COLUMBIA BICYCLES POPE MANUFACTURING CO. HARTFORD, CONN. 1896

8vo. 50 pp. Paper covers with full page design in the style of Arts & Crafts to front cover and smaller centered Arts & Crafts style design to back. A bit of darkening to one corner of front cover. 2 advertising catalogues in one; front about Columbia bicycles and back about Hartford bicycles together with their prices. The Arts & Crafts influence on Will Bradley is apparent in the designs for this catalogue. In addition to heavy black ink against white... Read More

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Auserlesene Morgen-Abend Mess-Zeicht-Comunion und andere Gebethe

N,p. , 18th Cen.. 8vo., full burgundy crushed morocco with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a large floral border with elaborate corner tools extending towards the center, topped by hawks; in the center of the covers is a large rectangular panel composed of four gilt fillet borders with a wavy border in between and a central crowned supralibros. Spine with five raised bands, much gilt decoration and a morocco title label with the initials, C. M. Very attractive... Read More

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THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW IN THE MPONGWE LANGUAGE

Gabon Press of the A.B.C.F.M., 1850. 8vo., old (probably not contemporary) cloth back over marbled boards, small portions of the cloth eroded. Undoubtedly printed by a missionary press this extensive translation runs to 126 pages, and is said to be the FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLISH IN GABON. The roman alphabet is used for the most part but with certain letters employing diacritical marks and accents. RARE. Darlow and Moule No. 6878. PRINTED IN GABON, WEST AFRICA

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THE DANCE OF DEATH PAINTED BY H. HOLBEIN AND ENGRAVED BY W. HOLLAR [bound with] THE DANCE OF MACABER

[London James Edwards, 1789]. 8vo., very handsome full polished calf with a series of decorative borders (gilt and blind) in the manner of Edwards of Halifax; spine with five raised bands and a black morocco label with gilt and blind decoration within the compartments. A.e.g., pink endleaves.Based upon Holbein's original 15th century designs, Wenceslaus Hollar, the Bohemian etcher born in Prague in 1607 created copper plates for his own Dance of Death. In 1647 an edition of 30 copperplates was... Read More

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ANDACHTSÜBUNGEN EINES WAHREN CHRISTEN [German Missal]

Munich Johan Bapt. Dettl. bürgerl. Buchbinder nacht St. Peter, 1783. 8vo., black cross-grained calf with a single gilt fillet border surrounding a narrow floral roll border with corner floral ornaments; smooth spine without title, horizontal bands and elaborate mosaic tooling within the compartments; a.e.g. Stamped on the upper cover are the initials R. S. and the date 1824. Slight wear. Pink coated endleaves.The text is set in blackletter. The 25 full-page engravings are of two distinct styles. The... Read More

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Notice sur Madame De la Valliere par Madame

16mo. (6 1⁄2" x 4 1⁄4"). Marbled endpapers; green silk bookmark intact; a.e.g. 29 numbered page manuscript in gorgeous hand of anonymous author. Stiff paper still in fine condition.Francoise Louise de la Baume Le Blanc was born in 1644 in Tours. The daughter of aristocratic parents and well educated, she was charming, innocent and graceful. Her father was the Marquis de La Valliere, and she was referred to as the Madame de La Valliere. Louise, who preferred to go by... Read More

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HEURES NOUVELLES DEDIÉES A MADAME ROYALE

Brussels Jean Joseph Boucherie, [1759]. 8vo., full crushed burgundy morocco with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a narrow scalloped border. Spine with five raised bands and understated gilt decoration, title on a black morocco label; a.e.g. The bottom margin of the title has been cut away as has the bottom margin of D1; bookplate removed from the front pastedown.A curious and attractive BOOK OF HOURS displaying a number of different typefaces used in combination. For the most part,... Read More

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The Savoy

3 vols, sm. 4to (10 1⁄2 x 8"). Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to both covers and spine, slight edge wear; untrimmed. Contains often lacking Beardsley Christmas card.Each volume with bookplate of Robert and Gladys Koch to front pastedown. Gladys was a well known antiques dealer and her husband, Robert, was an art historian best known for his books on the great American decorative artist, Louis C. Tiffany and master graphic artist, Will Bradley. Dr. Koch specialized in... Read More

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Canzoni Anacreontiche Per le Nozze del Signor Conte Francesco Mosti di Ferrara con la Signora Marchesa Barbara Valenti di Mantova

Ferrara Giuseppe Barbieri, (ca. 1750).. 4to. (7 x 5 inches). 68, [2] pp. Engraved frontispiece showing the richly ornamented arms of the bride and groom; woodcut title ornament, tailpieces and initials (2 tiny wormholes in last 3 leaves). Original floral Dutch-gilt wrappers in green and gold (partly oxidized). Attractive and rare collection of occasional verses, published to honor a marriage alliance between two prominent Mantuan and Ferrarese families. The 14 contributors include several members of the Arcadian Academy,... Read More

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The Whole Book of Psalms

London Wm. Pearson, 1720. 8vo., black morocco, covers with an outer double gilt fillet border inside of which are a series of rectangular panels composed of combinations of rolls and fleurons (in the corners and along the sides). The spine has six raised bands and is ELABORATELY GILT-DECORATED within all the compartments; it is without title. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles; a.e.g. Marbled endleaves, with two bookplates of Lord Cowper (the name W. Cowper 1720 is written in... Read More

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De groot Herschepper der Waereld, ofte de Monarch des Levens, Nederig geborren, onschuldig gedood, en eeuwig verheerlykt. Een Werkje, waar in beknoptelyk verhandeld word Het Leven’ de Dood, de Opstanding en de Helelvaart van Jesus Christus. Vertoond

by Allard Abraham

Holland C. Allard Amsteldam, [1708]. 8vo. (8x6 inches) later marbled paper covered wrappers. [3], 32 p. Rare religious work in Dutch that includes 15 engravings, most of which depict the infant Christ but several cover his Crucifixion and Resurrection. OCLC shows only one copy (NY Public Library) and none is currently available for sale. Fine. Dutch Religious Work Profusely Illustrated

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DE ARTE GRAPHICA. THE ART OF PAINTING...Translated into English...by MR. DRYDEN

by DU FRESNOY C[HARLES] A

London W. Rogers, 1695. 8vo., (8 x 6 inches). Full 18th century calf with plain sides; spine with five raised bands bordered with triple gilt fillets, later (?) title label. Spine professionally repaired with the original spine laid down. A small hole in the border of one leaf repaired; extreme lower corner of the engraved frontispiece mended. A VERY HANDSOME copy ELABORATELY RULED IN RED throughout.Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy (1611-55), painter and poet is remembered for his Latin poem... Read More

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THE LITTLE PASSION. With Poems of the First Edition of 1511 by Benedictus Chelidonius Musophilus in Latin with English Version

by DÜRER ALBRECHT

Verone Officina Bodoni, 1971. 8vo., (9 x 6 1/4 inches), publisher's quarter pigskin spine over Fabriano paper sides; title in gilt on the spine and the emblem of the press in gilt on the cover. In a matching sliding case, which is slightly rubbed at the extremities. Copy No. 17 (of 140). Original Prospectus laid in.Dürer's Small Passion of 1511, considered by many to be his masterpiece of this genre, was published by Giovanni Mardersteig to celebrate the five hundredth... Read More

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CLARISSIMI VIRI D. ALCIATI EMBLEMATVM LIBRI DVO

by Alciati, ANDREA

Lyons J. de Tournes & G. Gazeau, 1556. Sm. 8vo., full green morocco with a pair of double gilt fillet borders trapping a beaded border; floral gilt corner fleurons; the spine is decorated in a Greek key design, without titling. A.e.g. over red staining, printed floral endpapers. A handsome, unsophisticated binding of indeterminate age in fine condition.Ruth Mortimer points out that this series of 113 woodcuts was designed for the first de Tournes-Gazeau edition of 1547, and continued in use... Read More

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MERCEDES, AND LATER LYRICS

by ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY

Boston Houghton, Mifflin, 1884. Tall 8vo., publisher's gray cloth with a paper spine label, a little chipped. First edition, moderate handling wear. The title piece, based on an incident related in the Mémoirs of the Duchess d'Abrantes, is a love story, which was dramatized by the author and produced in 1894. BAL 325.

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SORMUS

by Rannit Aleksis

N.p. [New Haven] Stinehour Press, 1972. Sm. 4to., publisher’s decorated flexible boards with a translucent vellum-paper wrapper; title in blue type on the spine. An attractively designed and printed book of poetry in Finnish, with chapter openers utilizing the “justly formed Roman letter” a la Fra Luca Pacioli and Albrecht Durer, printed in blue. The titlepage is printed in black and blue. This copy is inscribed by the author on the front free endleaf. See: the Stinehour Press: A... Read More

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The Modern Poster

by Alexandre, Arsene, et al.

Green cloth with classic Art Nouveau peacock image on front cover. t.e.g. Bookplate of Robert and Gladys Koch on front pastedown. Gladys was a well known antiques dealer and her husband, Robert, was an art historian best known for his books on the great American decorative artist, Louis C. Tiffany and master graphic artist, Will Bradley. Dr. Koch specialized in the Art Nouveau period and authored articles on posters. Name and address of previous owner on front end paper.... Read More

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LA BOUILLIE DE LA COMTESSE BERTHE

by DUMAS ALEXANDRE

Paris J. Hetzel, N.d. [ca. 1845]. 8vo., publisher's diagonally grained blue cloth with an elaborate outer frame stamped in black, inside of which is another elaborate gilt-stamped oval frame (which incorporates part of the black border), inside of which is an oval-shaped picture of soup being served from a large copper pot. This scene has been PRINTED IN COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY and then pasted in place. The spine is heavily decorated in gilt and black; the rear cover is... Read More

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The Orator’s Assistant, being a selection of dialogues for Schools and Academies, taken from many of the Best dramatic writings in the English language. To which are added a few Highly Esteemed pieces for Declamation. Intended for Youth of Both Sexes, as an aid in forming an Easy, Ready and Graceful Elocution

by Alexander Thomas, Jun.

To assist in improving oratory, this work includes excerpts from several sources but its principal approach is through providing a large number of exemplary dialogues, e.g., Wolsey and Cromwell, Ulysses and Circe, and Prince Henry and Falstaff. Rare with no copies currently available in the marketplace and 1950 being the last recorded auction sale.

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A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE or an Explanation of the Proper Names & Difficult Words in the Old and New Testament. First American edition from the second London edition, enlarged

by [MacBear Alexander]

Worcester Isaiah Thomas, 1798. 8vo., contemporary tree calf with a red morocco spine label. A full-page advertisement for Thomas's "Printing in its Great Variety," type set within an oval leafy border, appears on U4v (there is a small hole in the ad affecting the floral border and two words of text on the recto), U5-6 list of books for sale in his bookstore in Worcester.The author, Alexander MacBear died in 1784 and his name does not appear on the... Read More

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Delle Guerre Esterne

by Appian of Alexandria

Venice Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio, 1538. 8vo. (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches), late 17th or early 18th century vellum over stiff boards with a red morocco title label; edges stained yellow. A few early marginal notes in brown ink; a very nice copy.Title-page with a large woodcut historiated border, the books 191 foliated leaves are nicely printed in italic type by Paolo Manuzio, whose name is absent from the volume. The Aldine Press had closed in 1529, upon... Read More

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE. By the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, &c. The second impression

by (Allestree, Richard)

Oxford at the Theatre in Oxford, 1674. Sm. 4to., black turkey morocco tooled in gilt in an all-over design with drawer-handle tools, curls and flower head tools; decorated with silver paint. The spine is divided into six compartments by five raised bands, which are also tooled in gilt (echoing the covers), with silver paint. The title is gilt lettered in the second compartment from the top. One corner and the very head of the rear joint have been skillfully... Read More

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DISEGNO DI LEZIONI DI RICERCHE SULLA LINGUA EBRAICA. Prefazione recitata nella Adunanza della R. Università di Pavia. Aggiuntavi la versione del I Cantico di Mosé dall' Ebr. In versi Ital., et lat., con note

by Mussi Antonio

Pavia Stamperia Bolzani, 1792. 8vo. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches), original blue-gray wrappers. An attractive, tall uncut copy with a minor damp stain to the lower margin of the last few gatherings. Altogether unsophisticated.The engraved title-page features a 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch vignette of a right hand holding a partially unrolled Hebrew manuscript against a dark background, signed with the monogram GL (LG?), after a drawing by Correggio. The still visible guide lines for the text... Read More

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MANUAL FOR STUDENTS OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE...[Bound with] TABULAR DISPLAY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE

by Barrington Archibald

London Geo. Bell, 1843. [Bound with] THE HAND-BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE: being a concise account of the different styles of architecture, which have been or are in use in England. London (Tayas), N.d.8vo. (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches), full dark green straight grain morocco with gilt borders on the cover, the title (“British Architecture”) in gilt on the upper cover; smooth spine with gilt bands. Fine.In this "custom-made" volume on British architecture, the original owner had his binder convert... Read More

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AGAMEMNON, CHOEPHOROI, EUMENIDES

by ÆSCHYLUS

Each volume is signed by the binder. Limited to 140 copies by the Allen Press, they were the only limited edition in English translation, and represent the 48th and 49th books of the Press. The type is Menhart Unciala, printed in black and brown; the running heads are Solemnis and Libra types, Greek-letter calligraphy and decorations are from Greek sources. The all-rag paper is handmade and especially watermarked at the Richard de Bas mill in France. The books were printed... Read More

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