MICHAUX, André. Histoire des Chênes de l'Amerique ou, Descriptions et Figures de toutes les espèces et variétés de Chênes de l'Amérique Septentrionale, Considérées sous les rapports de la Botanique, de leur culture et de leur usage. [4], 7, [49] pp. 36 leaves of engraved plates, 32 after Pierre Joseph Redouté.....
Item nr. 164236
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TUCCARO, Arcangelo. Trois dialogues de l'exercise de sauter et voltiger en l'air. [4], 197 ff, (misnumbered throughout). Illustrated with woodcut title vignette, large folding woodcut plate (270 x 385 mm), 87 large woodcuts throughout text (many full-page, some repeating). 4to., 215 x 165 mm, bound nineteenth-century vellum over boards, brown.....
Item nr. 163853
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VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Hans. XII Caesarum Romanorum Imagines. E numismatibus expressae, et historica narratione illustrata. By Franciscus Sweertius. 30 pp., illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 12 engraved portraits with elaborate borders by Hans Vredeman de Vries. Small 4to, 200 x 140 mm., bound in eighteenth-century Dutch calf, spine gilt. Antwerp.....
Item nr. 162757
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BONAPARTE, Charles Lucien. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson. Four volumes . Illustrated with 27 hand- coloured engraved plates after T.R. Peale, A. Rider, and J.J. Audubon (one figure of plate 4) by A. Lawson, all hand-coloured by Rider. Folio.....
Item nr. 162271
Price: $9,750.00
PARIS. Paris Guide par les principaux ecrivains et artistes de la France. Two volumes. I: xiv, 902, 27, [1] pp. II: xiv, 903-2139, [1] pp., illustrated throughout, including many folding plates and maps. Thick 8vo, 190 x 120 mm., bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt armorial at center of front.....
Item nr. 159495
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BOSTON. Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners. January, 1893. House No. 150. [i]-xvi, [1]-147, [1] pp. Illustrated with 31 plates, 14 maps, plans, and diagrams (4 folding). 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth. Boston: Metropolitan Park Commissioners, 1893.
The first and most important of the 27 annual reports published on.....
Item nr. 153794
Price: $350.00
WASHINGTON, D.C. Bohn's Hand-Book of Washington. With an Appendix. Illustrated with twenty engravings of public buildings, etc. By Cassimir Bohn. 104 pp., illustrated with engraved frontispiece, 17 tinted full-page lithographs, fold out lithographic map of Washington, D.C., engraved fold out plan of the House and Senate chambers. 12mo, 148 x......
Item nr. 153793
Price: $1,250.00
MOSCOW. Guide du voyageur a Moscou. By A. and F. Tastevin. [4], 194; 29, [1], XIII, [1] pp., illustrated with 30 photographic views in text and two large folding maps of Moscow. 8vo, 153 x 105 mm., bound in publisher's green cloth, title gilt on front cover. Moscow: Imprimerie Th.....
Item nr. 153299
Price: $575.00
STOCKHOLM. Stockholm och desz sköna nejder. Med en i koppar grawerad tafla. [2], 24 pp., illustrated with 12 leaves containing 51 mounted engraved plates, cut up from one large sheet. 8vo, 185 x 110 mm., bound in original red calf backed glazed boards. Stockholm: Hörberg, 1826.
First edition. A lovely copy.....
Item nr. 152906
Price: $2,500.00
OKADA, Gyukuzan, et al. Morokoshi Meisho Zue. [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China]. Six volumes bound in five, xylographically printed and illustrated throughout, including many double-page woodcut illustrations. 8vo, 265 x 185 mm., bound Japanese-style in original tan paper wrappers with printed paper lettering pieces, in a modern green.....
Item nr. 151243
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BARBARO, Daniel. La Pratica della Perspettiva di Monsignor Daniel Barbaro Eletto Patriarca D'Aquileia, Opera molto utile a Pittori, a Scultori, & ad Architetti. [2], 196, [12] pp. Illustrated with over 200 woodcut diagrams and illustrations of which over 20 are full-page and one double-page. Folio, 300 x 204 mm, bound.....
Item nr. 151063
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VASARI, Giorgio. Ragionamenti del Sig. Cavaliere Giorgio Vasari. Sopra le inventioni da lui dipinte in Firenze nel Palazzo di loro Altezze Serenissime. Insieme con la inventione della Pittura da lui cominciata nella Cupola. [8], 186, [18] pp. Illustrated with the Giunta printing device with initial "F" on title-page and, in.....
Item nr. 150554
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PANNI, Anton-Maria. Distinto Rapporto delle Dipinture che trovansi nelle Chiese della Città, e Sobborghi di Cremona. XXIV (i.e., 20), 214, [2] pp. 8vo, 171 x 120 mm., bound in contemporary carta rustica, sewing visible along spine. Cremona: Nella Stampa del Ricchini, 1762.
First and only edition. Panni's book remains the ultimate.....
Item nr. 150410
Price: $975.00
[ZANETTI, Anton Maria and Marco BOSCHINI]. Della pittura veneziana trattato in cui osservasi l'ordine del Busching, e si conserva la dottrina, e le definizioni del Zanetti... Two volumes. viii, 145 (i.e., 245), [3, including final blank] pp.; 256 (i.e., 272) pp., each volume illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. 8vo, 165.....
Item nr. 150406
Price: $1,500.00
ASSISI. BRUSCHELLI, Domenico. Asisi citta serafica e santuarii (sic) che la decorano ad istruzione e guida de' forestieri che vi concorrono. VIII, 85, [3] pp., illustrated with 30 full-page engraved plates numbered I-XXX. 4to, 227 x 145 mm., bound in original Italian blue paper wrappers, manuscript title and author on.....
Item nr. 150396
Price: $1,250.00
AMSTERDAM. Description de l'Hotel de Ville D'Amsterdam. Avec l'Explication de tous les Emblemes, Figures, Tableaux, Statues, &c. qui se trouvent dehors & dans ce Batiment. [4], 3-126, [2] pp. Illustrated with 4 fold-out engravings of city hall and woodcut tailpieces. Small 8vo., 155 x 90 mm, bound in contemporary mottled.....
Item nr. 149674
Price: $1,250.00
HASHIZUME, Kanichi. Sekai Shobai Orai. 26 leaves. Illustrated throughout with small woodcuts in text. 8vo., 180 x 118 mm, bound in Japanese style original blue wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Seizando, 1873.
A handy bilingual vocabulary of world trade giving the English, with Japanese explanations, of a......
Item nr. 148958
Price: $975.00
PARIS. Les Rues et les Environs de Paris. Contenant dans la premiere Partie les Rues de Paris, Carrefours, Cul-de-Sacs, Cloîtres, Cours, Passages, Marchez, Ports, Portes, Quais, Places, et généralement tout ce qui contient plusieurs maisons et habitations, et qui ne désigne aucun domicile en particulier. La seconde partie contient les.....
Item nr. 148562
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SHIGEMASA, Kitao and Katsukawa SHUNSHO. Seiro Bijin Awase Sugata Kagami. Three volumes. Xylographically printed and illustrated throughout, including mostly double-page woodcut illustrations. 4to., 175 x 280 mm, bound alike in original gray-green wrappers in glassine, sewn Japanese-style, together in a new patterned silk chitsu box. Tokyo: Yamakazi Kinbei and Tsutaya.....
Item nr. 145013
Price: $17,500.00
FREEDLEY, Edwin T. Philadelphia and its Manufactures; a Hand-Book, exhibiting the Development, Variety and Statistics of the Manufacturing Industry of Philadelphia in 1857, together with Sketches of Remarkable Manufactories; and a List of Articles now made in Philadelphia. [2], 21-504 pp., illustrated with ten lithographic plates including one coloured. 8vo.....
Item nr. 144859
Price: $275.00
BOSCHINI, Marco. La Carta del Navegar Pitoresco. [20], 680, [10] pp. Illustrated with an engraved allegorical frontispiece, an engraved portrait, and 25 full-page engravings. Small 4to., 211 x 145 mm, bound in French early eighteenth-century full red morocco, gilt-tooled spine. Venice: Per li Baba, 1660.
First Edition, an important work by.....
Item nr. 144815
Price: $7,500.00
OGAWA, K. Military Costumes in Old Japan. 34 pp. Illustrated with 15 black-and-white plates reproducing photographs taken by K. Ogawa. Folio, bound in paper wrappers, Japanese-style, side-sewn with new blue ribbon, in new cloth box. Tokyo: K. Ogawa, [1893].
Fifteen black and white plates reproducing photographs taken by K. Ogawa, under.....
Item nr. 143846
Price: $1,850.00
PARIS. Graphic Illustrations of the Most Prominent Features of the French Capital; with Characteristic Figures in the Foregrounds comprised in Twelve Stroke Engravings, From Accurate Designs Taken in Paris during the Imperial Reign of Buonaparte. With Descriptive Notices and Interesting Anecdotes. [26] pp., illustrated with 12 double-page engravings. Folio, 430.....
Item nr. 143576
Price: $9,750.00
STECHER. Seed Bags and Supplies. 2 pp. Index and 35 chromolithographic plates. Folio, bound in original illustrated wrappers (a small piece missing from the cover). Preserved in a half green morocco box. Rochester, N.Y.: Stecher Litho Co., n.d.
A marvelous example of the work done by Stecher for various nurseries.....
Item nr. 142669
Price: $4,500.00
HOVEY, Charles. The Fruits of America, Containing Richly Colored Figures, and Full Descriptions of All the Choicest Varities cultivated in the United States. Two Volumes. viii, 100; iv, 96 pp. Illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece portrait of Hovey, a lithographic frontispiece portrait of William Sharp, two engraved title vignettes by.....
Item nr. 142628
Price: $12,000.00