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
Price: $1,500.00
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
Price: $9,750.00
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
Price: $17,500.00
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
Price: $1,250.00
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
JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Bijutsu Kai. Collection of Pictures Regarding Colour Designs for Japanese Textiles Costumes. Five parts in one volume. Five folding plates and 18 full-page coloured woodblock prints per section, for a total of 95 original illustrations. 8vo, 232 x 160 mm., bound in Japanese accordion style with.....
Item nr. 142126
Price: $7,500.00
[MAZOIS, Charles-Francois]. Le Palais de Scaurus, ou Decription d'une Maison Romaine, fragment d'un voyage fait a Rome vers la fin de la Republique par Mérovir, Prince des Suèves. 308 pp., illustrated with 12 engraved plates (one folding) and numerous vignettes in the text. 8vo, 210 x 125 mm., bound in.....
Item nr. 142062
Price: $495.00