A GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENT: BEING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS INHABITANTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COSTUMES, BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED
by (COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (COSTUMES AROUND THE WORLD). (CHILDREN'S BOOKS). VENNING, MARY ANNE
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1820. Third Edition. 155 x 95 mm. (6 x 3 3/4"). 144 pp. Appealing sprinkled calf by Wallis for C. E. Lauriat (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper), covers bordered by double gilt fillet, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with floral spray at center, encircled by small tools, leafy branch at corners, red morocco label, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. WITH 60 HAND-COLORED PLATES of costumes from... Read More
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SKETCHES ON THE MOSELLE, THE RHINE, AND THE MEUSE
by (COLOR PLATES - TRAVEL AND VIEWS, RHINE, MEUSE, MOSELLE RIVERS). STANFIELD, CLARKSON
London: Hodgson & Clark, 1838. FIRST EDITION. 560 x 380 mm. (22 x 15"). 1 p.l. (lithograph dedication and table of contents), [1] leaf (ads). Apparently unrestored publisher's red quarter morocco over pink watered silk boards, flat spine, gilt titling on front cover and spine, marbled endpapers. WITH 30 VERY FINE SCENIC COLOR LITHOGRAPHS (lithograph title and 29 views on 25 plates) by T. S. Boys, W. Gauci, A. Picken, and L. Haghe, all with original thick tissue... Read More
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![LES FRANÇAIS PEINTS PAR EUX-MÊMES. [and] LE PRISME ENCYCLOPÉDIE MORALE DU DIX-NEUVIÈME SIÈCLE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/342/276/1571276342.0.l.jpg)
LES FRANÇAIS PEINTS PAR EUX-MÊMES. [and] LE PRISME ENCYCLOPÉDIE MORALE DU DIX-NEUVIÈME SIÈCLE
by (COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (FRENCH COSTUME AND CULTURE, ROMANTIC). CURMER, HENRI-LÉON, Editor
Paris: L. Curmer, 1840-42. First Editions. 264 x 178 mm. (10 3/8 x 7"). Nine volumes. Very pleasing contemporary red cloth backed in red morocco by Weidle (stamp-signed in gilt on tail of spines), raised bands, compartments with gilt lettering or large gilt decorative tool, head compartment on each spine with (sometimes blurred) handwritten ink (shelf?) number. WITH 415 FULL-PAGE PLATES HAND-COLORED AND ENHANCED WITH GUM ARABIC (one in black & white), including eight frontispieces, all of the... Read More
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AS NATURE SHOWS THEM, MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES OF THE UNITED STATES EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
by (COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (LEPIDOPTERA). DENTON, SHERMAN FOOTE
Boston: J. B. Millet Company, 1900. No. 306 OF 500 COPIES. 256 x 181 mm. (10 x 7 1/8"). Two volumes.. Very attractive contemporary olive green morocco, covers with gilt border incorporating an elaborate cornerpiece design of a butterfly; raised bands, expertly rebacked preserving original backstrips, spines gilt in compartments with lacy frames enclosing a large central butterfly, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, leather hinges, all edges gilt. With more than 400 photographic illustrations and 62 ACTUAL ENTOMOLOGICAL TRANSFERS... Read More
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VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN SICILE
by (COLOR PLATES - TRAVEL AND VIEWS, SICILY). GIGAULT DE LA SALLE, ACHILLE ÉTIENNE
Paris: P. Didot, l'ainé [second volume Jules Didot l'ainé], 1822-26. FIRST EDITION. 641 x 495 mm. (25 1/4 x 19 1/2"). Lacking the dedication leaf and subscriber list present in the Abbey copy. Two volumes. Edited by Jean Frédéric d'Ostervald. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, textured paper boards, gilt titling on spine, edges untrimmed. One map (as called for, though the Abbey copy has two), and 92 ACCOMPLISHED AND BEAUTIFULLY HAND-COLORED AQUATINT PLATES OF SICILIAN VIEWS. Abbey, "Travel" 262;... Read More
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![ENGRAVINGS OF . . . THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES, IN LONDON. [together with] OTTLEY, WILLIAM YOUNG, HENRY TRESHAM, and PELTRO WILLIAM TOMKINS. THE BRITISH GALLERY OF PICTURES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/665/929/1562929665.0.l.jpg)
ENGRAVINGS OF . . . THE MARQUIS OF STAFFORD'S COLLECTION OF PICTURES, IN LONDON. [together with] OTTLEY, WILLIAM YOUNG, HENRY TRESHAM, and PELTRO WILLIAM TOMKINS. THE BRITISH GALLERY OF PICTURES
by (COLOR PLATES - FINE ART GALLERIES). OTTLEY, WILLIAM YOUNG. and PELTRO WILLIAM TOMKINS
London: Bensley and Son for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Cadell and Davies, and P. W. Tomkins, 1818. FIRST EDITIONS. ONE OF ONLY A FEW COPIES WITH MOUNTED HAND-COLORED PLATES. 563 x 415 mm. (22 1/8 x 16 3/8"). Lacking two-leaf "To subscribers" called for by Abbey in the second work, otherwise complete. Two works in five volumes.. Uniformly bound in contemporary brick-red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Fairburn and Armstrong for Colnaghi & Son (stamp-signed in gilt... Read More
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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1815, UNDER HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON . . . COMPRISING THE BATTLES OF LIGNY, QUATRE BRAS, AND WATERLOO
by (COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). (NAPOLEONIC WARS). MUDFORD, WILLIAM
London: Henry Colburn, 1817. FIRST EDITION. 322 x 274 mm. (12 3/4 x 10 3/4"). One volume extended to two.. SUMPTUOUS CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, BY MORRELL (stamp-signed on front turn-ins) covers with wide frame decorated with Neoclassical ornaments, raised bands, spine compartments framed by volutes and flowers, gilt lettering, gilt-framed turn-ins, scarlet watered silk endleaves, leather hinges, top edges gilt. WITH 30 HAND-COLORED PLATES, as called for, including a double-page view of the Battle of Waterloo, a... Read More
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PRACTICAL HINTS ON DECORATIVE PRINTING, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ENGRAVED ON WOOD, AND PRINTED IN COLOURS
by (COLOR PRINTING - EARLY). SAVAGE, WILLIAM
London: Published for the Proprietor by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 [1823]. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 227 COPIES. 288 x 220 mm. (11 3/8 x 8 5/8"). 3 p.l., vi, [2], 100, [8], [103]-118 pp., [2] leaves. Pleasing 20th century rich green crushed morocco, gilt-framed covers and smooth spine, gilt lettering to spine, edges untrimmed. In a burgundy calf-backed clamshell box (meant for this book, but for some reason substantially larger), green morocco title label on... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, IN ORDER TO DISCOVER AMERICA AND THE WEST-INDIES
by (COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER)
London: Sold by D. Midwinter, M. Cooper, A. Bland. and J. Nicholson, 1777. Fourth Printing. 185 x 110 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 1/4"). 1 p.l., 190 pp. 19th century dark brown sheep, raised bands flanked by gilt rules, maroon morocco label, newer endpapers. ESTC N8132; Sabin 14656. Rear joint cracked alongside top three compartments, front joint somewhat rubbed and slightly snagged at top and bottom, minor marks to covers, but the binding still solid. Front flyleaf and... Read More
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![VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE CONSTANTINOPLE ET DES RIVES DU BOSPHORE. [A PICTURESQUE VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SHORES OF THE BOSPHORUS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/697/238/849238697.0.l.1.jpg)
VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE CONSTANTINOPLE ET DES RIVES DU BOSPHORE. [A PICTURESQUE VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SHORES OF THE BOSPHORUS]
by (CONSTANTINOPLE - EARLY 19TH CENTURY TRAVEL TO, FACSIMILE PUBLICATION). MELLING, ANTOINE IGNACE
Bern: Ertug & Kocabiyuk, 2002. No. 46 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES (of a total edition of 350). 670 x 508 mm. (26 3/8 x 20"). 3 p.l., 10 pp., [63] leaves. Publisher's scarlet morocco by Buchbinderei Burkhardt AG, covers with gilt-rolled border, cornerpieces tooled in gilt, upper cover with gilt calligraphic Arabic centerpiece, lower cover with gilt central heraldic device, marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. With a portrait frontispiece of Emperor Selim III, 48 DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES, AND... Read More
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MODERN COOKERY, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES
by (COOKERY). ACTON, ELIZA
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1845. Third Edition. 173 x 110 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). xxx, 607, [1] pp., 32 pp. (ads). Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, plainly (and stoutly) rebacked Attractive woodcuts in the text throughout. Oxford, p. 175; Cagle 538 (fourth edition). Original boards rather soiled, faded, and worn, but the restored binding completely sound. Internally with light stains here and there (and more especially in the Index), but an inoffensive copy of this frequently... Read More
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THE ART OF COOKERY MADE EASY AND REFINED
by (COOKERY). MOLLARD, JOHN
London: Printed for the Author, 1802. Second Edition. 215 x 135 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). xxiv, 314 pp., [12] leaves (index, final blank). Contemporary sheep, flat spine divided into panels with gilt rules, red morocco label lettered in gilt, rebacked (retaining original backstrip). Twelve engraved plates depicting dishes for each month of the year. Front pastedown with early ink ownership inscription of Ann Stocking. Bitting, p. 328; Cagle 881; Oxford, pp. 130-31. Corners rather rubbed, backstrip... Read More
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THE ENGLISH ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL HOUSEKEEPERS, ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW
by (COOKERY). BRIGGS, RICHARD
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1788. FIRST EDITION. 218 x 135 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). iv, xx, 656 pp. Straightforward modern calf in the style of the period, raised bands, red morocco label lettered in gilt. With 12 copper plates depicting the bill of fare for each month of the year. Oxford, pp. 115-16; Maclean, p. 15; Bitting, p. 60. Spine and top inch of boards a bit sunned; otherwise, the entirely unworn binding... Read More
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THE PATHFINDER
by COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. FIRST EDITION, First Issue (with imprint of Fagan and Collins at center of p. [2]; no copyright notice). 180 x 110 mm. (7 x 4 1/8"). Two volumes.. Attractive late 19th century scarlet crushed morocco, gilt, covers with gilt-rule frame accentuated with bow-arrow-tomahawk tool at corners, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with bow tool or crossed rifles at center, foliate spray at corners, gilt titling, turn-ins with frame of plain and dotted... Read More
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L'ENCHIRIDION, OU ABRÉGÉ ET SOMMAIRE DE L'INSTRUCTION EN LA SCIENCE DE DIEU, DU FIDÈLE CHRESTIEN, EN FORME DE DIALOGUE
by (COUNTER-REFORMATION). (BINDINGS - CENTRE-PIECE). DU PRÉAU, GABRIEL
[Paris]: Michel de Roigny, 1567. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 107 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). 16 p.l. (last blank), 456 [i.e., 453], [1] pp. Original dark brown calf "centre-piece" covers with central gilt oval of Islamic design, the motto "Tout se passe" and the name "Ferry" above the oval and the date 1573 below, laid onto newer period-style spine and edges, raised bands, spine compartments with gilt leaf sprig. Front pastedown with earlier auction description pasted on.... Read More
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THE THIRD PART OF THE WORKS OF MR ABRAHAM COWLEY, BEING HIS SIX BOOKS OF PLANTS, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ENGLISH
by COWLEY, ABRAHAM
London: Printed for Charles Harper, 1689. FIRST EDITION. 297 x 192 mm. (11 5/8 x 7 1/2"). [20], 166 (148-9 misnumbered 140-1), [2] pp. Very pleasing contemporary red morocco, elaborately panelled in gilt, covers with mitered frames composed of gilt rules, decorative rolls, pointillé tooling and floral sprays, raised bands, spine intricately gilt in compartments with central star-like design and scrolling cornerpieces, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, possible (very expert) repair to top spine compartment. Frontispiece engraving of... Read More
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![THE WORKS OF MR ABRAHAM COWLEY [bound with] THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS OF THE WORKS OF MR ABRAHAM COWLEY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/956/731/940731956.0.l.jpg)
THE WORKS OF MR ABRAHAM COWLEY [bound with] THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS OF THE WORKS OF MR ABRAHAM COWLEY
by COWLEY, ABRAHAM
London: J. M. for Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper, 1688; 1689. FIRST EDITION of Part III. 304 x 202 mm. (12 x 8"). [58], 41, [1] (blank), 80, [4], 70 [i.e., 68], 154, 23, [1] (blank), 148; [16], 161, [21], 166 (pp. 148-9 misnumbered 140-1), [2] pp. Two works bound together in one volume.. Very attractive contemporary black morocco, handsomely gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Separate title pages for each section (those in the first... Read More
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DIE TRAGISCHE GESCHICHTE VON HAMLET PRINZEN VON DAENMARKIN DEUTSCHER SPRACHE
by (CRANACH PRESS). SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
Weimar: Cranach Press, 1928 (copyright 1929). No. 8 OF 230 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER, of a total edition of 255. 365 x 242 mm. (14 1/4 x 9 1/2"). 202 pp., [1] leaf.Translated by Gerhart Hauptmann. FINE ORIGINAL BURNT ORANGE MOROCCO by O. Dorfner of Weimar (signed on rear turn-in), covers with single gilt-ruled border, raised bands, spine compartments ruled in gilt, gilt spine titling, turn-ins ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In a fine... Read More
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OLIVER CROMWELL
by (CROMWELL, OLIVER). MORLEY, JOHN
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1901. Fourth Edition. 220 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). viii, 510 pp. Very pleasing deep brown pebble-grained morocco by Bumpus (signed on the front turn-in), covers ruled in gilt and black with scrolling fleuron cornerpieces, raised bands, spine with compartments outlined in black and gilt, gilt-ruled turn-ins, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Cromwell after the painting by Samuel Cooper. Spine very slightly sunned, the frontispiece and half title with... Read More
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ORDONNANCIE ENDE INSTRUCTIE NAER DE WELCKE VOORT-AEN HEN MOETEN REGULEREN DIE GHESWOREN WISSELAERS OFTE COLLECTEURS VANDE GOUDE ENDE SILVEREN PENNINGEN WESENDE VERBODEN, GHESCHROYT, TE LICHT OFT TE SEER VERSLETEN
by (COMMERCIAL TRADING - CURRENCY)
Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1633. 308 x 98 mm. (12 1/8 x 3 7/8"). [126] leaves. Contemporary sprinkled sheep, raised bands, spine attractively gilt in compartments with floral lozenge centerpiece and volute cornerpieces, maroon morocco label. WITH 3,370 WOODCUTS depicting both sides of 1,685 coins in their actual size. ◆Minor rubbing to joints and extremities, faint stains to pastedowns (from glue?), other trivial defects internally, but AN UNUSUALLY FINE COPY, the binding with only negligible wear, and the text... Read More
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OPERA
by (INCUNABULA). CYPRIANUS
[Stuttgart: Printer of the 'Erwählung Maximilians', about 1486]. Fifth Edition. 282 x 196 mm. (11 1/8 x 7 7/8"). [131] of 132 leaves (lacking initial blank). TEXT COMPLETE. Double column, 46 lines, gothic type. A contemporary binding of wooden boards backed with blind-ruled pigskin, raised bands, ink lettering to spine panel and front board, (original?) brass clasp with catchplate. Capitals struck with red, headline numbers in red, half a dozen or so seven- to eight-line puzzle initials in... Read More
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NOW IN WINTRY DELIGHTS
by (DANIEL PRESS). (BINDINGS - ARTS & CRAFTS-STYLE). BRIDGES, ROBERT
Oxford: Daniel Press, 1903. ONE OF 300 COPIES. 257 x 190 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 1/2"). 2 p.l., 23, [1] pp. LOVELY CONTEMPORARY OLIVE GREEN MOROCCO, upper cover gilt in an Arts & Crafts design of repeating rows of trellised roses, gilt title banner, smooth spine with a runner of five gilt roses, gilt-ruled turn-ins, HAND-PAINTED ENDPAPERS with stylized, attenuated fruit trees and small heart-shaped branch wreaths bearing golden apples. Original blue printed paper wrappers bound in.... Read More
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FROM A LARGE BOOK OF HOURS, WITH TEXT IN LATIN
by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH CHARMING BORDER DECORATION
France (probably Besançon), 3rd quarter of 15th century. 239 x 165 mm. (9 3/8 x 6 1/2"). Single column, 15 lines in an elegant gothic book hand. Rubrics in dark pink, line enders in pink and blue with white tracery and gold bezant, several one-line initials and one two-line initial in burnished gold on dark pink and blue ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border composed of hairline vines with gold ivy and bezants, a... Read More
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VON DEM SIG DES WORTS GOTTES
by (COUNTER-REFORMATION). RUPERT OF DEUTZ
Dillingen: Sebald Mayer, 1567. First German Edition. 208 x 160 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 1/4"). 26 p.l., 416 leaves.Translated by Nicolaus Hug. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, inner medallion roll with Julius Caesar, Ovid, Cicero, and Virgil, outer roll with King David and Christ, raised bands, later paper label with manuscript title, original catch plates and anchor-plates, remains of thongs (two small contemporary patches to boards). With full-page woodcut of the Apocalypse showing the Queen... Read More
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