A fine collection of 64 kamigata kabuki ebanzuke 上方歌舞伎絵番付 (“Osaka kabuki playbills”)
by KAMIGATA PLAYBILLS
64 playbills, all with block-printed & color-stencilled (kappazuri 合羽摺) covers, all composed of three or four leaves, block-printed throughout with full-page illus. Small 4to (ca. 185 x 135 mm.), each self-bound. Osaka: ca. 1808?-80? A remarkable survival: a collection of 64 extremely rare kabuki playbills from the historical theater district of Osaka. These playbills all have three or four leaves, and their covers are color-printed using stencils (kappazuri, a technique unique to the Kamigata region). They depict... Read More
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A proof copy of a printed album of playing card samples
by PLAYING CARDS (KARUTA かるた)
8vo (245 x 168 mm.), orig. wrappers, orig. paper stitching. [Japan]: from upper wrapper (in trans.): “1801…July.” A very rare proof copy, roughly printed, of a sample book of a variety of Japanese playing cards (karuta かるた; from the Portuguese carta), introduced by the Portuguese traders during the late 16th century. The variety of card games we find in this album includes: 1. Hyakunin Isshu karuta (百人一首かるた, “poetry karuta”). This is the most famous card... Read More
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![Exhibition card: Sigmar Polke: Bilder, 1964-1974 (opens 19 October [1974])](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/542/1702542393.0.l.jpg)
Exhibition card: Sigmar Polke: Bilder, 1964-1974 (opens 19 October [1974])
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Printed on one side. Card. Cologne: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, [1974]. Announcement card for Polke’s 1974 exhibition with Rudolf Zwirner. In fine condition. ❧ R. Zwirner, Give Me the Now (2021), p. 290.
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Exhibition postcard: Sigmar Polke, Fotos (April-June 1978, opens 14 April)
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Photographic illus. with text on recto. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Munich: Galerie Gerhild Grolitsch, 1978. Postcard invitation to Polke’s first presentation of photographs from his six-month road trip through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Fine. Mailed to the art magazine Zweitschrift in Hannover.
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“Fotti — Fotti, billig — billig”: Fotos von Sigmar Polke (15 March-23 April 1977)
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Pictorial postcard, mailed. Bonn: Galerie Klein, 1977. Scarce Sigmar Polke exhibition postcard. This copy was mailed to “Herr u. Frau Hahn” (possibly collector and conservator Wolfgang Hahn (1924-1987)). Polke’s “[Photographer’s Window, Afghanistan]” (1975) is reproduced on the recto. Near fine; two holes punched out.
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Exhibition card: “Moderne Kunst”: Bilder von Sigmar Polke (14 December 1968-16 January 1969)
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Card, printed on one side. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1968. Scarce announcement card for Polke’s 1968-9 show at Block’s gallery. René Block had given the artist his solo debut in May-June 1966. In fine condition. ❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 463.
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Sigmar Polke: Disguised Sublimity
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Many illus. 118 pp. (Japanese); vii (English). 8vo, printed softcover. Tokyo: Wako Works of Art, 1994. First edition, a scarce text on Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), written by art historian Ichihara Kentarō (b. 1949) and presented in Japanese and an English summary. In fine condition.
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Exhibition brochure: POLKE (25 April-20 May 1970)
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Folded sheet, printed on one side. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1970. Brochure for Sigmar Polke’s only exhibition at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Jürgen Wesseler’s famed gallery. It has a list of the artist’s solo and group exhibitions. Near fine; wrinkling. ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
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![Sigmar Polke [11 May-10 June 1966]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/966/1675966155.0.l.jpg)
Sigmar Polke [11 May-10 June 1966]
by (POLKE, Sigmar)
Black & white full-bleed illus. [4] leaves & text on inside of wrappers. Small 4to (210 x 150 mm.), orig. screen-printed wrappers, staple-bound. Berlin: Galerie René Block, 1966. The scarce exhibition catalogue for Polke’s first solo exhibition, held at Galerie René Block in Berlin. Alongside Gerhard Richter and Konrad Lueg, Polke (1941-2010) formulated Capitalist Realism as a critique of the excesses of Pop Art. At this show, he displayed 22 pictures, six of which are illustrated in... Read More
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Chaseki okoshiezu 茶席起繪圖 [Folding Drawings of the Famous Teahouses]
by TEA HOUSE ARCHITECTURAL POP-UPS
A complete collection of 90 intricate architectural models of tea house designs, with dimensions and components printed lithographically, each design housed in a large folding envelope, manuscript titles on outside of each envelope. The two sets of 45 models are each stored in the two original publisher's boxes, with a printed list pasted to the inside of the lid of both boxes, as issued. A total of 90 envelopes (folded: 255 x 172 mm.). [Japan]: ca. 1920s-30s. ... Read More
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Catalogus Novus nundinarum Vernalium, Francofurti ad Moenum, anno M. D. XCIIII. celebratarum: eorum scilicet librorum, qui hoc semestri, partim omnino novi, partim denuo vel forma, vel loco, à prioribus editionibus diversi, vel accessione aliqua locupletiores, in lucem prodierunt, & his nundinis venales extiterunt
by PORTENBACH, Johann Georg
Woodcut arms of the city of Frankfurt on title. [16] leaves. Small 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards. Frankfurt am Main: J. Saur, [1594]. The spring 1594 catalogue of the Frankfurt Book Fair issued by Portenbach; WorldCat locates two copies in North America. These fair catalogues created a revolution for the book trade. They were the best and, indeed, only source from which scholars and booksellers could discover when and by whom any particular book had been published.... Read More
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Catalogus Novus nundinarum Autumnalium Francofurti ad Moenum, anno M. D. XCV. celebratarum: eorum scilicet librorum, qui hoc semestri partim omnino novi, partim denuo vel forma, vel loco, à prioribus editionibus diversi, vel accessione aliqua locupletiores, in lucem prodierunt, & his Nundinis fuerunt expositi
by PORTENBACH, Johann Georg
Typographical device on title. [12] (of 14) leaves, lacking the final two leaves. Small 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards. Frankfurt am Main: J. Saur, [1595]. An incomplete copy, lacking the final two leaves, of the autumn 1595 catalogue of the Frankfurt Book Fair issued by Portenbach; WorldCat locates no copy in North America. These fair catalogues created a revolution for the book trade. They were the best and, indeed, only source from which scholars and booksellers could... Read More
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Exhibition flyer: Posenenske: "Serie DW" (5 December 1967-2 January 1968)
by (POSENENSKE, Charlotte)
A4 flyer, black & white illus. on recto, details to verso, horizontal folds. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1967. The rare flyer for Posenenske's debut exhibition at Konrad Fischer's newly established gallery, Fischer paired this show with one for Hanne Darboven (1941-2009) at his Neubrückstrasse address. Both began on 5 December. The recto reproduces a contact sheet of photographs of her work. "Fischer's second exhibition was dedicated to two women artists from Europe: Hanne Darboven...presented her Konstruktionen... Read More
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Installation Views
by (POSENENSKE, Charlotte)
Color illus. throughout. 264 pp. Large 4to (297 x 210 mm.), printed softcover. Milan: Lenz Press, 2025. From the publisher's website: "Conceived as a visual résumé, Installation Views provides both a comprehensive overview of Charlotte Posenenske's solo exhibitions and a record of her numerous group shows. The book features an essay written by curator Erlend Hammer on the role of documentary photographs in the circulation of works of art... "The book was published in... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Posenenske: Alubleche gekantet gewölbt farbig RAL lackiert (15 April-6 May 1967)
by (POSENENSKE, Charlotte)
Black & white illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Hannover: galerie h, 1967. Postcard invitation to Posenenske’s 1967 exhibition with August Haseke’s galerie h. One of the pieces from her Reliefs Serie B is pictured on the recto. “Posenenske completes her Reliefs Serie B, which goes on view at galerie h, in Hannover. Each sheet-aluminum relief is manufactured from a prototype in unlimited edition, with standard measurements, minimum formal variations, and finished in... Read More
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Trade catalogue of stamps and office supplies
by TRADE CATALOGUE: POSTHUMUS
Color illus. throughout. 45 pp. 4to, pictorial covers, plastic spiral-bound. Amsterdam: ca. 1970s. A superbly illustrated catalogue of stamps, perforators, hole-punches, staplers, etc., and all manner of office supplies made by Posthumus B. V., the Dutch royal manufacturer of stamps. Their products are carefully arranged and photographed in this nice catalogue. Near fine.
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An unrecorded catalogue of rubber, metal, and engraved stamps produced by J. D. Posthumus in Amsterdam
by TRADE CATALOGUE: POSTHUMUS
Illus. throughout. 202 pp. 4to, four-ring binder with Posthumus logo on upper cover and spine. N.p.: [1960s or early 1970s]. A delightful trade catalogue of stamps published by one of the leading fabricators of the time. Thousands of designs and samples are presented. Near fine, but lacking the first two leaves (4 pp.).
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![Illustrated manuscript on paper, entitled “Hansho [or Bansho] kai” [“Ryukyu Potatoes Explained”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/260/957/1478957260.0.l.jpg)
Illustrated manuscript on paper, entitled “Hansho [or Bansho] kai” [“Ryukyu Potatoes Explained”]
by SWEET POTATOES
Six pages of color paintings of species of sweet potatoes. 14 folding leaves. 8vo (267 x 190 mm.), orig. decorated semi-stiff wrappers, stitched as issued, manuscript title label on upper cover. [Japan]: late Edo. Sweet potatoes are one of the glories of the Japanese table. The author of the text of this finely illustrated manuscript was the Nagasaki resident Tokitane Kohiga, mathematician and scholar of materia medica. The text was written in October 1805, and this is... Read More
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![Exhibition invitation: André-Poujet (opens 1 June [1954])](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/245/657/1630657245.0.l.jpg)
Exhibition invitation: André-Poujet (opens 1 June [1954])
by (POUJET, André)
1954. Tipped-in engraving. [4] pp. Single folded sheet, vertical fold. Paris: A L’Etoile Scellée, [1954]. Scarce illustrated invitation to a show of paintings by Poujet (1919-96) at the Surrealist gallery A L’Étoile Scellée, complete with the tipped-in illustration of one of the artist’s works; WorldCat records a single example in North America. Charles Estienne has contributed a long text on Poujet’s paintings. In fine condition.
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Exhibition card: Lucio Pozzi (6 April 1976)
by (POZZI, Lucio)
Printed on one side. Card, mailed. Milan: Francoise Lambert, 1976. Invitation to Pozzi’s 1976 presentation with Francoise Lambert. Fine. Mailed to “Ferruccio e Alessandra Marchi” of Firenze. ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 370.
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Meridionalis Nuncius das ist Ein Wunder-seltzamer südischer Crinit- oder Comet-Stern, Welchen der allmächtige und getreue Gott im Reste des 1664. Jahrs nach Christi Geburt, vom Aussgange Novembris biss in den Decembrem weit hinein, am Himmel gegen Mittage, nach Mitternacht in denen Morgen-Stunden, der untern Welt zur Warnung und Erleuchtung, angebrandt und hernieder gehänget hat: Wie solcher vor etlichen Jahren gerade umb diese Frist vom Herrn D. Tackio und Barth. Schimpfero &c. zuvor verkündiget, oder prognosticiret worden: nebst einem astrologischen und cabbalistischen Judicio so wohl jenes südischen, als des allerneuesten nordischen Cometens illustriret. Von Johanne Richtern, Astrophilo
by [PRAETORIUS, Johannes]
Large engraved vignette on title. 16 unnumbered leaves. Small 4to, attractive modern marbled boards. Leipzig: C. Kirchner, n.d [1664 or 1665]. First edition of this most uncommon account of the 1664 comet, visually the most impressive of the 17th century. It was observed by many of the greatest scientists of the period including Cassini and Borelli in Italy, Auzout and Petit in France, Hooke in England, and Samuel Danforth in North America. In this work, Praetorius uses... Read More
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Usus Logarithmorum Infinitomii in Theoria aequationum
by PRASSE, Moritz von
1796. One folding printed table. 1 p.l., 46 pp., one leaf of errata. Large 4to, orig. semi-stiff drab boards (extremities a bit rubbed). Leipzig: C.T. Rabenhorst, 1796. A remarkable discovery: this is essentially a workbook of the young and precocious Carl Friedrich Gauss, signed and dated by him “C. F. Gauss Sept. 7, 1796” on the inner front cover, at which time he was a 19-year old student in Göttingen. Gauss has not only studied the text carefully,... Read More
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![Manuscript on paper, entitled at beginning of text “Suisan butsu seizō hō” 水産物製造法 [“Methods of Preserving Seafoods”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/434/541/1716541434.0.l.jpg)
Manuscript on paper, entitled at beginning of text “Suisan butsu seizō hō” 水産物製造法 [“Methods of Preserving Seafoods”]
by SEAFOOD PRESERVATION
68 folding pre-printed leaves. 8vo (240 x 162 mm.), orig. wrappers (wrappers a little rubbed & discolored), new stitching. [Japan]: late 19th or very early 20th century. In Japan’s rapid industrialization following the Meiji Restoration, improved methods of the preservation of fish, for domestic consumption and for export, became extremely important. This notebook contains highly detailed notes taken by an anonymous auditor who attended three lectures on seafood preservation. Throughout the notebook, the auditor has... Read More
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Books and Anthologies of Art by:… 5 - 17 March 1976. Galerie S:t Petri - Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art…
by BEAU GESTE PRESS
Large illustrated single sheet poster (420 x 300 mm. unfolded). [Lund, Sweden]: Beau Geste Press, 1976. An extremely rare poster issued by Beau Geste Press for an exhibition at the Galerie S:t Petri in Lund, Sweden; one of 500 copies produced. Managed by Felipe Ehrenberg, Martha Hellion, and David Mayor, Beau Geste Press, based in Devon, UK, was active from 1970 to 1976. The press collaborated with numerous artists and authors, all of whom are listed on this... Read More
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Practical Remarks on Modern Paper. By John Murray. With an Introductory Essay by Leonard B. Schlosser
by BIRD & BULL PRESS
Frontis. & illus. 120 pp. 8vo, orig. morocco-backed patterned boards. North Hills: 1981. Limited to 300 copies, printed in Baskerville type on Hahnemühle Ingres-Büttenpapier. John Murray's 1829 critique of current papermaking practices and abuses, although little regarded when first published, seems today "a work of remarkable prescience at a time when the books of the past 150 years are crumbling and there is effort both to conserve those and to preserve the literature and science of our own... Read More
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