Paris: De Brunoff, 1926. Quarto, 12 1/3 x 9 3/8 inches (315 x 240 mm); 24 pp. glossy paper with black and white, plus color central spread. Paper covers in heavier grey boards with a drawing by Pablo Picasso of two dancers. Covers a bit sunned with some toning on..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1808-1810. Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin. First Edition. In three volumes with 104 brilliantly-colored acquaint plates. Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 x 267mm). Illustrated woodcut titles, half-titles, and engraved dedication page to the Prince of Wales in each volume, as well as a list..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First Edition, second issue. In Two volumes, large 4to; 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (325 x 272 mm), with all 83 plates, 81 of which are colored aquatints by J.Bluck, J.Hamble, T.Sutherland and others, after A.Pugin, F.Mackenzie, H.Villiers, T.Uwins, &c. Includes the half-titles; list of..... More
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London: W. & S. Jones, 1813. Fourth Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (228 x 145 mm); 9 x 5 ½”. Text volume: pp. frontispiece, xii, 534, [16] ads; Plates vol.: pp. title page and 34 folding plates. Previous owner's name penned on the first free flyleaf..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1909. Helen Allingham. First Edition. Large 8vo, 9 1/4 x 7 inches (233 x 180 mm); [2], xvi, 287, [1] + 16 publishers advertisements; some pages unopened. A small acknowledgment sheet is bound in before the preface. With 64 beautiful plates of watercolors by Helen Allingham, each..... More
Florence: Lorenzo Bardi, c 1840. Oblong quarto, 7 3/4 11 inches (195 x 280 mm). 18 aquatint plates engraved by G. Carrocci and others (image size 14 x 19 cm, plate mark size 18 x 25 cm), with superb hand coloring in heavy watercolor and gouache within black line and..... More
London / London: Halton & Truscott Smith / Minton, Balch & Company, 1925. First, Limited Edition. Folio, 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (312 x 252 mm); x, 29 [159] pp. Tipped-in color frontispiece, 79 plates of which 7 are in color and have tissue guards. Three-quarter tan binding with..... More
Delft: Arnold Bon, 1667. 2 parts in one volume, 4o, 7 1/2 x 6 inches (190 x 152 mm); 891,(37),(33), (4) pp., lacks frontispiece, 1 folding plan and 2 views. Woodblock plates after C. Decker: 2 double-page plans, 30 views, 3 of which are folding and exhibit some tears, most..... More
Hantvverpen (Antwerp): Hieronymus Verdussen, 1619. Bloemart, Abraham. First Edition in book form. 4to, 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches (251 x 171 mm). ix pp, 51 sheets on cream laid paper, text in Dutch (gothic letters). 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian hermit saints (25 male, 25 female)..... More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1936. First, Limited Edition. 2 vols. Royal folio, 20 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (515 x 250 mm). Brown pigskin, raised bands, t.e.g., rest uncut. Printed and bound at the Oxford University press. Some offset to endpapers, which is typical, boards very lightly rubbed and..... More
London: Office of the Illustrated London Library, 1852. Ad. Lalauze. First Edition. 8vo; 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (210 x 137 mm); xxii, 402 pp. 236 illustrations, including maps and schematic drawings. Full maroon morocco binding with gilt decorative frame on boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorations in..... More
Stuttgart: Chr. Belser Verlag, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto 11 1/8 x 9 in. (283 x 229 mm); pp. 47 text, 2 conversations with Picasso printed on brown laid paper in black ink ; 105 full-page reproductions of b/w photos, divided into 9 chapters. Black-stamped white cloth,fine, prior owner's..... More
Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753. First Edition. Oversized folio, 17 1/4 x 12 inches (438 x 304 mm); half title, engraved portrait of Annibale Carracci on frontispiece with tissue guard, rubricated title with large engraved vignette; 10 unnumbered prelim. pages and index, LXXIV pages with wide margins and uncut forty engravings..... More
c 1931. 8vo, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in (187 x 151 mm); 82 pages of which 66 with handwriting and 16 blank; Hand-made Florentine album with heavy hand-made paper stitched and bound into a contemporary vellum cover, hand-painted and highly decorated, brown leather straps with woven white leather ribbons..... More
c 1913. 8vo, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (187 x 140 mm). Hand-made Florentine Album with 150 pp of hand-made laid paper, most pages with calligraphy in black ink with some pencil and ink drawings and decorations throughout. Limp vellum binding with yapp edges, elaborate TM monogram to upper..... More
London: Longman and Co., Loackington and Co.,Colnaghi and Co. et. al. 1818. Large folio, 18 7/ 8 x 13 1/4 inches (480 x 336 mm), title, 8 text pages, index, 60 etched plates. Bound in half black morocco by Batchelor (stamp on inside cover) with blue moiré paper, dry stamp..... More
Venice: Gabriel Giolito Di Ferrari, 1549. First Edition. Small 8vo, 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (150 x 95 mm); pp. 48, imprint in the base of an elaborate woodcut on the title-page, with Giolito di Ferrari's famous device (phoenix, motto saying 'from my death I live eternal life' and..... More
London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for John Place, 1664. First Edition. Small folio, 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (343 x 222 mm); (xxvi), 159 pp.; errata and publisher's list. 40 full-page engravings including t.p. closely follow those of the French original (1650) and are numbered on the plate to..... More
Milan: Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1628. 4to, 9 5/8 x 7 inches (244 x 178 mm); (xii) + 140 pp, not including plates and inscriptions. Engraved architectural title with Saints Peter and Alexander by Francesco Bassano, 16 copperplates of female figures; woodcut dropcaps and tailpieces throughout. Later (circa 1890) red levant..... More
London: MacMillan & Co., 1868. First Edition. 8vo; 10 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (252 x 172 mm), xxvi, 354 pp. With 35 etchings by various artists, as called for, on folding, 5 double page. Original gilt-blocked cloth, rebacked in brown morocco with gilt title on spine; Lozenge-shape binder's ticket..... More
London: Ernest Been Ltd., 1925. 4to; 11 x 8 7/8 inches (280 x 223 mm). xxix, 156 pp + 26 color plates (including frontispiece and 8 folding) and 50 halftone plates. Illustrations are printed on glossy paper, each item is identified and captioned on the facing tissue guard. Publishers green-grey..... More
London: John Murray, 1840. First Edition. Royal folio, 21 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (550 x 370 mm). Illustrated title, ii, 3 - 6, [1, list of plates] pp. 30 tinted lithographic plates, three of which are in color as issued (including pictorial title). Bound in half maroon pebbled leather..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. Fifth Impression. 2 volumes, 8vo, 10 x 7 1/2 inches (253 x 190 mm); Vol. 1 655 & Vol. 2 640 pp. Frontispiece portraits of Leonardo in both volumes and copious black and white illustrations. Publishers red cloth binding, dust jackets with spine panel a little..... More
London: J. Hearne, c 1819. Third Edition. Large Folio, 16 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (428 x 324 mm). 62 hand colored aquatints, including one title page "Ruines de Rome. Published by J. Hearne. 218 Tottenham Court Road."; Colophon: "Printed by W. Lewis, 21, Finch-lane, Cornhill"; 72 p. with text..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1910. M. Margelidon. Large 4to, 12 x 9 in. (300 x 225 mm); pp. vii + 163 + engraved frontispiece showing allegorical figures and symbols of art, music, literature and time + 50 color plates with rice paper guards inscribed with legend; some offset to verso of..... More