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1747351229Printed for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn; A. Miller in the Strand; and J. Osborn in Paternoster Row London 1747. Unframed Print. Very Good Condition. The engraving depicts inscriptions and relief carvings found on the staircases of Persepolis the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire in modern-day Iran. These carvings showcase royal inscriptions symbolic figures and decorative motifs reflecting the empire's grandeur and artistic sophistication. The hieroglyphics and characters likely represent Old Persian Elamite and Babylonian script which were commonly used in Achaemenid inscriptions. The engraving was printed 1747 in London by T. Osborne A. Miller and J. Osborn.1 folding plate. Size: 23 x 36 cms. Category: Universal History; PRINTS : Antiquarian Interest; Printed before 1800; Special Features. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn; A. Miller, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Paternoster Row unknown
17767597Sans lieu (Paris), sans nom, 1776 ; deux tomes ; suivi de "Les A propos de la Folie ou chansons grotesques, grivoises et annonces de parades". Sans lieu (Paris), sans nom, 1776. Ensemble de trois tomes in-8 ; demi-basane havane, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison vert-sapin, plats de papier imitation cuir havane raciné, tranches marbrées (reliure début XIXe) ; (2) ff. blancs, X (dont titre gravé), 302 pp., (1) f. blanc ; 316 ; VI, 319, (1) pp. et en tout pour les tomes 1 et 2 : 1 titre gravé dessiné et gravé par Moreau, identique aux tomes 1 et 2, 2 figures hors-texte par Moreau, gravées par De Launay et Simonet, 2 vignettes et 2 culs-de-lampe par Moreau, gravés par Duclos, Martini et De Launay ; et au tome 3 : titre-frontispice, 1 figure, 1 vignette et 1 cul-de-lampe par Moreau, gravés par Martini.
176119561761 Couverture rigide A Minutie [Édition clandestine], 1761. Un volume in-12 (17 x 10 cm), plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné de caissons à fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin bordeaux, filet doré sur les coupes, encadrement d'un triple filet doré sur les plats, tranches rouges, quelques épidermures, reliure baillant légèrement. Feuillet de titre (sans vignette), frontispice, 12 pages non chiffrées (épître), 161 pages, manque de papier au feuillet 155-156 sans atteinte au texte. Illustré d'un frontispice et de 9 gravures hors-texte réduites d'après les compositions originales de François Boucher. Texte en français. Charmante et intéressante contrefaçon d'époque de ce célèbre conte parodique et féerique, reprenant l'adresse fictive « A Minutie » créée lors de l'édition princeps de 1744. L'histoire de la création d'Acajou et Zirphile est fameuse : le comte de Tessin avait fait graver par François Boucher dix estampes pour un conte tiré à très petit nombre (Faunillane). À la demande des membres de la société du Luxembourg, Duclos accepta le défi de composer une histoire entièrement nouvelle devant s'adapter au sujet des gravures déjà existantes. Ancienne signature manuscrite sur la garde ("Antoinette Morin-Pons") et attribution manuscrite d'époque erronée au crayon ("Crébillon fils") sur la page de titre. Intérieur frais et bel état des planches, bon exemplaire.
1790ST19326Amsterdam: H. Keyzer H. Gartman en W. Vermandel 1790. 555 x 345 mm. 21 7/8 x 13 3/4". 2 p.l. 62 folding plates. <br/> Attractive late 19th or early 20th century retrospective polished brown calf by L. Guétant stamp-signed in gilt on tail of spine double gilt-ruled border floral cornerpieces raised bands spine panels with scrolling floral borders and central flower ornament gilt titling. With title vignette and 62 ENGRAVED FOLDING PLATES ALL WITH BEAUTIFUL HAND COLORING AND HIGHLIGHTED WITH GOLD depicting Bible scenes from the Old and New Testament 61 of which are by Jan Luyken. A Large Paper Copy. For earlier editions: Graesse IV p. 308; Brunet III 1245-46; Klaversma & Hannema 159-164. Light rubbing to joints and edges boards just a little marked trivial foxing and faint spots here and there but A REMARKABLY FINE COPY the binding lustrous and showing little wear the paper extremely bright and fresh the margins immense and the paint and gold unusually vibrant.<br/> <br/> The marvelous illustrations of Dutch engraver and poet Jan Luyken comprise this collection of "remarkable stories" from the Bible each depicted with panoramic grandeur and enhanced with a wide range of finely applied colors and gold. Luyken 1649-1712 had written and illustrated erotic poetry as a young man but later became a devout Pietist after reading the works of German mystic Jakob Böhme. He became a member of the Baptist Church in 1673 and thereafter devoted his talents to producing religious works. The vast scenes here are notable in their scale detail and animation. There are a number of battle scenes from the Old Testament as well as dramatic depictions of the plagues and a fascinating episode from the histories of Josephus depicting Herod's soldiers being lowered down the side of a cliff in large boxes suspended from chains in order to attack the thieves hiding in caverns on the cliffside. There is a majestic portrayal of the Queen of Sheba arriving at the court of Solomon a peaceful scene of Adam naming the beasts in the Garden of Eden and a festive celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. New Testament scenes include a terrifying final judgment a blinding conversion of St. Paul and scenes from that Apostle's travels. The engravings have one common trait: they are heavily populated whether by men or beasts and one of Luyken's special gifts is to render every person in the crowd as an individual with his own concerns and reactions to the events at hand. The engravings while already greatly pleasing in black and white are even more stirring and memorable when seen in the full color and gold used here. Expansive tableaus are given greater definition and clarity and events such as Noah’s flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah are rendered even more successful in expressing the awesome powers of the Almighty. The illustrations are quite definitely Protestant in point of view: there are no depictions of the Virgin Mary not even a Nativity scene. Except for engravings of the Annunciation to the Shepherds and the Massacre of the Holy Innocents the illustrations focus on Jesus as an adult and on the work of his Apostles spreading the gospel. There were earlier editions containing Luyken's 62 large plates which originally appeared without text as here in 1708 and they appeared again with a text in Dutch in 1729 and in French in 1732. Copies of these editions appear with some regularity in the marketplace but are usually not colored and are often found incomplete or with other major condition issues. We can trace no record in RBH or OCLC of a copy of our 1790 edition and we can find nothing that compares with the quality of coloring and grand height attained by the monumental margins seen here. H. Keyzer, H. Gartman en W. Vermandel unknown
1720138891(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstichblatt in guter Erhaltung. Format ca. 16 x 27 cm
17713835<p>Three engravings by Paul Revere are certainly the most distinctive feature of this Boston almanac for 1772 namely:</p><p>Miss Emma Leach a dwarf born in Beverley Massachusetts on front cover.</p><p>The Patriotic American Farmer John Dickinson.</p><p>Mrs. Catharine M'Caulay.</p><p>Almanac making in colonial America was a rather unscrupulous affair at times. The notion of copyright was unknown among publishers. Indeed almanac piracy or perhaps liberal borrowing was the accepted industry practice.</p><p>The present almanac offers an excellent example of heavy borrowing. The Boston Ames <em>Almanack </em>for 1772 was published in two versions: one by Ezekiel Russell and the other a pirated version by an unnamed printer/publisher. The text and images of the two are very similar although the cuts of the three subjects differ very slightly between the two almanacs. Paul Revere's daybook for December 1771 identifies <strong>two</strong> purchasers of plates for a 1772 Ames almanac Ezekiel Russell and Edes & Gill. Within a matter of a week it's apparent that Revere produced two sets of plates of the same subjects for competing almanacs.</p><p>In an advertisement for Russell's version of the Ames almanac he "hopes that the publick with their usual impartiality will give him preference in buying of his Ames' genuine almanac before any pirated edition." Revere's contributions were in both the original and this pirated edition of the almanac.</p><p><strong>References: </strong> Evans: 11961; Drake <em>Almanacs of the U.S</em>.: 3205; Brigham <em>Paul Revere's Engravings</em>: pp. 202-203; Hamilton <em>Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers</em>: 56; O'Neal <em>Early American Almanacs</em>: 115 mistakenly citing Russell as publisher.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Disbound; leaves are separated with a later paper reinforcement in the gutter of two leaves. Chipping to lower corners of two leaves. Scattered mostly light staining and a few spots of foxing. Good.</p><p>ICN 7815.</p> [Printed by T. & J. Fleet and Edes & Gill. Price 2s. 8d. per dozen, and six coppers single. ]
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
17084354Vetero-Pragae (Prague), Wolfgang Wickhart, 1708 ; in-4 ; cartonnage de papier marbré, pièce de titre havane (reliure fin XVIIIe - début XIXe siècle) ; (4) ff., 167 pp., (1) p. d'errata ; 8 magnifiques planches hors-texte de Johann Leonhard Winkelman, gravées par Antoine Kohl.
17129402Lyon, Léonard De La Roche, 1712 ; in-4 ; plein veau havane, dos à nerfs richement décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, tranches mouchetées rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (16) y compris le frontispice gravé, titre en rouge et noir, Dédicace aux médecins et chirurgiens de Lyon, table, 369, (3), 138, (22) pp. de tables ; 46 planches numérotées plus 4 non chiffrées soit 50 planches gravées hors-texte au total, certaines dépliantes, représentant de très nombreux outils et appareils, des opérations et 3 planches de monstres.
1720138889(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstichblatt in guter Erhaltung. Format ca. 16,5 x 27 cm
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
1720138896(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstichblatt. Format ca. 16 x 19,5 cm
1788172711788 1788 Gravure a l'aquatinte du 18e siecle (1788) par Labrousse, d'apres le dessin de Grasset St Sauveur, Coloriee a la main a l'époque.Encyclopédie des voyages,Kolorierte Aquatinta, Darstellung: 11 x 17 cm
176515391765 Couverture rigide. A Paris, chez J. Merlin, 1765. 3 volumes in-12 (17,5 x 10,5 cm), reliure plein veau marbré, dos lisse orné de fleurons dorés, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches marbrées, coins émoussés, coiffes arasées, manques au dos et aux charnières. Tome I : Feuillet de faux titre non chiffré, faux-titre, portrait frontispice, titre gravé, xvj pages, feuillet de table non chiffré, 345 pages, 9 figures ; Tome II : feuillet de faux-titre non chiffré, titre gravé, feuillet de table non chiffré, 376 pages, 9 figures ; Tome III : feuillet de titre non chiffré, titre gravé, feuillet de table non chiffré, 312 pages, 5 figures. Rousseurs éparses et quelques marques de brûlures à la cire, feuillets bruni. En tout, comme l'indique Cohen (686), un portrait par Cochin, gravé par Saint-Aubin, un titre par Gravelot, gravé par Duclos, répété dans chaque volume, 23 figures par Gravelot, gravées par Baquoy, Legrand, Le Mire, Le Veau, de Longueil, Pasquier, Rousseau et Voyez. Exemplaire du 2ème tirage sans les errata. Les "Contes moraux" de Marmontel sont une série de récits courts qui explorent les mœurs et les valeurs de la société du XVIIIe siècle. Chaque conte met en scène des personnages de différentes classes sociales confrontés à des dilemmes moraux ou à des situations révélatrices de leur caractère. L'auteur utilise l'ironie et l'humour pour critiquer les vices et les travers de son époque tout en proposant des leçons de vertu. À sa parution, les "Contes moraux" ont connu un grand succès et ont contribué à la renommée de Marmontel. Ils ont influencé de nombreux écrivains et penseurs de l'époque des Lumières en France et ailleurs. Les contes sont encore étudiés aujourd'hui pour leur valeur littéraire et leur pertinence morale. Malgré les défauts de la reliure, exemplaire intéressant avec un texte en assez bon état et un bon état général des planches.
1720138905(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstich. Bildformat ca. 18 x 31 cm. Gutes Exemplar.
1720138902(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstichblatt. Kräftiger Abdruck. Format ca. 15,5 x 19,5 cm
1720138910(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Format ca. 17,5 x 23,5 cm (Am rechten Rand, meist außerhalb des Bildes, etwas fleckig. Am unteren Rand etwas knapp beschnitten, dadurch fehlt der Vermekr auf Gabriel Bodenehr).
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
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 books
1715138894(Augsburg). (Um 1715). Kupferstichblatt. Format ca. 18 x 28 cm
1720138892(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Kupferstichblatt. Format ca. 16,5 x 29 cm
1720138908(Augsburg). (Um 1720). Format ca. 13 x 15 cm
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
177612875Bouillon (Belgien), Société typographique, 1776. 8° (18,5-22,5 cm). 118 S. Ganzleder der Zeit über fünf Bünden mit goldgeprägter Rückenverzierung [3 Warenabbildungen]
177612874Bouillon (Belgien), Société typographique, 1776. 8° (18,5-22,5 cm). 169 S. Ganzleder der Zeit über fünf Bünden mit goldgeprägter Rückenverzierung [3 Warenabbildungen]
