CHEVREUL, Michel-Eugène. De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l'Assortiment des objets colorés. Two volumes. I: xv, [1], 735 pp., illustrated with two folding letterpress tables. II: [2], 2 pp. Illustrated with 40 engraved and lithographic plates on 22 ff., of which 13 folding; plates 2 and.....
Item nr. 168578
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[LUYKEN, J.] Leerzaamme zamenspraaken, over eenige dieren, vogels, insecten, en visschen. [2], vi, [4], 296, [8] pp. Illustrated with 25 engraved plates and woodcut tailpieces. 8vo., 200 x 120 mm, bound in contemporary Dutch calf, boards with blind tooling and gilt fillets. Amsterdam: Erven van F. Houttuin, 1769.
A handome copy.....
Item nr. 168263
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EVANS, R.O. Evans' Arithmetical Study. Title and 16 chromolithographic plates (each 775 x 584 mm), mounted on a contemporary wooden frame. Chicago: R.O. Evans, 1897.
An extraordinary survival: a striking set of chromolithographed teaching charts. The illustrations recall Byrne's Euclid in their brightly coloured, at times, abstract presentation. Most of the.....
Item nr. 168256
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BENHAM, W. Gurney and Frank ADAMS. Arthur and the Boilybird. An A.B.C. Story. Unpaginated. With colour illustrations throughout by Frank Adams. Oblong quarto publisher's colour illustrated boards with cloth spine. London: Blackie & Son [1909].
A delightful and scarce early twentieth century children's ABC book in unusually fine condition. OCLC lists.....
Item nr. 165808
Price: $2,500.00
DePUE & Company. The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal. Containing a History of California from 1513 to 1850, a History of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, with Statistics of Agriculture, Education, Churches, Elections, lithographic Views of Farms, Residences, Mills &c., Portraits of well-known Citizens, and the.....
Item nr. 165593
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MORRIS, John. A Series of large geological Diagrams, illustrating the Principles of this important and practical Science, comprising elementary Section of the Earth's Crust, Table of the Order of Succession of the stratified Rocks, forms of Stratification, Section of the London Basin ... the carboniferous Group - Coal and Iron.....
Item nr. 164759
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CAMERIUS, Joachim. Symbolorum et emblematum animalibus quadrupedibus. 116 ff. Illustrated with engraved title-page and 100 engraved circular emblems by Hans Sibmacher. Small 4to., 195 x 140 mm, bound in early 20th-century tan calf, maroon morocco spine label. Nuremberg: P. Kaufmann, 1595.
First Edition. A charming emblem book on quadrupeds, both real.....
Item nr. 164582
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"THE BIBLE OF CLASSICISM"
DURAND, Jean Nicholas Louis. Recueil et Parallele des Edifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes. 1 full-page title with engraved text by Durand, surrounded by architectural lithographic vignettes by Baltard, 1 full-page Table, and illustrated with 90 full-page lithographic plates, all in the original unfolded state. Oblong.....
Item nr. 150690
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WORLIDGE, John. Vinetum Britannicum or, A Treatise of Cider, and such other wines and drinks that are extracted from all manner of fruits growing in this kingdom : together with the method of propagating all sorts of vinous fruit-trees : and a description of the new-invented ingenio or mill, for.....
Item nr. 150544
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JOURDAIN, Amable Louis Marie Michel Brèchillet. La Perse ou tableau de l'histoire, du government, de la religion, de la literature, etc., de cet empire; des moeurs et coustumes de ses habitans. 5 volumes. [4], xxi, 218; [4], 268; [4], 226; [4] 288; [4] 327, pp. Illustrated with 26 full-page hand.....
Item nr. 148711
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PRUDHOMME, Louis. Dictionnaire des Individus envoyés à la mort judiciairement, révolutionnairement et contre-révolutionnairement pendant la Révolution, particulièrement sous le règne de la Convention Nationale... avec des gravures et des tableaux. Two volumes. lxxxviii, 496; [4], 516 pp. Illustrated with 2 folding plates and 5 folding tables. 8vo., bound in publisher's.....
Item nr. 148563
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AMERICAN MUSIC. Mammoth Musical Exercises: or, Musical Diagrams for the Singing Class, Designed to save Teachers much Labor at the Blackboard. By Lowell Mason. 60 ff. of printed music. Elephant folio, 615 x 515 mm, bound in contemporary American marbled boards with new brown calf spine and corners. New York.....
Item nr. 145949
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BLIND PRINTING. A Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Literature for the Blind: And Practical Hints and Recommendations as to Their Education. With an Appendix, Containing Directions for Teaching, Reading, and Writing to the Blind, With and Without a Regular Teacher. By James Gall. xx, [9]-388 pp. Illustrated.....
Item nr. 142262
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UNDERWOOD and UNDERWOOD. Hong Kong and Canton. 15 stereoptic cards, loose as issued in the publisher's cloth slipcase, accompanied by an original Underwood stereo viewer. New York: Underwood and Underwood, 1901.
A fine set of this very rare series of views of Hong Kong and Canton. The views are:
1. Britain's rich.....
Item nr. 141450
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FACON-ZEITUNG. Facon-Zeitung fuer Toepfer, Fayance=, Steingut=, Topfwaren= und Offen=Fabrikanten. Monatliche Mustersammlung der modernsten und gschmackvollsten Formen von Topf= und Fayance=Geschirren, Oefen, Ofentafeln und Ornamenten aller Art. Year One through Year Three (all published). Illustrated with 108 plates, of which 87 are coloured lithographs, some with added gilt and/or hand-coloured highlights.....
Item nr. 126740
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BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Portrait for La Galerie Contemporaine by Etienne Carjat. Woodburytype print with artist's information printed on mount, 225 x 185 mm, matted and framed in polished dark wood. [Paris: Carjat, ca. 1862; published in La Galerie Contemporaine in 1878].
A literary photographic masterpiece. "Among the many nineteenth-century portraits, Carjat's Baudelaire.....
Item nr. 123828
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MONTULE, Édouard de. Recueil des Cartes et des Vues du Voyage en Amerique en Italie et en Égypte fait pendant les Annees 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819. Atlas vol.: 59 numbered lithographed plates, comprising: lithographed title within oval cartouche framed by 4 allegorical vignettes depicting America, Italy, Sicily and Egypt.....
Item nr. 119879
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ANTOLINI, Giovanni Antonio. Projetto sul Foro Bonaparte che doveva Eseguirsi in Milano in 24 Gran Tavole. Title-page and suite of twenty-four plates, comprising 14 magnificent double-page aquatint views printed in shades of sepia ink and 10 double-page engraved floor-plans and scaled architectural drawings. Large folio, 572 x 440 mm, bound.....
Item nr. 168399
Price: $35,000.00
ROCHAS, Albert de. Le Livre de Demain. 44 separate fascicles comprising 424 pp. Illustrated with 11 original samples of rare old paper, 4 chromatic circles, 6 silhouettes by P. Konewka and 5 plates of which 3 are etchings and 2 are reproductions. 8vo., Loose as issued in the original cardboard.....
Item nr. 168538
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GREGOIRE, Gaspard. Théorie des Couleurs: contenant Explication de la Table des Couleurs. Moyen de produire soi-même les Couleurs. Méthode de noter les Couleurs et de les exprimer par les Nombres. Title-page, iv, 88 pp. Illustrated with 9 small hand-coloured swatches in text. 8vo., bound in original buff wrappers in a......
Item nr. 167436
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CHEVREUL, M.E. Des Couleurs et de leurs Applications aux Arts Industriels à l'Aide des Cercles Chromatiques. 27 pp. Illustrated with 27 colour-printed steel engravings, 1 folded. Folio, bound in publisher's blue pebbled cloth. Paris: J.B. Ballière et fils, 1864.
A separately published atlas of plates for colour matching, according to Chevreul's.....
Item nr. 167431
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ROUGET de LISLE, [Amédée]. Notice sur les Machines et Procédés relatifs à la Composition, à l'Impression des Dessins, et à la Fabrication des Tapisseries, présentée à la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale. ... Suivie de la Chromagraphie, ou l'Art de composer sans Peine des Dessins et des belles Tapisseries et.....
Item nr. 166816
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LE BLON, Jacques-Christophe and Antoine GAUTIER DE MONTDORGE. L'Art d'Imprimer les Tableaux. Traité d'après les Ecrits, les Opérations & les Instructions verbales, de J.C. Le Blon. xi, vi, [2], [xiii]-xxv, [26]-180, [4] pp. Illustrated with 1 hand coloured sepia mezzotint and two black and white folding plates. 8vo., 195 x......
Item nr. 166681
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LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY. Traité des couleurs matérielles et de la maniere de colorer, relativement aux différens Arts et Métiers. xii, 342, [4] pp. 12mo., bound in modern half morocco over tan boards. Paris: Saugrain et Lamy, 1779.
Treatise on the chemical and physical processes of colouring, including the preparation of various.....
Item nr. 147442
Price: $525.00
BOUTET, Claude. Traite De Mignature pour apprendre aisement a peindre sans maitre. Avec le secret de faire les plus belles couleurs, l'or bruni & l'or en coquille. Frontispiece, [14], 269, [19] pp. Illustrated with 2 leaves of plates. 8vo., bound in contemporary boards. The Hague: Louis and Henry van Dole.....
Item nr. 147182
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