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1765ref. 39594Sienne, , 1765. 1 feuille (45 x 36 cm) pliée en deux et 1 feuillet (22 x 36 cm), les deux imprimés recto verso.
1693ref. 21679Lyon, Rolin Glaize, 1693 (i.e. 1679) ; in-8, veau épidermé de l’époque, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, sans pièce de titre ; 88, [7] pp. de Table.
15594to. (24) ff. (last blank). With large title woodcut (catafalque, signed C.S.) and one heraldic woodcut initials. Papered spine. One of two printings of the first German edition; a report by the Imperial councillor Staphylus about the exequies, funeral procession and festivities arranged at Augsburg in February 1559 by Ferdinand I, following the death of Emperor Charles V at the monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste in September 1558. First published as "De exequiis Caroli V. quas Ferdinandus freatri suo carissimo Augustae Vindelicorum fecit fieri" (Augsburg 1559). Charles had abdicated in 1556 in favour of his brother Ferdinand. - Dusty and with edge defects; one large tear restored with Japanese paper. Rare. VD 16, ZV 14661; cf. E 707. BMC German 300. Bucher (Dillingen) 111.
2023ref. 16762023 Couverture souple Paris, Gallimard, domaine de Chaumont sur Loire, 2023. Un volume in-8 (24 x 17 cm), broché, couverture illustrée, dans son étui cartonné avec motif gaufré au centre, tranches bleutées. 198 pages, illustrées de nombreuses reproductions d'oeuvres de l'artiste en noir et en couleurs. Cette édition de luxe comprend une eau-forte sous serpente, signée et numérotée par Alechinsky, imprimée à l'atelier Clot à Paris. Un des 99 exemplaires numérotés du tirage de tête (n°44). Ouvrage publié à l'occasion de l'exposition du 1er avril au 29 octobre 2023 au Centre d'arts et de nature du Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire. En tête d'ouvrage, texte d'Alechinsky "Vadrouille à l'âge lithique", dans lequel l'artiste revient sur son rapport concret à l'imprimerie. « Aller à l'imprimerie, c'est comme pousser la porte du bistrot, quitter l'égocentrisme de l'atelier d'artiste pour retrouver les mordus, les habitués du comptoir lithographique. On respire l'odeur de l'encre. On piétine le même plancher » (Ambidextre, 2019). Né en 1927 en Belgique, Pierre Alechinsky est une figure marquante de l'art contemporain, membre fondateur du groupe Cobra. Bel exemplaire, comme neuf, de cette édition originale.
1932ref. 20834Port Louis - Ile Maurice, Général Printing and Stationery, 1932 ; in-4° (285 mm), broché ; [4], 37 pp., [1] f. achevé d’imprimer, [1] f. photographie tirage collé, [5] f. de reproduction photographique, couverture crème illustrée.
1823ref. 20873Le Puy, J.B. La Combe, (imprimerie Pasquet père et fils), 1823 ; in-8, demi-veau marron, dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, roulettes et fleurons dorés, fleuron à froid (reliure de l’époque) ; X-303, [1], XV pp., [1]f. d’Errata.
(8), 139 Bll., l. w. Bl. Mit gr. Holzschnittvignette am Titel. Flexibler Pergamentband der Zeit auf 3 durchzogenen Doppelbünden mit Resten eines hs. Rückenschildchens. Bindebänder fehlen. Gr.-4to. Erste Ausgabe der Verteidigungsschrift gegen Jakob Heerbrands "De vera ecclesia Christi militante" (1575) und "Contra assertiones Jesuiticas de ecclesia Christi" (1577). Der Kölner Jesuit Heinrich Blissem (1526-86), ein Vertrauter des Ignatius v. Loyola, bezieht sich hier auf seinen 1575 veröffentlichten Vortrag vom 30. Jänner 1575 in Graz, in dem er sich um eine Rechtfertigung des Jesuitenordens, der sog. "Ecclesia militans" bemühte. - Kl. Fehlstelle am Hinterdeckel. Innen teils leicht braunfleckig bzw. schwach wasserrandig; vereinzelt im w. Rand auch etwas wurmspurig. Vorsätze und letztes w. Bl. von alter Hand beschrieben; am Titel hs. Besitzvermerk der Kapuziner in Celje. VD 16, B 5798. Adams B 2107. BM-STC German 129. De Backer/Sommervogel I, 1551, 3. Stalla 1342. Vgl. Jöcher I, 1132.
75 Bll., l. w. Bl. Mit Wappenholzschnitt am Titel. Halbpergamentband. Dreiseitiger Farbschnitt. 4to. Seltene zweite Ausgabe (die erste in Deutschland gedruckte) des oft aufgelegten und übersetzten Werks: eine Geschichte des sogenannten Mailändischen Kriegs, der zunächst zur Vertreibung, schließlich aber zur Wiedereinsetzung Francesco Sforzas II. als Herzog von Mailand führte. Der italienische Schriftsteller und Staatsmann (1487-1537) Capella war Sekretär des Herzogs und zeitweise auch Minister; er berichtet hier als intimer Kenner der Ereignisse und Hintergründe. - Stellenweise unbedeutend braunfleckig; es fehlen die Vorsatzblätter. Gutes Exemplar. VD 16, C 792. BNHCat C 204. BM-STC German 179. Adams C 582. IA 131.486.
15732 Bde. in einem. (8) SS., 1074 Spp., (1) S., l. w. Bl. 762 Spp., (53) SS. (ohne das l. w. Bl.). Mit 2 Holzschnittdruckermarken am Titel. Lederband des 17. Jhs. (stark lädiert) auf 5 Doppelbünden mit Resten von Rückenvergoldung. Folio. Zweite lateinische Ausgabe bei Sonnius (zuvor kollationsgleich im Vorjahr erschienen), aus dem Griechischen übersetzt und ediert von Gentian Hervet (1499-1584; vgl. Gamillscheg/Harlfinger: Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600). - Beide Deckel stark berieben (Oberschicht des Leders abgerieben); Kapitale defekt; Ecken und Kanten stärker bestoßen mit kl. Fehlstellen im Lederbezug. Innen insgesamt sauber und wohlerhalten; Titel unbedeutend fingerfleckig; vereinzelte hs. Anstreichungen und Notizen des 17. Jhs. Am vorderen Vorsatz verso kl. Provenienzvermerk: "Ex biblioth. P. Fabri". Recht selten; lt. OCLC kein Exemplar in USA (Nachweise für Nijmegen, Maastricht, Utrecht); ferner in Berlin, München, Köln (nicht in BnF). Adams C 3171. OCLC 63813114. Nicht bei BM-STC French.
1920ref. 31712Paris, Fonderie de caractères d'imprimerie, s.d. [circa 1920]. Un fort vol. au format in-8 (248 x 162 mm) non paginé. Reliure d'édition de plein cartonnage crème imprimé, dos lisse.
155670, (2) SS. Mit Holzschnittdruckermarke am Titel und kleinerer Druckermarke am letzten Bl. verso. Mod. Pappband. 4to. Zweite, erweiterte Ausgabe des seltenen, erstmals 1548 erschienenen Werks zur griechischen Prosodie und Metrik. Das neue Druckprivileg ist datiert mit 13. September 1555. René Guillonius (1500-70) war Schüler der großen Gräzisten Guillaume Budé (1467-1540) gewesen. - Am Titel zeitgenöss. hs. Besitz- und Kaufvermerk sowie darunter Persius-Motto "Sum Thomae [...] constat 1 fl. | Vive memor lethi fugit hora. Persius". Der Nachname des Besitzers kaum später getilgt und von einem wohl ebenfalls Thomas (Bauer) genannten Nachbesitzer des 16. Jhs. in roter Tinte ersetzt: "Agricola". Durchgehend mit kl. Wurmgang (etwas Textverlust). Adams G 1581. BM-STC French 213. OCLC 65708718.
2 Tle. in 1 Bd. 527, (1) SS. (2. Teil mit eigenem Titelblatt:) Conciones de praecipuis sanctorum festis, a festo beatissimae Mariae Magdalenae, usque ad finem anni. Ebda., 1580. 542 SS. Beide Teile mit Holzschnittdruckermarke am Titel. Blindgepr. Schweinslederband der Zeit über Holzdeckeln auf 3 erhabenen Doppelbünden mit Resten von Schließen. Hs Rückenschildchen. 8vo. Luís de Granadas Festtagspredigten über das gesamte Kirchenjahr. Der spanisch-portugiesische asketische Schriftsteller Luis von Granada (1504-88) trat insbesondere als Kanzelprediger hervor. "Ludwigs Werke gelten nach Form und Inhalt als klassisch; Franz von Sales nennt ihn 'Fürst der geistlichen Schriftsteller'" (LThK VI, 698). - Durchgehend etwas gebräunt bzw. braunfleckig; zu Beginn auch mit kl. Wurmspuren. Am Titel montierter Besitzvermerk der Kapuziner zu Gmunden. Nicht bei Adams und BM-STC Dutch.
1897ref. 42406Paris, Imprimerie de Paul Radiot, 1897. 2 exemplaires du même ouvrage reliés en 1 vol. in-8 de 52 pp. 8 planches hors texte, 52 pp. 8 planches hors texte, feuillets vierges intercalaires, basane fauve, dos à nerfs orné à la grotesque, ex-libris doré en pied de dos, couvertures conservées (reliure de l'époque).
1634ref. 40475Leyde, Abraham et Bonaventure Elzevier, 1634. Petit in-12 (126 x 67 mm) de (20) pp. dont 1 titre-frontispice et 1 figure gravée, 786-(30) pp. (sig.*10 A-Z12 Aa-Ll12), maroquin bleu, dos lisse orné, roulette dorée d'encadrement sur les plats, frise intérieure dorée, gardes de tabis rose, tranches dorées (reliure du XVIIIe siècle).
1953ref. 007470New York Pellegrini & Cudahy 1953 In-4 Cartonnage, jaquette illustrée Edition originale
(8) SS. Papierner Heftstreifenrücken. 4to. Festgedicht des Wittenberger Juristen Veit Winsheim (1521-1608) auf die Verehelichung des Georg Maior d. J. (gest. 1558) mit Gertraud Drachstedt. - Unbedeutender Wasserrand bzw. etwas fleckig; kl. Wurmspur. Wohl einem altem Sammelband entnommen; am Titel alte hs. Numerierung "20". Selten; nur 2 Nachweise über VD 16 (BSB München; HAB Wolfenbüttel). VD 16, O 451.
ref. DADAX1902538021New unknown
1809ref. 2111902160200522Matsuba Eaves Board 1809. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Matsuba Eaves Board paperback
1959ref. 002039London: Dent 1959 1959 Full buckram binding with no jacket as issued but fitted with a clear sleeve. First Edition First Impression of this sought after volume issued in memory of the artist. Enclosed is the prospectus for the book and the V & A exhibition notice which coincided with the publication. A vigorous and prolific engraver Gibbings was hugely influential. This superlative work is a great example of book production and it is a fitting tribute to a great talent. Very heavy and will need insurance and extra postage depending on destination. 0.0 0.0 0.0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. London: Dent, 1959 hardcover
1772ref. 41086Paris 1772. Pp. 1-12; 17 of 19 copper-engraved plates Goußier del. Benard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. A clean bright extract lacking plates I & XIV. Small adhesion of first leaf to later blank wrapper else fine. Pp. 1-12; 17 of 19 copper-engraved plates Goußier del. Benard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. An especially attractive selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict every aspect of the art and craft of printing in the late 18th century; the explanatory text is concise yet fully detailed. Printing and the Mind of Man describes the Encyclopedie as "a monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization.". PMM 200; En français dans le texte 156 unknown books
1924ref. 83850Manchester: The Co-operative Union Limited 1924. Second edition revised. Octavo; xxii456pp. Presentation binding of full deep brown levant over beveled boards with on-laid decorations in red and tan; gilt ornaments to both boards and spine full gilt turn-ins; all edges gilt. With binder's ticket at rear pastedown: "Bound by / Co-Operative Printing Society / New Mount St. Manchester." Also with a handsome hand-colored calligraphic presentation leaf bound in before text: "Presented by the Central Education Committee of the Co-Operative Union Limited to H. Marlow Esq. on the occasion of the Week End Meeting held at Croydon. Easter: 1929. Trivial rubbing to spine ends; still a tight Fine copy. An excellent craft binding from the workshop of the Co-Operative Printing Society of Manchester originally founded in 1869 as the "North of England Co-operative Printing Society" a shared workspace and clearing house for printers binders lithographers and others engaged in the craft of bookmaking. It operated under the umbrella of the Co-operative Union Ltd founded in 1883 and the principal body of trade and wholesale cooperatives in Great Britain through most of the 20th century. We've been unsuccessful at discovering a precise identity for the recipient of this copy one "H. Marlow" a common-enough name to defy our efforts. The Co-operative Union Limited unknown books
1892ref. 63976London: Harrild & Sons n.d.; 1892. First Edition. Folio 32cm. Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt with large gilt view of the "Fleet" Works on rear board; pale floral patterned endpapers; iv 122pp; numerous wood engravings. Title page printed in four colors. Card of Representative H. C. Marquet Nottingham to front pastedown. A sound upright copy corners bumped a few minor stains to cloth rear free endpaper heavily browned but interior generally clean and bright: Very Good. Detailed and extensively illustrated catalogue from a printing supply company; a valuable resource for studying or teaching about late nineteenth-century printing technologies. Robert Harrild originally a printer developed composition ink rollers in the 1810s which were instrumental in the shift to cylindrical presses. He soon shifted from printing to manufacturing rollers and other printing supplies. By the 1890s Harrild & Sons was a prosperous printing supply company; they also sold printing presses manufactured by Bremner of Otley in Yorkshire. This catalogue advertises lithographic and relief printing presses; folding machines; guillotines; ink rollers; printing types and rules; composing room furniture including typecases composing frames imposing stones and form racks; chases and furniture; stitching machines and binding equipment; stereotype manufacturing equipment; and a wide variety of other miscellaneous supplies most illustrated in clear detail. 63976. Harrild & Sons unknown books
1960ref. 726681960. A Pair of Printing Blocks Legal Printing. Reproductions of Two Sixteenth-Century Printing Blocks One of Them from a Law Book. c.1950-1960. 4-3/4" x 3-1/2" and 6" x 3-1/2." Mid-century metal electrotype mounted on inch-thick hardwood blocks. Some darkening mostly to background from ink. $750. The smaller block which has a well-rubbed but legible printing of the plate mounted to the verso is from a collection of Parisian coutumes: Le Stille de Chastellet pour Monstrer a ung Chacun Qlle Ordre est en Court Laye de Proceder en la Ville. This book appears to by from an edition printed in Paris by Guillaume Nyverd sometime around 1509-1519. It depicts a lawyer pleading before a judge while a scribe records his words. The image on larger block appears to be from a chivalric romance. A woman holding flowers is approaching a knight. Cupid hovering above the lady is shooting an arrow at him. A dog and a rabbit symbols of faith and fidelity stand by her feet. unknown books
1811ref. 23306Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback
1772ref. 41086Paris 1772. Pp. 1-12; 17 of 19 copper-engraved plates Goußier del. Benard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. A clean bright extract lacking plates I & XIV. Small adhesion of first leaf to later blank wrapper else fine. Pp. 1-12; 17 of 19 copper-engraved plates Goußier del. Benard fecit. 1 vols. Folio. An especially attractive selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict every aspect of the art and craft of printing in the late 18th century; the explanatory text is concise yet fully detailed. Printing and the Mind of Man describes the Encyclopedie as "a monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization.". PMM 200; En français dans le texte 156 unknown
