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176626550Naples 1766-1776. A single aquatint plate drawn and engraved after the original pieces in the Hamilton collection. The colour aquatint shows a bacchanal scene-- a youth in peplos reclines on an ornate couch he holds a large bowl in his left hand his right gestures toward a kylix above--all within a Greek-key tondo. Above him there are three dancing satyrs. This is a nicely detailed image on a black background coloured in shades of brown tan terracotta and gold. Printed on a single folio sheet measuring approximately 20" x 15" the image approximately 8.25" X 10". Now presented in cream mounting boards 22" x18" behind clear mylar. A very fine plate 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. hardcover
1901241609London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans Green and Co. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Spine starting with wear to the spine and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; viii 355 p. 23 leaves of plates : ill. ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Prize inscription to the frontis and dated 1910. Title page printed in red and black. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Haggard Henry Rider 1856-1925 — Travel. Voyages and travels. Israel — Description and travel. Italy — Description and travel. Cyprus — Description and travel. Palestine — Description and travel. Italy. Cyprus. Description and Travel. Genre; Illustrated. London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
188928035<p>Longman's Green London Printed by Stottiswoode & Co. 1889. Inlaid Slip Announcing Illustrated by Caton Woodville Reproduced by Permission of Proprietors of Illustrated London News Pictorial Endpapers Decorated Swans & Ships Introduction HB NODustJacket 1889 on Title pg. First edition. VG/VG AS-IS NOJACKET Bound Dark Black cloth with Beveled Edges & Gold Gilt on Front Bright & spine cvr has Gilt Egyptian decorations with tiny end Tears With 336 pages and 16 pages of ads dated January 1889 and 29 full page plates. Cover light rub wear tiny Chips Tears Extremities Slight Lean Interior nice Tight FOXing Some rubbing and bumping to the corners and spine ends binding is tight solid copy. Slight Roll to spine. Wear to extremities. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edward Whymper J. D. Cooper & B. Lloyd .</p> Longman's Green , London , Printed by Stottiswoode & Co. hardcover
18453466<p> Original publisher's binding of brown cloth with decorative gilt Romulus/Remus motif to front cover blindstamped to rear board Front cover detatched; Lacking spine covering. Complete with 30 plates 29th plate "Piazza Barberini" as frontispiece. Infrequent foxing throughout some markings to page edges. A nice copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; viii 216 pages;</p> David Bogue hardcover
199312054Iowa City IA: Windhover Press 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 58pp. illustrated. A fine lovely copy in the publisher's finely woven greyish cloth with applied printed spine label as issued. This is number 217 of 275 limited copies another 25 copies were hand-colored by the illustrator and specially bound. A collection of wartime essays by H. D. the influential Imagist poet who is closely associated with Ezra Pound. Doolittle had spent most of the war in London enduring the Blitz. Generously illustrated and beautifully letterpress-printed on French Johannot mould-made paper. Publisher's prospectus with price schedule laid-in. Windhover Press 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
186726899Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Otherwise very good condition. Plate 5 in Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68.<br /> <br /> "The bold and romantic headland which bears this title forms one of the most picturesque "bits" of scenery on the Victorian coast. The rocks have been worn into the most grotesque and fantastic shapes by the action of the waves which rush in with a majestic sweep from the Southern Ocean . the artist has indicated the entrance of Port Phillip by the position of the steamer faintly visible in the offing." NGV. <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 1/4x19 1/4" 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 7744596. 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
186726902Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Very good overall. From Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68. Von Guerard is said to have painted the work "at the entrance to Dobson's Gully in the Dandenong's'. The area was the location where Thomas Dobson made his home and established a timber camp. He called it 'Lightwood Gully' the original name for Ferntree Gully.<br /> <br /> "His remarkable image of a fern-tree gully in the Dandenong Ranges some 40 kilometres east of Melbourne conveys a sense of the landscape as a spiritual sanctuary. Painted on return to the artist's Melbourne studio Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges is a work that combines von Guerard's meticulous observation of local plant species with his artiistic interest in compositional arrangement and the creation of a 'mood' particular to this environment. In this case we are privy to the magical world of a bower - an enclosed gully of natural foliage created by towering tree ferns. A pool of light on the forest floor leads us to two male lyrebirds cast in shadow one withits characteristic tail feathers raised.: Tiom Bonyhady Australian Colonial Paintings in the Australian National Gallery Canberra; Australian National Gallery 1986 p. 171. <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 19 x 24 1/2". Archivally cleaned and backed color tastefully enhanced. 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
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
186726901Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Plate II from Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68.<br /> <br /> Gold was discovered in Beechworth Victoria in 1852 and shortly thereafter along the Ovens River. In the same year Austrian-born von Guerard arrived in Victoria Australia determined to try his luck on the goldfields. Like many he failed as a miner but he did produce numerous studies of goldfields life including this image depicting men working on a sluice. <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" on paper 19 1/2 x 26". Archivally cleaned and backed some minor marginal splits repaired. Color tastefully enhanced. Libraries Australia ID 7744587. Hamel & Ferguson unknown
186727482Melbourne: Hamel & Ferguson 1867. Print. Plate VII from Eugene von Guérard's Australian Landscapes 1866-68.<br /> <br /> A stunning view oin the Blue Mountains N.S.W. Originally named The Weatherboard the town was Jamisons Valley in 1815. In July 1867 the first railway journey to the Blue Mountains traveled through to Weatherboard Station where the train terminated. In 1879 the village took its name from the nearby waterfalls which had been named for William Charles Wentworth one of the men that headed the exploration to cross the mountains in 1813 and a friend of John Jamison. <br /> <br /> Two men with a rifle are overlooking the falls. <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 1/2" on paper 18 x 24 1/2". Archivally cleaned and backed color tastefully enhanced. Libraries Australia ID 7744602. Hamel & Ferguson unknown
17840007884London: Hooper & Wigstead ca. 1784. New edition. Hardcover. Poor. copperplates. Folio contemporary full calf extra-gilt spines some intermittent foxing; lacks one cover. Note: oversize volume will require additional shipping fee. <br/><br/>One of 8 vols: this covers Derbyshire Devonshire Dorsetshire Durham Essex Gloucestershire Herefordshire Hertfordshire. 79 copperplates plus 5 plans 2 of 9 maps. There is also an engraved frontispiece and vignette title-page. Hooper & Wigstead hardcover
170018867Utrecht: Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius 1700. Second edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 2/8". 42 844 36pp Index 4 845-1716 36pp Index. Text in Dutch. Contemporary blind-stamped vellum with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Additional engraved allegorical titles by Gilliam van der Gouwen after Wilhelmus Goeree and Philip Tideman. Title pages in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Originally published in 1690 this work is an extensive encyclopedical study of Jewish Biblical life and times and of the Ancient Near East incl. Egypt. This complete two-volume set is embellished throughout with no less than 87 engraved plates including 29 folding and 36 in-text engravings. The magnificent engravings depict numerous Biblical scenes as well as the ancient coins of the period; the Enoch Hebrew Assyrian Phoenician Egyptian Copte Armenian and Chinese alphabets; astronomical observations; views of Jerusalem; scrolls and writing instruments; the first 13 Assyrian kings; footwear in Antiquity; mosaic floor tiles; Solomon's Temple etc. Moderate and sporadic rubbing along edges. Gold partly and slightly faded on spines. Light and minor water-staining along margin of very first leaves in first volume. Title page remargined not affecting text. Front free endpaper fly-leaf additional engraved title and title of second volume slightly and partly chipped along edges not affecting text or illustration. Very minor and sporadic foxing/age-toning throughout. A nearly fine amply-magined copy with clean plates throughout. Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius hardcover
170018870Utrecht: Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius 1700. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Two volumes folio 12 6/8 x 8 1/4". Text in Dutch. 42 844 36pp Index 4 845-1716 36pp Index. 19th-century half calf over burgundy cloth with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Additional engraved allegorical titles by Gilliam van der Gouwen after Wilhelmus Goeree and Philip Tideman. Main title pages in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Originally published in 1690 this work is an extensive encyclopedical study of Jewish Biblical life and times and of the Ancient Near East incl. Egypt. This complete two-volume set is embellished throughout with no less than 87 copperplate engraved plates including 29 folding and 36 in-text engravings. The magnificent engravings depict numerous Biblical scenes as well as the ancient coins of the period; the Enoch Hebrew Assyrian Phoenician Egyptian Copte Armenian and Chinese alphabets; astronomical observations; views of Jerusalem; scrolls and writing instruments; the first 13 Assyrian kings; footwear in Antiquity; mosaic floor tiles; Solomon's Temple etc. Moderate and sporadic rubbing along edges. Binding of second volume partly water-stained. Head and tail of spines rubbed with minor closed tears. A 3" closed tear at lower margin of page 59/60 of first volume. Light water-staining along upper gutter of second volume slightly affecting text in the very last leaves of the Index. Pages somewhat rippled in second volume else a very good set. Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius hardcover
191819071903Ditchling Sussex: Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler 1918. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. Good . Gill Eric and Beedham R. John. One of 240 copies duodecimo size 126 pp. "Woodwork" contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by the inimitable Eric Gill 1882-1940; a highly regarded printmaker sculptor and typographer as well as a complicated man Gill provided illustrations for numerous fine press publications by the Golden Cockerel Press and the Saint Dominic's Press as well as with Pepler under the imprint of the St. Dominic's Press.<br /> <br /> An informative look at the art of carpentry by craftsman-woodworker Arthur Romney Green 1872-1945 who like Gill and Pepler was influenced by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Although the book is stated as "Volume I" no further volumes were issued.<br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Brown paper wraps black lettering on the front wrap fore- and bottom edges uncut title page with black-and-white wood engraving a total of thirty-one wood engravings in the text throughout: twenty-one wood engravings of carpentry tools by Eric Gill ten wood engravings by R. John Beedham; Caslon O. F. type Batchelor handmade paper duodecimo size 7.75" by 5" pagination: i-iv v-xvi 1 2-110 one of 450 copies this number 161.<br /> <br /> ___CITATION: Better than good with clean wraps a strong square text block the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; overall minor edgewear to the wraps some loss to the paper at the spine exposing parts of the gatherings however text block still solid small loss to the bottom fore-edge corner of the title page.<br /> <br /> ___CITATIONS: Gill no. 269; Taylor and Sewell no. A31.<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. Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler unknown
37240New York: Great Modern Prints / John N. Jacobson & Son Inc. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE ND circa 1990 . 43 works catalogued and illustrated. Among the artists represented: M. Lalanne Legrand Meryon Harpignies Buhot Huet Luce and others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Great Modern Prints / John N. Jacobson & Son, Inc. paperback
a88179London 1842 first edition Longman Brown Gree. Hardcover. Large octavo 268p. illustrated with 21 engravings by Allom original lime green cloth with full floral gilt trim and original yellow end papers. All edges gilt. Good Plus light foxing on initial pages and on some of the plates spine faded to tan. Uneven discoloration on cover cloth. Binding secure; no ownership marks. . hardcover
1964240569Iowa City: Printed for the author at The Stone Wall Press 1964. Hardcover. 20p. 8x5 inches landscape layout preface woodcuts tissue guards rubricated title page #169/250 limited first edition thus in sewn blue boards and gilt. Printed for the author at The Stone Wall Press hardcover
1826ABE-90785021091826 Faust was Goethe's most celebrated creation with international editions in his lifetime and subsequently in films and books across the world with translations in most languages. This is a complete set of the 26 engravings Moritz Retzsh produced as an illustration of Goethe's text; the book has no words in it not even a publisher or date. What it does have is a fabulous set of the original plate pulls complete with plate marks. Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch was a German painter draughtsman and etcher; much celebrated in his day. This is in a way a fine example of what would now called a graphic novel. The 26 etched pictures tell the story and words are not needed. In Germany there were many such books without words and this one in particular influenced the English Pre Raphaelites. This volume is in its original binding with a very fragile leather spine which turns around to the original marbled cover boards which are also in a fragile state. There is no title page or date and no publishing house is mentioned. The corners are leather also and the spine has five subtly raised bands and no title. A much poorer copy of this was featured in the exhibition of Pre Raphaelites at Tate Britain. My copy is considerably better but it is by no means a fine one. It has been used and looked at probably a great deal over the last 200 years or so. The leather is very worn the marbled cover boards are patinated and there is a mixture of hand written names and an inscription on the front end paper. It is very rare in any state at all because it was easily broken up so the plates could be framed. This is I must stress a complete bound full set and as such it is very rare indeed. The earlier of the two dated inscriptions states 1826; but it cannot be viewed as an accurate issue date. An edition exists which has a German title page and text but this is not one of those. It's a bit of a mystery. The exhibited copy in the Tate exhibition was inspected by me I knew one of the curators and it was also without any text. International Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover
192517670Munchen und Leipzig: Georg Muller und Hans Von Weber c 1925. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 Volumes each 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Second edition with the plates of the 1767 edition 1st was 1913 these not dated but circa 1925. Text in German. Condition is Very Good; Rubbing and soiling to the spines text and illustrations are perfect with no toning foxing stains markings etc. bindings are tight. STK Georg Muller und Hans Von Weber hardcover
1985R2-374nyChelsea Green Publishing Company 1985. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Chelsea Green Publishing Company hardcover
1985I1361 Nh 3 5 02 52Chelsea Green Publishing Company 1985 New Hardcover and New DJ: Ships NEXT DAY M-F We give you an honest competitive prices ship next day provide tracking guarantee & exceptional customer service. If there is ever an issue we will resolve it for you so relax and smile. Be Wize. Make us your go-to bookseller. Chelsea Green Publishing Company hardcover
1970011151Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. VG. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book not one of the 1000 as usually seen. Quarter leather over marbelized boards which is slightly sun-faded else near fine. Signed by the artist on colophon. Barre Publishers hardcover
