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
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 vingettes of Grandville designs on the.....
Item nr. 167232
Price: $5,000.00
CRANE, Hart. The Bridge. Illustrated by Joel Shapiro, with an essay by Langdon Hammer. Scroll format, 13-1/2" x 50', with seven woodblock prints by Joel Shapiro, an introduction by Langdon Hammer, and two photographs by Michael Kenna. In a linen box. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017.
The Bridge was conceived.....
Item nr. 165458
Price: $2,500.00
BOURGEOIS, Louise. Homely Girl, A Life. By Arthur Miller. With 10 drypoints by Bourgeois. Two volumes. Folio, original beige half morocco over grey cloth, preserved in a grey cloth slipcase. New York: Peter Blum, 1992.
A fine copy of this highly effective example of contemporary bookmaking. The playwright Arthur Miller gave.....
Item nr. 168500
Price: $12,500.00
LANSKOY, Andre. Cortège. With the cover and 23 pochoir plates by Lanskoy plus an extra suite of the plates. Folio, 450 x 330 mm, loose as issued, in the original decorated wrappers and slipcase. Paris: Pierre Lecuire, 1959.
A fine copy of the deluxe issue of this most extraordinary "livre d'artiste".....
Item nr. 168443
Price: $18,500.00
NEURATH, Otto and Gerd ARNTZ. Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft: bildstatistisches Elementarwerk. das Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien zeigt in 100 Farbigen Bildtafeln Produktionsformen, Gesellschaftsordnungen, Kulturstufen, Lebenshaltungen. Contents includes title-page, 100 plates and 30 text pages. Oblong Folio, loose as issued in the original cloth portfolio. In a new linen cloth folding.....
Item nr. 167514
Price: $17,500.00
MITCHELL, Joan. Abstract Expressionism. 4 Volumes. 1. John Ashbery. The Poems. With 4 prints by Joan Mitchell. 2. Frank O'Hara. Odes. With 4 prints by Michael Goldberg. 3. Kenneth Koch. Permanently. With 4 prints by Alfred Leslie. 4. James Schuyler. Salute. With 4 prints by Grace Hartigan. Folio, bound in.....
Item nr. 167063
Price: $15,000.00
DUNHAM, Carroll. Shadows. Ten original full sheet drypoints, with justification, title- leaf, and tissue interleaves. Oblong folio, 350 x 584 mm, the whole enclosed in publisher's cloth chemise and titled clamshell box. West Islip, NY: Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc 1989.
One of two copies designated as Printer's Proofs, in addition.....
Item nr. 168503
Price: $12,500.00
GRIGORIEW, Boris. Intimite. 88 pp. Illustrated with mounted colour frontispiece and numerous full-page and in text illustrations. Small folio, 295 x 230 mm, bound in contemporary patterned silk over boards. Petersburg, Edition de V. M. Yasny, 1918.
A fine copy of this rare illustrated book illustrated with Grigoriew's Intimité series, which.....
Item nr. 168420
Price: $3,500.00
SASSON, Renee. Esmaltes. With text by Walmir Ayala. Containing six different enameled pieces by Sasson, each on a linen mount signed and numbered on the verso by the artist, with a small paper pamphlet containing Ayala's poem. 4to., 215 x 215 mm, housed in publisher's linen chemise and slipcase. Sao.....
Item nr. 168169
Price: $3,500.00
AMARAL, Tarsila do. Cinco Serigrafias. Text by Sergio Millet. Illustrated with five bright screen printed images by Tarsila. Large folio, 535 x 360 mm, loose leaves in publisher's cloth portfolio stamped with image and text in terra-cotta and black, with brown ribbon ties. Sao Paulo: Editora Cultrix, 1972.
A scarce portfolio.....
Item nr. 168168
Price: $3,850.00
KATZ, Renina. Serigrafias. With text by Hilda Hilst. Illustrated with 10 screenprints by Renina Katz. Square folio, 290 x 290 mm, bound accordion style laid into the publisher's linen case. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Julio Pacello, 1970.
A series of silkscreens by Renina Katz Pedreira, known as Regina Katz, a Brazilian engraver.....
Item nr. 168166
Price: $3,500.00
CENDRARS, Blaise. Profond aujourd'hui, Prose par Monsieur Blaise Cendrars, et 5 Dessins de Monsieur A. Zarraga. [20] pp. Illustrated with 5 illustrations by Angel Zarraga. 12mo., bound in original wrappers, preserved in an new light brown cloth folding box. Paris: La Belle Édition, 1917.
A fine copy of this curious book.....
Item nr. 167433
Price: $2,500.00
CORNELL, Joseph. Maria. 6 unpaginated leaves with printed text, with one decorative headpiece. Small 8vo., bound in original printed wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. New York: Salamander Editions, 1954.
An immaculate copy of this rare artist's book which was privately printed by Cornell, and given away to his friends.....
Item nr. 167348
Price: $5,750.00
GAZAN, Henri. Marie-Anne et son oncle sam. Unpaginated, 18 ff. Illustrated throughout with pochoirs. Oblong folio, 277 x 380 mm, bound in publisher's raspberry paper boards with pochoir illustrated label on the front cover. Paris: G. Boutitie, [1919].
First and only edition, one of 500 copies. A striking allegorical work illustrating.....
Item nr. 167371
Price: $5,500.00
FIRST EDITION -- EXCESSIVELY RARE
AMMAN, Jost. Enchiridion artis pingendi, fingendi & sculpendi. [112] leaves. Collation: (:)4, A-Z4, a-d4. Title-page within a woodcut border, 3 ff. (dedication to Hieronymus August von Holtzhusen, with woodcut arms), plus 107 woodcuts by Jost Amman, and with the final letterpress leaf (colophon). Small 4to., 168.....
Item nr. 167311
Price: $27,500.00
MIRÓ, Joan. À Toute Épreuve. By Paul Eluard. 46 ff. Illustrated with 79 woodcuts by Miró printed in colour. 4to., 320 x 250 mm, loose as issued in original colour printed wrappers illustrated by Joan Miró. In original chemise and bamboo slipcase. Preserved in a new red cloth folding box.....
Item nr. 167302
Price: $95,000.00
JARRY, Alfred. Les Minutes de Sable, Memorial. [6], X, 5-210, [4] pp. Illustrated with 9 coloured (blue and maroon) woodcuts by Alfred Jarry. Small 8vo., 139 x 115 pp., bound in later binding using old paper over boards, preserving the original glossy black wrappers, Paris: Mercure de France, 1894.
First Edition.....
Item nr. 167222
Price: $12,500.00
GARATTI, Celso Maria. Italiani di Mussolini in A.O. 569 pp. Profusely illustrated. Large folio, bound in publisher's cloth with spine made from copper tubes, and onlaid metal axe on the front cover. Bologna: L. Cappelli, 1937.
A stupendous object, in a binding that is completely over the top. Fascist bombast at.....
Item nr. 167196
Price: $8,500.00
MATISSE, Henri. Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé. [2], 153, [8] pp. Illustrated by Henri Matisse with 29 etchings printed in black. Small folio, bound in original printed wrappers, and housed in the original calf-backed chemise and slipcase. Lausanne: Albert Skira & Cie., 1932.
A superb copy of this masterpiece of twentieth century.....
Item nr. 167107
Price: $75,000.00
PATCH, Thomas. The Life of Frá Bartolommeo della Porta, a Tuscan Painter, with his Works engraved from the original Pictures, dedicated to the Honorable Horace Walpole. [2] pp., illustrated with 24 etched and engraved plates printed in black, red or ochre. [Florence: Thomas Patch, 1772]. BOUND WITH:
Al Nobil uomo il.....
Item nr. 167025
Price: $13,500.00
CORTONA, Pietro da. Tabulae Anatomicae a Celeberrimo Pictore Petro Berrettino Cortonesi. Text by Cajetano Petrioli. [4], 84 pp. Illustrated with an engraved plate on title and 27 full-page engraved anatomical plates after Pietro da Cortona. Folio, 405 x 285 mm, bound in contemporary Italian calf. Rome: Antonii de Rubeis, 1741.
First.....
Item nr. 167017
Price: $25,000.00
ITALY. MISSON, François-Maximilien. Nouveau Voyage D'Italie, Avec un Memoire contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le mesme voyage. Three volumes. [26], 248, [21]; 352, [28]; [18], 413 (i.e., 417), [21] pp. Illustrated with a total of 65 engraved plates of which 39 are folding, plus one folding.....
Item nr. 166964
Price: $15,000.00
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
MENDELSOHN, Erich. Amerika. Bilderbuch eines Architekten. Illustrated with 100 photographs by Erich Mendelsohn. Folio, bound in publisher's cloth-backed boards. Berlin: Rudolf Mosse Buchverlag, 1928.
An unusually fine copy of this classic homage to early twentieth-century American architecture by the celebrated German modernist architect Erich Mendelsohn. Rarely found thus.
Parr 74-75. Fotografia Publica.....
Item nr. 166890
Price: $1,500.00