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1745rif. 855Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer et al. 1745. First edition. Very good. Mezzotint engraving printed in color finished by hand 12.75 x 8.25 inches platemark approx; 15.25 x 9.5 inches overall approx. Left edge retains sewing stabs neatly disbound in some earlier century else a very vibrant example of a hand colored mezzotint engraving. The individual botanicals in this plate are: a. Phaseolus flore puniceo b. Phaseolus major c. Phaseolus orthocaulus d. Phaseolus Indicus e. Phaseolus major seu Faba purgatrioc. Drawn from Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia this dazzling print is part of a riotous celebration of plants trees shrubs herbs flowers fruits mushrooms and trailing vines. Printed in color and delicately finished by hand the series stands among the earliest triumphs of color printing and marks the first published collection to feature the work of George Dionysus Ehret one of the eighteenth century's most admired botanical artists. Other artists/engravers included in this work are Bartholomaus Seuter Johann Elias Ridinger and Johann Jakob Haid. In Great Flower Books Satcheverall Sitwell refers to this set as the "pioneering work of botanical prints engraved to be inked in color." . NISSEN2126. DUNTHORNE 327. SITWELL/BLUNT Great Flower Books p. 151 166. . H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer, et al. unknown
1979rif. 371475-AF11The Tern Press 1979. Hardcover. Good. Original decorated cloth marbled endpapers 90 numbered copies issued this is number 47 illustrated with small prints partly in b/w oblong circa 215x275cm. Signed by Peter Abbs Nicholas Parry and Mary Parry. The Tern Press hardcover
1928rif. 1403491Paris: Edward W. Titus 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 6 49 7 pages plus 5 illustrated plates. In Very Good minus condition. In brown cloth binding with red lettering on paper labels to front board and spine. Boards are moderately soiled most heavily on spine with faint stains on boards near the joints. Rubbing along board edges fore corners lightly bumped. Label on spine is heavily sunned and scuffed. Text block shows light wear and foxing to deckled edges. Also foxed sparsely throughout most prominently on endpapers. Stain in gutter of first free endpaper. Small pencil annotation on page 7 indicates a typo in the text. SH consignment. Shelved in Room A. Bill Bird was an American publisher best known for running the Three Mountains Press a small press that published many prominent modernists in the 1920s including Ezra Pound Ernest Hemingway James Joyce William Carlos Williams and Robert McAlmon with Ezra Pound serving as editor. Over a period of two and a half years he published 9 works. Concurrently he founded Consolidated Press Service and worked there as a journalist from 1920-1933 when he joined the New York Sun as chief foreign correspondent. Forced to flee France after the Nazi invasion he wrote articles warning of war. After WWII he moved to Tangier and was the editor of the Tangier Gazette. This title was among Bird's private collection having been carted by him from Paris where he stayed until 1940 to Spain Tangiers and finally back to Paris and by descent to the US. 1403491. Special Collections. Edward W. Titus hardcover
1945rif. 33330952Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Webb Clifford. One of 500 copies folio size pp. The Golden Cockerel Press came together in autumn of 1920 at a time when post-World War I society was ushering in a renaissance of creative minds including another renaissance of the printing press as the artist's tool similar to that of William Morris and the arts and crafts printers of the previous century. The press worked with many notable artists including Eric Gill Blair Hughes-Stanton Robert Gibbings and the artist for this work Clifford Webb. Clifford Cyril Webb 1895-1972 studied art and is best known today for his wood engravings. He was a founder-member of the Society of Wood Engravers and "was a prominent figure in the group of engravers whobrought about the revival of wood engraving in the 1920s and benefited from the encouragement of Robert Gibbings and the Golden Cockerel Press" n.b. quote from Webb's entry in Horne "The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators" p. 437. Per the bibliographical entry for this work "it is surprising that no complete translation of this unique eye-witness account of the First Crusade had ever been published in England before. What the pilgrims did in their fervour of blind fanaticism 'to the glory of God' makes astonishing reading!" ___DESCRIPTION: Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half vellum with orange buckram boards gilt vignette on the front board of crusaders on horseback by Clifford Webb top edge gilt frontis one of five full-page wood-engravings bound in throughout small title page wood-engraving also of crusaders on horseback wood-engraving of a cockerel holding a crusader pennant in its beak on p. 9; Poliphilus type on hand-made paper folio size 12 3/8" by 7 3/8" pagination: 1-4 5-92 1 colophon. ___CONDITION: A solid very good copy with clean boards the vellum smooth and without wear a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a small mark on the vellum on the back board light overall edgewear the corners bumped but not rubbed. ___CITATION: Cockalorum 168. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Golden Cockerel Press 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
1924rif. 96543New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in batik-decorated boards with blue cloth strip at spine. No dust jacket. One of 2040 numbered copies printed by the Pynson Printers after a design by Elmer Adler. This copy numbered 922. Heavy wear at corner tips and some darkening of right-hand side of front board. Interior pages are clean and supple; binding is solid. Title on spine is within a bright gilt medallion. Twelve intact wood engravings by Wilfred Jones. A nice copy. 8vo. 135 pp. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1954rif. 337877-XC27St. Ives : The Ark Press 1954. Hardcover. Good. Original pictorial boards in matching dust jacket full page engravings in red by Ru van Rossem unpaged edition of 250 copies 8vo. Signed by Ru van Rossem on title page.; Foxed on dust jacket; foxed on cut; some foxing inside. , St. Ives : The Ark Press hardcover
1846rif. 157997London: William S. Orr 1846. Nice copy. large octavo. cloth binding xxxii 602 568 488 132pp. engravings text ills. glossary With hundreds of engravings & text illustrations. Some light foxing mainly to prelims o/w a very nice set which has been very nicely rebound with new end papers in green buckram with raised bands at spine & red title-labels. All edges marbled. Quite a handsome set William S. Orr hardcover
2001rif. 154417London: Folio Society 2001. 1st edition. As New. tall octavo. hardback in original cloth xix 472pp. engravings Leather spine over decorated boards. In sturdy card slip-case as issued Folio Society hardcover
2001rif. 152920London: Folio Society 2001. 1st edition. As New. tall octavo. 1/4 leather xix 472pp. illusts. notes index Bound with an emerald green leather spine over decorated green boards. In nice slip-case as issued Folio Society hardcover
1859rif. 140940505Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson 1859. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on. 580 2-12 1 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth front stamped in blind gilt spine lettering yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good copy with cloth worn away along head and tail lettering a little oxidized and rubbed light sporadic foxing penciled name on first blank erased pencil on title page plates toned. The autobiography of the first private detective Eugene Francois Vidocq a former criminal and father of criminology. His exploits inspired Edgar Allan Poe to create detective fiction as a genre. T.B. Peterson unknown
1845rif. 3466Original publisher's binding of brown cloth with decorative gilt Romulus/Remus motif to front cover blindstamped to rear board Front cover detatched; Lacking spine covering. Complete with 30 plates 29th plate "Piazza Barberini" as frontispiece. Infrequent foxing throughout some markings to page edges. A nice copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; viii 216 pages; David Bogue hardcover
1808rif. 006372London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1808. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 2 published in 1810. 2 volumes: vii 1 524 p. frontispiece and 62 leaves of engraved plates; viii 444 30 p. frontispiece and 95 leaves of plates one folded: one in-text engraving; 29 cm. Original brown boards; both spines are covered in brown library repair tape with title and call number written in white on spine. Pages are untrimmed. Former owner's name on blank page preceding frontispiece in each volume: "H. Hunt." Oval stamp on front fixed endpaper of Dickinson College Library. Embossed stamp of that library on title pages. Modern endpapers. This is complete with the 159 leaves of plates called for in the list of illustrations and one engraving in text. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; solid library spine repairs; occasional foxing primarily in margins; otherwise clean and tight. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme hardcover
1931rif. 17082110London: Jonathan Cape Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Gill Eric. No. 129 of 160 octavo size 206 pp. signed by Eric Gill. Clothing has long been an integral part of society and can be used to reflect diverse religious and cultural identities. In this essay Eric Gill 1882-1940 discusses the significance of clothes in society and argues for a more egalitarian approach to clothing; for example Gill advocates the suitability of men's clothing trousers for women as a way to liberate the sexes and create a more equal society. Gill provides wood engravings for the book illustrating his concepts and showcasing his masterful rendering of the technique; his illustrations have a slightly satirical slant while evoking the pathos of his arguments. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter brown pigskin with marbled paper boards gilt rules and lettering on the spine top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges uncut illustrations include title page device "Woman Dancing" P712; "Art and Prudence" P714; "Clothes as Houses" P715; "Clothes as Workshops" P716; "Clothes as Churches and Town Halls" P717; "Clothes for Special Parts" P718; "The Tyranny of Tailors" P719; "Nature and Nakedness" P720; "Trousers" P21; and a tailpiece of "Trousers and Spats" P722; octavo 7.5" by 5.25" pagination: i-vii 1-2 3-196 197-198 1 colophon one of 160 copies this number 129 signed "Eric G" on the colophon. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to the corners a faint stain to the gutter of Contents page and very slight cracking to the gutter at pages 128 and 129 but hinges are still tight. ___CITATION: Gill 22. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Jonathan Cape [Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge] hardcover
2013rif. 019874Istanbul: Denizler Kitabevi 2013. Soft cover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In original decorative cloth bdg. Folio. 41 x 31 cm. In English. Color ills. 218 1 p. A very heavy volume. Fisher's illustrations of Constantinople and its environs. Constantinople and the scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. Illustrated. In a series of drawings from nature by Thomas Allom. With an historical account of Constantinople and descriptions of the plates by the rev. Robert Walsh LL. D. ISTANBUL - Constantinople Ottoman culture Engraving Illustrations History of art Travel Voyage Memoirs Archeology Byzantium Western travellers. Denizler Kitabevi paperback
1873rif. 004109Helsinki Finland: F. Tilgmanns förlag 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. 100 p. 35 steel-engraved plates; 26 x 33 cm. Red cloth with gilt-tooled cover title; gilt rules on spine. Blind-ruled border on both boards with additional gilt ruled border on the front board. White moire endpapers. Bound without the engraved title page and preliminary pages 1-viii. The author Zacharias Topelius 1818-1898 through his work as a writer journalist and professor of history played a pivotal role in the creation of the Finnish identity in the 19th century. En Resa i Finland Travel in Finland employs illustrations by the most famous Finnish artists of the time. The beautiful steel-engraved plates are based on original paintings by Berndt Lindholm A. v. Becker B. Reinhold Hjalmar Munsterhjelm Karl Emanuel Jansson Robert Wilhelm Ekman J. Knutson W. Holmberg Oslar Kleineh and Albert Edelfelt. Originally issued in parts in 1872 and 1873 this copy was apparently taken to the binder without the title page and 8 preliminary pages. The text is in Swedish. The plates were engraved by A. Weger and are captioned in Finnish Swedish and French. This is the first edition not the modern reprint. In Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; cover slightly soiled; spine faded; corners of a few leaves faintly dampstained not impacting image or text; light foxing on a few plates; otherwise clean and bright. F. Tilgmanns förlag hardcover
1984rif. 130358Clarendon: Granrott Press 1984. 1st edition. Nice copy. folio. softback with stiff wrappers 63pp. col. & b/w pls. bibliog. Presentation copy signed by Noela Hjorth on title-page. Light creasing to wrappers o/w nice copy Granrott Press unknown
1865rif. 17495New York: Edmond Jones & Co 1865. Hardcover. Very good overall. The color plates in fabulous condition providing an intimate look at this great city during the Civil War. Particularly beautiful plates include the color engraved frontispiece and many color engraved street views including: Christian Gunther Esq Father of the Present Mayor; Old Frame House Peck Slip; the Audubon Estate detached; Harlem Lane from Central Park to Manhattanville; Stewart's House 54th Betw Broadway and 7th Ave.; Old Dutch Farmhouse 7th Ave & 50th St.; Grocery & Tea Store Cor. Spring & Crosby St 1826; North Moore St 1865; Twin Frame Houses 33rd & Lexington; Oldest House Foot of Murray Hill 3rd Ave & 34th St.; Old Residence Cor. Madison & 40th; Keyser Estate Cor. 4th Ave & 40th St.; Cargle Estate 60th St & 10th Ave.; Caster Estate betw. 35th and 36th & Lexington Ave.; and Tammany Hall 1830. Many b&w engravings. Small 8vo folding map 879pp. Green gilt stamped cloth. Spine ends rubbed top of hinge at spine w short split. Internally folding map of New York detached short split at one fold; small prev owner bookplate Louis B. Tiemann o/w very good; the color plates are immaculate. Edmond Jones & Co hardcover
1823rif. 002813London: John and Arthur Arch 1823. Hardcover. Very Good . Published for the Author by John and Arthur Arch . . . R. Triphook . . . and J. Major . . . ." 8 15 1 p. 53 leaves of plates 1 leaf with copper-engraved dedication to Lavinia Countess Spencer signed Hewitt 52 leaves of mounted plates numbered 1-60 drawn and engraved by G.R. Lewis; 29 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-rules and raised bands with gilt-tooled decoration. Black morocco spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Lewis's Etchings. Red morocco label on front board with double gilt-ruled border gilt corner rosettes and title "Etchings of the Physiognomy Manners & Character of the People of France & Germany." All page edges marbled to match boards and endpapers. Remains of a small circular label on front fixed endpaper reading "Abbey" along lower edge. The plates were issued for insertion in T.F. Dibdin's Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany 1821. Included are directions for placing the plates in Dibdin's work. Lewis made hundreds of drawings while accompanying Thomas Frognall Dibdin on his tour of France and Germany some of which were used to illustrate Dibdin's book. A disagreement about how much Dibdin owed Lewis for the drawings developed after the tour and the additional plates presented here were undoubtedly published by Lewis to generate some extra income from his work. In Very Good Condition: leather and boards are rubbed most heavily at head of spine and corners; corner of title page lightly soiled; light foxing primarily affecting the leaves on which the plates are mounted rather than the plates themselves; plates are clean and crisp. John and Arthur Arch hardcover
1940rif. 2156New York N.Y. William Edwin Rudge 1940-1948. 4to. Vol.I-Vol. V. Number 1-4 of each year plus Vol. V Number 4. 1940-1948. Printed wrappers for each volume. 1st Edition. All in fine condition each year encased in a blue paper covered sleeve. Vol. I: 1940 Vol 1-4 A mutitude of articles on prints and books as well as numerous illustrations. Vol. II: 1942 #1-4 "Aristocracy in Prints" American engraver Vol. III: #1-4 1943 t. Vol. IV: 1946 #1-4Vol. V:1948 #4 only. On request I will provide a detailed list of articles included. The journal was founded by William Edwin Rudge to demonstrate "the far reaching importance of the graphic arts" including art prints commercial printing wallpaper etc. Contents were eclectic covering typography book making book printing fine prints as well as the trade journal aspects of printing candy bar wrappers.8 Initially the publication included original prints such as the frontispiece for Vol 1 #1 Jun 1940 a two color woodcut by Hans Alexander Mueller and Vol 1 #3 December 1940 a black and white wood engraving by Paul Landacre. By Volume 8 1953 the focus of the periodical had shifted to a trade journal. William Edwin Rudge
1987rif. 001669New York: Limited Editions Club 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Hafftka Michael. 2 53 5 p. 4 leaves of lithographed plates; 30 cm. Sewn and bound in vellum paper wrappers with yapp edges and the author's name printed in black on the spine; sewing bands are visible on the wrapper sides. Clamshell box is covered in light grey cloth with a small printed label on the spine bearing the author's name. Edges of box are black; lined with black felt. This is number 198 of a limited edition of 800 copies. Set in monotype Walbaum at the Out of Sorts letter foundery in Mamaroneck N.Y. and printed on mould-made Magnani paper at the Shagbark Press in South Portland Me. The lithographs were printed on hand-made Japanese paper at Trestle Editions N.Y. City. The book design was by Benjamin Shiff. Hand-sewn and hand-bound by Carol Joyce. Signed by the artist at the colophon. In Fine/Fine Condition. Limited Editions Club hardcover
rif. BN316199Editions Opéra. Softcover. L'héraldique & ses arcanes L'héraldique & ses arcanes Claude René d' Estampes Editions Opéra paperback
rif. BN370214Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album unknown
1835rif. 006330Philadelphia: John Sartrain 1835. Very Good -. 1 mezzotint engraving of Benjamin Carr 1768-1831 American composer singer music teacher and music publisher. Sheet is 30 x 24 cm.; image is 14 x 11 cm. John Sartain 1808-1897 pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States. He engraved this portrait of Benjamin Carr from a painting by John Clarendon Darley 1808-1863. Undated but probably produced in the 1830s. Number in pencil in lower right-hand corner: 7/882. In Very Good- Condition: light soiling and foxing; a crisp mezzotint image. John Sartrain unknown
1889rif. 0054051889. Very Good. 2 albumen prints. The first Rouen -- Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge is 255 x 199 mm. on a cardboard mount 297 x 239 mm. Caption printed in photograph in lower right: "54. Rouen_Fontaine de la Grosse horloge." Written in ink at lower edge of image: "Rouen August 25/89." Written in pencil next to photograph on mount: "Printed by the house of T. Herlyison." The fountain was designed by Jean-Pierre Defrance and built next to the famous Gros Horloge in 1743; the bas relief depicts the mythological scene of the river Alpheus and the nymph Arethusa and Cupid flying above them. This photograph includes a man waiting for a bucket to fill at the fountain and a woman carrying a bucket and moving off to the right. The window to the right of the fountain says "Debit de la Fontaine." The second photograph 209 x 270 mm on the other side of the card mount is an albumen print identified along the lower mount edge as only "Rouen." It shows the Fontaine Sainte-Marie built in 1879 with the original lights on either side. In Very Good Condition: lower right-hand corner of Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge slightly creased; both photographs are clean and bright. unknown
