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1972Best.-Nr. 168290Canada: National Gallery of Canada/Ottawa 1972. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers a paperback. In English and French. Pages light yellow from age clean text. Corners slightly flared. Edges of spine rubbed. National Gallery of Canada/Ottawa unknown books
1959Best.-Nr. 224693Paris: Deux Mondes 1959. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Pages extremely light brown from age. Corners slightly bent. 2 inches on bottom of spine torn off. Top edge of spine rubbed. Deux Mondes hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 146821New York: Farrar 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Nice condition. Farrar hardcover books
1999Best.-Nr. 248321New York: Dutton 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket both a nice clean copy almost new. Dutton hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 130547Washington: National Gallery of Art 1990. Softcover. Very Good. First vol. 24. Very good in wrappers. Rubbing slight bumping scuffing of front panel inner edge. National Gallery of Art unknown books
1746Best.-Nr. 4391The Hague i.e. Paris: s.n. 1746. 8vo 168 x 101 mm. 2 parts separately titled and paginated: 3-vi-xxiv 182 pages 1 blank leaf; 2 leaves 128 pages. Engraved frontispiece by Fessard after Cochin fils apparently included in the pagination typographic title ornaments head- and tailpieces. An attractive copy stain to fols. A2-3 in second part 2 or 3 minor marginal tears some spotting. Contemporary red morocco triple gilt fillet on sides smooth spine sparingly gold-tooled and lettered board edges gilt gilt edges scuffing to lower board edges and extremities of spine corners a bit bumped. Provenance: early purchase note on lower flyleaf; John Wodehouse 3rd Earl of Kimberley 1883-1941 bookplate; Leonard Forrer 1869-1953 his bookshop ticket of L. S. Forrer Ltd. Numismatic Booksellers London; Charles Van der Elst 1904-1982 bookplate. Only Edition of an extended literary joke by the brilliant antiquarian engraver art patron and connoisseur the Comte de Caylus. He exercised his stylistic muscles in this peculiar collection of two dozen literary pieces revolving around the word manteau: in part 1 racy anecdotes short stories fairy tales and a chivalric tale written in pseudo-archaic French; and in part 2 tongue-in-cheek erudite essays in several styles — the religious history the antiquarian disquisition the etymological or bibliographical analysis — all laced with fictional and a few real references including imaginary medieval manuscripts. A glance at the entry for manteau in the online Trésor de la Langue Française gives an idea of the semantic opportunities offered by this word whose appearances in many idiomatic expressions are exhaustively exploited by Caylus. In part 1 appear the manteau de fourrure fur coat the manteau de lit a short bed-jacket into which a jealous husband is metamorphosed by his fairy mother-in-law to teach him a lesson the long and short coat the chimney mantel same word in French and a portrait of a remarkable old man presented as the fictional originator of the term “sous le manteau” clandestine or clandestinely. In part 2 which its title notes with a wink “one doesn’t need to read” the author delves into the Roman pallium a cloak the coats of saints and clerics those both heraldic and actual of Dukes and Peers and the order of the Blancs-Manteaux. Completing the picture are a florilegium of dictionary extracts and a satirical etymological comparison of the French manteau with other languages containing sentences like: “As for the letter L which is found at the end of words like Mantel and Mantello one can very well understand it to be a diminutive of the Arabic word Allah meaning God” p. 103. The self-imposition of arbitrary constraints onto one’s writing while an ancient practice viz. poetic meter have been associated more recently with a French literary movement from the 1960s known as Oulipo short for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle ”workship of potential literature” which included the great French authors Raymond Queneau and Georges Perec whose wry humor and doggedness in pursuing the conceit to the end Caylus foreshadowed. Cochin’s frontispiece shows a rather shifty-looking merchant in the doorway of his shop filled with coats. OCLC locates 4 copies in North American libraries. Cohen-De Ricci 210; Gay-Lemonnyer 3:23; Barbier III: 34 a 1775 edition not seen elsewhere. s.n. unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 1332889Zellik: Roularta Art Books 1994. Hardcover. Folio; 533 pages; VG-/G; Black spine with Red and Yellow text; Dustjacket protected by mylar cover bending along head edge of both covers and spine; Boards have minor edgewear; Shelved in Artist Monograph; Text in Dutch. 1332889. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Roularta Art Books hardcover books
2014Best.-Nr. 1411412London: Art Gallery of Hamilton in association with D Giles Limited 2014. Hardcover. Quarto 240 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. General shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved in Artist Monographs. 1411412. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Art Gallery of Hamilton in association with D Giles Limited hardcover books
2007Best.-Nr. 215188Paris: Somogy 2007. Softcover. VG: Some wear to the edges and corners. Bump to the top left corner of the spine. Clean body pages and solid binding. A glossy softcover book with color-illustrated French flaps. 327 pages; illustrated in both color and black-and-white. Somogy paperback books
1950Best.-Nr. 215209Paris France: Wildenstein 1950. Softcover. Good- wraps have sunning to edges and some bumping minor fraying/rips pages are very good. Blue monochrome stapled wraps with black text. 37 unnumbered leaves. Bw illustrations. Text in French. exhibition organized for the benefit of the Montpellier Museum June-July 1950. Wildenstein paperback books
1998Best.-Nr. 15202New York: Scalo 1998. First Engllish edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 4to. Published in conjuction with the Foundation Cartier pour I'art contemporain exhibition of the work of Francesca Woodman 1958-1981 and curated by Herve Chandes. Preface by Chandes and essays by Philippe Sollers David Levi Strauss Elizabeth Janus and Sloan Rankin. Includes bibliography biography and exhibition history of the artist who took her own life at the age of 23. 160 pages. Scalo hardcover books
1827Best.-Nr. 225532Brussels: Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. unbound. very good. Map. Large format lithograph with original hand color wash. Image measures 18.25" x 20". Beautiful double page map of New England showing Maine New Hampshire Vermont and parts of New York Massachusetts and Canada. Features counties towns waterways topographical and geographical features population size indicated in pink circles mineral deposits and the area of each state yellow circles. Minor wear to edges light scattered staining and offsetting. Expert repair to chip to bottom centerfold. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle de 1/16411836" in which each map can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. The atlas was the first to map the world on a uniform scale as well as the first lithographed atlas. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 57939Les Sables d'Olonne France: Musee De L'abbaye Saint- Croix 1986. First Edition. Seventy-five-page exhibition catalogue. See Image. 8vo. blue printed wraps; 75 pages. Illustrated. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight. Musee De L'abbaye Saint- Croix unknown books
1969Best.-Nr. 1901Schocken Books 1969. DEVILLERS Philippe. MAO. Translated by Tony White. NY: Schocken Books 1969. Small 8vo. red cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. What They Really Said Series. Near fine; little scuffing rear cover d/j. $10.00. Schocken Books unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 33170Paris: Crosby Continental Editions 1932. Very Good. Paris: Crosby Continental Editions 1932. First English Language Edition. 12mo 16.2cm; printed paper wraps with French flaps; 218pp. Light wear to edges; spine sunned per usual; brief dampstaining to top edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Philippe's novel of the Paris demimonde inspired by his own experiences was originally published in French in 1900. In his preface here Eliot praised the work of this "minor writer" noting "there have been many novels of low life of metropolitan vice and degradation. Novels of sentimentality novels of satire novels of indignation novels of social reform novels of prurience. Bubu de Montparnasse succeeds in being none of these. Philippe. is both compassionate and dispassionate; in his book we blame no one we blame not even a 'social system'; and even the most virtuous in reading it may feel: I have sinned exceedingly in thought word and deed. Crosby Continental Editions unknown books
2009Best.-Nr. 214858Milano: Abscondita 2009. Softcover. VG. Octavo. Softcover. Black and white paper wraps with color illustration. 89 p. 25 leaves illustrations ; 23 cm. Italian text. Abscondita paperback books
1772Best.-Nr. 30530Paris: Edme 1772. Folio. 19 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches. Engraved frontispiece by B.L. Prevost after Sullier engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Baptiste Michel after Harguinier engraved title vignette by and after Prevost engraved arms of Charles-Eugene de Lorraine on dedication 56 hand-coloured engraved plates by B. Michel Adam femme Fessard F.A. Aveline C. Baquoy Benard Ch. Beulier L. Bosse Prevost and others after Harguinier Lafosse Saullier 19 folding and 7 engraved headpieces by Delaunay Hubert Levilain Lucas Mlle Massard Mesnil Michel after Le Carpentier type-ornament headpieces woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. Contemporary calf covers bordered with gilt double fillet expertly rebacked to style spine gilt retaining the original red morocco lettering piece period marbled endpapers Deluxe hand-coloured first edition of the best 18th century French work on equine medicine and the anatomy of the horse. Cours d'hippiatrique is distinguished not only by Lafosse's anatomical skill and knowledge of equitation gained through both study and practice of the subject but also by the excellence of its execution: "Ce livre est un veritable monument eleve a l'Hippologie. Papier impression dessin gravure sont egalement signes" Mennessier de la Lance. The vivid colouring of the anatomical plates elevates this hand coloured issue far beyond the regular black and white edition. "Ouvrage fort bien execute et qui a ete longtemps le meilleur que l'on eut sur cette science" Brunet. Brunet III 765; Cohen-de Ricci col.587; Huth p.46; Mellon Books on Horses and Horsemanship 61; Mennessier de la Lance II pp.20-21; Nissen ZBI 2360. Edme unknown books
1827Best.-Nr. 325002Brussels: Philippe Marie Vandermaelen 1827. Map. Hand colored engraving. Image measures 18 1/2" x 22" Beautiful and simple map of the island of Timor and surrounding islands. From Vandermaelen's 6 volume "Atlas universel de geographie physique politique statistique et mineralogique sur l'echelle.". Can be combined as gores to form an immense globe. Phillippe Marie Vandermaelen 1795-1869 was a Belgian cartographer and publisher. His Atlas universal was both the first lithograph atlas and the first atlas to map the world on a uniform scale. The maps were meant to join together to form a huge globe. Philippe Marie Vandermaelen unknown books
2018Best.-Nr. 335420New York: New Vessel Press 2018. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Two b/w illustrations. 243 pages. 8vo black boards pictorial d.w. New York: New Vessel Press 2018. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. New Vessel Press unknown books
1827Best.-Nr. 40379Bruxelles: Ph. Vandermaelen 1827. First edition. A very good sharp copy. 1 sheet. Hand-colored lithographic map. 47 x 57 cm. Shows the ranges of eight Indian tribes. Covers parts of Utah Colorado and northern Arizona and New Mexico. Includes text: Note sur le Mexique. At a time when American map publishers were virtually ignoring the western United States Vandermaelen's large scale work -which includes sections of Utah Wyoming Arizona and Nevada then still considered part of Mexico along with the location of Indian tribes and shows Lake Timpanagos- was a landmark in the history the cartography of the Transmississippi West. Large text box on the left entitled: Note sur le Mexique by A. Delavault. 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 approximately 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. Wheat Transmississippi 378. Sabin 43762. Phillips 749. [Ph. Vandermaelen] unknown books
1827Best.-Nr. 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
1961Best.-Nr. 30222Paris: Presses Univ. de France 1961. First edition. Paper wrappers. A good copy spine crudely taped. 116 pp. plates. Illus. with 89 b/w drawings & 68 plates. 4to. Publications de Musee Guimet. Recherches et documents d'art et d'archeologie tome 7. The great stupa was built in the 2nd c. A.D. Presses Univ. de France unknown books
2010Best.-Nr. 214631Paris / Grenoble: Somogy Editions d'Art / Musee de Grenoble 2010. Softcover. VG. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 255 pages: black-and-white and color illustrations illustrated cover; 28 cm. French text. Somogy Editions d'Art / Musee de Grenoble paperback books
1972Best.-Nr. 213141Houston TX: Museum of Fine Arts Houston 1972. Softcover. VG. Light shelf wear and rubbing to wraps otherwise clean and unmarked. Oblong quarto. Softcover exhibition catalogue. Red illustrated wraps with black titles. 70 pages illustrations 18 x 26 cm. Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts Houston Feb. 5-Mar. 5 1972. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello. Chronology and catalogue by Dennis Harrington. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston paperback books
1987Best.-Nr. 213260Paris: Galerie H. Odermatt - Ph. Cazeau 1987. Softcover. VG-. Wear and fanning around wrapper edges bumping at head/tail otherwise clean and unmarked. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 115 : color illustrations ; 30 cm. Galerie H. Odermatt - Ph. Cazeau paperback books
