RIVIERE, Pierre-Louis.Livre Rare Book
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réf. LCS-17951Le présent exemplaire fait partie des 288 exemplaires imprimés sur papier vélin à la cuve des manufactures Blanchet et Kléber et porte le n°83. Paris, L’édition d’art, H. Piazza, s.d. [1913]. In-4 de (2) ff.bl., 179 pp., (3) ff. Couverture supérieure, pp. 51-52, p. 107 et pp. 35-36 répétées deux fois à la fin. Conservé dans une reliure très raffinée spécialement exécutée pour cet ouvrage, veau ivoire en box mosaïqué décoré sur chaque plat d'une grande composition figurative dans les tons rouge, rose, orange et vert, figurant une scène avec un dragon, dos lisse, non rogné, tranche supérieure dorée, couverture et dos conservés. Reliure signée Georges Baudin. 229 x 159 mm.
réf. 05208Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1925. The True Art of Memory is the Art of Attention" Samuel Johnson A Superb Cosway Binding with a Remarkable Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Dr. Samuel Johnson COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON binders. MISS C.B. CURRIE miniaturist. A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson by William Prideaux Courtney and David Nichol Smith. A Reissue of the Edition of 1915 Illustrated with Facsimiles. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1925. Limited to 350 copies. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 223 x 140 mm. i-viii 1-186 pp. Thirty-seven facsimile plates. Limitation statement at front "This is No. 926 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J. H. Stonehouse with Miniatures on Ivory by Miss Currie. Signed in black ink 'J.H. Stonehouse' Inventor. 'C.B. Currie' Artist." Bound by Rivière & Son in full dark green crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt double-rule border the front cover with a superb large rectangular portrait miniature set under beveled glass measuring 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches; 123 x 98 mm. of a mature Dr. Samuel Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds by Miss C.B. Currie within an elaborate gilt foliate frame. Rear cover with gilt double-rule border and large decorative gilt foliate corner pieces. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Double gilt-ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins green moiré silk liners and endleaves top edge gilt others uncut. Stamp-signed by the binders on front turn-in: "Bound by Rivière & Son London." Stamped-signed by the artist on rear liner: Miniatures by C.B. Currie." Additionally signed on the upper and lower board edges: "Cosway Binding" and "Invented by J.H. Stonehouse." An exceptionally handsome and remarkably well-preserved Cosway binding distinguished by one of Miss C.B. Currie's finest portrait miniatures depicting Dr. Samuel Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Housed in a felt-lined green cloth clamshell case spine with leather label lettered in gilt. The unusually large miniature is particularly appropriate for what remains one of the standard bibliographies of Johnson transforming an important work of scholarship into a fitting tribute to England's greatest man of letters. Cosway Bindings: In the first decade of the twentieth century the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran & Co. introduced a type of binding that was decorative had historic associations and catered to the level of quality expected by connoisseurs at the time. Between 1902 and 1903 John Harrison Stonehouse 1864-1937 managing director of Sotheran's created what came to be referred to as "Cosway bindings." These were named after the celebrated eighteenth-century English portrait miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821. Cosway bindings are distinguished by their attractive finely painted miniatures that are protected by glass and inset into the covers or doublures inside covers of elegantly tooled books. Stonehouse's success with the bindings was due in part to his employment of skilled miniaturist Miss C. B. Currie. It has been estimated that Miss Currie painted several thousand miniatures recognized for their delicate rendering and precision for over nine hundred bindings before her death circa 1940. For many of the more lavish Cosway bindings Currie painted multiple portraits. Occasionally landscapes and other subjects adorn the covers or doublures. To enhance Currie's miniatures Stonehouse arranged for the London firm of Rivière & Son to produce a variety of high-quality single-volume bindings. One of the best large-scale binderies active in the first quarter of the twentieth century Rivière & Son integrated the miniatures into bindings for both previously published editions and new works. Stonehouse marketed Sotheran's finished Cosway-bound volumes primarily to booksellers in the United States or to American agents. Before Sotheran's 1911 catalogue in which they identified the miniature artist as Miss Currie the miniatures are attributable only by their recognizable style. By 1913 many of the bindings were distinguished by a limitation statement on a colophon leaf where a publisher's emblem or trademark is placed which provides the number of the Cosway binding with facsimile signatures of Stonehouse and Miss Currie. The customary gilt-stamped signature on the turn-in is generally lettered: "Bound by Rivière & Son from Designs by J. H. Stonehouse" and "Miniatures by C. B. Currie." Caroline Billin Currie who professionally used the surname "Currie" December 12 1849 - April 2 1940 was the miniaturist artist of all the genuine Cosway bindings. Born in Cornwall England Caroline Billin Curry was also one of the most prominent fore-edge artists in the twentieth-century. A master of the art of miniature painting she excelled as a copyist working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers London. She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book - called a fore-edge painting. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925 unknown
réf. 05209London: Hutchinson & Co 1934. Happiness is the one Thing we Queens can never have." Catherine de' Medici A Superb Cosway Binding with an Exceptional Portrait Miniature of Catherine de' Medici COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON binders. MISS C.B. CURRIE miniaturist. WATSON Francis. The Life and Times of Catherine de' Medici. With 16 Illustrations. London: Hutchinson & Co 1934. First edition. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 146 mm. 1-287 1 blank pp. Photogravure frontispiece with original tissue guard and fifteen photogravure plates. Limitation statement at front "This is No. 912 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J. H. Stonehouse with Miniatures on Ivory by Miss Currie. Signed in blue & black ink 'J.H. Stonehouse' Inventor. 'C.B. Currie' Artist." Bound by Rivière & Son in full maroon crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt double-rule border the front cover set with an exceptionally large oval portrait miniature set under glass measuring 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 121 x 95 mm. of Catherine de' Medici by Miss C.B. Currie within an elaborate gilt scroll design. Rear cover with double-rule borders and broken gilt fillet border with gilt rococo corner ornaments. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Double gilt-ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins light blue moiré silk liners and endleaves All edges gilt. Stamp-signed by the binders on front turn-in: "Bound by Rivière & Son." Stamped-signed by the artist on rear liner: Miniatures by C.B. Currie." Additionally signed on the upper and lower board edges: "Cosway Binding" and "Invented by J.H. Stonehouse." Housed in a felt-lined quarter red morocco over red cloth boards clamshell case by Zaehnsdorf spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments. An exceptionally fine and completely authentic Cosway binding from the library of Paul Edward Chevalier with his circular red leather bookplate on front blank. Provenance: This copy which formed part of the celebrated Paul Edward Chevalier Collection of English Twentieth-Century Bookbindings and was sold at Christie's New York 9 November 1990 lot 72. Few historical figures lend themselves more naturally to the Cosway tradition than Catherine de' Medici. Patron of the arts queen regent diplomat and one of the most fascinating personalities of Renaissance Europe she has inspired generations of historians and artists alike. Miss Currie's richly painted miniature captures precisely the regal dignity and enigmatic character for which Catherine remains famous. Cosway Bindings: In the first decade of the twentieth century the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran & Co. introduced a type of binding that was decorative had historic associations and catered to the level of quality expected by connoisseurs at the time. Between 1902 and 1903 John Harrison Stonehouse 1864-1937 managing director of Sotheran's created what came to be referred to as "Cosway bindings." These were named after the celebrated eighteenth-century English portrait miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821. Cosway bindings are distinguished by their attractive finely painted miniatures that are protected by glass and inset into the covers or doublures inside covers of elegantly tooled books. Stonehouse's success with the bindings was due in part to his employment of skilled miniaturist Miss C. B. Currie. It has been estimated that Miss Currie painted several thousand miniatures recognized for their delicate rendering and precision for over nine hundred bindings before her death circa 1940. For many of the more lavish Cosway bindings Currie painted multiple portraits. Occasionally landscapes and other subjects adorn the covers or doublures. To enhance Currie's miniatures Stonehouse arranged for the London firm of Rivière & Son to produce a variety of high-quality single-volume bindings. One of the best large-scale binderies active in the first quarter of the twentieth century Rivière & Son integrated the miniatures into bindings for both previously published editions and new works. Stonehouse marketed Sotheran's finished Cosway-bound volumes primarily to booksellers in the United States or to American agents. Before Sotheran's 1911 catalogue in which they identified the miniature artist as Miss Currie the miniatures are attributable only by their recognizable style. By 1913 many of the bindings were distinguished by a limitation statement on a colophon leaf where a publisher's emblem or trademark is placed which provides the number of the Cosway binding with facsimile signatures of Stonehouse and Miss Currie. The customary gilt-stamped signature on the turn-in is generally lettered: "Bound by Rivière & Son from Designs by J. H. Stonehouse" and "Miniatures by C. B. Currie." Caroline Billin Currie who professionally used the surname "Currie" December 12 1849 - April 2 1940 was the miniaturist artist of all the genuine Cosway bindings. Born in Cornwall England Caroline Billin Curry was also one of the most prominent fore-edge artists in the twentieth-century. A master of the art of miniature painting she excelled as a copyist working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers London. She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book - called a fore-edge painting. Catherine de' Medici 1519-1589 was an Italian noblewoman. She also was queen consort of France from 1547 until 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and mother of kings Francis II Charles IX and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" as she had extensive if at times varying influence in the political life of France. London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934] unknown
réf. 05208Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1925. The True Art of Memory is the Art of Attention" Samuel Johnson A Superb Cosway Binding with a Remarkable Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Dr. Samuel Johnson COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON binders. MISS C.B. CURRIE miniaturist. A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson by William Prideaux Courtney and David Nichol Smith. A Reissue of the Edition of 1915 Illustrated with Facsimiles. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1925. Limited to 350 copies. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 223 x 140 mm. i-viii 1-186 pp. Thirty-seven facsimile plates. Limitation statement at front "This is No. 926 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J. H. Stonehouse with Miniatures on Ivory by Miss Currie. Signed in black ink 'J.H. Stonehouse' Inventor. 'C.B. Currie' Artist." Bound by Rivière & Son in full dark green crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt double-rule border the front cover with a superb large rectangular portrait miniature set under beveled glass measuring 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches; 123 x 98 mm. of a mature Dr. Samuel Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds by Miss C.B. Currie within an elaborate gilt foliate frame. Rear cover with gilt double-rule border and large decorative gilt foliate corner pieces. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Double gilt-ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins green moiré silk liners and endleaves top edge gilt others uncut. Stamp-signed by the binders on front turn-in: "Bound by Rivière & Son London." Stamped-signed by the artist on rear liner: Miniatures by C.B. Currie." Additionally signed on the upper and lower board edges: "Cosway Binding" and "Invented by J.H. Stonehouse." An exceptionally handsome and remarkably well-preserved Cosway binding distinguished by one of Miss C.B. Currie's finest portrait miniatures depicting Dr. Samuel Johnson after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Housed in a felt-lined green cloth clamshell case spine with leather label lettered in gilt. The unusually large miniature is particularly appropriate for what remains one of the standard bibliographies of Johnson transforming an important work of scholarship into a fitting tribute to England's greatest man of letters. Cosway Bindings: In the first decade of the twentieth century the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran & Co. introduced a type of binding that was decorative had historic associations and catered to the level of quality expected by connoisseurs at the time. Between 1902 and 1903 John Harrison Stonehouse 1864-1937 managing director of Sotheran's created what came to be referred to as "Cosway bindings." These were named after the celebrated eighteenth-century English portrait miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821. Cosway bindings are distinguished by their attractive finely painted miniatures that are protected by glass and inset into the covers or doublures inside covers of elegantly tooled books. Stonehouse's success with the bindings was due in part to his employment of skilled miniaturist Miss C. B. Currie. It has been estimated that Miss Currie painted several thousand miniatures recognized for their delicate rendering and precision for over nine hundred bindings before her death circa 1940. For many of the more lavish Cosway bindings Currie painted multiple portraits. Occasionally landscapes and other subjects adorn the covers or doublures. To enhance Currie's miniatures Stonehouse arranged for the London firm of Rivière & Son to produce a variety of high-quality single-volume bindings. One of the best large-scale binderies active in the first quarter of the twentieth century Rivière & Son integrated the miniatures into bindings for both previously published editions and new works. Stonehouse marketed Sotheran's finished Cosway-bound volumes primarily to booksellers in the United States or to American agents. Before Sotheran's 1911 catalogue in which they identified the miniature artist as Miss Currie the miniatures are attributable only by their recognizable style. By 1913 many of the bindings were distinguished by a limitation statement on a colophon leaf where a publisher's emblem or trademark is placed which provides the number of the Cosway binding with facsimile signatures of Stonehouse and Miss Currie. The customary gilt-stamped signature on the turn-in is generally lettered: "Bound by Rivière & Son from Designs by J. H. Stonehouse" and "Miniatures by C. B. Currie." Caroline Billin Currie who professionally used the surname "Currie" December 12 1849 - April 2 1940 was the miniaturist artist of all the genuine Cosway bindings. Born in Cornwall England Caroline Billin Curry was also one of the most prominent fore-edge artists in the twentieth-century. A master of the art of miniature painting she excelled as a copyist working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers London. She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book - called a fore-edge painting. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925 unknown books
réf. 05209London: Hutchinson & Co 1934. Happiness is the one Thing we Queens can never have." Catherine de' Medici A Superb Cosway Binding with an Exceptional Portrait Miniature of Catherine de' Medici COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON binders. MISS C.B. CURRIE miniaturist. WATSON Francis. The Life and Times of Catherine de' Medici. With 16 Illustrations. London: Hutchinson & Co 1934. First edition. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 146 mm. 1-287 1 blank pp. Photogravure frontispiece with original tissue guard and fifteen photogravure plates. Limitation statement at front "This is No. 912 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J. H. Stonehouse with Miniatures on Ivory by Miss Currie. Signed in blue & black ink 'J.H. Stonehouse' Inventor. 'C.B. Currie' Artist." Bound by Rivière & Son in full maroon crushed levant morocco. Covers with gilt double-rule border the front cover set with an exceptionally large oval portrait miniature set under glass measuring 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 121 x 95 mm. of Catherine de' Medici by Miss C.B. Currie within an elaborate gilt scroll design. Rear cover with double-rule borders and broken gilt fillet border with gilt rococo corner ornaments. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Double gilt-ruled board edges decorative gilt turn-ins light blue moiré silk liners and endleaves All edges gilt. Stamp-signed by the binders on front turn-in: "Bound by Rivière & Son." Stamped-signed by the artist on rear liner: Miniatures by C.B. Currie." Additionally signed on the upper and lower board edges: "Cosway Binding" and "Invented by J.H. Stonehouse." Housed in a felt-lined quarter red morocco over red cloth boards clamshell case by Zaehnsdorf spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments. An exceptionally fine and completely authentic Cosway binding from the library of Paul Edward Chevalier with his circular red leather bookplate on front blank. Provenance: This copy which formed part of the celebrated Paul Edward Chevalier Collection of English Twentieth-Century Bookbindings and was sold at Christie's New York 9 November 1990 lot 72. Few historical figures lend themselves more naturally to the Cosway tradition than Catherine de' Medici. Patron of the arts queen regent diplomat and one of the most fascinating personalities of Renaissance Europe she has inspired generations of historians and artists alike. Miss Currie's richly painted miniature captures precisely the regal dignity and enigmatic character for which Catherine remains famous. Cosway Bindings: In the first decade of the twentieth century the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran & Co. introduced a type of binding that was decorative had historic associations and catered to the level of quality expected by connoisseurs at the time. Between 1902 and 1903 John Harrison Stonehouse 1864-1937 managing director of Sotheran's created what came to be referred to as "Cosway bindings." These were named after the celebrated eighteenth-century English portrait miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821. Cosway bindings are distinguished by their attractive finely painted miniatures that are protected by glass and inset into the covers or doublures inside covers of elegantly tooled books. Stonehouse's success with the bindings was due in part to his employment of skilled miniaturist Miss C. B. Currie. It has been estimated that Miss Currie painted several thousand miniatures recognized for their delicate rendering and precision for over nine hundred bindings before her death circa 1940. For many of the more lavish Cosway bindings Currie painted multiple portraits. Occasionally landscapes and other subjects adorn the covers or doublures. To enhance Currie's miniatures Stonehouse arranged for the London firm of Rivière & Son to produce a variety of high-quality single-volume bindings. One of the best large-scale binderies active in the first quarter of the twentieth century Rivière & Son integrated the miniatures into bindings for both previously published editions and new works. Stonehouse marketed Sotheran's finished Cosway-bound volumes primarily to booksellers in the United States or to American agents. Before Sotheran's 1911 catalogue in which they identified the miniature artist as Miss Currie the miniatures are attributable only by their recognizable style. By 1913 many of the bindings were distinguished by a limitation statement on a colophon leaf where a publisher's emblem or trademark is placed which provides the number of the Cosway binding with facsimile signatures of Stonehouse and Miss Currie. The customary gilt-stamped signature on the turn-in is generally lettered: "Bound by Rivière & Son from Designs by J. H. Stonehouse" and "Miniatures by C. B. Currie." Caroline Billin Currie who professionally used the surname "Currie" December 12 1849 - April 2 1940 was the miniaturist artist of all the genuine Cosway bindings. Born in Cornwall England Caroline Billin Curry was also one of the most prominent fore-edge artists in the twentieth-century. A master of the art of miniature painting she excelled as a copyist working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers London. She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book - called a fore-edge painting. Catherine de' Medici 1519-1589 was an Italian noblewoman. She also was queen consort of France from 1547 until 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and mother of kings Francis II Charles IX and Henry III. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" as she had extensive if at times varying influence in the political life of France. London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934] unknown books
1578réf. 10732Rennes: J. du Clos for P. Le Bret 1578. Contemporary vellum soiled and stained later manuscript spine title evidence of four pigskin ties slightly overlapping edges ruled in red. Only Antiquarian Edition. Half in French and half in Latin the Demosterion presents an introduction to Paracelsian medicine a distillation of its principles into three hundred bilingual aphorisms a work on divination a dictionary of terms a chiromantic essay and a balneological and mineralogical description of Brittany. Together the texts address alchemy geomancy astrology ethics dietetics physiology pathology and cures for ulcers leprosy edema plague gout and paralysis. Schematic the first plate outlines ailments and their cures according to Paracelsian principles. The second plate has a large woodcut with the Moon phases of a sidereal month noting enterprises and therapies favored on each day along with astrological influences. In good condition ink spots on the plates; two contemporary title inscriptions one dated 1579 19th-century manuscript shelf labels. ¶Trevor-Roper “The sieur de la Rivière Paracelsian physician to Henri IV” in Science Medicine and Society in the Renaissance: Essays to Honor W. Pagel ed. Debus II: 227-50; Baudry Contribution à l’étude du paracelsisme en France au XVIe siècle 1560-1580…Le Demosterion de Roch Le Baillif passim & 2172; Sudhoff Bibliographia paracelsica 181a n.; Duveen Bibliotheca alchemica 343-4 “very rare”; Brunet III: 897 “rare et curieux”. [J. du Clos] for P. Le Bret unknown
1914réf. ST18714London 1914. 265 x 207 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". 41 3 blank pp. 1 leaf colophon. RESPLENDENT IN DARK BLUE MOROCCO RICHLY GILT AND ONLAID BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front doublure covers with wide frame of swirling gilt vines bearing red morocco blossoms and blue and green berries bordered by strips of green and tan morocco central panel of upper cover with recessed oval containing a portrait of a young nun sculpted in leather with painted details this encircled by an onlaid ivory morocco rosary and surrounded by an exuberant spray of red morocco poppies with green and tan leaves central panel of lower cover with an arch-backed black morocco cat beneath the arch of a gray morocco horseshoe at center a black and red witch's hat above the horseshoe and the whole on a very densely stippled gilt ground incised with calligraphic curls and set with nine silver stars around the cat this centerpiece surrounded by curling gilt vines bearing red morocco and gilt posies raised bands spine compartments framed with tan morocco and containing a gilt and onlaid floral sprig TAN MOROCCO DOUBLURES bordered by a strip of purple morocco this with onlaid green morocco frame adorned with gilt latticework densely stippled gilt cornerpieces set with purple morocco passionflowers all accented with inlaid circles of purple navy and green in varying sizes leather hinges apricot watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. In the original silk- and velvet-lined green morocco box. Numerous two- to three-line initials in red blue or burnished gold three three-line illuminated initials 11 five- to six-line initials in shades of purple blue and green with highlights of pink and burnished gold two of these with extensions running the length of the text and two incorporated into full borders four very large initials 12 lines or more in colors and gold five full borders that on title page incorporating a small oval miniature of Whittier and TWO FULL-PAGE MINIATURES one of a young nun at prayer the other of two lovers walking in a forest. Calligraphed colophon SIGNED by Sangorski stating: "This manuscript . . . was designed written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski for Messrs. R. Rivière & Son Bookbinders & Booksellers to his Majesty King George V. London. This manuscript will not be duplicated. This manuscript was executed by me." From the collection of Phoebe A. D. Boyle her sale at Anderson Galleries 19-20 November 1923 lot 368. Front flyleaf with engraved bookplate of comic book pioneer M. C. Gaines 1894-1947; typed description from "Kolb Collection" Louis Kolb laid in. Ratcliffe "Albert Sangorski Bibliography" SJR 245. Vellum a bit wavy as is typical but A BEAUTIFUL COPY the leaves creamy and bright being painted with rich colors and glittering gold and IN A FLAWLESS BINDING. This is an outstanding example of the artistry of Alberto Sangorski and that of the binders gilders and finishers of Riviere & Son the volume being executed at the zenith of their creative powers and formerly owned by the most important collector of Sangorski's manuscripts. Sangorski has written out and illuminated three poems by American author John Greenleaf Whittier: "The Female Martyr" inspired by an 18-year-old nun from the Sisters of Charity who died nursing cholera victims; "The Witch's Daughter" set in Puritan New England; and "Memories" a lover's touching reminiscences of youthful romance. In addition to elaborate initials and borders in his preferred palette of blues purples and greens brightened with burnished gold Sangorski has created two full-page paintings one of the beautiful young nun at prayer the other of youthful sweethearts strolling arm-in-arm through a wood. Alberto Sangorski 1862-1932 started his professional life as secretary to a goldsmith's firm became attracted to the book arts at the age of 43 and began doing illuminated manuscripts that were then bound by his brother Francis' firm Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sometime around 1910 Alberto and Francis had a falling out and the artist went to work for Riviere the chief competitor to his brother's firm. Like the manuscript here our binding by Riviere is the work of many months with hundreds of individual inlays onlays and applications of gilt. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. New York collector Phoebe A. D. Boyle was the widow of a canvas manufacturer who had made a fortune providing tents to the U.S. Army in the Civil War. George Sutcliffe described this important client as "rivalling the Medici in her patronage of the production of beautiful books." Stephen Ratcliffe deems the Boyle collection as "unrivalled" for its jewelled bindings and modern illuminated manuscripts; 33 of Alberto Sangorski's creations appeared in her sale at Anderson Galleries in 1923 and during World War I she was one of the only customers for extravagant productions like the present item. Any book from the Boyle collection which was put together with the greatest taste and discrimination is recognized as desirable beyond its intrinsic literary merit. unknown
1914réf. ST18714London 1914. 265 x 207 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". 41 3 blank pp. 1 leaf colophon. RESPLENDENT IN DARK BLUE MOROCCO RICHLY GILT AND ONLAID BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front doublure covers with wide frame of swirling gilt vines bearing red morocco blossoms and blue and green berries bordered by strips of green and tan morocco central panel of upper cover with recessed oval containing a portrait of a young nun sculpted in leather with painted details this encircled by an onlaid ivory morocco rosary and surrounded by an exuberant spray of red morocco poppies with green and tan leaves central panel of lower cover with an arch-backed black morocco cat beneath the arch of a gray morocco horseshoe at center a black and red witch's hat above the horseshoe and the whole on a very densely stippled gilt ground incised with calligraphic curls and set with nine silver stars around the cat this centerpiece surrounded by curling gilt vines bearing red morocco and gilt posies raised bands spine compartments framed with tan morocco and containing a gilt and onlaid floral sprig TAN MOROCCO DOUBLURES bordered by a strip of purple morocco this with onlaid green morocco frame adorned with gilt latticework densely stippled gilt cornerpieces set with purple morocco passionflowers all accented with inlaid circles of purple navy and green in varying sizes leather hinges apricot watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. In the original silk- and velvet-lined green morocco box. Numerous two- to three-line initials in red blue or burnished gold three three-line illuminated initials 11 five- to six-line initials in shades of purple blue and green with highlights of pink and burnished gold two of these with extensions running the length of the text and two incorporated into full borders four very large initials 12 lines or more in colors and gold five full borders that on title page incorporating a small oval miniature of Whittier and TWO FULL-PAGE MINIATURES one of a young nun at prayer the other of two lovers walking in a forest. Calligraphed colophon SIGNED by Sangorski stating: "This manuscript . . . was designed written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski for Messrs. R. Rivière & Son Bookbinders & Booksellers to his Majesty King George V. London. This manuscript will not be duplicated. This manuscript was executed by me." From the collection of Phoebe A. D. Boyle her sale at Anderson Galleries 19-20 November 1923 lot 368. Front flyleaf with engraved bookplate of comic book pioneer M. C. Gaines 1894-1947; typed description from "Kolb Collection" Louis Kolb laid in. Ratcliffe "Albert Sangorski Bibliography" SJR 245. Vellum a bit wavy as is typical but A BEAUTIFUL COPY the leaves creamy and bright being painted with rich colors and glittering gold and IN A FLAWLESS BINDING. This is an outstanding example of the artistry of Alberto Sangorski and that of the binders gilders and finishers of Riviere & Son the volume being executed at the zenith of their creative powers and formerly owned by the most important collector of Sangorski's manuscripts. Sangorski has written out and illuminated three poems by American author John Greenleaf Whittier: "The Female Martyr" inspired by an 18-year-old nun from the Sisters of Charity who died nursing cholera victims; "The Witch's Daughter" set in Puritan New England; and "Memories" a lover's touching reminiscences of youthful romance. In addition to elaborate initials and borders in his preferred palette of blues purples and greens brightened with burnished gold Sangorski has created two full-page paintings one of the beautiful young nun at prayer the other of youthful sweethearts strolling arm-in-arm through a wood. Alberto Sangorski 1862-1932 started his professional life as secretary to a goldsmith's firm became attracted to the book arts at the age of 43 and began doing illuminated manuscripts that were then bound by his brother Francis' firm Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sometime around 1910 Alberto and Francis had a falling out and the artist went to work for Riviere the chief competitor to his brother's firm. Like the manuscript here our binding by Riviere is the work of many months with hundreds of individual inlays onlays and applications of gilt. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. New York collector Phoebe A. D. Boyle was the widow of a canvas manufacturer who had made a fortune providing tents to the U.S. Army in the Civil War. George Sutcliffe described this important client as "rivalling the Medici in her patronage of the production of beautiful books." Stephen Ratcliffe deems the Boyle collection as "unrivalled" for its jewelled bindings and modern illuminated manuscripts; 33 of Alberto Sangorski's creations appeared in her sale at Anderson Galleries in 1923 and during World War I she was one of the only customers for extravagant productions like the present item. Any book from the Boyle collection which was put together with the greatest taste and discrimination is recognized as desirable beyond its intrinsic literary merit. unknown books
réf. des12mlt2Joli petit dessin aquarellé, en très bon état, malgré la présence de quelques rousseurs au recto et épidermures et tâches au verso. Dimension 11 x 17 cm. Dessin école du Nord.
QUIMPERLE, Edité par l'Auteur - 1982 - Edition Originale numérotée survergé ivoire, celui-ci N° 100 - In-4 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Frontispice en couleurs - Illustrations de Yann LE FEVRE - 198 pages + Table - A l'état de neuf - Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur - Envoi rapide et soigné Edition originale d'un ouvrage, fruit d'une longue enquête effectuée au bord des cours d'au de Bretagne et de Basse Normandie. L'auteur avait déjà co-signé (avec Pequegnot) en 1971 "Pêche à la mouche en Bretagne".
