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188014997ABca. 1880. 33 : 22 cm. 8 coloured paintings on stiff paper, mounted under passepartout.
189216703Paris, Club alpin français, 1892. In-8 de XII-672 pages, demi-percaline mauve, trace de pli à un coin.
18972546Saint-Etienne, Société de l’impr. Théolier - J. Thomas & Cie, 1897. 3 vol. in-8 de XV, 512-[2] + 536 + 426-[6] pages. Demi-chagrin noir à coins, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et roulettes dorés, tranches rouges. Dos légèrement passés, quelques griffures aux coiffes.
188517244Paris Imprimerie De L'art 1885 in-4° 182 pp + nombreuses reproductions hors-texte en Hélios. les prix d'adjudications ont été soigneusement ajoutés à la plume en regard de chaque Numéro.
188632124calmannn-lévy 1886 In-folio reliure éditeur décorée passée , corps d'ouvrage déboité 150 reproductions de tableaux en noir et blanc, des ff avec trace de scotch en marge , un ff déchiré sans manque
185837182BBParis, Furne, 1858. 4° IV, 57 Bl. zahlr.Ill. OLwd. Stärker berieben und bestossen, an den Kapitalen leicht eingerissen, Textbräunung, leicht fleckig.
188532123calmannn-lévy 1885 In-folio reliure éditeur décorée passée , corps d'ouvrage déboité 150 reproductions de tableaux en noir et blanc
18485423Belle broderie, dans de beaux coloris bien conservée. Quelques rousseurs dans la soie. “Fait par Pélagie Ventre, chez Mme Masset, ce 10 mars 1823, à Brignoles”. Cadre en bois mouluré d’époque. très bon Brignoles 1848 48 x 38 avec cadre
1875015992Paris Drouot. Boussaton & Baubigny 1875 in-8° Broché
1831ST20481-04London: Thomas Tegg; J. Cumming Dublin; and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow 1831. 170 x 100 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". Four volumes. Edited by John Wright. <br/> Contemporary black morocco covers with an elaborate frame in gilt and blind raised bands spine compartments gilt with foliate volutes turn-ins with a narrow gilt roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt rear hinge of fourth volume very neatly repaired. The first volume WITH AN EXCELLENT FORE-EDGE PAINTING DEPICTING ROTTERDAM FROM THE WATER. The first volume WITH AN EXCELLENT FORE-EDGE PAINTING DEPICTING ROTTERDAM FROM THE WATER. All volumes with numerous wood-engravings in the text. Corners and spine somewhat worn joints a little rubbed hinges of first volume open but nothing loose; pastedowns with shadow of bookplate removal but internally fresh clean and bright with only trivial defects.<br/> <br/> This set of an English adaptation of one of the most widely read works of the Enlightenment features a pleasing fore-edge painting full of charming detail. With his enormously influential "Histoire Naturelle" Buffon 1707-88 became the first person to present the natural world as one unified whole entirely explicable in scientific terms and in a popular form. Modern evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr called Buffon "the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century" and declared that the "Natural History" was read by "every educated person in Europe." Our editor John Wright has augmented Buffon's work with the works of other naturalists including Culver Lacepede and "a British botanist of acknowledged note" among others. The text is supplemented by numerous wood engravings with perhaps livelier and more attractive depictions than might be expected from a small format abridged edition like this one. The main attraction here the fore-edge painting has been done with not inconsiderable skill and charm. In it two vessels cruise the glassy waters of Rotterdam the city's iconic canal houses and the gothic church of St. Lawrence rising in the background. The scene mixes tranquility and commerce in a tableau rendered with a great deal of care and delicacy in its minute details. Thomas Tegg; J. Cumming, Dublin; and R. Griffin and Co., Glasgow unknown
1809ST14310fLondon: J. Hatchard 1809. 210 x 133 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4". xvi 291 pp.Translated by Louisa A. Marshall. <br/> Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco covers bordered with gilt rule flat spine with simple gilt rules and titling gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt and WITH A FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF A SCENIC RIVER VIEW FEATURING CHRIST CHURCH PRIORY in Hampshire. Front free endpaper with owner signature of E. A. Fetherston. Slight variation in color of boards half title with one inch trimmed away at head probably removing owner inscription leaves a shade less than bright occasional minor foxing or offsetting in the text bed but still an excellent copy the text clean and fresh the pleasant binding entirely sound and the lovely fore-edge painting very well preserved.<br/> <br/> The typically bucolic fore-edge scene here--boat in tranquil water stately building occupying center stage trees all around puffy clouds--stands out for the level of achievement in execution by the artist. The clouds are painted in a delicately applied range of shades so that they are very convincing; there is considerable architectural detail visible on the side of the church; and it seems as if one can almost see individual leaves in the trees. These features are all hallmarks of the work of the so-called "Dover Painter" the name given by Jeff Weber to the artist who produced very high quality painted fore edges in the 1920s and 1930s. He did work for the famous London bookseller Marks & Company for Dawson's Bookshop in Los Angeles and for J. W. Robinson Company the Los Angeles department store. Estelle Doheny 1875-1958 whose library comprised one of the great collections of the 20th century bought actively from Dawson's and Weber estimates that approximately half of the very considerable number of especially fine fore-edge paintings in the Doheny collection in Camarillo California were done by the Dover Painter. As the fore-edge painting here evokes a feeling of serenity so too does the content religious meditations by François Fénélon 1651-1715 priest writer and tutor to King Louis XIV's grandson for whom he composed his best-known work "The Adventures of Telemachus.". J. Hatchard unknown
1840ST20481-06Paris: Chez L. Hachette 1840. 224 x 131 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". 2 p.l. 822 pp. 1 leaf title 1-259 1 pp. <br/> Attractive contemporary scarlet morocco covers ruled in blind central panel with an elaborate gilt-tooled cross surrounded by a scrolling frame raised bands spine gilt in compartments tooled with small fleurons turn-ins tooled in gilt all edges gilt.features a well-executed and historically important fore-edge painting that depicts a famous tribute to one of the most celebrated figures in French Catholicism. The fresh richly painted scene here shows the Place de la Pucelle in Rouen with the fountain of Joan of Arc featured prominently in the foreground. This view inspired works from a number of artists and writers such as watercolorist Samuel Prout and American poet Maria White Lowell whose poem "Rouen Place de la Pucelle" was published ca. 1858. Visual records like this of the square and fountain are historically important because they were destroyed in the Red Week bombings of 1944. WITH AN EXCELLENT FORE-EDGE PAINTING DEPICTING LA PLACE DE LA PUCELLE ROUEN. Occasional early pencil marginalia. Corners a bit bumped edges and joints with a little rubbing but this well disguised with dye spine very slightly sunned and dried. Occasional scattered spots mostly marginal other trivial defects but generally fine internally very fresh and quite bright. An attractive binding with a very lovely painting.<br/> <br/> This attractive French-language Bible features a well-executed and historically important fore-edge painting that depicts a famous tribute to one of the most celebrated figures in French Catholicism. The fresh richly painted scene here shows the Place de la Pucelle in Rouen with the fountain of Joan of Arc featured prominently in the foreground. This view inspired works from a number of artists and writers such as watercolorist Samuel Prout and American poet Maria White Lowell whose poem "Rouen Place de la Pucelle" was published ca. 1858. Visual records like this of the square and fountain are historically important because they were destroyed in the Red Week bombings of 1944. Chez L. Hachette unknown
1805ST19580London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al. 1805. 238 x 145 mm. 9 3/8 x 5 3/4". 10 volumes. Edited by George Steevens and Alexander Chalmers. <br/> EXTREMELY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY DEEP PURPLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO VERY ELABORATELY DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND covers with frame featuring heavy gilt stippling and tooling spine compartments densely gilt gilt-rolled turn-ins leather hinges all edges gilt. EACH VOLUME WITH AN ATTRACTIVE FORE-EDGE PAINTING featuring scenic views of waterways bridges cottages and castles and one figurative scene. With frontispiece portrait engraved ornament pasted down on title page apparently to cover up the mention of the engravings which this set was evidently issued without. A Large Paper Copy. Jaggard p. 510; Lowndes IV 2264. Just a hint of wear to joints and extremities and this expertly refurbished a small gouge on rear board of volume I internally with occasional mild browning scattered foxing and stains but the bindings lustrous and glittering with gold the fore-edge paintings well preserved and the interiors clean and fresh. AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE COPY OF QUITE A SPECIAL ITEM.<br/> <br/> Enriched with learned essays and commentary this handsome printing of Steevens' acclaimed edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works comes in a lovely contemporary binding with later--but impressive--fore-edge paintings. Our set is the 10-volume version of Steevens printed on royal octavo paper a slightly less desirable nine-volume set on thinner octavo paper was also available. While the set was offered with plates the professionally printed and applied engraved ornaments covering the title page reference to engravings suggests that the publisher also sold sets without them auction records bear out this theory. The original owner may have chosen to save money on plates so he could splash out on the present richly gilt full morocco bindings that make an impressive appearance on the shelf. Then that owner or more likely a somewhat later one commissioned the paintings of the 10 fore edges. These are richly detailed crispy executed compositions mainly showing exterior scenes featuring castles or old city buildings. Although they do not necessarily have a clear connection with any individual play in any specific volume they do communicate the feeling of the period of Shakespeare's life. And most important they are skillfully done by an unusually deft painter. Steevens 1736-1800 had originally published his revision of Johnson's edition of Shakespeare in 1773 the revision being praised by Lowndes as combining "the native powers of Dr. Johnson with the activity sagacity and antiquarian learning of . . . Steevens." Volume I contains prefaces by Pope Johnson and Chalmers a sketch of Shakespeare's life by Chalmers Shakespeare's will and a history of the stage by Malone. Considered in all its aspects--as an esteemed edition of the bard's works as a gloriously decorated set on the shelf and as 10 expert fore-edge paintings--this item has much to recommend it. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al. unknown
1843ST20616London: Tilt and Bogue 1843. 207 x 135 mm. 8 1/8 x 5 5/8". Two volumes. With a memoir and critical remarks by James Montgomery. <br/> Pleasing contemporary burgundy pebble-grain morocco gilt covers with graceful frame of cresting roll accented with lancets large lyre centerpiece with leafy flourishes and small birds raised bands spine compartments densely gilt gilt lettering gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. WITH LOVELY FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS BY THE "DOVER PAINTER" one of Milton's cottage at Chalfont and the other of St. Giles Church Cripplegate. With decorative engraved initials and 95 engraved vignettes after drawings by William Harvey. Weber "Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders" pp. 98-103. Muir "Victorian Illustrated Books" p. 28. Spines gently and evenly sunned joints and extremities a little rubbed one margin with faint paint trail from fore-edge painter's brush other trivial imperfections but A VERY APPEALING COPY internally clean and fresh in solid bindings with bright gilt and the fore-edge paintings especially well preserved.<br/> <br/> This copy of Milton's collected poems is very attractively illustrated inside and out with an extremely skillful painting by a famous artist adorning each of the fore edges. Designed by William Harvey 1796-1866 who Muir tells us was "the longest lived and most important of Bewick's pupils" the engravings here range from charming figural initials to writhing residents of Hell in their smoky abyss to gentle-faced angels bathed in beams of light. The fore-edge paintings are recognizable as the work of the so-called "Dover Painter" the name given by Jeff Weber to the artist who produced very high quality painted fore edges in the 1920s and 1930s for the famous London bookseller Marks & Company. These two depict Milton's cottage and his final resting place St. Giles' Church in London. The cottage is depicted in an idyllic scene of Milton's time with aproned peasants milling about the ivy-covered building under the shade of the trees that frame the scene. The other painting shows a lively urban street: the church's venerable structure is flanked by bustling shops visited by gentlemen with fashionable canes while the smoke from the chimneys trails upward into the cloudy sky. These clouds and the trees surrounding the cottage are particularly demonstrative of our artist's distinctive style of applying dabs of paint a technique that almost suggests a quasi-pointillism. Taken together the substantial content lovely contemporary red morocco bindings and finely executed and well-preserved fore-edge paintings combine to make up a set of considerably seductive appeal. Tilt and Bogue unknown
1821229079Edinburgh: Arch. Constable 1821. Vignette title -page drawn by A. Nasmyth Engraved by W. H. Lizars. 10 vols. 16mo. Contemporary full green straight grained morocco gilt spine a.e.g. Fine some internal foxin. Signed M.T.K. Jr. Xmas 1927. Vignette title -page drawn by A. Nasmyth Engraved by W. H. Lizars. 10 vols. 16mo. Each volume with a fine early fore-edge painting of a Scottish scene identified in an old hand in block letters on the ffep.<br /> Volume I : Berwick-on-Tweed<br /> Volume II : Falkland Palace<br /> Volume III : Edinburgh Castle<br /> Volume IV : Barnborough Castle<br /> Volume V : Hollyrood Palace Edinburgh<br /> Volume VI : Norham The Castle and The Cross<br /> Volume VII: Stirling Castle<br /> Volume VIII: Barnard Castle<br /> Volume IX : Stirling Bridge and Castle<br /> Volume X : Abbotsford. Arch. Constable unknown
1830ST20481-05London: John Murray 1830. FIRST EDITION. 220 x 130 mm. 8 5/8 x 5 1/8". 2 p.l. ii v-xix 1 411 1 pp. <br/> Agreeable contemporary black morocco covers with an elaborate border in gilt and blind of numerous straight and decorative rules and scrolling foliate cornerpieces raised bands gilt in compartments with a central ornament in blind turn-ins tooled in gilt all edges gilt. Carefully rebacked retaining original spine hinges neatly reinforced with buckram. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING DEPICTING A LANDSCAPE WITH A VERY LARGE CASTLE AND LAKE. With 13 pages of charts. Corners bumped and exposed a handful of scratches to the front cover; occasional spots and soiling internally other trivial defects but still quite a good copy the bulk of the text extremely clean and fresh with a well-preserved fore-edge painting.<br/> <br/> This is a pleasing copy with an attractive fore-edge painting of the final work of Scottish mathematician and economist Robert Hamilton 1743-1829. A professor at the University of Aberdeen and one of the founders of Edinburgh's Royal Society Hamilton wrote this work of political economy shortly before his passing and it was published posthumously. It treats of the relationship between economic principles and the development of social life and is considered perhaps second in importance only to his "Essay on the National Debt" issued in 1813. The fore-edge painting depicts a serene landscape with sailboat gliding across a smooth lake in front of a castle and tree-studded hills. The artist has rendered the details with subtlety for example the castle is faintly reflected in the lake and the scene as a whole is brigher and richer in color than might be expected. John Murray unknown
18391001611839. Lille L. Jacqué 1839. Titlepage 231pp. pp. 3-6 loose. 8vo. Original yellow decorated wrappers dam. & dogeared some foxing throughout and a few pages loose. unknown
188135501390Paris, , 1881 ; in-8 br. 89 pp La vente comporte 175 tableaux anciens. 6 eaux-fortes reproduisent les très grandes oeuvres
1900221586No date. Circa1900. Twelve very bright colour gouache paintings on pith paper showing a series of Qing dynasty figures arranged by rank blue paper border red silk covered album with contrasting green ties. Images approximately 17.5 x 12cm. Album 22.5 x 15.5cm. All twelve paintings in very good condition. This finely painted gouache album opens with portraits of the Chinese Emperor and Empress followed by the Prime Minister and his wife. The remaining eight leaves depict officials of various ranks with their spouses. A vivid and beautifully executed series the colours standing out with exceptional clarity. . unknown
187027211Canton: Youqua Studio 1870. Silk covered boards. Very good overall. 24 large and intricate paintings of Chinese nobility dressed in their finery. This album bears the red stamp with border for "Youqua Painter Old Street No. 34" affixed to the inside cover. <br /> <br /> Leaves mounted with pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves. The album size 33.2 x 24.8cm 13 x 9 3/4" and stands as a quarto volume. Bound in dark blue silk with medallions in red gold and green trellis design. The binding is cracked on the spine but holding rubbed edges and corners with the remants of silk ties. While some plates have some damage around the edge all the coats and gowns are in fine condition and brilliant full color.<br /> A red stamp with border for "Youqua Painter Old Street No. 34" affixed to the inside cover. Western binding opening from the right. Youqua Studio unknown
187027902Canton: SunQua Studio 1870. Silk covered boards. 12 magnificent fish paintings on pith with incredible detail including unusual sparkle paint. Includes Koi eel catfish etc. with multiple fish in each image. Leaves mounted with pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves. Oblong 4to 9 1/4 x 13 1/4" with original ties. Western binding opening from the right. Bound in a green gold blue and red silk woven in a daisy & vine pattern which sometimes appears with a Sunqua stamp. Sunqua was active 1830-1870. Borders on two prints missing one strip. Binding in very good condition. SunQua Studio unknown
187027226Canton: SunQua 1870. Silk covered boards. Otherwise very good condition. This album bears the red stamp of Sunqua with border & stars. The nobility include the Emperor and Empress who are followed by the nobility men and their women. The painting is particularly fine with intricate robes and portraits. The National Library of Australia in their collection holds a similar but later rendition of this album where they identify the individual paintings.<br /> <br /> Small folio silk patterned album 14 x 10 1/4" complete with the original silk ties. The green silk is decorated in daisy & vine floral pattern which is typical of many SunQua albums. Leaves mounted with pale turquoise silk ribbon to paper leaves with some images floating and no longer within the borders. There are some cracks in the pith paintings none however affecting the image themselves. Western binding opening from the right lightly rubbed on corners & foredge very good overall. SunQua unknown
185027212Canton 1850. Silk covered hard boards. Fine condition. An album on pith paper with twelve colorful paintings of Chinese occupations the artisans shown in pairs. Trades include gem cutting forging carpentry fabric weaving & dying pottery and shoe making - some trades not identifiable. No artist or studio is recorded. <br /> Paintings in fine condition rimmed with light blue silk margins. One image cracked at lower right corner not affecting the image. Oblong 8vo violet silk covers 11 3/4 x 8 1/2" are worn at corners with green ties present. unknown
186027912China 1860. Good overall. A later album of portraits of Chinese Court dignitaries. The turquoise paper borders bear captions in English. The coats of the dignitaries are quite detailed. The first image is of the Emperor followed by Empress both seated Prime Minister his wife Governor General his wife Manchu Tartar General his lady Mandarin of 3rd Rank his lady Inferior Mandarin his wife. The other dignitaries are standing. The images have no background painting. Most have corner cracks not affecting the images. In red silk binding 8vo 9 x 6" with Western opening. The colors vibrant. unknown
1870279111870. Finely executed portraits of women and their musical instruments larger and more detailed than many other albums. From the school of Youqua. The portraits have no background painting. 8 images mounted with dark turquoise border silk some with cracks; 3 images are mounted on card at a later date. All images loose in papered boards which open Western style and are disbound and very rubbed. Most images are in lovely and larger than most. Besides some small cracks they are in very good condition. 4to 11 1/2 x 8 unknown