Paris: Willy Fischer, 1930. 12mo, 7 x 5 3/8 inches (180 x 134 mm), 48 pp., stapled. Original color printed wrappers, cover depicting Josephine Baker, scantily clad onstage with her Cheetah "Chiquita" presenting her a bouquet of flowers; illustration by Zig. Photographs and advertisements throughout, with a publicity photo of..... More
Paris: Basset / Daumont, c 1750. Four (4) Engravings with handcoloring, circa 1760-1761, on laid paper, the first with a Letters watermark, published by Basset, Paris, the third published by Daumont, Paris. The first: Plate 11 1/2 x 16 1/8 (290 x 410 mm); Sheet 12 3/4 x 19 1/4..... More
Paris: Administration Foire de Paris, 1929. First Edition. 8vo, 8 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (218 x 122 mm); 880 pp, + 64 pp supplement. Two color printed advertisement cards attached by a ribbon, one clear sheet specimen advertising the invention of cellophane, and foldout map with advertisements tipped inside..... More
Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865. Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper, 7 x 12 7/8 inches (177 x 327 mm), full margins. Condition issues include minor uniform toning (worse at the sheet edges), handling creases (especially at the sheet edges), and edge wear resulting..... More
Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865. Two etchings printed on one sheet of buff wove paper. Each impression measuring 3 1/2 x 7 inches (88 x 177 mm), full margins. With the Cadart blindstamp in the lower-center margin. In good condition with some light toning and several minor spots of light..... More
Paris: Cadart, 1865. Etching on buff wove paper, 3 1/2 x 7 inches (88 x 177 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light toning and several minor spots of light discoloration in the margins. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. Appian was born in Lyon and changed his name to..... More
Paris: Cadart, 1868. Etching on watermarked buff laid Arches paper, 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (140 x 235 mm); sheet 8 1/4 x 12 inches (210 x 305 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light toning and several minor spots of light discoloration in the margins. Printed..... More
Albumen silver print from glass negative, from the artist's series on sculptures on the grounds of Versailles. Annotated in Atget's hand in pencil on verso "Versailles - Bosquet de L'arc de Triomphe - La France par Tuby" (sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Tuby), with his inventory number "6483"; 1904; 8 1/2 x...... More
1673. Pair of reproductive prints after Jean le Pautre’s engravings after Claude Ballin, 1670s, heightened with gouache and gold, on Fabriano wove paper, a deckle edge at bottom. 22 x 14 3/4 inches (560 x 374 mm). Two prints. Claude Ballin (1615-1678). More
Paris: Cadart & Luce, 1873. Etching and engraving on Arches cream laid paper with a partial watermark, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (160 x 235 mm), full margins. In very good condition with some minor handling wear and light toning. [Cadart No. 206]. More
1913. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/2 x 7 inches (138 x 176 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower margin. With minor mat tone, and two pin-point spots of light discoloration in the lower-center margin, well outside of image area. Otherwise in very good condition with..... More
1913. Etching and drypoint on the artist's own watermarked, hand made laid paper, 5 5/8 x 7 inches (144 x 178 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right margin. Minor age and moderate mat tone, scattered areas of adhesive residue along the top extreme sheet edge (from a former..... More
c1850. Pencil on brown laid paper, 8 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches (207 x 117 mm). Dog-eared upper-right corner recto, with associated loss (see image); general toning and skinning at the upper-right corner on the verso, the result of improper removal from a former mount. More
Paris: J P Quénot, c1830. Stipple point engraving with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on Chine collé mounted to white wove paper with a deckle edge, 10 x 15 3/4 inches (252 x 399 mm); sheet 16 x 22 1/4 inches (405 x 564 mm). With the blind stamp of..... More
Paris: 1774. Etching on cream wove paper, 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (160 x 216 mm); sheet 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (276 x 353 mm), full margins. Laid down to non-archival card stock. Toning throughout, dampstain in the lower sheet edge (outside of the image area), scattered..... More
1692. Each a lithograph with hand coloring on watermarked Arches wove paper with a deckle edge. Each 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 (412 x 312 mm); sheet 26 x 19 3/4 inches (661 x 502 mm), each with full margins. Specimens include Alliarai; Ellebore; Lunaria; Sisymbrium. There are two impressions..... More
Paris: Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1839. Lithograph in colors with engraving on buff wove paper. Each of the two images measures 10 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches (271 x 167 mm), with the sheet measuring 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches (360 x 520 mm), the margins are full. Scattered light..... More
London / New York: The Focal Press, 1949. First Edition. 8vo, 10 x 6 7/8 inches (248 x 175 mm), 98 pp. including a fold-out page with technical data for each photo. Text in English. Cream cloth with orange lettering on cover and spine. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped with a...... More
Paris: Chalcographie Louvre, c 1910. Drypoint etching on buff wove paper, 7 x 11 inches (175 x 278 mm) full margins. With the "Musée Louvre Chalcographie" blind stamp in the lower center margin. Moderate mat tone, minor scattered light foxing, striated moderate toning from a non-archival cardboard mount on the..... More
Paris: Chalcographie Louvre, c 1910. Drypoint etching on buff wove paper, 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (240 x 271 mm) full margins. Signed in the image, lower left. With the "Musée Louvre Chalcographie" blind stamp in the lower center margin. Moderate mat tone, uniform moderate toning from a non-archival..... More
Paris: A. Durand, 1878. Etching on watermarked Van Gelder Portfolio cream laid paper,10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (260 x 183 mm); sheet 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (360 x 260 mm), full margins. Minor mat tone, as well as adhesive residue from a former mount at the extreme..... More
London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1880. Etching with engraving on buff wove paper, 8 12 x 6 inches (215 x 150 mm), full margins. Signed in the image, lower left. In very good condition with an unrecognizable ink stamp in purple on the verso. An attractive etched Victorian image..... More
London: Seeley & Co., 1880. Etching and engraving on watermarked WBW Portfolio cream laid paper, 10 1/8 x 7 inches (255 x 175 mm), full margins. Minor mat tone and with the tip of the lower right corner missing, otherwise in very good condition. From The Portfolio, vol. 11, edited..... More
London: Seeley & Co., 1882. Etching and engraving on watermarked WBW Portfolio cream laid paper, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (260 x 190 mm), full margins. Minor mat tone, and moisture staining at the top corner-tips (well outside of image area), scattered minor adhesive residue in the lower sheet..... More
1840. Etching in brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches (135 x 87 mm), partially trimmed lower sheet edge. With the artist's moniker in the image, upper left, and the artist's "owl" ink stamp in red ink, partially trimmed, in the lower center margin..... More