Illustrated Books
Illustrations are a natural accompaniment to the written word. Ancient Egyptians illustrated the papyrus scrolls of the Book of the Dead that they would bury with mummies. Early in the 13th and 14th Centuries, monks dutifully reproduced holy books and often added elaborate pictures in ink and gold leaves. Similar to the history of bookbinding, the more modern tradition of book illustrations began with wood boards and block printing. As technology advanced and as Gutenberg introduced the world to typography and the printing press, illustrated books grew in number and popularity. In addition to wood boards, steel-engraving and lithography also became widely accepted methods for illustration. And of course, photography was introduced to the literary world in the 19th Century when photos could be reproduced in books.
IL ETAIT UNE PETITE PIE (THERE WAS ONCE A SMALL MAGPIE)
by DEHARME, LISE (née Hirtz) (1898-1983). Miró, JOAN (1893-1983) illustrator
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Saratoga, California
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A$20,101.90A$45.00 shipping to USA
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Fiestas de la S. Iglesia Metropolitana, y Patriarcal de Sevilla, al Nuevo culto del Señor Rey S. Fernando el Tercero de Castilla y de Leon ....
by TORRE FARFAN, Fernando de la.
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New York, New York
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A$33,400.08A$10.00 shipping to USA
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L'isole piu famose del Mondo. Arettino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano. Con l'aggiunta di molte isole all' ill.re s. conte Georgio Trivltio. - [THE CULMINATION OF THE "BOOK OF ISLANDS"]
by PORCACCHI DA CASTIGLIONE, THOMASO.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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A$16,665.00A$200.00 shipping to USA
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The Highgrove Florilegium
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Llandudno, Conwy
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A$20,041.82A$30.00 shipping to USA
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Le Premier Tome de lArchitecture.
by Philibert de L'Orme.
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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A$38,657.50A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Forty-six fine watercolours elegantly bound in a nineteenth-century album
by NOVELLI, Francesco
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Sydney, New South Wales
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A$57,750.00A$19.50 shipping to USA
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The Ladies' Flower-Garden [Includes: Ornamental Annuals; Ornamental Bulbous Plants; Ornamental Perennials; British Wild Flowers; Ornamental Greenhouse Plants.
by LOUDON Mrs [Jane, formerly WEBB] 1807-1858
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Llandudno, Conwy
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A$18,575.35A$30.00 shipping to USA
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Moby Dick
by Melville, Herman; Kent, Rockwell [Illustrations]
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Portland, Oregon
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A$28,606.55FREE shipping to USA
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Wakoku hyakujo - One Hundred Women of Japan (vol 2 of 3): Milestone of ukyo-e - Moronobu`s most famous book
by Hishikawa Moronobu (1618 – 1694)
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Binningen, Switzerland
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A$46,998.00A$20.00 shipping to USA
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[Villancicos, Eglogas and Canciones sung and danced in Naples] Qüestión de amor. Agora nuevamente impresso: con algunas chosas añadidas
by [Cardona Alonso de]
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Milan, Italy
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A$31,052.25A$25.00 shipping to USA
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Novus Orbis, Sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis,... Accesserunt & aliorum Indiae Occidentalis Descriptiones, & Navigationes nuperae Australis Jacobi le Maire Historia, uti & navigationum omnium per Fretum Magellanicum succincta narratio.
by HERRERA, Antonio de.
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Paris, France
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A$44,480.25A$9.24 shipping to USA
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De la République des Turcs : & là où l’occasion s’offrera, des meurs & loy de tous Muhamedistes.
by POSTEL, Guillaume.
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Paris, France
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A$55,390.50A$9.24 shipping to USA
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Le Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons, situé en l’Amérique vers la Mer douce, és derniers confins de la nouvelle France, dite Canada. Où il est amplement traité de tout ce qui est du pays, des mœurs & du naturel des Sauvages, de leur gouvernement & façons de faire, tant dedans leurs pays, qu'allans en voyages : De leur foy & croyance ; De leurs conseils & guerres, & de quel genre de tourmens ils font mourir leurs prisonniers. Comme ils se marient & eslevent leurs enfans : De leurs Medecins, & et des remèdes dont ils usent: De leurs dances & chansons : De la chasse, de la pesche, & des oyseaux & animaux terrestres & aquatiques qu'ils ont. Des richesses du pays : Comme ils cultivent les terres, & accommodent leur Menestre. De leur deüil, pleurs & lamentations, & comme ils ensevelissent et enterrent leurs morts. Avec un Dictionnaire de la langue Huronne, pour la commodité de ceux qui ont à voyager dans le pays, & n'ont l'intelligence d'icelle langue.
by SAGARD-THEODAT, Gabriel.
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Paris, France
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A$48,676.50A$9.24 shipping to USA
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Shizhuzhai Shuhuapu 十竹斎書画譜: Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
by Hu Zhengyan (胡正言; ca. 1584–1674)
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Binningen, Switzerland
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A$20,981.25A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Trattato della Sanctissima Charità: Printed 'at the instance’ of the Dominican tertiary nuns of the Monastery of Santa Caterina del Paradiso in Siena: the Essling's copy
by Dominici Giovanni (al secolo Banchini o Baccini Giovanni, Firenze, 1356 o 1357 – Buda, 1419)
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Milan, Italy
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A$16,449.30A$25.00 shipping to USA