Exhibition postcard: Bas Jan Ader: "In Search of the Miraculous" (22 April-17 May 1975)
by (ADER, Bas Jan)
Color illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Los Angeles: Claire S. Copley Gallery, 1975. The rare postcard invitation for Ader's final exhibition. The artist set off from Cape Cod for his fateful cross-Atlantic voyage on 9 July 1975. In excellent condition. || Brigitte Kölle, ed., Bas Jan Ader: I'm searching ... (2025), pp. 168-69 & 175.
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A trove of manuscript insider reports & accounts on the two Perry expeditions and the turbulent Bakumatsu period that followed
by THE PERRY EXPEDITIONS AND THEIR AFTERMATH
Several dozen manuscripts in various formats, incl. long folded sheets, stitched pamphlets, sewn volumes, and letters. Japan: ca. 1853-63. A substantial group of documents revealing internal, high-level debates and discussions in response to Commodore Perry’s landings and later controversies that arose as Western powers established a foothold in Japan. This is an exceptional collection, filled with top-secret information on government intrigues as the Japanese state responded to aggressive foreign expansion and dissenting groups within the government urging top-to-bottom... Read More
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Report of the Committee of the Board of Agriculture, appointed to extract Information from the Country Reports, and other Authorities, concerning the Culture and Use of Potatoes
by BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Seven engraved plates (several folding). viii, 177 pp. Large 4to, early 19th-cent. half-calf & marbled boards (some scuffing), flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: Printed by W. Bulmer for G. Nicol et al., 1795. First edition of the Board of Agriculture’s famous report on the potato. During the final four decades of the 18th century Britain experienced a number of corn harvest failures with a resulting rise in the price of wheat. The Society... Read More
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![Yamato Kokoro shomeikahōgin やまとこゝろ諸名家芳吟 [Sweetheart of Japan. Praise from Famous Persons]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/676/1715676487.0.l.jpg)
Yamato Kokoro shomeikahōgin やまとこゝろ諸名家芳吟 [Sweetheart of Japan. Praise from Famous Persons]
by AKATSUKI NO KANENARI 暁鐘成, using the pen-name Gyōseiō 暁晴翁, & illustrator Hanzan Matsukawa 松川半山
Four double-page & nine full-page color-printed illus. and ten pages of text with background coloring. 31.5 folding leaves. Small 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers, new stitching. Osaka: Unkindō 雲錦堂, 1857. An early printing of this beautifully illustrated book with considerable blind embossing. The text and the illustrations have been printed on thickish paper, leaving deep impressions and giving a 3-D appearance. The subject of this book is a famous Osaka courtesan, Shikishima, of the Shinmachi pleasure quarter.... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Bookworks: Barbara Schmidt-Heins, Gabriele Schmidt-Heins (opens 19 May 1980)
by GALERIA AKUMULATORY
Printed on both sides. Oblong postcard. Poznan, Poland: 1980. Postcard invitation for the Schmidt-Heins sisters’ exhibition of their bookworks in Poznan. In excellent condition.
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Mittsu no takara 三つの宝 [Three Treasures]
by AKUTAGAWA, Ryūnosuke 芥川龍之介
Finely colored title & 12 colored tipped-in plates by Ryuichi Oana. 1 p.l., 160 pp., one leaf of colophon. Small folio, orig. yellow cloth with pictorial medallions inset into each cover, orig. glassine wrapper & slipcase. Tokyo: Kaizosha, 1928. First edition, posthumously published, of this beautiful book, a collection of fairy tales, including the famous story “Kumo no ito” [“The Spider’s Thread”]. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story “In the Grove” which was... Read More
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Jigokuhen [trans.: Hell Screen]
by AKUTAGAWA, Ryunosuke
88, [4] pp. Small 4to, orig. blue cloth, uncut & unopened. Tokyo: Noda Shobo, 1936. First separate edition, limited to 170 copies, originally published in 1918 in two newspapers. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story “In the Grove” which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa. The theme of the present story is concerned with artistic obsession. It was dramatized by Mishima in 1953 and made into a movie —... Read More
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![Finely illustrated album, entitled on manuscript label on upper cover “Asagao fu” [“Pictures of Morning Glories”], a collection of 55 highly accomplished & beautifully rendered brush & color-wash paintings of morning glories](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/278/467/1523467278.0.l.jpg)
Finely illustrated album, entitled on manuscript label on upper cover “Asagao fu” [“Pictures of Morning Glories”], a collection of 55 highly accomplished & beautifully rendered brush & color-wash paintings of morning glories
by MORNING GLORIES ALBUM
15 folding leaves. 8vo (290 x 2000 mm.), orig. yellow semi-stiff wrappers (wrappers a little soiled), new stitching. [Japan: late Edo]. Morning glories, first brought into Japan by the Chinese, were originally used for medicinal purposes, as a laxative. But soon the Japanese cultivated them as ornamental flowers. During the Edo period, morning glories became very popular and the subject of aesthetic admiration. Much like the “tulip mania” in 17th-century Holland, Japan experienced several morning glory booms... Read More
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Recherches sur la Précession des Equinoxes, et sur la Nutation de l’Axe de la Terre, dans le Systême Newtonien
by ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond d’
Four folding engraved plates. xxxviii, [2], 184 pp. 4to, cont. mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: David l’aîné, 1749. First edition of one of Alembert’s most important books. “During the late 1740’s, d’Alembert, Clairaut, and Euler were all working on the famous three-body problem, with varying success. D’Alembert’s interest in celestial mechanics thus led him, in 1749, to publish a masterly work, the Recherches sur la Précession des Equinoxes…The precession of the equinoxes,... Read More
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Recherches sur Differens Points importans du Systême du Monde
by ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond d’
Six folding engraved plates. lxviii, 260 pp.; vi, 290 pp.; xlviii, 263 pp. Three vols. 4to, cont. mottled calf (lower cover of Vol. II a little wormed), spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: David, 1754-54-56. First edition. “Devoted primarily to the motion of the moon (Volume II included a new set of lunar tables), it was written at least partially to guard d’Alembert's claims to originality against those of Clairaut. As was so often the... Read More
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Traité de Dynamique, dans lequel les Loix de l’Equilibre & du mouvement des Corps sont réduites au plus petit nombre possible, & démontrées d’une maniére nouvelle, & où l’on donne un Principe général pour trouver le Mouvement de plusieurs Corps qui agissent les uns sur les autres, d’une maniére quelconque
by ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond d’
1743. Engraved vignette on title & four folding engraved plates. 2 p.l., xxvi, [2], 186, [2] pp. 4to, cont. marbled calf (extremities a trifle worn, preliminary leaves a bit discolored), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: David l’aîné, 1743. First edition, and a fine copy, of d’Alembert’s masterpiece on dynamics; this has become a scarce book on the market. “The Traité de dynamique, which has become the most famous of his scientific works, is significant... Read More
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Catalogo dei Quadri dei Disegni, e dei Libri che trattano dell’Arte del Disegno della Galleria del fu Sig. Conte Algarotti in Venezia
by (ALGAROTTI, Francesco & Bonomo)
One finely engraved head-piece. 4 p.l., LXXX pp. 8vo, attractive early 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards, flat spine gilt, orange & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. [Venice, ca. 1776]. [bound with]: (PINELLI, Maffeo). Catalogo di Quadri raccolti dal fu Signor Maffeo Pinelli, ed ora posti in vendita in Venezia 1785. viii, 125 pp., one blank leaf. 8vo. [Venice: July 1785]. [bound with]: (GRIMANI COLLECTION). [Drop-title on p. 3]: Pitture e Scolture... Read More
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Exhibition card: Roberta Allen: Ascending/Descending Arrows: Define/Indefinite Places (3-27 February 1979)
by (ALLEN, Roberta)
Diagram & details on recto. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1979. Announcement card for Allen’s 1979 solo show with John Weber. Fine.
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Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre - Copper Prime Couples (16 September-13 October 1976)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1976. Mailed example of the postcard invitation to Andre’s 1976 solo exhibition at Yvon Lambert's gallery. The recto bears an installation photograph of the artist's sculptures. In excellent condition. Hand-addressed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000). ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 372.
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Exhibition card: Carl Andre (7-28 February [1976])
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on one side. Square card, mailed. Los Angeles: ACE, [1976]. Invitation card for Andre’s 1976 exhibition with ACE gallery in Los Angeles. Near fine; minor creasing. Mailed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000).
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Exhibition card: Carl Andre at Wide White Space (8 January-4 February 1974)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on both sides. Card. Brussels: Wide White Space, 1974. Invitation card for Andre’s 1974 show with Anny de Decker and Bernd Lohaus’s gallery. Near fine. ❧ Y. Pettitallot, ed., Wide White Space: Behind the Museum, 1966-1976 (1995), Exhibitions no. 80 (pictured).
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Exhibition card: Carl Andre (9 May-10 June [1972])
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on one side. Card, mailed. London: Lisson Gallery, [1972]. Invitation card for Andre’s solo debut at Nicholas Logsdail’s Lisson Gallery. In fine condition. Mailed to E. J. van Straaten of Utrecht. ❧ O. Ward, ed., Artist, Work, Lisson (2017), p. 76. Andre’s instructions in a letter to Logsdail for the present card is pictured on p. 77.
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Exhibition card: Carl Andre (opens 29 September 1969)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Black & white photographic illus. to recto. Pictorial card. Torino: Galleria Sperone, 1969. Announcement card for Andre’s debut exhibition with Gian Enzo Sperone, bearing a reproduced photograph of the artist preparing for the show. In fine condition. ❧ A. Minola, M. C. Mundici, F. Poli, M. T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000) Vol. I, p. 140 (pictured) & Vol. II, p. 492.... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre (opens 15 April 1975)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Houston: Cusack Gallery, 1975. Postcard invitation to Andre’s 1975 solo exhibition with Barbara Cusack’s gallery in Houston. In excellent condition. Mailed to Eve Sonneman and Bob Yucikas.
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Exhibition card: Carl Andre: Small Floor Pieces (late May 1972)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
1972. Printed on one side. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1972. Invitation to Andre’s fourth show at Fischer’s gallery. Fine. ❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 66.
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Exhibition flyer: 39 Part Retrograde Invention (+ Three Etudes) (June 1971)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
A4 flyer, printed on one side, folded for mailing. Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1971. Flyer announcing Andre's second solo show with Heiner Friedrich. In fine condition. ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 382.
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Exhibition card: Carl Andre (opens 3 February 1971)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on both sides. Square card, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1971. Invitation card to Andre’s solo debut with Yvon Lambert’s gallery. The artist’s work is represented on the recto with four squares representing aluminum, magnesium (2x), and zinc. In excellent condition. Mailed to Frits Keers (1936-2000), senior curator at the Stedelijk Museum. ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 371.
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Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre (20 September-16 October 1969)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Antwerp: Wide White Space, 1969. Postcard invitation to Andre’s second solo presentation with Wide White Space, the Antwerp gallery run by Anny de Decker (b. 1937) and Bernd Lohaus (1940-2010). “The works consisted of rolled-up strips of metal which could be unrolled to lengths corresponding to the dimensions of the room.”–Wide White Space: Behind the Museum. In fine condition. Mailed to Frits Keers (1936-2000), senior... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre: Skulpturen (11 September-10 October 1976)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1976. Postcard invitation for Andre’s lone show at Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. The chemical symbols for iron and zinc are printed on the recto. In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer Wim Crouwel (1928-2019). ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
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Carl Andre: Weathering Piece ([22 April-6 May] 1971)
by (ANDRE, Carl)
Printed on both sides. Large card. Antwerp: Wide White Space, 1971. Announcement card for Andre’s third solo exhibition with Wide White Space. The artist’s handwriting, describing the sculpture, is reproduced on the reverse. “[Weathering Piece], which by its very definition was meant to be exposed to the elements, was exhibited on the floor of a covered terrace on the first floor of a gallery.”–Wide White Space: Behind the Museum. In fine condition. ... Read More
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