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Rasin, Jaromir (Frantisek Pavelka, illustrator)
Duse Zeny ("The Soul of the Woman", in Czech)
THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK, ILLUSTRATED WITH THREE ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE DRYPOINTS BY FRANTISEK PAVELKA. 71 pp. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is COPY NUMBER 1, THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM. Inscribed and signed below the justification by the author (to himself, apparently) in Czech: "The first copy of the first edition of my first book." Also inscribed and signed by the publisher on the rear pastedown. Both inscriptions dated December 21, 1926. 8vo. Beautifully bound in full hand-painted pigskin. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Czech books printed on vellum are of the utmost rarity.
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Bolton, Claire (Alembic Press)
The Alembic Press Bibliography 1978-1988
One of the rarest and most beautifully produced of the fine press bibliographies. 74 items described in great detail. Numerous tipped-in samples of the press' work, including a few printed on exotic papers. Beautifully printed on fine wove paper. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. 4to. Bound by Claire Bolton in quarter cloth and marbled boards. The slightest traces of wear to extremities, else fine and bright.
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Brach, Pierre de (Reinhold Dezeimeris, editor)
Oeuvres poetiques de Pierre de Brach, Sieur de la Motte Montussan (including Oeuvres Inedites)
THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM OF THIS IMPORTANT AND BEAUTIFUL PUBLICATION. Two volumes, complete. FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE EDITION, and first and only critical edition of the works of Pierre de Brach, an important 16th-century poet from Bordeaux, a close friend of Montaigne and many other key French Renaissance literary figures. ABOUT HALF THE WORKS ARE PUBLISHED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME: Dezeimeris had discovered an important manuscript which included many texts thought lost forever, including the "Tombeau et regrets funebres sur la mort d'Aymee" and the second book of the "Amours". Extensive scholarly apparatus, notes, and index. Edition limited to 260 copies, of which this is THE UNIQUE COPY beautifully printed (by Gounouilhou of Bordeaux) on FINE VELLUM, with numerous woodcut ornaments, headpieces, and tailpieces. Title-pages printed in red and black, with large woodcut printer's device. Text in Italic type, notes in Roman type. Two engraved portraits on chine applique and two wood-engraved plates. 4to. Attractively bound in contemporary half red morocco. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Minimal traces of wear to bindings, else a fine set. Vicaire I, 919 (citing this copy); Brunet supp. I, 167 (citing this copy): "Belle publication." Viollet le Duc (I, 333): "C'etait un ecrivain correct, un versificateur elegant et harmonieux, bien superieur sous ce rapport a tous les poetes ses contemporains. On peut lui reprocher de manquer de la verve et de l'entrainement de Ronsard, par exemple; mais comme forme de langage, c'est un auteur des plus remarquables et assurement digne d'Ítre etudiÈ." 19th century French books printed on vellum are rare, and in such a large format they are extremely rare.
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Brooks, H.C.
Compendiosa bibliografia di edizioni bodoniane (Bibliography of books printed by Bodoni)
The standard Bodoni bibliography. About 1500 books described in great detail. 69 full-page plates. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Fine and bright. Like new.
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Harman, Marian and Christopher D. Cook
Incunabula in the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. A Bibliography [with] Supplement
Two volumes, complete. The bibliography of an excellent collection: well over 1100 items, precisely described. [11], 251; x, 37 pp. With a few facsimile plates. 4to. Main volume in publisher's cloth; supplement in wraps. Fine and bright. Scarce.
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Haebler, Konrad
The Early Printers of Spain and Portugal
A standard monograph on Iberian incunabula and post-incunabula. Dozens of facsimile plates. Large, squarish 8vo. Publisher's cloth. As new.
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Fleuret, Fernand and/or Emile Henriot (Gaston-Louis Vuitton)
Eloge de la plaquette
First and only edition. THE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION (of a grand total of two) OF THE SOCIETE DE BIBLIOPHILES "LES PLAQUETTES", AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF FRENCH PRE-WAR FINE AVANT-GARDE TYPOGRAPHIC PRINTING. 2 blank leaves; 27 pp. This bibliophile society was conceived by Gaston-Louis Vuitton in 1929, and by 1932 it had 57 members but hadn't yet published anything. In that year it lost all of its funds when its bank went belly up. The Society got rolling again in 1938, and finally printed this gorgeous book in 1939. The text, of course, is about booklets, and their history in France and in the world. Shortly after this book was printed World War II and the German Occupation put a final end to this Bibliophile Society: its only other publication was an equally rare edition of St Francis' "Cantique du soleil", printed in 1943. (Fleuret died in 1945.) Notable avant-garde typographical design on cover. Edition limited to 111 numbered copies (but much rarer, as few if any copies were ever actually distributed to the members of the SociÈtÈ) beautifully printed with huge margins on fine Montval laid paper. Folio. Publisher's wraps. UNCUT AND UNOPENED, FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW WITH NO DEFECTS. Original paper knife laid in. An incredible survival, even more so in such pristine condition. The only copy in WorldCat is the one in the BibliothËque Nationale.
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Manuel, Blaise Etienne and FranÁois Dufart (Jacques-Eustache Deseve et al., illustrators)
Nouveau museum d'histoire naturelle; ou representation fidelle des etres les plus remarquables compris dans les trois regnes de la nature en figures coloriees sur planche.... Tome premier. Regne animal.--Classe des quadrupedes vivipares ou mammifer
ALL PUBLISHED of this abortive yet spectacular attempt at a comprehensive survey of natural history, THE FIRST BOOK ON ZOOLOGY WITH COLOR-PRINTED (as opposed to hand-colored) PLATES. Comprises a general preface describing the entire project (by Dufart), an introduction to this volume (by Manuel), 101 GORGEOUS FULL-PAGE COLOR-PRINTED STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES OF MAMMALS IN EXOTIC LANDSCAPES (usually two scenes per plate, after Deseve and other artists), and descriptive notes on each mammal depicted (by Manuel). 30 pp., 101 plates, 60 pp. Dedicated to Napoleon. Text printed on fine wove paper, plates on very fine, thick wove paper. After the appearance of this volume, the project was suspended because the publishers could not find enough subscribers (there is a list of the 24 who subscribed to this first volume on the back of the half-title). The reasons for this failure are obvious: each volume cost a staggering 60 francs (not including the binding) and the images of the animals, although bright, beautiful, and charming, are not particularly accurate. Large thick 8vo. BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY FULL CRIMSON MOROCCO, WITH ELEGANT GILT DECORATION ON COVERS AND SPINE. All edges gilt. Light wear to extremities of binding, but still very attractive. Internally bright. Two copies in NUC. QuÈrard (La France littÈraire, V, 497) doubts the very existence of this work: "...ne paraÓt avoir ÈtÈ que projetÈ, car on n'en trouve mention nulle autre part que dans le vol. de M. Debray." An extremely rare, unusual, and altogether stunning book.
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Fabre, Adolphe
Romans & Chansons de Geste sur GÈrard de Roussillon. Etude Historique & LittÈraire.
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF 19TH-CENTURY FINE PRINTING IN PROVINCIAL FRANCE. A brief scholarly monograph on the various surviving medieval epics and romances relating to GÈrard de Roussillon. xv, 23 pp. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, printed on extremely fine buff laid paper with wide margins. Title-page printed in two colors with elaborate border (repeated on front wrapper). Typographical ornaments and wood-engraved initials. 8vo. Entirely uncut in original wraps printed in red and black, AND OVERPRINTED WITH AN ELEGANT GILT PATTERN. Pristine: FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Very rare, especially in outstanding original condition.
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Philes, George P. (Andrew J. Odell)
Bibliotheca Curiosa: Catalogue of the Library of Andrew J. Odell
AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING. Two volumes, complete. A remarkable catalogue of a remarkable collection. Odell focused on bibliography, books about books, history of printing and the graphic arts, and fine printing, at a time when few American collectors were interested in these areas. Books in these categories account for well over half of the 2,434 lots. There is also a wide selection of extremely rare books in other areas, especially the occult, including incunables and a few highly important medieval manuscripts. The catalogue itself is notable for two reasons. First, there are the precise, knowledgeable, and extensive descriptions, with numerous references to specialized bibliographies: most American book catalogues of this period give the barest information about the items at hand. Second, this is certainly the most lavishly-produced American book auction catalogue of the 19th century. It was beautifully printed on fine laid paper, with numerous engraved initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. VOLUME I OF THE PRESENT SET IS FROM THE DELUXE ISSUE, ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION, with the initials, headpieces, and tailpieces printed in different colors. The sets of this deluxe issue that reached the market were sold for $10 each, a colossal price when we consider that lot 1462, a copy of Bodoni's 1818 Manuale Tipografico, sold for $4.50! Volume II is from the regular issue, and is NEATLY PRICED THROUGHOUT in a contemporary hand. Title-pages printed in red and black. Facsimiles. 4to. Volume I is ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE, uncut, unopened, unsewn, unstabbed, and unglued, loosely laid into original wraps (light soiling to wraps). Volume II in bound in half leather and marbled boards, with original wraps bound in (binding somewhat worn at extremities). Both volumes internally FINE, AND BRIGHT. Complete sets are extremely rare (volume II is especially scarce). Not in Bigmore & Wyman or Taylor.
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Thou, Jacques-Auguste de (Jacobus Augustus Thuanus)
Jacobi Augusti Thuani HISTORIARUM SUI TEMPORIS pars prima
FIRST EDITION OF THOU'S HISTORY OF THE 16TH CENTURY, A MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH HISTORIOGRAPHY. 18, 684, 36 pp., complete. Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), was one of the great statesmen and scholars of his time, and the Historiarum is his most important work. THIS IS THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, printed folio (another edition, in two volumes 8vo--with some large-paper copies printed 4to--was published later the same year). Moreover, the TITLE-PAGE IS IN THE FIRST STATE, which is exceedingly rare. Beautifully printed by Robert Estienne (1559-1630), with the title in red and black and attractive woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. Folio. Beautifully bound in recent quarter vellum and marbled boards. FINE AND BRIGHT, both inside and out, with excellent margins and bright white paper. Peignot II, 159 (pointing out that this work was suppressed from the moment of publication). An outstanding copy of a rare and important book: the only other copy I have located of the first edition with the first-state title-page is the Oxford copy.
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Docteur Lucien-Graux
L'homme qui se crut dieu (with a drypoint by RaphaÎl-Schwartz)
First edition of this rÈcit. 73 pp plus a frontispiece drypoint portrait of the author by RaphaÎl- Schwartz. From a total edition of 355 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER (this copy printed for Manuel Bruker, the printer). Beautiful, large color-printed initial, in the art-dÈco style, on the first page of text. 8vo. Original wraps. Uncut, unopened, FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.
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Blanchemain, Prosper
PoÈsies de Prosper Blanchemain. I: PoËmes et poÈsies; II: Foi espÈrance et charitÈ; III: IdÈal; IV: Fleurs de France; V: Sonnets et fantaisies
Five volumes, complete. FIRST EDITION of the poems of Prosper Blanchemain, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETE DES BIBLIOPHILES FRANCOIS (founded 1820), the first and greatest of all French bibliophile societies, of which Blanchemain was a member. Edition limited to 55 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF 29 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER FOR THE 29 MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETE DES BIBLIOPHILES. This copy printed for noted bibliophile Count Henry de Chaponnay. Large 8vo. Beautifully bound in half havana morocco and marbled boards. Vicaire I, 815-6. The SociÈtÈ des Bibliophiles had only 29 members (including five "associÈs Ètrangers" and each member got only one copy of each of its publications. Thus members' copies, like this one, appear on the market very rarely. A stunning example of fine printing and fine binding.
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Philes, George P. (Andrew J. Odell)
Bibliotheca Curiosa: Catalogue of the Library of Andrew J. Odell
AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING. Two volumes, complete. A remarkable catalogue of a remarkable collection. Odell focused on bibliography, books about books, history of printing and the graphic arts, and fine printing, at a time when few American collectors were interested in these areas. Books in these categories account for well over half of the 2,434 lots. There is also a wide selection of extremely rare books in other areas, especially the occult, including incunables and a few highly important medieval manuscripts. The catalogue itself is notable for two reasons. First, there are the precise, knowledgeable, and extensive descriptions, with numerous references to specialized bibliographies: most American book catalogues of this period give the barest information about the items at hand. Second, this is certainly the most lavishly-produced American book auction catalogue of the 19th century. It was beautifully printed on fine laid paper, with numerous engraved initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. THIS SET IS THE DELUXE ISSUE, ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION, with the initials, headpieces, and tailpieces printed in different colors. (Volume II of this deluxe issue is dated 1879, while volume II of the regular issue is dated 1880.) The sets of this deluxe issue that reached the market were sold for $10 each, a colossal price when we consider that lot 1462, a copy of Bodoni's 1818 Manuale Tipografico, sold for $4.50! Title-pages printed in red and black. Facsimiles. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. Minimal wear to wraps, INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. Complete sets are extremely rare (volume II is especially scarce). Not in Bigmore & Wyman or Taylor. AN OUTSTANDING ITEM IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION.
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Aubanel, Laurent
Type sample / broadside
EXTREMELY RARE TYPE SAMPLE, PRINTED AS A LARGE BROADSIDE, BY LAURENT AUBANEL IN AVIGNON. 55.1 x 45 cm. With the alphabet (25 letters--the "W" was not yet considered part of the French alphabet) in three columns: majuscule, minuscule, and Italic minuscule. With two lines of additional type at the bottom, perhaps an early example of a chart for checking eyesight! Beautifully printed, with deep indentations of the very large type, on very fine wove paper. Tiny traces of wear to edges of sheet, else FINE AND BRIGHT. A pristine copy of a very rare type sample.
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FÈnelon, FranÁois, Cardinal Quirini, Fleury, and Tourreil
Lettres tirÈes de la correspondance du Cardinal Quirini, imprimÈes pour la SociÈtÈ des Bibliophiles FranÁais
First edition, ONE OF ONLY THIRTY COPIES PRINTED, of this collection of letters by Tourreil, Fleury, and FÈnelon to Cardinal Quirini. 39 pp. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED BY DIDOT ON FINE WOVE PAPER FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETE DES BIBLIOPHILES FRAN«AIS, the oldest and most prestigious bibliophile society in France. The SociÈtÈ did not publish trade editions of early publications such as this one, and virtually all surviving members' copies are in institutional libraries. 8vo. Disbound. A bit of faint foxing, else clean. OF THE GREATEST RARITY.
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Jaubert, AmÈdÈe
Relation de Ghanat et des coutumes de ses habitans, traduite littÈralement de l'arabe, par AmÈdÈe Jaubert
An offprint from the second volume of the "Recueil de Voyages et de MÈmoires" published by the SociÈtÈ de GÈographie. 14 pp. Printed with huge margins on fine laid paper. Some very elegant Arabic type in the notes. 4to. Later unprinted wraps. UNCUT, UNOPENED, FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare, especially in such pristine condition.
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Juynboll, Theodoor Willem Johannes
Commentarii in historiam gentis Samaritanae
A PRISTINE LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. XII, 168 pp. + addenda leaf (often missing, but present here). An introduction to the Chronicon Samaritanum or Liber Josuae. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, beautifully printed (in Latin, with some Hebrew types) with huge margins on extremely fine, thick laid paper (this copy about twice as thick as normal copies). Large 4to. Original unprinted wraps. Uncut and unopened. Some wear and tear to wraps, INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT, COMPLETELY FRESH, LIKE NEW.
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Juynboll, Theodoor Willem Johannes
Commentarii in historiam gentis Samaritanae
A PRISTINE COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. XII, 168 pp. + addenda leaf (often missing, but present here). An introduction to the Chronicon Samaritanum or Liber Josuae. Beautifully printed (in Latin, with some Hebrew types) with huge margins on extremely fine laid paper. Large 4to. Original unprinted wraps. Uncut and unopened. FINE AND BRIGHT, COMPLETELY FRESH, LIKE NEW.
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NÈe de la Rochelle, Jean-FranÁois
Recherches historiques et critiques sur l'Ètablissement de l'art typographique en Espagne et Portugal pendant le quinziËme siËcle
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this early and important history of early printing in Spain and Portugal. 3, VIII, 67, 5 pp. Edition limited to 350 copies. Printed on good wove paper. 8vo (22 cm). UNCUT AND UNOPENED IN ORIGINAL WRAPS. Foxed (as always), some tears to extremities of wraps. Else a pristine copy of a rare book.
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La Rochefoucauld, FranÁois, Duc de
RÈflexions ou sentences et maximes morales de La Rochefoucauld
An outstanding, beautiful, and unusual production by Louys Glady, an underestimated yet key figure in the British Fine Press Movement. XX, 1, 111 pp. PRINTED THROUGHOUT IN RED AND GREEN. The text is printed in red with the punctuation in green--an extremely impressive accomplishment, as anyone who has used a handpress will attest. From a total edition of 303 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE WHATMAN LAID PAPER. 8vo. Bound in original art vellum, also printed in red and green. Light wear to binding, internally UNCUT, BRIGHT, AND FINE. Extremely rare.
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Al-Suyuti (Djalal al-Din) (Sojuti) (Albert Meursinge and Hendrik Weijers, editors)
Specimen e litteris orientalibus, exhibens Sojutii Librum de interpretibus Korani, ex ms. Codice Bibliothecae Leidensis editum et annotatione illustratum
AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS EXTREMELY EARLY AND IMPORTANT EXPLICATION OF THE KORAN. 3 leaves; 192 pp + 43 pp Arabic text starting from the back of the book, with a separate title-page. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED WITH HUGE MARGINS ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK LAID PAPER. 4to. Original paper wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT, FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW. Chauvin (X, 70) gives a long notice of this extremely important publication.
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Halliwell, James Orchard
Morte Arthure. The Alliterative Romance of the Death of King Arthur. Now first printed from a Manuscript in Lincoln Cathedral
FIRST EDITION OF THE ALLITERATIVE MORTE ARTHURE, one of the great monuments of Arthurian literature and of Medieval English literature. This poem, like Gawain and the Green Knight, is part of the late Medieval literary movement now called the "alliterative revival". According to Larry Benson, the most recent editor of this poem, the Alliterative Morte Arthure "lacks the delicacy and balance of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, but the vigor of its narrative, the epic sweep of its action, and its coolly realistic presentation of fourteenth-century warfare lend the poem an interest of its own." EDITION LIMITED TO JUST 75 COPIES, each numbered and signed by the printer, of which THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON THIN PAPER. Beautifully printed in large, attractive type on fine wove paper, with large margins. Frontispiece engraving by F. W. Fairholt after a manuscript miniature depicting the Round Table. Large 4to. Bound in original cloth, beautifully decorated in blind. Uncut. Professionally recased, with original endpapers preserved. Frontispiece discolored (as always, because of paper used) and a bit stained. Otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT. A legendary rarity, in its original binding. Extremely rare and important. sxxi
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Ducrotay de Blainville, Henri-Marie (Jean-Gabriel PrÍtre, illustrator)
Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Planches. RËgne organisÈ. Zoologie. Vers et zoophytes.
A SPECTACULAR LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE PLATE VOLUME DEVOTED TO WORMS AND ZOOPHYTES (from the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles), PRINTED LARGE QUARTO ON EXTREMELY FINE WOVE PAPER, WITH ALL THE PLATES (116, by various engravers after Jean-Gabriel PrÍtre) IN TWO STATES, BOTH UNCOLORED AND COLORED. Some of the colored plates are printed in color, others are colored by hand, but most are printed in color and finished by hand. 32 pp. and 232 plates, complete. The coloring in this copy is vastly superior to that found in the regular octavo issue--in many of the plates it is positively luminous. Large 4to (30.4 x 23 cm). Beautifully bound in contemporary quarter calf and decorated boards. Little traces of wear to extremities of binding. Plates FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH THE COLORS VERY FRESH, and a little faint spotting caused by impurities in the paper. EXTREMELY RARE in this state: Brunet (II, 696) mentions that large-paper copies exist, and acknowledges that a few copies have the plates both colored and uncolored. SPECTACULAR AND IMPORTANT.
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Ducrotay de Blainville, Henri-Marie (Jean-Gabriel PrÍtre, illustrator)
Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Planches. RËgne organisÈ. Zoologie. Vers et zoophytes.
The plate volume devoted to worms and zoophytes, from the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. 32 pp. and 114 (of 116) plates by various engravers after Jean-Gabriel PrÍtre. Printed on fine wove paper. 8vo. A PRISTINE COPY, UNBOUND AS ISSUED (and very rare as such). FINE AND BRIGHT. Brunet II, 696.
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Villegas, Antonio de (Hermann-Paul, illustrator)
L'Abencerage, nouvelle historique espagnol Ècrite par Antonio de Villegas M. D. LXV
A beautiful livre d'artiste illustrated with 16 ORIGINAL COLOR WOODCUTS BY HERMANN-PAUL (2 large compositions and 14 lettrines). Edition limited to 109 numbered copies printed on extremely fine Arches wove paper. Initialed in pencil by the printer. Large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS, in the original qurter cloth portfolio (extremities of portfolio lightly faded).
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Henri Toussaint (Henry Havard, introduction)
Paris: Reliques du passÈ. Croquis exÈcutÈs d'aprËs nature et gravÈs ‡ l'eau forte par Henri Toussaint
A COMPLETE SET, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL PLATES (including three printed on vellum), OF THIS CHARMING SUITE OF ETCHINGS DEVOTED TO PICTURESQUE SCENES OF TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY PARIS. 8 pp + 18 loose signed etchings + 13 additional etchings. This set was issued in three series of six etchings each, for a total of 18. This set is complete, and all 18 etchings are SIGNED IN PENCIL by the artist. From a total edition of 300 sets, this is one of 250 numbered sets on fine Dutch laid paper ("Hollande"). Exceptionally, THIS SET HAS 13 ADDITIONAL ETCHINGS BY TOUSSAINT: 5 proofs, in the first state, of etchings in the portfolio; 2 duplicates printed on laid paper; 3 duplicates PRINTED ON REAL VELLUM; and 3 supplementary etchings not otherwise included in the portfolio. Folio. House in the original portfolio. A few of the etchings are a little dusty or spotted, but the large majority, including the three printed on vellum, are in excellent condition.
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Giovanni Papante
Novella del fortunato. Per le nozze Sforza-Pierantoni
TWO VERY DIFFERENT COPIES OF THIS RARE EXAMPLE OF "NOZZE" PRINTED FOR THE WEDDING OF GIOVANNI SFORZA (1846-1922) AND ELISABETTA PIERANTONI. Sforza would go on to become an important (and extremely prolific) writer, historian, and numismatist. XV, 31 pp. The text is a tale by Giovanni Papanti, a friend of Sforza's who produced this volume. Edition limited to only 80 numbered copies beautifully printed in various formats on a variety of fine and rare papers. Here offered for sale (together) are two copies: (a) One of six copies on "carta inglese da disegno" (English drawing paper), and (b) One of twelve copies on carta arcimperiale cerulea (Arch-imperial cerulean paper). Copy (a) measures 25 cm and is a pristine copy in the original wraps. Copy (b) measures 31 cm and is attractively bound in contemporary half morocco and decorated boards, monogrammed in gilt on the front cover. Both copies have huge margins, as the text block measures only 7 x 3.5 cm. Both copies have light wear to extremities, but are very solid and internally bright and fine. A unique ensemble, and a wonderful example of the nozze genre, printed for a descendant of one of Italy's legendary houses.
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International Parchment Convention. London, 19th May 1955. Dinner Menu and Wine List.
AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE EXAMPLE OF PRINTING ON VELLUM. The menu of the International Parchment Convention Dinner held at Claridge's on the evening of May 19th, 1955. 4 leaves printed on one side only. Quite a luxurious meal, as one would expect at Claridge's, featuring Beluga caviar, crevettes de MorÈcambe, expensive wines, etc. This copy printed for Mr F. Lund (name neatly calligraphed on cover). Printed thoughout in blue and black. Image of the Tower of London on the cover. 4to. Tasseled string tie. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Menus printed on vellum or parchment are of the greatest rarity.
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Poggi (Poggio Bracciolini)
Facecies LlÈpoles. Afegida la descripciÛ dels Banys de Baden en lo XV.en segle. Per primera vegada en catal· directament traduhides.
First and only edition. ONE OF ONLY 12 COMPLETE COPIES PRINTED OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE (and finely-printed) EXAMPLE OF CATALAN EROTICA. 96 pp. + a few woodcuts printed in color hors-texte. The entire edition was limited to 112 copies, but only the 12 copies on Japanese paper (like this one) include a fine reproduction of an extremely unusual erotic woodcut. 24mo. Original wraps. Uncut and unopened. Minor traces of wear to wraps, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Catalan erotica printed before the death of Franco (1975) is very rare; this example especially so.
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Henry Church
L'IndiffÈrente. ComÈdie en deux actes pour un thÈ‚tre de Marionettes.
First and only edition. THE UNIQUE COPY PRINTED ON FINE JAPON NACRE PAPER of this long puppet play by expatriate intellectual and dilettante Henry Church. 183 pp. A total of 101 copies were printed, all for private distribution: 100 copies on Arches wove paper and a unique copy on Japon nacrÈ (a luminous Japanese paper, often translated as "pearl Japan"). THIS IS THE COPY ON JAPON NACRE, and it is affectionately inscribed by Ernest Aulard, the printer, for his daughter Blanchette. Huge margins. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Uncut and unopened. FINE AND BRIGHT. Pristine and unique.
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Orcutt, william dana
The book in italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries shown in facsimile reproductions from the most famous printed volumes
Edizione originale, limitata, 750 copie, in-4° grande, pp. 220, (2), con riproduzioni in facsimile in bianco e nero e tre a colori applicate. Ex-libris Bromer. Legatura in mezza tela con titolo in oro al dorso, e tassello in carta con titolo stampato al piatto anteriore. libri arte books printing printers typography types caratteri arte della stampa editori renaissance rinascimento tipografia bodoni incunaboli
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Pietro Bembo
Lettere di M. Pietro Bembo a sommi pontefici et a cardinali et ad altri signori et persone ecclesiastiche scritte, divise in dodici libri.
Edizione originale. In-4°; pp. (10), 398, (8), Legatura in piena pergamena con fregi in oro al dorso, tassello e titolo in oro. Foro di tarlo passante alle ultime carte, integrazioni che non intaccano il testo alle prime due carte. BMC p. 80; Gamba 138; Graesse I, 332; Tiraboschi 260-281. bembo epistole lettere ecclesiastic lingua italiana dorico printing stampa
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Prodromus Theodorus - Dionigi Aeropagita o Pseudo Dionigi
Cyri Theodori Prodromi Epigrammata ut uetustissima, ita pijssima, quibus omnia utriusque testamenti capita felicissime comprehenduntur. LEGATO CON: Ad Timotheum de ecclesiastica Hierarchia, Oratio cuius capitum argumenta sequenti pagina continentur. Adiuncta sunt fini Graeca scholia in hanc orationem.
In-8°; I) cc. (172) grande marca tipografica incisa su legno all’ultima pagina non numerata; il frontespizio è in greco e latino, tutto il testo in greco. II) pp. 132, (4) con un legno all’ultima p. non num., pp. 105, (7 di cui 2 cc. bianche) un legno all’ultima p. non num.; capilettera figurati incisi su legno. la prima parte è in greco la seconda in latino. Mezza pelle verde con tassello e titolo in oro al dorso.
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Il vero D. Gieremia di Cappadocia Castigapazzie. Ad Alidoro, Adrasto, Eleazzarro; (che Don Tobia non merita risposta.)
Letteratura popolare: un foglio volante stampato in rosso 31x39 cm, capolettera figurato.
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Filippo Antonio Pionni
Alle Loro Altezze Reali l’Arciduca Ferdinando d’Austria e l’Arciduchessa Maria Beatrice d’Este sua sposa SONETTI.
1 c.; 41x55 cm; Due sonetti (”Allo Sposo” e “Alla Sposa”) in graziosa cornice incisa al rame.
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EGIDI, Pietro; GIOVANNONI, Gustavo, HERMANIN, Federico; FEDERICI, Vincenzo
I monasteri di Subiaco, comprende vol. 1 (Notizie storiche, di P. Egidi; L’architettura, di G. Giovannoni; Gli affreschi, di F. Hermanin9 e vol. 2 (La biblioteca e l’archivio, di V. Federici)
In-8°, 1 volume pp. (6),546,(2), con 6 tavole numerate e 59 figure; 2 volume (4), LXXXI, 467, 4 tavole numerate, legatura in pergamena ad imitazione di legatura monastica (rovinata) In-8°, 1 volume pp. (6),546,(2), with 6 numbered plates and 59 figures; 2 volume (4), LXXXI, 467, 4 numbered plates, binding in parchment imitating monastic ligament (damaged)
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Nash, Ray, ed.
Printing & Graphic Arts, vol. VI
112p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Updike, Daniel Berkeley
In the Day's Work
69 p. Printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press. Smith 604. Hardcover Very good condition
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Lambert, J. W. & Ratcliffe, Michael
The Bodley Head, 1887-1987
364p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Taylor, Henry H.
A Plan of Printing Instruction for Public Schools
35 p. American Institute of Graphic Arts publication. Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston. Smith 651. Hardcover Good condition; lacks facsimile of Declaration of Independ.
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Blumenthal, Joseph
The Printed Book in America
250p., illus. Published for the Dartmouth College Library in 1977. Reprinted by the Meriden-Stinehour Press. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
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Muto, Albert
The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953
300p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
Observations on the Mystery of Print and the Work of Johann Gutenberg
45 p., illus. Printed for the New York Times second national book fair. Hardcover Good condition in chipped d.j.; glass ring stain through jacket onto front board fair
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Graham, Walter B.
Complete guide to pasteup
247pp. 28 cm. Hardcover Very good condition fair
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Nash, Ray
Printing as an Art
141p. + 64 plates Hardcover Very good condition, bookplate, partly unopened Limited edition of 1500 copies. Designed by Bruse Rogers. Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Society of Printers.
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Nash, Ray
Printing as an Art
141p. + 64 plates Hardcover Very good condition good Limited edition of 1500 copies. Designed by Bruse Rogers. Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Society of Printers. Signed by the author for P.K.T.
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Rogers, Bruce.
PI : A Hodge-Podge of the Letters Papers and Addresses Written During the Last Sixty Years.
ix, 185 p. : facsims., port. ; 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
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Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman)
D. B. Updike, a great printer, by Lawrence D. Wroth. Reprinted From Notes for Bibliophiles, a Column of the New York Herald Tribune Books
13 p. 21 cm. PAMPHLET Very good condition, cover lightly soiled
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Updike, Daniel Berkeley
Address by Daniel Berkeley Updike at the OfficialOpening of the New Installation of the Updike Collection of Books on Printing at the Providence Public Library . . .
9 p. PAMPHLET Very good condition 175 copies printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press. Smith
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