‎Solomon‎

‎Aspects of Post-Modernism: Decorative and Narrative Art, December 7 Through January 10, 1982‎

‎Staple-bound. 9"w x 9"h. 32 pages. Edge wear to cover and slight marking. Black and white illustrations. Artists included: Holly Solomon, Kim MacConnel, Neil Jenney, Jonathan Borofsky, Miani Johnson, Julian Schnabel, Mary Boone, Joe Zucker, Donna Dennis, Valerie Jaudon, Ned Smyth, Susan Rothenberg, Lois Lane, Robert Kushner, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente, Rainer Fetting, and Judy Pfaff.‎

‎Brustbild, Halbprofil n. links, "Gessner",‎

‎BI, aus: Meyer's Konversationslexikon. Stahlstich, 7,5 x 11 (H) (incl. Text und Rahmen) (H); Bll. 14 x 21 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+‎

‎Geßner, Salomon (1730-1788), schweizer Schriftsteller, Landschaftsmaler, bekannt für Schäferdichtungen.‎

Bookseller reference : 3538AG

‎Cahiers d'art 1929. n°2 - 3. L'Art des océaniens‎

‎Paris Christian Zervos 1929 In-4 Broché Ed. originale‎

‎Mars avril 1929. Quatrième année. Sommaire : Christian ZERVOS : Oeuvres d'art océaniennes et inquiétudes d'aujourd'hui - TZARA Tristan: L'Art et l'Océanie - SYDOW Eckart von : Polynésie et Mélanésie l'art régional des mers du sud - Art primitif et psychanalyse d'après Eckart von Sydow - EICHHORN A. : L'Art chez les habitants du fleuve Sépik (Nouvelle Guinée) - FISCHER H. : L'Art dans les iles de la mer du sud - STEPHEN-CHAUVET : Sur l'art de l'archipel des Salomon, en général, et celui, inconnu, d'une de ses îles : l'île trésorerie - SPEISER Félix : L'Art plastique des Nouvelles Hébrides - WÖLFEL Dominique Joseph : Le Style de l'art néo-calédonien - CLOUZOT Henri : Sur l'art Maori - RADIGUET Max : Légendes religieuses et croyances des marquisiens - LEVEL André : Îles marquises - JAUSSEN Tepano : L'Ile de Pâques - Signes idéographiques de l'écriture de l'Ile de Pâques - 188 figures en noir dans le texte. In fine, rubrique sur les expositions à Paris et à l'étranger. Petite insolation en couverture. Bon 0‎

Bookseller reference : 015179

‎Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van werken door Salomon van Ruysdael.‎

‎Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van werken door Salomon van Ruysdael. Amsterdam: 1936. 27 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. Wrappers. 18.5 x 13cms. Text in Dutch. Text in Dutch‎

‎Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van werken door Salomon van Ruysdael.‎

‎Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van werken door Salomon van Ruysdael. Amsterdam: 1936. 27 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. Wrappers. 18.5 x 13cms. Text in Dutch.‎

‎Text in Dutch‎

Bookseller reference : 098868

‎Das Salomon-Gessner-Haus "Zum Schwanen" an der Münstergasse 9 in Zürich.‎

‎Zürich 1952. 111 S. Illustrierte Original-Broschur.‎

‎Sehr gutes Exemplar.‎

Bookseller reference : SB-16495

‎GQ FRANCE-N°87-MAI 2015-JACQUES DUTRONC‎

‎FORMAT 20,5 CM X 27,5 CM-172 PAGES-OLGA KURYLENKO, UN MODELE D'ACTRICE, 3P-GAME OF THRONES, ASCENSEUR POUR HOLLYWOOD, 4P-ALICE BELAIDI, TOUT FEU TOUT CHARME, 2P-SOCRATE CHEZ LES PDG; LE SAVANT BUSINESS DES PHILOSOPHES, 4P-JACQUES DUTRONC L'ANAR CHIC, 12P-LE TOP 30 DES FRANCAIS LES PLUS INFLUENTS, 10P-FRENCHIES ET HIGH TECH; LES NOUVEAUX ROIS DE LA SILICON VALLEY, 8P-ENTRETIEN DE FLORIAN PHILIPPOT, 6P-MALAYSIA AIRLINES 370 LOST, 6P-PARKLIFE: LE STYLE BLUR, PHOTOS DE GUILLAUME LECHAT, 12P-LEGERE PLIURE EN COIN DROIT-(PJ19)‎

‎COUVERTURE SOUPLE ETAT BON‎

Bookseller reference : ABE-1719403716875

‎JOURNAL MUSICAL FRANCAIS-N°71-27 OCTOBRE 1958‎

‎24 PAGES-ANNONCE PATHE MARCONI SAMSON FRANCOIS JOUE CHOPIN, PHOTO 12 CM X 16 CM-STRAWINSKY PRESENTE SES "THRENI" A VENISE, PHOTO-LE PLUS ANGLAIS DES COMPOSITEURS VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS, PHOTO-LES SONATES PIANO ET VIOLONCELLE DE BEETHOVEN, PAR JACQUES LONCHAMPT, PHOTO SOLOMON, PHOTO GREGOR PIATIGORSKI-MELODIES DU JEUNE DEBUSSY, PORTRAIT, PHOTO JANINE MICHEAU-LES MELODIES DE MOUSSORGSKI (JOURNAL INTIME D'UN GRAND POETE), PORTRAIT, PHOTO BORIS CHRISTOFF-AU PAYS DU BEL CANTO, PHOTO GIUSEPPE ZECCHILLO-LEGENDE ET REALITE DE CHOPIN, PHOTO ELEONORE KRAEMER-SAINT SAENS, 1P PAR EMILE VUILLEMOZ, DESSINS DE LEBON-ANNONCE PATHE MARCONI POUR ANDRE CLUYTENS, PHOTO-QUELQUES ROUSSEURS EN UNE‎

‎COUVERTURE SOUPLE ETAT BON‎

Bookseller reference : ABE-18760942063

‎LA REVUE DU MEDECIN-N°6-MARS 1930‎

‎42 PAGES FORMAT 32 CM X 24,5 CM-COUVERTURE PAR CLEMENT SERVEAU-PAGES PUBLICITES 3/4 5/6 MANQUANTES-UN MAITRE FRANCAIS: LEOPOLD LEVI,2P PAR PAUL RABIER-CONSTITUTION EMOTIVE ET PSYCHOSES EMOTIVES,3P PAR MARCEL NATHAN,9 PHOTOS-OU EXERCEZ-VOUS? A BERCK,3P PAR A.DELAHAYE,9 PHOTOS-FUNERAILLES ANNAMITES,1P PAR LUC DURTAIN-NEW YORK IMAGES MOUVANTES,2P PAR FRANCOIS DEBAT,4 ILL-CLEMENT SERVEAU,PORTRAITISTE,4P PAR AUGUSTE BAILLY,4 ILL-EN BAIE D'ALONG DU DELTA A LA MONTAGNE,3P PAR CHRISTIANE FOURNIER,8 PHOTOS-IN PARTIBUS LE DOCTEUR MORLET,3P PAR SALOMON REINACH,8 PHOTOS-A BEAUX TEXTES BELLES IMAGES,2P PAR RAYMOND COGNIAT,6 ILL-CINEMA,"LE REQUIN",1P,4 PHOTOS,GINA MANES,DANIEL MENDAILLE,ALBERT PREJEAN-THEATRE,"LE SIMOUN","LE SEXE FAIBLE",1P,2 PHOTOS-CROQUIS DE MARSEILLE,1P PAR LE DOCTEUR BONNETERRE-4 DE COUVERTURE PAR CLEMENT SERVEAU,"HERAKLES"-(PRMED)‎

‎COUVERTURE SOUPLE ETAT BON‎

Bookseller reference : ABE-11006362037

‎LUI-N°58-SEPTEMBRE 1992-KIM BASINGER‎

‎KIM BASINGER EN COUVERTURE-THIERRY PAR ARDISSON-ROCKOLLECTION-MICHEL SALOMON, PAR PHILIPPE GELAS-GOLFEZ EN CLASSE PALACE-LA GRANDE O.P.A. DU ROCK'N ROLL-CECILE LA DOUBLURE DE JANE MARCH-BODY DOUBLE JE SUIS CONTRE, PAR CLAUDE-JEAN PHILIPPE-COOL BUSINESS, MODE MASCULINE-CORRIDA MISS AMOR-ENQUETE FASHION VICTIMS, PAR FREDERIC DANOS, LE SENTIER NEW-YORKAIS SOUS LA COUPE DE LA MAFIA-JEU CONCOURS: A QUI SONT-ILS?-CEUX QUI AIMENT LUI: PHILIPPE GIMOND‎

‎COUVERTURE SOUPLE ETAT BON‎

Bookseller reference : ABE-1762465719995

‎Morale de Moïse, David, Salomon, Job, Isaïe, etc., etc.‎

‎Victor Lecou Libraire 1850 Victor Lecou, Nouvelle Collection des Moralistes Anciens, demi-chagrin bleu nuit, environ 14x9cm, 1850, 247 p., un ex-libris sur le premier contreplat, bon état.‎

‎Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

Bookseller reference : 97158

‎Savoir préparer les salades‎

‎Sans date. Impossible de déterminer le résumé du livre à partir des fragments fournis qui semblent être des extraits de définitions de saints et de lieux plutôt que du contenu de l'ouvrage lui-même‎

‎Très bon état‎

Bookseller reference : 500304347

‎Völker, Herrscher und Propheten - die Menschen der Bibel , ihr Leben, ihre Zeit‎

‎Das Beste, Stuttgart, Zürich, Wien, 1979. 432 S., 4°, 1. Auflg., m. 225 Farbfotos, 15 einfarb. Fotos, 100 Zeichng., 10 farb. Karten, 10 doppelseit. Farb. Bildern und 20 Rekonstruktionszeichng., Oln., Goldprägung a. Rücken, Blindprägung a. Deckel, OS etwas randrissig, gutes Exemplar‎

Bookseller reference : 12659

‎"GESSNER (GESNER), SALOMON.‎

‎Abels Död. Oversadt af det Tydske efter Hr. Gesners Original.‎

‎Kiöbenhavn, L.H. Lillies Enke, 1764. Samtidigt helldrbd. i flammet kalv. Rig rygforgyldning og skindtitel. Kobberstukket usigneret frontispiece. (12),156,(1) pp. På skrivepapir, men indvendig med brugsspor.‎

‎Første danske oversættelse af ""Der Tod Abels in fünf Gesängen"" 1758. Oversættelsen blev tillagt Peder Topp Wandal af Nyerup, men dette er tvivlsomt. Tilsyneladende ikke i Bibliotheca Danica.‎

Bookseller reference : 35211

‎"GESSNER, Salomon;"‎

‎Œuvres.‎

‎Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1799 4 volumes in-8 de XII, 319 pp. - (2) ff., 282 pp. - (2) ff., 264 pp., (1) f. - (2) ff., 295, (1) pp., maroquin rouge à grain long, plats ornés d'un décor de filets dorés, de pointillés et de fleurons dorés, dos lisses ornés au centre d'un décor à mille points et en tête et en queue d'étoiles dorées petites et grosses, coupes et bordures décorées, tranches dorées (reliures de l'époque).‎

‎"Édition complète et illustrée du poète zurichois, best-seller européen des Lumières. On y retrouve les œuvres qui valurent au ""sage"" Gessner (1730-1788) son succès à travers toute l'Europe et singulièrement en France : Les Idylles, Daphnis, Le Premier Navigateur, Tableau du déluge, La Mort d'Abel, Évandre et Alcimne, Eraste, etc. L'illustration comprend 3 portraits frontispices en médaillons - Gessner gravé par Augustin de Saint-Aubin d'après un dessin de Denon ""ad vivum"", Huber, le traducteur, par Alexandre Tardieu d'après un tableau de Graff et Diderot par Augustin de Saint-Aubin d'après Louis-Michel Vanloo -, ainsi que 48 fines planches hors texte gravées en taille-douce par Girardet, Trière, de Ghendt, Baquoy, Delvaux, Simonet, Le Mire, Petit, Dambrun, et Dupréel, d'après les dessins de Moreau le Jeune, ces compositions donnent vie avec sentiment aux Milon, Myrtil, Thyrsis, Damon, Glicère, et autres Phyllis nés sous la plume de Gessner. Remarquable exemplaire avec les figures en deux états : avant et après la lettre. Belles reliures décorées dans le style de Bozerian. H. Cohen, Livres à gravures du XVIIIe siècle, 435. - E. Bocher, Les gravures françaises du XVIIIe siècle, […]. Fascicule 5 Augustin de Saint-Aubin , Paris, 1879, n° 89 ; Fascicule 6 Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, Paris, 1882, n° 729 à 776."‎

Bookseller reference : CLL-773

‎"OSTINDIEN - SEMLER, JOHANN SALOMON (Hrsg.).‎

‎Algemeine Geschichte der Ost=und wetindischen Handlungsgeselschaften in Europa. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Unter Aussicht und mit einer Vorrede herausgegeben von Johann Salomon Selmer. 1.-2. Theil (von 3. - 1-2 Ostindien. 3 Westindien(fehlt)). Hall...‎

‎4to. Bound in 2 cont. full calf (Cambride-binding-style). 5 raised bands, gilt backs. Corners bumped, backs slightly rubbed. Engraved frontispiece. (2),600,6,(2),706 pp. and 6 folded engraved maps and plans. Titlepage of vol. 2 loose.‎

‎The 2 volume form part of ""Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie der Neueren Zeiten die in England durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden. Hrsg. von S.J. Baumgarten u. J.S. Selmer"". The Ost-Indien section is complete. The maps shows Tranquebar, Batavia, Karte von Ostindien, Stadt Diu, Goa.‎

Bookseller reference : 17126

‎"SCHOPPER, JAKOB (+) GESNER SALOMON (+) MORGENSTERN, BENEDIKT (+) GIESEKENIUS, GERHARDUS‎

‎De Sacrosancta Coena Domini Nostri Iesv Christi: Tractatus, continens solida argumenta verae institutionis: cum confutatione impiorum argumentorum seu sophismatum, quibus fanatici Testamentum hoc Iesv Christi adulterare conantur (+) Disputationes anas...‎

‎Wittemberg, Meissner, 1595 & Wittemberg, Mullerus, 1597 & Frankfurt, Kopff, 1597 & Frankfurt, Saurius, 1598. 8vo. In contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, four raised bands and title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper label pasted on to spine indicating the inventory number in an estate library. All edges with chiseled ornamentation. ""DBML"" and ""1595"" to front board. Wear to extremities, a few worm holes to boards and miscolouring to lower part of front board. (26), 275, (10) pp." 116 ff. (22), 262, (4) pp. 261, (3) pp.‎

‎An interesting sammelband consisting of four, all rare, late 16th century works all focusing on aspects of Christian theology and doctrine, particularly those related to the sacraments and the Church. Each title delves into different facets of the Christian faith, collectively contribute to a comprehensive understanding of key elements in Christian theology, emphasizing the importance of the sacrament of the Holy Supper (or Eucharist), the nature of the Church, and the truth concerning the presence of the body of Christ in the sacraments.‎

Bookseller reference : 60651

‎'Sherlock' - pseudonym for Solomon Southwick‎

‎A Layman's Apology for the Appointment of Clerical Chaplains by the Legislature of the State of New York.‎

‎Albany NY: Hoffman & White 1834. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition 1834 cloth with spine label very good light wear to cloth foxing throughout 10 pp. recommendations xxxvii 2 40-314 pp. Hoffman & White hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : H3038

‎( BIBLE in English ). [ Megilat Ester ]. SOLOMON, Bernard, Translator & Artist‎

‎THE BOOK OF ESTHER‎

‎Statesboro GA: The Boxwood Press 1992. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. In a mahogany and copper scroll case with vertical slot and hidden crank handle; with a protective velvet cloth <br/><br/>Only 16cc.Remarkable bilingual presentation / re-interpretation of this Biblical work placing it in the the Reagan / Bush era. Illustrated with 16 color etchings by Bernard Solomon the translator and etcher. He realized there were remarkable parallels between the Biblical story of Esther and that of Anita Hill Clarence Thomas and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. This interpretation unfolds sequentially as each leaf is unrolled from the 33 in. high scroll holder. The body of the scroll holder is one of the original copper plates used for the etchings which is why it is limited to an edition of only 16. The top and bottom of the handcrafted minaret-style case is finely shaped and polished mahogany by Anthony V. Mann. Designed with a hidden crank to rewind the scroll into the case. Altogether remarkable! The Boxwood Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : DEMO006065I

‎(Ancien Testament). [SALOMON].‎

‎Le Livre de l'Ecclésiaste.‎

‎Bièvres, Pierre et Berthe Bricage, 1965. 1 vol. in-folio, (33,5 x 22,5 cm) ; 127 pp., [4] pp. et [2] ff. En feuilles, sous couverture rempliée de papier brique portant le nom de l'auteur au premier plat. Chemise et étui de l'éditeur, couverts de toile bordeaux.‎

‎Édition illustrée de douze lithographies e, couleurs à doubles pages par Aimé-Daniel Steinlen. Tirage à 124 exemplaires. Exemplaire N auquel il manque l'original en frontispice annoncé au justificatif de tirage. <><><> CONGÉS ESTIVAL ! LE LIBRAIRE EST EN VACANCES DU 25 JUILLET AU 25 AOÛT. BON ÉTÉ À TOUS. <><><>‎

Bookseller reference : 1846

‎(BINDINGS - NEOCLASSICAL). GESSNER, SALOMON‎

‎OEUVRES‎

‎Zurich: Chez l'auteur 1777. First French Quarto Edition. 270 x 200 mm. 10 1/2 x 8". 4 p.l. 184 12 subscribers pp. 1 leaf advice to binder 1 leaf blank 190 pp. 1 leaf advice to binder. Two volumes bound in one. Translated from the German by H. Huber. <br/> EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE EARLY 19TH CENTURY GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO GILT IN A NEOCLASSICAL STYLE IMITATING THAT OF KALTHOEBER covers with scrolling vine frame central panel with sunbursts and swags across the top palmette tools along the sides and a variant of Kalthoeber's mermaids-and-urn tool at foot raised bands spine compartments with central patera surrounded by small tools leaf frond and volute cornerpieces red morocco label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In a modern green morocco-lipped slipcase. With two engraved titles 40 engraved vignettes and 20 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES BY GESSNER. Front flyleaf with ink inscription to "Henry S. Pakenham / from his friend / Henry H. Evans" see below. For the binding: Compare and contrast Foot Henry Davis Gift II 189; Maggs 1075 no. 219 and 1212 no. 164; Oldaker Collection 21; British Library Database of Bookbindings Shelfmark Davis194. ◆Spine uniformly sunned to olive brown joints and extremities very slightly rubbed a half dozen small indentations to front board occasional faint foxing to edge of margins but an excellent copy of an extremely handsome book clean fresh and bright with ample margins and rich impressions of the engravings and in a well-preserved binding glistening with gold.<br/> <br/> This is a desirable copy of an important late 18th century French illustrated book a happy marriage of fashionable poetry and beautiful engravings in a binding that carefully imitates the Neoclassical designs and tools of master binder Christian Kalthoeber. Gessner 1730-88 was a painter and poet from Zurich who hoped to renew the ancient genre of the eclogue. According to Britannica he was "the most successful and typical representative of a literary rococo movement. His pastorals were translated into 20 languages including Welsh Latin and Hebrew." He was also an equally talented artist and the preface to this book is quick to note that all the etchings are of his own imagination and executed by his own hand. Gessner's close attention to detail and liberal use of dense crosshatching give each plate an intensity that is almost tactile with the pale figures in high relief against the deeply etched dark backgrounds. <br /> <br /> The binding is an excellent imitation of the work of German émigré binder Christian Kalthoeber "considered during his day to be the finest binder in the world" according to Maggs Catalogue 966. One of Kalthoeber's most recognizable designs used on at least seven bindings employed a roll-tool border enclosing a central panel with garlands and pateras across the top palmettes along the sides and at the foot two mermaids with curling tails flanking an urn. Examples of this can be seen in the sources cited above. Here the mermaids are thicker and less refined in form and the tool has been applied at a very slight angle rather than with the precision characteristic of the master. The urn and palmettes too are less expertly engraved and applied and the complex pateras of varying sizes are replaced with simpler one-size starburst ornaments. Our binder was talented enough to produce an imitation that would stand up to all but the most careful scrutiny; until one sees the binding side-by-side with a genuine Kalthoeber it is hard to register the differences. Perhaps our binder had apprenticed with Kalthoeber for he had certainly had the opportunity to study the tools very closely and he had been trained in a workshop that schooled its apprentices in fine workmanship--if not in professional ethics. <br /> <br /> The inscription notes that this copy once belonged to Henry H. Evans 1836-1917 a member of the Illinois House and Senate who made a name for himself in the ice cream and restaurant business and eventually went on to found two railways following the Civil War. The present item is appealing for its internal and external aesthetics and for the light it sheds on the binding industry and its practices at the turn of the 19th century. Chez l'auteur unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST14864

‎(BURKE, Solomon)‎

‎Flyer: Free Records. Open House. Meet The King of Soul Solomon Burke. The Jaywalkers. The Sidewinders. The Three Fifths. Many More Rock & Roll Stars. Here These Groups Playing the Newest Most Powerfullsic Teneyck Amps plus The Great New Coral Electric Sitar. Jumbo Discount Music Center Next to the Diner. Rio Grande N.J.‎

‎Rio Grande N.J.: Jumbo Discount Music Center 1967. Unbound. Fine. Flyer. Measuring 8½" x 11". Printed on yellow paper. About fine. The West Philadelphia-born Burke despite being one of the greatest transitional figures in the history of gospel R&B and soul was overshadowed by other stars but remains both one of the most important and least recognized figures in rock and roll despite his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Presumably he had to make many personal appearances in order to both promote his music and earn his living. Rio Grande is a small town at the Jersey Shore near Whitesboro which was founded as a planned residential community for African-Americans. This is a scarce and perhaps unique ephemeral documentation of one of those appearances. Jumbo Discount Music Center unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 461782

‎(CHILLIDA). NEW YORK THE SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM‎

‎Chillida‎

‎Paris: Maeght Éditeur 1979. 1979. 4to. pp. 197. b/w illus. with some full-page colour. wrs. Soft cover. Very Good. [Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1979]. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : WilNEW Y52

‎(DUNCAN, Robert, Ruth Krauss, Alan Marlowe, Ferencz McNaughton, Carl Solomon, Hubert Selby, Jr, Herbert Hucke, Gilbert Sorrentin‎

‎The Floating Bear #30‎

‎New York: Diane Di Prima 1964. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Cover by Jeanne Marlowe. 20pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with two staples. Folded once for mailing with post office cancel stamp and mailing label and some wear at the corner near fine. An influential mimeograph created by di Prima and LeRoi Jones featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list many of which were noted poets journalists critics publishers and artists. For this reason most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp and folded for mailing. This copy is addressed to poet Robert Duncan the highly influential Black Mountain teacher contributor to the San Francisco Renaissance and early gay rights pioneer. This issue features contributions from Ruth Krauss Alan Marlowe Ferencz McNaughton Carl Solomon Hubert Selby Jr. Herbert Hucke Gilbert Sorrentino Allan Kaprow James Waring Alex Katz Howard Schulman and Anne Wilson. [Diane Di Prima unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 346707

‎(FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - 18TH CENTURY). GESSNER, SALOMON‎

‎OEUVRES‎

‎Paris: Chez l'Auteur Veuve Hérissant et Barrois l'aîne 1786-93. First Edition with these Illustrations. 485 x 340 mm. 19 x 13 1/2". Three volumes. <br/> ELEGANT RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY BOZERIAN signed in gilt on front free endpaper covers framed by gilt fillets double raised bands separated by a strip of black morocco tooled with gilt chain spine gilt in compartments with a rose or a musical instrument at center turn-ins with gilt arches roll Culot 18 green endpapers all edges gilt. 147 FINE ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER DESIGNS BY JEAN-JACQUES-FRANÇOIS LE BARBIER: three engraved title pages four vignettes 66 tailpieces and 74 leaves of plates including frontispiece portrait of Gessner engraved by Alix Baquoy Dambrun de Longueil et al. ALL IN FIRST STATE those in volumes I and III with original tissue guards. A Large Paper Copy. Cohen-de Ricci 433; Ray 39. For the binding: Culot "Jean Claude Bozerian" roulette #18. ◆Just a hint of rubbing to upper joint of first volume small indent to front cover of volume II occasional mostly marginal mild foxing more frequent in volume II but QUITE A FINE SET clean and fresh internally with beautiful impressions of the engravings and enormous margins in lustrous bindings with few signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is a sumptuous set approaching 20 inches tall that epitomizes the best in 18th century French book arts: a Large Paper Copy of a book that in Ray's opinion "represents one of the happiest of all collaborations between artist and writer"--all of this in a graceful binding by the preeminent Paris atelier of the day. Gessner 1730-88 was a painter and poet from Zurich who hoped to renew the ancient genre of the eclogue. In his imagined neoclassical world all the shepherdesses are beautiful virtuous and sensitive and the shepherds are always honest and respectful. This struck a chord with illustrator Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier 1738-1826 who wrote in the dedication "the charm of Gessner's poems filled my imagination and transported it to the happy centuries of the world's innocence." It also inspired him to collaborate with Gessner on this present work. Le Barbier 1738-1826 was one of the first great French neoclassical illustrators and this work is both an important early success in that style and in Ray's words the "most sustained and accomplished series of illustrations" by the artist. Most of Le Barbier's designs for this work are set in the classical world--the exception being "Le Mort d'Abel" based on the story of Cain and Abel in the Bible. There are nymphs fauns and other fantastical creatures mingling with humans in bucolic settings. While Le Barbier illustrates many love scenes they are romantic and wistful rather than passionate; he was a master of nudes but those depicted here seem innocent rather than erotic. As Ray says "Le Barbier's emphasis is on simplicity and naturalness. We are in a different world from the witty gallantry and sophisticated sentiment of the rococo pastoral illustrations." The engravings are characterized by the clarifying use of softly radiant light and by a restrained animation and the book as a whole is "a work of harmonious distinction which admirably realizes the ideals of its author and illustrator." Ray The elegant binding by Bozerian is notable for its refinement and it continues the motif of noble simplicity set by author and illustrator. Jean-Claude Bozerian 1762-1840 was the elder of the Bozerian brothers François is referred to as "le jeune" and was active in Paris from 1795 to about 1810. He began his career in Lyon as an apprentice bookseller printer and bookbinder eventually deciding to focus on the latter craft. Marriage to the widow of binder Pierre Boulier allowed him to establish a binding workshop in Paris where he was joined by his brother. His bindings were soon much in demand by French bibliophiles who appreciated their superior materials tasteful design and flawless execution. A rich man by age 50 he decided to retire and enjoy his leisure turning his business over to his nephew Lefebvre. Gessner's "Oeuvres" typically appears in quarto; Large Paper Copies like this one are very rare especially with all of the plates in first state which according to Cohen-de Ricci is recognizable by the lack of numbering to the plates and their appearance on bluish paper. It would seem next to impossible to imagine a book with margins as wide as are seen here. Chez l'Auteur, V[eu]ve Hérissant et Barrois, l'aîne unknown‎

Bookseller reference : ST19671