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 of volume one is..... READ MORE about SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN AQUATINT AND LITHOGRAPHY 1770-1860. With LIFE IN ENGLAND....

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15853

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....

Price: $2,400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123769

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

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 42765

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

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 61885

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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With a Foreword by Henry Morris.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. tall 8vo. quarter dark blue morocco with cloth sides, leather spine label, slipcase. 79, (3) pages. With a Foreword by Henry Morris. Limited to 160 numbered copies (Berger A59). Printed by Henry Morris by hand at his Bird & Bull Press on Zerkall mouldmade paper and bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery. Gaylord Schanilec has become one of premier wood engravers in this country and is especially noted for his work..... READ MORE about MY COLORFUL CAREER

Price: $525.00  other currencies  Order nr. 45486

(Lille, France: Imprimerie de Blocquel), n.d., but circa 1830. oblong 32mo. contemporary sheep, gilt-stamped. (viii), 96 pages. Text in French. Attributed to Lille printer Simon-François Blocquel. A guide for children, in two sections. The first entitled "Savant de huit ans: sciences, arts et métiers;" the second entitled "Petit coloriste: de enluminure." Describes the printing trades. With six color plates entitled Peintre (frontispiece), Sculpture, Graveur en taille-douce, Relieur, Imprimeur en caractères mobiles. Also with color title..... READ MORE about LE SAVANT DE HUIT ANS, SUIVI DU PETIT COLORISTE

Price: $2,750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129509

London, England: Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1891. large thick folio. rebound in cloth with lettered portions of original front cover cloth laid on. xlii, (2) 132 pages followed by cxiii chromolithographed full-page plates with printed tissue guards. First and only edition of this magnificent book of bookbindings (Mejer 1261, Brenni 284, Schmidt-Kunsemuller 873). Illustrated with chromolithographs by William Griggs (1832-1911). (See Wakeman & Bridson, p.52). Introductory passages authored by Edward Gordon Duff..... READ MORE about EXHIBITION OF BOOKBINDINGS

Price: $650.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98788

London: Sotheby's, 2000. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 124 pages. Sotheby's auction Catalogue of the plate books from the library of Richard, 7th Earl of Bradford which was sold on March 15, 2000 (L00201). Each of the 86 entries is annotated and described in great detail with suggested price ranges. Numerous illustrations, many in color. Prices realized loosely inserted. Stamps on first leaf. READ MORE about MAGNIFICENT PLATE BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARL OF BRADFORD

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New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1981. 8vo. cloth. ix, xviii, 281, (5) pages. Reprint of the 1910 first edition but the first edition with Friedman's introduction. Also contains additional entries to the bibliography. Chapters on Colour Printing in the 15th Century, 16th and 17th Centuries, 18th and 19th Centuries, Chromo-Lithography, Photo-Mechanical Colour Printing and Modern Colour Processes. Illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about COLOUR PRINTING AND COLOUR PRINTERS Introduction by Joan M. Friedman

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35754

An exhibition organized by the Pratt Graphics Center Gallery
N.P. n.p., n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. An exhibition organized by the Pratt Graphics Center Gallery. A catalogue of the exhibition on the collagraph with several color and black-and-white illustrations and articles by Clare Romano and Evan Summer. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about THE COLLAGRAPH: A NEW PRINT MEDIUM

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 97493

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

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122923