others were forgotten in museums and in private legacies that are difficult to access. Artika is a publishing house that specializes in artist's books. Limited editions are created in conjunction with great international artists and produced using painstraking artisan processes. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXTS. Limited edition of 2998. Editorial Artika unknown
1594B6281Venetiis Munich possib. Anvers: : Joann. and Raphael Sadeler c. 1594-1606. . An illustrated work in very good condition with plates clean and mostly wide margined; a few of the plates are reinforced with fine tissue paper; also occasional marginal tears repaired. Edition: First edition anthology of five works. Binding: 18th century full vellum; rebacked expertly saving the original spine; flat spine with gilt lettered and dated title on morocco label; edges marbled; renewed endpapers. Notes: Captions in Latin. The work depicts hermits saints with one of five parts devoted to female believers; this anthology is rarely offered. The members of the Sadeler family were among the most successful Flemish engravers and publishers of their time. Size: Oblong folio 335x263mm. Illustration: 103 copper-engravings; of these 102 illustrated; these include: three titles to the first three works; the paragramma with engraved border. The first work “SYLVA SACRA†being one complete series of hermetic saints with 31 illustrated plates plus a dedication; of the remaining four series of hermetic saints one is dedicated to female hermits: Work II or the “SOLITUDO SIVE VITAE FOEMINARUM†has 14 plates of 25; Work III or the “ORACULVM // ANACHORETICVM. // … MDC†has 22 plates of 26; Work IV or the “Solitudo // sive // vitae patrum // eremicolarum…†has 12 plates of 30; Work V or the “Trophaeum vitae solitariae. // … Venetiis†1598 Martin de Vos figur. has 23 plates of 26. Volume: five works in one volume References: Graesse VI: 211-212. Pages: Ll: bl. ill.102ff. Collation: all of 31 ill. plus 1 dedication; 14 ill.; 22 ill.; 12 ill.; 23 ill. Category: Book Europe Italy; Book Europe Benelux; Book Europe Germany; Book Plate Books General; Book Religious Christianity; Book Early Printed 1500; Joann. and Raphael Sadeler, hardcover
542567Softcover. Near Fine. Typed carbon manuscript. Two volumes. Quartos. 393 leaves typed rectos only 1-196; 197-393 pp. Bound in quarter black canvas and flexible black wrappers with typed labels. Light edgewear very near fine. A collection of 16 stories which was published in 1946. On the contents page a title of a story is added in ink presumably by Sabatini and nearly every title has a penciled note as to where it was first published etc. in a different hand. In the typescript itself there are 42 revisions totaling some 57 words plus deletions on 29 pages numbered approximate – again all presumably by Sabatini; together with 10 typos corrected on 8 pages. The corrections and revisions are made in ink and red pencil. Sabatini’s stories are tales of bravery heroism intrigue and adventure. His manuscripts are exceptional uncommon. xxxcheck stories for any significancexxx. unknown
1937138231937. Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. A TRANSIENT PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Lithograph 1937 Cole 49. 11 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches 290 x 240 mm.image 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches sheet; apparently trimmed. Edition of about 25 Signed and titled "Portrait of a Man" in pencil. Published by the W.P.A. Federal Arts Project but with its ink stamp in the lower margin scraped away leaving a thin spot. The scrape as noted trimmed as noted and with adhesive residue verso top else in very good condition. Ths print is rare Rare. Please note we also have the preparatory drawing for this print available Inventory #8476. unknown
7326Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. CONVERSATION. Cole 21. Lithograph 1931-32. Hand colored in watercolor. 11 x 15 inches; 280 x 382 mm. with wide full margins. Edition of 25. Signed and titled in pencil lower margin and also further inscribed and signed in pencil. A very good impression of this scarce print with fresh colors. Although Cole does not mention that any of the prints of this edition were colored it was not unusual for Soyer to handcolor prints particularly a presentation print like this one. Rare and Fine. unknown
1480101696Cologne: Heinrich Quentell 9 September 1480. Folio 287 x 196 mm. Collation: a8a1 b-c6 e6 f8 g-h6. 45 of 46 leaves lacking a1 woodcut verso recto blank. Gothic types 40 lines manuscript Lombardic initials rubrication throughout. Woodcut device on colophon. Later roan-backed marbled boards; wear and loss to lower portion of spine printer's ink smudges to a8v b1 reinforced at gutter worming to gutter throughout and to margins of final two gatherings. Library ink stamps at upper corner of a2r and h6v. A treatise on papal authority published as a work by Juan de Torquemada but in fact written by the Dominican theologian Raphael de Pornaxio ca. 1388-1467. From the celebrated incunable and post-incunable collection of the Frankfurt physician and bibliophile Georg Kloss and sold at his sale Sotheby's May 1835.PROVENANCE: Georg Kloss M.D. bookplate his catalogue Sotheby's London 7 May 1835 et seq no. 3637REFERENCE: BMC I 262; BSB-Ink R-12; Goff T542; GW M3704460; ISTC it00542000 Heinrich Quentell hardcover
1960462h5691New York: Herzl Press / Thomas Yoseloff. Very Good. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first publication in any language of the complete diaries of the founder of the world Zionist movement. These diaries are Herzl's day-to-day record of his almost single-handed struggle and of successes achieved at the cost of his career his fortune his family - and his very life. Contains for the first time every word Herzl entered in the eighteen copybooks he filled. A fascinating document as well as an illuminating self-portrait of one of the most unusual personalities of recent times the acknowledged "father of the Jewish State." - slipcase. Pp. Vi 431; 432-827; 828-1270; 1271-1631; 1632-1961. "Volume 5 contains the annotations written by the editor; the list of code-words used by Herzl; and the index. The annotations arranged alphabetically contain brief biographies of practically all the individuals mentioned in the Diaries and short identifications of the place names and other geographical names appearing in the Diaries either in the dateline or in the entries themselves." - p.1635. Different black and white photographic frontis portrait of Herzl in each volume. Issued without dust jackets. All volumes clean bright and unmarked with light wear to burgundy boards lettered in silver upon spines. All bindings sound. Average wear to intact slipcase which features illustrations of Herzl on two sides. A quality copy of this profoundly influential record. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Theodor Herzl Zionism World Zionism Israel Rothschilds. Added $20 to our cost for Meadland repair to slipcase paid 2 Feb 2023 . Herzl Press / Thomas Yoseloff hardcover
13449Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. BACKSTAGE. Cole 36. Lithograph 1935. 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Editon of about 30. In excellent condition. Rare. Nicely framed unknown
11921Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael American born Russia 1899-1987. BACKSTAGE. Cole 43 Gettings 43. Etching and drypoint c. 1937. Edition size not known but likely only about 25 according to Soyer as told to Gettings. Signed in pencil lower right and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA" lower left. 8 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches image 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 sheet. Thematically similar to the artist's lithograph "The Team" Cole 23 Gettings 42 but with the addition of the two figures at left the man in the doorway appears to be a self-portrait. Soyer commented to Gettings in 1982 "I think it is the only complete drypoint I ever made." Soyer did several prints under the auspices of the WPA's Federal Art Project all in small editions all now rare. In excellent condition. unknown
192051561920. Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. GIRL IN STRIPED SWEATER HELEN. Lithograph printed on newsprint about 1920 Cole 10 Gettings 7. Edition of about 15 signed in pencil. Printed with wide margins on three sides and to the sheet edge bottom as issued. 10 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches 255 x 265 mm. Chipping at edges resulting from brittleness of paper newsprint else a fine impression of this very scarce early print. Mounted to Japanese paper for support. According to Soyer's comment in the Gettings Hirschhorn catalogue the model "is the sister of Jacob Friedland who printed my first lithographs." unknown
7539Soyer Raphael. Soyer Raphael. THE LETTER. Cole 25. Lithograph 1933. Edition of 25. 14 1 /4 x 11 1/8 inches; 362 x 283 mm. image; 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches; 464 x 362 mm. sheet. Signed and titled in pencil. Rare. unknown
15877230London : Finished in Ianuarie 1587 and the 29 of the Queenes Maiesties reigne with the full continuation of the former yeares at the expenses of Iohn Harison George Bishop Rafe Newberie Henrie Denham and Thomas VVoodcocke. At London printed by Henry Denham in Aldersgate street at the signe of the Starre 1587 1587. 1587 Folio. Two volumes bound in one. Vol. 1: 10 250; 4 202 2 p.; Vol. 2: 61 13 183 1; 421 424-430 436-438 431-433 439-445 450-464 56 p. Vol. ! lacks the first 4 leaves general title Epistle Dedicatorie etc. Period style calf blind ruled on the boards the spine with six raised bands and titled in gilt. Armorial bookplate. Faint old water stain visible on the lower corner at both ends of the volume and evidence of old water to damage to some headlines towards the front of the volume. Generally clean and tight with with adequate at the head to good margins. ESTC S122178. Volume 3 is not present and contains 'The third volume of Chronicles beginning at duke William the Norman .' [London] : Finished in Ianuarie 1587, and the 29 of the Queenes Maiesties reigne, with the full continuation of the former yeare hardcover
1875018433Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante 1875. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ii 60 pages of text followed by 12 beautifully hand-colored plates of hummingbirds. The text has sustained water damage but those pages have been professionally washed and stabilized. Signatures page gatherings were reformed and resewn. Rebound with a new leather spine with gilt-lettered leather spine label and linen-covered boards. The tinted lithographed frontisportrait and six pages of text are affected by dark areas of discoloration from the water exposure and many pages have minor rippling as some treated pages were discreetly detached for treatment and re-inserted on an added tab. Minor rippling to the hand-colored plates but the images remain bright and are not noticeably affected. There is minor soiling to the plates. All page edges were trimmed by about a half inch to remove damaged paper and does not affect any text or plates; the size is about 10.5 inches height by about 7.5 inches. Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante Hardcover
177715684Rome 1777. Copper engraving by Volpato after a drawing by Camporesi later professional hand-colouring. Good condition. Expert strengthening to verso of right outer blank margin some old light creasing to 3 inches of the sheet. This beautiful perspective view of Raphael's Loggia served as the frontispiece to the celebrated text "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano".<br/> <br/>This arresting print is a general perspective view of Raphael's design for the Loggia at the Vatican with a large profile portrait of Raphael in a medallion over the entrance to the corridor. The plate served as the frontispiece to the first part of the "Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano" which depicted the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Vatican. This remarkable print one of the first to be published of the decoration of the Logge on the main storey of the Vatican apartments was probably planned as early as 1760 but was not executed until between 1772 and 1776. The project as a whole was carried out by the painter Gaetano Savorelli the draughtsman Ludovico Teseo the architect Pietro Camporesi and the engravers Giovanni Ottaviani and Giovanni Volpato. The whole series was of importance not just for the size and magnificent colouring of the prints but also because of the influence they had on contemporary taste. The decision was made to "borrow" elements from Raphael's Vatican tapestries and insert them where the original frescoes were in too poor a state to be legible. The finished plates therefore represented an amalgam of design elements presented with a crisp freshness of colour that held enormous appeal and stimulated the taste for the "grotesque" in the neo-classical period.<br/> <br/>Cf. Brunet IV 1110; cf. Berlin Kat. 4068; Lambert Pattern and Design V. & A.: 1983 p. 26; "Raphael Invenit: Stampe da Rafaello" 1985 Volpato 1; Raphael: Reproduktions-graphik aus vier Jahrhunderten Coburg: 1984 p. 104; G. Marini editor Giovanni Volpato 1735-1803 1988 no. 198. unknown books