GRANDVILLE, J.J. Les Fleurs Animées. Introduction by Alphonse Karr. Text by Taxile Delord. Two volumes. [3]-260; [2], 102, [4], iv, [2], 106-166, [2], iv, 169-234, [2] pp., illustrated with 2 engraved title-pages, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates by Grandville, plus 2 engraved botanical plates. 4to, 264 x 178 mm., bound in.....
Item nr. 167915
Price: $4,750.00
GRANDVILLE, J.J. Les Etoiles. By Joseph Mery. [4], xvi, 252 pp.; [4], 186, [2] pp. With 15 hand-colored engravings. 8vo., 255 x 176 mm, bound in the original publisher's wrappers, in a new blue half moocco folding box. Paris: G. de Gonet, [1849].
A fine copy of this charming work, Grandville's.....
Item nr. 167581
Price: $5,750.00
GRANDVILLE, J.J. Voyages de Gulliver dans des Contrées Lointaines par Swift. Two volumes. [4], LXIX (i.e. LIX), [1], 279; [4], 319 pp. With a frontispiece of the gigantic Gulliver above an arch, 6 section-titles, and numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Grandville throughout. 8vo., 210 x 125 mm, uniformly bound in contemporary.....
Item nr. 167574
Price: $2,250.00
GRANDVILLE, J.J. Les Etoiles. By Joseph Mery. [4], xvi, 252; [4], 186, [2] pp., illustrated with 15 hand-coloured engravings. 8vo, 255 x 176 mm., bound in publisher's elaborately gilt decorated cloth binding. Paris: G. de Gonet, [1849].
A fine copy of this charming work, Grandville's last book of illustrations. It actually.....
Item nr. 167498
Price: $4,750.00
COWLEY, John Lodge. The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated; in a Method Entirely New. By which the Several Planes, Lines, and Points, used in this Art, are shewn by Moveable Schemes, in the True Positions in which they are to be Considered. [8], xi, [1], 117, [1] pp., with 11 full-page.....
Item nr. 168576
Price: $12,500.00
KATAGAMI STENCIL DESIGNS. A Collection of Meiji Period Original Kimono Stencil Plates. With 20 stencil plates. Stencil paper was constructed from the bark of mulberry trees then treated with persimmon juice; the sheets measure ca. 220 x 400 mm., the largest measuring 350 x 450 mm. Each in individual mylar.....
Item nr. 168446
Price: $7,500.00
GRANDVILLE, J.J. Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Two volumes. [8], 386, [6]; [4], 390, [6] pp., with 201 engraved plates and 120 vignettes illustrating the text. Large 8vo, 261 x 180 mm., uniformly bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt vignettes of Grandville designs on the.....
Item nr. 167232
Price: $5,000.00
CRUIKSHANK, Percy. Hints to Emigrants. Or incidents in the emigration of John Smith of Smith-Town. 2 pp. text. Illustrated with wood engraved front wrapper printed on blue paper, followed by 9 wood engraved plates with smaller format proof versions of 6 of the images printed on chine, with two images.....
Item nr. 165757
Price: $2,250.00
SCHENK, Petrus. Afbeeldinge der voornaamste Gebouwen van Amsterdam. Contents include: title-page, index and 100 fine engraved views with captions in Latin and Dutch. Small oblong folio, 210 x 265 mm, bound in contemporary full English calf with red morocco spine label. Amsterdam: 1700.
A rare complete copy of this engraved survey.....
Item nr. 164542
Price: $12,500.00
SCHEYB, Franz Christof von. Theresiade, ein Ehren-Gedicht. Two parts in one volume. [369] pp. Engraved allegorical portrait frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, engraved dedication leaf, 13 historiated engraved initials, and 29 engraved vignettes by Salomon Kleiner after his own designs and those of Preissler and Buch. Each leaf is enclosed by.....
Item nr. 168271
Price: $4,500.00
VASI, Mariano and Antonio NIBBY. New Guide of Rome, and the Environs Naples and their Environs according to Vasi and Nibby, from the Italian of Vasi and Nibby. Carefully Revised, and Enlarged with an Account of the Latest Antiquarian Researches. xlii, 532 pp., illustrated with 28 engraved plates plus a......
Item nr. 167027
Price: $975.00
MENESTRIER, Claude-François. -- LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE, Louis Charles de, Prince de Turenne. Ludovico Magno theses ex universa philosophia dicat et consecrat Ludovicus a Turre-Arverniæ princeps Turennius. [16] pp., (page [4] blank). Engraved throughout: calligraphic title and text engraved by Louis Michault within elaborate emblematic and historiated borders engraved by Louis.....
Item nr. 166958
Price: $18,500.00
COWLEY, John Lodge. The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated; in a Method Entirely New. By which the Several Planes, Lines, and Points, used in this Art, are shewn by Moveable Schemes, in the True Positions in which they are to be Considered. [6], xi, [1], 117, [1] pp. With 11 full-page.....
Item nr. 166940
Price: $15,000.00
CLAESEN, Charles. Recueil d'ornements et de sujets pour être appliqués á l'ornementation des Armes. Illustrated with a lithographic title and 40 lithographic plates, 6 being chromolithographs, including one double-page plate ("34 & 35") in full colour, and 5 plates folding. Large 4to., 352 x 268 mm, bound in recent three-quarter.....
Item nr. 166937
Price: $5,750.00
A MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CALLIGRAPHY
FRENCH CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT. Recueil de Chansons et Romances. [4], 108 pp. Square 8vo., 178 x 137 mm, bound in contemporary French red morocco, spine richly decorated with gilt-tooled lyres and floral ornaments in alternating spine compartments, French filet borders on covers, blue silk endpapers and flyleaves.....
Item nr. 166935
Price: $22,500.00
BRINK, Carol Fredrik. Nouvelle Description du Cap de Bonne-Esperance. Two parts in one volume. [8], 130, [2], 100 pp. With 16 folding plates, of which 15 depict African game and 1 of an African tree. 8vo., 205 x 123 mm, bound in contemporary Dutch mottled calf, spine gilt, marbled edges.....
Item nr. 166933
Price: $2,250.00
PÉRIN, Rene. Le Voyageur Anglais Autour du Monde Habitable: Nouvelle Méthode Amusante et Instructive pour étudier la Géographie...Orné de 45 Gravures coloriees avec soin, Représentant Les Vues des Principales Villes Capitales du Monde et les Costumes de leurs Habitans. [2], 142 pp., illustrated with hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and decorative title.....
Item nr. 165362
Price: $3,500.00
BETTI, Giovanni Battista. A' Dilettanti delle Bell'Arti. Contents includes illustrated engraved title and 24 engraved plates. Oblong folio, 220 x 300 mm, bound in contemporary paste-paper wrappers, preserved in a red half morocco folding box. Florence: 1779.
First Edition of Betti's imaginative illustrated alphabet-book, containing 24 full-page oblong plates of richly.....
Item nr. 165360
Price: $9,750.00 save 30% $6,825.00
MATSUOKA, Tokikata and Honma HYAKURI. Shozoku shokumon zue. [Patterns of Brocades Worn at Court]. 92 pp., illustrated with 146 woodcuts. 8vo, 240 x 167 mm., bound in original wrappers in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: n.p., 1815.
The first edition of this wonderful example of early nineteenth century Japanese bookmaking. Many.....
Item nr. 165242
Price: $1,500.00
PILLEMENT, Jean. Cahier de Six Baraques Chinoises WITH: Recueil de Tentes Chinoises. Two suites each comprised of 6 etchings, professionally matted. Plate size: ca. 242 x 165 mm. Sheet size: ca. 350 x 257 mm. All preserved in a large folio sized modern maroon cloth box. Paris: Leviez, 1770.
First State.....
Item nr. 165235
Price: $7,500.00 save 30% $5,250.00
AOYAMA, Toyotaro. Dainihon Hakuranzu, Tochigi-ken no bu. [Catalog of the Industrial Exhibition (Japan): Tochigi Prefecture]. 200 engraved plates on 100 leaves. Oblong folio, 320 x 220 mm., bound in contemporary cloth backed boards, rebacked, with part of the original spine laid down, in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Seikosha, 1890.
A.....
Item nr. 165229
Price: $7,500.00
UEHARA, Toichiro. Tokyo kaimono hitoriannai. Shonin meika. 173 leaves, all printed on both sides, including a double-page woodcut frontispiece of Tokyo. Oblong 8vo, 125 x 175 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Uehara Toichiro, 1890.
A beautifully printed guide to shops in Tokyo. With numerous woodcuts.....
Item nr. 165218
Price: $1,750.00
IEHARA, Masanori and Kan'ichiro SHIOZU. Gakko hitsuyo irozu mondo. [2], 40, [2] pp. on 22 double folded leaves. Illustrated with two hand-coloured charts and small hand-coloured squares throughout the text. 8vo., 210 x 150 mm, bound in publisher's wrappers with title label preserved in a new purple cloth folding box.....
Item nr. 165153
Price: $2,500.00
TOKYO GUIDE. Tokyo meisho hitori annai. Illustrated with two double-page woodcut maps and 28 full page woodcut views. Oblong 8vo, 120 x 165 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Hoeido, 1890.
A guide to Tokyo at the end of the nineteenth century. Among the scenes.....
Item nr. 165068
Price: $1,250.00
YASUI, Otsuyu. Tokyo meisho annai: Eiri. [Illustrated Guide Book of Scenic Beauty in Tokyo]. 2 Volumes. Illustrated with 60 plates and a folding map of Tokyo. 12mo, 93 x 54 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a modern chitsu case. Tokyo: Bunseido, 1883.
A charming guide book to Tokyo at the.....
Item nr. 165023
Price: $850.00