(POSTER) DIE DEUTSCHE WERBE-GRAPHIK by SHUBERT, DR. WALTER F - 1927

Milano: Dalla tipografia dell'autore, 1824. First edition. Modern quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Leather attached a bit awkwardly at spine ends, marbled boards rubbed and worn, edges of front board discolored from old tape removal, but binding solid, edges nicked on a few leaves, scattered foxing mainly affecting the margins, plates sharp, colors bright, a quite useful copy.. [x], [3]-224 pp., + 31 (ie 32) col. plates. Illus. with 32 plates incl. 1 engraved plan, 31 aquatints of which 7 are nicely hand-colored + handcolored engraved title page. Folio (41 cm). Plate 4* and 4 unnumbered pages inserted after p. 40. To illustrate this volume with aquatints, Ferrario chose many fine Milanese artists and engravers including V. Rainieri, Bramati, G. Alluisetti, D.K. Bonatti, Giuseppe Castellini, and A. Biasoli. Aside from the later two, the most prominent was the highly regarded theatrical set designer Alessandro Sanquirico (1774-1849) who produced 3 plates, one of the nave of the… Read More

1929, n. Good+. Nice tight copy 1st edition 1st printing (See photos slight spotting

Complete set of 110 engraved plates (of 108) with ink library stamps in the plate.Victorian re-issue of the Duke of Marlborough's Gemmarum antiquarum delectus, first published in 1783. The plates were drawn by Giovanni Battista Cipriani and stipple engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.The images record a selection of the carved gemstones in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. The cameos and intaglios show portraits of Roman emperors, Greek philosophers, gods and goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology. This volume corresponds exactly to the copy scanned at the Internet Archive.Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), was an Italian engraver who specialized in the delicate toning effects of stipple engraving. After moving to London in 1784, he became Engraver to the King (George III).Ex-Denver Library with ink stamps on all plates inside the plate marks, a few in the image, and catalog numbers on rear. The blue cloth portfolio is in three pieces and in need of repair. Heavy book will… Read More

Rare first edition of this 17th century French military exercise book covering mostly musket drills, but also pike, sword and grenade. L'art militaire françois, pour l'infanterie. Contenant l'exercise et le maniement des armes, tant des officiers que de soldats, réprésenté par des figures en taille-douce dessinées d'après nature.
Frontispiece, iv, 174 (of 178), and 83 (of 85) engraved copperplates, each captioned within the plate. Missing title page, a page of the "epistre," pages 87-90 with plates XLIV and XLV.
Pierre Giffart (1637-1723), was a gifted engraver who was appointed engraver to the king in the 1680s. He is both artist, engraver and publisher.Incomplete disbound copy, but with 83 fine copperplate engravings with strong impressions, slight toning and dust to edges, some repairs to paper.

Very good set of this fine British flora, the first to rival James Sowerby's English Botany from 1791. Complete with 509 hand-coloured copperplates engraved by Charles Mathews after botanical illustrations by Mathews, Isaac Russel (an Oxford glass painter) and William Alfred Delamotte. The plates were reputedly hand-coloured by Baxter's daughters and daughter-in-law. George Claridge Druce in The Flora of Berkshire, 1897, writes, "The plates of this work, although of unequal merit, are in many cases very excellent and possess a special value, because each figure is drawn from an individual plant, the locality or origin of which is usually stated."First issued in parts from 1832, and later in book form from 1834. This set states Second Edition, 1834, on the title page of Vol. I, but all other volumes are 1st edition: Vol. II 1835, Vol. III 1837, Vol. IV 1839, Vol. V 1840, and Vol. VI 1843. Six volumes bound in 3.William Baxter (1787-1871), was a British botanist, author, curator and head gardener of the… Read More

New York. Woodbine Books. 1980. Folio. Limited english edition of 1250, of which this is #192. Full plate color illustrations. Fine.Featured Art.

London: W. M. Thompson, 1882. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Walton, Elijah. The illustrations are particularly attractive to alpine enthusiasts since they include mountain backgrounds by the famous alpine artist. Very scarce. 5th edition (same contents & size as first edition but different colored binding), 335mm tall x 241mm, viii + 12 chromolithograph plates each mounted on thick stock paper (blank verso), each followed by a page of descriptive text (blank versos), each chromolithograph page is preceded by a thin blank protective page. Complete with all pages and plates. NOT ex-library, previous owner name penned to the first blank protective page (blank page before first illustrated plate). AEG, original blue cloth covers, rebacked with new navy cloth spine with gilt lettering (Walton's books almost always fall apart and need rebacking), new EPs, highly gilt decorated patterns front cover, matching patterns in blind on rear cover,… Read More

Vibrant unsigned oil done in the style of the Hudson River School artists. Depicts sunset over a lake with three sailboats on the water as well as houses and buildings on the opposite shoreline. Frame: 44 x 34.25 inches; Window: 37.5 x 27.75 inches; Canvas: 38.25 x 28.25 inches.

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Stated First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Gorey. Oblong 24mo. [4.5" X 6"] Lavender cloth, with illustrations on both front and back covers. Lavender end papers. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 2/100. In publisher's lavender slipcase. Toledano A53b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page.

Washington D.C.: New Republic Books, 1977. Cloth, xiv, 316 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist Raphael Soyer, with a personalized inscription, accompanied by a portrait sketch in ink. A very good copy, age toned. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.