Fine Art from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Winterthur, 1922. Small folio (12 x 8 inches). 254, [2] pp. Plates and large folding table on rear pastedown. Original quarter vellum, marbled boards. A very good copy, slight foxing to spine. Provenance: Hedwig Corti (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, one of 300 copies. Laid-in: 3-page carbon genealogy of the Reinhart family and a photo of three members of the family.… Read more

London, early 19th century. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor, signed "T. Rowlandson." 325mm tondo. A fine finished watercolor drawing by Rowlandson, showing three men in grim concentration around a table throwing dice.

[France, mid-18th century]. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. Red and black chalk, stumping, watermark device. Sheet: 332 x 210 mm. Framed. Provenance: E. Calando (2nd half 19th century) (Lugt 837); purchased from Emil Hirsch & Co., 1959. A charming drawing, presumably by a close follower of Jacques André Portail. Little is known of Portail's training… Read more