‎Engravings‎

‎[Christyn, Jean-Baptiste] (Text by); Pieter Danoot (Engravings by)‎

‎Jurisprudentia heroica sive de Jure Belgarum circa nobilitatem et insignia Demonstrato in Commentario ad Edictum Serenissimorum Belgii Principum Alberti et Isabellae Emulgatum 14. Decembris 1616 . 2-vol. in one Complete‎

‎Bruxeelis Brussels: Balthazaris Vivien 1668. First edition. Hardcover. g to g. Folio 14 1/4 x 9". 1 leaf Frontispiece 12pp 586 30pp. Vol. 1; 4 174 8pp. Vol. 2. Modern half dark brown calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Allegorical frontispiece engraved by Pieter Danoot after Er. Quellinius Erasmus Quellin. Engraved vignette on title. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. <br /> <br /> First edition of this remarkable work on the Belgian nobility its history and legislation splendidly illustrated throughout with 126 in-text engravings of armorial shields including 14 double-leaved plates of coats of arms and 5 full-page engravings depicting dignitaries fully dressed in the costume of their order. <br /> <br /> Binding partly rubbed along spine. Contemporary previous owner's inscription in ink on half-title and at upper margin of frontispiece not affecting the image. Sporadic age-toning and foxing throughout. Some closed tears at verso of six double-leaved plates were repaired with tape. Minor and sporadic previous owner's underlining in blue ink throughout. Fore-edge of a few pages in second part are partly water-stained never affecting lettering. Text in Latin with some French. Binding in overall good interior in good to good condition. About the author: Jean-Baptiste Christyn 1622-1690 baron of Meerbeek was a jurist and diplomat in the Spanish Netherlands and Chancellor of Brabant from 1687 to 1690. Balthazaris Vivien hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 42902

‎[COLLECTIF]‎

‎Les Français peints par eux-mêmes [Paris, Province et Prisme)‎

‎Paris, Curmer, 840-1842. 9 vol. in-4, demi-veau vert de l'époque, dos long romantique orné d'arabesques dorées (petite restauration de la reliure du 1er, vol. dos insolés, pâles mouillures marginales, rousseurs, gravure du flâneur du tome III manquante).‎

‎Édition originale de ces portraits littéraires commandés par l'éditeur, Léon Curmer à des auteurs célèbres de son époque tels Jules Janin, Honoré de Balzac, Théophile Gautier, Alexandre Dumas ou encore Gérard de Nerval. Ils représentent les différents types de personnes que l'on trouve en France, à Paris comme ailleurs. Ils sont illustrés de 420 (sur 421) planches les dépeignant des grands artistes de l'époque tels Grandville, Gavarni, Johannot, Daumier, Meissonnier ou encore Monnier. Elles sont gravées sur bois et tiré sur papier teinté. Le texte est orné de bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe en noir ainsi que de vignettes et une carte. Carteret, III, 794. Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s) * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.‎

Bookseller reference : 19489

‎[COSTUME - ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS]‎

‎Twelve costume cards‎

‎Mid 19th Century. 12 hand-coloured engravings laid onto card rounded corners each approx 11.3 x 7.8cm title text in English Italian French and German slight toning and edgewear one with a chipped corner but overall in good condition. Single figure costume engravings likely prepared for an educational work for children these a larger format than those by Bauer the German family of globe makers. Ten of the cards are paired male and female examples: Spanish Russians "Black Peter" Gipsies a pair from Syria and two of female figures from the Tyrol and Greenland. <br> <br>This item is held off-site. Please note there may be a few days delay while it is brought into our shop for viewing or mailing to you. Thank you for your understanding. . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 178023

‎[Design Binding] [Botelho, Camille] Parmenides | Bringhurst, Robert (trans); wood engravings by Richard Wagener‎

‎The Fragments of Parmenides & an English Translation by Robert Bringhurst‎

‎Berkeley CA: Editions Koch 2003. Full Leather. Fine binding. Folio. 44 pp. frontis plates. Limited edition one of 120 copies this copy out of series; there are also 26 lettered deluxe copies with a suite of 10 engravings. All are signed by Bringhurst Wagener and Peter Koch at the colophon. Bound by Camille Botelho in black box calf with inlays and onlays of dyed calf vinyl snakeskin painted paper mylar laminates and a porcupine quill; hand embroidered endbands; vinyl snakeskin doublures. A fine copy in clamshell box. <br /> <br /> True to form Peter Koch has produced a marvelous edition of what remains of Parmenides's poem "On Nature." The fragments of the poem are rendered in this opposite page bilingual edition with the Greek on the left and Bringhurst's English translation on the right. The poetry is brilliantly accompanied by Wagner's striking engravings a frontispiece and 4 additional wood engravings in red and orange. <br /> <br /> Given it survives only in fragments there is some debate as to the "meaning" of the symbolism of Parmenides's poem making it a work ripe for interpretation. But at base his view of reality is one of stasis unchangeable. And while that enduring Greek logic marks the work Wagener introduces remarkably abstract and kinetic illustrations printed in an urgent deep red and orange—projecting anything but stasis. It is the discord between the logical understanding or reality and the emotional understanding of it that spoke to Botelho and informed her design of this incredible binding. She writes: "In the design I thought of Parmenides looking out past shadowy arches from within a dark room to find total chaos beyond. The curve of the Mylar inlay and the curve of the porcupine quill mimic a column marking a threshold beyond which is uncontrolled noise and movement and mess. I wanted the disparity between the smoothness of the box calf and the chaos of the inlays and yellow foiling to be a comment on how frightening examining one's reality can be." Magnificently achieved Botelho has created an exceptional binding that bridges Parmenides and Wagener giving voice to the paradox she sees in this metaphysical conversation on the nature of reality. Editions Koch unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 10427

‎[ENGRAVINGS] SCHILLER, Friedrich‎

‎Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin / Eight Outlines to Schiller's Fridolin and Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin oder der Gang dem Eisenhammer von Moris Resch. and a booklet with engraved scenes from the play‎

‎London 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

Bookseller reference : AQ20609

‎[Fleece Press] Donne, John | engravings by Jane Lydbury‎

‎Mud Walls: Excerpts from the Sermons of John Donne‎

‎Wakefield West Yorkshire: Fleece Press 1986. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 8 16 8 pp. illus. Limited edition one of 200 copies. As issued in publisher's boards with printed paper labels on the front cover and spine. Spine a trifle sunned and the tail of the spine is slightly bumped else a near fine copy. A beautifully printed book with five engravings in-text by Lydbury. Fleece Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 9138

‎[Germany]; [Saxony]; [Engravings and Images]‎

‎Sachsen = Saxony; Bilder aus alter Zeit = Pictures from Old Times‎

‎Leipzig / Wien = Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut 1920. Paperback. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo. 14 cm x 16.5 cm. Unpaginated. Brown paper wrappers printed in red and black. Illustrated with 22 black and white images of towns and landmarks from the state of Saxony. Minor wear to the extremities. Bibliographisches Institut paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000012714

‎[Golden Cockerel Press] Barclay, John | translated by Paul Turner; wood engravings by Derrick Harris‎

‎Euphormio's Satyricon‎

‎London: Golden Cockerel Press 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 2 158 pp. frontis plates. Limited edition number 205 of 260. As issued in paper over boards backed in buckram; 8 full page wood engravings and two in-text vignettes. Generally an attractive copy; spine a trifle sunned; tail of the spine bumped; bookseller's pencil notes to front free endpaper; bottom edges of many pages are just a bit toned quite subtle; a beautiful copy. <br /> <br /> "First published in 1603 in Latin this very early picaresque novel immediately became a European best-seller. Written by a Scotsman who was born and bred in France it was reprinted in Latin twenty times with the first seventy years and was also translated into French Dutch and German. It was never translated into English although the original was widely read in England at the time. Our translation was thus the first to introduce Euphormio's bizarre and unpredictable adventures to the ordinary reader" Cock-A-Hoop 196. Golden Cockerel Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 7400

‎[Gravesend Press] [Graves, Joseph] DePol, John (engravings)‎

‎A Brief Description of the Old Episcopal Burying Ground in Lexington KY‎

‎Lexington KY: Gravesend Press printed by Robert Middleton 1967. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 12mo. 4 5 3 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition. As issued sewn into pastepaper wrappers with printed paper label on the front wrapper. <br /> <br /> A beautiful copy with three engravings by DePol including the final tail-piece "Finis / Gravesend / Press." The book was nearly complete already set in type at the time of Graves's unexpected death in 1960. After many years Joe's wife and partner Lucy Graves decided to complete this edition as the final Gravesend imprint complete with the prophetic tailpiece. An absolutely charming piece of Lexington history and most certainly a part of the private press movement that was burgeoning. No indication of the size of the edition. Gravesend Press | printed by Robert Middleton unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 9403

‎[Gravesend Press] Powys, Llewelyn | engravings by Thomas Bewick‎

‎Thomas Bewick 1753-1828. An Essay by Llewelyn Powys to Which is Now Added: A Letter from England to Alyse Powys. Illustrated‎

‎Lexington KY: Gravesend Press printed by Philip Reed 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small octavo. 8 vii 1 16 2 pp. illus. Limited edition one of 500 copies. As issued in paste-paper over boards bound by Elizabeth Kner with printed paper title label on the front cover; partially unopened. 16 in-text engravings from Bewick's blocks printed in brown grace the pages of the charming volume. Light rubbing to the extremities of the binding including a scuffed spot on the front board; interior is fine. <br /> <br /> Designed by Joseph C. Graves this is the second issue with his imprint though Graves's friend Philip Reed executed the presswork at his Chicago print shop. Graves ran the Gravesend Press as a sideline from about 1949 through to the end of his life in 1960 issuing scarcely more than half a dozen books. While less known that some of his contemporaries he took his place amidst a vibrant mid-century printing and illustrating scene—friends with Victor Hammer Carolyn Reading Philip Reed Fritz Kredel John DePol John Fass and others. H. Richard Archer in a history of Graves and his press published in The Kentucky Review Spring 1987 summarizes Graves's work thus: "All of the books whether pamphlets or bound books reflect the taste and high standards of a true amateur craftsman and as such they certainly qualify as choice examples from one of this generation's most distinguished private presses. Gravesend Press | printed by Philip Reed unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 8728

‎[Hammer Creek Press] Fass, John S | engravings by John DePol, Valenti Angelo, and Burton Carnes‎

‎The Work of the Hammer Creek Press 1950-1956‎

‎New 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

Bookseller reference : 9700

‎[Hammer Creek Press] Fass, John S | engravings by John DePol‎

‎Three Wood Engravings by John DePol for the Hammer Creek Press‎

‎New York: Hammer Creek Press 1953. Unbound. Very Good binding. Portfolio. 6.5" x 4.25." 4 folded leaves. Limited edition number of copies unknown. As issued 4 bifolium leaves laid into portfolio with printed paper label on the cover. Light rubbing to the portfolio including some separation starting at the spine; leaves are fine. <br /> <br /> Comprises as title page with printing on the recto of the first page only; and three engraving on three bifolium with title of engravings in red on the recto of the first leaf and the engraving occupying the recto of the second leaf. Engravings are of "The Hell-Box Press" "The Hammer Creek Press" and "Along the Hammer Creek." An additional pressmark by DePol on the title page. As is frequently the case with Fass's small print runs frequently there are difference with an edition; in this instance the portfolio differs from others we've seen and what Cohen describes this with a printed label using DePol's pressmark we have seen others that are stamped in gold using a turtle pressmark designed for the Press by Burton Carnes. Additionally the title leaf is set in upper and lower case italics and is within a border and without a date we have see it set in all capitals without border and is dated 1952—though Cohen suggest the date is actually 1953. This is a very good example of the experimental nature of Fass's work at the Hammer Creek Press. A wonderful issue from the Press. Cohen 24; DePol Catalogue Raisonne p. 41. Hammer Creek Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 9703

‎[Laujon, Pierre]‎

‎A propos (Les) de société ou chansons de M.L.‎

‎Sans 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.‎

‎"Les illustrations sont d'une grâce ravissante et comptent parmi les meilleures de Moreau" (Cohen, Seymour de Ricci, 604). EDITION ORIGINALE et premier tirage des gravures dont une représente un groupe de personnes visionnant une scène de lanterne magique. Important recueil de chansons avec les airs notés de Pierre Laujon, auteur dramatique, poète et, bien-sûr, chansonnier du Caveau avec Fanart, Collé et Piron, membre des Diners du Vaudeville, de la Goguette, du Caveau Moderne, et... Académicien.Petite auréole marginale à deux frontispices et une figure, sinon bon exemplaire, très frais, dans une reliure élégante et sobre en bel état.‎

Bookseller reference : 7597

‎[Michael McCurdy and Robert Hauser, editors] [Wood engravings by: Fred Becker, Jack Coughlin, John DePol, Fritz Eichenberg, Raym‎

‎Face to Face: Twelve American Wood Engravers Twelve Contemporary Artists Interpret Themselves in a Limited Edition of Original Wood Engravings‎

‎Great Barrington MA: Penmaen Busyhaus Publications 1985. Limited Edition "Out of Series" Print Set not numbered not in linen slipcase/box. Prints. Near Fine. Folio 39 cm Two suites of loose prints the suites are issued in two states. 13 prints printed on white paper 12 of which are signed; 13 prints printed on cream-colored paper 12 of which are signed. The images on the cream-colored paper are the same as the images on the white paper the only difference being the paper. The 13th print in each suite is by Lynd Ward which are not signed as he passed away in June of 1985 just before the project was completed. Does not contain the introduction by Leonard Baskin or the descriptive letterpress text. With signed self-portraits by the following artists: <br /> <br /> -Fred Becker 1913-2004. Born in Oakland California and active in St. Louis Missouri and New England. <br /> <br /> -Jack Coughlin b. 1932. Born in Greenwich Connecticut. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Art Students League of New York. He is most known for his portrait wood engravings etchings and lithographs of literary figures and musicians. Information obtained from Brier Hill Gallery Boston MA. <br /> <br /> -John DePol 1913-2004. A New York printmaker and wood engraver. His press was Endgrain Press. <br /> <br /> -Fritz Eichenberg 1901-1990. A German/American artist. Considered a master of wood engraving. Eichenberg's first big commissions came with Crime and Punishment and Gulliver's Travels for the Limited Editions Club. His images often depict suffering and poverty. His positions included director of Graphic Arts Center in Brooklyn and a teacher of Graphics at New York's Pratt Institute. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art <br /> <br /> -Raymond Gloeckler 1928-2022. Born in Portage Wisconsin. While still a student he taught art via a government program in rural schools. Later he was employed as a professor at UW-Madison between 1961-1993. "Gloeckler is known for his highly detailed caricatures and bold expressive satire and commentary. His prints and paintings comment on humanity's follies and foibles in a unique light-hearted style defying art world trends." - Gallery of Wisconsin Art <br /> <br /> -James Grashow b. 1942. An American sculptor and woodcut artist. "James Grashow was born in Brooklyn in 1942 and has been creating works that address themes of man nature and mortality since the 1960's" "The scale of his work ranges from large environmental installations through which the viewer traverses to the delicate and contained world of his houseplants where homes and buildings replace flowers and buds in intricately constructed bouquets." - The artist's website <br /> <br /> -Judith Jaidinger b. 1941. One of the two female artists represented here. Born in Chicago Illinois. "Judith Jaidinger's obsession with cutting began in her 1960s student days at the School of the Art Institute and is linked to her equally long frankly sensuous relationship with boxwood. She was introduced to both in an engraving class taught by British-born print-master Adrian Troy. "At the same time printing industry technology had moved on supplanting woodblock engravings with line drawings and photography. 'A dying art' Jaidinger says. It was also a seriously slumping industry. But in the 1960s in Chicago hub of an enormous catalog business there were still a few commercial wood-engraving establishments turning out the precise detailed images more typical of the previous century. One of them Sander Wood Engraving on Dearborn Street was where Professor Troy a committed modernist sent his students to buy the best material: rare English-grown boxwood blocks. "'He warned us' Jaidinger recalls 'If you go to Sander and buy your wood from them don't look at what those engravers are doing. I don't want you to be influenced by them.' "That made it irresistible." - Reader- Chicago's alternative nonprofit newsroom <br /> <br /> -Stefan Martin 1936-1994. Born in Elgin Illinois and a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also active in Roosevelt New Jersey. His work is held in private museums and collections throughout the world including the Metropolitan Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. <br /> <br /> -Michael McCurdy 1942-2016. American author illustrator and publisher. Born in New York City. McCurdy served as an instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Concord Academy and at the Book Arts Laboratory of the Wellesley College Library. He founded Penmaen Press 1968-1985. Information obtained from Brier Hill Gallery Boston MA. <br /> <br /> -Barry Moser b. 1940. The owner and operator of The Pennyroyal Press and the illustrator of over 250 books including Moby Dick The Divine Comedy and a highly regarded edition of The Bible. "Barry Moser is probably the most important book illustrator working in America today." - Nicholas Basbanes <br /> <br /> -Gillian Tyler b. 1935. Born in Baltimore Maryland. She is an illustrator that works primarily in children's books. <br /> <br /> -Herbert Ogdon Waters 1903-1996. Born in China. Waters came to the United States and studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia the Art Institute of Chicago and Harvard University. He was a public school art instructor under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Arts Project. He later taught art at the University of New Hampshire at Durham and at the Holderness School in Plymouth New Hampshire. Information obtained from Brier Hill Gallery Boston MA. <br /> <br /> -Lynd Ward 1905-1985. The 13th print in each suite is by Lynd Ward which are not signed as he passed away in June of 1985 just before the project was completed. <br /> <br /> Originally issued in an edition of 250 boxed sets. Penmaen Busyhaus Publications unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 59810

‎[New York City color engravings]‎

‎Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York 1863. D. T. Valentine‎

‎New York: Edmond Jones & Co. Hardcover. Very good overall. The color plates in fabulous condition providing an intimate look at this great city during the Civil War. Particularly beautiful plates include the color engraved frontispiece the US Ironclad Steam Ship the Metropolitan Police Headquarters at Mulberry St. the Old Bowery Theatre 1860 the Clendening Mansion the Interior of the Somerindyke House Greenwich Street below Thames Street the Theological Seminary the Ladies Union Aid Society Part of the House where Talleyrand lived Somerindyke Estate the Jackson Ferry Old Storehouses Corner Pearl and Chatham View of Harlaem from Morisania Residence of Late Mayor Tieman's Father View of Baxter late Orange St. between Hester and Grand and the Junction of Canal and Walker Street near Centre St. Thick 8vo xii 852pp three folding maps at frontis. With many color plates some folding and duotones. Spine ends rubbed top of hinge at spine w short split. Internally very good the plates are immaculate. Edmond Jones & Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 17494

‎[Performance – Philadelphia – Nineteenth Century – Engravings – Punch and Judy] Norton, IT I T‎

‎Mister Punchinello! A Celebrated Glee Composed & Arranged for the Piano Forte and Dedicated to the Murphy Club‎

‎Philadelphia 1829. Folio 2 pp. Tear to title page some chips to margins with loss good condition overall. An early Philadelphia theatrical music imprint by I. T. Norton credited on the sheet as “I. T. Norton R.A.M. Composer & Director of the Music to the Chestnut St. Theatre.†Norton served as musical director at the Second Chestnut Street Theatre during the late 1820s a period when the house mounted a mixture of melodrama burletta opera excerpts and popular entertainments requiring resident musical supervision and arrangement. Theatre directors of music routinely composed incidental numbers glees and topical songs for stage performance and subsequent publication bridging the repertory of live performance and domestic music-making.<br /> <br /> Mister Punchinello! draws upon the well-known Punch and Judy puppet tradition. The text is lyrically straightforward built around the repeated refrain “Oh mamma I must be married to Mister Punchinello†suggesting a number intended for accessible vocal delivery rather than elaborate dramatic structure. The R.A.M. designation appended to Norton’s name—presented without elaboration on the imprint—appears as a professional credential typical of early nineteenth-century music publishing though he very well may have never attended the Royal Academy of Music.<br /> <br /> A representative survival from the intersection of Philadelphia theatre culture and early American sheet music production. OCLC locates about a dozen copies across multiple entries. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : List3693

‎[Revere Engravings] Ames, Nathaniel‎

‎An astronomical diary; or almanack for the year of our Lord Christ 1772 : . Calculated for the meridian of Boston New-England lat. 42 25 north‎

‎<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. ]‎

Bookseller reference : 3835

‎[Steel Engravings]‎

‎Emma Queen Dowager of the Sandwich Islands‎

‎Unknown. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Very good.Top half of folio sheet from the News featuring the illustration along with a single column on her visit to England and a bit of political/social background. 2pp. > Language: English > Size: 4to > Media/Binding: Unbound Unknown unknown‎

Bookseller reference : CORV-BBP-14981

‎[Tabak; Arents, George]. - Brooks, Jerome E. (Hg.)‎

‎Tobacco. Its History Illustrated by the Books, Manuscripts and Engravings In the Library of George Arents, Jr. Together with an introductory essay a glossary and bibliographic notes by Jerome E. Brooks. 5 Bände u. 10 Lieferungen.‎

‎New York, The Rosenbach Company u.a., 1937-1969. Fol. Mit sehr zahlr., tlw. ganzs. bzw. farb. Abbildungen im Text u. auf Tafeln sowie einer gefalt. Beilage. Zus. ca. 3180 S., OLwd.-Bde. (Bde. 1-5) bzw. OUmschläge (Lieferungen 1-10).‎

‎Erstausgabe. - Nr. 281 von 300 Exemplaren des berühmten, äußerst aufwendig ausgestatteten Kataloges der weltweit bedeutendsten Sammlung von Literatur zum Thema Tabak in der seltenen und gesuchten Originalausgabe. Die vorzüglichen Beschreibungen mit detaillierter Kollation, allen bibliographischen Verweisen usw. - Die Lieferungen enthalten den seit 1942 angekauften Bestand von 1507 bis zur Gegenwart. - Einbände tlw. min. berieben bzw. angestaubt. Lieferungsumschlag des letzten Heftes etw. lichtrandig u. bestoßen. - Insgesamt gutes und vollständiges Exemplar.‎

Bookseller reference : 53774

‎[THIERRY, Augustin]‎

‎Histoire de la conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normands (Atlas de planches seul)‎

‎Couverture rigide Sans lieu, sans nom d'éditeur, sans date [Paris, Just Tessier, circa 1838]. Un volume d'atlas in-8 (22 x 15 cm), reliure demi-veau de l'époque, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, titre doré, papier marbré sur les plats, quelques frottements au dos. Recueil de 34 gravures sur bois hors-texte montées sur onglet, rousseurs éparses. Sont notamment représentées parme les scènes historiques et les portraits : "Prédication du moine Augustin devant le roi Ethelbert", "Portrait de Guillaume le conquérant", "Richard Coeur-de-Lion au Camp des Croisés" et "Richard II au milieu des paysans insurgés". Gravures d'après les dessins de Lefèvre, Jacques et Dufort, Charpentier, Cabasson, Lécurieux, T. Johannot, dans le style romantique de l'époque. Certaines ont été gravées par Orrin Smith. Bon exemplaire bien complet de sa suite d'illustrations historiques, en assez bon état.‎

‎Assez bon‎

Bookseller reference : 1843

‎[Thistle Hill Press] Neal, Avon | engravings by Fritz Eichenberg‎

‎Pigs & Eagles: An Ecological Parable‎

‎North Brookfield MA: Thistle Hill Press 1978. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. Quarto. 24; 8 pp. frontis plate illus. Limited edition number 71 of 500 copies signed by Neal and Eichenberg at the colophon. As issued sewn into printed wrappers with full page wood engraving by Eichenberg serving as a frontispiece. Another similarly printed and sewn booklet with title page and colophon serves as a folder for a loose wood engraving of the frontispiece—this signed and numbered by Eichenberg on the bottom margin; all houses in publisher's slipcase with printed paper labels. Only light rubbing to the slipcase but the contents are nearly fine. A striking engraving portions of which have been employed to decorate the covers of each booklet as well as each colophon. This is an interesting allegory of the costs of excess. Thistle Hill Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 8969

‎[Yellow Barn Press] Symons, Julian | engravings by John DePol‎

‎Oscar Wilde: A Problem of Biography‎

‎Council Bluffs IA: Yellow Barn Press 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo. 6 27 3 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition number 176 of 200 copies. Backed in red cloth with pastepaper over boards. A fresh copy with very faint rubbed spots to the fore-edge of the front board; clean throughout. A beautiful production with a frontispiece and three in-text engravings by DePol. Yellow Barn Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 6177

‎Aaron Smith, engravings by Eric Ravilious‎

‎THE ATROCITIES OF THE PIRATES; BEING A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE.THE ISLAND OF CUBA.‎

‎Waltham Saint Lawrence UK: The Golden Cockerel Press 1929. first thus. Hardcover. Very good. 5 x 8 in. Black and red cloth boards. Engravings by Eric Ravilious. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean a touch toned at edges with minor edge wear. Binding tight. Spine titles bright. Text very clean with no markings or names. Naut. RGR. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 54957

‎Aaron Smith, Engravings by Eric Ravilious‎

‎The Atrocities of the Pirates; Being a Faithful Narrative of the Unparalleled Sufferings Endured by the Author During his Captivity Among the Pirates of the Island of Cuba; With an Account of the Excess and Barbarities of Those Inhuman Freebooters‎

‎The Golden Cockerel Press 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is in very good condition. Red boards with black spine gilt lettering on spine. Clean text with tight spine. Foxing to front fly page and rear page fortunately text is clean. 156pp. Limited edition 154/500 copies. The text is in the original formatting of the 1824 text. Some chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : Lib29183BC6mh

‎Ackermann, Helmut (1936-2017)‎

‎Kaltnadelradierung zu Goethes Gedicht "An den Mond". Beilage zu "Illustration 63", Heft 4. Signiert ("Ackermann") u. numeriert.‎

‎(Memmingen, Edition Curt Visel, 1973). 1 Bogen mit Mittelbugfalte. Text (9 Strophen, links) in Baskerville 10 Punkt, rechts die Radierung. Bogenmaß 28,5 x 39,5 cm. Plattenmaß 22,7 x 14,6 cm. Unter Kart.-Passepartout.‎

‎Eins von 100 Exemplaren der Ausgabe B, vom Künstler gedruckt und SIGNIERT. - Gutes, sauberes Exemplar.‎

Bookseller reference : 91295