Compiled And Edited By Prof. H. K. Frenzel With An Introduction By Dr. Walter F. Schubert. Translated By Herman George Scheffauer
by Ludwig Hohlwein
Lg. 4to. (11 7/8 x 9 inches), publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt titling, spine a little sunned, but a very good copy of a book that, because of its size and weight, is invariably disbound, or altogether rebound. First edition of this bi-lingual edition devoted to the art of this innovative genius who "masters the language of the poster like no other, and whose designs for book jackets …are all derived from the same rich soil that nourishes the garden... Read More
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DER TODTEN-TANZ...LA DANSE DES MORTS
by [Holbein Holbein]
Basel Chez Maehli-Lamy, 1843. 8vo., three-quarter green cloth over marbled boards, with the title stamped in gilt on the spine, and bookplate of Edward Cheney on front pastedown. This bilingual edition begins with a short history of the subject, followed by a series of woodcuts portraying the usual array of humankind confronting Death personified. A number of the plates bear the initials GS along with a rendering of a knife to signify the name of the wood cutter, George... Read More
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Works in Latin
by Horace
London William Pickering, 1829. 8vo. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches) full roan diced russia with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a wide roll border made up of urns and foliage; spine with four raised bands with the title on a morocco label, the other compartments decorated with a large gilt urn surrounded by stars and flower heads. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles; a.e.g. Slight wear to the corners. School prize bookplate from Eton on the front... Read More
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QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS
by Horace
London Wm. Pickering, 1824. Large Paper copy (4 1/16 x 2 1/2 inches), bound in nineteenth century full red morocco (by Smeers) with centered gilt fleurons on both covers; spine with five raised bands and gilt titling. New inner and outer hinges. A.e.g. This is the second Diamond Classic edition of Horace, printed by Corali for Pickering. The first was published in 1820. Although the engraved title-page and colophon are dated 1826 and the frontispiece is 1828, these... Read More
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Muscipula Poema
by Houldsworth, A. T.
8vo. (8" x 6"); 18 page early 19th century manuscript of the fictional work, The Mouse Trap Manuscript. Very good.
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Le vive imagini di tutti quasi gl'imperatori da C. Iulio Cæsare, in sino a Carlo. V
by Goltz Hubert
Antwerp (Gilles Coppens), 1557 [Colophon 1560]. Tall 4to. (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches), contemporary vellum with ties (renewed), and new endleaves; title lettered on the spine. First Spanish edition. Notwithstanding the presence of the woodcut title-page from the Latin edition and one leaf substituted [A6] from the Italian edition, the text and collation conforms to the Fairfax Murray copy [No. 187] of the first Spanish edition. That Coppens also published editions in French, German, Italian and Latin... Read More
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THE FONOGRAFIC CORRESPONDENT FOR THE YEAR 1850
by Pitman Izaac
London Fred. Pitman, 1850. 8vo., contemporary three-quarter sheep, barely rubbed, over marbled sides (with the paper ticket of R. S. Cheek, printer & Bookbinder, Witham). Bound together are twelve 16-page issues of this journal, each with its own illustrated title-page containing the month and year of publication, the price, publisher's address &c. Other occasional illustrations appear throughout. The work is that of Sir Isaac Pitman, English phonographer (1813-1897), the developer of stenographic shorthand and a pioneer on the field of... Read More
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AN ESSAY ON THE INVENTION OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING IN CHIARO OSCURO, AS PRACTISED BY ALBERT DURER, HUGO DI CARPI &C. THE APPLICATION OF IT TO THE MAKING OF PAPER HANGINGS OF TASTE, DURATION, AND ELEGANCE...ILLUSTRATED WITH PRINTS IN PROPER COLOURS
by Jackson, John Baptist
Lg. 4to. (11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, untrimmed). Pages 8-19 of the text browned with offsetting, seven (of eight) full-page plates printed in chiaroscuro tones, three of which are printed in bright oil colors, using at least six block each. The plates are occasionally spotted, and as Joan Friedman (Color Printing in England: 1486-1870) explains, "...they are printed in Jackson's later technique employing local color. Unfortunately, the oil based inks, the importance of which he stressed in the text,... Read More
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The London Vocabulary, English and Latin...Adorned with Twenty-six Pictures
by Greenwood James
London J.F. and C. Rivington, 1782. 12mo., rough canvas cloth over boards, final index leaf lacking, one leaf with a marginal piece missing affecting a bit of text, some early inscriptions; albeit, a solid, not unattractive copy. The 26 woodcuts are keyed to the text and illustrate the objects or concepts being taught. "An abridgment of Comenius's Orbis Pictus [Osborne. p. 123]." EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PEDAGOGY ILLUSTRATED
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MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE LIFE OF...THE PRESENT BOOKSELLER in Chiswell-street, Moorfields, London
by [LACKINGTON JAMES]
London Printed for and Sold by The Author, N.d. [1791]. 8vo. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches), nineteenth century tree calf with a narrow leafy border on the covers; spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration within the compartments, except for the one that contains the title information. All edges marbled to match the end leaves. The half title is wanting. First edition of a frequently reprinted autobiography (by 1793 there were copies with the words 13th edition on... Read More
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ROADKILLS: A Collection of Prose and Poetry by John McPhee, Gillian Conoley, Gary Snyder, Madeline DeFrees, William Stafford, and Richard Eberhart. Etching and Wood Engravings by Alan James Robinson
by Robinson Alan James
Easthampton Cheloniidae Press, 1981. 4to., (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches) bound by Gray Parrot in quarter gray Moroccan goat and black Japanese paper over boards with matching quarter leather tray case; leather on both stamped in “tire tread” design along with the book’s title. Title page etching and 11 woodengravings by Alan James Robinson. Hand set in 18pt. Arrighi and Centaur and printed on handmade Japanese paper. 58 pages. In the Introduction, Mr. Robinson says “I encountered... Read More
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Almanach for the Year 1736
by Albertz Jan
Amsterdam Gerrit Bos for I. Tinnekens & G, Roos, 1736. 8vo., dyed green vellum with a wallet flap extending from the lower cover; both covers stamped in black with the arms of the city and the date: Anno 1736. In very fine condition; preserved in a cloth, felt-lined clamshell case. Contained in the front compartment are six contemporary manuscript notes in Dutch having to do with daily life.The Almanack is PRINTED IN BLACK AND RED and is interleaved throughout for... Read More
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A Poultry Piece: Being a Discourse on the Joys of Raising Ducks and Geese
by Blinn Carol J
Easthampton Warwick Press, 1978. Lg. 8vo., handbound in blue/brown pastepaper boards with the title lettered in gilt on the spine. One of 250 copies printed in van Krimpen's Spectrum type on Mowhawk Superfine paper, the author-illustrator-publisher, Carol Blinn, provides the reader with four delicately hand-colored illustrations [each of which has been signed] to support her text, which she calls a "personal journal of her vivid memories of her former country life." In absolutely fine condition, and with the original... Read More
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On Becoming Three & Thirty
by Blinn Carol J
Easthampton Warwick Press, 1976. 8vo., stitched into green pastepaper wrappers with a paper label on the cover. One of 150 copies printed in van Krimpen's Spectrum type on Nideggen paper, in which the artist-printer-publisher describes the Warwick Press from inception to its three year anniversary and coincidentally celebrates her thirtieth year. There is a striking self-portrait on the title and a drawing of two ducks on the colophon, both touched with color. The colophon is signed by Ms. Blinn... Read More
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LES INCAS, ou, La Destruction de l'Empire du Pérou
by MARMONTEL [JEAN-FRANÇOIS]
Berne & Lausanne Chez La Société Typographique, 1777. Two vols. 8vo. (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches), full contemporary crimson straight grain morocco, with a gilt chain border between two gilt fillets; smooth round spine divided into gilt panels, lavishly decorated. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles; a.e.g. The front board of volume II has been stabbed with a pin or needle several times, only one of which has reached the first few leaves of the book, with... Read More
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THE ART OF WRITING REDUCED TO A PLAIN AND EASY SYSTEM
by Jenkins, John
In her Student's Guide to Western Calligraphy, Joyce Irene Whalley, formerly of the V&A, Library calls the title of this work "very seductive." She goes on about Jenkins, "He based his system on the theory that the round-hand could be divided into six basic strokes of the pen and that having mastered these, anyone could write a good hand. Unfortunately he found that certain letters such as k and s did not fit into his scheme, while z was... Read More
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The Life of John Carter. With Illustrations
by Mills Frederick J
New York Hurd and Houghton, 1868. 8vo., publisher's pebbled green cloth with a gilt blocked portrait of Carter at work on a drawing, brush between his teeth; repeated in blind on the lower cover. Title and gilt decoration on the spine. First edition of a book about JOHN CARTER'S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN ARTIST after an accident that left him completely paralyzed. The work is illustrated with photographs, color plates and facsimile etchings and lithographs of the artist's work... Read More
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THE DANCE OF DEATH, from Original Designs of HANS HOLBEIN, Illustrated with Fifty-two Woodcuts
by Bewick Thomas and John
Newcastle upon Tyne Printed for William Charnley, 1789. 8vo., tan diced binder's cloth, plain sides, title gilt-stamped on the spine: HOLBEIN'S DANCE OF DEATH. Spine rebacked with a small portion of the original lacking. FIRST EDITION with 52 woodcuts of the Dance of Death of which 51 are after Holbein's designs; the full-page frontispiece, which contained a figure of the Deity habited as a Pope, was changed in deference to Protestant sentiment, for an original design. This Charnley/Newcastle... Read More
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A Practical treatise on Painting in Three Parts
by Burnet John
London jas. Carpenter, 1828. 4to. (10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches), full crushed brown morocco with a triple gilt fillet border surrounding a series of blind blocked borders and four small corner fleurons; the spine, which is lightly sunned, has four raised bands and is nicely gilt titled and decorated within the compartments. Board edges gilt, inner gilt fillets, a.e.g. Signed in gilt on the inner front fore-edge turn-in: COLNAGHI COCKSPUR STREET. The work with a general title (above) contains... Read More
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PORTRAITS OF CELEBRATED PAINTERS with Medallions from their Best Performances, with Authentic Memoirs from Established Authorities
by CORNER JOHN
London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1825. Tall 4to. (13 x 9 1/4 inches), newly bound in period style quarter morocco over marbled sides with hidden morocco corners, red morocco title label on the spine; all edges marbled. Some light, widespread foxing but generally a clean attractive copy. For each of the twenty-five artists represented, Mr. Corner has produced an engraved portrait within a frame, after an existing painting or drawing. In the lower margin of each, he... Read More
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THE ART OF WRITING REDUCED TO A PLAIN AND EASY SYSTEM
by Jenkins John
Cambridge Printed for the Author, [1813]. In her Student's Guide to Western Calligraphy, Joyce Irene Whalley, formerly of the V&A, Library calls the title of this work "very seductive." She goes on about Jenkins, "He based his system on the theory that the round-hand could be divided into six basic strokes of the pen and that having mastered these, anyone could write a good hand. Unfortunately he found that certain letters such as k and s did not... Read More
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PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. With an Introduction by Leonard B. Schlosser
by Murray John
North Hills Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 8vo. (9 x 6 1/4 inches), 120+(1) pages, frontispiece. Morocco spine and tips, printed paper over boards. Beautifully bound by Gray Parrot. Limited to 300 numbered copies, the work is set in Baskerville types and printed by letterpress on Hahnemuhle Ingres-Buttenpapier. It reprints a scarce work on paper, first published in 1829, which warns of the harmful consequences of the indiscriminate use of chemicals in papermaking. Murray's scarce text is preceded... Read More
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Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ. Sixth edition
by Wallis John
London G. Bowyer & A. Millar, 1765. 8vo., red morocco, lettered vertically, with the staff of Hermes in the center of the spine, the figure of Britannia on the upper cover and the Cap of Liberty on the Lower cover, marbled end-papers and edges. Occasional foxing and some darkening of the spine; there is A SMOKE IMPRESSION OF THE EMBLEM OF LIBERTY on the blank recto facing the publisher's ads. Bound by John Matthewman for Thomas Hollis, notwithstanding the manuscript... Read More
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Le Crevier Du Jeune Age, Ou Histoire Abregee Des Empereurs, Depuis Cesar Jusqu’a Constantin
by Toulotte Eustache Louis Joseph
Paris Bechet Aine, Libraire, 1830. Two vols. 12mo. (7 x 4 1/4 inches); tan calf with elaborate gilt borders and decoration on each cover; compartment on front covers includes gilt lettering stating the set was given to Claudius Chazel as a prize for French grammer; compartments on back covers state the prize was given by the boarding school, M. Perrault Maynard in 1833; spine with gilt title and elaborate gilt decoration.With bookplate of the recipient of the prize... Read More
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ON THE IMPROVEMENTS OF MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER
by Wolfe Richard J
Newtown Bird & Bull Press, 1983. Oblong 8vo (4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches), bound in quarter powder blue morocco gilt lettered spine over marbled paper covered boards with leather tips. The text is 64 pages followed BY FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. This attractive book reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April, 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, with additional text by... Read More
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