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176766881London and Paris: Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint 1767. An Important and Representative Physiocratic Work<br> <br> LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE Pierre Paul. L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. London: Chez Jean Nourse Libraire; & se trouvé à Paris Chez Desaint Libraire 1767.<br> <br> First quarto edition published in the same year as the first twelvemo edition. Measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches. 6 viii 511pp 1blank.<br> <br> Contemporary French mottled calf spine elaborately gilt-stamped with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers all edges red. Previous owner's old ink notes on front free endpaper. Housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell gilt-stamped.<br> <br> One of the most important French economic texts of the period representative of physiocratic views and concepts. This work brought about the attack by Mably in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques 1768.<br> <br> Higgs Bibliography of Economics 3980. Goldsmiths' 10270. Higgs 3980. Kress 6475 quarto edition. Marsh/Hollander 1992 quarto edition. BM XV p. 9 col. 468 quarto edition.<br> <br> HBS 66881.<br> <br> $5000. Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint unknown
18222412260012Henry Berthoud and Suttaby Evance and Fox London 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The first published work on Mayan archaeology. 4to. Bound in contemporary cloth-backed blue boards. Rebacked with renewed spine. Collated: xiii 128 pages. 17 lithographic plates. Scattered foxing. "Captain Del Rio examined the now famous ruins of Palenque in 1787 but his manuscript report remained in the provincial archives of Guatemala until a short time prior to their translation and publication in the present form. The translator gave so literal a version that he did not change the references in the body of the work which referred to drawings that had been irrecoverably lost. Captain Del Rio's Report occupies pp. 1 to 21 and in the remainder of the work Dr. Cabrera attempts to establish the theory that the figures upon the monuments of Palenque prove a connection between the Egyptians and the Aboriginal race which constructed them. From the occurrence of an eclipse recorded 291 years before Christ corresponding with the same date in the Mexican calendar he constructs a table of the Mexican years." Includes a longer appendix Paul Felix Cabrera's "Teatro Critico Americano; or A Critical Investigation and Research into the History of the Americas." - Field 231. Sabin 71446. Palau 268187. Henry Berthoud, and Suttaby, Evance and Fox, London hardcover
1913ST20673Paris: L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza 1913. ONE OF 12 COPIES on Japon with an original watercolor and two additional states of illustrations and 50 on Japon with one additional state of illustrations and 288 on vélin à la cuve. 238 x 165 mm. 9 3/8 x 6 1/2". 179 1 pp. 3 leaves. <br/> HANDSOME CARAMEL-COLORED MOROCCO DRAMATICALLY DECORATED IN GILT AND BLIND BY DURVAND stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with a wide gilt border of round flowers and scrolling vines flanked by dotted rolls surrounding a similar border tooled in blind front cover with a central panel similarly decorated with a central seated figure in blind surrounded by a solid gilt aureole smooth spine decorated with a similar gilt design of flowers and vines with a seated figure at the head and tail wide turn-ins with four gilt rules chocolate brown watered silk endleaves leather hinges top edge gilt. Original red and gold printed paper wrappers bound in. In a slightly worn felt-lined marbled paper slipcase. Text within decorative chromolithographed frames elaborate borders to title page and to beginning pages of the five chapters hybrid beasts on the limitations page and in the colophon two full-page color plates in a similar style WITH 51 POCHOIR COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH DE LA NÉZIÈRE nine of these full page THESE REPEATED IN TWO ADDITIONAL STATES one in monochrome on vélin à la cuve and one in pochoir on Japon plus AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FRONTISPIECE by Joseph de La Nézière. A few faint smudges internally if you look hard to find them but A VERY FINE COPY extremely fresh and clean in a gleaming binding.<br/> <br/> This is an especially opulent production in a memorable binding from a major publisher of bibliophile editions. Our binder Durvand 1852-1924 operated one of the finest workshops in turn-of-the-century Paris and trained a number of talented artisans. In 1900 he was awarded a silver medal for his bindings at the Universal Exhibition and according to Flety he was devoted to improving the craft of binding right up to his death. Here the rich texture of the profusely used blind and gilt decoration creates the wonderful effect of a gleaming temple emerging from the shadow of a dense forest. This sumptuous covering is well-suited to the book's contents comprising vivid descriptions of life in the exotic Far East by an author familiar with the region. Lawyer and judge Paul-Louis Rivière 1873-1959 specialized in French colonial law and spent time living in Siam now Thailand. The richly colored plates are by noted Orientalist painter Joseph de La Nézière 1873–1944 who travelled widely in North Africa and the Far East. While he is known primarily for his landscapes and portraits this is apparently the only book that La Nézière illustrated. One of just a dozen deluxe copies ours includes three complete suites of the illustrations two beautifully colored with pochoir with glowing buttery light being used to great effect. The original watercolor frontispiece is especially lovely the scene of boaters at sunrise gleaming with the rising sun on the graceful palms and shimmering water. As lovely as the binding and the illustrations are the dazzling condition here is one further recommendation for the book. L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza unknown
1925188317Beijing & Shanghai: Yangtse River Commission 1925-26-28. Measuring China's longest river First editions of these invaluable technical publications which record a wealth of data from gauging stations across hundreds of charts and diagrams. The Yangtse River Commission was formed by presidential order in December 1922 and the American engineer George Gottlieb Stroebe 1877-1965 served as the first head of its survey department. After several years of operation the commission switched its focus to the middle section of the river stretching from Hankou to Yichang. In 1925 it installed new gauges and discharge measurement stations while also collecting data with equipment maintained by the customs service. Until 1926 inclusive reports were released in the name of the commission's technical committee before responsibility transferred to the Ministry of Communications. The table of contents for the fifth annual report 1926 calls for 221 plates but numbers 150-221 were not issued. 3 works bound in 1 octavo 255 x 180 mm. Together 351 diagrammatic plates 2 folding tables; tables in text. Text in English and Chinese. 1966 tan buckram by the Heckman Bindery Indiana label on rear pastedown spine lettered in black original green card wrappers bound in. Ex-Library of Congress with its ink stamps and shelf-marks on the original wrappers index card holder on rear pastedown and "duplicate" deaccession stamp on front free endpaper. Contents toned one original wrapper creased at foot occasional marking and offsetting internally couple of short closed tears: very good. hardcover
1919189703Paris: E. Leroux/Challamel Atlas volume only 1919. Hardcover. Good: All covers have general wear corner/edge damage. Spines have leather peeling. Bookblocks have age toning staining. Interior pages have age toning. French language text. Marbled boards. Brown leather spines. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spines. Decorative interior covers and end pages. illustrations maps some color. Work published under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Ministry of Colonies and the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts. All text is in French below are English translations of what is present.<br /> <br /> Contents: 1. Statement of the work of the mission : introduction first and second periods 1879 to 1889 / by Auguste Pavie . 1901 - 2. Statement of the work of the mission : third and fourth periods 1889 to 1895 / by Auguste Pavie .1900 - 3. Geography and Travels in Laos and Among the Savages of Southeastern Indo China/ by Captain Cupet. 1900 - 4. Travels in the center of Annam and Laos and in the wild regions of eastern Indo-China / by Captain de Malglaive and by Captain Rivière; introductions by Auguste Pavie. 1902 - 5. Travels in upper Laos and on the borders of China and Burma / by Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis; introduction by Auguste Pavie . 1902 - 6. Passage of the Mekong to Tonkin 1887 and 1888 / by Auguste Pavie . 1911 - 7. March Journal 1888-1889. Events of Siam 1891-1893 / by Auguste Pavie . 1919 - 8. Atlas/ by Auguste Pavie. 1903 - 9. Miscellaneous Studies Part III research on the natural history of Eastern Indo-China by Auguste Pavie. E. Leroux/Challamel (Atlas volume only) hardcover
194816388JNew York: Random House 1948. First Edition First Printing. The novel basis for Red River the classic Howard Hawks directed 1948 Western film starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift for which Chase co-authored the screenplay. Hardbound in original tan cloth. A rare book especially in dust jacket. Some minor offsetting from a clipping listing the film cast on the adjacent copyright and dedication pages Near fine in a clean tight copy in a near fine bright dust jacket with a few tiny mends by an expert paper conservationist. 216 pages. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box. In a career of many fine films John Wayne’s three greatest performances are considered those in The Searchers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Red River where Wayne plays the hard-edged cattle drive boss Tom Dunson. Red River has been selected by the Library of Congress as a national film treasure. Random House hardcover
19352110502150410795Heibonsha 1935. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 12 Heibonsha paperback
1655B6712London: Peter-Cole. Translated by Nicholas Culpeper Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. 1655. A very good example of one of Riviere’s most noted works on early medicine. General age toning. Interior is clean. . Binding: Full contemporary speckled calf boards expert 19th century rebacking. Spine with 5 raised bands in 6 compartments. Title in gilt lettering in red label in 2. Compartments with gilt rules and motifs. Marbled paste-in and free endpapers. All edges cut. Notes: Lazare Riviere 1589 – 1655 was a prominent French physician credited with making influential contributions to early medicine. His Praxis Medica Cum Theoria was a series of 17 books discussing different fields of medicine and medical theories of the time. Size: Quarto276x181mm. Illustration: Elaborate half-title. With frontispiece of translators’ portraits. Title printer’s notice author’s note contents from 1 – 645 physical dictionary. Category: Book Medical; Peter-Cole. Translated by Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland. hardcover
18896403London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1889. Fine. Sixteenmo 6 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches; 157 x 93 mm. vi 306 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full antelope crushed levant morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt surrounding a very elaborate floral design in pointillé spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges full dark blue morocco liners elaborately decorated in gilt blue watered silk end-leaves top edge gilt. A wonderful example of the art of 'pointillé'.<br /> <br /> The Scottish author critic and thinker Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a major influence on Victorian society. His novel Sartor Resartus translated as The Tailor Re-tailored among other variations is a satirical look at the work of a fictional philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. Intriguing in its form the book is structured from the prospective of a skeptical English reviewer consumed by Teufelsdröckh's book Clothes Their Origin and Influence. In crafting Sartor Resartus Carlyle drew on a range of literary influences: Goethe Hegel Sterne and Switft. Carlyle's complicated text not only critiques academic writing and materialism but offers meditations on the meanings of symbols and the search for truth. Although first started as an essay the project eventually developed into a novel which was first published serially in Fraser's Magazine 1833-34. Fine. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co unknown
69466Leiden Johannes Pillehotte 1612. 4° 36 x 24 cm gestochenes Titelbl. 25 Bl. Zueignung u. Inhaltsverz. etc. 468 S. mit einigen Vignetten u. Initialen 10 Bl. «Elenchus Locorum» u. «Elenchus Auctorum» 18 Bl. «Repertorium Generale» Neue HLdr. m. gold. Rückenpräg. Titelbl. neu aufgezogen u. m. winzigen Randverlusten letzte Hälfte mit Wasserfleck im Bund oben 1 Bl. mit Eckriss 1 Eckabriss im Register ohne Textverlust 1 Bl. am Seitenrand eckknittrig sehr vereinzelte Seiten etw. druckschwach tlw. an den Stegen min. stockfl.; allg. gutes Ex. Die S. 325 bis 336 und 342 f. fehlpaginiert.Title-page newly mounted and with tiny marginal losses last half with waterstain in upper margin 1 leaf with corner tear 1 corner tear in register without loss of text 1 leaf creased in margin very few pages somewhat weak in print some slightly foxed in the margins; generally a good copy. pp. 325 to 336 and 342 f. wrong pagination. Caillet 2967. Zweispaltiger Druck. Das Titelblatt zeigt elf Abbildungen aus dem Buch «Exodus» gestochen/gezeichnet von J. de Fornazeris. - Martin Anton Delrio SJ lateinisch Martinus Antonius Delrius spanisch Martín Antonio del Río französisch Martin Antoine del Rio 1551 in Antwerpen - 19. Oktober 1608 in Löwen war ein Jesuit spanischer Herkunft der insbesondere als Hexentheoretiker hervortrat sowie Jurist und Philologe.- Delrios Hauptwerk sind die Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. Dieser Hexentraktat wurde von 1599 bis 1600 in drei Teilen gedruckt. Obwohl das Werk über 20 Auflagen erlebte der letzte Nachdruck wurde 1755 in Köln veranstaltet beschränkte sich seine Wirkung auf den des Lateinischen mächtigen Teil der Gesellschaft insbesondere den Klerus. Delrio lieferte mit dieser Schrift ein annähernd umfassendes Kompendium aller wichtigen bisher erschienenen Hexentraktate darunter der Hexenhammer und das Werk von Jean Bodin. Damit lieferte er seinen Lesern zugleich ein umfassendes Bild der Entwicklung der Hexenlehre und des Dämonenglaubens. Der Glaube an Besessenheit und die Notwendigkeit von Teufelsaustreibungen sind für ihn wichtige Bestandteile der christlichen Lehre. Dabei betont er dass er sich keinerlei Art von Zauberei ohne Ketzerei vorstellen kann. Somit stellte auch die Weiße Magie für ihn ein verfolgungswürdiges Verbrechen dar.Enth.:Lib. I. De Magia generatim & de Naturali Artificiali & Praestigiatrice agitur. Über die Zauberei im allgemeinen und über die natürliche künstliche und vorgaukelnde;Lib. II. De Magia Daemoniaca & eius efficacitate. Über die dämonische Zauberei und ihre Wirksamkeit;Lib. III. De Maleficio & vana observatione. Über den Schadenzauber und den Aberglauben;Lib. IV. De Prophetia Divinatione & Coniectatione. Über die Prophezeiung die Weissagung und ihre Deutung;Lib. V. De Iudicis officio & ordine iudiciario in hoc crimine. Über die Aufgabe des Richters und die Gerichtsordnung bei diesem Verbrechen; Lib. VI. De officio Confessarii ac remediis licitis & illicitis. Über die Aufgabe des Beichtvaters und die erlaubten und verbotenen Heilmittel. 010 Leiden, Johannes Pillehotte, 1612 unknown
197390655Riviere. As New. 1973. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- Text in French. 225 pages; 595 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie Et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Riviere paperback
200093143Biro. New. 2000. HARDCOVER. 2876602865 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- HARDCOVER. Text in French. 358 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee Biro hardcover
1959182892Tianjin: Tianjin shi Haihe gaizao gongcheng weiyuanhui "Tianjin City Hai Ho Development and Engineering Committee" 1959. New China tames its rivers First edition otherwise untraced of this extensively illustrated report. Constructed in just six months and opened with great fanfare the Haihe Tidal Barrier was the first large-scale water-management project undertaken in the People's Republic of China. Funding was provided in the ambitious atmosphere of the Great Leap Forward when propagandists talked of humanity's ability to master nature. The finished barrier was 11 metres high and divided into 8 electronically controlled channels. At its peak the number of people working each day on the construction site reached 50000. This publication was for internal and reference use and only a small number of copies were printed. Sections elaborate on the course of construction including arrangements for the massive workforce and the technological and engineering challenges. Quarto. With half-tone photographic frontispiece with tissue guard showing new barrier 9 folding maps and plans; illustrations maps plans and tables in text. Original brown cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Old library sticker on front cover index-card sleeve and notation on rear pastedown. A little dusty couple of areas of wear general foxing internally as common with Chinese books from this period: very good. hardcover
1940184769Perhaps Tokyo: Shina homen kantai shireibu 1940. With 60 plans of the river Later edition mapping the river's course from Shanghai to Chongqing in sections and incorporating new information on the unfolding Sino-Japanese war. Issued by Japan's China Area Fleet the work also includes plans of key ports showing wharfs railway lines and other riverside infrastructure. Yosuko annai was first published under this title in 1935 but draws heavily on earlier reports written by Okino Matao 1898-1978 the head of Japanese naval intelligence in China during the Second World War. Okino was captured by Allied forces in 1944 and was the most senior Japanese POW brought to the US during the war for interrogation. Landscape quarto. With 18 half-tone plates 75 maps and diagrams most colour. Text in Japanese leaf printed on pink paper. Original card wrappers green cloth backstrip front cover lettered in black against illustrative background. Recent bookseller's ticket on inner rear cover. Wrappers with central vertical crease staining and foxing contents clean: very good. hardcover
197494065Arts Et Metiers Métiers Graphiques. New. 1974. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - Text in French. 145 pages; illustrated with black and white as well as som color images. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Arts Et Metiers (Métiers) Graphiques paperback
1742ST18426London: Printed for A. Millar 1742. FIRST EDITION. 165 x 98 mm. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8". With four pages of ads at the end of volume I; one leaf of ads at the beginning and two pages of ads at the end of volume II. Two volumes. <br/> VERY PRETTY TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-ins covers with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron within a lozenge of dots curling cornerpieces gilt lettering lacy gilt turn-ins dark green endpapers all edges gilt. Housed together in a brown buckram slipcase. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Cross III 305; Rothschild 844; Tinker 1034. ◆Occasional mild browning or faint foxing but AN ESPECIALLY FINE SET clean and fresh internally in unworn bindings.<br/> <br/> This is a handsomely bound copy with superior provenance of the first appearance of a breakthrough work in the field of English literature. Fielding had a profound influence in determining the development of the novel and this was the first great instrument of that influence. Although some of the names of the characters are facetious the events personalities and settings are all characterized by convincing verisimilitude. The book was begun as a spoof of Richardson's sentimental "Pamela" but it ended up on its own as one of the best novels of the period. The beautiful bindings by the leading English workshop Riviere and the sparkling condition here are characteristic of books from the collection of our earlier owner Robert Hoe 1839-1911 founding member and first president of the Grolier Club. According to Beverly Chew Hoe's library was "the finest America has ever contained." Hoe acquired illuminated manuscripts early printing French and English literature and very fine bindings; when his library was sold in 1911-12 it fetched nearly $2 million a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. Printed for A. Millar unknown
1830ST17640vLondon: Printed for T. Cadell 1830 1834. First Illustrated Editions. 202 x 135 mm. 8 x 5 1/2". iv 2 284 pp.; viii 295 1 pp. Two separately published works bound in two volumes but often found as companion volumes. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE GREEN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in BEAUTIFULLY GILT-TOOLED BY FINISHER CHARLES MCLEISH covers with frame of two gilt rules with gilt dots along the inner frame raised bands spine lavishly gilt in compartments with complex design formed by trefoils sprouting from a central branch along with clusters of berries the background with gilt pointillé gilt lettering gilt-rule-and-dot frame repeated on turn-ins maroon endpapers all edges gilt. The two volumes with a total of four plates 20 illustrations in the text and more than 100 fine steel-engraved headpieces and tailpieces after designs mostly by J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Italy with A HANDWRITTEN NOTE SIGNED BY ROGERS bound in at front. Ray 13 15. Spines evenly sunned to a light brown as usual with green morocco a hint of sunning to top inch of three covers faint offsetting from engravings other trivial imperfections but A FINE SET clean and fresh internally IN LUSTROUS UNWORN BINDINGS.<br/> <br/> In handsome morocco finished by one of the finest binders of the day this is an extremely appealing set of two poetic works with illustrations of considerable interest. Born in 1859 finisher Charles McLeish was apprenticed to Andrew Grieve in Edinburgh then came to London to work for the prestigious Riviere firm. When Cobden-Sanderson founded the Doves Bindery in 1893 he hired McLeish as the firm's finisher; McLeish held that estimable position until 1909 when he left to go into partnership with his son also named Charles who had apprenticed under Roger de Coverly. McLeish's expertise in applying the gilt decoration to bindings is evident here in the intricate tooling of the spine compartments which required applying individual small tools dozens of times and doing so with such exactness that only the most careful inspection will spot a couple of minute variations between one compartment and another.<br /> <br /> The scion of a wealthy banking family Samuel Rogers 1763-1855 first achieved fame with the publication in 1792 of "The Pleasures of Memory." After Italian travels during which he met Shelley and Byron in Pisa Rogers produced a first version of "Italy" in 1822 and issued a sequel in 1826 both of which sold poorly. He destroyed the unsold copies revised the poems and published them at his own expense in the present edition of 1830 our first volume embellished this time by illustrations. These were the work of two artists with very different propensities--Stothard 1755-1834 who did demure figure scenes and Turner 1775-1851 who provided landscape vignettes. The success of this edition was perhaps due as much to the artists as to the poet. <br /> <br /> Britannica describes Rogers as a "witty conversationalist" who "maintained an influential position as a leading figure in London society and as a generous host to brilliant company." Bound in here is an invitation to tea at his lovely home at 22 St James's Place: "Dear Katherine / If you & Miss Mallet / & Wm. have nothing better to do / pray come & drink tea with me / next Sunday the earlier the better. / Yours very truly Saml Rogers / St. James's Place / Thursday Evg." It is possible "Katherine" was London socialite Katherine Jane Canning daughter of British diplomat Stratford Canning 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe; Rogers inscribed a copy of the 1845 edition of his poems to her according to auction records. Printed for T. Cadell unknown
19126402Oxford: Clarendon Press 1912. Small octavo 6 9/16 x 4 3/16 inches; 167 x 106 mm. x 1-1084 pp. Printed on thin india paper. Bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1912 in full midnight blue morocco covers elaborately stamped in gilt pointille in a wonderful floral design. Red morocco doublures with an elaborate gilt design cream watered silk end leaves all edges gilt. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments double gilt ruled board edges. Joints very slightly cracked - almost invisible.<br /> <br /> How does one honor the expansive history poetic output in the English language That appears to be the motivating question behind the famous poetry anthology The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. Compiled and edited by the novelist Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1863-1944 also called Q this epic collection would go on to be a turn-of-the-century best-seller almost 500000 copies of the first edition. A temple of poetry this volume includes all of the greats and some hidden lyrical treasures. <br /> <br /> A spectacular binding from the house of Rivière & Son during the best years. The elaborate pointille design is almost breathtaking and the inner red morocco doublures equally pleasing. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Clarendon Press unknown
1892ST19701New York: Printed in Paris by D. Jouast for Duprat & Co 1892. No. 326 OF 350 COPIES this one of 300 on Holland paper; there were also 50 on Japon. 258 x 162 mm. 10 1/4 x 6 1/2". xii 170 pp. 1 leaf colophon. With an introduction by Richard Henry Stoddard. <br/> VERY PRETTY SEA GREEN MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT FOR H. S. NICHOLS LTD. covers framed by gilt rules with floral tooling at corners raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins framed in similar style to covers leather hinges ivory watered silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original paper wrappers bound in at rear. With title page vignette decorative frame and six engraved headpiece vignettes by Jacques Wagrez and 15 plates five by Louis Titz and 10 by Wagrez. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A very faint two-inch scratch to front board vague fading around perimeter of covers occasional minor foxing or smudges but a very attractive copy the text generally clean and bright and the binding with virtually no signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is a bibliophile's edition of Shakespeare's tragedy printed in Paris on special paper with large margins attractively illustrated and expertly bound for bookseller and publisher H. S. Nichols. The work is introduced with an essay by American literary critic Richard Henry Stoddard 1825-1903. Although the lettering on the front turn-in states otherwise our volume was surely bound for--rather than by--the enterprising bookseller H. S. Nichols. Nichols started out in the trade in Sheffield where he sold books and worked with Leonard Smithers a publisher of the Decadent movement who issued books by Sir Richard Francis Burton Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley as well as erotic works that crossed the line into prurience. Nichols moved to London in 1893 and set up as a publisher and bookseller on Charing Cross Road. Facing the threat of obscenity charges he fled to Paris in 1900 and to New York in 1908. There he established himself as a purveyor of quality editions and rare books. It is unclear at which point in his career our book was bound for him but given the date of publication and the style of the binding it was likely when he was in London where there were a number of fine binderies that could produce work of this quality. The beautiful tooling fine materials and elegant design suggest a firm like Riviere which also did such bespoke work for Bumpus booksellers. Our former owner W. A. Foyle 1885-1963 was himself a bookseller on Charing Cross Road where he co-founded with his brother the famous Foyle's Bookshop. Foyle was an avid and discriminating collector whose three large sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century. The sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's personal library sold in July set a record for private European collections. [Printed in Paris by D. Jouast for] Duprat & Co unknown
19276401London: Bell and Sons 1927. Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm. xxiv 570 pp. Fifty-seven full-page black and white plates and three text drawings. Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1927 stamp-signed on front turn-in in full medium blue morocco with a very ornate multi-fillet gilt frame enclosing a vari-colored morocco onlaid illustration with painted highlights reproducing the black and white plate in the book "So To Bed" facing p.400. Gilt ornamented raised bands. Gilt framed compartments with ornate gilt centerpieces. Gilt tooled edges and turn-ins marbled paste-downs and end-leaves publisher's pictorial end-papers bound in at end all edges gilt. Minimal fading to spine light and almost imperceptible mark on rear cover otherwise fine.<br /> <br /> Samuel Pepys 1633-1703 was an English naval bureaucrat and member of Parliament who is now most famous for his diary. Hailed as a significant primary source for Restoration-era England the diary spans the years 1660-69 as Pepys ages from 27 to 36 years and was "written in Thomas Shelton's system of shorthand or tachygraphy with the names in longhand it extends to 1250000 words filling six quarto volumes." Britannica. Pepys was a highly inquisitive man and filled his pages with lively descriptions of people as well as documented his experiences living through "the Restoration and coronation; the horrors of the Plague; and the Fire of London" Britannica. In this edition of his dairy Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations enliven these first-hand experiences for readers.<br /> <br /> "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Bell and Sons unknown
200887025Veenman Publishers. New. 2008. Paperback. 9086901077 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 224 pages; 1500 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee Veenman Publishers paperback
1973C90655Riviere. As New. 1973. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- Text in French. 225 pages; 595 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie Et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Riviere paperback
2000C93143Biro. As New. 2000. HARDCOVER. 2876602865 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- HARDCOVER. Text in French. 358 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Biro hardcover
1923146010Paris: Albert Lévy 1923. With an outstanding provenance First and sole edition number 106 of 300 copies of this impressive and important monograph. This copy with a fine provenance: from the library of A. W. Bahr internationally renowned authority on and collector of Chinese art with his ownership stamps to volume I half-title. Abel William "Billy" Bahr 1877-1959 born in Shanghai to a German father and Chinese mother was brought up in China and later established himself as a coal merchant and general importer. "He was fluent in Chinese he embraced various aspects of Chinese culture and he had a close circle of Chinese friends - by no means a common state of affairs in the Shanghai of the period" Pearce p. 6. Bahr was the moving force in the groundbreaking 1908 Exhibition of Chinese Art held in Shanghai "the first exhibition in China that was made up exclusively of art objects" ibid. p. 21. Three years later he published Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China London: Cassell & Co. 1911 the de facto catalogue of the exhibition. His papers are held at the Smithsonian. For the French artist and designer Henri Rivière 1864-1951 it was Japanese art that held a particular fascination and he was an avid collector of both prints and ceramics. The present monograph followed his similar study of Islamic art La Céramique dans l'art musulman 1913 and is similarly beautifully produced the plates printed in lavish colour. The Chinese Korean and Japanese ceramics were taken mostly from private French collections including that of Rivière himself the celebrated grand amateur Raymond Koechlin the antiquities dealer Garbis Kalebdjian and the fashion designer Jacques Doucet. The preface is by Charles Vignier "the expert on Asian arts at the Hôtel Drouot the principal auction house in Paris. a key figure in introducing early Chinese art and later African art to avant-garde collectors in Paris including Henri Matisse and Roger Fry" Dumbarton Oaks retrieved 18 January 2021. 2 vols large folio. With 100 mounted colour plates additional integral colour illustrations in text leaves. Loose sheets as issued in decorated cloth portfolios with cloth ties patterned pastedowns. Ownership stamps to half-title. Cloth of first volume soiled general light browning and foxing to contents but illustrations fresh. A very good copy. Nick Pearce "Shanghai 1908: A. W. Bahr and China's First Art Exhibition" in West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts Design History and Material Culture Vol. 18 No. 1 Spring-Summer 2011 pp. 4-25. hardcover
1974C94065Arts Et Metiers Métiers Graphiques. As New. 1974. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - Text in French. 145 pages; illustrated with black and white as well as som color images. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Arts Et Metiers (Métiers) Graphiques paperback
