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1805046033New York: John Low 1805. Please read complete description. Scarce single plate volume XXI for Low's encyclopedia first such reference published in the United States in seven volumes from 1805 to 1811. Heavily worn volume containing 46 plates original total unknown numbered by section not consecutively with the following subjects: Scenography incorrectly identified as stenography on front cover; Sculpture; Shadow; Ships; Short Hand; Silk Manufactures; Steam Engine; Stereotomy; Stocking Frame; Stone Henge; Sugar Mill; Surgery. Paper covered boards with remains of leather spine two blanks at front and at rear about 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Covers heavily worn and detached spine chipping away blanks and final plate detached paper very age-browned and somewhat brittle especially nearest the edges some stray spots closed tear to one of the Steam Engines plates another plate with repair to reverse side generally very worn. . Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Low Hardcover
77-0749San Francisco CA: Lyons Ltd. Antique Prints pre 1998. 4to. Soft Cover. Very Good. 64 pp. B & W Plates. San Francisco, CA: Lyons Ltd., Antique Prints, [pre 1998] paperback
1982005329New York NY U.S.A.: James Pott & Company 1982 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dark Rose Cloth Gilt. Very Good/NA. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. ND 1870's/90's . probable First edition. Beveled and Illustrated front cover. Very Scarce one by this author with over 200 Wood Engravings many are full-page. A very nice Early Poetry & Prose gift book. <br/> <br/> New York, NY, U.S.A.: James Pott & Company, 1982 hardcover
1871FOSTERBI004667E. Moxon London. 1871. First edition thus: illustrated with 22 exquisite engravings by Birket Foster. Quarto. pp viii 109 1 adverts. 22 plates. Fine period binding by H. Sotheran of full straight-grain morocco with raised bands gilt decoration and rules all edges gilt.A bit of foxing here and there otherwise fine. E. Moxon, London. hardcover
2092902138300218Hosei shobo N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Hosei shobo paperback
19762091502135707391Chusekisha 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chusekisha paperback
19922110502150303241JK Print Studio 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 JK Print Studio paperback
19243113677Berlin: Erich Reiss Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Cloth. Viertes tausend edition. Very good copy in ochre-colored cloth. Previous owner's name inked on title page. Covers moderately shelf-soiled. Text in German. Franz Masereel wood engravings throughout. ; 5" x 6 1/2"; 111 pages . Erich Reiss Verlag. 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
0714107409.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1850247341850. Very good condition. An archive of 27 portraits of the founding fathers of botany including Dodoens Leeuwenhoek Grew Hill Aldrovandi Smith Desfontaines Palisot Gessner Everard Bonnet Banks Buffon Gray Evelyn Linnaeus Cuvier Klein Clusius and Agassiz.<br /> <br /> 1. Rembert Dodoens born Rembert Van Joenckema 1517 – 1585 was a Flemish physician and botanist. Rembert Dodoens Rembertus Dodonaeus was one of the great botanists of the 16th century who pursued a knowledge of plants in their own right not simply for medicinal uses. Contemporary copper engraving 4 7/8 x 7" on 7 3/8 x 10 1/2".<br /> <br /> 2. Antonius Leeuwenhoek 1632 - 1723 Dutch "Father of Microbiology" with botanical importance who worked with William III of Orange and his wife Mary II of England and Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. Copper engraving 5 1/2 x 7 1/8".<br /> <br /> 3. Nehemiah Grew 1641 – 1712 was an English plant anatomist and physiologist known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy". Copper engraving 5 3/4 x 9 1/4".<br /> <br /> 4. John Hill ca. 1714 – 1775 was an English author and botanist who contributed to contemporary periodicals including the botanical compendium 'The Vegetable System'. Copper engraving 8 7/8 x 11 1/4" on 9 5/8 x 12 1/2".<br /> <br /> 5. Ulisse Aldrovandi 1522 – 1605 was an Italian naturalist professor of botany and one of the founders of the Bologna's botanical garden one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the Comte de Buffon considered Aldrovandi the father of natural history studies. 5 7/8 x 8 3/8".<br /> <br /> 6. Sir James Edward Smith 1759 – 1828 was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society 5 x 7" on 8 7/8 x 11 5/8".<br /> <br /> 7. Rene Louiche Desfontaines 1750 – 1833 was a French botanist who studied medicine. His interest in botany originated from lectures given by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier at the Jardin des Plantes 9 1/4 x 12 1/4".<br /> <br /> 8. Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel 1776 – 1854 was a French botanist and politician. He was a founder of the science of plant cytology 9 1/2 x 12 1/2".<br /> <br /> 9. Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot Baron de Beauvois 1752 - 1820 Paris was a French naturalist who was trained as a botanist and published an important paper on American entomology 9 x 12".<br /> <br /> 10. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu 1748 – 1836 was a French botanist notably the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; his system remains largely in use today 9 1/2 x 12 1/2". <br /> <br /> 11. Conrad Gessner 1516 – 1565 was a Swiss physician and naturalist regarded as the father of modern scientific bibliography zoology and botany. Gessner was working on a major botanical text at the time of his early death from the plague 3 5/8 x 5 1/8" on 6 1/8 x 7 7/8".<br /> <br /> 12. Michael Rotenbeck 1569 - 1623 physician and collector of botanical works. Copper engraving 7 5/8 x 4 3/4" on 13 x 8 1/2".<br /> <br /> 13. Dr. Giles Everard or Gilles Everaerts 16th century; active in 1580s Dutch physician who wrote works on the beneficial medicinal effects of tobacco smoking. Copper engraving 4 7/8 x 6" on 8 1/2 x 10".<br /> <br /> 14. Charles Bonnet 1720 – 1793 Naturalist and philosophical writer. He coined the term phyllotaxis to describe the arrangement of leaves on a plant. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2".<br /> <br /> 15. Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon 1707 – 1788 was a French naturalist mathematician cosmologist and encyclopediste. Buffon was the director at the Jardin du Roi now called the Jardin des Plantes. Buffon published 36 quarto volumes of his 'Histoire Naturelle' during his lifetime. Ernst Mayr wrote that "Truly Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century". 4 1/2 x 6 3/8" on 9 x 11 1/2".<br /> <br /> 16. Sir Joseph Banks 1st Baronet GCB PRS 1743 – 1820 English naturalist botanist and patron of the natural sciences. 7 x 10 3/8".<br /> <br /> 17. Asa Gray 1810 – 1888 is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana was significant as an explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. Gray was convinced that a genetic connection existed between all members of a species. He was opposed to the idea of hybridization within one generation and believed evolution was guided by a Creator. 6 x 8 5/8".<br /> <br /> 18. John Evelyn 1620 - 1706 author and botanist noted for his knowledge of trees. Evelyn's treatise Sylva or A Discourse of Forest-Trees 1664 was written as an encouragement to landowners to plant trees to provide timber for the English navy. 8 x 10".<br /> <br /> 19. Carl Linnaeus 1707 – 1778 Carl von Linne was a Swedish botanist physician and zoologist who formalized binomial nomenclature the modern system of naming organisms. 6 images: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2" 6 x 8 1/2" 4 7/8 x 8 5 1/2 x 9" 7 x 10 1/2" 6 1/4 x 8 1/2".<br /> <br /> 20. Jean Leopold Nicolas Frederic Baron Cuvier 1769 – 1832 known as Georges Cuvier was a French naturalist and zoologist instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. 4 images: 5 x 8 1/4" 6 3/4 x 9 7/8" 6 x 9" 7 1/2 x 10".<br /> <br /> 21. Jacob Theodor Klein 1685 – 1759 was a German jurist historian botanist zoologist mathematician and diplomat in service of Polish King August II the Strong. 9 x 14 5/8" on 9 1/2 x 15 1/2".<br /> <br /> 22. Charles de l'Ecluse L'Escluse or Carolus Clusius 1526 – 1609 was an Artois doctor and pioneering botanist perhaps the most influential of all 16th-century scientific horticulturists. 4 5/8 x 6 5/8".<br /> <br /> 23. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz 1807 – 1873 was a Swiss-American biologist and geologist recognized as an innovative and prodigious scholar of Earth's natural history. 9 1/4 x 12 1/4".<br /> <br /> 24. John Lindley 1799 - 1865 English botanist and orchidologist whose orchid collection was housed at Kew's herbarium noted for his 'Theory and Practice of Horticulture'.<br /> <br /> 25. Joseph Decaise 1807 - 1882 French botanist and agronomist. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4".<br /> <br /> 26. Louis Van Houtte 1810 -1876. Belgian horticulturist. Published the "Journal Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe". 5 1/2 x 8 3/4".<br /> <br /> 27. Georg Eberhard Rumphius Rumpf 1627 - 1702 Batavian botanist best known for his work Herbarium Amboinense a catalogue of the plants of the island of Amboina Indonesia. 9 1/2 x 14".<br /> <br /> The portraits mainly steel engraved some lithographic mostly 4to. All in very good condition. unknown
1819006595London: H. R. Young; and T. H. Whitely 1819. Hardcover. Fair . Volume 1 only. xii 171 1 p. 39 leaves of engraved plates; 30 cm. Calf boards. Marbled endpapers. Bound in following the title page is a slip "To the Public" stating that two of the prints Will Ellis and William Carstairs would "be delivered in the second volume." A pencilled note below states that they were never published and that the biographical sketches of the two found here were omitted from the small paper edition. Former owner's inscription on blank page following front endpapers: "James A. Taylor Nov 1884 No. 2035." This volume contains descriptions and portraits of interesting people from the reigns of William III and Queen Anne ranging from John Gale "a singular Deaf and Dumb Man" and Harry "an Old Raree-show-man" to Yorkshire Nan "Prince George's Cap Woman" and Daniel Defoe "a Political Writer and Novelist". In Fair Condition: lacking spine; front board detached but present; first few leaves of text partially detached; shadows from plates on facing pages of text; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and bright. H. R. Young; and T. H. Whitely hardcover
1893biblio366Hartford Conn: American publishing company 1893. Fine. <p> </p><p>Chromolitography 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 Print provided from the portofolio: Our Navy Its Growth and Achievements</p><p> </p> American publishing company unknown
1965BOOKS074343ISterling Junction MA: The Scarab Press 1965. HC. very good gray paper covered boards hardcover acetate jacket. engravings by Besnia. One of 300 copies. Signed by Howard John Besnia on the colophon. 22pp. The Scarab Press unknown
19980006071International Paper Co. post 1998. Loose_leaf. Very Good. Theo Van Doesburg & 73 others. 8vo 78 loose leaves in alphabetical sequence - including Unknown and ending with Hermann Zapf in a paper chemise in a die-cut paper slipcase; Note: one leaf stained on verso; also this set has 3 duplicate plates. VERY SCARCE. <br/><br/>An international collection of 74 twentieth century typographers callligraphers artists designers contributed this series of works which is now in the permanent collection of the Guttenberg Museum after being exhibited in Europe Latin America and finally the U.S.A. International Paper Co. unknown
195720127Nancy Frankreich France: Berger-Levrault 1957. Fine/VG. Two Fine Volumes In Very Good Case. TEXT IN FRENCH. Text by Pierre Frieden with 17 tissue-guarded engravings by Albert Decaris. Case has some surface spotting with a couple of short tears; else a fine copy in a very good case of a SCARCE first edition first printing. Pierre Frieden 1892-1959 was a Luxembourg politician and writer. HEAVY 2.6KG PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST. First Edition First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Berger-Levrault unknown
196536968Sao Paulo Brasil Brazil: difusão nacional do livro 1965. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. In Portuguese. Elephant Folio. One of 3000 copies. In this Portuguse language reproduction of illustrated historical documents from 1557 Hans Staden 1525 - 1576 a Europen explorer and soldier describes his experiences as a prisoner living among cannibals of Brazil. Issued unbound in 10 gigantic folded leaves with horrifying engravings of cannibalism. The pages are all housed inside a paper stiff white illustrated paper folder which is housed inside of a large stiff paper slipcase with olive green spine panel titled in white and black and white illustrated side panels. The pages are clean and bright. Minor browning to spine panel and edges of folder along with a few scuff marks to front panel. Wear rubbing chipping and short tears to edges of slipcase. Browning to edges of panels of slipcase. A fascinating piece that can be appreciated for the images alone even if one is unable to read the text. 40 pages. Size: about 23 x 15 inches. SOAMER/122623. difusão nacional do livro paperback
19322092902141302789white and black company 1932. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 white and black company paperback
69-6684San Jose California: M Lee Stone Fine Prints 1986. Fol. Stapled prints 10 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good.From the collection of the late Frederick G Ruffner Jr founder of Gale Research Detroit. San Jose, California: M Lee Stone Fine Prints, 1986 unknown
77-0509Essex England 1980. 4to. 2 pages stapled printed on pink paper. Very Good. Inventory of Prints & Maps including prices including engraved portrait of Walter Raleigh. Essex, England, [1980?] unknown
2005KOS02202718Prints 21 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS02202718 Prints 21 paperback
19402156New York N.Y. William Edwin Rudge 1940-1948. 4to. Vol.I-Vol. V. Number 1-4 of each year plus Vol. V Number 4. 1940-1948. Printed wrappers for each volume. 1st Edition. All in fine condition each year encased in a blue paper covered sleeve. Vol. I: 1940 Vol 1-4 A mutitude of articles on prints and books as well as numerous illustrations. Vol. II: 1942 #1-4 "Aristocracy in Prints" American engraver Vol. III: #1-4 1943 t. Vol. IV: 1946 #1-4Vol. V:1948 #4 only. On request I will provide a detailed list of articles included.<br />The journal was founded by William Edwin Rudge to demonstrate "the far reaching importance of the graphic arts" including art prints commercial printing wallpaper etc. Contents were eclectic covering typography book making book printing fine prints as well as the trade journal aspects of printing candy bar wrappers.8<p>Initially the publication included original prints such as the frontispiece for Vol 1 #1 Jun 1940 a two color woodcut by Hans Alexander Mueller and Vol 1 #3 December 1940 a black and white wood engraving by Paul Landacre.</p><p>By Volume 8 1953 the focus of the periodical had shifted to a trade journal.</p> William Edwin Rudge
1937V71297London: Trustees of the British Museum 1937. Hardcover. Very Good-. Plates from the museum collection 104 examples on 43 leaves. The frontispiece is tinted in green and rose. Folio green cloth gilt titled to spine with library numbers to foot of spine/slight wear to head & f-oot of spine 34pp plates. Ex Library with neat 18mm circular stamp to all blank versos of the plates and also surrounding the plate number plus 6 more to the preliminaries & text.Neat shelving number to back of titlepage and with Cheltenham Reference Library label to pastedown. Facing this is a presentation plate "from the Trustees The British Museum dated 20th May1937". A clean neat copy with fine large illustrations. Trustees of the British Museum hardcover
1956BOOKS071031IKyoto: Red Lantern Shop 1956. HC. good paper covered boards accordian fold-out hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. Published to display the art of Japanese color woodblock printing and how it is done in a progressive series of fold-out pages on one continuous sheet. Shows how each of the nine colors is added one at a time and concludes with the finished plate. Full detail on our website - ask for the link. UNCOMMON. Red Lantern Shop unknown
0259099333.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
