Authors starting with L from The Book Block

Frankfurt am Main Undreåischen Buchhandlung, 1838. Bound with;JUNG, ABBÉ L. Der herr ist mein Untheil! Frankfurt am Main (Undreåischen Buchhandlung), 1840.Two works bound in one. 8vo., full dark brown crushed calf with a single gilt fillet border surrounding a pair of gothic arched windows; in the center of the upper cover is a six-sided cartouche with the name of the owner stamped in gilt; Clémentine Simonnaire. Smooth, slightly rounded spine with gilt decorat... more information

Copenhagen J. H. Schubothe, 1814. Small 4to., more-or-less contemporary marbled boards with a morocco spine label and a gilt cypher on the cover (by Gustave Hedberg, Stockholm, with his ticket).Woodcut title-page with two skulls followed by 36 large (5 x 5 1/4 inch) woodcuts and verses devoted to the Dance of Death. Although the theme is traditional--Death in the form of a skeleton ushers away people of every class to their final reward: the Pope, Emperor, King, Queen, right on down to the child ... more information

London Bliss, Sands & Co., 1897. 8vo., full russet oasis morocco with a single gilt fillet border on both covers, with three gilt bullets in each corner; spine with five raised bands extended in blind onto both covers, with gilt titling and gilt fillets within the compartments. Board edges gilt, inner gilt fillets, a.e.g. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Marshall Field.A beautifully bound, attractively illustrated, exact reprint of the first edition (1768), with numerous full-page illus... more information

London J. Creswick & Co., 1794. Sm. 8vo. (6 1/4 x 4 1/16), full acid calf with a single narrow floral border on the covers; spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. (by Zaehnsdorf). This exceptionally well printed edition with its six engravings by W. Bromley after drawings by M. Archer employs excellent typography and a few well chosen head and tail pieces, making it highly attractive and readable. The unfinished narrative att... more information

London T. Davies, et. al., 1782. 8vo. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches), contemporary burgundy morocco with a double gilt fillet border on the covers; spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration, and a green morocco title label. A VERY NICE COPy with minor occasional browning, in a handsome contemporary binding.Although first published in 1782, this popular compilation from the author's oeuvre, here designated A NEW EDITION, was often reprinted, the selection being altered from edition to edition. The... more information

Au Mont Parnasse [Amsterdam?] De l'imprimerie de messer Apollon, 1697. Two vols. 8vo., full crushed crimson morocco with triple gilt fillet borders. In the center of both upper covers is the gilt-stamped design of the former owner: a serpent holding a long quill, writing in an open book the words of a muse or spirit pictured above. The initials on the book, F.L., are those of the collector, F. Lachèvre, whose bookplate, featuring a skull resting on an open book, is in both volumes. Spines with ... more information

Northampton Gehenna Press, 2000. Folio (16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches), quarter gray oasis Niger with a narrow strip of morocco along the other three edges, inlaid into the center panel of both boards are sheets of marbled paper; the title is gilt stamped on the cover. Rounded spine with the title in gilt; in a matching quarter morocco clam shell case. Binding, box and marbled paper by Gray Parrot.There are 32 copies of the regular edition (and eight deluxe copies with extra impressions, a drawing and a plate),... more information

N.p. , 1980. Watercolor on paper (22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches), matted, framed and glazed. Signed and dated, Baskin 1980, lower center; signed and dated ind inscribed "Lament" on the verso. The work consists of seven heads in three rows, forming an inverted triangle, with Hebrew calligraphy separating the rows. It illustrates verse 3:34 from The Book of Lamentations. The watercolor has been reproduced on the dust jacket of The Six Days of Destruction by Elie Wiesel & Albert H. Friedlander (Paulist... more information

Amsterdam J. Blaeu, 1643. Sm. 8vo. (5 1/16 x 3 1/8 inches), contemporary tan calf, double blind fillets with blind blocked corner fleurons; spine with four raised bands and a manuscript paper label; all edges stained red. On the front free endleaf is a woodcut ownership stamp of a ram in profile standing on a platform above the name Sheppard, encircled by a wreath of laurel leaves. Below this mark is the large woodcut number 23. The Thornton Hall Library, Buckinghamshire, belonging to the family of Sheppar... more information

Berlin Phönix Verlag, 1926. Lg. 4to. (11 7/8 x 9 inches), publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt titling, spine a little sunned, but a very good copy of a book that, because of its size and weight, is invariably disbound, or altogether rebound.First edition of this bi-lingual edition devoted to the art of this innovative genius who "masters the language of the poster like no other, and whose designs for book jackets, "…are all derived from the same rich soil that nourishes ... more information

Geneva Eustache Vignon, 1580. 8vo., seventeenth century acid calf, plain sides; spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration within the compartments, except for the one with the red morocco title label. Minor wear to the front joint, board edges gilt, all edges marbled.The first appearance of this work by Lavater, a Protestant minister from Zurich, was in 1570, and there were several subsequent editions into the next century. Examples from the sixteenth century are uncommon (and most institut... more information