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18754432<p>One of 170 numbered copies on Hollande paper. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards gold gilt top edges silk bookmarks. In very good condition sturdy and sound decorative bookplates on front pastedown of each volume some wear at spine and edges small chip at edge of half title page of volume 2</p> Édition Jouaust hardcover
1984297104Marlborough Wilts: Paulinus Press 1984. Limited Edition. Near Fine binding. Small quarto; in morocco-backed vellum with spine lettered in gilt; housed in slipcase with portfolio in the slipcase containing a set of nineteen wood engravings by Simon Brett printed on japon and signed by the artist; the morocco spine is a bit sunned; this edition with the portfolio is limited to 25 copies; of the engravings in the portfolio this is number 18 of xxv; signed on the colophon by Michael Justin Davis and Simon Brett. Near Fine binding. Paulinus Press unknown
1805SKU1033764James Wallis 1805-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. 0x0x0. James Wallis; city not noted 1805. Hardcover. Later Printing. Complete 2 Volume Set. A Very Good full leather binding with gilt decorative design on boards and spine gilt lettering on spine 5 raised hubs 6 compartments AEG with some blemished gilt dentelles edges gilt ruled binding sturdy and intact some age spotting/discoloration to boards ribbon marker some rubbing to board/spine edges and joints some wear to board corners small abrasions to spine edges age toning to pages bit of age spotting throughout small abrasions to board corners. A nice clean and unmarked set. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches. Vol.1 368pp. Vol.2 432pp. b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. James Wallis hardcover
1963003294CThe Stone Wal Press Iowa City 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A very fine hardcover copy in a near fine slipcase. Limited Edition of 300 no. copies. This is copy no. 112. Owner's signature appears on front endpaper with additional info "sent me from the publishers at the request of Beatrice Roethke." Slipcase is very sound with just a touch of rubbing. A nice copy. The Stone Wal Press, Iowa City hardcover
1859140940505Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1859. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on. 580 2-12 1 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth front stamped in blind gilt spine lettering yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good copy with cloth worn away along head and tail lettering a little oxidized and rubbed light sporadic foxing penciled name on first blank erased pencil on title page plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective Eugene Francois Vidocq a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre. T.B. Peterson unknown
1984297106Marlborough Wilts England: Paulinus Press 1984. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s pink silk bonding with a cream label to the spine lettered in gilt with slipcase; 55 pages with illustrations and a set of proofs; signed by the author Walter Shewring; the engraver Simon Brett the engraver; Christopher Skelton the printer; and Clare Skelton the binder.~~This edition limited to twenty-five special copies printed on Zerkall mould-made paper with additional pages bearing impressions of the engravings printed direct from the wood blocks; in the rear of the book is a loose set of proofs of the engravings on japon printed and signed by the artist.~~This special edition is signed by the author the engraver the printer and the binder “in recognition of its being the last book produced at Skelton’s Press under Christopher Skelton’s ownershipâ€. Fine binding. Paulinus Press unknown
AQ20609London and Stuttgart Und Tubingen: J. H. Bohte and in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1824 and 1823. Three volumes within publisher's folder with paper title label. 10; 4 11pp 1; 8 full-page engravings. Two text volumes sewn with small cloth strip glued to spine the plates stitched as issued. Occasional spotting. The beautifully illustrated first illustrated edition of Schiller's 'Fridolin or the Road to the Iron Forge' - a ballad which the German poet Schiller 1759-1805 composed for a poetry competition against Goethe in 1797 with the text volume of the parallel German-English edition published in London by Bohte ‘foreign bookseller to his majesty’. The engravings by Moritz Retzsch 1779-1857 German painter and draughtsman were much praised: accompanied by the illustrations the ballad 'assumes a new and more exalted character' provided by Retzsch's ability to give them 'an airy dimness that softens what is beautiful and deepens all that is terrific' Monthly Review 1825 p.522. OCLC locates a single copy in the British Isles BL and three in North America. . Oblong quarto. J. H. Bohte [and] in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1824 [and] 1823. hardcover
188052357London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 17/50. Large Folio. 51 leaves. Original three-quarter blue leather over textured blue cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative floral endpapers rendered in lithography. Frontispiece engraving. Title page with engraving. Decorative initials. Black ribbon marker. Signed "Edition limited to 50 copies No. 17 C. O. Murray" in blue handwriting on half-title. illustrated with nineteen etchings including frontispiece and title page. All but the title page etching with C. O. Murray signature in plate and reference to the respective stanza. All plates tissue guarded with heavy paper plates. Contains list of etchings at front. Light wear along edges of binding some rubbing along hinges of spine. Offsetting to outer edges of endpapers from cover leather. Some offsetting of engravings to guards. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington hardcover
0411B948288Leather Bound. Good. Philadelphia: George W. Gorton 1843 first ed. Full leather edgeworn slightly raised bands worn down all edges creamy fading marbled gilt titling on black leather compartment. 165 engravings all present pages with engravings toning. Front hinge starting though all signatures tight and complete. PAWLING's contemporary signature on title page and a marginal note at foot of page describing Pawlings family of Montgomery County. Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts Traditions Biographical Anecdotes etc. Relating to the History and Antiquities.with Topographical Descriptions of Every County. 708 pps. including index. 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
31044Facsimile reprint . Maroon cloth boards elephant folio engraved dedication & 22 engraved plates The plates include two perspective views of the interior and one of the main entrance and several plans and sections the last plate providing a comparative view of the plans of fourteen other theatres including Covent Garden London Versailles the old Paris Opera the Comédie Française and theatres in Berlin Argentina Madrid &c. fine condition please note it wil incur extra postage which we will be happy to quote for at cost. Facsimile reprint hardcover
1759848041759. T. Kinnersley. London. 1759. In Two Volumes II and III and contains the whole set for the year 1759. Bound in 18th century quarter brown calf gilt very worn and rubbed and lacking portions of leather from heads and tails of spine. Joints tender but holding. Vol. II; ii 372 pages plus 4pages of index. Vignette to general title-page and engraved head-piece for each month. 6 engraved plates of unusual and more ordinary fauna including the dodo the rhinoceros sea hedge-hog the horned didapper flying fish and cassowary. 1 portrait plate of Magliabechi 14 full page engraved maps and plans. Vol. III; ii. 404 pages plus 4 page index. Engr. vignette to general title-page and engraved head-pieces or decorations to each month 4 engraved plates of fauna one portrait plate of Major General Wolfe 1 incredible engraved plate displaying the Torments Inflicted by the Dutch on the English in Amboyna plus the engraved frontis. to Pope's Essay on Man. Three engraved plates - 1 map and 2 plans. A wonderful insight into what interested people in the mid-18th century. Pages browned and occasionally foxed but otherwise a very useful set. hardcover
1865036424New York: Johnson Fry And Co. 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1865. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 620 660 642 Pp. Three Volumes. Various Copyright Dates From 1861 To 1865 On Plates And Copyright Pages But Text Goes Through End Of War So Actual Publication Date Presumably 1865. Three Massive Volumes The Deluxe Issue In Full Brown Embossed And Gilt Morocco Five Bands Spines Stamped In Gilt Covers Stamped In Dark Brown Beveled Edges All Edges Of Page Block Gilt. Wear Fraying At Corners Gilt Bright. Volume I And Volume Ii Have Front Boards With New Cords. No Marks Or Stains Or Other Damage Text Block Square And Unworn. General Refurbishing By A Binder Made This An Exceptional Set. <br/> <br/> Johnson, Fry And Co. (1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865) hardcover
19529699New York: Hammer Creek Press 1952. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 16mo. 8 pp. illus. Limited edition number of copies unknown. As issued sewn in printed wrappers. Very light toning to the extremities and covers; nevertheless a very nice copy. Bookplate of noted collector Norman Sondheim on the verso of the front wrappers. <br /> <br /> Comprises title page/announcement; two engravings one of the Hell-Box Press and the second the Hammer Creek Press; and a colophon. The Hell-Box Press was one of Fass's earlier printing endeavors. Hammer Creek Press began when in 1950 when Fass purchased from Valenti Angelo a small iron press previously owned by Bruce Rogers who had sold it to Angelo the year before. It was on this press of significant provenance that the bulk of the Hammer Creek Press editions were printed few of which have stated limitations. With only 4 institutions reporting ownership according to OCLC it is difficult to imagine this title was produced in an edition of more than a few dozen copies if that. Cohen 15; DePol Catalogue Raisonne p. 40. Hammer Creek Press unknown
19443114833Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1944. Second Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing. Though not called for SIGNED by Anais Nin on front end-paper. Close to fine in pictorial boards in supplied chipped un-printed acetate protective cover. Neat book shop sticker at base of rear pastedown. 86pp. One of 800 copies. Nicely preserved copy. ; 4 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 86 pages . hardcover
1875E25861New York: E.P. Dutton 1875. Hardcover. fair. Very scarce. Part I all issued so far as can be determined covering the New Englans states and New York. OCLC locates only 12 copies in book form. Quarto sized 10" x 12" in blindstamped red cloth hardcovers stamped in gilt over black tape cloth spine. Unpaginated 46 pp. A uniquely designed geography/freading aid for young people that instead of maps features a full page of small hieroglyphic engravings for each descriptive word or group of words that illustrated notable facts places names etc. for each of the states covered. For example for Maine one small item is "The minerals are" with a small engraving of a handiron "granite" small picture of a rock; "More engraving of a ship are built here than in any other State". Each hieroglyphic page is followed by a single page of text of desciptive text which which is an non-illustated transcription of the the illustrated page. Covers well soiled though the gilt titling is still bright. Some tape stains to the dark brown endpapers front hinge split but all pages firmly attached; dampstaing to the lower aprox. quarter of all pages. Christmas 1882 gift inscription on the first front blank to a boy from his grandfather. Complete SOLD AS IS. E.P. Dutton hardcover
183645942Leipzig Edward Kummer 1836. Small folio-oblong. 23x37 cm. Contemp. modest hcloth. Boards rubbed. 427 pp. in double-columns with description of the plates. Before the plates an engraved titlepage with the text: "Biblia Sacra Veteris et Novi Testamenti representata Centum Imaginibus Aeri incisis in Forma dimidii Plagulae transverssae una cum Expositione dilucidativa. Augustae Vindelicorum. Prostat apud Antonium Klauber. MDCCCXXXV". With 100 large engraved plates. Plates sign. C.P.S.C.M. - Klauber Cath. Sc. et exc. A.V. A bit of browning to edges of text and plates. Otherwise internally fine. hardcover
18101302843London: M. J. Godwin 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes. Volume 1: xi 1 235 1 Volume 2: 4 261 3 pages. In Good Plus condition. Bound in patterned light brown cloth rebacked with brown cloth. The majority of previous spine preserved including back labels with gilt lettering. Some chipping and rubbing to boards. Includes 20 engraved plates by Blake after drawings by Mulready including frontispieces one for each tale told within some plates offset onto the facing page including the title page for volume two. Some foxing/spotting throughout. With the bookplate of English Novelist Hugh Walpole on front pastedowns of both volumes; small bookseller sticker to front pastedown of volume one. shelved case 0. Lamb says in his preface that he "wished to make these Tales easy reading for young children.for young ladies too it has been my intention chiefly to wrote because boys are generally permitted the use of their fathers' libraries at a much earlier age than girls are they frequently have the best of Shakespear by heart before their sisters are permitted to look into this manly book";<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Hugh Walpole was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s with a large and varied output. Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote thirty-six novels five volumes of short stories two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre children's stories and historical fiction most notably his Herries Chronicle series set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield. As a gay man at a time when homosexual practices were illegal for men in Britain Walpole conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other men and was for much of his life in search of what he saw as "the perfect friend". He eventually found one a married policeman with whom he settled in the English Lake District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of established authors he was in his later years a generous sponsor of many younger writers. He was a patron of the visual arts and bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to the Tate Gallery and other British institutions. wikipedia. 1302843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. M. J. Godwin hardcover
1646D6064Paris: de l'imprimerie de Louys Sevestre et chez Pierre Daret graveur ordinaire du Roy 1646. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Modern morocco gilt-stamped lettering in black and green leather spine labels; folio; two parts in one volume. Lacking the main title-p. and engraved plates introducing part 1 but otherwise complete with full-page engraved frontis. pp. 24 illustrated text poem author portrait then 103 large plates engraved on coppy by Pierre Daret accompanied by text comprising the substance of the work. Light stains and marginal browning to first 20 or so pages otherwise text is in excellent condition with nice bright plates and ornate chapter headings and illuminated initials. Incomplete and sold as is. <br/><br/> de l'imprimerie de Louys Sevestre (et) chez Pierre Daret graveur ordinaire du Roy hardcover
1948008728New York: Printed at The Spiral Press 1948. First edition. Paperback. This original Robert Frost 1948 Christmas Card features a trifecta of virtues. This is the first published appearance of this poem which had an unusual text history detailed further below. Of 2275 copies printed for 9 different names this is one of 375 printed for the poet himself. Last but certainly not least this is not only one of Frost's copies but is inscribed and signed by him. Following the first and second printed lines on the presentation page "This new poem brings Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost December 1948" Frost wrote "the Hendersons" and signed "Robert Frost". <br /> <br />Condition is near fine. The gray-green card wraps are clean bright and sharp cornered the binding staple firmly intact and uncorroded. We note only a tiny blemish above the title on the front cover and a trivial hint of wear to the spine heel. The contents are crisp and clean lightly age-toned but with no spotting or soiling. <br /> <br />With the permission of Frost and his publishers in 1929 the Spiral Press began printing an annual Robert Frost Christmas Card featuring one of his poems. The tradition continued until 1962 Frost's final Christmas. Each annual Christmas poem publication was printed with varying names on the title page to accommodate their being sent by various Frost publishers artists and important friends. This copy is one of those printed for Frost himself. <br /> <br />The 1948 Christmas poem "Closed for Good" has an unusual textual history. After it was first printed here it appeared in a number of other Frost collections including in the 1949 edition of Complete Poems and the 1954 1955 and 1963 editions of selected poems. In 1962 a revised version of Closed for Good was published as part of In the Clearing. There the poem is altered; the first stanza lines 1-6 is deleted And becomes They in line 7 and the word brush becomes spread in line 24. <br /> <br />This is clearly how Frost wanted the poem to evolve. In the Clearing was his final new collection and in 1958 Frost told Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant that he was trying out a new version of four stanzas. Nonetheless When Edward Connery Lathems edition of The Poetry of Robert Frost was published in 1969 the poem was presented in five stanzas and the two word changes restored to original. Given both Frosts manifestly deliberative use of words and the fact that the poem is a commentary on Frosts inheritance from the past and his legacy to the future the changes do not seem incidental. <br /> <br />By 1948 when this poem first appeared in his annual Christmas card and he inscribed this copy Robert Frost 1874-1963 had already entered the final decades of his life as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Half a decade had passed since he had won his still-to-this-day-unrivalled fourth Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. This is all the more remarkable given that he did not publish his first volume of poetry until he was nearly 40 years old. <br /> <br />References: Crane B19; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Printed at The Spiral Press paperback
1959008606New York: Henry Holt and Company 1959. First edition first printing. Hardcover. This strikingly clean jacketed copy of the first edition first printing of Robert Frosts 1959 collection of Favorite Poems for Young Readers is signed by him "Robert Frost" on the title page just above his printed name. <br /> <br />This collection takes its title from the words repeated at the end of each stanza of this book's first poem "The Pasture" first published as the prefatory to North of Boston in 1914. Of this collection the publisher said Frost "has gathered a group of his poems to be read to and by young people. To Robert Frost a great-grandfather with a remarkable number of small friends this was a labor of love. Frost dedicated the volume to his mother Belle Moodie Frost who knew as a teacher that no poetry was good for children that wasnt equally good for their elders. Evoking Frosts famous poem Mending Wall Frosts friend Edward Hyde Cox 1914-1988 who contributes a Foreword to this volume said of Frost that he had never added a single stone to the wall that so often separates age from youth. Prevalent among the 51 poems herein is Frost's gently subversive inclination to write verse that is superficially accessible "lovely dark and deep" upon sounding. <br /> <br />This is a handsome book bound in orange-yellow linen cloth with a vignette of a bird on a fence post stamped in black on the lower right front cover corner and spine print stamped in black with a red acorn and leaf device between at the spine's center. The contents feature wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason and are bound with endpapers of heavy light gray wove paper and red and yellow head and tail bands. The dust jacket printed on beige laid paper features a wood engraving of birches spanning the lower front face spine and extending onto the rear face. The rear face prominently features Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait photograph of Frost. <br /> <br />Condition is truly fine in a truly fine dust jacket. The illustrated cloth binding is immaculately clean and bright with sharp corners and only the most trivial hints of shelf wear to extremities. The contents are likewise pristine with no spotting soiling toning or previous ownership marks. "FIRST EDITION" is so stated on the title page verso. The contents retain a pleasingly stiff feel The dust jacket is crisp bright clean and entirely complete with no loss or tears and retaining the original "$3.00" upper front flap price. We note only a hint of wrinkling to the spine heel and a touch of soiling to the lower rear face. The jacket is protected beneath a clear removable archival cover. <br /> <br />Publisher's statements are often hyperbolic. In this case the dust jacket's front flap description of Robert Frost as "America's beloved poet ageless and for the ages" was and remains more accurate than advertising. Before this volume was published on 26 March 1959 Robert Frost 1874-1963 reached the age of eighty-five. His stature had risen to an apex arguably unequalled by any American poet since. Frost had long-since won all of his still-unrivaled four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry 1924 1931 1937 and 1943. He spent his final years as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Two years before his death he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration Kennedy January 1961. <br /> <br />Reference: Crane A39; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover
179946241Philadelphia: Robert Campbell 1799. First American edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". xxiii 1 297 1pp Vol. 1; 267 1 xxivpp Vol. 2. Modern brown cloth with gold lettered leather title label to spine. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes. Lacking the separately printed atlas as usual.<br /> <br /> First American edition of this official report on the British Macartney Embassy to China that took place between 1792 and 1794. It was written after the return to England by the Secretary to the mission Sir George Leonard Staunton 1st Baronet 1737-1801 based on his own observations and notes from other crewmembers including his twelve-year-old son Sir George Thomas Staunton 2nd Baronet. <br /> <br /> "The account offers rich insights into the beginnings of British Imperialism in China and thus makes it an important primary source for the historiography of Sino-Western relations. There is an academic dispute whether the account marks a sudden turning point in British-Chinese dynamics or reflects a slow and complex divergence. <br /> <br /> While the political and economic ambitions of the embassy failed the account by Staunton brought back detailed descriptions of and observations on the Chinese culture that were received with curiosity in the West and led to the commercial success of the book and the publication of several translations and subsequent writings on the Macartney Mission." From Wikipedia<br /> <br /> This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with eight stunning engravings by Samuel Seymour two in volume one six in volume two including the frontispieces as called for in the directions to the binder. The xxiv page appendix contains detailed tables and charts dealing with population and socio-economic information.<br /> <br /> Previous owner's stamp E. W. Sage at verso of first frontispiece and at upper margin of first title. Moderate and sporadic foxing / age-toning throughout. Binding in very good interior in good to very good condition. Robert Campbell hardcover
168553234München Johann Hermann Gelder 1685. 4to. Later hcalf rebound spine worn but intact. Shaved close throughout loosing pagination number mainly at end. Some leaves with repairs some loosing text. Scattered brownspots. Traces of use. Some leaves frayed in margins. 22 pp. lacking titlepage.The first part paginated 1-1506 the second part ca. 400 pp. pagination shaved and ending abruptly. 14 engraved plates mounted and some with loss and defective. With around 70 large textengravings by Leonhard Heckenauer Jeremias Renner H.G. Bodenehr et al. <br/><br/><em>Richly illustrated by estimated Baroque-engravers such as Heckenauer Renner Bodenehr and others. </em> unknown
198020836Newcastle: David Esslemont 1980; 1981; 1997. Limited editions. Paperback. Fine. 3 volumes. First vol.: xiv 1 24 pp. includes 22 numbered sheets with engravings printed on rectos only; second vol: xiv 1 32 pp. includes 28 numbered sheets with engravings printed on rectos only; third volume: 8 pp. pamphlet in blue printed wrappers accompanying 17 numbered loose sheets with engravings printed on rectos. All volumes unbound each in separate folder of natural linen and marbled boards housed together in matching slipcase with letterpress label. <br/><br/>Impressions from the original blocks of Thomas and John Bewick and Bewick apprentice Luke Clennell. Printed by hand on a Columbian press on BFK Rives Velin Cuve paper by David Esslemont. Limited editions: "John Bewick" No. 104/140; "Luke Clennell" No. 99/100; "Thomas Bewick Birds" one of 100 unnumbered copies. David Esslemont paperback
1807Flo543<p>Very good copy of two scarce Thomas Rowlandson titles bound together</p><p>With 14 of 16 copperplate engravings by Thomas Rowlandson in the first book and seven handcoloured copperplate engravings by Thomas Rowlandson in the second book</p><p><em><strong>Advice to Sportsmen</strong> Rural or Metropolitan Noviciates or Grown Persons with Anecdotes of the Most Renowned Shorts of the Day </em>bound with<em> <strong>The Pleasures of Human Life</strong> Investigated Cheerfully Elucidated Satirically Promulgated Explicity and Discussed Philosophically in a Dozen Dissertations on Male Female and Neuter Pleasures</em></p><p><em>Advice to Sportsmen </em>Thomas Tegg London 1809 by Marmaduke Markwell pseudonym b/w copperplate engravings drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson</p><p><em>The Pleasures of Human Life</em> Longman Hurst Rees and Orme London 1807 by Hilaris Benevolus pseudonym of John Britton English antiquary topographer author and editor 1771-1857 two handcoloured engraved title-page vignettes by W. Bond after illustrations by William Satchwell and Sir Charles Bell and five handcoloured copperplates drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson</p><p>Thomas Rowlandson 1757-1827 was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian and Regency eras noted for his ribald satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker his most famous works include <em>The Miseries of Human Life </em>1808 <em>The Tours of Dr. Syntax</em> 1812-21 <em>Microcosm of London</em> 1810 <em>The English Dance of Death</em> 1815 <em>Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome</em> 1815 <em>History of Johnny Quae Genus</em> 1822 <em>The English Spy</em> 1826 etc.</p><p>Both books scarce: <em>Advice to Sportsmen</em> held by the British Library and London University <em>Pleasures of Human Life</em> held held by the British Library King's College Cambridge Universities of London Manchester Nottingham Durham Southampton etc.</p><p>Bound in quarter green leather spine with raised bands gilt title on red leather label green marble boards rubbed book block solid. First book <em>Advice </em>with slight spotting and toning throughout 14 engraved plates with good dark impressions. Second book <em>Pleasures </em>in very good condition all text and seven handcoloured copperplates clean and bright with delicate and vivid colour.</p> Thomas Tegg; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme hardcover
