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[Chinese Pith Paintings] School of YouquaBiblio.com

An eleven-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Women and their Musical Instruments on pith paper

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

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis2 250,00 $US≈ 1 903,73 €

[Chinese Pith Paintings]Biblio.com

A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Chinese Occupations

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. 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

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis2 400,00 $US≈ 2 030,64 €

(FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS). MILTON, JOHNBiblio.com

THE POETICAL WORKS

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. 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. 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

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis2 912,00 $US≈ 2 463,84 €

Ichijusai Kunisada and other paintings by Tamenaga ShunsuiBiblio.com

Tsubakisetsu Onimi Dango Vol. 1-4 Vol. 6-7 total 12 volumes for each volume <Japanese Version>

18572111902160603014Published by Eikyudo 1857. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 12x17.7 cm Published by Eikyudo paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour3 335,00 $US≈ 2 821,74 €

[Chinese Pith Paintings] SunQuaBiblio.com

A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export pith paintings of Chinese Nobility

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. 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

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis3 500,00 $US≈ 2 961,35 €

[Chinese Pith Paintings]Biblio.com

A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export pith paintings of exquisite Fish paintings

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

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis4 000,00 $US≈ 3 384,40 €

[VICTORIAN PAINTINGS -- MARITIME & LANDSCAPES]. FOTHERGILL, RA, C[harles] W[illiam (Artist).] R ABiblio.com

Spine title. C.W. Fothergill Watercolours. An extraordinary Victorian artist’s album filled with 55 original watercolour paintings and pencil sketches capturing the closing decade of 19th-Century Great Britain including nautical & maritime themes historic architectural buildings landscapes and more.

188759925Cranbrook Kent & London: Lt. Col. Charles William Fothergill R.A. 1887-1897. Oblong 4to. 10 x 8 x 1.75 in. 2 52 1 leaves numbered in pencil manuscript including manuscript index leaf listing all the paintings within excluding the frontisp. & rear pastedown watercolour paintings. With 55 paintings with most sized from 5.5 x 4.5 in. up to 7.5 x 5.5 in. all w/ neatly penciled manuscript borders most w/ annotations below and nearly all paintings signed many dated 2 smaller are mounted on leaf 25 of the Scottish Highlands most are watercolours with graphite underdrawing a few are graphite sketches w/ watercolour highlights and elements added. Contemporary black half-diced-calf over gray-brown pebbled cloth white silk moire endpapers gilt ruling & lettering on spines minor scuffing edgewear minor wear to corners still an exceptionally bright exemplar. This marvelous album of original Victorian watercolours by retired Royal Marine Artillery officer and longtime art instructor at Sandhurst elicit a nearly pastoral sense including nautical themes historic homes inns castles and landscapes. The album opens with a vivid watercolour painting of a decidedly bucolic Virginia Water possibly on the present-day Wentworth Estate with small boat amidst the water and trees and closes with a fine painting of steamship sailing past yachts tacking in the background and storm clouds above. The album begins with Miltonâ€™s Cottage at Chalfont St. Giles where he completed Paradise Lost and conceived Paradise Regained during the Plague years and was a popular subject of other British painters including Donald Macleod Joseph Webb and Charles Leaver. Other paintings include those of the Martello Tower at Seaford one of the 103 towers built from Aldeburgh to Suffolk on the coast of Eastbourne in 1803 when Napoleon threatened to cross the channel; Brook Place at Chobham a Dutch-gabled home built by William Beauchamp in 1656 after the original Elizabethan home had burned down in 1648; the HMS Hannibal at Portsmouth warship laid down in 1840 utilized screw propulsion and a 91 gunner commanded in the Crimean War by John Charles Dalrymple Hay -- at the time of this painting it was serving to alleviate overcrowding in the training ship Boscawan. Other nautical themes include No. 8 a view of ships in Portsmouth Harbour with the dockside in the background; No. 9 a sidewheeler steamship with lighters and rock nearby in the Medway off Gravesend; No. 11 a view of tall ships under sail at Fowey off Cornwall and even No. 47 a nicely rendered painting of boats sailing on the Medway with sails in colour and faint outlines of Rochester Castle and nearby Cathedral in the background.Fothergill also painted landscapes such as No. 14 Hindhead HIll Surrey on the main Portsmouth to London road 13 miles southwest of Guildford with Gibbet Hill rising in the background above the surrounding Heath; three beautiful landscapes of the Scottish Highlands No. 48 Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull Scotland in 1897 which would later be purchased in 1911 by Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean and restored; Beeston Castle above the Cheshire Plain; No. 24 Franks Hall in Horton Kirby Kent Framingham after the property had passed to Vavasour Earle and in its original state; No. 26 the Mitcham Common Windmill one of the few houses ever built on the common and operated as windmill until 1863 when two sails were destroyed as depicted here -- it was later dismantled down to the base in 1905. Other historic places such as the Old White Horse Inn in Edinburgh where during the 1639 rebellion against King Charles I the Presbyterian ministers urged a mob to lay siege preventing the noblemen from escaping except for the Marquis of Montrose. This painting reflects its dilapidated Victorian state rather than the restored 1960â€™s version visible today. Fothergill 1839-1903 remains an enigma to many of the typical art references for British painters and exhibited three watercolours at the Society of British Artists between 1880 and 1884 including â€œThe Mouth of the Dartâ€ and â€œHulks in Portsmouth Harbourâ€ possibly an alternate version of Nos. 17 & 18 in the present album and later exhibited a painting at the Royal Academy in 1900. He received his first commission in the Royal Marine Artillery in 1855 was appointed to serve as instructor in Military Drawing & Surveying at the Royal Military College â€œCadetsâ€™ Collegeâ€ at Sandhurst in 1868 under command of Adjutant Major W. Patterson and continued to teach there until his retirement. His distinctive signature closely mirrors that of his 1872 marriage certificate to Edith Kathleen Maclean in 1872 daughter of Royal Military College Surgeon Dr. Andrew Maclean 1812-1902 and by the 1891 census the couple parented 7 children and a niece in their busy household in Hammersmith London. See: New Annual Army List Militia List and Indian Civil Service List 1875 p. 92; Hart New Annual Army List Hartâ€™s Anual for 1875 Vol. 36 pp. 115 126; Maritime and Scientific Models Instruments & Art 10th May 2016 Charles Miller Ltd. No. 48. Lt. Col. Charles William Fothergill, R.A., hardcover

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis4 800,00 $US≈ 4 061,28 €

[Chinese Pith Paintings]. Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870)Biblio.com

A 24-leaf album of Chinese export pith paintings of elegantly dressed Chinese Nobility

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. 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. 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

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis6 500,00 $US≈ 5 499,65 €

(Fore-edge Paintings) Scott, Sir WalterBiblio.com

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Baronet

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. Volume I : Berwick-on-Tweed Volume II : Falkland Palace Volume III : Edinburgh Castle Volume IV : Barnborough Castle Volume V : Hollyrood Palace Edinburgh Volume VI : Norham The Castle and The Cross Volume VII: Stirling Castle Volume VIII: Barnard Castle Volume IX : Stirling Bridge and Castle Volume X : Abbotsford. Arch. Constable unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis7 500,00 $US≈ 6 345,75 €

(FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS). SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAMBiblio.com

THE PLAYS

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. 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. 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

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis18 720,00 $US≈ 15 838,99 €

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An eleven-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Women and their Musical Instruments on pith paper

A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Chinese Occupations

THE POETICAL WORKS

Tsubakisetsu Onimi Dango Vol. 1-4 Vol. 6-7 total 12 volumes for each volume <Japanese Version>

A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export pith paintings of Chinese Nobility

A twelve-leaf album of Chinese export pith paintings of exquisite Fish paintings

A 24-leaf album of Chinese export pith paintings of elegantly dressed Chinese Nobility

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Baronet

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