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1638193614to. Cont. marbled boards somewhat worn. Engraved title with text on verso. 2 engraved allegorical titles with portrait of Drexel with the years 1638 and 1645. Having 50 of 54 allegorical and symbolical engravings numbered 1-54 nos. 172932 a. 41 lacks. Interfoliert. Some traces of use. A few tears repaired. At the title: FL = Johan F. Lindencrone. hardcover
1809Flo541<p>Very good copy of the first edition of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>With 26 of 29 handcoloured copperplate engravings by Thomas Rowlandson after illustrations by George Moutard Woodward and Henry Bunbury unsigned</p><p>The illustrations show Regency gents falling off horses ladies falling off horses gamblers pursued by officers of the debtors' prisons raggedy dogs yokel fashions and furniture famous beauties etc.</p><p>The 26 plates include: portrait of <em>Caleb Quizem Esq. title page vignette with courtier falling from Pegasus The Maid of Mim; Costume of Hogs Norton: Morning dress</em>; <em>Game Wigs</em> 2 plates;<em> Hounds</em> 2 plates; <em>Mathematical Horsemanship</em> 6 plates; <em>The True Method of Sitting on a Horse Mathematically Delineated; How to Vault from the Saddle; Fashionable Furniture at Hogs Norton</em> 2 plates; and <em>The Bailiffs Hunt</em> 8 plates.</p><p>Lacks the folding plate <em>The Bucephalus Riding Academy for Grown Gentlemen</em> and two other plates <em>Costume of Hogs Norton: A Back Front View of Miss Dickinson's new Dress</em> and <em>How a Man may Shoot his own Wig.</em></p><p>George Murgatroyd Woodward 1765–1809 more commonly known as George "Moutard" or "Mustard" Woodward was an English caricaturist and humourist. He was a friend collaborator and drinking companion of Thomas Rowlandson who engraved many of his prints.</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>The pseudonym Caleb Quizem is often attributed to the artist George Moutard Woodward. The portrait however links the author to Geoffrey Gambado i.e. Francis Grose. In the picture a corpulent man sits in an armchair looking at the viewer through a monocle. Two books Gambado's <em>Annals of Horsemanship </em>a popular book attributed to Grose reissued with Rowlandson's engravings in 1809 and Laurence Sterne's <em>Tristam Shandy</em> are on the table next to him and a portrait of Gambado with gouty foot and crutch hangs on the wall.</p><p>Quite scarce copies held by the British Library and Oxford University.</p><p>Bound in full red morocco leather spine with five raised bands gilt title and decoration to compartments front board with 2cm scratch to leather TEG marbled endpapers book block solid. Interior clean and bright all copperplates under tissue guards with vivid handcolour.</p><p>Engraved armorial bookplate of Herman Le Roy Edgar a New York real-estate broker amateur photographer and book collector 1865-1938.</p><p>Very good copy of this rare classic of horsey fun.</p> Thomas Tegg hardcover
19569700New York: Hammer Creek Press 1956. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 12mo. 24 4 blank1 pp. illus. Limited edition to approximately 100 copies. As issued in marbled paper wrappers of stiff covers with printed paper title label on the front cover. Quite a nice copy with little in the way of shelf-rubbing to the cover; Reynolds Stone-designed bookplate of noted collector Norman Sondheim inside the front cover. <br /> <br /> Short introduction by Fass about the history and aim of the press. Includes 43 described books announcements and ephemera from the press. As this present work is the 43rd item in Fass's list and only 35th in Cohen's checklist there are apparently inclusions here not noted in Cohen. Several examples of pressmarks by DePol Angelo and Carnes. Two by Valenti Angelo are done in multiple colors with gilding. <br /> <br /> The Hammer Creek Press began when in 1950 when Fass purchased from Valenti Angelo a small Hughes & Kimber cast 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 including this present book. Opening this work is an engraving by John DePol of the storied press with a page of "Data" by Fass. One of the mores substantial works issued by the Press as well as one of the more uncommon titles despite the larger-than-usual limitation. As more than 30 institutions are reporting ownership according to OCLC it means this is increasingly rare in commerce. A lovely example of Fass's work. Cohen 35. Hammer Creek Press unknown
194811111112222233547<p>The First UK printing published by The Golden Cockerel Press London in 1948. Number '36' of only 80 specially bound copies signed by both the author and artist to the limitation page. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. Full brown morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with five raised bands gilt spine titling and large gilt designs by the artist on the upper and lower covers. Gilt ruled turn-ins. top edge gilt and others uncut. 3 maps by Mina Greenhill and 10 wood engravings by Clifford Webb 8 full page. Some discolouration and light marking to the outer fore edge of the front board and some light fading to the outer fore edge of the rear cover with a neat previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. The book is protected in loose Mylar archival cover. Loosely inserted is the 4 page publisher's prospectus. A very handsome production - 'Clifford Webb's wood engravings seemed to me the finest yet produced by this master of black and white.' COCKALORUM 181. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
169847512Amstelodami Amsterdam: Apud Abrahamum a Someren 1698. Altero Editio priori auctior & emendatior. Hardcover. good to vg. Large octavo 8 x 6 3/4". 72 344 1 40pp. Indices Errata of Vol. I 6 plates one folding; 4 345-752 60pp Indices Errata of Vol. II 14 plates one folding. Bound in full vellum. Red edges. Volume one with engraved half-title. Both title pages with publisher's device. Engraved Ex-Libris of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm father to the Brothers Grimm on verso of title page volume one. Decorative initials and headpiece. Originally published in 1680 Johannes Braun's "Vestitus sacerdotum Hebraeorum" was the standard work on Hebrew priestly vestiments; how they were produced and their ritual use. The text is accompanied with 20 striking full page one in-text engraving and numerous in-text tablets plus frontispiece by Bastiaan Stoopendaal-Schulz a celebrated Dutch engraver and mapmaker. Penciled note on "The Dress of the Hebrew Priests" on verso of engraved half-title in English. Text in Latin. Binding with light wear along edges rubbed with light line indentations. Red edges faded. First folding plate with two inch closed tear at fold near gutter light creasing at lower edge. Inked note in margin of page 384 of volume two. Some parts age-toned mostly indices. Front endpaper missing back endpaper with small chips. Binding and interior in overall good to very good condition plates very good. Apud Abrahamum a Someren hardcover
174318928Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 1/2". XVIII 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine front joint tender. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates of 36 lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti 1729" as well as 2 folded maps and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean fresh plates throughout. Hermanus Besseling hardcover
1926176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback
1832ST15199b-e<p>London 1832-58. Quartos. 26 leaves; 40 leaves of text 1 leaf ads; iv 4 256 pp. errata slip; 2 p.l. 192 pp. Four separately published works. <br />Court Album in blue publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and blind; "Waverley Gallery" in green half morocco over green cloth raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron; "Heath's Picturesque Annual" in publisher's red morocco decorated in gilt and blind; "Tourist in Wales" in half calf over purple buckram raised bands spine panels with gilt floral sprig at center. Court Album with 14 engraved portraits of female aristocrats; "Waverley Gallery" with 36 engravings of the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances; "Heath's Picturesque Annual" with extra engraved title page and 26 engravings by Ritchie after drawings by Clarkson Stanfield; "Tourist in Wales" with extra engraved title page and 49 engravings of views. ◆Bindings with minor imperfections but all solid and pleasing; occasional mild offsetting or minor marginal foxing a couple of short marginal tears to text leaves bur excellent copies internally the text clean and fresh the plates bright with fine impressions.<br /><br />These are appealing examples of the illustrated works that were so popular in the Victorian era providing readers with glimpses of the nobility images of their favorite literary characters and the opportunity to enjoy dramatic scenery from the comfort of their drawing rooms. The first two works here contain portraits of beautiful women both real society belles and heroines of bestselling romances. The latter two transport the armchair traveller to the wilds of Wales to the Austrian and Italian Alps and to the Rhine River. Although in black and white the engravings are so detailed and finely executed particularly in the use of shadow and light that both portraits and landscapes come to life. In the days before photography--much less streaming videos--books like these brought beauty and imagination into everyday lives.</p>
66656E-160. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Edwd. Orme London UK. 1813. 12 pgs. Illustrated with a set of four whaling prints originally found in Williamson's "Foreign Field Sports." Bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 leather and matching cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A complete set of four fine colour aquatints depicting whaling in the early 19th century. Fine original colour. The titles of each plate : 'Whale Fishery Plate 1 A Ship's Boat Attacking a Whale' 'Whale Fishery Plate 2 Boats Approaching a Whale' ''Whale Fishery Plate 3 A Whale Brought Along-Side a Ship' 'Whale Fishery Plate 4 Shooting the Harpoon at a Whale'. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . 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
184488648London England: Virtue and Co. City Road and Ivy Lane 1844. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. W. H. Bartlett. TWO VOLUMES IN A SINGLE BINDING<br /> Quarto. Forest green half-morocco corners and spineruled in gilt. Full-page Frontis Map by W. Hughes & Aldine Chambers. Aquamarine/White diagonally-striped silver-veined marbled endpapers. 120 magnificent tissue-guarded full-page engravings with Historical and Descriptive Text by J. Stirling Coyne N.P. Willis and others. EXCEPTIONALLY clean and Bright after 180 years. Each volume separately paginated with its own title page. Beautiful book. Virtue and Co., City Road and Ivy Lane hardcover
1872025507Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co 1871 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Black Lettering And Design Two Blank Front Free Endpapers Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871 And As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt. 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text Half-Page At Center Of Pages Signed With The Dalziels' Name In Plural And Hughes' Initials. Very Well Preserved Covers Clean All Gilt And Black Complete And Strong All Gilt Still Brilliant Rubbing And Wear To Cloth At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips A Few Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Pinpoint Frays At Three Of The Tips; Hinges Tight Original Off White Coated Endpapers No Cracking To Hinges No Names Or Marks No Repairs Slight Spine Lean. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> J B Lippincott & Co [1871] hardcover
1809Flo540<p>Very good copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full red morocco leather binding by Root and Son spine with five raised bands gilt title and tooling neatly rebacked at some time with original spine relaid marble endpaper TEG book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid hand-colour. "Capt. Grose" in ink in parentheses next to author's name Gambado on the front title page.</p><p>Engraved bookplate of Cortlandt Field Bishop American pioneer aviator balloonist autoist traveller and book collector on front endpaper.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
157447005Venice Venetia: Printed by Simon Calignani 1574. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 8 109 1pp. Rebound in full leather with ornate period blind-stamped decor on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Title page with elaborate architectural framing. Historiated woodcut initials. Twenty-three headpiece copper engravings 3 3/4 x6" for each chapter and tailpiece vignettes. Contains author's dedication to Ottaviano Manini and five page table of notable facts Index with errata note. Woodcut on colophon at rear is the printer's device initialed S. C. K. with his motto "The Tower and the Strength of my God."<br /> <br /> Famous work on ancient customs of funeral rites and ceremonies among Romans Egyptians Greeks Indians Scythians Cavemen and Christians by author and cartographer Thomaso Porcacchi illustrated by Girolamo Porro. Written as a dialog between author and two characters praising the talent of Girolamo Porro and the quality of his work. Porro who's eyesight was impaired is also credited with the design of a "flying machine" able to transport many man. Porro also illustrated Porcacchi's 1572 publication "Isole piu famose del Mondo Most Famous Islands of the World." Porcacchi's work on funeral rites known to have been consulted in arranging high profile funerals e.g. that of Cosimo I. de Medici. Text in Italian. Page 51 misnumbered 15. Binding with light wear along edges light streaking to boards. Some offsetting along edges of free endpapers form leather binding. Original endpapers and title page with some age-toning else only minor blemishes in block. Printed by Simon Calignani hardcover
195055275London: The Collectors Book Club 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good- to fine condition. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated with six tissue-guarded copper engravings. Original green Morroco with five inch black cloth strip laid to covers gilt decorated grape motif across front cover and raised bands with gilt ruling on spine. Gilt top edge. Purple ribbon marker. Title page printed in red-brown. Signed by the artist on dedication page.<br /> <br /> Printed with the permission of the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. Contains six beautiful copperplate engravings by the decorated Dutch sculptor Ru van Rossem well known for his sculptures pen drawings lithographs wood and copper engravings as well as set and costume designs. Printed on English handmade paper by John Roberts Press engravings on Japanese vellum. <br /> <br /> A pupil of Jam van Tongeren and Arend Hendriks Ru van Rossem 1924-2007 taught at the Great Yarmouth College of Art while he lived in England. For almost twenty years he was a lecturer at the Tilburg Academy and among other awards was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2003.<br /> <br /> Spine and left Moroccan panel on front cover faded with very light wear at along edges slightly more pronounced at head and tail of spine. Some offsetting of leather edges to endpapers. Binding in good- interior in very good to fine condition. The Collectors Book Club hardcover
1929ARC93326The Cresset Press London 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition printed at the Curwen Press and limited to 450 numbered copies on mould-made paper plus a further thirty deluxe copies this one of the 450 examples but un-numbered. Large 4to. 406pp. Bound in full brown buckram with two red leather spine labels lettered and bordered in gold this binding unusual as the 'correct' binding should be white vellum; the fact that this example is un-numbered may suggest that it was intended as a trial or proof copy or perhaps a file copy. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A touch of very light spotting to the edges and endpapers and to very occasional leaf margins. Backstrip ends very gently rubbed. A very good copy of an uncommon and quite delightful production: a tour-de-force collaboration featuring some of the finest wood engravers of the post-Great War period each one tackling one of the fourteen books classified as apocryphal by the King James Bible. The Cresset Press, London Hardcover
1809Flo542<p>Near fine copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full tree-calf leather binding by Myers and Co 80 New Bond Street London rebacked with mottled spine with gilt title boards a little dry and rubbed new endpapers book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid and delicate hand-colour. One text page 124 with repaired 3cm tear and paper fault that has caused a printing error with no loss to text.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
1793Flo260Very good copy of the first edition of Gay's <i>Fables</i> with the William Blake engravings.<br /><br />First issue of the Stockdale edition distinguished by the use of the long "s" throughout the text two volumes bound in one.<br /><br />Complete with the "Gay Monument" frontispiece two engraved title-pages with vignettes and 68 engraved plates<br /><br />With the 12 plates etched and engraved by William Blake in his inimitable style Vol. 1: page 1 29 59 73 99 109 125 133 181; Vol. 2: page 1 105 181. Blake had launched his own career publishing <i>The Book of Thel </i>and <i>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell </i>by this time and started taking on commercial book illustrating and engraving jobs such as Mary Wollstonecraft's <i>Original Stories from Real Life</i> 1791 and <i>Fables</i> 1793. <br /><br />Plates newly engraved by Blake William Grainger Philip Audinet Peter Mazell William Skelton Lovegrove Wilson and Cook after original designs by John Wootton William Kent and Hubert Francois Gravelot from the 1729-1747 editions. <br /><br />With the List of Subscribers and one page advertisement in rear. Blake's name is listed alongside the other engravers Philip Audinet Peter Mazell and William Skelton.<br /><br />Large octavo size in three-quarter red morocco with some scuffing to spine and corners five raised bands dark green leather title label and gilt tooling on spine marbled boards and endpapers t.e.g. some scattered spotting to text and plates.<br /><br />In a fine binding by Zaehnsdorf 1907 with the bookplate of John Ingleby Jefferson Standard House Northallerton Yorkshire on front endpaper. John Stockdale, Piccadilly hardcover
348579-VC44Newcastle/London : Beilby Bewick and G.G. & J. Robinson 1797. Hardcover. Good. Bound in 2 uniform later marbled and gilt calf 1797-1804 marbled endpapers illustrated with with 208240 wood engravings XXX23351XX400 pages 8vo circa 22x13cm. 2 volumes: I The History and Description of Land Birds; II The History and Description of Water Birds. First edition first issue without the words ""Wycliffe 1791"" in the block of the figure of the Sea Eagle in volume I page11; no misprint in volume I page 145 Schæniclus not Sahæniclus and with the vignette in volume I page 285 uncensored.; Both volumes recased; book plate on upper pastedown both volumes. Newcastle/London : Beilby Bewick and G.G. & J. Robinson hardcover
183318856Milano: Fortunato Stella e Figli 1833. First Italian edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Oblong folio 12 6/8 x 18 1/2". 1 leaf Title 38 leaves Plates 1 leaf List of content. Original half morocco over burgundy paper covered boards. Gold lettering and tooling on spine. Rare first Italian edition of Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach's atlas volume of his "Sainte Bible de Vence" a series which was originally published in 27 volumes in Paris from 1827 to 1833. The striking 38 engraved plates featured in this atlas are composed of 13 maps by A. R. Fremin and 25 engravings signed by Falkeisen Angelini and Lanzani. The engraved plates have been laid down on beautiful hand-made paper and describe the following: 1. Map of the place of Eden Mesopotamy and Persian Gulf; 2. Noah's Arch construction; 3. Noah's Arch; 4. Map of the land divided among Noah's sons; 5. The Babel Tower; 6. Map of the Land of Canaan; 7. Map of Jews' Pilgrimage; 8. The Jerusalem Sahnedrin; 9. The Temple of Jerusalem plans and sections; 10. The Temple of Jerusalem square plan; 11. Map of ancient Jerusalem; 12. The Temple of Salomon; 13. The Temple's foundations; 14. The East Gate; 15. The Buildings of the Temple; 16. Musical Instruments of the Jews; 17. Hebrew Alphabet; 18. Jew's Vestments and worship's objects; 19. Two Menorah; 20. High Priest's vestments and Golden Menorah; 21. Moses' Tabernacle; 22. The Loaves of Proposition; 23. Plan and section of the Tabernacle; 24. The encampment of the Israelites; 25. Map of the Holy Land South; 26. Map of the Holy Land North; 27. Map of Syria; 28.Map of Israel under Salomon; 29. Plan of the House of the Forest of Lebanon; 30. The House of the Forest of Lebanon; 31. The Bronze Sea; 32. The Washings; 33. The Altars of the Holocausts; 34. Map of the Persian Empire; 35. Map of the Land of Canaan according to Ezechiel; 36. Map of Herod's Reign; 37. Zachary's Vision; 38. Map of the travels of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The plates measure appr. 12 1/2 x 18 1/4" image size appr. : 9 1/2 x 14 6/8". Binding rubbed on covers and along edges. Head and tail of spine chipped. Previous owner's Ex-libris Calvin Bullock on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing along paper margin not affecting plates. Title and captions in Italian. Binding in overall fair interior in very good plates in near fine to fine condition. About the author: "David Paul Drach aka Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach after his conversion 1791-1865 was a Catholic convert from Judaism and librarian of the College of Propaganda in Rome. Drach received his early education from his father who was a rabbi. After spending some time in various Talmudic schools he became a teacher at Rappoltsweiler though only sixteen years of age. The love of the secular sciences brought him to Paris where he was welcomed by his coreligionists and became tutor in a wealthy Jewish family. His reputation as a teacher brought him Christian pupils; and this may have had some influence on his subsequent conversion; in fact he had always manifested some leaning toward Christianity. Drach had already begun the study of Greek and Latin so as to become acquainted with the Christian doctrines in their original sources. Struck by the accusation of some of the Fathers that the Jews had corrupted the Hebrew text he began a comparative study of the Hebrew and the Septuagint which study he continued in spite of the remonstrances of the president of the Central Consistory. Drach was received into the Catholic faith in 1823 together with his two daughters and his son Paul who afterward became a priest and a distinguished Biblical scholar. In 1827 Drach accepted the position of librarian of the Propaganda in Rome which position he held until the year of his death." From the Jewish Encyclopedia. Fortunato Stella e Figli hardcover
1779D7139Paris et Dijon: les Auteurs et Frantin 1779-1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary mottled calf lavishly gilt-stamped spine gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label original decorative endpapers; 8vo 120x 202 mm 3 volumes; with half-titles 3 additional titles 2 allegorical frontispieces 50 plates 39 of them with double views of Paris and 2 full-page vignettes. Some very light scuffing at spine tips and along joints; occasional light toning and marginal soiling. A handsome set with the bookplates of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. Cohen-de Ricci 692. <br/><br/> les Auteurs, et Frantin hardcover
1946145130London: Golden Cockerel Press 1946. Folio. 41 X 19 cm. Original green cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt ship silhouette on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Arnold's mould-made paper. Frontispiece. Full page map and 8 engravings Chronological table. Copy 750/750. Musty smelling. A fine clean copy The first 100 copies were bound in full green Morocco. This copy has the designation of the last copy in the series. The book is dedicated to John King David and below it is the following: inscription "To Captain Douglas Bull with my good wish from John K. Davis who the above not withstanding is just a very "Ordinary Seaman" Melborne Nov 3rd 1947". A very modest and humble inscription from one of the great Antarctic Navigators and Explorers.</p><p></p><p>Great being the last copy and with the wonderful inscription. Great association copy. 1946 Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
190138254Genève Geneva: Cercle des Arts & des Lettres 1901. A stunning suite of TWENTY LARGE FOLIO WOOD ENGRAVINGS by Maurice Baud after paintings executed by Auguste Baud-Bovy between 1886 and 1898 depicting 19th-century Alpine life and landscapes in all of their picturesque austerity. 28 pages plus 20 full-page hors-texte wood-engravings. Complete with detailed letterpress descriptions. Edition limited to 171 copies of which this is number 41 one of 150 on fine wove paper printed for M.C. François and SIGNED BY BAUD. Absolutely complete with ALL PRINTED TISSUE-GUARDS PRESENT. Large folio 51.9 x 39.7 cm. Loose as issued in publisher's attractive cloth portfolio. Half-title spotted last leaf wood engraving no. 20 with some small marginal tears else FINE AND BRIGHT. A rare and important collection of Alpine prints. <br/><br/> Cercle des Arts & des Lettres hardcover
189369768Paris France: Galerie Georges Petit. Very Good. 1893. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE-- IN STOCK AND AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY-- - EXEMPLAIRE SUR IMPÉRIAL JAPON NO. 72 --Text in French; 1465 works catalogued. Many lovely b/w illustrations. Pages tight to spine. Leather-trimmed marbled coverboards; decorated endpapers; top fore-edge gilt -- with a bonus offer--; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall . Galerie Georges Petit hardcover
189337839Paris France: Galerie Georges Petit. As New. 1893. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE Text in French; 1465 works catalogued. Many lovely black and white illustrations. Cover wear front hinge cracked; pages tight to spine. Gold-embossed red coverboards top fore-edge gilt. -- with a bonus offer--; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall . Galerie Georges Petit hardcover