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Venice Girolamo Albrizzi, 1696. 8vo., full crushed brown 19th century morocco with plain sides. Spine with five raised bands and gilt titling.Albrizzi, the publisher, has used a number of the wood blocks from the Giolito editions of Ovid's Le Trasformationi [1553 and afterwards]. In the present edition, there are a total of 73 images measuring approximately 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, almost all of which, according to Ruth Mortimer, "...were designed for this [1553] edition." The history ... more information

Paris H, Floury, 1927. Folio (15 x 11 inches), white linen back over paper boards with ties, front cover with red titling. One of 500 numbered copies printed on Arches (there were another 26 copies with a second suite of plates printed on Madagascar), all executed by Daniel Jacomet in GRAVURE, some of which are HAND COLORED. The Introduction by Paul Jamot compares the subject of the plates, which cover various representations of the Eucharist from the second to the twentieth century. At the end are detaile... more information

Easthampton ABCedary, 1989. Folio (15 x 11 inches) bound in vellum by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton with exposed vellum ties securing the boards. A rectangular cutout, with a gilt ruled border, to the vellum on the top board exposes an etching of a baby seal. Alan James Robinson created the 4 wood engravings and 11 etchings and Sara Krone printed the etchings on BFK Rives. Sky blue Japanese Moriki paper protects the etchings. Printed by Harold P. McGrath on T. H. Saunders hot pressed watercolor paper.... more information

Edinburgh & London Wm. Blackwood, 1852. Thick 8vo. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), two vols bound in one. Brownish red oasis niger with a double gilt fillet border on the covers; spine with five raised bands and detailed gilt tooling in the compartments. Slight rubbing at the top of the spine; all edges marbled; bookplate: R. Kenneth Cock.The Sforza family ruled in the second half of the fifteenth century at Milan. From their obscure origins as soldiers of fortune they established themselves as a pri... more information

New York Wm. Farquhar Payson, [1931]. Original drawing (approx. 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches), matted, framed and glazed, executed in charcoal, bistre, watercolor and india ink. The drawing formed the basis for the dust jacket art (with minor alterations), for the first edition of the work, which was dedicated by the artist to his wife.Albert Sterner was born on London in 1863 and spent his youth in London and in Germany. He studied art on the Continent, coming to New York in the early part of the centu... more information