Paris: Augustin Courbe 1651. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Eight Engravings From The Text Trimmed To Margins And Mounted On Two Large Sheets. Small Loss At Lower Left Corner Of "Philemon Baucis" Plate. <br/> <br/> Augustin Courbe unknown
Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION London T. Moffitt 1877. Tall hardcover in gilt-decorated embossed cloth boards. Vol XXV: Jan. 3 1877 - Jun 27 1877; 258 pages illustrated throughout with b/w wood engravings including some double-page of political and other current interest. Rare title in good overall condition with light soiling wear to boards owner name on front paste-down. NOT EX-LIBRARY frnc hardcover
No place 1790. 34 leaves containing about 225 plates one hand-colored. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter calf over flowered paper covered boards. Worn but most of the plates are still in very good condition within some trimming only occasionally affecting any text under the plate. In all an interesting collection of engravings. 34 leaves containing about 225 plates one hand-colored. 1 vols. Folio. unknown books
London: Crosby Lockwood & Co 1877. First Revised and Enlarged Edition . Blue Cloth Gilt. Fine. 6 5/8" Tall. Viii 724 Iv Ads. Modern Blue Cloth Gilt. Considerably Enlarged With New Appendices On Several Games Including A Six Page Article On American Baseball Not Present In The Earlier Edition. Contents Fine Including The Double-Page Illustrated Frontispiece/Title And The Second Printed Title Page Illustrated Section Titles With Gilt Lettering Rebound In Sturdy Blue Cloth Head And Tail Pieces Gilt Lettering And Design On Spine With Binder's Gilt Stamp On Rear Pastedown. A Scarce Edition Bound Extremely Well For Decades/Centuries Of Future Use. No Names Or Marks No Soiling No Wear To Pages. Scarce With Only One Copy Listed In Worldwide Institutional Holdings Indexed In Worldcat. <br/> <br/> Crosby , Lockwood & Co hardcover
Boston: David R. Godine 1990. First American edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Large clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 478 pp. This volume compiled by Gill's nephew contains Gill's complete oeuvre - from his religious subjects to his erotic fantasies. With hundreds of illustrations of the artist's engravings. Ever so slight shelfwear else a fine copy in patterned green cloth covers in a near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Terrific book on Gill. Stated first U.S. edition. A very large and heavy book. David R. Godine unknown books
London: Chapman and Hall 1833. Cloth. Very Good. 2 xviii 2 1-464 1-ad pages frontis. Publisher's cloth blindstamped and gold stamped decorations. Rebacked with original spine laid down. All edges gilt. 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Generally bright and clean internally noting a '139' on the front flyleaf perhaps from a lending library. Wear at the extremities now a sound working copy. Cloth. Covers various topics targetted at youth including mechanics hydraulics hydrostatics pneumatics acoustics pyronomics optics electricity galvanism and magnetism. Engravings by E. Landells. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Collection of three original steel engravings of the Castle of the Sultan of Aden at Lahadj 2 Arabian men shaking hands and a camel on a voyage titled: "Chateau Du Saltan d'Aden a Lahadj" "Salut des Arabes" & "Chameau scelle pour le Voyage" from Picturesque Universe published by Firmin Didot in 1847. Size: 5" x 8.2." The first engraving shows a beautiful and picturesque view of the Sultan of Aden's Castle and surrounding countryside with depictions of palm trees and mountians. The second depicts a greeting between two Arab men who are seen shaking hands. And the final engraving depicts a camel in the desert. Some age related toning pin holes in the top margin and remenants of a sticker in the top right corner of first image.Third engraving with past staple marks and a 4cm paper loss along top edge not affecting image. Overall the engravings in very good condition. unknown books
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