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1797rif. 13514London: Published by P. J. de Loutherbourg and Sold by V. & R. Green No 14 Percy Street Bedford Square 1797. Coloured aquatint. Printed on wove paper watermarked 1794. In excellent condition. Image size: 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. A wonderful early separately published impression of Loutherbourg's celebrated image of fishermen on Brighton Beach. This delicate aquatint is an early separately published state of a print which was later included in Phillip Jacques Loutherbourg's seminal work "Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain." The print which was re-engraved in 1801 by J. C. Stadler was enlarged and re-titled "Brighthelmstone Fishermen Returning." This early example of Loutherbourg's work wonderfully shows his skill as an artist. The composition and arrangement of the image provides a fluidity to the picture that is truly compelling and demonstrates Loutherbourg's abilities as a draftsman. The son of a court painter in Darmstadt the versatile artist Philippe Jacques Loutherbourg was born in Fulda Germany and was a pupil of J. H. Tischbein and Carle Vanloo and Francis Casanova the elder in Paris. His romantic landscapes battle scenes portraits and biblical subjects were highly esteemed and lauded by influential colleagues such as Diderot. He frequently exhibited at the Salon and became a venerated member of the Académie Royale in 1767. In 1771 he moved to England where he was employed as the principal scenery designer at London's Drury Lane Theatre. His creative and minutely detailed sets revolutionized the genre of scene painting and he soon began dabbling in costume design. Loutherbourg once again astounded contemporaries in 1782 with his pioneering invention of the "Eidophusikon" a novel variety of moving panorama that was accompanied by music. His substantial and varied oeuvre also included book illustrations and a series of aquatints of British scenery that was published in 1801 and 1805. Aside from a brief trip to Switzerland in 1782 he remained in London for the duration of his life and became heavily engrossed in mysticism. Published by P. J. de Loutherbourg, and Sold by V. & R. Green, No 14 Percy Street, Bedford Square unknown books
1808rif. 13510London: Published by I. & W. Macgavin No. 107 New Bond Street 1808. Coloured aquatint. Printed on wove Whatman paper. In excellent condition. Image size: 13 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches. A dramatic view of fishermen at Worthing from Philippe Loutherbourg's great work "Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain". This impressive aquatint is plate six of Phillip Jacques Loutherbourg's seminal work "Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain." This accomplished text is comprised of six large aquatint views engraved after Loutherbourg's acclaimed paintings. The work which was first engraved in 1801 by J. C. Stadler was later re-engraved in 1808 by J. Hill. Reminiscent of Rowlandson's superb paintings this image depicts fisherman rowing out from the seashore on a stormy day. The son of a court painter in Darmstadt the versatile artist Philippe Jacques Loutherbourg was born in Fulda Germany and was a pupil of J. H. Tischbein and Carle Vanloo and Francis Casanova the elder in Paris. His romantic landscapes battle scenes portraits and biblical subjects were highly esteemed and lauded by influential colleagues such as Diderot. He frequently exhibited at the Salon and became a venerated member of the Académie Royale in 1767. In 1771 he moved to England where he was employed as the principal scenery designer at London's Drury Lane Theatre. His creative and minutely detailed sets revolutionized the genre of scene painting and he soon began dabbling in costume design. Loutherbourg once again astounded contemporaries in 1782 with his pioneering invention of the "Eidophusikon" a novel variety of moving panorama that was accompanied by music. His substantial and varied oeuvre also included book illustrations and a series of aquatints of British scenery that was published in 1801 and 1805. Aside from a brief trip to Switzerland in 1782 he remained in London for the duration of his life and became heavily engrossed in mysticism. Abbey Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 no.6 plate 6. Published by I. & W. Macgavin, No. 107 New Bond Street unknown books
1808rif. 13508London: Published by I. & W. Macgavin No. 107 New Bond Street 1808. Coloured aquatint. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition. Image size: 13 1/2 x 20 inches. A beautiful view of Ramsgate Pier from Philippe Loutherbourg's great work "Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain." This impressive aquatint is plate two of Phillip Jacques Loutherbourg's seminal work "Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain." This accomplished text is comprised of six large aquatint views engraved after Loutherbourg's acclaimed paintings. The work which was first engraved in 1801 by J. C. Stadler was later re-engraved in 1808 by J. Hill. Reminiscent of Rowlandson's superb paintings this image depicts the stormy docks of Ramsgate pier. While a group of hardy sailors converse at ease a party of three figures are battered by the fierce winds that beat the shoreline. The son of a court painter in Darmstadt the versatile artist Philippe Jacques Loutherbourg was born in Fulda Germany and was a pupil of J. H. Tischbein and Carle Vanloo and Francis Casanova the elder in Paris. His romantic landscapes battle scenes portraits and biblical subjects were highly esteemed and lauded by influential colleagues such as Diderot. He frequently exhibited at the Salon and became a venerated member of the Académie Royale in 1767. In 1771 he moved to England where he was employed as the principal scenery designer at London's Drury Lane Theatre. His creative and minutely detailed sets revolutionized the genre of scene painting and he soon began dabbling in costume design. Loutherbourg once again astounded contemporaries in 1782 with his pioneering invention of the "Eidophusikon" a novel variety of moving panorama that was accompanied by music. His substantial and varied oeuvre also included book illustrations and a series of aquatints of British scenery that was published in 1801 and 1805. Aside from a brief trip to Switzerland in 1782 he remained in London for the duration of his life and became heavily engrossed in mysticism. Abbey Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 no.6 plate 2. Published by I. & W. Macgavin, No. 107 New Bond Street unknown books
1827rif. 220303Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map set of 4. Large format lithograph with original hand outline color. Each image measures 18.75" x 20 5/8" 18 5/8" x 20 5/8" 18.5" x 20 3/8" Beautifully detailed set of four regional maps of northern China and southern Mongolia. Mountains are delicately treated with hachure marks and major rivers waterways and cities are also shown. Notable inclusions from the west to the east: Plate 44 shows the very northwestern tip of China Xinjiang province and part of south central Mongolia with Lac Nor and Hami. Plate 45 shows the eastern portion of Xinjiang province and western Mongolia with Karakorum called here Karakum the medieval capital of Ghengis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Plate 46 demarcates the tribal regions of Khalkha and Tzakhares Mongolians. Plate 47 shows the western portion of the Wall of China delineating the border between Tartary and China. Some minor offsetting several tears and chips to edges. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
rif. 22412184 x 137 mm. plus margins. With letterpress text below engraving and to verso. Extracted from Bullart: Académie des Sciences et des Arts Bruxelles 1682. Komma 256. "Monte was an important representative of the last generation of the great Flemish composers of the Renaissance and was one of the major composers of Italian madrigals." Robert Lindell and Brian Mann in Grove Music Online. unknown books
1946rif. 193915Paris: Bordas 1946. Number 199 of 300 signed by Phillippe Soupault and with an original lithograph signed by Andre Masson. Paperback. VG DJ is in great condition with mild shelf/edgewear; wraps have light shelf/edgewear; textblock edges are darkened and foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid. White wraps with black and red lettering; glassine DJ; 59 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in French. One of 300 signed by the author number 199. Also contains and original lithograph/frontispiece signed by Andre Masson. Bordas paperback books
1599rif. 41174Frankfurt 1599. Image size to platemark 142 x 107 mm; sheet size 178 x 138 mm. The composer is depicted bust-length within an oval border lettered "Philippus de Monte Belga DD Max et Rod 11 Impp Musici Canon et Thesaur Camaracensis" within a decorative border incorporating floral motifs. He wears a short full beard is in simple dress and wears a tall cap. With 2 lines of text to cartouche below. On lightweight laid paper. Komma 256. Le Blanc 143. Hollstein 255-314. The present engraving was also published in the famous 16th century biographical work "Icones Quinquaginta virorum illustrium doctrina & eruditione" Icons of Fifty Illustrious Men Outstanding in Doctrine and Erudition by Jean Jacques Boissard 1528-1602 containing engraved portraits of prominent cultural figures by noted goldsmith and engraver de Bry. It is most probably after the Raphael Sadeler portrait of 1594. "Monte was an important representative of the last generation of great Flemish composers of the Renaissance and was one of the major composers of Italian madrigals." Robert Lindell and Brian Mann in Grove Music Online. unknown books
1839rif. 29818Paris 1839. 117 x 73 wide margins sheet size 260 x 168 mm. Printed on wove paper. A fine impression. Based on a bust by Dantan executed in 1838 depicting Musard conducting a quadrille at a "Bal de l'Opéra." Sorel 199. Dantan 124. "After the July Revolution Musard returned to France and conducted at masked balls at the Théâtre des Variétés. He then became artistic director of a series of popular open-air concerts and dances on the Champs-Elysées which marked the beginning of the Concerts-Musard; these were an immediate and enormous success. He also conducted for masked balls at the Salle Ventadour and the Opéra-Comique and eventually in 1835 and 1836 for the balls at the Opéra itself. He continued to be a popular conductor until 1845. In France he was considered the doyen of dance composers and popular conductors until 1852." Gérard Streletski Gustave Chouquet and David Charltonin Grove Music Online. Dantan's caricatures of writers artists and particularly musicians are highly regarded. He is said to be the inventor of the "sculptural caricature." Wikipedia. unknown books
1962rif. 528205no place 1962. Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver print. Print measures approximately 7¾" x 9¾" printed slightly askew on slightly larger paper. Fine. Photographer's rubberstamp on verso: "Copyright by Philippe Halsman" and neat pencil notation in an unknown hand: "Alfred Eisendstadt 1962." A portrait of a legendary photographer made by another. unknown books
1851rif. 31809Barcelona: A. Frexas 1851. 8vo 2 parts in 1 as issued; pp. 4 252 8; 127 1; text in double column 3 engraved folding maps 86 plates; full Mexican tree calf smooth gilt-decorated spine lettered in gilt marbled edges; minor scuffing; very good. First published in 1843. The text includes Historia de Méjico & Tejas 252 p.; Historia de Guatemala p. 1-42; and Historia de la República del Perú & Bolivia p. 45-124. The plates include a number of the pre-Columbian ruins. Palau 131639; this edition not in Sabin but see 39027-30. A. Frexas unknown books
1827rif. 40378Bruxelles: Ph. Vandermaelen 1827. First edition. Very good bright copies a few minor spots or marginal finger soiling. 2 sheets. Hand-colored lithographic maps. 46 x 51 cm and 46 x 54 cm. Large scale map of Baja. Map 58 includes parts of Baja California Sonora Sinaloa and Chihuahua. Map 65 includes the tip of Baja California and the "Iles Revillagigedo" and a text box: Note sur le Mexique . de Humboldt. Sheets from Phillipe Vandermaelen Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique. a magnificent and ground breaking six volume atlas of the entire world which was the first Atlas to use lithography to show the entire world using such a large uniform scale approcimately 26 miles to the inch and which was designed to be joined together into a three-dimensional globe with a diameter of approximately 25 feet. Phillips 749. Sabin 43762. [Ph. Vandermaelen] unknown books
1783rif. 242998Dezauche 1783. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19.75 x 25.5". Sheet measures 21.5 x 30". This map of Canada and the northern United States extends north from around the latitude of Baltimore all the way up to Baffin Bay along the shore of Greenland. Published by Jean-Claude Dezuache in 1783 it is the eighth revision of a map originally published by De L'Isle in 1703. The map is notable as the first to include "Etats-Unis" in the title coming as it did on the heels of the American Revolution. In fact this appearance is one of the earliest appearances of the name United States Etats-Unis on a printed map. The map is compelling in its accuracy particularly with regard to the Great Lakes depicting them as fully enclosed and properly placed in longitude and latitude. There is also excellent detail around the Hudson and Mississippi Rivers. The elaborate cartouche is decorated with a beaver natives one of whom is bearing a scalp and Jesuit explorers. Furthermore the fleurs-de-lis that previously adorned the shield at the top of the cartouche has been erased and the crown converted into a halo suspended above an orb a response to the execution of the king following the French Revolution Below a table of colors delineates the boundaries of the United States and European possessions. Indian nations are also labeled. The map is in excellent condition with wide margins as issued. Guillaume De L'Isle 1675--1726 was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas and Africa. He is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. Philippe Buache 1700--1773 was a student of De L'Isle and became one of the most active proponents of the so-called school of theoretical cartography active in mid-18th century France. This map is fascinating record from a remarkable moment in North American history. Dezauche unknown books
1954rif. 163070N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless oversize satin finish portrait photograph of actress and singer Eartha Kitt in 1954. Stamp of noted Latvian-American photographer Philippe Halsman on the verso. Photographer Philippe Halsman began his career working for French fashion magazines such as "Vogue" gaining renown for his unusually close-cropped sharp portraiture. During World War II he would flee to the United States and began working with "Life" magazine in 1942. He is perhaps best remembered for his work with surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in the late 1940s and for his photographs of celebrities in the 1950s jumping which he called "jumpology." From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between émigré photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 13.5 x 11 inches archivally matted in an 8-ply white mat measuring 20 x 16 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1925rif. 32030London: Jarrolds Publishers 1925. Very Good . London: Jarrolds Publishers 1925. Limited Edition of 500 copies signed by translator H.P.R. Finberg of which this is no. 6. Octavo; publisher's white gilt-embossed cloth designed by Thomas Struge Moore top edge gilt; 2942pp.; black and white illustrations throughout. Rubbing to edges spine a touch soiled; some minor smudging. Binding sound. Off-setting to endpapers interior else unmarked; a Very Good or better copy. Major work that French symbolist author Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam considered his masterpiece and which Yeats here describes as "part of a religious rite the ceremony perhaps of some secret Order wherein my generation had been initiated. Even those strange sentences so much in the manner of my time. did not seem so important as the symbols: the forest castle the treasure the lamp that had burned before Solomon. Jarrolds Publishers unknown books
1746rif. 70635Lutetiae Parisiorum: sumptibus Ant. Urb. Coustelier 1746. 12mo pp. xxiv 299 1; text in Latin; engraved frontispiece by Duflos after Picart; printer's woodcut device on title page engraved headpieces woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full calf triple gilt-ruled border on covers smooth gilt spine laid out in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 a.e.g.; rebacked with spine laid down spine worn and with small loss at the extremities upper joint cracked dampstains in the foremargin of A7 and A8 and C7 and C8; a good sound and clean copy. This copy with the bookplate of Adolphe Périès and with 2 signed manuscript translations of his inserted dated 1853 and 1856 on 3 small pages in ink on blue paper: Ode 1-22 at p. 23; and Ode 4-1 at p. 100. A manuscript note tipped to the front pastedown possibly by H. H. Furness notes: "Mr. A. Périès seems to have been the owner of this book as evidenced by the two manuscript translations inserted and by the bookplate on whose motto his name appears "aperies". He was a fine classical scholar with a dainty gift of versification as shown by a little volume of translations published "by himself for himself" at Philadelphia in 1861. The author's name is not given the work is "by an idler" but has been ascertained from a copy containing his photograph and an autograph inscription to his friend John T. Montgomery." Mills College Check List 616; Riedel-Horatiana A-177. sumptibus Ant. Urb. Coustelier unknown books
1675rif. 39713Paris: Christophe Ballard seul Inprimeur du Roy pour la Musique ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais au Mont Parnasse . Par exprés commandement de Sa Majesté 1675. Quarto. Disbound. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. "Acteurs du Prologue" 3ff. "Prologue" 1f. "Acteurs de la Tragedie" 70 pp. With woodcut device to title including Apollo with lyre figures in Greco-Roman dress with harp and lute and a pegasus; woodcut headpieces to each act; decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces throughout. Full named cast lists for the "Acteurs du Prologue" and the "Acteurs de la Tragedie." Somewhat worn browned foxed soiled and stained a bit heavier to title; some worming especially to lower inner margins; stub of front free endpaper and blank preliminary leaf preceding title; first signature detached; loss to blank outer margin of title repaired with contemporary paper; blank outer margin of all leaves of "Prologue" repaired with contemporary paper; numerous additional leaves with contemporary paper reinforcements to inner margins; other minor defects. Lacking first leaf of Prologue pp. 65-66 and pp. 71-76. First Edition first issue all other issues with a date of first performance as 11 January 1675. This issue not in Sonneck Librettos. Schmidt LLC3-1. Thesée a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts to a libretto by Quinault after Ovid's Metamorphoses was first performed at St Germain-en-Laye on 11 January 1675. "The orchestra and chorus are used with brilliant effect in several divertissements but especially in the evocation of battle throughout Act 1. Medea's role like that of Lully's final lovesick sorceress Armide is replete with expressive monologue airs: 'Doux repos' 'Dépit mortel' 'Sortez Ombres' and 'Ah! faut-il me venger'. Thésée was part of the standard repertory at the Paris Opéra from 1675 until 1767; in addition it was selected to represent Lully when in 1779 the Opéra presented an historical survey of French operatic styles. Lully's score was substantially modernized by editors for productions from 1754 onwards." Lois Rosow in Grove Music Online. Christophe Ballard, seul Inprimeur du Roy, pour la Musique, ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais au Mont Parnasse ... Par exprés command unknown books
1988rif. 38570Paris: Souvenirs du Futur 1988. First Edition. Oversize folio 46cm.; white paper-covered clamshell box embossed thermoformed plastic plate mounted to upper cover six leaves laid in as issued to which are mounted thermoformed plates on rectos and versos with the exception of the last leaf on whose verso is printed the colophon. Clamshell box a bit dust-soiled else Near Fine. Lacking the cardboard shipping box. Quite possibly the only "comic book" in its class Le Grand Rêve Americain The Great American Dream adapts technology developed by Philippe Schléret and Véronique Hauss using molded plastic to create brilliantly colored 3D images. The work exuberantly lampoons Pop Art American culture and early underground comic books. Of all who have ever encountered the work and written of it seemingly none have failed to mention the heavy use of oversized female breasts that jut out from nearly every panel. Indeed OCLC record no. 712159856 lists "Large-breasted women" as one of the subjects. Other tropes not to be ignored include fancy sports cars gangsters and fastfood joints. OCLC notes 8 holdings. Souvenirs du Futur unknown books
1726rif. 11199Paris: Guillaume Cavelier 1726. 1st edition. Hecquet Philippe 1661-1737. Reflexions sur l'usage de l'opium des calmants et des narcotiques pour la guerison des maladies. 12mo. 8 374 14pp. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier fils 1726. 167 x 92 mm. Calf c. 1726 gilt spine rubbed & worn small chip at foot of spine front hinge cracking but overall sound. Light toning otherwise very good. First Edition. A treatise on the use of opium and other narcotics in the treatment of disease. Hecquet physician at the Charite Hospital in Paris was a confirmed mechanist and a longtime opponent of chemical medicine which he attacked in several publications. He was a great believer in the virtues of opium which he recommended for a broad spectrum of ailments including those of children and pregnant women. Osler 2916. Guillaume Cavelier unknown books
1750rif. 28667Madrid 1750. 83473pp. Two folding maps folding view and folding table. Tear in margin of first map closed tear in the view. Contemporary mottled Spanish calf spine ornately gilt with leather label. Second Spanish edition translated from the French. A history of the kingdom of Algiers written by the French Consul first published in Amsterdam in 1725. The view shows Algiers while the map shows the greater Barbary states. Palau 328227. unknown books
1954rif. 162882N.p.: N.p. 1954. Vintage borderless oversize satin finish portrait photograph of actress and singer Eartha Kitt in 1954. Stamp of noted Latvian-American photographer Philippe Halsman on the verso. Photographer Philippe Halsman began his career working for French fashion magazines such as "Vogue" gaining renown for his unusually close-cropped sharp portraiture. During World War II he would flee to the United States and began working with "Life" magazine in 1942. He is perhaps best remembered for his work with surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in the late 1940s and for his photographs of celebrities in the 1950s jumping which he called "jumpology." From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 13.5 x 11 inches archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 20 x 16 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1967rif. 152020New York: N.p. 1967. Vintage borderless photograph of Richard Nixon playing the piano in 1967. With the stamp of photographer Philippe Halsman on the verso along with manuscript pencil annotations regarding cropping. Russian-born Halsman began working as a photographer in Paris in the 1930s later moving to the US and producing reportage and covers for many major American magazines including a substantial 101 covers for Life magazine. Halsman became well known in his later career for his "jump pictures" a playful series capturing mid-century celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe the Ford family the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Maria Felix in the act of jumping for the camera. 10.5 x 11.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1649rif. 138960Paris: Imprimerie Royale Sébastien Cramoisy 1649. full calfskin-covered boards seven raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine title in second compartment. folio 265 x 375 mm. full calfskin-covered boards seven raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine title in second compartment. 56-572 11 pages with two large genealogical tables printed on double-pages. Revues & corrigez sur divers manuscrits & anciennes impressions. Augmentez de plusieurs traistez contracts testaments autres actes & de diverses observations. Par Denys Godefroy Conseiller et Historiographe ordinaire du Roy. The Denys Godefroy edition with this copy being a somewhat larger paper copy 375 mm tall as opposed to the commonly found 350 mm tall. Small bookplate on front pastedown. Ownership name in ink on recto front free endpaper and ownership notes in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked but firm. Loss of the leather spine in third compartment. Spine age-darkened. Rubbing to extremities. Minor foxing throughout. Dampstaining to title page. Philipe de Comines was a Statesman and one of the most interesting of the old French historians of the Middle Ages. Dibdin says that "no English Historical Collection can be complete without P. de Comines." A great visionary Comines 1447 - 1511 noticed and regretted the permanent antagonism between the European nations and aspired to a Europe united by Christianity. He advocated free trade the reform of the currency and the system of weights and measures as well as the consultation of the States General in order to avoid any despotism. After the first edition was produced by Denis Sauvage in 1552 which marked a notable progress this edition of 1649 produced by Théodore and Denis Godefroy was a great step forward. They printed at the prestigious Imprimerie Royale installed in the Louvre. In addition to the beautiful typographical quality it was established on two manuscripts and on the Sauvage edition. Many new lessons appear here for the first time and the editors attach to the text a valuable compendium of supporting material. this edition of 1649. Imprimerie Royale (Sébastien Cramoisy) unknown books
1864rif. 13458Paris: Dusacq & Cie. Editeurs 1864. Hand-coloured lithograph after a painting by Linder. Very good condition apart from some mild rippling a small loss in the top margin and a few skillfully repaired tears in the bottom margin. A beautifully coloured humorous plate that was most likely part of a series published by Dusacq of images by various artists depicting railway related scenes. During the mid-nineteenth century the technological advancement and financial prosperity of France under Napoleon III hastened the development of the railway and other modern modes of transportation such as the omnibus. These improvements brought about a culture of mass tourism as members of various classes flocked to the railroad to take day trips. An archetypal symbol of modern life the railway station became a popular subject during the period and was represented and parodied by artists such as Honoré Daumier and William Powell Frith. It was an ideal place to observe a varied cross-section of society and the idiosyncrasies of human behavior. In the tradition of Daumier's satiric railway scenes from the 1840s and 1850s Linder exploits the comic possibilities of this bustling modern subject in this charming print. The title 'Pleasure Train' was most likely intended as an ironic play on words since pleasure is the last thing enjoyed by the swelling crowd of people on the platform many of whom scream in frustration as they are pushed and prodded in an effort to exit and enter the train. A pupil of the celebrated artist Charles Gleyre Philippe Jacques Linder was a genre and portrait painter who regularly exhibited works at the Salon between 1857-1880. Cf. Benezit Dictionaire des Peintres Sculptteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs vol. 8 p. 679. Dusacq & Cie. Editeurs unknown books
1593rif. 16171Geneva: Pour Jaques Chouet De l'imprimerie de Antoine Blanc 1593 A new edition of the revised version of Commines' work edited by Denis Sauvage. Contemporary limp vellum with hand lettered spine and beveled edges. . Twelvemo. Woodcut border on title page; three copper engraved portraits with descriptive text on two leaves it is worth noting that these two leaves are often lacking in other copies but are present in this copy. Some staining to covers and lacking the leather ties. Some soiling on the title page in addition to some staining from an old ink armorial stamp on the verso which has bled through. Intermittent foxing and overall light browning. Contemporary ownership signature at bottom of the title page. A very good copy. Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" Oxford Companion to English Literature. His analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time. The Mémoires are divided into "books" the first six of which were written between 1488 and 1494 and relate the course of events from the beginning of Commines' career 1464 up to the death of King Louis. The remaining two books were written between 1497 and 1501 printed in 1528 and deal with the Italian wars ending in the death of King Charles VIII of France. Denis Sauvage 1520-1587 is known for his four-volume edition of Froissart's Chronicles 1559-1561. Pour Jaques Chouet [De l'imprimerie de Antoine Blanc], hardcover books
1950rif. 235330New York 1950. Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Light edgewear at corners; docketed on verso with Halsman's studio stamp; prints numbered in pencil 17 31 40; Near Fine. Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Three intimiate and suprisingly "straight" portraits from a photographer known for his unusual methods and and results. Shirely Kessel was the wife of LIFE photographer Dimitri Kessel. unknown books
