Books by VAN LENNEP

1862. 3. Van Lennep, Henry John, 1815-1889. The Oriental Album: Twenty Illustrations in Oil Colors, of the People and Scenery of Turkey, with Explanatory and Descriptive Text. NY: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1862. 1st ed. 48p. text plus 20 full-page color lithographs. Original pebbled brown cloth, rebacked simply in mid-20th century maroon buckram. Original cloth not lifted over rebacking. 46cm. Cover heavily rubbed and worn around edges and has some fading, scuffing and other wear. Contents sound with text lea... more information

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph. 1862. First edition, folio, pp. [3]-48, inserted tinted lithographic title-p. by Charles Parsons, printed by Endicott & Co, 20 chromolithograph plates by Parsons after Van Lennep, also printed by Endicott; original morocco backed pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; hinges reinforced with Japanese tissue, spine rubbed and worn, but sound; internally fine. Bennett (misidentifying the author as Van Lennert), p. 108; Reese, 97. Accompanied by: Van Lennep... more information

hardcover. Extra illustrated tinted title page, and illustrated with 20 marvelous large tissue-protected chromolithographic plates by Parsons after van Lennep, all printed by Endicott & Co. 48pp of text. Thin folio (17.75 x 14 inches), rebound in plain brown cloth (ex-library copy with small ink stamp inside front cover and small perforated stamp on the title, otherwise a virtually spotless copy). N.Y.: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. First and only edition of this very rare and stunning American chromolith... more information