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See More... Lebeer, Louis L' ESPRIT DE LA GRAVURE AU XVe SIÈCLE.
Bruxelles Éditions du Cercle d'Art 1943 4to. stiff paper wrappers 61, (5) pages.
Limited to 520 numbered copies. Nicely printed in black ink with red initial chapter letters. Tipped-in illustrations. Covers age yellowed and spine covering partially chipped away.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 87806

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See More... Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut GUTENBERG AND THE MASTER OF THE PLAYING CARDS
New Haven Yale University Press 1966 4to. two-toned cloth. xii, 83 pages.
First edition. 38 illustrations with several in color. Presents evidence that Gutenberg invented copper engraving.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 4423

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See More... (Lepère, Auguste) THE PRINT-COLLECTOR'S BULLETIN: AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR MUSEUMS AND COLLECTORS.
Fifty Woodcuts, Wood-engravings and Lithographs by Auguste Lepere from the A. Lotz-Brissonneau Collection. New York M. Knoedler & Company 1934 8vo paper-covered boards 22 pages
Some text in French. Volume Three, Number 4. Works of French artist Auguste Lepere (1849-1918). Comments by F.P. Leipnik, Henri Beraldi, and Charles Saunier. Black and white illustrations. Knoedler's price list laid in. Some soiling and spotting on boards.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 108777

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See More... Leporini, Heinrich KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER EIN HAND- UND NACHSCHLAGEBUCH SAMT KÜNSTLERVERZEICHNIS FÜR DEN SAMMLER DRUCKGRAPHISCHER KUNST.
Berlin Richard Carl Schmidt & Co. 1924 8vo. cloth. 305, xxiii pages.
With 105 illustrations. Study of prints and their artists including information on signature methods. Covers soiled with a small tear along front hinge at top.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 41947

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See More... Levenson, Jay A. EARLY ITALIAN ENGRAVINGS FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Washington (DC) National Gallery of Art 1973 small 4to. sewn, stiff paper wrappers xxviii, (ii), 587 pages
Catalogue for an exhibition 6/24 to 10/7/73 at the National Gallery of Art. Italian engravings, with a few woodcuts and "nielli" (engraved silver plates) from around 1460 to the early 1500's in 29 chapters with about 375 engravings. Illustrations may show various states of the same engraving, or reproduce the original for engravings done from a work in some other medium. With an index, consecutive paginated but loosely inserted. Appendices of copper plates, niello prints, woodcuts, a concordance with the Hind catalogue of Early Italian Engravings, and a list of watermarks. Corner slightly bumped.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 52374

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See More... Levis, Howard C. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE ART & HISTORY OF ENGRAVING AND THE COLLECTING OF PRINTS.
London Ellis 1912 thick 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. xix, 571 pages.
Limited to 350 numbered copies. (Besterman p.2028). An appendix volume was issued in 1913 (140 pages) which is not present. About 3,000 entries which are fully described in annotated. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Soiled covers.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 107789

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See More... Levis, Howard C. DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE ART & HISTORY OF ENGRAVING AND THE COLLECTING OF PRINTS with SUPPLEMENT AND INDEX.
Folkestone Dawsons (1974) thick 4to. cloth. xix, 571, 141 pages.
Reprint of the 1912 and 1913 volumes bound in one as issued. Besterman p.2028; Arntzen & Rainwater N6; Bridson & Wakeman A6. An excellent bibliography. Some cover soiling. Cloth is separating at the front edge.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 44833

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See More... Levis, Howard C. DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE RELATING TO THE ART & HISTORY OF ENGRAVING AND THE COLLECTING OF PRINTS with SUPPLEMENT AND INDEX.
Mansfield Centre Martino Fine Books n.d. but 1999 thick 8vo. cloth. xix, 571, 141 pages.
Reprint of the 1912 and 1913 volumes bound in one as issued. Besterman p.2028; Arntzen & Rainwater N6; Bridson & Wakeman A6. An excellent bibliography with full descriptions and some annotations. Illustrated. With about 3,000 books described. Reduced in size from the original.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 54365

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See More... Levis, Howard C. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARIES AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN AND SAMUEL PEPYS RELATING TO ENGRAVING.
London Ellis 1915 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 166, (2) pages.
Limited to 250 copies. Extracts from these two 17th century diaries. Illustrated. Both men were authorities and collectors of engravings. Information on the artists of their day. Spine age darkened. Ink ownership inscription at top of free endpaper.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 2348

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See More... Ligeron, Rene LA GRAVURE ORIGINALE EN COULEURS.
Préface de H. Le Riche. Suivi d'un appendice concernant l'impression par Ch. Leblanc, Maître-Imprimeur. Paris Lefranc 1923 8vo. modern cloth with front printed wrapper bound-in. v, 173 pages and 5 plates (in pocket in back).
First edition (See Bridson & Wakeman B87 for an English language edition published in 1931). One of the plates in the back is printed in color. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 98137

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See More... Linton, W.J. AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVING, A VICTORIAN HISTORY.
With new index, bibliographies & introduction by Nancy Carlson Schrock. New York Published for The Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America by The American Life Foundation & Study Institute 1976 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), (viii), 71, (6) pages.
A new edition of this classic work with extensive new introduction and bibliographies by the art historian Nancy Carlson Schrock. With 20 full page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. Covers and jacket damaged.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 115669

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See More... Linton, W.J. THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA.
Boston Estes and Lauriat 1882 4to. original quarter cloth with veneer covered boards, design in gilt on front cover. x, 71+(1) pages.
First edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. Wear along edges and at tips. Small damaged spot on spine.
Price: $ 275.00 other currencies Order nr. 22916

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  Linton, W.J. THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA.
Boston Estes and Lauriat 1882 4to. quarter leather over original cloth, top edge gilt. x, 71+(1) pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages.
First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount additional plates. These pages are blank in this copy. Ex-library from the training library of the Lakeside Press in Chicago with their bookplate and various library markings. One page with two inch tear. Shaken.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 69841

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See More... Linton, W.J. THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA.
Boston Estes and Lauriat 1882 4to. later cloth. x, 71+(1) pages followed by one printed leaf and 15 blank pages.
First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. With 20 full-page plates reproducing woodcuts from such artists as Anderson, Linton, Cole, Kruell, Closson and others. The text is followed by a page printed in red ink which states that extra blank pages have been bound in that can be used to mount additional plates. These pages are blank in this copy. Ex-library copy with markings. One leaf partially detached.
Price: $ 155.00 other currencies Order nr. 98639

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See More... Lippman, Dr. Fr. ENGRAVING AND ETCHING, A HANDBOOK FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND PRINT COLLECTORS.
Translated from the Third German Edition, Revised by Dr. Max Lehrs by Martin Hardie. New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1906 8vo. Two-toned cloth, top edge gilt. xvii, 312, 6 pages.
First English translation. 131 illustrations in the text. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers soiled.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 100153

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Patents for Lithography, Engraving & Block-Making

(Lithography) GROUP OF SEVEN PATENTS DEALING WITH LITHOGRAPHY, ENGRAVING AND BLOCK-MAKING
London n.p. 1890-95 4to. disbound 2 ; 2 ; 17 followed by folded drawing ; 3+(1) followed by folded drawing; 4; 2; 4
The following patent specifications : 1. Improvements in Preparing the Surfaces of Lithographic Stones.2. Improvements in the Production and Application of Printing Blocks and Lithographic Printing Surfaces. 3. Improvements in Machines for Printing Intaglio Engravings, part of which are Applicable to Typographic or Lithographic Printing Machines Generally. 4. An Improved Mechanical Engraver and Mean of Actuating Same. 5. Improvements in or Relating to Etching Grounds. An Improved Manufacture of electrotype Printing Blocks. 7. An Improved Stereotyping Process. Dating from the 1890s they reflect the rapid mechanization of all aspects of the printer's art. All have the stamp of the Patent Library Nottingham. The pages are slightly tanning and have very slight edgewear, being protected in a plastic sleeve.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 89875

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One of Fourteen in the Deluxe Edition

(Lone Oak Press) Thoreau, Henry David OF WOODLAND POOLS, SPRING-HOLES & DITCHES
Excerpts from the journal of Henry David Thoreau wherein he observes and reflects upon the nature of life and vernal pools Petersham MA The Lone Oak Press 2005 oblong large 8vo. quarter leather with leather tipped foredge, marbled paper-covered boards ; cloth portfolio with marbled paper backstrip containing suite of prints ; similar cloth and marbled paper portfolio housing the original engraving block; all are contained in (vi), 89, (3) pages
Limited to an edition of 14, produced thus with an extra suite of engravings and an original engraving block by Abigail Rorer who is the proprietor of The Lone Oak Press. The Tree Frog engraving is the one included in the boxed set. The introduction is by Bradley P. Dean. There are further notes about New England vernal pools by Leo P Kennedy and Matthew R. Burne, as well as by Ms. Rorer. The exquisitely detailed engravings, primarily in black-and-white with some finely tuned touches of color, illuminate Thoreau's words. The extra suite of engravings repeat the illustrations, but are not bound. The engraving block is housed in the specially built box, inside its portfolio with velvet facing the engraving. The book is numbered and signed by the artist on the colophon. Taken together, it is an amazing production.
Price: $ 3,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 89338

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See More... (Maggs Brothers) 507. CATALOGUE OF RARE AND INTERESTING ENGRAVINGS BY EARLY AND MODERN MASTERS WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS.
London Maggs Brothers 1928 8vo stiff paper wrappers (ii), 144 pages
Maggs Brothers catalogue 507. Includes Americana, engravings, etchings, drawings and aeronautica. 670 items. Frontispiece, 51 black and white plates. List of "current catalogues" with topics on inside back wrapper. Wrappers and spine soiled and bent at edges.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 109393

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See More... (Maps) Tooley, Ronald Vere (compiler) TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS, REVISED EDITION, A-D.
Editor Josephine French. (Riverside, CT) Early World Press 2001 tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xiv, 408 pages
Revised edition containing almost twice the entries of the 1979 edition. This volume covers the letters A to D.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 103877

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  (Maps) Tooley, Ronald Vere (compiler) TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS, REVISED EDITION, E-J.
Editor Josephine French. (Riverside, CT) Early World Press 2001 tall 8vo. cloth, dust jackets vi, 462 pages
Revised edition containing almost twice the entries of the 1979 edition. This volume covers the letters E to J.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 103876

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See More... McCurdy, Michael TOWARD THE LIGHT.
Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy. Erin, Canada The Porcupine's Quill (1982) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated (over 100 pages)
First edition. Three page introduction by the artist followed by examples of his wood engravings often accompanied by a facing page describing the publishing history.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 89769

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See More... McGee, Julie L. CORNELIS CORNELISZOON VAN HAARLEM (1562-1638). PATRONS, FRIENDS AND DUTCH HUMANISTS.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1991 8vo cloth 502 pages.
The book presents the first discussion of all the known prints executed after Cornelis' designs and considers the following topics in relationship to the prints: the engravers and publishers, the print market, the Latinists who provided the text for the prints and the Latin verses themselves. (Bibliotheca Humanistica & Reformatorica, Vol. XLVIII). With 105 plates.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.

Price: $ 155.00 other currencies Order nr. 103384

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See More... (Midnight Paper Sales) Goodman, Richard THE BICYCLE DIARIES; ONE NEW YORKER'S JOURNEY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11TH.
Stockholm, WI Midnight Paper Sales 2011 8vo. cloth covered boards, paper cover illustration in color by Schanilec, paper label on spine 107 pages
Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator/printer. "Shortly after September 11th, 2001, I began riding my bicycle down from my apartment on Upper West Side of New York city to the World Trade Center disaster site - or as near as I could get to it. I rode down almost every day, in all weather, for about four months. When I came home, I wrote about what I saw." -Richard Goodman

The book contains five full-page colored wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec based on a bike ride with the author down toward the disaster site some ten years later. the text is printed letterpress from metal type, and the images from hand-cut end-grain maple blocks.

Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 108200

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See More... (Midnight Paper Sales) Heynen, Jim OLD SWAYBACK
N.P. (but Stockholm, WI) Midnight Paper Sales (2006) large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase, paper spine label (viii), 15, (5) pages
Limited to an edition of "a possible 150 copies" per the colophon. Hand numbered on the colophon as an edition of 128. Signed by Gaylord Schanilec. Signed on the title page by Jim Heynen. This is the seventh in the Little Book Series. Per the Midnight Paper Sales website: "The engraving is of Patti & Lowell Moline's old barn, off of county road N. It has been carved from finished maple half-rounds, and printed on Japanese Paper." The wrappers remind one of standing in an old barn, looking out between the boards.
Price: $ 130.00 other currencies Order nr. 92965

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See More... (Miniature Books) Anderson, Alexander AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EARLY AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVER.
New York, NY Traders Press 1968 miniature book (6.5 x 5.8 cm) quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, label on front cover, illustrated endpapers unpaginated
Limited to 500 numbered copies (Bradbury, Jack R. Levien 4). Frontispiece illustration of the author (1775-1870). Illustrations throughout text. The life story of a medical doctor whose main interest in life was wood engraving. Bibliography.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 117516

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