Marbling. A History and a Bibliography
by EASTON, Phoebe Jane
Tipped-in samples, color photographs, & illus. in the text. Large 4to, orig. cloth. Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1983. Limited to 850 numbered copies. Fine.
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![Handscroll on mica-sprinkled paper, entitled at beginning of text “Nikkosan gohan haiken no oboe gaki” [“Nikko Mountain Forced Rice Eating Ceremony, Revealed”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/786/254/1533254786.0.l.jpg)
Handscroll on mica-sprinkled paper, entitled at beginning of text “Nikkosan gohan haiken no oboe gaki” [“Nikko Mountain Forced Rice Eating Ceremony, Revealed”]
by GOHAN SHIKI (Ceremony of Forced Rice Eating)
Scroll on paper (260 x 2440 mm.), carefully backed, new silk front endpapers, wooden core roller. [Nikko?]: with date “20 April 1863” at beginning. During the Edo period, the Nikko Gohan Shiki ceremony was held frequently at the Rinnoji temple in Nikko. The ceremony was part of Nikko’s ancient mountain Buddhism. Paying visitors entered the Sanbutsu-do Hall to witness the ritual of compulsory rice eating. A procession of monks, led by a yamabushi (mountain priest) blowing a... Read More
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Nouveaux Contes populaires…Traduits de l’Anglais par Mme Élise Voïard
by EDGEWORTH, Maria
Four vols. Small 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed green boards maroquiné, single gilt fillet round sides, flat spines gilt. Paris: P. Baudouin, 1835. First edition in French of this collection of four short novels by Edgeworth (1767-1849). Élise Voïart (1786–1866), translator of many English and German works into French, was also a novelist. Fine set, signed by Prince Dietrichstein on the free front endpapers. WorldCat locates no set in North America.
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Joseph Beuys
by EDITION STAECK, publisher
Color illus + black & white illus. throughout. Ca. [103] pp. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Heidelberg: 1983. Scarce publisher’s catalogue, containing exclusively Joseph Beuys (1921-86) multiples. Edition Staeck, headed by Klaus and Rolf Staeck, was the principal producer of the artist’s multiples. Each listing is illustrated, with a concise description beneath, making this catalogue a valuable record of Beuys’s fabled and, in many cases, elusive multiples. In excellent condition, tiny ink stain to the lower wrapper. With the... Read More
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Gesamtverzeichnis [1993]
by EDITION STAECK, publisher
Color illus. throughout. 22 pp. Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Heidelberg: 1993. Stock catalogue distributed by Edition Staeck. Offers multiples by Beuys, Penck, Droese, Rosemarie Trockel, Kirsten Klockner, etc. With a stapled price-list at the end. Fine.
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verlagsverzeichnis 1974, neuerscheinungen und noch erhältliche titel
by EDITION HANSJÖRG MAYER, publisher
Color lithographs by Roth on upper and lower wrappers & many black & white illus. 40 unnumbered pages. 4to (230 x 170 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers (lower wrapper signed by "Roth"), staple-bound. Stuttgart, London & Reykjavik: 1974. A rare catalogue bearing two striking original color lithographs signed and numbered by Dieter Roth; it was produced in an edition of 1000 copies. This catalogue presents many works Roth created in collaboration with Mayer, in addition to works by... Read More
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Edition Staeck [1991]
by EDITION STAECK, publisher
Color illus. throughout. Unpaginated. Small 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Heidelberg: 1991. Rare publisher’s catalogue. It lists multiples and books by Beuys, Heerich, Paik, Droese, Mattheuer, Wewerka, Penck, Naegli, K. Staeck, Haacke, Simon, Neumann, Schneider, and Kaden. With stapled price-list at end. Near fine.
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Handscroll on paper (257 x 15,070 mm.), depicting the Great Meiwa Fire of 1772
by FIREFIGHTING IN EDO
[Japan]: at end (in trans.): “copied 1842.” Japanese cities have always been plagued by terrible fires. Regarding Edo, “the wooden construction of all of the city and the narrow lanes of commoner quarters made fire a devastating experience, and it came sufficiently frequently to be called ‘the flowers of Edo.’ Fires were no respecters of status and rank, and when driven by winter winds in the dry season they roared through the city.…In the 268... Read More
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Catalogue of the Bridgewater and Ellesmere Collections of Pictures and Statuary at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square, St. James’s, London
by (EGERTON, Francis Charles Granville, Third Earl of Ellesmere)
xx, 76 pp. 8vo, orig. green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt. [Manchester: Chas. Sever, Lithographer], 1900. The rare catalogue describing a vast and storied collection. The collection had its beginnings with the peculiar story of Francis Egerton (not the above), the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), also known as the “Canal Duke.” “The Duke of Bridgewater was one of the great and eccentric success stories of English history. Like that other ducal oddity, the 5th Duke of... Read More
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[The Tale of Flowering Splendor]
by EIGA MONOGATARI 栄花物語
1615. Printed in kanji & hiragana. Eleven lines per page, 20-22 characters per line. 40 parts in 20 vols. 8vo (260 x 197 mm.), orig. semi-stiff blue wrappers (a little rubbed, several upper covers with careful mending), early manuscript title slips on covers, new stitching. [Japan]: ca. Genna to mid-Kan’ei (1615-40). First edition of the Eiga Monogatari [The Tale of Flowering Splendor], a work entirely written by women (see below). It has sometimes been compared... Read More
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Description du Cabinet Roial de Dresde touchant l'Histoire Naturelle
by [EILENBURG, Christian Heinrich]
Engraved arms on title, an engraved headpiece depicting the Zwinger, & two engraved folding plates. 1 p.l., 101, [1] pp. Large 4to, cont. mottled & polished sheep (minor browning), spine gilt, leather lettering piece on spine. Dresden & Leipzig: G.C. Walther, 1755. First edition, and a fine large paper copy, of the “first separate catalogue of the Dresden natural history collections housed in the magnificent baroque Zwinger (built by Poeppelmann in 1711), which also accommodated the Dresden print... Read More
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![Handscroll on paper, entitled on a slip of paper formerly pasted on outside: “Sonyōshō” 尊容抄 [“Annotations on the Noble Countenances (of the Deities Depicted)”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/026/713/1539713026.0.l.jpg)
Handscroll on paper, entitled on a slip of paper formerly pasted on outside: “Sonyōshō” 尊容抄 [“Annotations on the Noble Countenances (of the Deities Depicted)”]
by EJŪ 恵什
20 fine brush & black ink drawings of deities & several smaller images. Scroll (290 x 11,980 mm.), delicately ruled in gray ink, wooden roller. [Japan]: 17th-18th century copy? A copy of the eighth scroll from the ten-scroll set known alternatively as “Zuzōshō” 図像抄 [“Annotated Drawings”] or “Sonyōshō” 尊容抄 [“Annotations on the Noble Countenances [of the Deities Depicted]”], along with “Jikkanshō” 十巻抄 [“Annotations of Ten Scrolls”]. Our scroll is also entitled on outside of scroll “Sho myōō”... Read More
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Catalogue d’une belle Collection de Tableaux et de Dessins, quelques Pièces de tenture, et Sièges en Tapisserie (20 February 1817 and following days)
by ELIE, Charles, dealer
1 p.l., 67 pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers (corner torn), stitched (reinforced with tape). Paris: Elie & Masson, 1817. Rare sale catalogue, organized by Charles Elie (n.d.), one of the mid-level dealers active in the 1810; we locate a single copy in North America (also unannotated). A total of 201 lots are described, they must have come from multiple sources, since there is no provided consigner name. A very good copy, large portion of upper... Read More
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Essai sur l'Histoire naturelle des Corallines, et d'autres Productions marines de même Genre, qu'on trouve communement sur les Côtes de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande; auquel on a joint une Description d'un Grande Polype de Mer, pris auprès du Pole Arctique, par des Pêcheurs de Baleine, pendant l'Été de 1753
by ELLIS, John
xvi, 125 pp., [3] pp. of publisher’s ads. Large 4to, cont. mottled calf (a few careful repairs to upper joint & corners), triple gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. The Hague: P. de Hondt, 1756. First edition in French (1st ed., in English: 1755); this is one of the few copies which has fine and delicate contemporary coloring. Ellis (ca. 1710-76), whom Linnaeus termed a “bright star of natural history” and... Read More
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Three picture scrolls (emakimono) on fine paper, with a series of exquisite paintings in vivid colors of Chinese boys (karako) caring & transporting their birds for cockfighting matches with several court scenes. Three scrolls (327 x 3110mm., 327 x 3110 mm., & 327 x 3070 mm.), their backs of shiny paper flecked with gold leaf, brocade endpapers
by COCKFIGHTING EMAKI
Japan: mid-Edo. These beautifully drawn paintings are in the karako (Chinese children) tradition of painting which was prevalent in Japan, starting in the early Edo period. Karako is a term for a certain kind of pictorial art with the constant theme of children dressed in Chinese clothing, with their hair in Chinese style with partially shaved heads. These scrolls are painted with the highest skill and nuance. The details are beautifully executed in rich colors, many are... Read More
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Illustrated scroll on paper of the legend of Kengaku 賢学 & Hanahime 花姫 (see below)
by DŌJŌJI ILLUSTRATED SCROLL 道成寺絵巻 (“DŌJŌJI EMAKI”)
Ten finely painted scenes. Scroll (240 x 8260 mm.), with explanatory text in a fine calligraphic hand, inner front endpaper richly flecked with gold, outer side covered in golden silk brocade, wooden core roller. [Japan]: late Edo. A fine picture scroll depicting the famous story of Kengaku and Hanahime, a story that can be traced back to the 11th century and has many variations. It has maintained great acclaim, and is widely encountered to this day in... Read More
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![Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled on manuscript label on outside of beginning of scroll “Kamo Aoi no matsuri” [“Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kamo Shrines”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/222/748/1547748222.0.l.jpg)
Illustrated scroll on paper, entitled on manuscript label on outside of beginning of scroll “Kamo Aoi no matsuri” [“Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kamo Shrines”]
by KYOTO KAMO AOI MATSURI NO EMAKI
Scroll on paper (340 x 15,130 mm.), silk brocade outer endpaper at beginning, wooden core roller. [Kyoto]: late Edo copy. The Aoi Matsuri is one of the three most famous annual festivals in Kyoto; it now takes place on 15 of May each year and is held by the important Kamo shrines, the Kamigamo Shrine and Shimogamo Shrine. The festival’s origins can be traced to rites performed in the sixth century to appease the gods and to... Read More
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A group of drawings & Japanese internal government communiqués on foreign incursions
by EARLY FOREIGN ENCOUNTERS
Three large folded sheets & two lengthy letters with their original manuscript envelopes. Japan: ca. 1822-31. An exceptional collection of documents on two consequential early Western visits to Japan in the 1820s: the first landing of the Saracen at Uraga and the Takarajima incident. During this period, accounts of these incursions were kept top-secret as matters of Japanese national security. Pre-Commodore Perry materials, such as ours, are extremely scarce. This collection also contains well-rendered drawings of foreigners and... Read More
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Taiwan banchi shashincho 臺灣蕃地寫真帖 [Photo Album of Aboriginal Areas in Taiwan] [or] Views of Campaign Against the Aborigines in Formosa (stamped in gilt on upper cover)]
by ENDŌ, Kanya 遠藤寬哉
Three calligraphic plates, 4 photographic portrait plates, 2 color foldout maps, & 29 double-sided photographic plates, interleaved with thin paper containing printed captions in Japanese and English. Nine unpaginated leaves of text & one leaf of colophon. Oblong 4to (317 x 236 mm.), orig. cloth (some light dampstaining to covers & soiling). Taipei: Entō shashin kan [printed in Tokyo: Seibidō], 1912. First edition of this important ethnological and photographic record of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, produced... Read More
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Recueil d’Essais Lithographiques dans les différents genres de dessin tels que manière de Crayon, de la plume, du pinceau et de lavis exécutés par le Procédé de…
by ENGELMANN, Godefroy
1816. Lithographed title with vignette depicting both sides of the medallion of the Société lithographique de Mulhouse, lithographed leaf of table of contents, & eight lithographed plates (two in color). Large 4to, later blue wrappers (title a little dusty), newly stitched, uncut. Paris: “chez l’Auteur Rue Casette No. 18,” [1816]. First edition of one of the great rarities of lithography. Engelmann (1788-1839), a native of Mulhouse, first learned of lithography in 1813 and began to experiment on some... Read More
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![TŌZAN TSŪSHIN ENKAKUSHI 唐山通信沿革志 [“Reflections on What China Is”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/216/011/1700011216.0.l.jpg)
TŌZAN TSŪSHIN ENKAKUSHI 唐山通信沿革志 [“Reflections on What China Is”]
by TŌZAN TSŪSHIN ENKAKUSHI
Manuscript on pre-printed paper. Three manuscript maps (one on six pages, another on two pages, and one on a single page) & six full-page paintings, all finely colored. 78 folding leaves with pre-printed borders. 8vo (276 x 194 mm.), orig. wrappers (some repairs), new stitching. [Japan]: late Edo. An attractive and fascinating manuscript of a text that apparently remains unpublished. It is beautifully illustrated with a series of paintings using brush, ink, and color washes, along with... Read More
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Die Kunst der Einladung
by (ARTISTS’ EPHEMERA)
Many color illus. 110 pp. 12mo, orig. yellow cloth (a little soiled), title-label to upper cover. Bremen: Edition Temmen, 1994. An interesting catalogue of artists’ invitations of the 20th century. Edited by Karlheinz Kopanski and Karin Stengel. Near fine; marks to the yellow cloth.
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Catalogue of Collection of Sculpture in Bronze by Epstein and Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary British Artists, at the Showroom of the Lakeland Garage, Church Street Windermere, from August 6 until August 20…
by (EPSTEIN, Jacob)
12 black & white illus. pasted on leaves. 32 unnumbered pages. 8vo (214 x 135 mm.), orig. blue cloth over boards (spine sunned), title in gilt on upper cover & spine. [Manchester: The Cloister Press, Ltd., 1943]. An exceedingly rare Epstein exhibition catalogue, signed by the artist; WorldCat records only the BL copy. As explained on the verso of the title-page, 50 percent of sales from this exhibition were to be given to the Merchant Navy Comforts Service.... Read More
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Catalogue of the Exhibition of Carvings and Bronzes by Jacob Epstein…, May, 1933
by (EPSTEIN, Jacob)
Four black & white illus. 7 pp. & ads. Small 4to (144 x 115 mm.), cream printed wrappers, staple-bound. [London: 1933]. An uncommon illustrated exhibition catalogue listing 29 of Epstein’s works in bronze and marble. The show, which took place at the Leicester Galleries, featured busts of Joseph Conrad and Edith Dunn Beatty. Four of the works are reproduced on bound-in plates. Good copy, staple rusted and as a result, the central bifolium has become loose. Pencil... Read More
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Scroll on paper, consisting of 12 scenes painted on paper (each 192 x ca. 265 mm.), & pasted on gold silk, which, in turn, has been backed with speckled paper
by EROTIC SCROLL, 12 SCENES
Scroll (210 x 3690 mm.), endpapers of gold with silk brocade backing, wooden roller. [Japan: late Edo]. This attractive scroll, executed by a highly accomplished artist, comprises of 12 erotic scenes (the well-known “set of 12“ format), in vivid coloring, depicting a range of sexual activities. As in many shunga handscrolls, the paintings feature a sequence of lovemaking positions in no apparent order. The scenes are finely painted with considerable detail, employing much gold, silver, and other... Read More
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