Chez J. H. Schneider 1764. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo small volume circa 1764. Excellent condition gift quality. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover some gold gilt embossing. Hardcover. Ships daily. Chez J. H. Schneider hardcover
Paris: Le Prieur 1808. Leather. Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A French volume of two poems by Swiss artist Salomon Gessner a nicely illustrated edition. Translated into French.Two poems by Salomon Gessner in one volume 'La Mort d'Abel' and 'Du Premier Navigateur'.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates.Collated complete.Gessner was a Swiss painter publisher and poet best known for his 'Idylls'. In a full calf binding. Externally generally smart. A small amount of loss to the tail of the front board. Bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light rubbing to the spine and joints. A few light marks to the front board. Hinges are starting a little but remain firm. Loss to the head of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Small chip to the tail of the title page. Good Le Prieur hardcover
Lyon: Tournachon-Molin 1809. No edition stated hardback. 12mo 17cm by 10cm 274pp. Engraved frontispiece and extra-title. Full brown calf title label to the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown light spotting of the preliminary pages minor rubbing of the boards; overall this book is in good to very good condition. Lyon: Tournachon-Molin, 1809. hardcover
Paris 1794 XXXVI 310 pp.; spine is slightly torn and chipped; front board is loose; one leef is loose; else in good condition; clean and tight; with B&W illustrations; Size: 20 cm Tall hardcover
London: S. Hooper 1776 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Sparrow; Chambars. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates and vignettes this is the first English language translation of Salomon Gessner's charming pastoral poetry. The first English language translation of Salomon Gessner's 'Idyllen' translated from the original German by W. Hooper.Illustrated with an engraved title page and with nine plates by Sparrow or Chambars after Gessner alongside further engraved vignettes. Collated complete.ESTC T94317Retaining half title.Including a letter to M. Fuslin on landscape painting and the 'Two friends of Bourbon a Moral Tale' by M. Diderot.Rebacked retaining original endpapers.In his poetry Gessner represents the Enlightenment era's artistic and intellectual trends focusing on idealized natural landscapes and simple rural life. Rebacked in a full calf binding. Retaining original boards and endpapers. Significant rubbing to fore edge of boards with small losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Joint heads and tails starting with boards a touch tender. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good S. Hooper hardcover
Zurich: Gessnersche Buchhandlung 1813 . Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". Not Stated. A three volume edition of the collected works of Swiss figure Salomon Gessner. In the original German.With an engraved frontispiece and title page to volume I.Gessner was a Swiss painter graphic artist government official newspaper publisher and poet best known in the latter instance for his 'Idylls'. This work contains much of his poetry and other writings.With the 1985 bookplate of Claes Uggla to the front pastedowns of volumes I and III and the rear pastedown of volume II and a further armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of volume II. In half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally smart. Head of front and rear joint of volume I starting with boards firmly held. Rear hinge of volume III strained but firmly held. Pencil inscriptions to rear pastedown of volume II and front free endpaper of volume I and rear free endpaper and pastedown of volume I. Bookplates to front pastedown of each volume and to rear pastedown of volume II. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with instances of spotting throughout. Very Good Gessnersche Buchhandlung hardcover
Zurich / Wolfenbuttel: Wohnmuseum Barengasse / Herzog August Bibliothek 1980. 1st Edition. Wraps. Very Good . 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition. Text in German. A Very Good to Near Fine copy. Small 4to. 196 pp. illustrated with color frontispiece and b&w photographs. White stiff pictorial wrappers. Light wear tot he wrappers. A Very Good copy. Wohnmuseum Ba?rengasse / Herzog August Bibliothek unknown
Référence libraire : 005290 ISBN : 3883730106 9783883730103
Baltimore: Warner & Hanna 1807. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Dec. 22 weekend SALE ITEM 252 pp. frontis. illustrated title page plates; contemporary boards & leather backstrip now lacking the leather spine covering covers worn masonic book plate to the front paste down closed tear to one leaf of the age-toned text lacks the rear free endpaper light moisture stain to the bottom margin of the last few leaves else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Baltimore: Warner & Hanna hardcover
London: Albion Press; J. and J. Cundee; Sherwood Neely Jones 1813. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An illustrated edition of this biblical retelling by Salomon Gessner alongside another work by John MacGowan. The Albion Press edition.Salomon Gessner's romantic retelling of the biblical story of Cain and Abel here translated from German to English by Frederic Shoberl.This edition includes 'Death a Vision' by John MacGowan.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and five plates. Collated lacking the rear blank otherwise complete.Undated dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries.One page of adverts to the rear. In a rebacked marbled calf binding. Externally smart. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Albion Press; J. and J. Cundee; Sherwood Neely, Jones hardcover
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