4 volumes, complete set.
Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. 4to. cloth. xx, 399; xxi, 428; xiii, 300; xiii, 301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. Reprint of the first editions. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. Lacking the dust jackets. Some spotting and rubbing to spines. Very good. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

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4 volumes, complete set.
London: Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957. 4to. cloth, spine labels, top edges gilt, leather spine labels, dust jackets. xx, 399; xxi, 428; xiii, 300; xiii, 301-675 pages. 4 volumes, complete set. First editions, limited to 500, 400, and 400 copies respectively. Filled with bibliographical descriptions of the color plate books published in England during this period and containing many plates in color. The great reference set of the subject. Jacket..... READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

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Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, n.d. (circa 1894). 8vo. modern cloth with original stiff paper wrapper bound-in. (viii), x, 379, (3) pages. First edition. A manual of reproduction processes. Includes 140 illustrations within the text and examples of each process reproducing original designs of the author. Techniques discussed in this volume include dry point, lithography, heliogravure, and various color processes. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. A xerox of the entry for Adeline in..... READ MORE about LES ARTS DE REPRODUCTION VULGARISES

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Leipzig: Rudolph Becker, n.d. 4to. paper portfolio. (4) pages followed by (15) loose leaves of illustration. The firm of Rudolph Becker illustrates the stages of offset printing with 15 color specimens. An image is taken through the process, with examples of each color addition (printed wholly in that color and then printed with that color added to the mix). An introduction to the specimens is included. In German. Tear in portfolio at top. READ MORE about DER WERDEGANG EINES OFFSETDRUCKES IN 8 FARBEN

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with Cataloguing Records for Selected Titles prepared by Burton Van Edwards.
Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 2004. 4to. cloth. xxvi, 184, (3) pages. with Cataloguing Records for Selected Titles prepared by Burton Van Edwards. First edition. Based on an exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library in 1998-99, this richly illustrated work presents the full range of New World animals as recorded by early naturalists. The book deals with North American, Caribbean, and Latin American species as presented in various narrative contexts, and comments on..... READ MORE about ANIMALS & AUTHORS IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAS, A HEMPISPHERIC LOOK AT THE WRITING OF...

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2 volumes bound in 1.
London: Stephen Couchman for J. Johnson, 1791. thick 8vo. modern leather spine with marbled paper covered boards and leather tips, red leather spine label. xxxvii, 302; v, 385 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. First edition in English. Folding engraved plate of dyeing apparatus to volume two (Cohen 118; Bolton 306; Lawrie 303; Ron's Bibliotheca Tinctoria #100). Berthollet (1748-1822) was a noted chemist in France and collaborated with Lavoisier on his pioneering chemical nomenclature. He..... READ MORE about ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.D

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Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1982. square 8vo. cloth, paper cover label. 15 pages followed by the reproduction of this book produced in 1917. Limited to 1000 copies and designed and printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press (Heaney B20). A fine copy. Filled with with full color illustrations of toys drawn by Fraser. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A BOOK OF SIMPLE TOYS, A FACSIMILE WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SEYMOUR ADELMAN

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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1980). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Guide to color effects for all kinds of textiles. Bibliography and index. 16 color plates; black and white illustrations throughout. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about THE TEXTILE COLORIST

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2 Volumes.
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1895-1896. folio. original cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, decorated endpapers. xviii pages of introductory material, unpaginated thereafter; xxiv pages of introductory material, unpaginated thereafter. 2 Volumes. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. (Mejer no.1345). Preface and introduction by the author in both volumes. First volume with 63 plates of works bound in Britain. Second volume with 65 plates of works bound elsewhere. Magnificent examples of..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM and FOREIGN BOOKBINDINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

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New York: Mayflower Books, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 220 pages. First U.S. edition. Minor chipping around jacket, else very good. With 60 pages of color and over 65 black-and- white illustrations. Illustrated with Coloured Plates. READ MORE about NATURE INTO ART, A TREASURY OF GREAT NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS

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Lyndon: MacKay Publishing Co., (1956). 4to. cloth. xvi, 303 pages. First edition. Spine lightly age-darkened, else a fine copy. A detailed study of this method of reproducing illustrations. Includes a history. In addition to the many illustrations there are two tipped-in full color labels printed in this method. READ MORE about ROTOGRAVURE, A SURVEY OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN METHODS

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London, England: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. 12mo. original cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped. (ii), 95+(1) pages. Text summarizes major thems of the New Testament. Color frontispiece and plates throughout text. Black and white engraved illustrations. Covers lightly faded, rubbed and scuffed. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Light tanning. Gilding on edges faded. READ MORE about THE BOOK OF SUNDAY PICTURES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. NEW TESTAMENT

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