Notice sur Madame De la Valliere par Madame
16mo. (6 1⁄2" x 4 1⁄4"). Marbled endpapers; green silk bookmark intact; a.e.g. 29 numbered page manuscript in gorgeous hand of anonymous author. Stiff paper still in fine condition.Francoise Louise de la Baume Le Blanc was born in 1644 in Tours. The daughter of aristocratic parents and well educated, she was charming, innocent and graceful. Her father was the Marquis de La Valliere, and she was referred to as the Madame de La Valliere. Louise, who preferred to go by... Read More
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Anonymous Uncompleted Vellum Manscript Leaves with Watercolor Illumination Highlighted in Gold
N.p. Not published, N.d.. 12 folded signatures (7 ½ x 5 ½ inches) laid into an artist’s sketchbook (three-quarter cloth over marbled sides, measuring 9 x 7 inches), with some preliminary pencil drawings and ink lettering trials; also laid in are illuminated paper leaves (with text) and a small (4 ½ x 3 1’4 inches) vellum folded signature (without text), with illuminated floral borders, highlighted in gilt. The 12 folded vellum signatures (48 pages) contain 32 full page, fully realized... Read More
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PORTRAITS OF THE PRINCIPAL REFORMERS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
New York J. P. Callender, 1836. Sm. 8vo., publisher's tan roller-printed cloth with a leafy pattern (most unusual!), with the title stamped in gilt on the cover, which is a little rubbed; interior a bit browned with a light tide line towards the back. Although the list of engraved plates calls for six plates each with four portraits, there are two additional plates not called for of metallic tributes. The 24 heroes of the Reformation include the usual suspects:... Read More
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Canzoni Anacreontiche Per le Nozze del Signor Conte Francesco Mosti di Ferrara con la Signora Marchesa Barbara Valenti di Mantova
Ferrara Giuseppe Barbieri, (ca. 1750).. 4to. (7 x 5 inches). 68, [2] pp. Engraved frontispiece showing the richly ornamented arms of the bride and groom; woodcut title ornament, tailpieces and initials (2 tiny wormholes in last 3 leaves). Original floral Dutch-gilt wrappers in green and gold (partly oxidized). Attractive and rare collection of occasional verses, published to honor a marriage alliance between two prominent Mantuan and Ferrarese families. The 14 contributors include several members of the Arcadian Academy,... Read More
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THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW IN THE MPONGWE LANGUAGE
Gabon Press of the A.B.C.F.M., 1850. 8vo., old (probably not contemporary) cloth back over marbled boards, small portions of the cloth eroded. Undoubtedly printed by a missionary press this extensive translation runs to 126 pages, and is said to be the FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLISH IN GABON. The roman alphabet is used for the most part but with certain letters employing diacritical marks and accents. RARE. Darlow and Moule No. 6878. PRINTED IN GABON, WEST AFRICA
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NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE DE POCHE: Français—Allemand et Allemand—Français
Leipzig C. T. Rabenhorst, 1809. 8vo., burgundy straight-grained morocco with a series of gilt borders, straight and decorated, resulting in a large central panel. Smooth spine framed with gilt borders and horizontal scroll-work dividers with leaf-and-flower tooling. In the top and large central compartments there are two different neoclassical gilt-stamped vases. At the bottom is an oval gilt cartouche with ownership initials: M. H. [above] g. D. The title is gilt stamped on a black morocco label. Board edges... Read More
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La Grande DANSE MACABRE DES HOMMES ET DES FEMMES, précédée du Dict des trois Mors et des trois Vifz, du Débat du Corps et de l'Ame, et de la Complaincte de l'Ame Dampnée
Paris Baillieu, N.d. [1862]. 4to., contemporary three-quarter black calf over marbled boards; on the front paste-down is wonderful etched Memento Mori bookplate depicting a standing skeleton with outstretched arms that have sprouted foliage, standing amid a pile of books. According to the AAA Sale Catalogue of the Susan Minns collection of Dance of Death books [item 146], this edition reproduces "the text of the original 1486 Marchant edition, with woodcuts printed from the blocks cut for the Troyes editions... Read More
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HEURES NOUVELLES DEDIÉES A MADAME ROYALE
Brussels Jean Joseph Boucherie, [1759]. 8vo., full crushed burgundy morocco with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a narrow scalloped border. Spine with five raised bands and understated gilt decoration, title on a black morocco label; a.e.g. The bottom margin of the title has been cut away as has the bottom margin of D1; bookplate removed from the front pastedown. A curious and attractive BOOK OF HOURS displaying a number of different typefaces used in combination. For the most part,... Read More
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LES ROIS ET REINES DE FRANCE en Estampes
Paris Maison Martinet --Haute Coeur, Freres, N.d. (ca. 1854).. Oblong 4to., publisher’s black pebbled cloth with outer blind-blocked borders. Filling most of the front cover is an oval cartouche composed of paired gilt swags and Royal coats-of-arms, some of which are decorated with colored paper onlays onlaid in gilt (Red, Blue, Orange and Green)., in the manner of the bindings described by Sophie Malavieille in her book, Reliures et cartonnages d’editeur en France au XIXe siecle (1815-1865). Rear cover... Read More
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PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF EMINENT PERSONAGES [title taken from the cover
N.p. , N.d. [1890’s]. Folio (13 x 10 5/8 inches), publisher's red grained cloth, worn, faded and stained, with the title and some design in gilt on the upper cover, repeated in blind on the lower cover. The anonymous publishers (who never bothered putting their name on the cover, much less print a title-page) offer up SEVEN LARGE COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHS of famous people along with seven companion "outline" plates that "key" the images to numbered captions below; viz.: I.... Read More
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THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS BOOKLETS. No I [VI]
Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Head Press, 1906. Six vols. Sm. 8vo. [3 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches], quarter gray morocco with four raised bands and a hand-lettered paper spine label, over mottled brown boards (undoubtedly the work of an amateur bookbinder), with the bookplate of Anna Blakiston Day on the front pastedown.Ransom [Selective Check Lists of Press Books. I, 9] "This item is known only from a set bound together; no other specimens or records have been found. The titles are: I,... Read More
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Les Maîtres de L’Affiche
2 folio (16 x 12½ inches) vols. ¾ morocco over French curl marbled paper. Each vol with 5 raised bands; gilt title stamped in second compartment surrounded by gilt rule. Third compartment gilt stamped "Tomb I" and "Tomb II" respectively also surrounded by single gilt rule. Wear to corners and spine though each volume strong and structurally sound. Wrappers lacking. Front pastedown with bookplates of Harold Byron Gibbs, and Robert and Gladys Koch. Gladys Koch was a well known antiques... Read More
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The Savoy
3 vols, sm. 4to (10 1⁄2 x 8"). Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to both covers and spine, slight edge wear; untrimmed. Contains often lacking Beardsley Christmas card.Each volume with bookplate of Robert and Gladys Koch to front pastedown. Gladys was a well known antiques dealer and her husband, Robert, was an art historian best known for his books on the great American decorative artist, Louis C. Tiffany and master graphic artist, Will Bradley. Dr. Koch specialized in... Read More
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COLUMBIA BICYCLES POPE MANUFACTURING CO. HARTFORD, CONN. 1896
8vo. 50 pp. Paper covers with full page design in the style of Arts & Crafts to front cover and smaller centered Arts & Crafts style design to back. A bit of darkening to one corner of front cover. 2 advertising catalogues in one; front about Columbia bicycles and back about Hartford bicycles together with their prices. The Arts & Crafts influence on Will Bradley is apparent in the designs for this catalogue. In addition to heavy black ink against white... Read More
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The Whole Book of Psalms
London Wm. Pearson, 1720. 8vo., black morocco, covers with an outer double gilt fillet border inside of which are a series of rectangular panels composed of combinations of rolls and fleurons (in the corners and along the sides). The spine has six raised bands and is ELABORATELY GILT-DECORATED within all the compartments; it is without title. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles; a.e.g. Marbled endleaves, with two bookplates of Lord Cowper (the name W. Cowper 1720 is written in... Read More
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![THE DANCE OF DEATH PAINTED BY H. HOLBEIN AND ENGRAVED BY W. HOLLAR [bound with] THE DANCE OF MACABER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/714/827/258827714.0.l.jpg)
THE DANCE OF DEATH PAINTED BY H. HOLBEIN AND ENGRAVED BY W. HOLLAR [bound with] THE DANCE OF MACABER
[London James Edwards, 1789]. 8vo., very handsome full polished calf with a series of decorative borders (gilt and blind) in the manner of Edwards of Halifax; spine with five raised bands and a black morocco label with gilt and blind decoration within the compartments. A.e.g., pink endleaves.Based upon Holbein's original 15th century designs, Wenceslaus Hollar, the Bohemian etcher born in Prague in 1607 created copper plates for his own Dance of Death. In 1647 an edition of 30 copperplates was... Read More
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Auserlesene Morgen-Abend Mess-Zeicht-Comunion und andere Gebethe
N,p. , 18th Cen.. 8vo., full burgundy crushed morocco with a double gilt fillet border surrounding a large floral border with elaborate corner tools extending towards the center, topped by hawks; in the center of the covers is a large rectangular panel composed of four gilt fillet borders with a wavy border in between and a central crowned supralibros. Spine with five raised bands, much gilt decoration and a morocco title label with the initials, C. M. Very attractive... Read More
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ANDACHTSÜBUNGEN EINES WAHREN CHRISTEN [German Missal]
Munich Johan Bapt. Dettl. bürgerl. Buchbinder nacht St. Peter, 1783. 8vo., black cross-grained calf with a single gilt fillet border surrounding a narrow floral roll border with corner floral ornaments; smooth spine without title, horizontal bands and elaborate mosaic tooling within the compartments; a.e.g. Stamped on the upper cover are the initials R. S. and the date 1824. Slight wear. Pink coated endleaves. The text is set in blackletter. The 25 full-page engravings are of two distinct styles. The... Read More
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THE POSTER: AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY CHRONICLE
Small 4to., ½ black Morocco over marbled paper covered boards with original wrappers preserved within: slight wear to covers. Spines with gilt decoration and brown labels with gilt lettering. Marbled ep. Front pastedown with bookplate of Gus Bofa, famous French art critic and artist who also was a poster designer; fabric markers. Original subscription order form laid in. Monthly periodical bound as 2 vols. starting with first issue of June 1898 and extending through December of 1900; lacking August 1899.... Read More
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The Holy Gospel According to Matthew • Mark • Luke• and John
Verona Officina Bodoni, 1962. Folio (12 x 8 inches), full burgundy oasis morocco, spine and cover decorated and lettered in gilt; t.e.g. In the original cloth-covered board slipcase with red morocco ends. One of 320 copies (this is copy cxxxvi designated for Great Britain), set in various sizes of Mardersteig’s Zeno type and printed at the hand press of the Officina Bodoni on mould-made paper. The English text is from the King James version of the New Testament. The... Read More
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CHANTS ET CHANSONS POPULAIRES DE LA FRANCE. Nouvelle Edition Illustrée d'Apres les Dessins de MM. E. de Beaumont, Daubigny, Dubouloz, E. Giraud, Meissonier, Pascal, Staal, Steinheil et Trimolet
Paris Garnier Frères, 1848. Three vols. tall 8vo., publisher's black grained cloth with blind decorative borders and elaborate mosaic gilt stamped designs in the center of both covers; spines elaborately gilt decorated and titled; a.e.g. One volume with wear to the front joint, the others well preserved. There is an engraved full-page portrait of P. J. de Bérenger added at the front of Vol. I and a two-page ALS by him added to the front of Vol. II. Bérenger was... Read More
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TODTENTANZ DER STADT BASEL
Basel C. F. Beck, 1852. Sm. 4to. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches), quarter brown morocco over marbled sides; spine with four raised bands and gilt titling. Publisher's original front and rear wrapper bound in (short tear in the rear wrapper mended; small light tide line in the upper margin of the first seven leaves and occasional minor offsetting). One in a long tradition of tri-lingual Dances of Death, the wood-engraved illustrations for which are based on the famous... Read More
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AULI FLACCI PERSII, D. JUVENALIS ET SULPICIÆ SATYRARUM. Nova Editio diligenter recognita
Paris J, Barbou, 1776. 8vo., full crushed mottled brown morocco with a triple gilt fillet border on both covers with tiny gilt flower heads in the corners; smooth spine with elaborate gilt decoration and two red morocco title labels. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. An elegant English 19th century binding in ABSOLUTELY FINE CONDITION. There is a separate title-page [35] for the Satires of Juvenal along with a second engraved frontispiece [not in the collation], also by Duflos,... Read More
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LE PSEAUTIER DE DAVID, TRADUIT EN FRANCOIS: AVEC DES NOTES COURTES, TIREES DE S. AUGUSTIN, & DES AUTRES PERES
Paris Chez Helie Josset, 1689. Small 8vo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) black sharkskin with a single blind fillet border and metal clasps and catches. Spine with 5 raised bands; a.e.g. Marbled eps with single bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown and bookplates of two other owners on ffep. Many of the letters on the titlepage, printed in black and red, have been highlighted in gold and blue by an unknown hand. The titlepage vignette bearing... Read More
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THE BOOK OF RUTH. Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with Former Translations diligently compared and revised by HIS MAJESTY'S special command
London Nonesuch Press, 1923. 8vo., publisher's batik paper covered flexible boards; in a paper-covered slipcase with the publisher's label echoing the title-page text. Case a little worn and a bit soiled having performed its job. One of just 250 copies printed in modified Caslon type on handmade laid paper; the text is set within a series of borders, "enlarged from copies of those designed by Bernard Salomon for Jean de Tournes." The books of the aforementioned mid-sixteenth century Lyonese printer... Read More
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