New York: McGraw Hill Book Co., (1964). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 254 pages. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine jacket. With 168 plates including 9 in color. Translated from the French by M.I. Martin. READ MORE about GRAPHIC ART OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 42426
New York: Huxley House, 1953. thin 8vo. boards. (44) pages. Illustrated with engravings by Alexander Anderson, the father of white-line wood engraving in America. Huxley House was a design firm. Covers soiled. READ MORE about HUXLEY HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1953
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31812
Washington: National Gallery of Art / New York: G. Braziller, 1998. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 415 pages. First edition. catalogue of 144 Northern European books on architecture, antiquities, and decoration, from the 16th into the 19th centuries, all in the Millard Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Introductory essay by Harry Francis Mallgrave. Bibliographic descriptions by Gerald Beasley, Claire Baines, Henry Raine. Illustrated books containing scenes of architectural interest, views of interiors, etc...... READ MORE about MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, NORTHERN EUROPEAN, VOL. III
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 54901
Washington: National Gallery of Art / New York: G. Braziller, 1998. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 392 pages. First edition. catalogue of ninety-seven British books, many of them folios, on architecture from the 17th into the 19th centuries, all in the Millard Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Covers seventy-seven architects and one firm (Hepplewhite). Includes important English translations of non-English architects (Palladio et al.), and a few non-architectural items. Each numbered entry is..... READ MORE about THE MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, VOL. II, BRITISH BOOKS
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 51974
Washington: National Gallery of Art / New York: G. Braziller, 1993. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 512 pages. First edition. catalogue of 172 French books on architecture, antiquities, and decoration, from the 16th into the 19th centuries, all in the Millard Collection at the National Gallery of Art. Includes important French translations of non-French works, and a few engineering books, along with some illustrated books containing scenes of architectural interest, views of interiors, etc. Each..... READ MORE about THE, VOL. 1 MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, FRENCH BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 51975
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1925. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxii, 194 pages. Limited to 2060 numbered copies. Detailed descriptions of hundreds of titles. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ESSAI SUR LES GRAVEURS DE BOIS EN FRANCE AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 16583
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1925. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxxii, 194 pages. Limited to 2060 copies. Detailed descriptions of hundreds of titles. Well-illustrated. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about ESSAI SUR LES GRAVEURS DE BOIS EN FRANCE AU DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 37126
New York: Walker and Co., for Harvard College Library, 1969. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xvi, 94 pages followed by 66 plates. Second printing of these two essays; the first printing took place in 1943. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL TRENDS FROM RUBENS TO DAUMIER AS SHOWN IN BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 397
New Castle: City and County of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Public Libraries Committee, (1904). large 8vo. later cloth. (v), viii, 110, (2) pages. First edition. Lists 331 items pertaining to the life and works of artist Thomas Bewick collected over forty years by John William Pease. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Indexed. Contains frontispiece of Bewick from James Ramsay's picture "The Lost Child." READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE BEWICK COLLECTION (PEASE BEQUEST
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 123670
With a preface by Simon Lawrence.
Kent, United Kingdom: Florin Press, 2021. 4to. cloth, engraving on front board, gilt on cover and spine. 286 pages, 437 illustrations. With a preface by Simon Lawrence. For over two hundred years Thomas Bewick's engravings have delighted every generation. His birds, animals and the scenes he saw around him have generated an enthusiasm for his work that has never waned. His influence changed wood engraving and book illustration for over a century. He showed a...... READ MORE about THOMAS BEWICK ENGRAVER & THE PERFORMANCE OF WOODBLOCKS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 135705
Kent, United Kingdom: Florin Press, 2021. 4to. half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, gilt tooling on cover and spine, five raised bands, title in gilt stamped on red leather in second compartment, author's name stamped in gilt on red lether in forth compartment. 286 pages, 437 illustrations. Limited to 425 copies, of which this is one of 25 deluxe copies bound thus by The Abrams Bindery and contain additional leaves tipped in, including a...... READ MORE about THOMAS BEWICK ENGRAVER & THE PERFORMANCE OF WOODBLOCKS
Price: $700.00 Order nr. 136543
London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1927. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 59+(1) pages. Catalogue of an exhibition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Blake. Includes a list of contributors and an introductory note. Catalogue organized by illustrations of the Bible, illustrations of poets, pencil drawings and books. Wrappers tanned and worn at edges. Tanning and light foxing throughout text. READ MORE about BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB CATALOGUE: BLAKE CENTENARY EXHIBITION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 114197
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1980). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 283, followed by 236 plates. First edition. Covers the role printmaking played in Blake's development as an artist and poet. Includes information on Blake's apprenticeship, his graphic styles and techniques and his theories of "appropriate form" in the graphic arts. Contains over two hundred illustrations. Important book. Dust jacket toned with tears. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE, PRINTMAKER
Price: $165.00 Order nr. 123627
New York: The Grolier Club, 1953. 4to. cloth. xix, 124, (4) pages. First edition, limited to 400 copies (Asaf 123). Printed at Cambridge University Press under the direction of Brooke Crutchley. Eight full-page illustrations. Well annotated bibliography with illustrations. Covers slightly spotted. Some foxing of pastedowns and endpapers. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE'S ILLUMINATED BOOKS, A CENSUS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 51220
London: Faber and Faber, (1949). tall 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket, full color Blake reproduction mounted on front cover. 24 pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1946. With a number of full color plates tipped-in. Front cover wrinkled at top. READ MORE about BLAKE (1757-1827) WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEOFFREY KEYNES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6930
Cambridge: Golden Head Press, 1962. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Second edition, revised. READ MORE about WILLIAM BLAKE, 1757-1827 NOTES FOR A CATALOGUE OF THE BLAKE LIBRARY AT THE GEORGIAN HOUSE, MERSTHAM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 623
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1949. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Some prices in margins. Covers soiled with some foxing. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL WORKS BY WILLIAM BLAKE THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE GRAHAM ROBERTSON, ESQ
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 6987
Paris: Librairie Grund, (1948). 8vo. paper wrappers. 214, (4) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Bibliography of books with engraved plates printed in France during the 18th century. Paper covering torn along hinges in places. First blank page has tear. READ MORE about LE LIVRE À GRAVURES AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVI D'UN ESSAI DE BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 14583
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758. 8vo. period marbled calf binding, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, five raised bands, all edges stained red. xxxii, 205, (3) pages. The fourth and most extensive edition, expanded from the original edition of 1645 by the noted engraved Cochin. (Cicognara 255. Bigmore / W. 72. Cohen / R. 177). When issued in 1645, the work was "notable for its completeness for the time of its production, and for its plates, which have..... READ MORE about DE LA MANIERE DE GRAVER A L'EAU FORTE ET AU BURIN. ET DE LA GRAVURE EN MANIERE NOIRE
Price: $1,950.00 Order nr. 135914
Mineola (NY): Dover Publications, 1970. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 163 pages. Prints of engravings or sheets of prints first published in the late 18th century by the London firm of Bowles & Carter. One of the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. READ MORE about OLD ENGLISH CUTS FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53722
2 volumes.
Munich: Hugo Schmidt, 1921. 12mo. paper-covered boards, top edge stained green. 115; 111+(1) pages. 2 volumes. A study of three artists - illustrators: Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater (1695-1736), and Charles Eisen. Watteau, one of the key figures of Rococo art, is most associated with the fête galante. Pater was Watteau's only pupil; all three artists were natives of Valenciennes. Illustrated. Corners slightly bumped. Chipped along hinge. READ MORE about DIE DREI GALANTEN MEISTER VON VALENCIENNES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48415
Boston: The Horn Book, (1961). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 528 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Gives the history and development of illustrated books plus biographies and bibliographies of illustrators and their works. Jacket chipped at spine ends. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1744-1945
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31155
(London, England): The British Council, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Presentation on inside front wrapper. Introduction. 66 entries, each with descriptive text. Front cover notes concluding date of 1933 rather than 1932. READ MORE about ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: THE CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1570 AND 1932
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126445
Amsterdam: Fr. Van Crombrugghe, 1890. 8vo. later cloth. xii, 319 (columns), (2) pages. Fifth edition of this bibliography of 18th century illustrated books. Revised and enlarged by Le Baron Roger Portalis. First volume is stained internally. Volume two has wrinkling to pages at bottom front corner throughout. READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A GRAVURES DU XVIII SIECLE
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 25165
(Mansfield Centre: Maurizio Martino, n.d. but circa 1997). thick 8vo. cloth. xxvi, 1247 pages. Reprint of the sixth and best edition of this bibliography of French eighteenth-century illustrated books which was revised and enlarged by Seymour Dericci. Originally published in Paris by Librairie A. Rouquette in 1912. READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A GRAVURES DU XVIII SIECLE
Price: $90.00 Order nr. 53435
Seconde Édition
Paris: Chez P. Rouquette, Libraire, 1873. 8vo. half leather, cloth, gilt rules and title on spine, five raised bands, top edge gilt. xv, (i), 273, (3) pages. Seconde Édition. Text in French. Limited to an edition of 500 copies printed on Hollande paper. Bibliography of books either printed and illustrated in France, printed in the French language, or illustrated by a French artist. Former library copy with the usual markings. Previous owner's bookplate on front..... READ MORE about GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A VIGNETTES DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 95174
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press and the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. cloth with dustjacket. 192 pages. As a copperplate engraver, Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) played an important role during the American colonies' war for independence and the early years of the new nation. He completed his apprenticeship in New Haven, Connecticut, around 1770 and continued to work actively in that city for over sixty years. His first known attempts are..... READ MORE about AMOS DOOLITTLE: ENGRAVER OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 93957
London: O.S.C. Publications, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Reprint of the first edition. The bibliographical descriptions in the back of this book are quite thorough. No color plates in this reprint. READ MORE about CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORKS OF THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES IN WHICH FLOWER AND FRUIT...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 59339
1983. 8vo. later pamphlet binder. pp.223-236. Removed from The Library, Sioth Series, Volume V, No.3, September 1983. With ink signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about "THE ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OF THE `HOLBEIN HEADS'."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 100072
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2001). thick 8vo. cloth. (iv), 542 pages. Reprint of the first edition that was printed in Milano by Hoepli in 1906 (Arntzen & Rainwater N113). The basic work on late 16th-century through 18th-century Italian engravers and engraving. Includes 61 painter-engravers with a biographical sketch of each and a list of engravings executed. Supplements Bartsch. READ MORE about LE PEINTRE-GRAVEUR; OUVRAGE FAISANT SUITE AU PEINTRE-GRAVEUR DE BARTSCH
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 63984
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1966. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 221+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue for 215 prints of engravings from and often by 102 artists, from the 15th cent. to Expressionism. Numbered entries indicate artist, engraver, medium, owner, references, etc. as appropriate. In addition, major artists have biographical sketches in unnumbered entries. With appendices of entries for an additional 12 items (not reproduced) and a brief description of engraving methods used. Moderate soiling. Backing creased..... READ MORE about LES PLUS BELLES GRAVURES DU MONDE OCCIDENTAL, 1410-1914
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 53697
Weimar: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1929. 4to. contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. x, 431 pages. First edition. (Besterman p.3010). History of the 18th-century French illustrated book followed by a bibliography giving 750 entries. The bibliography is a check list of books with the appropriate page number given to tie the book into the lengthy historical text. Rubbed along hinges. READ MORE about FRANZÖSISCHE BUCH IM ACHTZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT UND IN DER EMPIREZEIT
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 42163
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2005. 8vo. cloth. xiii, 428, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1925 first edition. (Besterman page 3008). The best bibliography of the subject, with 750 entries. The only book on the subject listed in Besterman and still a standard work 80 years after publication. Funck describes 750 illustrated books published in Belgium before the 18th century. This is also a history of engraved books printed in Belgium since the Renaissance. Text in..... READ MORE about LE LIVRE BELGE, À GRAVURES, GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS IMPRIMÉS EN BELGIQUE AVANT...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 89017
(Stuttgart: Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei), 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover and spine labels. xv+(i), 161, (9) pages. First edition. This exhibition of illustrated 18th century French books was held at Schloß Ludwigsburg in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. An essay about Hans Fürstenberg as a book collector prefaces the Catalogue. Over 270 books are described. Many book bindings and illustrations are reproduced in black & white. Indexed by author at rear. In German. Initials in ink on..... READ MORE about DAS BUCH ALS KUNSTWERK. FRANZÖSISCHE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER DES 18. JAHRHUNDERTS AUS DER...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 77210
4 volumes.
New York: Eros Magazine, 1962. 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards. 79+ (1); 81, (15); 96; 96 pages. 4 volumes. Volume 1, Nos. 1-4, the complete set of Eros Magazineedited and published by Ralph Ginzburg. Light cover soiling, else a fine set. Eros used a combination of contemporary authors, artists, and photographers along with historical sources to create a sense of literary erotica. Includes a series of semi-nudes of Marilyn Monroe taken six weeks before her death..... READ MORE about EROS
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 71078
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 85 pages. Number 3 of the Occasional Papers of the Bibliographical Society. Over 390 illustrations reproduced. READ MORE about THE ORNAMENT STOCK OF HENRY WOODFALL, 1719-1747. A PRELIMINARY INVENTORY ILLUSTRATED
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 40344
London: The Bibliographical Society, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi, 85 pages. Number 3 of the Occasional Papers of the Bibliographical Society. Over 390 illustrations reproduced. Distributed for the Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about THE ORNAMENT STOCK OF HENRY WOODFALL, 1719-1747. A PRELIMINARY INVENTORY ILLUSTRATED
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 60386
2 volumes bound in 1.
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2009. 4to. paper covered boards. xvi,560 pages; (vi),180 plates. 2 volumes bound in 1. Reprint of the first edition which was published in Paris in 1880-1881. A bibliography of ornamental artists of France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands from the 16th through 18th centuries. Facsimiles of book illustrations, along with illustrated examples of other decorative arts. Includes a list of works to consult from the Bibliothèque de Paris, and..... READ MORE about LES MAÎTRES ORNEMANISTES, DESSINATEURS, PEINTRES, ARCHITECTES, SCULPTEURS ET GRAVEURS; ÉCOLES...
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 103994
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958. 4to. cloth. xlvii, 265 pages. First edition. Contains biographies and bibliographies with many facsimiles. An essential reference book in the area. With an introduction by Frank Weitenkampf. A supplement was issued in 1968 and that is not present. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 20120
2 volumes.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1958), 1968. 4to. cloth. xvii,265; xv,178 pages. 2 volumes. Main catalogue and supplement. Contains biographies and bibliographies with many facsimiles. An essential reference book in the area. Scratches on covers of volume two. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 1670-1870
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 6477
Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1991. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 93+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue issued as a sequel to the 1973 keepsake, Some Treasures of The Bancroft Library. James D. Hart was Director of the Library from 1969 to 1990. Before he was named Director, he negotiated the merger of the University Library's Rare Book Department into The Bancroft Library. Illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts, maps, title-pages, and historical photographs. READ MORE about THE LEGACY OF JAMES D. HART AT THE BANCROFT LIBRARY, 1970-1990
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 64863
N.P. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 164 pages. Catalog of an exhibition at the Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, from June 30 through August 22, 1976, and subsequently at Princeton and Chicago. Bilingual text in English and German. Lists 251 items, usually with annotations, many with black and white illustrations. Covers with color illustrations. READ MORE about THE NEW WORLD IN THE TREASURES OF AN OLD EUROPEAN LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49614
N.P. Chanticleer Press, 1968. small 4to. paperback. 112 pages, including 70 plates. Catalogue of an exhibit of prints, dating from the early fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, which appeared in various East Coast venues in the 1960's. Preface by A. Hyatt Mayor, foreword and essay on LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT by Richard V. West, Catalogue commentary by Donald H Karshan, president of the Museum of Graphic Art in New York City. Illustrated with 73 examples..... READ MORE about LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT, A SELECTION FROM THE DONALD H. KARSHAN COLLECTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 96062
N.P. Chanticleer Press, 1968. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages, including 70 plates. Catalogue of an exhibit of prints, dating from the early fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, which appeared in various East Coast venues in the 1960's. Preface by A. Hyatt Mayor, foreword and essay on LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT by Richard V. West, Catalogue commentary by Donald H Karshan, president of the Museum of Graphic Art in New York City. Illustrated with..... READ MORE about LANGUAGE OF THE PRINT, A SELECTION FROM THE DONALD H. KARSHAN COLLECTION
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 44767
Stockholm: Litografiska Anstalt, 1923. 4to. quarter vellum, paper-covered boards. (14), 169, (3) pages, with 44 additional leaves of plates. A festschrift, limited to 600 copies, for A. Lagrelius, and signed by him under his portrait. Contains five articles: An historical survey of reproduction of illustrations in Sweden, photographic methods, 3-color photography and printing, Swedish cartography in the last half century, and the reproduction of illustrations and modern man. Forty-four plates (mostly of the works of..... READ MORE about BILDREPRODUKTIONEN I SVERIGE FRAN BORJAN AV NITTONDE ARHUNDRADET
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 51246
London: Vizetelly & Co., n.d. (19th century). small 4to. original cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards. x, 60, (2) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this copy is out of series. A part of a series of reprints of French 18th century illustrated books published by Vizetelly. Contains 10 copperplate engravings showing the work of Leclerc. Translated with a three page introduction by H.G. Keene. Rubbed along edges, corners bumped, some spotting to covers, With the Randeria..... READ MORE about BEAUTY'S DAY (LES QUATRE HEURES DE LA TOILETTE DES DAMES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 3089
Berlin: Gebrüder Mann Verlag, 1963. large 8vo. cloth. 79 pages, with 12 additional pages of plates. Festschrift for H. Lehmann-Haupt, edited by F.J. Brewer with contribution, first presented at a conference, on baroque book illustration, book illustration in Spanish colonial America, late-19th-cent. American book and magazine illustration, and 3 other topics, along with a checklist of Lehmann-Haupt publications on book illustration and 12 illustrations. Bookplate of private book-collector's club stamped "withdrawn." READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION. Papers presented at the Third Rare Book Conference of American Library...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 60447
Berlin: Gebrüder Mann Verlag, 1963. large 8vo. cloth. 79 pages, with 12 additional pages of plates. Festschrift for H. Lehmann-Haupt, edited by F.J. Brewer with contribution, first presented at a conference, on baroque book illustration, book illustration in Spanish colonial America, late-19th-cent. American book and magazine illustration, and 3 other topics, along with a checklist of Lehmann-Haupt publications on book illustration and 12 illustrations. Prospectus and advertisement laid-in. READ MORE about BOOK ILLUSTRATION. Papers presented at the Third Rare Book Conference of American Library...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 53950
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1898. thick 8vo. half-leather, top edge gilt, others uncut. xx, 615 pages. Limited to 1,100 copies. (Besterman p. 3010). With 5,000 entries and numerous plates. An important reference work. Covers detached and worn at spine ends. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ART AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, BEING A GUIDE TO COLLECTORS OF...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 71758
New York: The Grolier Club, 1896. tall 12mo. original stiff paper wrappers. 73 pages. Asaf Handlist 29. With an introduction by Louis Prang. No illustrations. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATIVE OF A CENTENARY OF ARTISTIC LITHOGRAPHY, 1796-1896
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 17221
Paris: Le Courier Graphique, (1947). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (6), i-xxxii pages. First edition. Volume one (of four) in Mornand's study of book illustrations. This volume looks at the 15th-18th centuries. Number four in the "Courrier Graphique" collection. With 35 black-and-white illustrations. Pages unopened. READ MORE about L' ART DU LIVRE ET SON ILLUSTRATION
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 62887
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 170 pages. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. "Deals with a hitherto unexplored aspect of the Gothic revival, the awakening interest by connoisseurs in medieval miniatures as works of art." Much on the collectors of the period. A scarce book. READ MORE about CONNOISSEURS AND MEDIEVAL MINIATURES, 1750-1850
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 2441
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and American Antiquarian Society, 2014. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 688 pages in two volumes. This work for the first time presents the complete transcription of the diary of Alexander Anderson (1775-1870), the father of wood engraving in America. It starts at the beginning of his career and covers almost six years of daily entries. Comprehensive footnotes identify the books he illustrated during those years (included in a...... READ MORE about ALEXANDER ANDERSON'S NEW YORK CITY DIARY, 1793 TO 1799
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 114714
Cumberland Foreside, ME: Burntcoat Press, 2019. 8.5 x 10 inches. Wrappers. 192 pages. Curated by Jane R. Pomeroy. Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at the Grolier Club November 13 - December 28, 2019. This review of the engraver Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) represents the variety, skill, humor, and emotional power of his work. With engravings for religious works; Bibles; American Tract Society pamphlets; and school, travel, history, geography, and children's books. With over 200 illustrations..... READ MORE about ALEXr ANDERSON'S AMERICA
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 134211
N.P. (S.D Scott Printing, 1976). small folio. blue stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Limited to 1000 copies. Interesting facsimile examples of eighteenth century engravings by Nicolas Ponce and F. Godefroy, the subjects being battles, naval engagements, maps and other topics relevant to the War of Independence. Sixteen engravings, with text and embellishments, reproduced on 80no. Strathmore Artlaid. READ MORE about COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT EVENTS OF THE WAR WHICH LED TO THE...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 47793
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library and Dover Publications, (1991). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xxxiii, 336 pages. Slightly altered republication of 1976 edition. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. 24 page introduction by Ray followed by detailed descriptions of 333 books and 100 plates of illustrations. Also contains many illustrations in the text. Name in ink on first blank page. READ MORE about THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 34604
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. 4to. cloth. xxxiii, 336 pages. First edition. A twenty-four page introduction by Ray is followed by detailed descriptions of 333 books and 100 plates of illustrations. Also contains many illustrations in the text. READ MORE about THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72317
Copenhagen: Einar Munksgaard, 1945. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 204, (4) pages. First edition, limited to 520 copies. With numerous plates printed on glossary paper reproducing Rowlandson illustrations. Slight staining to covers and chipped edges. READ MORE about ROWLANDSON AND HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115716
Leipzig: Insel- Verlag, 1930. small 4to. cloth. 380, (2) pages. First edition. Accompanied by 235 illustrations and a bibliography in the back. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Lettering on spine partially rubbed off. READ MORE about DAS ILLUSTRIERTE BUCH DES XIX JAHRHUNDERTS IN ENGLAND, FRANKREICH UND DEUTSCHLAND, 1790-1860
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 98663
North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles Inc., 1979. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. First U.S. edition. This book introduces to the reader the great age of the topographical print, the years between 1730 and 1870. The author describes the various techniques employed, including copper plate, aquatint, and steel engraving. The artists who made the original sketches and the craftsmen who interpreted them with the graver or etching needle are also discussed, with over..... READ MORE about GUIDE TO BRITISH TOPOGRAPHICAL PRINTS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 108585
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, (1906). 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. viii, 224 pages. First edition. A study of copper-plate engraving from its inception to its climax at the end of the eighteenth century. Illustrated with 48 plates. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers spotted along top edge. READ MORE about THE OLD ENGRAVERS OF ENGLAND IN THEIR RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND ART (1540-1800
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 71915
London: n.p., 1789. small 8vo. full tree calf, red leather spine label. (xxviii), 122, (2) pages with a frontispiece portrait of the artist. First edition signed by the author at the end of the introduction. Dedicated to Monsieur Wille, graveur du roi de France, de L'Académie Royale de peinture et de plusiers autres académies. This copy of the book carries the signature and annotations of Franz Rechberger (1771-1841), a painter and engraver who was the..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DE L'OEUVRE DE FEU GEORGE FREDERIC SCHMIDT, GRAVEUR DU ROI DE PRUSSE, MEMBRE...
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N.P. Chapin Library, Williams College, 1997. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (2) pages. Limited to 400 copies. Introduction by Robert L. Volz. 29 books described in detail. Illustrated in black-and-white with a full-color frontispiece. READ MORE about LONDON, HIGH LIFE & LOW LIFE AS SEEN BY ROWLANDSON, CRUIKSHANK & OTHERS
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Praha: Orbis, 1949. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, 243+(4) pages, 203 pages of plates. [The Book]. Její vznik, vyvoj a rozbor. Study on the history and technical aspects of the book. Extensive black-and-white and color illustrations of virtually every aspect of book production: manuscripts, papermaking, various fonts, watermarks, types of early printed books, proofreaders' corrections, graphic illustrative techniques, maps, music printing, bookplates, elaborate bindings, to name only the most obvious. Index. Spine slightly torn, bottom..... READ MORE about KNIHA
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London: Georges Newnes, n.d.(but circa 1910). small 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. (ii), 21, (3), followed by 33 plates. Issued as a volume in the Great Etchers series. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. Introductory essay by the editor. "The most striking qualilty of the plates before us is their originality. Van Dyke (1599-1641) invented the freely-etched portrait, and left a tradition which still influences this branch of art." Illustrated with 34 portrait etchings from..... READ MORE about ETCHINGS OF VAN DYKE
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Berlin: Gebr. Mann, (1978). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 151+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue describing 141 items. Well-illustrated. Indexed. READ MORE about LESELUST UND AUGENWEIDE. Illustrierte Bücher des 18. Jahrhunderts in Frankreich und Deutschland
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Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, (1973). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 294 pages. Proceedings of a conference. Foreword by Whitehill and Sinclair Hitchings followed by eight essays on various aspects of the subject. Well illustrated. Minor rubbing of jacket. READ MORE about BOSTON PRINTS AND PRINTMAKERS, 1670-1775
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1980. 8vo. later pamphlet binder with original paper wrappers bound-in. pp.179-192. Removed from The Library, Sixth Series, Volume II, Number 2, June 1980. With the ink signature of Gavin Bridson and a page of handwritten notes. READ MORE about " PICTORIAL PRINTING IN TRANSITION, 1794-1811."
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