ART & MÉTIERS DU LIVRE.

Revue Internationale de la Reliure, de la Bibliophilie et de l'Estampe
Paris: 1990-1997. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Revue Internationale de la Reliure, de la Bibliophilie et de l'Estampe. Text in French. Collection of 22 issues of Art & Métiers du Livre, a magazine devoted to the book arts. Consists of the following numbers: 163, 164, 170, 171, 172, 174, 183, 185, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204. Each issue contains numerous illustrations in color and black-and-white..... READ MORE about ART & MÉTIERS DU LIVRE

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126273

Collection of engraved illustrations.

N.P. n.p., n.d. (but circa 1910). 4to. half leather, cloth. unpaginated. A collection of engraved illustrations, most unidentified. Some are identified though and are the work of Stephen Sly, (British, fl. 1836-46), noted in Rodney Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985), 239-40. Engen notes that Sly contributed to Charles Knight's Penny Magazine, Old England, and Old England Worthies.. He also illustrated some of the early issues of the Illustrated London News. Sly..... READ MORE about Collection of engraved illustrations

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 124039

PARENTHESIS 15: THE JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION.

Vancouver/Sheffield: FPBA, 2008. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 63 pages. Collections of essays about fine printing. Name written on fore-edge of pages. READ MORE about PARENTHESIS 15: THE JOURNAL OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99900

PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION.

Cheltenham: FPBA, 2000. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Volume 5. Collections of essays about fine printing with articles by William W. Whitney, Kenneth Auchincloss, Wilfried Onzea, Daniel Waters, Adela Spindler Roatcap, and Joanne Sonnichsen. READ MORE about PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114431

PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION. NO.4.

Cheltenham: FPBA, 2000. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 60 pages. Volume 4. Collections of essays about fine printing with articles. READ MORE about PARENTHESIS: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FINE PRESS BOOK ASSOCIATION. NO.4

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114432

STEREOTYP.

Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.]
Vinohrady (Praha): Stereotyp, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. Obrázkový vzorník, oborných a reklamních, stocku a podtisku [Illustrated sample book, specialty and advertising, engraving and background printing]...specielní odborný závod stereotypérsky, rozmnozování sazeb. stocku, drevorytu, matric atd. [specialty professional stereotype establishment, duplication rates, engraving, xylography, matrices, etc.]. The style of the examples suggests the 1920's or '30's. Paper wrapper lightly soiled, chip at bottom mended with tape, small tear to last page and wrapper, water..... READ MORE about STEREOTYP

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 74365

TRE SECOLI DI INCISIONE DAL '500 A '700.

Padova, Italy: Libreria Marsilio da Padova, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 144, 58, (6) pages. Text in Italian. List of committee members, introduction, bibliography, black and white plates, index. Engravings of the 16th through the 18th centuries. Price list laid in. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about TRE SECOLI DI INCISIONE DAL '500 A '700

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125519

Alken, Henry.

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING ENGRAVING.

London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. square 8vo. original cloth with new spine covering. Frontispiece; 58, (6) pages, 8 plates. First edition (Bridson & Wakeman B17 - for second edition of 1851). A treatise on the technique of etching by one of Britain's greatest ever sporting artists. An avid sportsman himself, Alken specialized in depicting hunting, coaching, racing, shooting and fishing scenes. British sporting periodicals frequently carried his illustrations. In this book, he distills some..... READ MORE about THE ART AND PRACTICE OF ETCHING; WITH DIRECTIONS FOR OTHER METHODS OF LIGHT AND ENTERTAINING...

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 65235

Apell, Aloys.

HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER.

oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung.
Leipzig: A. Danz, 1880. large 8vo. half leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained red. xxxxvii, (i), 478 pages. oder, Lexicon der vorzüglichsten kupferstecher des XIX. jahrhunderts welche in linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie beschreibung. First edition. This dictionary of engravers and engraving was intended as a handbook for print collectors. Bookbinder's tag H. Sperling of Leipzig. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library..... READ MORE about HANDBUCH FÜR KUPFERSTICHSAMMLER

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75742

Basire, James.

A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OF BRAZEN NOSE COLLEGE QUADRANGLE.

N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (9 3/4 x 12 inches). Facsimile. Basire (1730-1802) was an English engraver who apprenticed William Blake. See Michael Bryan, Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Vol. 1 (London: George Bell and Sons, 1886), 91. READ MORE about A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OF BRAZEN NOSE COLLEGE QUADRANGLE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120588

Beck, Victoria.

VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS.

London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 76 pages, 64 plates. Written to accompany exhibitions and to form a permanent introduction to the subject of Victorian reproductive engravings, the author reveals the technical virtuosity of the Victorian engravers. With an introductory essay and selection of images that throws a great deal of light on what was most acceptable to the Victorians in their own contemporary paintings, as well as on the public..... READ MORE about VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115224

Bliss, Douglas Percy.

A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING.

London: Spring Books, (1964). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 263 pages. Reprint of the 1928 first edition. Excellent history with 120 illustrations. Jacket shows minor rubbing. Ink inscription. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 3399

Blum, André.

LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES.

Paris et Bruxelles: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. later cloth with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. xi, 99 pages followed by 78 plates. First edition. A study of the beginning of the engraved book in France. With 177 illustrations. With a bookplate indicating that this book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Covers soiled. Some chipping of edges of preliminary pages. READ MORE about LES ORIGINES DU LIVRE À GRAVURES EN FRANCE, LES INCUNABLES TYPOGRAPHIQUES

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26137