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190138254Genève Geneva: Cercle des Arts & des Lettres 1901. A stunning suite of TWENTY LARGE FOLIO WOOD ENGRAVINGS by Maurice Baud after paintings executed by Auguste Baud-Bovy between 1886 and 1898 depicting 19th-century Alpine life and landscapes in all of their picturesque austerity. 28 pages plus 20 full-page hors-texte wood-engravings. Complete with detailed letterpress descriptions. Edition limited to 171 copies of which this is number 41 one of 150 on fine wove paper printed for M.C. François and SIGNED BY BAUD. Absolutely complete with ALL PRINTED TISSUE-GUARDS PRESENT. Large folio 51.9 x 39.7 cm. Loose as issued in publisher's attractive cloth portfolio. Half-title spotted last leaf wood engraving no. 20 with some small marginal tears else FINE AND BRIGHT. A rare and important collection of Alpine prints. <br/><br/> Cercle des Arts & des Lettres hardcover
1859833001859. PRINTS - BOSTON SOUTH BOSTON 1859 HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH FOXCROFT COLE. Boston: J. F. A. Cole ca. 1859. Image matted to 22 x 29 1/2 inches. Three spots of browning to the sky area faint arc of foxing a few more to the scenes below the main image. Main image features a main intersection of roads one signposted "G Street Ward 12". Great perspective. Very good overall. Below the title is printed: "To the citizens of South Boston this picture is most respectfully dedicated by the Artist. unknown
7233San Francisco: The Arion Press 2017. Limited Edition. One of 300 copies. Original two-part blue-grey cloth box housing a 13.5" x 50-foot scroll wound on aluminum spool with bookcloth wrapper nestled in grey foam lining together with the cloth-bound 20pp booklet containing Langdon Hammer's Introduction to The Bridge with two photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge by Michael Kenna. Text was handset by Andrew Hoyem with French Elzevir type illustrated with seven woodblock prints by Joel Shapiro. A Fine copy. An imaginative and elaborate production re-envisioning Hart Crane's long poem inspired by the Brooklyn Bridge. The book originally published by The Black Sun Press in 1930 was a collaborative work with Crane's friend the photographer Walker Evans. Arion No.110. The Arion Press unknown
19692091502135707836Osaka Form Gallery 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Osaka Form Gallery paperback
1946145130London: Golden Cockerel Press 1946. Folio. 41 X 19 cm. Original green cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt ship silhouette on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Arnold's mould-made paper. Frontispiece. Full page map and 8 engravings Chronological table. Copy 750/750. Musty smelling. A fine clean copy The first 100 copies were bound in full green Morocco. This copy has the designation of the last copy in the series. The book is dedicated to John King David and below it is the following: inscription "To Captain Douglas Bull with my good wish from John K. Davis who the above not withstanding is just a very "Ordinary Seaman" Melborne Nov 3rd 1947". A very modest and humble inscription from one of the great Antarctic Navigators and Explorers.</p><p></p><p>Great being the last copy and with the wonderful inscription. Great association copy. 1946 Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
1779D7139Paris et Dijon: les Auteurs et Frantin 1779-1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary mottled calf lavishly gilt-stamped spine gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label original decorative endpapers; 8vo 120x 202 mm 3 volumes; with half-titles 3 additional titles 2 allegorical frontispieces 50 plates 39 of them with double views of Paris and 2 full-page vignettes. Some very light scuffing at spine tips and along joints; occasional light toning and marginal soiling. A handsome set with the bookplates of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. Cohen-de Ricci 692. <br/><br/> les Auteurs, et Frantin hardcover
1440<p>title variant: Neun Gedichte. Livre d'artist. Texts in Polish text and German accompanied by 8 original etchings. Small folio. Very good. Folding work housed in slipcase decorated with screen printed illustrations. 1440</p><p><em>"Czesław Miłosz ; z dziewięcioma grafikami Stasysa Eidrigeviciusa = Neun Gedichte / Czesław Miłosz ; übersetzt von Karl Dedecius ; mit neun Originalgraphiken von Stasys Eidrigevicius." The Polish text the German translation and the 8 plates are each bound in their own board covers with their lower covers connected and hinged so that the whole may be folded into a quasi-portfolio inserted into a slipcase on which is the 9th illustration referred to in the title above. Text printed on fine paper: the Polish text on white and the German text on gray. The 8 plates are etched with aquatinting. Rare institutionally and uncommon</em></p> Åodź
183318856Milano: Fortunato Stella e Figli 1833. First Italian edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Oblong folio 12 6/8 x 18 1/2". 1 leaf Title 38 leaves Plates 1 leaf List of content. Original half morocco over burgundy paper covered boards. Gold lettering and tooling on spine. Rare first Italian edition of Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach's atlas volume of his "Sainte Bible de Vence" a series which was originally published in 27 volumes in Paris from 1827 to 1833. The striking 38 engraved plates featured in this atlas are composed of 13 maps by A. R. Fremin and 25 engravings signed by Falkeisen Angelini and Lanzani. The engraved plates have been laid down on beautiful hand-made paper and describe the following: 1. Map of the place of Eden Mesopotamy and Persian Gulf; 2. Noah's Arch construction; 3. Noah's Arch; 4. Map of the land divided among Noah's sons; 5. The Babel Tower; 6. Map of the Land of Canaan; 7. Map of Jews' Pilgrimage; 8. The Jerusalem Sahnedrin; 9. The Temple of Jerusalem plans and sections; 10. The Temple of Jerusalem square plan; 11. Map of ancient Jerusalem; 12. The Temple of Salomon; 13. The Temple's foundations; 14. The East Gate; 15. The Buildings of the Temple; 16. Musical Instruments of the Jews; 17. Hebrew Alphabet; 18. Jew's Vestments and worship's objects; 19. Two Menorah; 20. High Priest's vestments and Golden Menorah; 21. Moses' Tabernacle; 22. The Loaves of Proposition; 23. Plan and section of the Tabernacle; 24. The encampment of the Israelites; 25. Map of the Holy Land South; 26. Map of the Holy Land North; 27. Map of Syria; 28.Map of Israel under Salomon; 29. Plan of the House of the Forest of Lebanon; 30. The House of the Forest of Lebanon; 31. The Bronze Sea; 32. The Washings; 33. The Altars of the Holocausts; 34. Map of the Persian Empire; 35. Map of the Land of Canaan according to Ezechiel; 36. Map of Herod's Reign; 37. Zachary's Vision; 38. Map of the travels of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The plates measure appr. 12 1/2 x 18 1/4" image size appr. : 9 1/2 x 14 6/8". Binding rubbed on covers and along edges. Head and tail of spine chipped. Previous owner's Ex-libris Calvin Bullock on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing along paper margin not affecting plates. Title and captions in Italian. Binding in overall fair interior in very good plates in near fine to fine condition. About the author: "David Paul Drach aka Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach after his conversion 1791-1865 was a Catholic convert from Judaism and librarian of the College of Propaganda in Rome. Drach received his early education from his father who was a rabbi. After spending some time in various Talmudic schools he became a teacher at Rappoltsweiler though only sixteen years of age. The love of the secular sciences brought him to Paris where he was welcomed by his coreligionists and became tutor in a wealthy Jewish family. His reputation as a teacher brought him Christian pupils; and this may have had some influence on his subsequent conversion; in fact he had always manifested some leaning toward Christianity. Drach had already begun the study of Greek and Latin so as to become acquainted with the Christian doctrines in their original sources. Struck by the accusation of some of the Fathers that the Jews had corrupted the Hebrew text he began a comparative study of the Hebrew and the Septuagint which study he continued in spite of the remonstrances of the president of the Central Consistory. Drach was received into the Catholic faith in 1823 together with his two daughters and his son Paul who afterward became a priest and a distinguished Biblical scholar. In 1827 Drach accepted the position of librarian of the Propaganda in Rome which position he held until the year of his death." From the Jewish Encyclopedia. Fortunato Stella e Figli hardcover
372111The Whittington Press 2008. Hardcover. Fine Condition. From a total edition of 350 this is one of the specially numbered deluxe copies Number 78”signed by both author Robin Llewelyn and artist Leslie Gerry. Published by Whittington Press the volume features a distinctive binding exclusive to the deluxe issue and includes eight vivid A3 giclee prints by Leslie Gerry each capturing the spirit and architecture of Portmeirion the iconic North Wales village designed by Clough Williams-Ellis from 1925. The text written by Williams-Ellis's grandson complements the imagery with personal insight and historical reflection. Measuring 43.5 x 31.5 cm the book is bound in vibrant pictorial boards and presented in an elegant concertina format. This edition also includes a separate portfolio containing the seven prints from the book plus an eighth plate not included in the volume all signed by the artist alongside a dramatic A1 size print of Portmeirion. Both book and box are bound by The Fine Book Bindery and housed in a beautifully printed paper-covered solander box. Condition is as new. A remarkable production that honours the vision of Clough Williams-Ellis blending evocative prose and striking artwork to celebrate one of Britain's most imaginative architectural achievements. Size: 31.5 x 43.5 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Whittington Press hardcover
348579-VC44Newcastle/London : Beilby Bewick and G.G. & J. Robinson 1797. Hardcover. Good. Bound in 2 uniform later marbled and gilt calf 1797-1804 marbled endpapers illustrated with with 208240 wood engravings XXX23351XX400 pages 8vo circa 22x13cm. 2 volumes: I The History and Description of Land Birds; II The History and Description of Water Birds. First edition first issue without the words ""Wycliffe 1791"" in the block of the figure of the Sea Eagle in volume I page11; no misprint in volume I page 145 Schæniclus not Sahæniclus and with the vignette in volume I page 285 uncensored.; Both volumes recased; book plate on upper pastedown both volumes. Newcastle/London : Beilby Bewick and G.G. & J. Robinson hardcover
176629450Naples 1766-1776. A single aquatint plate drawn and engraved after the original pieces in the Hamilton collection. An aquatint printed as a black background over terracotta with highlighting in light gray/white. The image shows three figures one a warrior draped in animal skins carries a club stands before another figure with a thin staff who stands next to a flaming brazier. A third figure with a shorter staff walks way from the scene. Printed on a single folio sheet measuring larger than 18" x 12" the image approximately 12" X 7.75" now very handsomely presented in cream mounting approximately 24 by 18 inches with ornate gilt framework design around the leaf glazed and now under archival glass in a very attractive frame of gilded red wood and black enamel. In all a very impressive display. Very fine and in an excellent state of preservation. A BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PLATE FROM A MASTERPIECE OF CLASSIC ART RENDERINGS AND PUBLICATION. Hamilton served as British envoy to the court of Naples where he began collecting Greek vases and other antiquities immediately upon arriving at his post. In 1766–67 he published a volume of engravings of his collection entitled A Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton. A further three volumes were produced in 1769–76. Josiah Wedgwood the potter and porcelain maker drew great inspiration from the reproductions presented in Hamilton's volumes.<br> While widely recognized for their beauty the reproductions from Hamilton's vases have become evidence of the irreconcilable problem of neoclassicism in the Romantic period. Significant changes in the way the vases were engraved over a span of thirty or forty years demonstrate how an immutable collection of objects is subject to radical shifts in representation in response to the social and artistic styles of the time. unknown
176629242Naples 1766-1776. A single aquatint plate drawn and engraved after the original pieces in the Hamilton collection. An aquatint printed as a black background over terracotta with highlighting in light gray. The image shows a woman bending to pick up a child who squats before her. Objects hover above one is a shield another is a rope or cord. The image is numbered T6 in the top left corner and P6 in the top right it is numbered in Roman VIII at the bottom. Printed on a single folio sheet measuring larger than 18" x 12" the image approximately 9" X 7.25". Now very handsomely presented in cream mounting approximately 24 x 18 inches with ornate gilt framework design glazed under archival glass within a very attractive frame of gilded red wood and black enamel. In all a very impressive display. A very beautiful presentation and in an excellent state of preservation. A BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PLATE FROM A MASTERPIECE OF CLASSIC ART RENDERINGS AND PUBLICATION. Hamilton served as British envoy to the court of Naples where he began collecting Greek vases and other antiquities immediately upon arriving at his post. In 1766–67 he published a volume of engravings of his collection entitled A Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton. A further three volumes were produced in 1769–76. Josiah Wedgwood the potter and porcelain maker drew great inspiration from the reproductions presented in Hamilton's volumes.<br> While widely recognized for their beauty the reproductions from Hamilton's vases have become evidence of the irreconcilable problem of neoclassicism in the Romantic period. Significant changes in the way the vases were engraved over a span of thirty or forty years demonstrate how an immutable collection of objects is subject to radical shifts in representation in response to the social and artistic styles of the time. unknown
1809Flo542<p>Near fine copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full tree-calf leather binding by Myers and Co 80 New Bond Street London rebacked with mottled spine with gilt title boards a little dry and rubbed new endpapers book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid and delicate hand-colour. One text page 124 with repaired 3cm tear and paper fault that has caused a printing error with no loss to text.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
186726900Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Plate XV from Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68.<br /> <br /> American Creek Mt. Kembla. Trees pictured include cabbage trees bangalow palms and flame trees. Timbermen are working in the foreground to fell the huge trees. Von Guerard describes the scene thus: This sylvan scene is situated at a distance of little more than ten miles from Wollongong near the junction of a little stream upon which some prosaic devotee of the bottle has bestowed the dishonouring appellation of the Brandy and Water Creek with the American Creek and at the foot of a noble range of mountains. With the lofty bangalow palm the cabbage palm the gigantic wild fig-tree the fire tree otherwise known as the blaze tree with its vividly scarlet blossoms are intermingled the nettle tree the rose-wood the sassafras the white-wood the wild rose numerous varieties of the fern tree and parasites innumerable the whole being woven together into one dense and almost impenetrable mass of foliage. Unfortunately the progress of settlement is necessitating the destruction of some of these magnificent forests which in many instances clothe a rich chocolate soil of especial value to the farmer. At the time this view was sketched numerous fires had been kindled by the wood-cutters and the stately giants were rapidly falling before the pitiless axe of the hardy pioneers of civilization.<br /> <br /> Color lithograph signed in the plate with the oval blind stamp for the publisher Hamel & Ferguson below the title. Image incl. text 14 1/4 x 20 3/4" on paper 25 x 18 3/4". Archivally cleaned and backed repairing some marginal splits including one that would be visible when matted. Color tastefully enhanced. Libraries Australia ID 774462. Hamel & Ferguson unknown
186727483Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Plate XVI from Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68. The location is now named Budj Bim and is a dormant volcano near Macarthur in southwestern Victoria Australia. The volcanic history of this part of Victoria is remarkable and the quarried black volcanic rock is seen throughout buildings & walls.<br /> <br /> Color lithograph signed in the plate with the oval blind stamp for the publisher Hamel & Ferguson below the title. Image incl. text 13 x 19" on paper 18 x 24 1/2". Archivally cleaned and backed color tastefully enhanced. Libraries Australia ID 7744685. Hamel & Ferguson unknown
186727435Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. From Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68.<br /> <br /> Two horsemen are approaching a punt to cross the Goulbourn. A boat in the foreground holds two fishermen. <br /> <br /> Color lithograph signed in the plate with the oval blind stamp for the publisher Hamel & Ferguson below the title. Image incl. text 14 x 20 1/4" on paper 18 x 24 1/2". Archivally cleaned and backed color tastefully enhanced. Two small marginal cracks repaired. Not recorded on Trove. Hamel & Ferguson unknown
51575Hamburg B. S. Berendsohn 1850. . Schönes Sammelbild von Hamburg nach dem Brand von 1842. Mittig die große Ansicht der Binnenalster von der Lombardsbrücke aus betrachtet umgeben von 20 kl. Ansichten vom alten und neuen Jungfernstieg Hafen und Hafentor Stadttheater Thalia-Theater Post Börse Raineville's Garten Alsterarkaden Bazar Blankenese Tivoli Landungsbrücken Spielbudenplatz u. a. Mit dreisprachigem Titel im unt. Plattenrand. Hamburg, B. S. Berendsohn, 1850. unknown
1907BIBLIO-31165Trustees of the British Museum London first edition 1907 - 1913. 7 portfolios half cloth and printed boards 20 x 15 in. Introductions and contents indexes of 8 pp per part in all 175 plates 25 per part. A complete set now hard to find of this series of high-quality facsimile reproductions. Each of the 7 portfolios has an introductory text by Sidney Colvin and 25 plates. The portfolios comprise: I. Specimens of etching by German masters 1475-1575; II. Specimens of etching by Italian masters 1525-1550; III. Specimens of etching by French masters 1620-1670; IV. Specimens of etching by Flemish masters 1520-1650; V. Specimens of etching by Dutch masters 1615-1650; VI. Specimens of etching by Rembrandt Livens and Bol 1630-1680; VII. Specimens of etching by the later Dutch masters 1640-1700. A mildly ex-library set with library bookplates on the inside front boards minor library marks to portfolios unobtrusive blindstamps to some margins a few leaves only with minor creasing and very occasional chipping at the edges. Portfolio boards duststained and darkened contents generally Very Good and clean. Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1907 - 1913 hardcover
1929ARC93326The Cresset Press London 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition printed at the Curwen Press and limited to 450 numbered copies on mould-made paper plus a further thirty deluxe copies this one of the 450 examples but un-numbered. Large 4to. 406pp. Bound in full brown buckram with two red leather spine labels lettered and bordered in gold this binding unusual as the 'correct' binding should be white vellum; the fact that this example is un-numbered may suggest that it was intended as a trial or proof copy or perhaps a file copy. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A touch of very light spotting to the edges and endpapers and to very occasional leaf margins. Backstrip ends very gently rubbed. A very good copy of an uncommon and quite delightful production: a tour-de-force collaboration featuring some of the finest wood engravers of the post-Great War period each one tackling one of the fourteen books classified as apocryphal by the King James Bible. The Cresset Press, London Hardcover
1809Flo540<p>Very good copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full red morocco leather binding by Root and Son spine with five raised bands gilt title and tooling neatly rebacked at some time with original spine relaid marble endpaper TEG book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid hand-colour. "Capt. Grose" in ink in parentheses next to author's name Gambado on the front title page.</p><p>Engraved bookplate of Cortlandt Field Bishop American pioneer aviator balloonist autoist traveller and book collector on front endpaper.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
63186E-075. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Pied Oxen Printers Hopewell NJ 2002. This is copy number 73 of the Limited edition of 125 copies. Illustrated with 2 intaglio plates. Signed by Paul Muldoon on the half title page and Diarmuid Delargy on the intaglio plates and the printer David Sellers on the limitation page. Bound in original green Asahi cloth printed paper labels on spine and upper cover printed on Somerset Book Wove soft white the prints on Somerset Textured. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 'Unapproved Road' is a masterpiece. For one so long and falsely charged with emotional evasiveness Muldoon will survive as one of our laureates of marriage and fatherhood. Paul Muldoon born 20 June 1951 is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities and Founding Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts. He held the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1999 to 2004 and has also served as president of the Poetry Society UK and Poetry Editor at The New Yorker. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
157447005Venice Venetia: Printed by Simon Calignani 1574. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 8 109 1pp. Rebound in full leather with ornate period blind-stamped decor on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Title page with elaborate architectural framing. Historiated woodcut initials. Twenty-three headpiece copper engravings 3 3/4 x6" for each chapter and tailpiece vignettes. Contains author's dedication to Ottaviano Manini and five page table of notable facts Index with errata note. Woodcut on colophon at rear is the printer's device initialed S. C. K. with his motto "The Tower and the Strength of my God."<br /> <br /> Famous work on ancient customs of funeral rites and ceremonies among Romans Egyptians Greeks Indians Scythians Cavemen and Christians by author and cartographer Thomaso Porcacchi illustrated by Girolamo Porro. Written as a dialog between author and two characters praising the talent of Girolamo Porro and the quality of his work. Porro who's eyesight was impaired is also credited with the design of a "flying machine" able to transport many man. Porro also illustrated Porcacchi's 1572 publication "Isole piu famose del Mondo Most Famous Islands of the World." Porcacchi's work on funeral rites known to have been consulted in arranging high profile funerals e.g. that of Cosimo I. de Medici. Text in Italian. Page 51 misnumbered 15. Binding with light wear along edges light streaking to boards. Some offsetting along edges of free endpapers form leather binding. Original endpapers and title page with some age-toning else only minor blemishes in block. Printed by Simon Calignani hardcover
195055275London: The Collectors Book Club 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good- to fine condition. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated with six tissue-guarded copper engravings. Original green Morroco with five inch black cloth strip laid to covers gilt decorated grape motif across front cover and raised bands with gilt ruling on spine. Gilt top edge. Purple ribbon marker. Title page printed in red-brown. Signed by the artist on dedication page.<br /> <br /> Printed with the permission of the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. Contains six beautiful copperplate engravings by the decorated Dutch sculptor Ru van Rossem well known for his sculptures pen drawings lithographs wood and copper engravings as well as set and costume designs. Printed on English handmade paper by John Roberts Press engravings on Japanese vellum. <br /> <br /> A pupil of Jam van Tongeren and Arend Hendriks Ru van Rossem 1924-2007 taught at the Great Yarmouth College of Art while he lived in England. For almost twenty years he was a lecturer at the Tilburg Academy and among other awards was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2003.<br /> <br /> Spine and left Moroccan panel on front cover faded with very light wear at along edges slightly more pronounced at head and tail of spine. Some offsetting of leather edges to endpapers. Binding in good- interior in very good to fine condition. The Collectors Book Club hardcover
186727481Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. From Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68.<br /> <br /> A panoramic view taken from a hill looking down towards the lake farmland surrounding it. The lake is a large coastal lagoon just south of Woollongong 100 km south of Sydney. <br /> <br /> Color lithograph signed in the plate with the oval blind stamp for the publisher Hamel & Ferguson below the title. Image incl. text 14 x 20 1/2" on paper 18 x 24 1/2". Archivally cleaned and backed color tastefully enhanced. <br /> <br /> nOT ON TROVE . Hamel & Ferguson unknown
1872025507Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co 1871 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Black Lettering And Design Two Blank Front Free Endpapers Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871 And As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt. 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text Half-Page At Center Of Pages Signed With The Dalziels' Name In Plural And Hughes' Initials. Very Well Preserved Covers Clean All Gilt And Black Complete And Strong All Gilt Still Brilliant Rubbing And Wear To Cloth At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips A Few Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Pinpoint Frays At Three Of The Tips; Hinges Tight Original Off White Coated Endpapers No Cracking To Hinges No Names Or Marks No Repairs Slight Spine Lean. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> J B Lippincott & Co [1871] hardcover