Search Results: Titles starting with A from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

London: Cadell and Davies, 1803. ONE OF 60 LARGE PAPER COPIES of the "considerably enlarged" Fourth Edition (ours a variant retaining the date of 1803 on the title-page, rather than 1804). 330 x 252 mm. (13 x 9 7/8"). xviii, [4], xix, [1], 380 pp. (Two leaves usually bound at the end and containing the "List of Principle Books Referred to in this Work" and "Works by the same Author" bound between pp. xvii and xix here). VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF, raised bands flanked by plain and decorative gilt rules and chain roll, spine panels with star centerpiece, red morocco label, marbled endpapers. With six engravings: five maps (two folding) and one view. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Marcus Gage; title page with ink inscription at head: "M. Gage's Book, got from Mr. Asperne, London, April 15th, 1805." Lada-Mocarski 29 (note); Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Streeter VI, 3501; Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica, pp. 2447-48. ◆Small chip to tail of spine, corners a… Read More

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. 203 x 121 mm. (8 x 4 3/4"). Four volumes. Translated by Martin Smart. EXTREMELY PLEASING CONTEMPORARY DEEP BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, BY SAMUEL WELCHER (with his ticket on verso of front endpaper), covers bordered in gilt with triple rules and framed with wide palmette roll, inside of which is a rule with small ring and floral tools at corners; raised bands, spines ornately gilt in lobed compartments featuring stippled ground, quatrefoil centerpiece with delicate foliate sprays at sides and fleurons at ends, turn-ins gilt with single rule and fleuron and ring tools at corners, all edges gilt. WITH 160 ENGRAVINGS, comprised of 100 copperplates by Warner, Tomlinson, and others, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 60 plates by Conrad Martin Metz. Front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of H. Holland Edwards, Pennant Ereithlyn, North Wales. Lowndes II, 1343; Graesse IV, 174. ◆Front joints just a little flaked, backstrips slightly sunned, covers… Read More

Amsterdam: H. Keyzer, H. Gartman en W. Vermandel, 1790. 555 x 345 mm. (21 7/8 x 13 3/4"). 2 p.l., 62 folding plates. Attractive late 19th or early 20th century retrospective polished brown calf by L. Guétant (stamp-signed in gilt on tail of spine), double gilt-ruled border, floral cornerpieces, raised bands, spine panels with scrolling floral borders and central flower ornament, gilt titling. With title vignette and 62 ENGRAVED FOLDING PLATES, ALL WITH BEAUTIFUL HAND COLORING AND HIGHLIGHTED WITH GOLD, depicting Bible scenes from the Old and New Testament, 61 of which are by Jan Luyken. A Large Paper Copy. For earlier editions: Graesse IV, p. 308; Brunet III, 1245-46; Klaversma & Hannema 159-164. ◆Light rubbing to joints and edges, boards just a little marked, trivial foxing and faint spots here and there, but A REMARKABLY FINE COPY, the binding lustrous and showing little wear, the paper extremely bright and fresh, the margins immense, and the paint and gold unusually vibrant. The marvelous… Read More

London: Tho. Johnson for the author, 1670. FIRST EDITION. 420 x 275 mm. (16 1/2 x 11 mm). [8] p.l., 767, [1] pp., plus a total of [9] leaves of place names printed on one side only, bound out of order. Contemporary calf rebacked (in the 19th century?) with the original spine laid on, raised bands, red morocco label with gilt lettering in second compartment, others with large floral tool surrounded by a lacy border. With old repairs to upper cover and edges. WITH A TOTAL OF 52 ENGRAVED PLATES, 43 of which are double-page or folding, plus 46 engraved vignettes. (Lacking "The Caravan" called for in the list of plates, but with the addition of a frontispiece and five plates not called for in that list.) Front pastedown with armorial bookplates of James Watson, and an additional bookplate with an armorial crest and the name "Bartle" written in ink. ESTC R22824; Wing O-163; Cox I, p. 361; Tooley, Maps & Map-Mapmakers, pp. 98-101; Moreland & Bannister, p. 157. ◆Front joint cracked alongside three… Read More

Westminster: Beaumont Press, 1921-22. FIRST EDITIONS. EACH ONE OF 75 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM OF THE EDITION DE LUXE SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND ARTIST (of a total of 475 copies). 222 x 152 mm. (8 3/4 x 6"). Two separately issued but companion volumes.. Original vellum-backed decorative paper boards. Reading with vignette on title in orange and green, two plates in the same colors, one facsimile of writing in text, device on final page, stylized illustration of a tree on front and rear endpapers; "Berneval" with woodcuts of Naples and Paris printed in blue on the front and rear endpapers, two-color title page woodcut, one plate, a facsimile of a Wilde letter, and printer's woodcut device; our special deluxe version WITH THREE ADDITIONAL WOODCUTS at the back of each volume, all the woodcuts as well as the cover design by Randolph Schwabe. Ransom, p. 211; Tomkinson, p. 17. ◆Berneval spine just a bit darkened, otherwise FINE, UNWORN COPIES that have obviously been little used, as they open stiffly… Read More

Paris: Louis Conard, 1906. No. 4 OF FIVE COPIES ON JAPON HAND-DECORATED BY THE ARTIST (from a total edition of 190). 315 x 233 mm. (12 3/8 x 9 1/8"). 4 p.l., 93 pp., [1] leaf. SPLENDID CRIMSON MOROCCO, ELEGANTLY GILT, BY P. AFFOLTER (stamp-signed and dated 1911 on front doublure), covers with large gilt frame of Indian motifs, raised bands, spine panels similarly tooled in gilt, gilt titling, ROYAL BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES, ELABORATELY INLAID with pink, light blue, citron, pale green, gray, and ochre morocco in a design inspired by the book's illustrations, the curling strapwork and floral frame accented with lotus blossoms and stylized elephants, matching blue silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt. Original paper wrappers bound in on tabs. In the original suede-lined slipcase edged in matching morocco. Title page and dedication with HAND-PAINTED DESIGNS BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, text with elaborate pink frames, with NUMEROUS VIGNETTES IN THE TEXT AND THREE FULL-PAGE PLATES by Georges… Read More

1857. 152 x 241 mm. (6 x 9 1/2"). Original blue buckram with charming panels of woven straw resembling embroidered samplers on covers, that on upper cover with pink, blue, and green floral frame and natural-colored floral cornerpieces enclosing the word "ALBUM," that on lower cover with checkerboard frame and large central floral bouquet in pink, blue, green, and white, with pink roses in corners, flat spine, moiré-textured white endpapers, all edges gilt. WITH 23 ATTRACTIVE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED VIEWS OF GERMAN SCENERY, some highlighted with gum arabic, all mounted on blank leaves; some of the cards with handwritten captions with the date "1857." ◆Very short tears to cloth at head and tail of front joint, cloth a little rubbed, lower panel with half a dozen tiny losses to frame, front hinge beginning to weaken at bottom, isolated minor foxing and thumbing, but still a very well-preserved example of a fragile item. This is a delightful souvenir of a tour of Germany, offered in a binding with… Read More

London: Edward Moxon, 1830. FIRST EDITION. 188 x 118 mm. (7 3/8 x 4 5/8"). vii, [1], 150 pp., [1] leaf (ads). SUPERB NAVY BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID, BY DE SAMBLANX-WECKESSER (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with intricate gilt frame of trumpet vines bearing 36 inlaid scarlet flowers and buds, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with inlaid trumpet flower at center, gilt titling, turn-ins framed with gilt vine, navy blue moiré silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt. In a (slightly worn) marbled paper slipcase. Title page with engraving of a putto composing verses. Front flyleaves with bookplates of Edwin Holden (dated 1894) and John Whipple Frothingham. Wise, Ashley Cat. III, 52; Thomson, p. 76. ◆A hint of rubbing to front joint, occasional mild browning (due to paper quality), but A FINE COPY, clean and fresh internally, and in a lustrous binding. In a lovely Art Nouveau binding by a Belle Époque master, this is a collection of poems assembled by essayist… Read More

Austria and Italy, 1845-46. 274 x 352 mm. (10 3/4 x 14"). [55], [26] (blank) leaves. VERY STRIKING CONTEMPORARY PURPLE MOROCCO, covers with sumptuous gilt and painted border enclosing a multi-patterned frame stamped in blind, lower cover with blind-stamped panel, UPPER COVER WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO TONY JOHANNOT, encased in a metal frame and protected by a glass plate, with metal catch plates and locking clasp (original key included), raised bands, compartments densely gilt and painted, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. WITH 55 ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS BY THE COMTE DE CHAMBORD, 36 of which are signed "H.," first six drawings mounted over a cut-out and with pencil-ruled frame, five of these with ink description of locale, two drawings with mounted tissue guards with pencilled notations, six drawings with inserted tissue guards with pencilled captions. Verso of front free endpaper with label that reads, "De la Bibliotheque / du / Comte de Chambord / (Henri V de France, duc / de Bordeaux) Né… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1872. First work: Sixth Edition, "Thirty-Seventh Thousand"; Second work: First Edition, "Thirty-Second Thousand" (i.e., a later issue). 185 x 122 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 3/4"). 6 p.l., 192 pp.; 6 p.l., 224 pp. Two separately published volumes.. WHIMSICAL INLAID PICTORIAL BINDINGS BY KELLIEGRAM (stamp-signed on rear turn-ins), "Alice" in hunter green crushed morocco, upper cover with large central inlay of the Mad Hatter in various colors of morocco within an ogival gilt frame, corners with gilt roundels inlaid with images of other characters, among them the Mock Turtle and the Dodo; lower cover with central inlay of the White Rabbit, and inlays at corners including the Cheshire Cat and the Dormouse; raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with centerpiece representing the four playing card suits, gilt titling, turn-ins with gilt-ruled borders, endpapers painted saffron yellow; "Looking-Glass" in dark brown crushed morocco, upper cover with central inlay of a (smiling!) Humpty… Read More

London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, 1678. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 167 mm. (8 1/2 x 6 1/2"). 10 p.l., 78 pp., [1] leaf (epilogue). Late 19th century dark red morocco-backed buckram boards, smooth spine with gilt vertical lettering, modern endpapers. Some 19th century pencil and pen notations to endleaves; the dramatis personae with roughly contemporary notes in ink. Macdonald 82a; Pforzheimer 313; Wing D-2229; ESTC R15963. ◆Half-inch split to tail of front joint, but the binding solid and entirely clean. Title page tipped onto flyleaf, contents a little toned and perhaps lightly pressed (but not washed), a few top margins trimmed close (other margins ample), final text leaf with neatly repaired tear from bottom corner into four lines of text (no loss), other trivial defects, but a perfectly respectable copy of a major work nearly always found in regrettable condition. Dryden's earliest adaptation of Shakespeare (he would later take on "Troilus and Cressida" and "The Tempest"), this… Read More

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Each leaf with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, THESE LEAVES EACH WITH A FULL-PAGE MINIATURE, MOST FROM THE LIFE OF THE VIRGIN OR KING DAVID, set within a gold architectural frame, ALL MINIATURES AND INITIALS BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY HAND; the miniatures painted, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆Full-page miniatures trimmed close at top and fore edges (just barely grazing the gold frame in a few cases), paint on a few miniatures with a hint of rubbing here and there, a touch of yellowing to edges of vellum, occasional marginal blemishes, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE… Read More

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Each leaf with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, THESE LEAVES EACH WITH A FULL-PAGE MINIATURE, MOST FROM THE LIFE OF THE VIRGIN OR KING DAVID, set within a gold architectural frame, ALL MINIATURES AND INITIALS BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY HAND; the miniatures painted, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆Full-page miniatures trimmed close at top and fore edges (just barely grazing the gold frame in a few cases), paint on a few miniatures with a hint of rubbing here and there, a touch of yellowing to edges of vellum, occasional marginal blemishes, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE… Read More

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Each leaf with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, THESE LEAVES WITH TWO EIGHT-LINE MINIATURES FROM THE SUFFRAGES; the miniatures painted, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆A hint of yellowing to edges of vellum, a few marginal blemishes, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE MINIATURES EXQUISITELY PAINTED and on the whole very fresh and deeply hued. These leaves offer an array of lively and highly detailed metalcut scenes, from their border vignettes with a myriad of interesting images to the several splendid hand-painted miniatures, and taken as a whole, they comprise some… Read More

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Each leaf with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, THESE LEAVES EACH WITH TWO SEVEN TO EIGHT-LINE MINIATURES BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY HAND, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆A touch of yellowing to edges of vellum, an occasional marginal blemish, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE MINIATURES EXQUISITELY PAINTED and on the whole very fresh and deeply hued. These leaves offer an array of lively and highly detailed metalcut scenes, from their border vignettes with a myriad of interesting images to the several splendid hand-painted miniatures, and taken as a whole, they comprise… Read More

[Saint Paul]: The Hermetic Press, 2019. COPY "G" OF 26 LETTERED COPIES on 125 gsm Stardream paper (and five copies on 110 gsm Plike paper). 245 x 143 mm. (9 3/4 x 5 5/8"). [20] leaves. Original card covers wrapped in a shiny orange chemise, upper wrapper with title printed in dark orange. Printed in color throughout. ◆In mint condition. An alchemy of typography, color, words, and design, this is an impeccably printed work that plays on the word "allotropes"--a term used in chemistry that refers to the different states a particular element may take (such as graphite and diamond for carbon). As we admire the vibrant color combinations juxtaposed with shifting letter forms, the printer also invites us to consider the science and experimentation inherent to this work, using diagrams, chemical notations, and images that look as if they were taken from under a microscope to provoke our imaginations. The shimmering paper on which the text is printed here and especially the glistening orange cover make a… Read More

Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1967. ONE OF 700 COPIES. 438 x 292 mm. (17 1/4 x 11 1/2"). Two volumes. Preface and introduction by U Thant. Publisher's excellent red straight-grain morocco, covers with gilt frame and central coat of arms, raised bands flanked by decorative gilt rules, panels with gilt lettering or central fleuron. In original morocco-lipped marbled paper slipcase. ◆In mint condition. Produced in conjunction with the Museo Bodoni, these volumes commemorate the 1965 visit by Pope Paul VI to the United Nations. "Allocutio Pro Pace" ["Address for Peace"] presents the Pope's speech (in French) to the United Nations General Assembly, with a preface and introduction in English by UN Secretary General U Thant. The companion volume is a facsimile of a work produced in 1806 by the great Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni in honor of the visit of Pope Pius VII to the coronation of Napoleon in Paris. In this second work, we see Bodoni's printing of the Lord's Prayer in 155 languages from Asia,… Read More

Paris: Chez Cailleau, ca. 1781 [date of calendar]. 95 x 58 mm. (3 3/4 x 2 1/4"). 32, [16] (calendar), 33-64 pp. DELIGHTFUL CONTEMPORARY OPEN-WORK CALF over green textured paper, covers with blind-tooled frame and central scene stamped in relief, cut out, and laid over background paper, upper cover depicting a man and woman watching a child play with a squirrel, with the caption "It is very amusing"; lower cover showing a mother and baby watching two children dance, captioned "Let us always be gay, my Queen"; smooth spine tooled with scrollwork, patterned gilt endpapers, all edges gilt. Front pastedown with bookplate of Léon Gruel. ◆Binding lightly rubbed, text block protruding slightly at fore edge, a couple of quires with faint dampstain to lower quadrant, other trivial imperfections, but an excellent specimen, clean and fresh internally, and the fragile binding sound, with all decorative elements well preserved. From the library of renowned binder and bookbinding historian Léon Gruel, this… Read More

Publisher's green buckram, decorative gilt titling on upper cover, smooth spine with "40" written faintly at head. Engraved frontispiece portrait of author. With reproduction of title page from the original 1827 edition. Parallel English and French text printed on facing pages. Gabler G28040. See: Pinney, "A History of Wine in America, " pp. 188-89. ◆Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, a hint of soiling to the cloth, edges of leaves with a touch of browning, but an excellent copy, clean and fresh internally, in a sound binding.First published in 1827, this little guide memorializes one man's ambitious but ill-fated attempt to introduce French vines and growing methods on New York soil. A French transplant himself, our author, Alphonse Loubat (1799-1866), went all-in on the enterprise, planting a vineyard of 40 acres along the Brooklyn waterfront, where, according to Pinney, "the idea of any growing crop is impossible to conceive . . . . At the time that he published his Guide, Loubat seems to… Read More

Far Hills, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 2004. ONE OF 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. 235 x 159 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). [xii], 88 pp., 2 leaves (blank and limitations). Publisher's green cloth, three fish in gilt on upper cover, title in gilt on spine. Housed in a blue-gray cardboard slipcase with a printed illustration of a fishing scene on one side. With several in-text illustrations after paintings by John Rice. Signed by the author on limitations page and by the artist on title. With a postcard and order form laid in. ◆As new. This is a handsomely printed and illustrated work containing excerpts from "The Founding Fish" (2002), a longer work by McPhee weaving the author's personal interest in shad fishing with the animal's place in American and natural history..