Sandothrenfarbstoffe in Buntgewerben. Colorants Sandothrene pour l'article tisse couleur. Sandothrene Colours as Multi-Coloured Fabrics
by SANDOZ
SANDOZ. Sandothrenfarbstoffe in Buntgewerben. Colorants Sandothrene pour l'article tisse couleur. Sandothrene Colours as Multi-Coloured Fabrics. 20 pp. text and 9 page leporello with 50 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 21.7 x 13.7 cm (folded), 21.7 x 133 cm (unfolded), publisher's boards. Basel: Sandoz, n.d. A delightful and unusual work on dyeing with extremely attractive fabric samples in a folding format. Copies do not seem to have survived and there is no listing on OCLC. Founded in 1886,... Read More
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Sanko's sample Plates for 1942 Autumn and fall Season
by SANKO, Ito
1942. SANKO, Ito. Sanko's sample plates for 1942 Autumn and fall season. 1 text leaf and 33 leaves containing a total of 87 tipped-on colour samples. Folio, 353 x 230 mm, publisher's silk covered boards. N.p.: 1942. A fine copy of this exquisite collection of colour samples, with the tipped-on samples showing a wide variety of beautiful designs. A little browning and staining to the boards and tissue guards, without detracting from the overall beauty of... Read More
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Sanko's sample Plates for 1939 Autumn and fall Season
by SANKO, Ito
1939. SANKO, Ito. Sanko's sample plates for 1939 Autumn and fall season. 1 text leaf and 26 leaves containing a total of 81 tipped-on colour samples. Folio, 370 x 245 mm, publisher's silk covered boards. N.p.: 1939. A fine copy of this exquisite collection of colour samples, with the tipped-on samples showing a wide variety of beautiful designs. One corner bumped without detracting from the overall beauty of the book.
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Well-known raw silk producers and their trade marks, Empire of Japan : Compiled for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
by DAI NIPPON SANSHIKAI
1904. DAI NIPPON SANSHIKAI. Well-known raw silk producers and their trade marks, Empire of Japan : Compiled for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. [16], 23 pp., 24-166 ff., 18 pp., chiefly color illustrations. Folio, 295 x 215 mm., publisher's illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Japan Sericultural Association, 1904. A fine copy of this unusual example of Japanese chromolithography. The work contains 143 pages which each provide information on a different silk producer together with their colour-printed trade card, with... Read More
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De Origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronae.
by SARAYNA, Torelli.; Giustiniani
1540. SARAYNA, Torelli. De Origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronae. 70 leaves including illustrations, erratic pagination (see below). Illustrated with woodcut printer's device on the title, woodcut portrait of the author and 26 woodcut plates, many double-page or fold-out plates, with several in-text woodcuts designed by Giovanni Caroto. Verona: Ex Officina Antonii Putelleti, 1540. BOUND AFTER: GIUSTIANI, Petrus. Rerum Venetarum ab urbe condita historia. [24], 488 pp. Small folio, 310 x 210 mm, bound in contemporary blind... Read More
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Esmaltes.
by SASSON, Renee
1969. SASSON, Renee. Esmaltes. With text by Walmir Ayala. Containing six different enameled pieces by Sasson, each on a linen mount signed and numbered on the verso by the artist, with a small paper pamphlet containing Ayala's poem. 4to., 215 x 215 mm, housed in publisher's linen chemise and slipcase. Sao Paulo: Julio Pacello, 1969. A delightful work by this little-know Brazilian artist who created a series of enamels to illustrate... Read More
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Shuka.
by SATO, Chuichi
1926. SATO, Chuichi. Shuka. 36 leaves each with two coloured woodblock prints. Oblong 8vo, 180 x 250 mm., bound in publisher's decorated wrappers in a new chitsu case preserving the original label. Kyoto: Bunseido, 1926. A delightful collection 1920's Japanese design. Each leaf is printed on the recto only, and contains two colour woodcut designs for decorative envelopes.
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Die Geschichten von Jan und Jon und von ihrem Lotsen-Fisch.
by SCHEPER-BERKENKAMP, Lou
1948. SCHEPER-BERKENKAMP, Lou. Die Geschichten von Jan und Jon und von ihrem Lotsen-Fisch. 20 pp., illustrated throughout. 4to, 293 x 210 mm. WITH; Toennchen, Knoepfchen und andere; Knirps, ein ganz kleines Ding and Puppe Lenchen. 12 pp; 16 pp; 16 pp., illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vos, ca. 110 x 150, original illustrated wrappers, in a chemise and slipcase by Devauchelle. Leipzig: Verlag Ernst Wunderlich, 1948. A splendid set of the four stunning books created by Lou Scheper-Berkenkamp,... Read More
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Theresiade, ein Ehren-Gedicht.
by SCHEYB, Franz Christof von
1746. SCHEYB, Franz Christof von. Theresiade, ein Ehren-Gedicht. Two parts in one volume. [369] pp. Engraved allegorical portrait frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, engraved dedication leaf, 13 historiated engraved initials, and 29 engraved vignettes by Salomon Kleiner after his own designs and those of Preissler and Buch. Each leaf is enclosed by a narrow ornamental woodcut border. 4to., 300 x 214 mm, full contemporary speckled calf. Vienna: Joh. Jacob Jahn, 1746. ... Read More
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Wiener Farbenkabinet oder vollstaendiges Musterbuch aller Natur- Grund
by SCHOENFELD, Johann Ferdinand von
1794. SCHOENFELD, Johann Ferdinand von. Wiener Farbenkabinet oder vollstaendiges Musterbuch aller Natur- Grund- und Zusammensetzungfarben. 2 volumes. Vol 1: 272 pp., followed by 34 plates and accompanying caption on subsequent leaf; vol 2. 158, [30] pp., followed by 62 plates and accompanying caption on subsequent leaf. 4tos, ca. 247 x 198 mm, bound in contemporary cloth-backed boards, blue labels. Vienna/Prague: Verlag der Schoenfeldschen Handlung, 1794. First edition of this vast, and extremely rare, illustrated survey on colouring... Read More
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Die Farbenlehre. Für Archtitekten, Maler, Techniker und Bauhandwerker
by SCHREIBER, Guido
1868. SCHREIBER, Guido. Die Farbenlehre. Für Archtitekten, Maler, Techniker und Bauhandwerker. 148 pp., with 8 coloured plates. 8vo, 193 x 130 mm., contemporary half morocco. Leipzig: Spamer, 1868. An interesting, unusual and incredibly rare work on colour theory by a geometry professor. The author was greatly influenced by Goethe, his works have clear similarities to Goethe's Farbenlehre. Among the attractive colour plates is one showing colours arranged like the segments of an orange. OCLC lists... Read More
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Cement en Beton
by SCHUITEMA, Paul
1937. SCHUITEMA, Paul. Cement en Beton. Nos. 1-10 (all published). 8vo., nos. 1-9 in the original illustrated wrappers; and no. 10 in original cloth-backed boards, all in a gray cloth folding box. Amsterdam: Verkoopassociatie Enci - Cemij N.V., 1937-1951. A complete set of this periodical covering various aspects of the construction industry. The issues were designed by Paul Schuitema who provided photomontages for each of the covers. Complete sets are... Read More
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Syst-o-color. Vier kleurensysteem
by SCHUITEMA, Paul.
1965. SCHUITEMA, Paul. Syst-o-color. Vier Kleurensysteem. Two volumes. [9], 152 plates with one transparency preceding plate 1; [3], 144 plates, with one transparency preceding plate 153. Folio, 420 x 315 mm, bound in cloth loose-leaf binders, in the publisher's cardboard boxes. The Hague: Mouton, 1965. A fine copy of one of the great twentieth century colour compilations, containing 10,000 different colours on 28,000 fields in many combinations. Paul Schuitema (1897-1973) was a Dutch graphic designer... Read More
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Traite des Matieres Colorantes
by SCHUTZENBERGER, Paul
1867. SCHUTZENBERGER, Paul. Traité des matières colorantes. Two volumes. xi, 544, [1], 647, [1] pp. With 74 tipped-in colored fabric samples, text figures. 8vo, 208 x 130 mm, Volume 1 bound in contemporary cloth-backed boards. Volume 2 in contemporary calf-backed boards. Paris: Victor Masson et fils, 1867. First and Only Edition. This early treatise by an important 19th-century chemist deals extensively with colouring matters and their application to dyeing, as well as with... Read More
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Die Kathedrale
by Schwitters, Kurt; KURT SCHWITTERS
1920. SCHWITTERS, Kurt. Die Kathedrale. Text by Kurt Schwitters. Illustrated with 7 lithographs by Schwitters. 8vo, 225 x 145 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers and paper label, preserved in a slipcase inside a new cloth folding box. Hannover: Paul Steegemann, 1920. A superb copy of this rare, important and fragile Dada pamphlet, issued in an unspecified edition, issued as a special issue of Schwitters' periodical Merz. "The Kathedrale graphics are doubtless the finest, most original works... Read More
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Anna Blume. Dichtungen
by SCHWITTERS, Kurt
SCHWITTERS, Kurt. Anna Blume. Dichtungen. 37 [3] pp.; 22x14,5 cm. Orginal illustrated wrappers in a paper porfolio. Hannover: Paul Steegemann Verlag, 1919 First edition of this classic example of Dada. It contains several poems and short stories, including Die Zwiebel (The Onion), a fairy story about the dismemberment of the narrator Alves Bäsenstiel, who, when reassembled, becomes the new King. The book also includes the poems Grünes Kind (Green Child) and Nächte (Nights). Slightest wear to the... Read More
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Ausstellung Karlsruhe Dammerstock-Siedlung
by SCHWITTERS, Kurt
1929. SCHWITTERS, Kurt. Ausstellung Karlsruhe Dammerstock-Siedlung. Die Gebrauchswohnung. Veranstaltet von der Landeshauptstadt Karlsruhe vom 29 September bis zum 27. Oktober 1929. 63 pp., profusely illustrated with ground plans, facades and cross sections. Typography by Schwitters. Oblong 4to, 210 x 295 mm., bound in original wrappers, cover design in black on pink stock by Schwitters, in a new cloth folding box. Karlsruhe: C.F. Müller, 1929. Catalogue of the Dammerstock Housing Colony, built under the supervision of Walter Gropius, with... Read More
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Karatel'naya politika kapitalisticheskih stran(Punitive policies of the capitalist countries)
by SEDEL'NIKOV, Nikolai
1933. SEDEL'NIKOV, Nikolai. Karatel'naya politika kapitalisticheskih stran: Sbornik statei. [Punitive Policies of the Capitalist Countries]. 196 pp., illustrated throughout with photomontage. 8vo, 223 x 141 mm., publisher's illustrated boards and photomontages by Sedel'nikov. Moscow: Sovetskoe zakonodatel'stvo [State Institute for the Study of Crime], 1933. Illustrated with 7 photomontages by Sedel'nikov who also designed the striking cover. Despite some wear to the fragile covers, this is a fine copy of an extremely rare book. ... Read More
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Briques et Tuiles
by SEGALEN, Victor; ANDRE MASSON
1967. MASSON, André. Briques et Tuiles. By Victor Segalen. 68, [4] pp. With a signed etched frontispiece by Masson. Small folio, loose in publisher's wrappers. [Montpellier]: fata morgana, 1967. Masson contributed an aquatint of his own version of Chinesee calligraphy. One of 50 copies on Japon with a signed etching by Masson. Saphire and Cramer, ANDRE MASSON: The Illustrated Books.No. 75
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Code Universel des Couleurs
by Seguy, E
1936. SEGUY, Eugene Alain. Code Universel des Couleurs. Encyclopedie Pratique du Naturaliste XXX. lxviii pp. Illustrated with 55 plates showing 720 colours. 8vo, 154 x 169 mm, bound loose as issued in the original cloth portfolio. Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1936. First Edition. A system of precise designation of colours for the exact and natural sciences. The format is interesting; it consists of 48 loose plates on stiff glossy paper stock each with 15... Read More
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Tokyo shin sokuryo ezu kubun ichiran
by Yamamura Seisuke
1882. YAMAMURA, Seisuke. Tokyo shin sokuryo ezu kubun ichiran. [New Survey of Tokyo.] Coloured printed map. (folded) 123 x 83 mm, (unfolded) 375 x 492 mm. Folded into publisher's wrappers. Tokyo: Okura Shirobei, 1882. A charming pictorial map based on the results of a detailed survey of Tokyo. Extremely rare with OCLC listing only the National Diet Library.
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Momoyogusa. Flowers of a Hundred Worlds
by SEKKA, Kamisaka
1910. SEKKA, Kamisaka. Momoyogusa. [Flowers of a Hundred Worlds]. 3 volumes. Suite of 60 double-spread colour printed woodblock prints. Oblong 4tos, 301 x 225 mm, accordion bound with original publisher's printed covers, preserved in Japanese chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsôdô, 1909-1910. A spectacular Japanese coloured woodblock book, called the "finest Japanese design book ever printed." Very early impressions with the woodgrain still visible in many of the prints. Sekka's book is infused with a modern, forward-looking, sensibility that,... Read More
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Koromogae
by SEKKA, Kamisaka
1901. SEKKA, Kamisaka. Koromogae. Two volumes. Comprised of 100 colour woodblock prints. Oblong 4to., 190 x 260 mm, bound in original silk over boards in a new cloth chitsu case. Kyoto: Yamada Unsôdô, Meji 34 [1901]. A beautiful copy of this splendid textile pattern book of supreme elegance featuring 100 coloured woodcut designs by Kamisaka Sekka. The images are made up mostly of natural scenes including birds, flowers, trees, shells... Read More
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Le vrai et le faux Chic
by SEM
1914. SEM [Georges Goursat]. Le Vrai et le Faux Chic. [The True and the False Chic]. 32pp. Colour lithography Illustrated throughout. Folio. 470 mm x 330 mm. Original decorated wrappers with a large embossed illustration of a golden pair of scissors on the front cover and a woman sitting side saddle on a horse on the rear cover. Paris Imprimerie du Succes, 1914. A handsome copy of this satirical view of the high life in Paris... Read More
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Setonaikai Ooezu
by SETONAIKAI
SETONAIKAI. Setonaikai Ooezu. Coloured manuscript map. 35 x 47 cm (folded), 103 x 564 cm (unfolded), housed in a new chitsu case. N.d.: n.p. A very large, detailed and extremely attractive manuscript map of islands of the Seto Inland Sea, from Osaka to Nagasaki, including various castles.
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