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1743rif. 18928Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 1/2". XVIII 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine front joint tender. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates of 36 lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti 1729" as well as 2 folded maps and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean fresh plates throughout. Hermanus Besseling hardcover
rif. 3095Paris: Editions des Bibliotheques Nationales de France 1937. The catalogue raisonne of Bejot's prints. 2 leaves 279 pp. 437 items thoroughly described. Profusely illustrated. Index. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies printed on fine wove paper with THREE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY BEJOT L. 347 411 and 412 PRINTED ON VERY FINE SPECIALLY-MADE LAID PAPER. Folio. Bound in the original quarter vellum and marbled boards with morocco labels on front cover and spine. Uncut. A tiny wisp of wear to extremities of binding else FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. An excellent copy of a very scarce book usually found worn and/or re-bound. Paris: Editions des Bibliotheques Nationales de France, 1937 hardcover
1926rif. 176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback
1832rif. ST15199b-eLondon 1832-58. Quartos. 26 leaves; 40 leaves of text 1 leaf ads; iv 4 256 pp. errata slip; 2 p.l. 192 pp. Four separately published works. Court Album in blue publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and blind; "Waverley Gallery" in green half morocco over green cloth raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron; "Heath's Picturesque Annual" in publisher's red morocco decorated in gilt and blind; "Tourist in Wales" in half calf over purple buckram raised bands spine panels with gilt floral sprig at center. Court Album with 14 engraved portraits of female aristocrats; "Waverley Gallery" with 36 engravings of the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances; "Heath's Picturesque Annual" with extra engraved title page and 26 engravings by Ritchie after drawings by Clarkson Stanfield; "Tourist in Wales" with extra engraved title page and 49 engravings of views. ◆Bindings with minor imperfections but all solid and pleasing; occasional mild offsetting or minor marginal foxing a couple of short marginal tears to text leaves bur excellent copies internally the text clean and fresh the plates bright with fine impressions. These are appealing examples of the illustrated works that were so popular in the Victorian era providing readers with glimpses of the nobility images of their favorite literary characters and the opportunity to enjoy dramatic scenery from the comfort of their drawing rooms. The first two works here contain portraits of beautiful women both real society belles and heroines of bestselling romances. The latter two transport the armchair traveller to the wilds of Wales to the Austrian and Italian Alps and to the Rhine River. Although in black and white the engravings are so detailed and finely executed particularly in the use of shadow and light that both portraits and landscapes come to life. In the days before photography--much less streaming videos--books like these brought beauty and imagination into everyday lives.
1493rif. 0005337Nuremberg Germany: Anton Koberger 1493. First edition. Very Good. Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Folio conjoined leaves measuring approximately 455mm by 320mm very minor breaks at fold minor soiling matted but not glazed or framed. LIBER CHRONICARUM is the most famous travel book of the 15th century and the most exhaustively illustrated book of the incunable era. The complete work contains 1809 woodcuts of which only 29 are double-page town views:: these conjoined leaves is one of those 29 town views specifically "Colonia" i.e. Cologne Germany. The verso of leaf XCI is a half-page view of "Augusta" i.e. Augsburg Germany with descriptive text. Also smaller portraits of historical personages including Cleopatra Alexander the Great Herodias L. Pomponius Leoneus and M. Agrippa. et alios Notes: this is from the Latin edition. The German-language edition DAS BUCH DER CHRONIKEN has different woodblock portraits for Pomponius Leoneus and Agrippa. Also the view of Augsburg is only the left half of the scene which is one of the double-page views. Goff S-307; Hain - Cop 14508x; Klebs 889.1; Oates 1026; Procter 2084; BMC II 437 . Woodcuts by the Workshop of Michael Woldgemut & Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Anton Koberger unknown
rif. 68433Limited Edition. Very Good. Slim quarto 28 cm Thirty loose woodcut plates on age-toned paper measuring 18.5 cm wide by 27 cm tall. No text or publication information present only the plates. Housed in a folder of 1/4 brown cloth with tan paper over boards and a gilt stamped title on the front board. The folder is toned and lightly rubbed at the edges. The first plate is signed by Molnár in pencil and numbered # 20 in an edition of only 36. The painter and graphic artist Pál Molnár-C. 1894-1981 born in Battonya Hungary lived and worked in a villa located in Ménesi Street on the hillside of Gellért Hill Budapest for 50 years. He held the surrealist style close to his heart throughout his life and he was also heavily inspired by the Symbolist works of Ferdinand Hodler. His illustrations of Shakespeare's Corialanus and Rostrand's Cyrano de Bergerac earned him gold medals at salons in Paris Milan and Warsaw. After his death his younger daughter Dr. Éva Csillag Pálné set up a family-owned private museum in 1984. “As a matter of fact all art is more or less surreal. The reality of everyday life differs from the reality of art which stands above reality.” - Pál Molnár-C. unknown
1600rif. 304c. 1600. Engraving. After Coninxloo. Holl. 23; Le Blanc 13. 13 x 19½. Trimmed to platemark.
1962rif. 2081402110000462Specially ordered 107 maps in 3 volumes 1962. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Specially ordered 107 maps in 3 volumes paperback
1826rif. ABE-90785021091826 Faust was Goethe's most celebrated creation with international editions in his lifetime and subsequently in films and books across the world with translations in most languages. This is a complete set of the 26 engravings Moritz Retzsh produced as an illustration of Goethe's text; the book has no words in it not even a publisher or date. What it does have is a fabulous set of the original plate pulls complete with plate marks. Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch was a German painter draughtsman and etcher; much celebrated in his day. This is in a way a fine example of what would now called a graphic novel. The 26 etched pictures tell the story and words are not needed. In Germany there were many such books without words and this one in particular influenced the English Pre Raphaelites. This volume is in its original binding with a very fragile leather spine which turns around to the original marbled cover boards which are also in a fragile state. There is no title page or date and no publishing house is mentioned. The corners are leather also and the spine has five subtly raised bands and no title. A much poorer copy of this was featured in the exhibition of Pre Raphaelites at Tate Britain. My copy is considerably better but it is by no means a fine one. It has been used and looked at probably a great deal over the last 200 years or so. The leather is very worn the marbled cover boards are patinated and there is a mixture of hand written names and an inscription on the front end paper. It is very rare in any state at all because it was easily broken up so the plates could be framed. This is I must stress a complete bound full set and as such it is very rare indeed. The earlier of the two dated inscriptions states 1826; but it cannot be viewed as an accurate issue date. An edition exists which has a German title page and text but this is not one of those. It's a bit of a mystery. The exhibited copy in the Tate exhibition was inspected by me I knew one of the curators and it was also without any text. International Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover
1844rif. 88648London England: Virtue and Co. City Road and Ivy Lane 1844. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. W. H. Bartlett. TWO VOLUMES IN A SINGLE BINDING Quarto. Forest green half-morocco corners and spineruled in gilt. Full-page Frontis Map by W. Hughes & Aldine Chambers. Aquamarine/White diagonally-striped silver-veined marbled endpapers. 120 magnificent tissue-guarded full-page engravings with Historical and Descriptive Text by J. Stirling Coyne N.P. Willis and others. EXCEPTIONALLY clean and Bright after 180 years. Each volume separately paginated with its own title page. Beautiful book. Virtue and Co., City Road and Ivy Lane hardcover
rif. 30030909Public Pictures Sydney 2008 stated 1st edition . 30.0 x 27.0cms 360pp colour illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper The section headings are: technique; still life; harbour; bush; verandah; interiors; opera; industry; plants; portraits; exhibitions. Public Pictures Sydney 2008 (stated 1st edition) hardcover
rif. 51575Hamburg B. S. Berendsohn 1850. . Schönes Sammelbild von Hamburg nach dem Brand von 1842. Mittig die große Ansicht der Binnenalster von der Lombardsbrücke aus betrachtet umgeben von 20 kl. Ansichten vom alten und neuen Jungfernstieg Hafen und Hafentor Stadttheater Thalia-Theater Post Börse Raineville's Garten Alsterarkaden Bazar Blankenese Tivoli Landungsbrücken Spielbudenplatz u. a. Mit dreisprachigem Titel im unt. Plattenrand. Hamburg, B. S. Berendsohn, 1850. unknown
1809rif. Flo540Very good copy of this classic of equestrian humour First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury An Academy for Grown Horsemen; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents. The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling 1836 John Bohn's Catalogue of English Books 1843 Samuel Halkett's Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain 1882 D.C. Sapp's The Honey Jar 1898 etc. John C. Riely however in The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction. Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: A Long Minuet The Propagation of a Lie and the volume of equestrian misadventures called An Academy for Grown Horsemen by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the Annals of Horsemanship a kind of sequel to the Academy for Grown Horseman." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's Angelica's Ladies Library 1794 Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 Tales of the Devil 1801 etc. Full red morocco leather binding by Root and Son spine with five raised bands gilt title and tooling neatly rebacked at some time with original spine relaid marble endpaper TEG book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid hand-colour. "Capt. Grose" in ink in parentheses next to author's name Gambado on the front title page. Engraved bookplate of Cortlandt Field Bishop American pioneer aviator balloonist autoist traveller and book collector on front endpaper. Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
rif. 63186E-075. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Pied Oxen Printers Hopewell NJ 2002. This is copy number 73 of the Limited edition of 125 copies. Illustrated with 2 intaglio plates. Signed by Paul Muldoon on the half title page and Diarmuid Delargy on the intaglio plates and the printer David Sellers on the limitation page. Bound in original green Asahi cloth printed paper labels on spine and upper cover printed on Somerset Book Wove soft white the prints on Somerset Textured. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 'Unapproved Road' is a masterpiece. For one so long and falsely charged with emotional evasiveness Muldoon will survive as one of our laureates of marriage and fatherhood. Paul Muldoon born 20 June 1951 is an Irish poet. He has published more than thirty collections and won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. At Princeton University he is currently both the Howard G. B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities and Founding Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts. He held the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1999 to 2004 and has also served as president of the Poetry Society UK and Poetry Editor at The New Yorker. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1574rif. 47005Venice Venetia: Printed by Simon Calignani 1574. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 8 109 1pp. Rebound in full leather with ornate period blind-stamped decor on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Title page with elaborate architectural framing. Historiated woodcut initials. Twenty-three headpiece copper engravings 3 3/4 x6" for each chapter and tailpiece vignettes. Contains author's dedication to Ottaviano Manini and five page table of notable facts Index with errata note. Woodcut on colophon at rear is the printer's device initialed S. C. K. with his motto "The Tower and the Strength of my God." Famous work on ancient customs of funeral rites and ceremonies among Romans Egyptians Greeks Indians Scythians Cavemen and Christians by author and cartographer Thomaso Porcacchi illustrated by Girolamo Porro. Written as a dialog between author and two characters praising the talent of Girolamo Porro and the quality of his work. Porro who's eyesight was impaired is also credited with the design of a "flying machine" able to transport many man. Porro also illustrated Porcacchi's 1572 publication "Isole piu famose del Mondo Most Famous Islands of the World." Porcacchi's work on funeral rites known to have been consulted in arranging high profile funerals e.g. that of Cosimo I. de Medici. Text in Italian. Page 51 misnumbered 15. Binding with light wear along edges light streaking to boards. Some offsetting along edges of free endpapers form leather binding. Original endpapers and title page with some age-toning else only minor blemishes in block. Printed by Simon Calignani hardcover
1950rif. 55275London: The Collectors Book Club 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good- to fine condition. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated with six tissue-guarded copper engravings. Original green Morroco with five inch black cloth strip laid to covers gilt decorated grape motif across front cover and raised bands with gilt ruling on spine. Gilt top edge. Purple ribbon marker. Title page printed in red-brown. Signed by the artist on dedication page. Printed with the permission of the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. Contains six beautiful copperplate engravings by the decorated Dutch sculptor Ru van Rossem well known for his sculptures pen drawings lithographs wood and copper engravings as well as set and costume designs. Printed on English handmade paper by John Roberts Press engravings on Japanese vellum. A pupil of Jam van Tongeren and Arend Hendriks Ru van Rossem 1924-2007 taught at the Great Yarmouth College of Art while he lived in England. For almost twenty years he was a lecturer at the Tilburg Academy and among other awards was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2003. Spine and left Moroccan panel on front cover faded with very light wear at along edges slightly more pronounced at head and tail of spine. Some offsetting of leather edges to endpapers. Binding in good- interior in very good to fine condition. The Collectors Book Club hardcover
1929rif. ARC93326The Cresset Press London 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition printed at the Curwen Press and limited to 450 numbered copies on mould-made paper plus a further thirty deluxe copies this one of the 450 examples but un-numbered. Large 4to. 406pp. Bound in full brown buckram with two red leather spine labels lettered and bordered in gold this binding unusual as the 'correct' binding should be white vellum; the fact that this example is un-numbered may suggest that it was intended as a trial or proof copy or perhaps a file copy. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. A touch of very light spotting to the edges and endpapers and to very occasional leaf margins. Backstrip ends very gently rubbed. A very good copy of an uncommon and quite delightful production: a tour-de-force collaboration featuring some of the finest wood engravers of the post-Great War period each one tackling one of the fourteen books classified as apocryphal by the King James Bible. The Cresset Press, London Hardcover
1809rif. Flo542Near fine copy of this classic of equestrian humour First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury An Academy for Grown Horsemen; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents. The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling 1836 John Bohn's Catalogue of English Books 1843 Samuel Halkett's Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain 1882 D.C. Sapp's The Honey Jar 1898 etc. John C. Riely however in The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction. Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: A Long Minuet The Propagation of a Lie and the volume of equestrian misadventures called An Academy for Grown Horsemen by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the Annals of Horsemanship a kind of sequel to the Academy for Grown Horseman." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's Angelica's Ladies Library 1794 Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 Tales of the Devil 1801 etc. Full tree-calf leather binding by Myers and Co 80 New Bond Street London rebacked with mottled spine with gilt title boards a little dry and rubbed new endpapers book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid and delicate hand-colour. One text page 124 with repaired 3cm tear and paper fault that has caused a printing error with no loss to text. Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
rif. 348579-VC44Newcastle/London : Beilby Bewick and G.G. & J. Robinson 1797. Hardcover. Good. Bound in 2 uniform later marbled and gilt calf 1797-1804 marbled endpapers illustrated with with 208240 wood engravings XXX23351XX400 pages 8vo circa 22x13cm. 2 volumes: I The History and Description of Land Birds; II The History and Description of Water Birds. First edition first issue without the words ""Wycliffe 1791"" in the block of the figure of the Sea Eagle in volume I page11; no misprint in volume I page 145 Schæniclus not Sahæniclus and with the vignette in volume I page 285 uncensored.; Both volumes recased; book plate on upper pastedown both volumes. Newcastle/London : Beilby Bewick and G.G. & J. Robinson hardcover
1766rif. 29450Naples 1766-1776. A single aquatint plate drawn and engraved after the original pieces in the Hamilton collection. An aquatint printed as a black background over terracotta with highlighting in light gray/white. The image shows three figures one a warrior draped in animal skins carries a club stands before another figure with a thin staff who stands next to a flaming brazier. A third figure with a shorter staff walks way from the scene. Printed on a single folio sheet measuring larger than 18" x 12" the image approximately 12" X 7.75" now very handsomely presented in cream mounting approximately 24 by 18 inches with ornate gilt framework design around the leaf glazed and now under archival glass in a very attractive frame of gilded red wood and black enamel. In all a very impressive display. Very fine and in an excellent state of preservation. A BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PLATE FROM A MASTERPIECE OF CLASSIC ART RENDERINGS AND PUBLICATION. Hamilton served as British envoy to the court of Naples where he began collecting Greek vases and other antiquities immediately upon arriving at his post. In 1766–67 he published a volume of engravings of his collection entitled A Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton. A further three volumes were produced in 1769–76. Josiah Wedgwood the potter and porcelain maker drew great inspiration from the reproductions presented in Hamilton's volumes. While widely recognized for their beauty the reproductions from Hamilton's vases have become evidence of the irreconcilable problem of neoclassicism in the Romantic period. Significant changes in the way the vases were engraved over a span of thirty or forty years demonstrate how an immutable collection of objects is subject to radical shifts in representation in response to the social and artistic styles of the time. unknown
1766rif. 29242Naples 1766-1776. A single aquatint plate drawn and engraved after the original pieces in the Hamilton collection. An aquatint printed as a black background over terracotta with highlighting in light gray. The image shows a woman bending to pick up a child who squats before her. Objects hover above one is a shield another is a rope or cord. The image is numbered T6 in the top left corner and P6 in the top right it is numbered in Roman VIII at the bottom. Printed on a single folio sheet measuring larger than 18" x 12" the image approximately 9" X 7.25". Now very handsomely presented in cream mounting approximately 24 x 18 inches with ornate gilt framework design glazed under archival glass within a very attractive frame of gilded red wood and black enamel. In all a very impressive display. A very beautiful presentation and in an excellent state of preservation. A BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PLATE FROM A MASTERPIECE OF CLASSIC ART RENDERINGS AND PUBLICATION. Hamilton served as British envoy to the court of Naples where he began collecting Greek vases and other antiquities immediately upon arriving at his post. In 1766–67 he published a volume of engravings of his collection entitled A Collection of Etruscan Greek and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton. A further three volumes were produced in 1769–76. Josiah Wedgwood the potter and porcelain maker drew great inspiration from the reproductions presented in Hamilton's volumes. While widely recognized for their beauty the reproductions from Hamilton's vases have become evidence of the irreconcilable problem of neoclassicism in the Romantic period. Significant changes in the way the vases were engraved over a span of thirty or forty years demonstrate how an immutable collection of objects is subject to radical shifts in representation in response to the social and artistic styles of the time. unknown
1946rif. 145130London: Golden Cockerel Press 1946. Folio. 41 X 19 cm. Original green cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt ship silhouette on front board. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Arnold's mould-made paper. Frontispiece. Full page map and 8 engravings Chronological table. Copy 750/750. Musty smelling. A fine clean copy The first 100 copies were bound in full green Morocco. This copy has the designation of the last copy in the series. The book is dedicated to John King David and below it is the following: inscription "To Captain Douglas Bull with my good wish from John K. Davis who the above not withstanding is just a very "Ordinary Seaman" Melborne Nov 3rd 1947". A very modest and humble inscription from one of the great Antarctic Navigators and Explorers. Great being the last copy and with the wonderful inscription. Great association copy. 1946 Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
rif. 372111The Whittington Press 2008. Hardcover. Fine Condition. From a total edition of 350 this is one of the specially numbered deluxe copies Number 78”signed by both author Robin Llewelyn and artist Leslie Gerry. Published by Whittington Press the volume features a distinctive binding exclusive to the deluxe issue and includes eight vivid A3 giclee prints by Leslie Gerry each capturing the spirit and architecture of Portmeirion the iconic North Wales village designed by Clough Williams-Ellis from 1925. The text written by Williams-Ellis's grandson complements the imagery with personal insight and historical reflection. Measuring 43.5 x 31.5 cm the book is bound in vibrant pictorial boards and presented in an elegant concertina format. This edition also includes a separate portfolio containing the seven prints from the book plus an eighth plate not included in the volume all signed by the artist alongside a dramatic A1 size print of Portmeirion. Both book and box are bound by The Fine Book Bindery and housed in a beautifully printed paper-covered solander box. Condition is as new. A remarkable production that honours the vision of Clough Williams-Ellis blending evocative prose and striking artwork to celebrate one of Britain's most imaginative architectural achievements. Size: 31.5 x 43.5 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Whittington Press hardcover
1833rif. 18856Milano: Fortunato Stella e Figli 1833. First Italian edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Oblong folio 12 6/8 x 18 1/2". 1 leaf Title 38 leaves Plates 1 leaf List of content. Original half morocco over burgundy paper covered boards. Gold lettering and tooling on spine. Rare first Italian edition of Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach's atlas volume of his "Sainte Bible de Vence" a series which was originally published in 27 volumes in Paris from 1827 to 1833. The striking 38 engraved plates featured in this atlas are composed of 13 maps by A. R. Fremin and 25 engravings signed by Falkeisen Angelini and Lanzani. The engraved plates have been laid down on beautiful hand-made paper and describe the following: 1. Map of the place of Eden Mesopotamy and Persian Gulf; 2. Noah's Arch construction; 3. Noah's Arch; 4. Map of the land divided among Noah's sons; 5. The Babel Tower; 6. Map of the Land of Canaan; 7. Map of Jews' Pilgrimage; 8. The Jerusalem Sahnedrin; 9. The Temple of Jerusalem plans and sections; 10. The Temple of Jerusalem square plan; 11. Map of ancient Jerusalem; 12. The Temple of Salomon; 13. The Temple's foundations; 14. The East Gate; 15. The Buildings of the Temple; 16. Musical Instruments of the Jews; 17. Hebrew Alphabet; 18. Jew's Vestments and worship's objects; 19. Two Menorah; 20. High Priest's vestments and Golden Menorah; 21. Moses' Tabernacle; 22. The Loaves of Proposition; 23. Plan and section of the Tabernacle; 24. The encampment of the Israelites; 25. Map of the Holy Land South; 26. Map of the Holy Land North; 27. Map of Syria; 28.Map of Israel under Salomon; 29. Plan of the House of the Forest of Lebanon; 30. The House of the Forest of Lebanon; 31. The Bronze Sea; 32. The Washings; 33. The Altars of the Holocausts; 34. Map of the Persian Empire; 35. Map of the Land of Canaan according to Ezechiel; 36. Map of Herod's Reign; 37. Zachary's Vision; 38. Map of the travels of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The plates measure appr. 12 1/2 x 18 1/4" image size appr. : 9 1/2 x 14 6/8". Binding rubbed on covers and along edges. Head and tail of spine chipped. Previous owner's Ex-libris Calvin Bullock on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic foxing along paper margin not affecting plates. Title and captions in Italian. Binding in overall fair interior in very good plates in near fine to fine condition. About the author: "David Paul Drach aka Paul-Louis-Bernard Drach after his conversion 1791-1865 was a Catholic convert from Judaism and librarian of the College of Propaganda in Rome. Drach received his early education from his father who was a rabbi. After spending some time in various Talmudic schools he became a teacher at Rappoltsweiler though only sixteen years of age. The love of the secular sciences brought him to Paris where he was welcomed by his coreligionists and became tutor in a wealthy Jewish family. His reputation as a teacher brought him Christian pupils; and this may have had some influence on his subsequent conversion; in fact he had always manifested some leaning toward Christianity. Drach had already begun the study of Greek and Latin so as to become acquainted with the Christian doctrines in their original sources. Struck by the accusation of some of the Fathers that the Jews had corrupted the Hebrew text he began a comparative study of the Hebrew and the Septuagint which study he continued in spite of the remonstrances of the president of the Central Consistory. Drach was received into the Catholic faith in 1823 together with his two daughters and his son Paul who afterward became a priest and a distinguished Biblical scholar. In 1827 Drach accepted the position of librarian of the Propaganda in Rome which position he held until the year of his death." From the Jewish Encyclopedia. Fortunato Stella e Figli hardcover
1779rif. D7139Paris et Dijon: les Auteurs et Frantin 1779-1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary mottled calf lavishly gilt-stamped spine gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label original decorative endpapers; 8vo 120x 202 mm 3 volumes; with half-titles 3 additional titles 2 allegorical frontispieces 50 plates 39 of them with double views of Paris and 2 full-page vignettes. Some very light scuffing at spine tips and along joints; occasional light toning and marginal soiling. A handsome set with the bookplates of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich. Cohen-de Ricci 692. les Auteurs, et Frantin hardcover
