BLAKE, William. Illustrations of the Book of Job. Engraved title and 21 engraved plates, executed by William Blake after his own designs. Folio, 420 x 275 mm, bound in contemporary blue paper covered boards, grey paper spine. London: Published by the Author, 1825.
First Edition of Blake's final masterpiece, his last.....
Item nr. 164041
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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
Price: $7,500.00
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
DAAE, Dr. A. Die Farbenblindheit. 9 pp. Illustrated with a wool diagnostic test of 70 dyed wool samples, and a lithographed Snellen chart inserted at front. 8vo., 220 x 144 mm, pamphlet loose in publisher's brown cloth folder incorporating wool sample chart into rear board. Berlin: P. Dörffel, [1878].
Third Edition.....
Item nr. 160124
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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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GUILLIM, John. A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof then hath been hitherto published by any, through the benefit of Method, whereinto it is now rediced by the industry of Joh. Gwillim. [14], 284 pp. (i.e., 290). Heavily illustrated throughout with woodcut shields and.....
Item nr. 158953
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LAFEVER, Minard. The Architectural Instructor, Containing a History of Architecture from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time... 526 pp. Illustrated with 112 numbered engraved plates containing hundreds of elements and views. Folio, 215 x 303 mm, bound in brown buckram with a new black morocco spine label stamped in.....
Item nr. 157655
Price: $3,500.00
HASERICK, Ernest C. The Secrets of the Art of dyeing Wool, Cotton, and Linen, including bleaching and coloring Wool and Cotton Hosiery and Random-yarns. A Treatise based on Economy and Practice. [8], 131, [1] pp., plus xxxvi, [1] leaves with 323 mounted fabric samples of wool, cotton, linen, and yarn.....
Item nr. 157067
Price: $2,500.00
STOWE, Lyman. Poetical Drifts of Thought; Treating upon the Mistakes of the Church ... reconciliation of Science and Christianity ... the Formation of a Solar System ... : embellished with nearly 200 Illustrations. : Together with a Number of fine Poems on popular Subjects including Sketches of the City of.....
Item nr. 156285
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HUGO, Victor. Paris Guide par les principaux écrivains et artistes de la France. Two volumes. xiv, XLIV, 902, 28, IV, [32]; xiv, 903-2140, [8] pp. Illustrated with 111 wood engraved plates, 2 wood engraved frontispieces, 5 lithograph folding maps, including one loose, large folding map that is hand-coloured inserted in.....
Item nr. 155479
Price: $2,250.00
FIRST JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA
NAKAMURA, Tekisai. Kinmo zu-i. 21 kan in 14 volumes. Illustrated with hundreds of black and white woodcuts with identifying characters. 4to., 270 x 197 mm, bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, in original blue paper wrappers with printed paper labels, housed in a recent navy chitsu case. [Japan]: Yamagataya, [ca.....
Item nr. 154364
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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
ORIGINAL ETCHING BY REMBRANDT
REMBRANDT. Der Zee-Vaert Lof, Handelende vande gedenckwaerdighste Zeevaerden met de Daeraenklevande op en Onderganghen der Voornaemste Heerschappijen der Gantscher Wereld. By Elias Herckmans. [20], 235, [9] pp. Illustrations include engraved allegorical title-page and 18 large etchings illustrating the text, one by Rembrandt and 17 by Willem Basse.....
Item nr. 153634
Price: $22,500.00
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
GYOSAI, Kawanabe. Gyosai Gadan. Two parts in 4 volumes. Xylographically printed and illustrated throughout, including many double-page woodcut illustrations. 4to., 178 x 257 mm, bound in original woodblock wrappers with paper labels, sewn Japanese-style, together in original blue chitsu box with coloured woodblock label on front cover. [Tokyo]: Iwamoto Shun.....
Item nr. 151893
Price: $8,750.00
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.....
Item nr. 151243
Price: $15,000.00
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
WALKER, A.H. Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey. 167 pp. including over 100 maps and illustrations: 61 coloured maps of townships and villages, 37 lithograph views of residences and businesses by A.M. Davis after drawings by George Allen Rudd, plus world maps and advertisements. Folio, 440 x 375 mm, bound.....
Item nr. 150703
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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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RACINET, Auguste. Le Costume Historique. Cinq cents planches, trois cents en couleurs, or et argent, deux cents en camaieu. Types principaux du vétement et de la parure rapproche s de ceux de l'inte rieur de l'habitation dans tous les temps et chez tous les peuples avec de nombreux détails sur.....
Item nr. 150530
Price: $2,500.00
RIBUFFI, Gaspare. Guida di Ravenna...con compendio storico della citta. Engraved title-page, X, 163, [3] pp. Illustrated with three full-page engraved plates and one very large engraved folding plate. 8vo., 202 x 135 mm, bound in original publisher's printed wrappers, with title on front cover in a decorative frame repeated on.....
Item nr. 150417
Price: $975.00
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: $1,750.00