ENGLISH COMIC DRAMATISTS

by (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1883. No. 14 of 50 COPIES OF THE LARGE PAPER EDITION, signed by the printer, Charles Whittingham & Co. 205 x 130 mm. (8 1/8 x 5"). 1 p.l. (limitations), xxiii, [1], 283, [3] pp.Edited by Oswald Crawfurd. QUITE PRETTY CRIMSON MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ART NOUVEAU DESIGN, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in and with the stamped oval, normally marking the firm's best work, on the rear pastedown), covers... Read More

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CATALOGUE OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES

by (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM - MODERN). (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF)

England, ca. 1910. 392 x 287 mm. (15 3/8 x 11 1/4"). [32] leaves, with text in an attractive italic hand, all separated by tissue guards. SUMPTUOUS OLIVE GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front doublure and with their exhibition stamp on rear turn-in), covers with densely stippled floral roll border enclosing a large frame formed by drawer handle tools and floral tools on a stippled ground; central panel with large cornerpieces rampant with flower... Read More

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ICH DENKE DEIN. [I THINK OF YOU]

by ZETTEL, KARL

Stuttgart: Greiner und Pfeiffer, [ca, 1887]. 197 x 140 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). 4 p.l., 200, VIII pp. Very pretty publisher's original blue cloth, covers with bevelled edges decorated in blind, upper cover with ornate central panel in black and gold, a spray of gilt roses bound by a small banner bearing the title in blue, the black background densely adorned with curling gilt vines, flat spine with decorative gilt title banner, gray moiré-textured endpapers, all... Read More

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OBSERVATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MORALES SUR L'INSTINCT DES ANIMAUX, LEUR INDUSTRIE & LEURS MOEURS

by (ZOOLOGY - ANIMAL BEHAVIOR). REIMAR, HERMANN SAMUEL

Amsterdam: Chez D. J. Changuion, 1770. 169 x 104 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). Two volumes. Translated from the German by Réneume de Latache. Inexpensive contemporary half sheepskin over sprinkled paper boards, smooth spine divided into panels by gilt rules, one tan and one black morocco label. Engraved printer's device on title pages. Verso of half titles with bookplate of M. Le Syndic [Jean-Louis] Masbou, dated 1827. Leather with minor stains and losses, isolated spots of foxing, but... Read More

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TABLEAUX TOPOGRAPHIQUES, PITTORESQUES, PHYSIQUES, HISTORIQUES, MORAUX, POLITIQUES, LITTERAIRES, DE LA SUISSE

by ZURLAUBEN, BÉAT FIDEL ANTOINE DOMINIQUE, and JEAN BENJAMIN DE LABORDE

Paris: Imprimerie Clousier [vol. I] et Lamy [vol. II-V], 1780-86. FIRST EDITION. 540 x 360 mm. (21 1/4 x 14 3/16"). Five volumes.. Contemporary blue marbled paper boards. Allegorical frontispiece engraved by Née after Moreau the Younger in the first volume of plates, half titles and titles engraved, a large folding map of Switzerland, and 277 (of 278) PLATES CONTAINING 428 IMAGES (of 430) engraved by Née and Masquelier after designs by Perignon, Le Barbier, and others (missing... Read More

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DE REFORMATIONE VIRIUM ANIMAE

by (INCUNABULA). GERARDUS DE ZUTPHANIA

[Basel: Johann Amerbach], 1492. FIRST EDITION. 145 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 4"). Complete. [60] leaves. Single column, 27 lines of text (including headline) in gothic type. Pretty 18th century marbled calf, covers with double gilt-rule border enclosing frame of floral tools, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with volute centerpiece and curling cornerpieces, black morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Woodcut frontispiece of Adam and Eve, one four-line maiblumen initial with marginal extension the length... Read More

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