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18962201180017Coulommiers Paul Brodard 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine Bindings 2 volumes. 1/2 leather over marbled boards. Gilt spine label. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean unmarked pages. Illustr'es des dessins et des culs-de-lampe de Boucher et du portrait de Moliere par Coybel. Coulommiers, Paul Brodard hardcover
186019032106Prag Prague: Adolf Kuranda 1860. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto size 64 pp. text entirely in German. Charles-Antoine Coypel 1694-1752 served as "First Painter to the King" to the French court succeeding to that role in 1722 upon the death of his father who along with his father before him were both artists. This series of illustrations were drawn by Coypel as designs for a collection of tapestries for the Gobelins manufactory; the illustrations "were painted as cartoons for tapestries and were engraved and published in a deluxe folio in Paris in 1724" n.b. per Wiki.<br/><br/>According to some Coypel "was the first to illustrate Don Quixote in a sophisticated manner". We all know the story: Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616 tells of the adventures of the nobleman Alonso Quixano who after reading many chivalric romances decides to set out on a quest to revive chivalry under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha; he imagines himself as a knight on a noble mission to fight for justice in the world even though the world he lives in no longer resembles his romantic fantasies.<br/><br/>This volume presents thirty-one of Coypel's irresistable illustrations of Cervantes' renowned novel with an excerpt from the text below in German this copy published in Prague likely in 1860 the copyright date. As of this writing there are two copies of this title online but published in Vienna with no copies of this Prague publication. Auction records locate a single copy of the Vienna publication and none from Prague; OCLC locates two copies of this Prague publication at the University of California Berkeley and the Huntington Library.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full aubergine cloth gilt lettering and decorations debossed on the front board blind-debossed decorative borders on both boards yellow coated endpapers the first leaf consists of the title page with a list of illustrations on the verso the following leaves with the illustrations and printing only on the recto; quarto size 11" by 8 5/8" pagination: 1-2 followed by thirty-one unnumbered leaves of illustrations. Please note that the text is entirely in German.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good overall with a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean the contents collate complete the only prior owner markings being on the front pastedown one small vintage label for "Friedrich Munchrath" in Sioux City Iowa and next to that a newer label with a name and address hand-written; we had a professional restorer name available upon request repaid the head and tail of the spine and the hinges which are now strong and sturdy; the volume shows overall exterior soil the corners are somewhat rubbed there is a vintage prior bookseller price of $2.00 on the upper corner of the front free endpaper and the interior shows toning foxing and the occasional small old dampstain.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Adolf Kuranda hardcover books
1876535491 vol. in-8 reliure demi-basane marron, dos à 5 nerfs, Imprimerie Brustlein et Cie, Mulhouse, 1876, VI-306 pp. et 2 ff. n. ch.
