‎Illustrated books‎

‎"(PIGAGE, NICOLAS). (CHR. de MECHEL).‎

‎Estampes du catalogue raisonné et figuré des tableaux de la Galerie Électolrale de Dusseldorf.‎

‎Basle (Basel), Chez Chretien Mechel Graveur, 1778. Queer-folio. Later hcalf w. raised bands and red title-label on back. Uncut. Engr. title-vignette and 30 full-page engr. plates, no text. Nice and clean, excellent condition.‎

‎First and only edition, containing all 30 beautiful engravings, depicting the five rooms with paintings in the Düsseldorf-museum, ""Galerie Électorale"". The plates show plans of the rooms as well as how and where the paintings are placed and hung. The catalogue is the first of its kind to have been made for a German museum. It is the first critical and completely illustrated ""Verzeichnis"" for a German museum.All plates are engraved under the direction of Chr. de Mechel of Basel.""Le premier volume de cet ouvrege contient les planches représentant 365 sujets gravés avec beaucoup de délicatesse."" (Brunet IV:651).‎

Bookseller reference : 29482

‎FLORIAN.‎

‎Fables. Illustrées par J.-J. Grandville, suivies de Tobie et de Ruth, Poëmes tirés de l´Ecriture Sainte, et précédées d´une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian, par P. - J. Stahl.‎

‎Paris, J.- J. Dubochet et cie, 1842. Royal 8vo. Cont. hcalf w. vellum-corners. Raised bands and gilt spine. All edges gilt. Inner hinges a bit loose. Occational minor brownspotting. Richly illustrated with many full-page plates and vignettes. XX, 292 pp.‎

‎First edition with the illustrations of Grandville. Two editions came out at the same time - almost identical. This is the first edtion of the two according to Carteret" ""Le premier tirage se reconnaît à ce que la page 208 commence par ce vers: Dans l´instant le coq orgueilleux - alors que dans la réimpression il se trouve au bas de la page 207"" de plus, pour la signature de la troisième feuille, le chiffre employé est en caractère rond, tandis que dans la réimpression il est en caractère carré."" (Carteret III, 238). ""J. J. Dubocher gab 1842 die ""Fables de Florian"" mit 80 Holzschnitten Ausserhalb des Textes und 25 Textvignetten heraus, die von Cherrier, Lacoste, Rouget, Porret vorzüglich ausgeführt wurden. Auch diese Illustrationen sind in Grandvilles Manier gezeichnet, die, ungeachtet des grossen allgemeinen Erfolges, scharfe Gegnerschaft bedeutender Kritiker wie Gautiers, Baudelaires wachrief."" (Rümann, Das illustrierte Buch des XIX. Jahrhunderts"", p. 160.Carteret, III:238.‎

Bookseller reference : 31200

‎FONTAINE, M de la.‎

‎Contes et Nouvelles en Vers. 2 Tomes. - [MAIN WORK OF ROCOCO BOOK-ILLUSTRATION]‎

‎Amsterdam, 1764. 8vo. Two very nice cont. uniform red hcalfs" gilt backs w. gilt black leather title-labels. All edges uncut. Minor repairs to upper part of back of vol. one. In very good condition. Some of the text-leaves of the last section of the second volumes are evenly browned, and a few of the last leaves are professionally repaired, otherwise only occasional brownspotting to a few leaves. Nicely printed on good paper. Richly and beautifully illustrated w. the engr. portrait of La Fontaine, engr. frontisp. in both volumes, engr. title-vignettes, engr. preliminary vignette-leaves, 77 full-page engr. plates and 63 engr. text-vignettes. I.e. in all 80 engr. plates, 67 engr. vignettes and two woodcut vignettes (in the table of contents).‎

‎This rare and very beautiful Amsterdam edition is printed two years after the monumental first edition from Paris, which was commissioned by Ferniers Géneraux, and which is very scarce and sought after. This is the most beautiful and well-executed of the re-impressions (Paris, 1762 (-without vignettes), Amsterdam, 1764 and London, 1764). -""Celle d'Amsterdam, 1764, 2 vol. in-8. fig. copiées sur celles de l'édition de 1762, est assez belle..."" (Brunet III:760). The illustrations of this edition are excellent and copied from the beautiful first edition"" many of them are engraved and signed by C. Boily, and all are after Eisen. Most of the vignettes are after Choffard. The portrait of La Fontaine is engraved by Macret after Ficquet. ""Cette imitation de l'édition des fermiers généraux est assez jolie. Le portrait de La Fontaine est tantôt gravé par Savaret, et tantôt par Macret, suivant les exemplaires."" (Cohen, p. 310).The illustrations of this work are considered Eisen's main work, the book is considered one of the greatest works of rococo book-illustration, and it has greatly inspired later tradition in this field.‎

Bookseller reference : 31576

‎"SCHADE, JENS AUGUST - HENRY HEERUP (ILLUSTR.) - DEDIKATIONSEKSEMPLAR.‎

‎Sjov i Danmark eller som man ser det- Illustrationer og Vignetter af Henry Heerup. Satirisk Sangværk.‎

‎København, Helios, 1945. Lex8vo. Orig. papbd. med overtræk af Salto-Papir og originale bogtrykte papirsetiketter på ryg og forperm. Med 12 originale farvelitograferede plancher af Henry Heerup. På fribladets for-og bagside er indklæbet linieret papir med tilskrifter i blæk af Jens August Schade. Forsiden: ""Hilsen til min/Kære Julius/fra din/Jens August Schade/ Med Tak for alt."" - På bagsiden: ""Samtidig med/ Eksemplaret /får Du/ al den Champagne/ Du kan drikke/ i en Nat./ Jens August Schade.""‎

Bookseller reference : 32340

‎BLICHER, STEEN STEENSEN. - POVL CHRISTENSEN.‎

‎Brudstykker af en Landsbydegns Dagbog. Med Træsnit af Povl Christensen. Udgivet af Selskabet for Grafisk Kunst.‎

‎København, (Berlingske Bogtrykkeri), 1933 Stor8vo. Orig. bogtrykte omslag. 52 pp. Talrige illustrationer i originale træsnit af Povl Christensen. Trykt i 435 eksemplarer. Fint frisk eksemplar.‎

‎Et hovedværk i dansk grafisk kunst, som allerede ved udgivelsen vakte stor opmærksomhed, idet det blev P.C.'s første bogværk.‎

Bookseller reference : 33166

‎MUNK, KAJ - POVL CHRISTENSEN (ILLUSTR.).‎

‎Navigare Necesse. Tolv Digte om Danmark 1940. Indledning af Hans Brix. Trlsnit af Povl Christensen.‎

‎København, Berlingske, 1941. Lex8vo. Orig. bogtrykt omslag med orig. træsnit, smudsomslag. Ubeskåret i orig. kassette. 85 pp. Med 13 originale helsides træsnit samt tekstillustrationer og vignetter af Povl Christensen.‎

Bookseller reference : 33374

‎YEATS, W.B.‎

‎De tre Tiggere. Digt af W.B. Yeats. Illustreret af Mads Stage.‎

‎(København), Scripta, 1949. Lille 4to. Orig. dekoreret papkassette. Med 4 originallitografier af Mads Stage, alle håndkoloreret af kunstneren, det ene dobbeltsidet som omslag. Nr. 119 af 125 eksemplarer. Signeret af Mads Stage.‎

‎(Scripta Publikation Nr. 1).‎

Bookseller reference : 33576

‎"REUILLARD, GABRIEL.‎

‎Grasse Normandie. Avec 87 dessins inédits de Maurice Vlaminck.‎

‎Paris, André Delpeuch, 1927. 4to. Bound uncut in a fine green hmorocco. Spine gilt and blindtooled. (Anker Kyster Eftf. 1973). 221,(6) pp. No. 100 of 150 ""sur velin des Papeteries D'Arches"" of a total of 170 of the 4to-edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 35510

‎"VOLTAIRE. - BOUND BY BIRGITTE DALL.‎

‎Candide. Illustrations de A. Hallman.‎

‎Stockholm, Jan Förlag, (1946). 4to. Bound uncut with orig. printed wrappers in a fine green hmorocco, gilt back and titlelabel in leather. (Birgitte Dall). 168 pp. No. 123 of 200 copies ""papier special"". Tipped-in colourplates by Adolf Hallman.‎

Bookseller reference : 35512

‎CASANOVA.‎

‎Les Amours. 10 Hors-texte et lettrines d'Auger. Collection Athéna-Luxe.‎

‎Paris, Éditions Athéna, 1949. Bound uncut with orig. wrappers in a fine hcalf. 298 pp., 10 fine colourplates and initials in colour. No 2167 of 3000.‎

Bookseller reference : 35547

‎TRAVEN, B. - PER ULRICH (ILLUSTR.).‎

‎Broen i Junglen. Træsnit af Per Ulrich.‎

‎(København, 1965). Folio. Ubeskåret i løse ark som udgivet med orig. mønstret papirsomslag. I orig. kassette. Trykt på bøttepapir. Med orig. træsnit af Per Ulrich. Nr. 28 af 200 eksemplarer signeret af kunstneren.‎

Bookseller reference : 35933

‎BEWICK, THOMAS (AND RALPH BEILBY).‎

‎A History of British Birds. 2 Vols. (I. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. By Ralph Bailby. - II. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. By Thomas Bewick).‎

‎Newcastle, For T. Bewick, Longman and Co., 1826. 8vo. Bound in 2 very fine contemp. full black polished calf. Raised bands, richly gilt backs and covers gilt. Edges of covers gilt. XLIV,382XXXII,432 pp. Numerous woodcuts in the text, all by Bewick. 2 first leaves in vol. I brownspotted. Scattered brownspots. One leaf (vol. I, pp.57/58) torn in lower part, loosing some words and letters on p.58.‎

‎The sixth edition of Bewicks famous work with his excellent woodcuts. - Wood p. 236.‎

Bookseller reference : 35999

‎LABICHE, E. ET MARC-MICHEL.‎

‎Un Chapeau de Paille D'Italie. Illustrations de R. Peynet.‎

‎(Paris), Éditions du Bélier, 1943. Royal8vo. Orig. colourprinted wrappers. 145,(2) pp. Plates and textillustr. in colours by Peynet. No. 4046 of 4500. Clean and fine.‎

Bookseller reference : 36254

‎HOLBEIN, HANS.‎

‎Todtentanz. Zweite Auflage.‎

‎München, Georg Hirth, 1903. Small 4to. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Woodcuts.‎

‎Facsimile-edition of the edition Lyon, Treschel, 1538. (Liebhaber-Bibliothek alter Illustrationen in Faksimile-Reproduktion X. Bändschen).‎

Bookseller reference : 36293

‎HOLBEIN, HANS d. J.‎

‎Bilder zum Alten Testament. Historiarum Veteris Instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae. Mit einem Appendix.‎

‎München, Georg Hirth, 1884. Small 4to. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. With facsimiles of the woodcuts.‎

‎Facsimile of the edition Lyon, Treschel fratres, 1538. (Liebhaber-Bibliothek Alter Illustratoren in Facsimile-Reproduction. IX. Bändschen).‎

Bookseller reference : 36298

‎TOLSTOI, LEO.‎

‎Vierzig Jahre. Mit zehn Steinzeichnungen von Adolf Schorling.‎

‎München, Musarion Verlag, 1919. Small 4to. Orig. lithographed boards. Light wear to top of spine. 81,(1) pp. and 10 lithographed plates by Adolf Schorling.‎

Bookseller reference : 36378

‎"JALOUX, EDMOND.‎

‎Le Reste est Silence...‎

‎(Paris), Éditions Lapina, 1924. Small 4to. Bound uncut with all orig. wrappers in a fine hcalf with gilt back and decoration in 3 colours. 183,(1) pp. Richly illustrated in the text with woodcuts by Maxime Dethomas. No. 278 of 925 copies ""sur Papier de Rives"".‎

Bookseller reference : 37376

‎HÉMON, LOUIS.‎

‎Maria Chapdelaine.‎

‎København, Haase & Søn, 1945. Lille 4to. Indbundet med orig. for-og bagomslag i smukt hldrbd. i oaseged, fladstrøgne kapitæler. (Juul Lassen). 173.(1) pp. Tekstillustrationer af Sikker Hansen.‎

Bookseller reference : 38004

‎MARSCHAK, S(AMUIL).‎

‎Mister Tvister. Risunki i obloschka V. Lebedeva [In Russian" i.e. Mister Twister. With Drawings and the Wrapper by V. Lebedev]. - [POLITICAL SATIRE UNDER COVER]‎

‎Leningrad - Moskva (Moscow), Molodaja Gvardija, 1933. 12mo. Stapled, in the original coloured illustrated wrappers: Some minor wear along spine, resulting in a tear to lower hinge, virtually no loss. A bit of minor soiling. A very fine copy of this fairly fragile publication. With many illustrations throughout. (18) ff.‎

‎The scarce first edition of Marschak's important political and social comment to Russian society, masked as a children's story. Marschak played a seminal role in the emergence of children's literature in Russia after the Revolution, and the present work constitutes a prime example of the political satire and comment for which this genre also served as a cover. In pre-revolutionary Russia children literature had been in somewhat of a stand-still since the appearance of the first journal for children appeared in 1785. Throughout the entire 19th century texts by Russian authors were counted as children's literature, although they had by no means been written as such, e.g. works by Puschkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenjev, Tolstoj etc., etc. There was no such thing as actual children's literature in its own right. Not until the 20th century did this change. With the political and social changes after the Revolution of 1917, the field of children's literature would change, and Marschak was at the centre of this change. He was the director of the actual children's periodical ""The New Robinson"", which hired authors to write stories specifically for children. This must naturally have been a relief for the children, but as important was the fact that this sort of writing could become a refuge for the authors themselves. To a large extent the genre of children's literature was considered harmless and not something that was politically supervised"" this meant that the authors could express them self much more freely here that they would normally be able to. And thus, it is among the children's literature around 1930 that we find some of the most politically interesting Russian works, Marschak's ""Mister Twister"" being a prime example. The moral story of an American racist, who travels to Russia, refuses to stay in a hotel-room next door to a black man and ends up without a roof over his head, could be seen as a tale for children which instructs them in how to treat people equally and not look down upon others. But as much as this, and perhaps more, the present pamphlet is an ingenious piece of political satire which plays off socialism against capitalism. What would have been impossible in adult literature, becomes possible in that for children, and Marschak masters the ambiguity to perfection. Furthermore, it is a work in which Marschak displays his thrill with the technical progress of RussiaThe work appeared in German in 1933‎

Bookseller reference : 41629

‎ORLAN, PIERRE MAC - CH. SAMSON (ILLUSTR).‎

‎Images de Paris. Pointes sèches de Ch. Samson.‎

‎Paris, Les Heures Claires, n.date, (ca. 1950). Uncut and loose in orig portfolio as issued with orig. wrappers and the orig. slipcase. With 12 fine engravings.No 1602.‎

Bookseller reference : 42108

‎"COSTER, C. DE. - PROSPERO-DRUCK WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY W. KOHLHOFF.‎

‎Herr Halewijn. Eine Vlämische Märe von De Coster. Mit sechzehn Original-Lithographien von Wilhelm Kohlhoff.‎

‎Berlin, Erich Reiss, (1920). 4to. Orig. full, blindtooled lettering to frontcover. Uncut. Top edge gilt. (60) pp. and 16 original lithographs by Wilhelm Kohlhoff, all signed by the artist. A very faint dampstain in lower margins of some leaves. Otherwise clean and fine. No. 19 of 60 copies signed by the artist. In all 250 copies.‎

‎""Als zwölfter Prospero-Druck wurde die vlämische Märe ""Herr Halewijn"" von De Coster für den Verlag Erich Reiss bei Otto v. Holten, Berlin, im Sommer 1920 in einer Auflage von 250 Exemplaren gedruckt. Die Übersetzung stammt von Albert Wesselski, Die dem Werk beigegebenen 16 Originalsteindricke von Wilhelm Kohlhoff wurden von Alex. Rogall mit den Hand abgezogen. Die ganze Auflage wurde auf handgeschöpftes Bütten gedruckt. Die Steindrucke in Nr. 1-60 hat der Künstler signiert. Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer 19.""(Kolophon).‎

Bookseller reference : 42713

‎"CLEMENT, KRASS.‎

‎Byen bag regnen. Fotografier fra København. [The City behind the Rain. Photographs from Copenhagen].‎

‎[Copenhagen, 1987]. Queer 4to. Original dark grey wrappers. Very slight sunning to spine and a tiny nick to upper part of front wrapper. An 1988-inscription to front free end-paper. A very small oval stamp and two small spots to title-page, otherwise internally near mint. 53, (4, -index) pp., containing 128 full-page b/w photographs.‎

‎The uncommon first edition of Krass Clement's fourth book, being one of the most sought-after of his works. The renowned Danish photographer Krass Clement (born in Copehagen 1946) counts as one of the most esteemed Danish photographers, and his ""Byen bag Regnen"" as one of the most popular Danish photography-books ever printed. Clement's interest in photography developed already in his childhood, and he began photographing as early as the late 50'ies. He was educated as a film-director but soon turned professionally to still photography. His first book, Skygger af øjeblikke (Shadows of the Moment), appeared in 1978, followed by Det tavse land (The Silent Land) from 1981 and Gentagelsens fest (The Party of Repetition) from 1984, before his great work on Copenhagen, ""The City Behind the Rain"", appeared in 1887, presenting his magnificent melancholic, but also humorous and inspiring photographs from the 1960'ies and 80'ies of different aspects of Copenhagen and Copenhageners.His work, often presented in book-form, his favourite medium, is considered highly inspiring and poetical, in spite of their melancholic character, which makes them oddly compelling. His social-realist portrayal of Copenhagen in the 60'ies and 80'ies is very different from other contemporary works, and his critical but still sympathetic approach, with a sharp eye for the humorous, makes it both lively and of great artistic value. Clement is the first artist photographer to receive a lifelong disbursement from The State Art Foundation, and his works are displayed at both MOMA and the National Library in Paris.‎

Bookseller reference : 43442

‎TEGNÉR, ESAIAS. - KURT JUNGSTEDT (ILLUSTR.).‎

‎Frithiofs Saga. Illustrerad av Kurt Jungstedt.‎

‎(Stockholm, Esselte ab, Nordiska Bibliofilsällskapet, (1937). Lille folio. Orig. helmaroquin, blindtrykt. Bindet komponeret af Sven Ivar Lind, udført af P.A. Nordstedt & Söners Bokbinderi. Med 24 helsides originale farvelitografier. Nr. N (Norge) 131 af 460 eksemplarer til medlemmer af Nordiska Bibliofilsällskapet, signeret af Kurt Jungstedt. I original kasette med skindafslutninger.‎

Bookseller reference : 44449

‎SAND, GEORGE. - ERIK CLEMMENSEN (ILLUSTR.).‎

‎Dagbogsblade.‎

‎(København, Scripta, 1951). 4to. Orig. bogtrykt omslag. Ubeskåret og uopskåret. Rigt illustreret med originallitografier af Erik Clemmensen. Nr. 159 af 250 eksemplarer, signeret af kunstneren.‎

‎Scripta Publikation Nr. 8.‎

Bookseller reference : 44703

‎"KIPLING, RUDYARD. - ILLUSTRATED BY PIERRE FALKÉ.‎

‎Le Livre de la Jungle. Traduction de L. Fabulet et R. D'Humières. Bois gravés par Pierre Falké. 2 Vols.‎

‎Bruxelles, Aux Èditions du Nord, 1934. Uncut in orig. wrappers with orig. coloured woodcut as frotwrapper. Top of spine on vol. one with a small loss of paper. In 2 fine custom made boxes with green morocco spines, gilt and with gilt lettering. Illustrated with many orig. coloured woodcuts, both as plates as in the text and a suite of the illustrations in black One of 50 copies ""sur Hollande et une Suite en noir sur Chine"" (Numerotés de 27 a 76) - This copy no. 72. A total of 1076 copies. Clean and fine.‎

Bookseller reference : 46250