LES RUINES DE PAESTUM, OU DE POSIDONIE, DANS LA GRANDE GRECE
by (ARCHITECTURE - ANCIENT GREEK WORLD). MAJOR, THOMAS, Engraver
London: Chez l'auteur, 1768. First Edition in French. 590 x 380 mm. (23 1/4 x 15"). 52, [2] pp. Modern brown quarter morocco over green linen boards, brown morocco label with gilt lettering on smooth spine, edges untrimmed. WITH 25 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVED PLATES OF GRECIAN RUINS, and seven smaller engraved plates in text (including one on dedication page). A Large Paper Copy. Fowler, p. 157; Millard, British 41; Blackmer 1065; Brunet III, 1329. Head of spine partly torn... Read More
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POMPEII, ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURESQUE VIEWS
by (ARCHITECTURE - ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD). DONALDSON, THOMAS L. COCKBURN, JAMES P., Illustrator
London: W. B. Cooke, 1827. FIRST EDITION. 566 x 385 mm. (22 3/8 x 15 1/8"). Two volumes.. Attractive modern brown half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands with gilt design, gilt lettering. With six engraved vignettes, and 80 ENGRAVED PLATES AND PLANS (five hand-colored, one double-page), some with more than one illustration on each plate, original tissue guards. A Large Paper Copy. Brunet II, 116 ("This beautiful work is in the same format at Stuart's 'Antiquities of... Read More
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THE VOYAGE OF THE FOX IN THE ARCTIC SEAS: A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS
by (ARCTIC EXPLORATION - FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN). M'CLINTOCK, FRANCIS LEOPOLD
London: John Murray, 1859. FIRST EDITION. 225 x 155 mm. (9 x 6"). xxvii, [i], 403, [1] pp. Pleasing contemporary red half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine attractively gilt in compartments featuring scrolling cornerpieces and lozenge centerpiece, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With frontispiece, engraved title page, 13 plates, two folding maps, one folding document, and five small illustrations in the text. A little rubbing to joints and extremities, a three-inch tear to fold-out plate (no loss), other trivial... Read More
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TEXT IN LATIN
by A RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT PSALTER, WITH TWO LARGE HISTORIATED INITIALS
Italy (Florence), completed in 1536. 155 x 96 mm. (6 1/8 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 17 lines, in a rounded gothic hand. 225 leaves (first leaf and last three leaves blank). One signature bound upside-down, the calendar bound at end, but COMPLETE. With modern foliation in pencil ([i], 225 leaves, f. 222 omitted in numbering). Attractive 19th century red straight-grain morocco, covers with lacy gilt border, raised bands, compartments with floral a scrolling tools with small stars... Read More
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WINTER COUNT
by (ARTIST'S BOOK - NATIVE AMERICAN-INSPIRED). GREENWOOD, ANNE
Portland, Oregon: Printed at Textura Letterpress for the author, 2008. No. 16 OF 30 COPIES, SIGNED by the artist. 241 x 216 mm. (9 1/2 x 8 1/2"). [5] leaves of text. Unbound as issued in original glassine wrapper. Housed in a custom rust-colored linen clamshell box by Moe Snyder, paper label on upper cover. WITH 41 COLOR PLATES reproducing the artist's embroideries. With prospectus laid in. In mint condition. Inspired by Native American tradition, this is... Read More
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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by (ARTIST'S BOOK). SCHWARTZOTT, CAROL, Book Artist
Freeville, New York: Carol Schwartzott, 2007. No. 4 OF 25 COPIES, SIGNED BY SCHWARTZOTT in pencil on the colophon. 283 x 170 mm. (11 1/8 x 6 5/8"). [31] leaves.Translated by Edward FitzGerald. Very pretty light-blue cloth, sunken central panel with a pierced frame revealing an elaborate floral design, smooth spine. Housed in the original blue folding box covered with silk and with a printed paper label. Six colorful floral devices, six hand-marbled Japanese paper dividers, five tipped-on... Read More
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POEMS
by (ARTIST'S BOOK). IBSEN, HENRIK. NEIL WELLIVER, Artist
New York: Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company, 1987. First Edition in English. No. 13 OF 20 ARTIST'S PROOFS, SIGNED by the artist and translator, (from a total edition of 75 copies). 300 x 225 mm. (11 7/8 x 8 3/4"). [22] leaves. Translated by Michael Feingold. Bound and boxed by Zahra Partovi and David Bourbeau, the book with handwoven purple cloth cover by Sara Dochow. Housed in the original attractive red silk clamshell box with gilt title in... Read More
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HANDMADE
by (ARTIST'S BOOK). D'ARBELOFF, NATALIE
[London]: Natalie d'Arbeloff, 1987. A UNIQUE COPY. 275 x 324 mm. (10 7/8 x 12 3/4"). [7] leaves of handmade paper. Embossed plastic covers with 3-D collages of gloves, tools, and other everyday items, the upper cover stained brown, the lower cover blue, backed with beige buckram stitched together with white string. In the original apricot-colored burlap envelope, the upper cover with the outline of a hand embroidered in tan, the flap similarly embroidered with the word "HANDMADE,"... Read More
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SATURDAY NIGHTS IN MARIETTA
by (ARTIST'S BOOK). BLY, ROBERT
[Minneapolis, Minnesota]: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1999. No. 102 OF 125 COPIES. 165 x 238 mm. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2"). [9] leaves. Publisher's cornflower blue textured paper boards, front cover with inlaid square of a lighter blue and gilt-stamped title, patterned cloth joints, two metal bolts. In original matching wood and cloth clamshell box (light scuffing to edges). WITH 15 ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY Bonnie Thompson Norman, Steve Miller, David Moyer, Ruth Lingen, Collen Dwire, Jack Molloy,... Read More
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THE TRIUMPHS OF FRANCESCO PETRARCH
by (ARTS & CRAFTS - BINDINGS AND TYPOGRAPHY). PETRARCH, FRANCESCO
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Printed for Little, Brown and Company, Boston, by the University Press, 1906. No. 90 OF 200 COPIES (100 for the U.S., 100 for England). 324 x 233 mm. (12 3/4 x 9 1/4"). [76] leaves. Translated by Henry Boyd. With Introduction by Guido Biagi and Notes on the Engravings by Sidney Colvin. HANDSOME RUSSET MOROCCO, BLIND-STAMPED IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE, covers with outer frame of knotwork design, inner frame of putti stamps, central panel of interlocking... Read More
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![HAND-BÜCHLEIN DER KLEINEN UND DEMÜTHIGEN. [HANDBOOK FOR THE SMALL AND HUMBLE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/979/1611979724.0.l.jpg)
HAND-BÜCHLEIN DER KLEINEN UND DEMÜTHIGEN. [HANDBOOK FOR THE SMALL AND HUMBLE]
by (ASCETICISM). BLOSIUS, LUDOVICUS. [BLOIS, LOUIS DE]
Cöllen: Wilhelm Metternich, 1718. 103 x 60 mm. (4 1/16 x 2 3/8"). 6 p.l., 232 pp. Pleasing contemporary sprinkled calf, raised bands, spine densely gilt in compartments with central fleuron and leafy cornerpieces, marbled endpapers. In a repaired cardboard slipcase. Front pastedown with book label of Abel E. Berland. Shallow chip across head of spine, extremities a bit rubbed, small abrasion and half a dozen minor scratches to lower board, text a bit browned, with occasional mild... Read More
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KINGFISHER OUT OF EGYPT. [together with] LYRICS OF THE NILE
by ASHBEE, C. R.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1934; 1938. ONE OF 750 COPIES of the first work; Second Edition of the second work. First work: 252 x 163 mm. (10 x 6 1/2"); Second work: 250 x 165 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 1/2"). 51, [1] pp; viii, 88, [4] pp. Two separately published works.. Both works in vellum-backed patterned paper boards, smooth spines with gilt lettering. Kingfisher with seven in-text illustrations, and "Lyrics" with ink gift inscription on title to... Read More
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A TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE
by (ASHENDENE PRESS). BERNERS, DAME JULIANA
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1903. ONE OF 150 COPIES ON PAPER, 125 of them for sale (and 20 vellum copies for sale). 200 x 140 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 1/2"). 48 pp. Original vellum, gilt spine titling, leaves untrimmed. One nearly full-page reproduction of a 15th century woodcut, one red initial, several small illustrations of fishing implements in text, printer's device on colophon leaf. Printed in Subiaco type. Front flyleaf inscribed "W C Stuart / from C H... Read More
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POEMS WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MCMXIII BY ROBERT BRIDGES POET LAUREATE
by (ASHENDENE PRESS). BRIDGES, ROBERT
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1914. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 85 COPIES ON PAPER (and six on vellum), none of them for sale. 220 x 182 mm. (8 3/4 x 6 3/8"). 2 p.l. (first blank), 20 pp. Original holland-backed blue paper boards. Hand-painted initials in red or blue. Three lines printed in red. Hornby 28; Franklin, p. 239. ◆Boards a little soiled, tiny chip to head of spine, but an excellent copy, the text clean, fresh, and bright, and... Read More
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IN ASTROLOGOS CONIECTORES LIBRI QUINQUE
by (ASTROLOGY AND OCCULTISM). (DE GUAITA, STANISLAS, HIS COPY). DE ANGELIS, ALESSANDRO
Rome: Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615. Second Edition. 222 x 160 mm. (8 3/4 x 6 1/2"). 12 p.l., 304 pp., [12] leaves. Very pleasing 17th century calf, covers with a floral roll border surrounding a semis of fleurs-de-lys, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with a double rule enclosing five fleurs-de-lys, lettered in gilt, marbled paper pastedowns, all edges gilt (old expert repairs at the top of joints). Attractive woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout, historiated initials, and two woodcut... Read More
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APHRODITOGRAPHISCHE FRAGMENTE, ZUR GENAUERN KENNTNIß DES PLANETEN VENUS
by (ASTRONOMY - VENUS, TOPOGRAPHY OF). SCHRÖTER, JOHANN HIERONYMUS
Helmstedt: Printed and commissioned by C. G. Fleckeisen, 1796. FIRST EDITION. 275 x 225 mm. (10 3/4 x 9"). XVI, 250, [2] pp. Contemporary brown paste paper boards, smooth spine with red roan label. WITH 10 ENGRAVED PLATES, one folding, by "G. T." after Schröter. Honeyman 2825; de la Lande, p. 635; Poggendorff II, 846; cf. DSB XII, p. 226, NDB XXIII, 590 (Schröter) and 510 (Schrader). See also Sheehan and Baum, "Observations and inference: Johann Hieronymous Schroeter,... Read More
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THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES
by AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES
New York: George R. Lockwood, [1870-71]. Final Octavo Edition. 275 x 175 mm. (10 3/4 x 7"). Eight volumes.. Publisher's full dark brown morocco, boards with intricate blind-stamped frame and central arabesque, raised bands, blind-tooled compartments with small centerpiece, turn-ins with floral gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With numerous woodcuts (mostly of avian digestive systems) in the text and 500 HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. Tyler, "Audubon's Great National Work" 129, 165 note 10; Nissen IVB 51; Sabin... Read More
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LORD JOHN SIGNATURES
by (AUTOGRAPHS). (LORD JOHN PRESS). KING, STEPHEN (Introduction)
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991. No. 135 OF 150 DELUXE COPIES (and 400 numbered copies, and 26 lettered copies). 195 x 265 mm. (7 3/4 x 10 3/4"). xi, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank), 1-16, 15a, 16a, 17-38 pp., [3] leaves, 41-75, [1] pp., [2] leaves. Publisher's navy quarter morocco over gray buckram, cover titled in blue, spine lettered in gilt. In a (slightly worn) navy buckram slipcase. With 40 photographs of the authors whose signatures appear,... Read More
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LORD JOHN SIGNATURES
by (AUTOGRAPHS). (LORD JOHN PRESS). KING, STEPHEN (Introduction)
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991. No. 135 OF 150 DELUXE COPIES (and 400 numbered copies, and 26 lettered copies). 195 x 265 mm. (7 3/4 x 10 3/4"). xi, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank), 1-16, 15a, 16a, 17-38 pp., [3] leaves, 41-75, [1] pp., [2] leaves. Publisher's navy quarter morocco over gray buckram, cover titled in blue, spine lettered in gilt. In a (slightly worn) navy buckram slipcase. With 40 photographs of the authors whose signatures appear,... Read More
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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
by A VAST COLLECTION OF EDITIONS, TRANSLATIONS, COMMENTARY, EPHEMERA, AND REFERENCE WORKS RELATED TO FITZGERALD AND
1867-2011. Comprising 220 separate line items.. Most in publisher's bindings or original wrappers, several in limp leather, limp suede, or stiff vellum, a few nicely bound in half or full morocco, and TWO PICTORIAL MOROCCO BINDINGS, one by RIVIERE (with inlaid frame of brown stems, green leaves, and purple grapes), and the other by BAYNTUN (with a reclining figure in a turban under a moonlit sky, the scene framed by titling at top and bottom and a very... Read More
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WITH TEXT FROM THE END OF THE SANCTORAL AND BEGINNING OF THE COMMON OF SAINTS
by A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A NOTED MISSAL IN LATIN, RECOVERED FROM A BINDING
Germany, early 13th century. 273 x 193 mm. (10 3/4 x 7 1/2"). Single column, 31 lines, text in two sizes in a gothic hand. Rubrics in red, several one- and two-line initials in red, and two larger initials in red. A few lines with neumes, later notations in the margins (now quite faded). ◆Vellum a bit soiled and creased as expected, fading to four or five lines where the spine was placed, several notches along one edge,... Read More
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TEXT FROM THE END OF THE COMMENTARY ON NUMBERS AND THE OPENING OF THE PROLOGUE FOR THE COMMENTARY ON DEUTERONOMY
by A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM PETRUS RIGA'S "AURORA.
England, first half of 13th century. 235 x 117 mm. (9 1/4 x 4 1/2"). Single column, 49-50 lines in a gothic hand. Rubrics in dark brown ink, three two-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, one four-line puzzle initial in red and blue, with red and blue penwork decorations and long marginal extenders. With a few contemporary corrections in a different hand, verso with scant remnants of mounting tape. Gwara Handlist no. 7. ◆Top edge... Read More
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TEXT FROM THE FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL
by A VERY FINE MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF IN LATIN, FROM THE LLANGATTOCK BREVIARY, WITH AN HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING ST. PAUL
Italy [Ferrara], 1441-48. Visible leaf: 245 x 187 mm. (9 5/8 x 7 3/8"); Frame: 380 x 315 mm. (15 x 12 1/4"). Double column, 30 lines in a very fine rounded gothic hand (a few lines of text in the same hand, but smaller). Mounted and in a simple but pleasing gold frame. Visible side with rubrics in red, one-line initials in burnished gold or painted blue, one two-line initial in burnished gold on a pale pink... Read More
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TEXT FROM HOMILY XXII, FOR EASTER SUNDAY
by A VERY LARGE EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH AN IMPRESSIVE INITIAL, FROM SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT'S "XL HOMILARIUM IN EVANGELIA" IN LATIN
Italy, ca. 1150. 406 x 273 mm. (16 x 10 3/4"). Double column, 42 lines in a fine rounded early proto-gothic hand. With rubrics in red, one three-line initial "I," and A PANELLED 13-LINE INITIAL "F" (all of these on the very faded recto and, consequently, indistinct). Formerly used in a binding, with text on the recto unreadable, the verso with a narrow band of darkening along one edge (not obscuring text), edges very wormed (but 90 percent... Read More
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![DESCRIPTION DES EXPÉRIENCES DE LA MACHINE AÉROSTATIQUE DE MM. DE MONTGOLFIER. [and] L'ART DE VOYAGER DANS LES AIRS, . . . . [bound with] ROULAND. DESCRIPTION DES MACHINES ÉLECTRIQUES À TAFFETAS, DE LEURS EFFETS ET DES DIVERS AVANTAGES QUE PRÉSENTENT CES NOUVEAUX APPAREILS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/304/1275304308.0.l.1.jpg)
DESCRIPTION DES EXPÉRIENCES DE LA MACHINE AÉROSTATIQUE DE MM. DE MONTGOLFIER. [and] L'ART DE VOYAGER DANS LES AIRS, . . . . [bound with] ROULAND. DESCRIPTION DES MACHINES ÉLECTRIQUES À TAFFETAS, DE LEURS EFFETS ET DES DIVERS AVANTAGES QUE PRÉSENTENT CES NOUVEAUX APPAREILS
by (AVIATION - BALLOONS). FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, BARTHÉLÉMY
Paris: Cuchet, 1783-1784; 1784; Amsterdam and Paris: Gueffier, 1785. FIRST EDITIONS. Second Issue of the first work, with the four-page "Supplément" at the end. 223 x 127 mm. (8 x 5"). Three separately published works bound as a three-volume set (the first work occupying the first two volumes).. Uniform contemporary orange paste-paper boards backed with marbled sheepskin, corners tipped with vellum, raised bands flanked by decorative gilt rolls, one red and one green morocco label. First work with... Read More
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