Rare books from L'Estampe Originale

Soft ground etching on blue-green papier verdatre. Paris, Louis Fort, c.1890. 2, only state; Delteil 2, probably a rare proof. Printed at the studio of Louis Fort. Stamped signature (Lugt 2137a). 8 x 5 . With full margins, The papier verdatre is characteristic of Renoir's earliest printings. In excellent condition. The subjects in the painting were originally thought to be Suzanne Valadon and Louis Valtat. But recent identification of Renoir's wife to be, Aline Charigo, has been made. Conservation Framed

Paris, G. Ondet, publisher and editeur, 1893. Poésies de Jean Goudezski..G. Ondet, publisher and editeur, 1893. Lithograph in olive-green, grey, curry-brown, mauve and turquoise-green. Wittrock 5ii/ii, Delteil 18, Adhémar 19,.Adriani 27 Second edition . Second state, Second edition. RARE in this state. The first state is printed in olive green. Image: 450 x 635mm (17 3/4 x 25) including full margins. With the red monogram stamp lower left. This lithograph was used as the frontispiece for the series of song sheets entitled Le Vielles Histoires, Répertoire Mondain published by G. Ondet. The song sheets were illustrated by Toulouse-Lautrec, [6] to [10]. Henri-Gabriel Ibels, Henri Rachou and others. The image of a formally dressed Parisian Désiré Dihau top hat leading a bear (Jean Goudezski) on a leash to the Institute de France (Bibliotheque Nationale) with the Eiffel Tower and an air balloon in the background is the only scene Toulouse-Lautrec ever created of the city of Paris.

1511. Woodcut. One of the plates from the set of 16 illustrations of the Apocalypse of Saint John. Fine impression of the only state with the latin text on the verso. 1511. With 1/4" margins 390 x 279 (15 3/8 x 11) Meder 175, B. 74, Pan.294, K. 117, T. 137,Schoch, Mende, Scherbaum 123. Watermark: Flower with a triangle (M. Watermark #127). Printers crease in upper left corner, some glue stains on verso right border, not noticeable from the front. Otherwise in fine condition.

Quarto., Hammersmith., 1897. 4to. 91pp. One of only two Kelmscott Press titles printed in blue, as well as red and black ink. Beautiful opening spread borders and two illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones along with ornamental initials and borders throughout. Limited to 300 copies. (Sparling, 52, Peterson A52). Fine in limp full vellum with some original ties, four missing. Morris profoundly influenced the typographical revival of the late 19th century by showing that printing was an art and its details worth infinite trouble. "The Kelmscott Press...was far and away the most splendid of all private presses." Colin Franklin. A Beautiful copy bound in vellum.

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-1820 IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPPER UNER THE ORDERS OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY R.N., F.R.S. AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. London., John Murray., 1821. 4to. First Volume. The original edition with 14 plates and 9 maps hors-texte. Half Title, both works complete with half titles, Vol. I, 310pp. + 179 pages of IX appendix, and 132pp. of the North Georgian Gazette and Winter Chronicle. 14 engraved and/or aquatint maps and plates. Toal number of pages 621. Sabin 58860 and 58864; Holland pp. 185-86; Artic Bibliography 13145; Hill, p. 225; Stanton and Tremaine 1295. The first volume contains the first edition of Parry's first voyage during which he explored the Strait of Lancaster and discovered the island of Melville and the straits of Wellington. Parry solved the problem of locating the entrance to the Northwest Passage and navigating through half of it and returning with new… Read More

Woodcut. 1919-1920. From the suite of 4 prints title M.E.Z. Signed, dated and titled in red ink lower right. Grohn 28c, Sprengel Museum 28c. Woodcut printed in silver on black paper. A small ed. of unknown size. 15 7/8 x 19 ¼, with full one inch margins all around.

Amsterdam., P. & J. Blaeu, Janssons of Waesberge, Boom, and Goethals., 1702. Large Folio. 44.8 x 27.9 cm. Pp. [xii], 1-574pp.[Les Métamorphoses (pp. 1-502), Le Jugement de Pâris (pp. 503-516), Tables des fables (pp. 517-520), Epîtres d Ovide (pp. 521-574). With engraved title-page and 122 beautiful engraved illustrations drawn and engraved mainly by Martin Bouché ,Peter, Paul Bouché and by et Peter Clouwet d après Abraham van Diepenbeeck et Hendrick Abbé notamment, M. Dolin, and others. Inspired y Crispin de Passe. Parallel text with the original Latin version and the French translation in prose, and extensive notes on the fables by the member to the Academie Francaise, Pierre Du-Ryer, Graesse, J.G.T. Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique; Catalogue General des Livres Imprimes de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Vol. 128, p. 643. Bound in period style in full brown calf. Spine with raised bands and dark red morocco label lettered in gold. Covers in two tones, with multi-rule frames and intricate… Read More

Paris., The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135, xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs, with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies, each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered I to XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored, on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. All contained in a full vellum folding box with brass latches. Fine condition.

Paris, Edition Jeanne Bucher., 1928. MIRO, JOAN (1893-1983). HIRTZ, LISE. IL ETAIT UNE PETITE PIE (THERE WAS ONCE A SMALL MAGPIE) Drawings in color by Joan Miro. A folio of 8pp. of pochoir prints. Enclosed in the ORIGINAL LINEN FOLIO in pearl grey background, with black and green letters and lined with black paper. 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8. RARE. Enclosed in a black linen contemporary clam shell box. Her first publication was as Lisa Hirtz: Il était une petite pie [There was a little magpie] (with 8 pochoirs by Joan Miró) in 1928. She was the editor of Le Phare de Neuilly, which frequently published articles relating to surrealism. Miro created one of the most imaginative books for children and far beyond its time. Joan Miro was studying art in Barcelona.He moved to Paris in 1919, he was introduced to a surrealists group in 1924 by his neighbor Andre Masson, who shared his studio. He found among these artists the inspiration necessary for his work. But it was his humor that dominated… Read More

1910?. Watercolor. Double watercolor on the recto and the verso. In blue tones in a traditional style. Verso: Expressionist Mountain Landscape on one side and a more traditional landscape on the other that includes a lonely figure. Beautiful sensitive image. Signed lower right. Image: 13 ¾ x 21. Please request photos. This is an original watercolor not a book.After an apprenticeship as a decorator, he became a pupil of the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden and then studied at the Otto Gussmann Academy of art. From 1919 he lived in Dresden, where, alongside Otto Dix, Conrad Felixmueller, Otto Schubert and Lasar Segall, he co-founded the Dresdner Sezession group, a short-lived collaboration of German Expressionism. The works of this new generation of disillusioned artists placed a much greater emphasis on political and social reformation through pacifistic means, rather than adopting the nihilistic social criticism and cynicism of their Die Brücke predecessors.
References Richard Stiller: Otto Lange.… Read More

HELLEU, PAUL CESAR FRANCOIS (1859-1927). PROFILE OF A YOUNG WOMAN. 1912. A drawing in sanguine and black charcoal. Margins. 25 5/8 x 17 5/8 . Signed by the artist. Beautifully Framed by Le Fiere L. Augustoni , Dorure & Encadrenets. Paris, in gilded wood. Also label of Duclas Perard, New York. Prov: Kate Lopata, IFPDA, NYC.

Paris, Edition Jeanne Bucher., 1928. Drawings in color by Joan Miró. 8 color pochoirs after drawings by Miró, colored by Jean Saudé on Arches paper. 4to, published in a folio of 14pp. One of the limited edition of 300. Enclosed in the ORIGINAL LINEN FOLIO in pearl grey background, with black numbers and green sun. Interior lined with black paper. 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8. Housed in a new black clam shell case. Signed and dedicated by Lise Hirtz to Jane de Margerie. RARE. Miro created one of the most imaginative books for children and far beyond its time. Joan Miró was studying art in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 1919, He was introduced to a surrealists group in 1924 by his neighbor Andre Masson, who shared his studio. He found among these artists the inspiration necessary for his work. But it was his humor that dominated his creations, especially the black humor of the surrealists.
In August 1927 Paul Eluard sent Miro the poems by Lisa Hirtz (born Ann - Marie Meyer), a friend of Breton.… Read More

Marc Chagall (B. 1887, VITEBSK, RUSSIA; D. 1985, SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, FRANCE.) Monte Carlo and NYC, Mourlot, 1960-1986. 6 vols. 4to. pp. 220; 209; 179; 180; 250; 224. Illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. Chagall made 24 original lithographs - most of them coloured - for these volumes. The dust jackets of the first 4 vols are also original colour lithographs."11 Publisher"s cloth and dust jackets. . Two Volumes signed in pen, Vol. 1 and Vol III. Andre Sauret. 1960 - 1986. The complete catalogue raisonné of the lithographs. Monte Carlo & NY, 1960-1984, 1st editions in German, French and English , the complete set in 6 volumes, containing about 1000 pages, 28 original full-page lithographs, circa 800 color and b&w illustrations. Cloth in decorative paper dust jackets. Vol. 1 the dust jacket is complete, the volume is tight and fine inside; the other 5 volumes are flawless, in excellent condition. All volumes with English, German and French text, each volume 13 x 11 in. Volume 1, in… Read More

Etching and Drypoint printed in brown ink on ivory laid paper. Kennedy 91, iv/iv, MacDonald 91; T.82, Wedmore 82, Glasgow 99. Rare in this early state. Signed with the signature butterfly and "imp" in pencil on the tab lower left. Ex. Collection Gerstenberg, Lugt 2785 with his stamp on the verso. Trimmed to the platemark as usual. 13.2 cm. x 21 cm. (5 1/4 x 8 1/4).

Quarto., Hammersmith., 1897. lrg.4to. 91pp. 11 3/8 x 81/4. One of only two Kelmscott Press titles (the other Laudes Beate Mariae Virginis, 1896) printed in blue, as well as red and black ink. Beautiful opening spread borders and two illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones along with ornamental initials and borders throughout. Limited to 300 copies. (Sparling 52 ,p.171, Peterson A52, Tomlinson 52). Troy type, with stage directions in Chaucer type. Fine in limp full vellum with some original ties, four missing. Morris profoundly influenced the typographical revival of the late 19th century by showing that printing was an art and its details worth infinite trouble. "The Kelmscott Press...was far and away the most splendid of all private presses." Colin Franklin. A Beautiful copy bound in vellum.Housed in a contemporary clam shell case.