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Billington, John.
THE ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTOR: BEING A GUIDE TO BUILDERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, STUDENTS, WORKMEN, IN THE STUDY, DESIGN, AND EXECUTION OF ARCHITECTURE.
pp. viii, 344, iii + 105 Plates, diagrams, plans, tables, etc. 8vo. 22 cm. Some old age stain and foxing. Attractive later half leather over marbled boards. Billington sets forth the knowledge an architect must have: history, the antique orders, directions for drawing the orders, the principles of composition, etc. With an extensive glossary, plates, and tables of proportions, etc. The greatly expanded Second Edition. Highly desirable and eagerly sought after. A wonderful gift for any architect. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W144
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Gratius Faliscus; Nemesianus, Marcus Aurelius Olympius; Barth, Kaspar von; Vliet, Jan van; Johnson, Thomas; Bruceus, Edwardus; Caius, John; Lage, Matthias von der; Calpurnius Siculus, Titus; Titi, Roberto; Martelli, Ugolino; Guidalotti, Diomede; Badius, J
POETAE LATINI REI VENATICAE SCRIPTORES ET BUCOLICI ANTIQUI: VIDELICET GRATII FALISCI ATQUE M. AURELII OLYMPII NEMESIANI, CYNEGETICON HALIEUTICON & DE AUCUPIO.
Two volumes in one. pp. (62), 583, (16); 335 + Handsome engraved frontis. Engraved head and tail pieces, Foxed. 4to. Original full leather binding, boards detached. Wonderful collection of classical Latin poems on hunting and the bucolic life. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W112
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Leigh, Percival (1813-1889) and Leech, John (1817-1864).
THE COMIC LATIN GRAMMAR A NEW AND FACETIOUS INTRODUCTION TO THE LATIN TONGUE. With Numerous Illustrations. Second Edition.
163 p. + Nine plates. Woodcut vignette illustrations in the text. Foxed and age stained. 12 mo. 20 cm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in gold. Illustrations by John Leech, see: John Leech and the Victorian Scene, 41-2. W140. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Ovid. (Publius Ovidius Naso) [43 B.C.-18 A.D.]
OVID'S ART OF LOVE; Together with his Remedy of Love. Translated into English Verse. To Which are Added, The Court of Love and The History of Love. A New Edition, with Plates.
pp. xii, [13]-214 + Frontis, and one unusual engraved plate. Small 12mo. 14 cm. Slight marginal damp stain. Well foxed and browned. Disbound. Very mildly XLib. Rare American edition of Ovid. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 7.
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Virgil. (Publius Vergilius Maro) [70-19 B.C.].
PUBLII VERGILII MARONIS. BUCOLICA ET GEORGICA.
pp. 15, 144, 3 + Plus numerous full-page and folding engraved plates. Illustrated throughout with engraved vignettes, culs-de-lampe, etc. Normal foxing and off-setting. Tall 8vo. [221 x 135 mm.] Contemporary full leather binding, worn. Lacks original spine label. Generally, Very Good. "Containing only the Bucolics and Georgics, this work was left unfinished by old Pine, and was published by his son Robert" - Dibdin II, p. 561. Probably, in realit y, somewhat scarcer than Pine's justly famous Horace.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153
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Cruikshank, George.
POINTS OF HUMOR.
pp. 47, (1) + Ten etched plates. Top edge gold gilt. Half morocco leather over marbled boards binding. Front board recently detached. 8vo. Apparently the second part of two., with 10 of the twenty etched plates. A famous Victorian satirical work, illustrated by Cruikshank. First Edition. Cohn 176. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a humorist of the school of Hogarth, and is considered by some to be one of the best that Britain has produced. He was the son of a Scottish painter, Isaac Cruikshank, and apparently his talent was such that he could draw as soon as he could write. From the beginning he was concerned with satire. At a young age he achieved public notice by painting theatre backdrops (the first was for Drury Lane Theatre, London). In the early 1820s he made etchings for the pamphleteer William Hone, but his political caricature work was soon overtaken by his work as a book illustrator. Life in London (1821) was followed by Tales of Irish Life (1824), and then a series of further books at an ever increasing rate. His best known work was for Charles Dickens, starting with Sketches by Boz and reaching its zenith, perhaps, with Oliver Twist. Among his large number of other illustrated books were a Grimm's Fairy Tales (1827), a Pilgrim's Progress and Paradise Lost, and seven novels by Harrison Ainsworth. Despite his large oeuvre, more than 15,000 drawings in his lifetime, Cruikshank was never well off. He required financial assistance from friends in 1866 (led by Ruskin), and late in life relied on a modest pension from the civil list and a Turner annuity from the Academy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED SW3
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Falke, Jakob von.
HELLAS UND ROM, eine Culturgeschichte des Classischen Alterthums.
pp. xii, 345. Wood engraved plates and Illustrations. Some foxing. Folio. Absolutely remarkable decorated full red cloth binding. Huge gold central device surrounded by a complex series of rolls, stamps, and illustrations in gold and black. Rarely is this book found in such fresh condition. Oversized. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE5
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Cary, Alice and Phoebe (Editors).
THE JOSEPHINE GALLERY.
287p. Plus lithographed frontis and full page plates. All edges gold. 4to. Original embossed cloth binding. Spine taped. Plates heavily foxed. Some signatures loose. WOMEN 2
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Van Randwijk, de La Haye, M.-W.J.
CATALOGUE DES TABLEAUX ET AQUARELLES DE W.J. Van Randwijk, de La Hay . Le Mardi 11 Avril 1916.
pp. 16 + Plus Thirty-seven high quality photo engravings. Wide margins. Uncut. Folio. Original full gold stamped green cloth binding, very slightly worn. Widener family copy of an important catalogue of French and Dutch Masters. 38 works catalogued; most illustrated in lovely black and white plates. Among the artists represented: Akkeringa, Jules Dupre. Bosboom, Corot, Daubigny, Jozef Israels, Jean Francois Millet, Albert Neuhuys and Troyon. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 3
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Lambert, Margaret and Marx, Enid.
ENGLISH POPULAR AND TRADITIONAL ART.
48p. Numerous illustrations, some in color. 8vo. Original full printed paper binding. Slight wear at edges. Original dust jacket. Duplicates binding. Chipped with some wear. ART 6
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Michel, Emile. (Editor).
REMBRANDT. Harmensz Van Rijn. [Memorial of His Tercentenary, 1906].
pp. 188 + Plus Thirty tipped in color reproductions and 40 high quality Photogravures with descriptions. Decorated half title. First few signatures foxed. Text very faintly beginning to brown at edges. Small folio. Original full cloth binding with paper label. Binding is in poor condition and should be rebound. ART 2
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Woodruff, Hiram.
THE TROTTING HORSE OF AMERICA; How to Train and Drive Him. With Reminiscences of the Trotting Turf. Edited by Charles J. Foster.
pp. 412 + Plus engraved frontis. Frontis and title page foxed. 8vo. Original full gold decorated purple cloth binding, beveled edges, extremities worn. HORSE 1
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Harding, William.
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE DARK CONTINENT. From Savagery To Civilization. Including the War With the Boers. And a Detailed History of the Causes and Events of the British-Boer War. Superbly Illustrated With Half-Tone Engravings Made From Photographs
554p. + Plus frontis and color folding map. Full page text half-tone engravings from photographs. Title page printed in red and black. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 4to. Original full cloth binding with pictorial design of British soldier, Boer soldier and an African tribesman. Binding slightly soiled. Nice copy. AFRICA/2
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Jameson, Professor; Wilson, James; Murray, Hugh.
NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA, From the Earliest Ages To the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Zoology. With a Map; Plans of the Routes of Park, and of Denham and Clapperton; and Several Engravings.
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, torn with an old repair. XLib. Damp stained. Age stained. 12mo. Original half leather marbled boards. Joints tender. Black library tape on lower spine. First American Edition. AFRICA/2
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Jameson, Professor; Wilson, James; Murray, Hugh.
NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA, From the Earliest Ages To the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Zoology. With a Map; Plans of the Routes of Park, and of Denham and Clapperton; and Several Engravings.
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map. Foxed. 12mo. Disbound. AFRICA/6
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Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson.
THE DOG. Compiled, Abridged, Edited, and Illustrated by Frank Forester. Complete and Revised Edition.
pp. vi, 663 + Plus frontis and full page engravings. Text drawings. Inked ownership of Eugene Snyder on title page. Damp stained frontis, title page and first and last few signatures. Paper beginning to brown. Large 12mo. Original full green cloth binding, gold embossed vignette of a hunting dog on front cover. Worn and spotted with small loss top and bottom of spine. A decent copy of this famous and important dog book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PETS/2
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Butler, E. H. and Company.
CHRISTMAS BLOSSOMS, AND NEW-YEAR'S WREATH, FOR MDCCLIV.
pp. xiv, 256 + Plus handsome engraved frontis and full page plates with tissue guards. Engraved half title. All edges gold. Bookseller's label. Some age stain. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Front cover embossed in blind and decorated with gold designs and flowers. Spine gold lettered and decorated. Extremities bumped and very slightly worn. Very nice copy of Christmas stories and poems written by Victorian women authors, including: Mary Howitt; Mrs. Hall; Mrs. Barbauld; Mrs. Ardy; Agnes Strickland, and others. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70.
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Lander, Sarah H.
SPECTACLES FOR YOUNG EYES. St. Petersburg.
pp. 203, 8 [Walker, Wise, & Co.'s Children books catalogue with sample illustrations] + Plus wood engraved half title, frontis and full page plates. Wood engraved text illustrations. Inked 1864 ownership of Robert S. Bair (York, PA). Unusual Photo portrait ownership bookplate of Robert C. Bair, (York, PA) 1928. Bair was involved in politics and served as the Director of Historical Society of York County. Age stained. A few signatures loose. 12mo. Original full green buckram embossed in gold and blind. Binding slightly worn and cocked. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! RUSSIA/1
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Folsom, William Henry Carman.
FIFTY YEARS IN THE NORTHWEST. With and Introduction and Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents and Notes.
pp. (44), 763 + Fifteen fine engravings, including one of Civil War General Henry H. Sibley. Thick 8vo. Original half leather binding, requires rebacking. First Edition A wonderful history of early Wisconsin and Minnesota. Howes 228. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W141
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Berky, Andrew S.
THE NATIVITY. A Collection of Engravings Depicting the Birth Of Christ. Reproduced from Bibles of the German Press Printed During the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries.
np. Illustrations from Bibles of the German Press. Oblong 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly soiled. Very scarce. CPHAM/W71C1
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Aristophanes.
THE BIRDS. With an Introduction by Dudley Fitts and Illustrations by Marian Parry. Bound With: THE FROGS. Translated From The Greek By William James Hickie. With An Introduction By Gilbert Seldes and Wood-Engravings By John Austen. Collector's Edition.
pp. xii, 52; xviii, 62. Illustrated with text drawings and wood engravings. Green silk moire endpapers. All edges gold gilt. Original green page ribbon. 4to. 390 mm. Original full green leather binding gold decorated in an over-all design of birds in flight. Spine with same gold design and raised bands. Hardbound. Very beautiful, crisp copy. Original bookplate from the Easton Press, left blank. This Collector's Edition is published in advance for the subscribers of the Easton Press collection of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W75 # 300PR.
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Brady, William.
THE KEDGE-ANCHOR; OR, YOUNG SAILORS' ASSISTANT. APPERTAINING TO THE PRACTICAL EVOLUTIONS OF MODERN SEAMANSHIP, RIGGING, KNOTTING, SPLICING. Illustrated with Seventy Engravings. Also, Tables of Rigging, Spars, Sails. Sixth Edition.
400p. + Plus frontis and numerous engraved plates of sailing ships, tools, blocks, rigging, and knots, etc. Numerous text woodcuts. Foxed. Some damp stain. Perforated XLib stamp on title page. 8vo. Modern cloth back over the original cloth boards. Modern spine gold lettered. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NAVAL/2
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Kettell, Thomas P. and Brockett, L. P. and "An Eminent Corps of Scientific and Literary Men.
FIRST CENTURY OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE; THE UNITED STATES AS THEY WERE AND ARE. With an Appendix. Superbly Illustrated With Over 225 Engravings. Sold Only by Subscription
pp. xvi, 683 + [50] leaves of woodcuts, engravings, colored lithographs etc. Large 8vo. 25 cm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in gold. Chipped at spine. Includes: Mining Industry, Oil; Fur Trade; Land; Banks; Insurance; Fire Companies; Emigration; Authors; Social; Domestic; Design; Religious Denominations; Education; Electric Telegraph; Printing; Etc. & Etc. A wonderful production. PA 47
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Wiley, Rev. I. W.; China; Japan
CHINA AND JAPAN: A Record of Observations Made During a Residence of Several Years In China, and a Tour of Official Visitation To the Missions of Both Countries In 1877-78.
548p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings. Title page ruled in red and printed in red and black. Paper beginning to brown at edges. Some soiling. A few leaves torn without loss. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold and black. Binding very worn. Hardbound. The author, Isaac W. Wiley, was a pastor, medical and educational missionary, and influential bishop of the former Methodist Episcopal Church. Wiley College, founded in 1873 by the Freemen's Aid Society to educate newly freed slaves, was named for him. He served as a missionary for some years in China and returned to organize missionary activity in the Far East. This account of his travels makes interesting reading. He visited and describes many places, customs, sights, religions. In China: Shanghai; Peking; Kiukiang; Foochow; Hong Kong; Canton - in Japan: Yokohama; Nagasaki; Tokio (Tokyo); among other places. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/3
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Caesar, Julius; Warrington, John.
THE GALLIC WARS. A new translation by John Warrington with a preface by John Mason Brown & an introduction by the translator. Illustrated with engravings by Bruno Bramanti.
pp. xxvii, 228. Small wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti. Inked inscription on front fly leaf. Includes an insert of the Heritage Club Sandglass, Number IX:19. Sm. 4to. Original cloth spine over marbled boards. Original slip case. Hardbound. Very nice copy. A beautifully printed and affordable version of the original Limited Editions Club publication. THESE HERITAGE PRESS BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS. W83
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Jameson, Professor; Wilson, James; Murray, Hugh.
NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN AFRICA, From the Earliest Ages To the Present Time: With Illustrations Of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Zoology. With a Map; Plans of the Routes of Park, and of Denham and Clapperton; and Several Engravings.
359p. + Plus wood engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, on light paper. an old repair. Foxed. 16mo. 160 mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. AFRICA/6.
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Davie, Oliver.
METHODS IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. Ninety Full-Page Engravings, Chiefly Drawn by Theodore Jasper, A.M., M.D. .Photographs of Actual Work By American Taxidermists.
pp. xiv, 359 + Frontis and Seventy-nine full page plates drawn by Theodore Jasper. Slightly damp stained and foxed. Front and rear hinges cracked. 4to. Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in silver. Binding worn and rubbed at extremities. Hardbound. A great taxidermy classic. GAMES BOX 4
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Shakespeare; Clarke, William George; Wright, William Aldis (Editors).
THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. With 171 Engravings on Steel After the Boydell Illustrations; and Fifty Photogravures, Chiefly from Life. Seven Volumes in Fourteen.
Seven Volumes in Fourteen. Illustrated with mounted proofs on India paper with original tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Text printed on Japanese Vellum. Uncut and unopened. LIMITED EDITION. Number 29 of only 100 copies. Printed and inked ownership of Dr. Wm. M. Findley. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth bindings. Original paper spine labels. Head and tail of some volumes lightly chipped. Hardbound. Very good set of an extremely scarce edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HAKESPEARE BOX 3
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Norris, J. Parker.
THE PORTRAITS OF SHAKESPEARE.
pp. xxviii, 226 + Plus Frontis and 32 engraved portraits with original text tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Top edge gold. Inked ownership of Francis H. Lee. A few signatures loose. Limited edition. Number 101 of only five hundred copies. 4to. Original leather spine over cloth boards. Spine worn with some loss. Hardbound. Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHAKESPEARE BOX 2
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Montagu, Mary Wortley; Wharncliffe, Lord; Thomas, W. Moy.
THE LETTERS AND WORKS OF LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. Edited by her Great-grandson Lord Wharcliffe. With Additions and Corrections derived from the Original Manuscripts, Illustrative Notes and a Memoir by W. Moy Thomas. In Two Volumes.
Two volumes. pp. 514; 523 + Engraved plates. 8vo. 220mm. Original full cloth bindings. Corner of one volume slightly mouse chewed. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) English author, noted primarily for these highly descriptive letters. She was the daughter of the first Duke of Kingston. In 1712 she married Edward Wortley Montagu, who became ambassador to Turkey in 1716. On her return to England in 1718 she worked to educate the public in the use of inoculation against smallpox. In 1739 she left her husband and went to live on the Continent. She is also remembered for her quarrel with Pope, who had once been her ardent admirer and who attacked her viciously in his poetry. Horace Walpole disliked her also and depicted her as a greedy, heartless eccentric. However, recent studies have defended her as a brilliant woman struggling for emancipation. Her letters were first published in 1763. Interesting and scarce. W141
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Lubbock, Sir John.
PRE-HISTORIC TIMES, AS ILLUSTRATED BY ANCIENT REMAINS, And the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages.
pp. xxviii, 640 + Chromolithograph Frontis + three engraved plates. Profusely illustrated with text engravings. Old ink stain on top edge. Slight damp staining. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Head and tail of spine chipped. Joints repaired. Hardbound. A good copy of the second edition. The son of Sir John William Lubbock (1803-1865) an important astronomer and mathematician, Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913) was an influential English banker, statesman, and naturalist. As a member of Parliament from 1870, he introduced many reform bills, especially in banking. His scientific contributions were in entomology and anthropology and include this work which was long used as a textbook; and the popular Ants, Bees, and Wasps (1882) and The Pleasures of Life (1887-89). He was created Baron Avebury in 1900. SCIENCE BOX 1
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Napier, Charles Ottley Groom.
TOMMY TRY AND WHAT HE DID IN SCIENCE. With Forty-Six Illustrations, Engraved by J. D. Cooper, and Others.
pp. vii, 303 + Plus Frontis, Half Title and full page engravings by J. D. Cooper. Numerous text engravings. Dampstained and foxed. 12mo. (19 x13 cent) Original publisher's cloth binding. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Extremities worn. Rear board spotted at edges. Hardbound. Though dampstained and foxed, still a tight copy. SCIENCE BOX 1
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Richards, T. Addison.
AMERICAN SCENERY, Illustrated.
310 p. + 32 Plates: steel-engraved frontispiece, title-page, and 30 steel-engraved plates. Plates considerably foxed. Elaborate publisher's red morocco leather gift binding, tooled in blind; With a diamond shaped inset blue leather title piece, elaborately tooled and lettered in gold gilt. Binding worn at the extremities, but still attractive. Inked manuscript ownership of: Mrs. Laura W. Fells, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA. April 21, 1859. This work was also published under the title, 'The Romance of American Landscape.' Sabin 70958; Wright, II, 2030. "During the first half of the nineteenth century artists fanned out across the northeastern United States to find aesthetic inspiration in nature (and historic architecture). Thomas Addison Richards (1820-1900) was one of the few who traveled extensively in the South. Through his paintings, illustrated magazine articles, and guidebooks, Richards introduced the natural beauty and distinct characteristics of this region to a national audience. Born in London, his family immigrated to America in 1831, moving first to Hudson, New York, and then to Charleston, South Carolina. Around 1837 they settled in the small town of Penfield, Georgia, the original site of Mercer University, where Richards's father, a Baptist minister, served as a charter trustee. In 1838 the young Richards left for Augusta, where for the next two years he offered lessons in painting and drawing and contributed travelogues about his rambles around Georgia to the Augusta Mirror, a local literary magazine. In 1841, sketchbook in hand, he left Augusta to travel around the South in search of picturesque scenes. In 1844 he settled permanently in New York City, where he gave art lessons from his studio and began taking classes at the National Academy of Design. He subsequently became a full academician and served as the institution's corresponding secretary from 1852 to 1892. Many of the paintings he regularly contributed to academy exhibitions were romantic landscapes of the South. Throughout the 1850s Richards penned numerous articles and books. He supplied illustrated articles based on his travels around the Northeast to Graham's Magazine (Philadelphia) and the Knickerbocker (New York). For the weekly Southern Literary Gazette, published by his brother out of Athens, Georgia, and Harper's New Monthly Magazine (New York), he submitted essays on his travels through the South. Richards enlivened his travelogues with personal anecdotes, legendary stories, tips on lodging, and engravings after his on-site drawings. In1854 a series of engravings after Richards's southern sketches appeared in Romance of American Landscape / American Scenery. In 1857 Richards married Mary E. Anthony, an author of children's stories. Thereafter, Richards concentrated on teaching and painting. He served as the first director of the Cooper Union School of Design for Women in New York, a position he held from 1858 to 1860, and taught at New York University from 1867 to 1887. At the National Academy and Brooklyn Art Association he exhibited still lifes and landscapes, often of tranquil southern scenes. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW 45 BINDINGS
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Congreve, William.
INCOGNITA. Or Love and Duty Reconcil'd. With an Introduction by Alan Pryce-Jones and Engravings by Van Rossem.
71p. + Full page color plates, engraved by the Chiswick Press. Printed and bound by Mackays of Chatham. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller on front fly leaf. Small 4to. Original leather spine over color pictorial cloth boards. Corners very slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 7
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Cruikshank, George.
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS. Illustrated with One Hundred Engravings on Steel and Wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq. New Edition.
pp. viii, 300 + 22 full page steel engravings. Numerous text wood engravings. Mildly XLib. Bookplate of Juniata College Library, gift of Aaron Rabinowitz. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 300. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in gold. Extremities worn. Front board detached. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 7
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Schmolk, Benjamin (1672-1737); Scrivers, Christian (1629-1693).
GOTT-GEHEILIGTE MORGEN- UND ABEND-ANDACHTEN. In gebundener und ungebundener Rede. Mit noch andern trostreichen Gebetern mehr, und sehr vielen erbaulichen Liedern versehen. Sammt der Lebens-Beschreibung des seel Authoris. Neue Auflage mit Kupfern vermehrt
pp. (14), 384 + Frontis portrait and four unusual engraved plates. Small 8vo. 170 mm. Handsome early full leather binding; elaborately tooled in blind with floral corners to decorated frames. Original figural metal clasps on leather straps. The binding is somewhat worn, but still very attractive. Schmolck (Schmolkens) was a Silesian Lutheran pastor who wrote over 1180 hymns, some of which are still being sung. Their biblical and sentimental character made them very popular. This edition is very scarce. A rare and attractive piece. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-GER1
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Merle, William Henry; Cruikshank, George.
ODDS AND ENDS. In Verse and Prose. Illustrated by George Cruikshank from designs by the author.
pp. (vii), 146 (1), Including (10) full page etched plates and small illustrations. 12 mo. 200 mm. Original paper boards binding; needs rebacking. William Henry Merle (1791-1878) was a journalist and writer in the Regency era. Around 1814 he befriended George Cruikshank (1792-1878) who was a great and famous humorist and illustrator with an extraordinary output. Merle and Cruikshank shared ideas - back and forth - over sixty years. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGLAND 6
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Lucan (Marcus Annaus Lucanus); Marmontel, Jean Francois.
LA PHARSALE DE LUCAIN, Traduite en Francois par M. Marmontel.
Two volumes. I. [1], LXXIX, 304. II. [1], 415, [1](Errata), [4](Approbation) + Eleven (11) engraved plates. French text. 8vo. 200 mm. Edges decorated red. Some age stain and foxing. Original decoratively mottled full leather bindings. Spines worn, but some gilt remains. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), was an important Roman poet, born in Cordoba. One of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, his youth and speed of composition set him apart from others. The Pharsalia is an epic poem on the Roman Civil War. It is considered the greatest epic in Latin after the Aeneid. It depicts the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey. Lucan's poetic talent apparently aroused the jealously of the Emperor Nero. After the publication of Pharsalia the Emperor forbade him to write, or even plead in the courts, and then later compelled him to commit suicide for alleged treason. The engraved plates in this edition are mostly by the famous French engraver and book illustrator, Hubert Francois Gravelot (1699-1733). The original art was by: Antoine-Jean Duclos; Emanuel Jean Nepomucene Ghendt; Noel Le Mire; Francois Denis Nee; Jean Francois Rousseau; and Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet. See: Schweiger II, 568; Cohen & DeRicci 662. Apparently not in Ray. Very good. CHEST 2/1.
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Saint-Lambert, Jean-Francois, Marquis de.
LES SAISONS, POEME. Cinquieme Edition, revue & corrigee.
Two volumes in one. pp. xxxvi, 224; 203, [2](Errata). Five wonderful engraved plates by a remarkable group of graphic artists; with title vignette; head-pieces, etc. Plates: Frontis by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734-1781), engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807); "Spring" by Le Prince, without name of engraver; "Autumn" by Benoit Louis Prevost (1747-1804), engraved by Jean Francois Rousseau; "Winter" by Gravelot [Hubert Francois Bourguignon danville](1699-1773), engraved by Nicolas de Launay (1739-1792). Vignettes and headpieces by Pierre Philippe Choffard (1731-1809). The plates are dated mainly 1767-1769. 8vo. 210 mm. Plates slightly foxed. Text very clean. Marbled edges and endpapers. Original French full leather binding with marbled decoration. Spine tooled in gold gilt. Binding somewhat worn at extremities, but still attractive. Large printed French bookplate with the text: De la Douce Lumiere / De L'Ombre / De La Flamme / Et des Livres Amis [Soft light / the shadow / flame / and friends books] . Saint-Lambert (1716-1803) began writing poetry in his adolescence and belonged to the circle around Francoise de Graffigny in Luneville. In 1733 he had already begun work on The Seasons, his major poetical work, but it did not appear completed in print until 1769. Cohen 926; Reynaud 481. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SAFE ADD 1
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Browning, Robert.
THE RING AND THE BOOK. With an Introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with Engravings by Carl Schultheiss.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with copper engravings by Carl Schultheiss; pulled by Anderson-Lamb, New York; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press, set in monotype Garamond on Collins special paper. Title pages printed in red and black. Wide margins. 4to. 7 1/4 x 10 inches. Volumes bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half red sheepskin stamped in gold in a panel with printed Fabriano paper sides in a special design by Mr. Marks. Original slip case, spine faded. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed in blue ink by Carl Schultheiss. Very good set. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W36
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Browning, Robert.
THE RING AND THE BOOK. With an Introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with Engravings by Carl Schultheiss.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with copper engravings by Carl Schultheiss; pulled by Anderson-Lamb, New York; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press, set in monotype Garamond on Collins special paper. Title pages printed in red and black. Wide margins. 4to. 7 1/4 x 10 inches. Volumes bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half red sheepskin stamped in gold in a panel with printed Fabriano paper sides in a special design by Mr. Marks. Original slip case, spine faded. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed in blue ink by Carl Schultheiss. Very good set. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W36
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Browning, Robert.
THE RING AND THE BOOK. With an Introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with Engravings by Carl Schultheiss.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with copper engravings by Carl Schultheiss; pulled by Anderson-Lamb, New York; designed by Saul Marks and printed at The Plantin Press, set in monotype Garamond on Collins special paper. Title pages printed in red and black. Wide margins. 4to. 7.25 x 10 inches. Both volumes bound by Russell-Rutter Company in half red sheepskin stamped in gold in a panel with printed Fabriano paper sides in a special design by Mr. Marks. Original slip case, spine faded. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed in blue ink by Carl Schultheiss. Very good set. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W36
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Gift Book.
THE BOOK OF BEAUTY, OR TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP. A Gift for all Seasons. Edited by a Lady.
127p. Plus engraved frontis and full page plates. All edges gilt. 4to. Original full gilt decorated embossed cloth binding, very worn. Engraved plates have some soiling and foxing. A good candidate for rebinding. A wonderful contemporary insight into American Antebellum romantic ideas and ideals. Scarce. WOMEN 2
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Crafts, William August.
THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. Very Rare Original Parts Issue.
Fifty parts (some bound two in one). pp. 648; 652. Highly illustrated. Original paper wraps. 4to. In our set the issue with parts 41 & 42 is missing, as id the paper cover to partt one. This is a set almost never found complete (if at all). The true first edition of this famous history of the Civil War illustrated with numerous steel engraved plates. . Sabin 17349; Dornbusch III:181; Nicholson, 172-73. RARE. A truly remarkable survivor. OVERSIZE 6 / YORK HS
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Collection of French Pamphlets, with Beautiful & Fine French Engravings; Various Authors, and Illustrators.
HEROIDES OU LETTRES EN VERS. Vols I & II.
Fourteen (14) Rare French Literary Pamphlets in two volumes. All 8vo. 205 mm. Leather backed marbled boards, very slightly worn. Hardbound. Text in fine condition; some offsetting from the engravings. Contents include: Vol. I - 1). LETTRE AMOUREUSE D'HELOISE A ABAILARD. Translation of: Eloisa to Abelard, by Alexander Pope. New Edition corrected by the autor. Chez la veuve Duchesne, Paris: 1766. 30 p. + large engraving by Eisen; Engraved headpiece by Colardeau. 2). LETTRE DE DON CARLOS A ELISABETH, SUIVIE DUN PASSAGE DE L'AMINTE DU TASSE, TRADUIT EN VERS, & Du Poeme De La Nuit, imite de Gesner. Panckoucke, Paris & Duchesne, Lille: 1768. pp. VIII, 29 + Gravelot engraved plate. 3). LETTRE DE JULIE, FILLE D'AUGUSTE, A OVIDE. By Claude Dorat. A Geneve, Et se trouve a Paris: Chez Bauche: 1766. 23p. With Engraved head and tail pieces by Eisen and Massard. 4). LETTRE D'OVIDE A JULIE, PRECEDEE DUNE LETTRE EN PROSE A M. DIDEROT. [By the Marquis de Pezay]. [Geneva]: 1767. 32p. + Full page engraved plate and vignettes after Eisen. 5). LETTRE DE SAPHO A PHAON, Precedee d'une Epitre a Rosine, D'une vie de Sapho, & suivie d'une Traduction en Vers des Ouvrages de ce Poete. By Blin de Sainmore. Sebastien Jorry, Paris: 1766. 32 p. + Engraved plate by Aliamet after Gravelot; Vignettes by Ghendt after Eisen, another by Choffard. 6). LETTRE DE CATON D'UTIQUE A CESAR. By Abbe Parmentier. Lambert, Paris: 1766. 34 p. + Engraved plate after Gravelot. 7). LETTRE D'ALCIBIADE A GLICERE: Bouquetiere d'Athenes, suivie d'une Lettre de Venus a Paris, et d'une Epitre a la Maitresse que J'Aurai. By Marquis de Pezay. S. Jorry, Geneva & Paris: 1764. 36 p. Large engraved plate and vignettes by Eisen. Vol. II - 1). LETTRE DU COMTE DE COMMINGES A SA MERE: Suivie d'une Lettre de Philomele a Progne. By Claude-Joseph Dorat. S. Jorry, Paris: 1764. 68 p. Two full page engravings + vignettes by Eisen & Massard. 2). L'HEUREUX JOUR, EPITRE A MON AMI. By le Parquis de Pezay. (Duchene, Paris): 1768. pp. 29, (1). + Engraved title, full page engraving, & vignettes by Eisen & Massard. Cohen p. 797. 3). LISLE MERVEILLEUSE. Poeme en Trois Chants, Traduit du Grec, Suivi d'Alphonse ou de l'Alcide Espagnol, Conte tres Moral. By C. J. Dorat. Geneva: 1768. 85 p. Engraved plate after Eisen. 4). L'HOPITAL DES FOUS [Aesculapius - or, The Hospital of Fools] by William Walsh. [A Play translated by De La Flotte]. Jorry, Paris: 1765. Large plate, head-piece and tail-piece engraved by Delafosse after Eisen. Two lines of French manuscript about Fools. 5). EXTRAIT DE QUELQUES PIECES PRESENTEES A L'ACADEMIE FRANCOISE, Pour concourir au Prix de poesie de L'Annee 1766. Regnard, Paris: 1766. 27 p. 6). EPITRE AUX MALHEUREUX, Piece qui a Eu L'Accessit du Prix de l'Academie Francois 1766. par M*** [G.-H. Gaillard]. Paris, Regnard: 1766. 10p. 7). EPITRE A UN AMI SUR LA RECHERCHE DU BONHEUR. Cette Piece a concouru au Price de l'Academie Francois 1766. par M.D.*** Avocat au Parlement, Cuissart & Regnard, Paris: 1766. 19p. Small circular stain on first 10 pages. ** This collection is sometimes found with the texts in a different order and with different pagings and signatures and/or with one or more pieces omitted. There are often different printers and publishers where identified. The artists and engravers were among the best of this great era in illustration: Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778); Charles-Pierre Colardeau (1732-1776); Hubert Francois Gravelot (1699-1773); Jacques Aliamet 1726-1788); Jean Francois Rousseau; Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt (1738-1815); Joseph de Longueil (1730-1792); Jean Massard (1740-1822); Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809). A classic of 18th century French book illustration. CHEST 2/1
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Bellangé, Hippolyte.
[Histoire de l'Empereur Napoléon] "Légion polonaise, 1810. Régiment de la Vistule" (caption title). [Collection des types de tous les corps et des uniformes militaires de la République et de l'Empire.] [ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED PRINT].
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Légion polonaise, 1810. Régiment de la Vistule". Excellent. - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
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Bellangé, Hippolyte.
[Histoire de l'Empereur Napoléon] "Mameluck, Garde Impériale" (caption title). [Collection des types de tous les corps et des uniformes militaires de la République et de l'Empire.] [ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED PRINT].
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Mameluck, Garde Impériale". Fine (marginal spotting). - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
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Bellangé, Hippolyte.
[Histoire de l'Empereur Napoléon] "Régiment des Dromadaires, 1798. Armée d'Égypte" (caption title). [Collection des types de tous les corps et des uniformes militaires de la République et de l'Empire.] [ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED PRINT].
Original single-sheet, hand-coloured print of fine quality. Overall size 24.5 x 16.5 cm, printed on heavy paper with ample margins. Bearing at foot the legend "Régiment des Dromadaires, 1798. Armée d'Égypte". Fine (very light marginal soiling, far away from image area). - - Beautiful, exquisitely produced print from a highly acclaimed work, Bellangé's hallmark series of Napoleonic military uniforms. It is rich in fine details and delicately hand-coloured by contemporary hand. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced archival paper. Colas 287. Glasser p. 59/60.
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Bartlett, William Henry. Engraved by T. Turnbull.
[Syria, Holy Land, Asia Minor] Seleucia (caption title). [ORIGINAL STEEL ENGRAVED PRINT].
Original single-sheet steel engraving of a very fine quality. Overall size ca. 215 x 270 mm. Image size ca. 130 x 190 mm. A two-line caption engraved at bottom in elegant handtooled open-face and italic types. Engraved Artist's and Engraver's signatures underneath image. Engraved Publisher's line below. The print is in its original state, trimmed and gilded on three sides. It is printed with warmer ink, somewhat more dramatic in mood, with fine, crisp detail, subtlety and elegance. In overall fine condition. Preserved in pH-balanced, acid-free Renaissance archival paper. ~ A delicately executed steel engraving, representing a major illustrative work on 19th century Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor. William Henry Bartlett (born London, 1809) was one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled extensively throughout Britain, the Americas, and the Middle East, producing his work on location. In 1854 he made his last trip to the Holy Land; he died of fever on board a French ship on his return voyage to England. Bartlett's primary concern was to extract the picturesque aspects of a place and render "lively impressions of actual sights", as he wrote in the preface to "The Nile Boat" (London, 1849). His work became widely known through the numerous engravings after the original drawings and paintings he made. The interest in these engravings today is as much for the exquisite quality of the rendering and presentation of the architecture of the period, as it is for the representation of the landscape. Published in 1836 by Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co. of London, it was originally accompanied by descriptions written by John Carne.
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Bartlett, William Henry. Engraved by E. Smith.
[Syria, Holy Land, Asia Minor] Bazzar at Jaffa, the Ancient Joppa (caption title). [ORIGINAL STEEL ENGRAVED PRINT].
Original single-sheet steel engraving of a very fine quality. Overall size ca. 215 x 270 mm. Image size ca. 130 x 190 mm. A two-line caption engraved at bottom in elegant handtooled open-face and italic types. Engraved Artist's and Engraver's signatures underneath image. Engraved Publisher's line below. The print is in its original state, trimmed and gilded on three sides. It is printed with warmer ink, somewhat more dramatic in mood, with fine, crisp detail, subtlety and elegance. In overall fine condition. Preserved in pH-balanced, acid-free Renaissance archival paper. ~ A delicately executed steel engraving, representing a major illustrative work on 19th century Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor. William Henry Bartlett (born London, 1809) was one of the foremost illustrators of topography of his generation. He travelled extensively throughout Britain, the Americas, and the Middle East, producing his work on location. In 1854 he made his last trip to the Holy Land; he died of fever on board a French ship on his return voyage to England. Bartlett's primary concern was to extract the picturesque aspects of a place and render "lively impressions of actual sights", as he wrote in the preface to "The Nile Boat" (London, 1849). His work became widely known through the numerous engravings after the original drawings and paintings he made. The interest in these engravings today is as much for the exquisite quality of the rendering and presentation of the architecture of the period, as it is for the representation of the landscape. Published in 1836 by Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co. of London, it was originally accompanied by descriptions written by John Carne.
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