Bilder-Alphabet zur Erweekung des Scharfsinns
by ABC BOOK; VOLTZ, Johann Michael
Nurnberg: G.N. Renner, 1838. One of the Most Beautiful 'ABC' Books of the Biedermeier Period Johann Voltz's Wonderful Picture Alphabet Depicting the Everyday Life of Country and Townsfolk VOLTZ, Johann Michael. [ABC]. Bilder-Alphabet zur Erweekung des Scharfsinns oder viele Original Darstellungen, nach jedem Buchstaben in 24 Gemälden. Eine neue Bilderlust herausgegeben für Kleine und Grosse. Schwarze und illum Ausgabe. Nürnberg: G.N. Renner, ca. 1838. Translation: "Picture alphabet to awaken the intellect; or many original depictions, after each... Read More
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Comic History of England, The [and] The Comic History of Rome
by A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott; LEECH, John, illustrator
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1872. Leech at His Most Celebrated The Comic History of England & Rome - The Great Victorian Satirical Chronicles [LEECH, John, illustrator]. A'BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts. By John Leech. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1855. [Together with:] The Comic History of Rome. Illustrated by John Leech. [London]: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., [n.d., ca. 1855]. Early editions. Three octavo volumes bound... Read More
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Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826;
by ACKERMANN, Rudolph
London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Ackermann's "Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph]. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826; in Thirteen Highly Coloured Plates: with a Description of the Entertainments on that Occasion. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Small quarto (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 240 x 190 mm.). 16 pp. Thirteen hand-colored engraved... Read More
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Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826;
by ACKERMANN, Rudolph
London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Ackermann's "Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph]. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826; in Thirteen Highly Coloured Plates: with a Description of the Entertainments on that Occasion. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Small quarto (9 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 238 x 191 mm.). 16 pp. Thirteen hand-colored engraved... Read More
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History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster, The
by ACKERMANN, Rudolph; PUGIN, Augustus Charles, artist; COMBE, William
London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. Highest Praise" For Ackermann's Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital. London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition, early issue. Large quarto (13 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 340... Read More
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Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature, The
by ACKERMANN, Rudolph; COMBE, William; PUGIN, Augustus; ROWLANDSON, Thomas
London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1808. With Eight of Abbey's Twelve Key Plates in Their First "Luminous" State A Wonderful Example with 'Pre-Publication' Watermarks Throughout Bound in Early Twentieth Century Three-Quarter Red Straight-Grain Morocco [ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. The Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature]. London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, [1808-1810]. First edition, early issue, bound from the original parts, with eight of Abbey's twelve key plates in their first state. Text watermarked J. Whatman... Read More
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Jardin Des Plantes en Estampes, Le
by ADAM, Albert; ROSTAING, Jules
Paris: Maison Martinet - Hautecoeur, Frères, 1860. With Twenty-Four Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting All Species of Animals [ADAM, Albert, illustrator]. ROSTAING, Jules. Le Jardin Des Plantes en Estampes. Dessiné et Lithographié par A. Adam. Accompagné d'une histoire De Tous Les Animaux Que Possède La Ménagerie par Jules Rostaing. Paris: Maison Martinet - Hautecoeur, Frères, [1860]. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 3/16 x 13 1/2 inches; 259 x 343 mm.). [iv], 30, [1, table],... Read More
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Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes
by ADAM, Albert
Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1840. Parisian and Country Tribulations The Humorous Side of Distress, Trouble, Misery, Anguish, Agony, Grief and Wretchedness... ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes. Par Albert Adam. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 328 x 251 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and Thirty-two plates hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, on sixteen sheets. Several of the plates have more than one image depicted. Tiny piece of... Read More
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Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de la Dette
by ADAM, Victor
Paris [&] London: V. Morlet [&] McLean, 1830. Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Scenes from the Debtor's Prison of Sainte-Pélagie ADAM, Victor. Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de la Dette. [Gravures réhaussées à l'aquarelle. Douze scènes intérieures dessinées et lithographiées d'après nature par V. Adam]. Paris [&] London: Publié par V. Morlot [&] Mc.Léan, [n.d., ca. 1830]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches; 270 x 352 mm.). [4] pp. of descriptive... Read More
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Un An de la Vie d'un Jeune homme
by ADAM, Victor
Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm.). Facsimile cover title. Seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates... Read More
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La Foire aux Idées
by ADAM, Victor; BECQUET FRERES, lithographers
Paris: J. Monrocq, 1850. The Original Folio Edition of 'Fair Ideas' ADAM, Victor, illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [1851-54]. First edition complete. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches; 302 x 235 mm.). [Title on front cover]. One hundred numbered leaves, a varying number of illustrations on each page. Plates lithographed by Becquet freres. Publisher's quarter dark green morocco over embossed black cloth boards, front cover decorated in gilt surrounding... Read More
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Les Frères d'Armes
by ADAM, Victor; MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator; MIDY, Th[omas]
Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, 1860. 'Brothers In Arms' The Italian War of Independence and The Crimean War The Battles of Magenta, Kinburn and Malakoff ADAM, Victor, illustrator [&] MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator. Les Frères d'Armes. Par Th. Midy. Ullustré de six superbes gravures a deux teints par V. Adam et Morel-Fatio. Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, [1860]. First edition. Folio (12 x 8 3/4 inches; 305 x 222 mm.). [1-2, half-title, verso blank],... Read More
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La Foire aux Idées
by ADAM, Victor
Paris: J. Monrocq, 1855. 'Fair Ideas' ADAM, Victor. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [ca. 1855]. Small oblong quarto (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 145 x 216 mm.). [Title on front cover]. Twenty-two leaves, all lithograph illustrations. Plates lithographed by Becquet freres. Publisher's embossed red paper over boards, front cover decorated in gilt surrounding a pale blue cartouche with the title in gilt. Small booksellers label of J. Berville and engraved bookplate of... Read More
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Collection des Costumes Militaires, Armée Francaise 1832
by ADAM, Victor
Paris: Chez Dero-Becker, 1840. The Military Costumes of France Forty-Two Superb Hand Colored Lithographs by Victor Adam ADAM, Victor. Collection des Costumes Militaires, Armée Francaise 1832, Représentés dans des Sujets de Genre. Lithographie par V. Adam. Paris: Chez Dero-Becker, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches; 278 x 362 mm.). Forty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Bound by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners... Read More
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Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme
by ADAM, Victor
Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, , 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book One Year in the Life of a Young Man Depicted in Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First edition. Folio (13 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 345... Read More
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Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures
by ADAM, Victor
Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. A Rare Book on Coaching Twelve Superb Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. [Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures par V. Adam 1830]. Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. First Charles Motte edition (preceded only by the 1828 Gihaut Frères hand colored issue with 36 plates). Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches; 260 x 346 mm.). Twelve superb lithograph plates. The plates are numbered 1 thru 12 and all have... Read More
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Album Militar
by ADAM, Victor; VILLEGAS, José
Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. The Military Costume of the Spanish Army Thirty-two Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas ADAM, Victor, illustrator. VILLEGAS, José. Album Militar. Coleccion de uniformes del ejercito Español pintadas por D.J. Villegas y lithografiados por V. Adam. Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. First edition. Folio (12 1/16 x 9 1/4 inches; 307 x 235 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title page and thirty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates... Read More
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Sebastian van Storck
by ALASTAIR; VOIGHT, Hans Henning; Pater, Walter
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1927. Walter Pater's "Sebastian van Storck," Illustrated by Alastair [ALASTAIR, illustrator]. PATER, Walter. Sebastian van Storck. With Eight Illustrations in Colour by Alastair and an Introduction by P.G. Konody. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1927. Limited to 1,050 numbered copies (this copy being No. 40), each copy with one of the plates signed by the artist. Large quarto (12 3/8 x 10 1/8; 313 x 250 mm). 67, [1] pp.... Read More
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Roads and Vagabonds
by ALDIN, Cecil, illustrator; HARE, Kenneth
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode,. One of Only Fifty Signed - Cecil Aldin at His Most Characteristic Handsomely Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe ALDIN, Cecil Aldin, illustrator. HARE, Kenneth. Roads and Vagabonds. [London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930]. Signed Limited Edition. One of only 50 numbered copies, this being no. 42, signed by both Cecil Aldin and Kenneth Hare. Large quarto (10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 273 x 187 mm.). viii, 189, [1, blank] pp. Two inserted... Read More
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Sir Maximus Mouse
by ALDRIDGE, Alan
London: , 1973. The Cheese Tycoon At Home in the Cheddar Bank Original Art From "The Butterfly Ball" ALDRIDGE, Alan. Sir Maximus Mouse. Original Art, Plate No. 19 from The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. [London], 1973. 25 x 19 1/4 inches (64 x 49 cm) matted and glassed in frame; oval image 18 x 12 1/2 inches (46 x 31.5 cm). An original airbrushed acrylic painting illustrating a character from artist Alan Aldridge's modern... Read More
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Costume of the Russian Empire, The
by ALEXANDER, William
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First Issue of William Alexander's Costume of the Russian Empire In a Spectacular Neoclassical Binding in the Style of Staggemeier & Welcher [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First edition, first issue with text and plates watermarked '1796'. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches; 340 x... Read More
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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Austrians
by ALEXANDER, William; MOLEVILLE, Bertrande de
London: Printed for John Murray... by W. Bulmer, 1814. With Fifty Hand-Colored Engraved Plates ALEXANDER, William. Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Austrians. Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings. With descriptions. London: Printed for John Murray... by W. Bulmer, 1814. Octavo (9 5/16 x 6 1/2 inches; 238 x 165 mm.). [iv], xv, [i, blank], [100] pp. Fifty hand-colored engraved plates, each with a leaf of descriptive letterpress. Plates with imprint: Pub'd June 1, 1813,... Read More
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Views on the Thames..
by ALFRED, Henry J.
London: Henry J. Alfred, 1857. Six Fine Hand Colored Views of The River Thames ALFRED, Henry J. Views on the Thames... Marlow Weir, Near Marlow Bridge, Bisham Abbey,Temple Lock, Hurley, Harleyford. London: Henry J. Alfred, 1857. First edition. Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 20 inches; 343 x 508 mm.). Six fine hand colored plates by H.J. Alfred, lithographed by M & N Hanhart, all with tissue guards. Plate image size 7 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches;... Read More
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Muhammad Ali
by ALI, Muhammad; SHEED, Wilfrid
New York: An Alskog Book - Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975. Serve God and He Will Serve You" A Superb Association Copy Inscribed by Muhammad Ali to Leslie Bricusse With an Exceptional Archive from Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration at the Wiltern Theatre ALI, Muhammad. SHEED, Wilfrid. Muhammad Ali. A Portrait in Words and Photographs. [New York]: An Alskog Book - Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1975]. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 9 1/8 inches; 280 x 232... Read More
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Scenes in the Life of Master George
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Tho.s McLean, 1823. Scenes in the Life of Master George" ALKEN, Henry. [Scenes in the Life of Master George]. London: Thos. McLean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches; 260 x 352 mm.). Twelve superb hand colored soft-ground etched plates, all interleaved. Three of the plates are watermarked "J. Whatman 1822" and one is watermarked "J. Whatman 1824" Early twentieth century three-quarter dark blue... Read More
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