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Chinese art and costume: work sought after on account of the quantity and quality of its beautiful illustrations. View picture(s) 1 BRETON de la Martinière, Jean-Baptiste Joseph. La Chine en miniature, ou choix de costumes, arts et métiers de cet empire, repréntés par 74 (sic) gravures, la plupart d'après les originaux inédits du cabinet de feu M. Bertin, ministre; accompagnés de notices explicatives, historiques et littéraires. Paris, Demonville for Nepveu, 1811. 6 parts in 2 vols. 18mo. Contemporary dark green grained morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments, elegant gilt borders on sides with fleurons, vases, and other ornaments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (CHILLIAT). 100 full-page and 8 folding engraved plates in beautiful contemporary hand colouring. XXXVI, 144; (4), 172; 188; (4), 220; (4), XXIII, 236; (4), 234, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Book History  Cartography  China  Printing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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9 catalogues in one binding View picture(s) 2 BRISART, R. Catalogue de la magnifique et précieuse collection de livres, manuscrits, dessins et estampes, formant le cabinet de Mr. R. Brisart, Rentier, a Gand. Gand, Ad. van der Meersch, 1849. 9 catalogues in 1 vol. 8vo. Half calf. With ms. annotations of the prices in margins. X, 264 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  France  Libraries & Collections  Manuscripts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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New principles for book decoration View picture(s) 3 CRANE, Walter. Kunst en samenleving naar Walter Crane's Claims of decorative art, in het Nederlandsch bewerkt door Jan Veth en vercierd met talrijke vignetten in hout gesneden door G.W. Dijsselhof. 2e herz. dr. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, 1903. Contemp. half calf, elaborately gilt & decorated in Art Nouveau style. Woodcuts by G.W. Dijsselhof. XIV, 171 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Art Nouveau  Book History  Netherlands  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two treatises on the origin of book printing by the famous French 18th century typographer Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune View picture(s) 4 FOURNIER, Pierre Simon le Jeune. Dissertation sur l'origine et les progrès de l'art de graver en bois, pour éclaircir quelques traits de l'histoire de l'imprimerie, & prouver que Guttemberg n'en est pas l'inventeur.- IDEM. De l'origine des productions de l'Imprimerie primitive en taille de bois ; avec une réfutation des préjugés plus ou moins accrédités sur cet art; pour servir de suite à la dissertation sur l'origine. Paris, J. Barbou, 1758-59. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with orange title label lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, red edges. 92, (3); 263 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Book History  Bookhistory, Printing & Publishing  History of Printing  History of Publishing  Typography  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Greek gods and goddesses explained View picture(s) 5 GENLIS, Mme de. Arabesques mythologiques, ou les attributs de toutes les divinités de la fable ... Le texte contenant l'histoire des faux dieux, de leur culte, le détail des cérémonies religieuses, etc. précédé d'un discours sur la mythologie en général et particulièrement sur l'influence que dut avoir le paganisme sur le caractère, les moeurs et la littérature des anciens Grecs et des Romains. Ouvrage fait pour servir à l'éducation de la jeunesse. Paris, Charles Barrois, 1810-1811. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, spines ribbed and richly gilt, sides with richly gilt dentelles, inner panel with gilt-stamped decoration in the 4 corners, gilt inner dentelles, with green silk endpapers, g.e. (BOZERIAN). With intricate and arabesque emblematic designs of the main attributes and symbols of all the Gods and Goddesses of the fable, all very refined and beautifully coloured by hand, on 78 full-page numbered plates, engraved by Gaitte after original designs by the author. (4), XXX, 266 (=166); (4), IV, 228, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Book History  Fable Books  Literature  Mystics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Auctioning a large collection of etchings View picture(s) 6 GÉRARD; F. DEBOIS; DELBECQ, DE GAND. Catalogue d'une collection d'estampes anciennes, d'après les peintres célèbres et par les plus habiles graveurs d'Italie, tels que Marc-Antoine et son école; des compositions de N. Poussin, par Pesne, Audran et autres graveurs Français; et d'estampes de diverses écoles; de quelques tableaux, marbres, terres cuites, dessins anciens, et d'un grand nombre de livres sur les antiquités, les sciences et les arts, composant le cabinet de feu M. Gérard, sculpteur, ancien pensionnaire de l'école de Rome. Paris, Douchet, Defer, 1843. 5 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Half morocco. 35; 38; VII, 124; VII, 110 (pp. 109-10 misbound); VI, (2), 84 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Americana  Bibliography  Book History  Manuscripts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare early 18th century bibliography of rare Italian books View picture(s) 7 HAYM, [Nicola Francesco]. Notizia de'libri rari nella lingua Italiani divisa in quattro parti principali; cioè, istoria, poesia, prose, arti e scienze. Anessovi tutto il libro della eloquenza Italiana di Mons. Giusto Fontanini, con il suo ragionamento intorno la detta materia. Con Tavole copiosissime, e necessarie. London, Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1726. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, ribbed spine, title in ink on spine. (36), 302, (47) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  England  Italy  Libraries & Collections  Literary History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Collection of 4 catalogues View picture(s) 8 LE VER, Le Marquis. Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Marquis le Ver membre de la Société des Antiquaires de la Normandie, de l'Académie de Rouen, de l'Académie Ebroïcienne, de l'Académie des Antiquaires de la Morinie, de la Société d'émulation d'Abbeville, Inspecteur divisionnaire des monuments historiques des départements de la Somme, du Pas-de-Calais et de l'Oise, etc., etc. Paris, Bacheline-Deflorenne, 1866. 4 catalogues in 1 vol. Large 8vo. Half calf, spine ribbed with gilt title; marbled end papers and marbled edges. XV, 354 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  France  Libraries & Collections  Manuscripts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The library of a famous author and book collector View picture(s) 9 NODIER, Charles. Description raisonnée d'une jolie Collection de Livres (nouveaux mélanges tirés d'une petite bibliothèque). Précédée d'une Introduction par G. Duplessis, de la Vie de Ch. Nodier par  Francis Wey, et d'une Notice bibliographique sur ses ouvrages. Paris, J. Techener, 1844. Large 8vo. Contemp. half blue morocco, spine gilt, red and blue mottled edges. (4), IV, VIII, 56, 24, 492, 28 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Book History  Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The predecessor of 'Brunet' View picture(s) 10 OSMONT, Jean Baptiste Louis. Dictionnaire typographique, historique et critique des livres rares, singuliers, estimés et recherchés en tous genres; contenant, par ordre alphabétique, les noms & surnoms de leurs auteurs, le lieu de leur naissance, le temps où ils ont vécu, & celui de leur mort, avec des remarques nécessaires pour en distinguer les bonnes éditions, & quelques anecdotes historiques, critiques & intéressantes, tirées des meilleures sources. On y a joint le prix qu' ils se vendent la plupart dans les ventes publiques. Paris, Lacombe, 1768. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with brown morocco title labels lettered in gold, gilt binding edges, red painted edges. With woodcut head-and tailpieces. XII, 515; (4), 456, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibliography  Book History  Dictionaries  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The library of a Belgian book collector View picture(s) 11 POWIS DE ZOERSEL. Catalogue d'une belle et riche collection de livres rares et précieux, dont nombre d'ouvrages anglais avec magnifique gravures, provenant de la bibliothèque de M. Powis de Zoersel. Bruxelles, F.P. Simon, 1835. 8vo. Wrappers. Uncut. VI, 137 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  Libraries & Collections  Medicine  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extensive bibliography of the Aldine Press View picture(s) 12 RENOUARD, Antoine-Augustin. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde, ou histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs éditions. Paris, 1803. 2 volumes. 8vo. Half cloth. With two portraits. 446; 250 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aldus Manutius  Book History  Bookhistory, Printing & Publishing  Printing & Publishing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A large collecton of books and manuscripts on heraldry and genealogy View picture(s) 13 ROZIÈRE, Ernest de. Catalogue de livres et manuscrits composant la bibliothèque héraldique et généalogique de M. Ernest de Rozière. Paris, Honoré Champion, (1879). 8vo. Half red morocco, spine ribbed with title in gilt on spine. V, 321 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  France  Genealogy & Heraldry  Libraries & Collections  Manuscripts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Paper making from all sorts of woods and plants, and other materials View picture(s) 14 SCHAEFFER, Jacob Christian. Proefnemingen en Monster-Bladen, om Papier te Maaken  zonder Lompen, of Met een gering Byvoegsel derzelven. Uit  het Hoogduitsch vertaald. Amsterdam, J.Chr. Sepp, 1770. 2 parts in one vol. 4to. Contemporary half cloth. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by I.N. Maag after the author, printed in blue, illustrating the  process of papermaking, 32 specimen of paper-leaves made  of different natural materials, and 5 full-page engraved  plates, of plants and honeycoms by I.N. Maag and G.P. Traubner after Loibel, finely coloured by hand. (4), 56, (2); VIII, 32 p. Full description >> Related Subjects: Book History  Paper  Printing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very interesting early history of ancient books and manuscripts View picture(s) 15 SCHWARZ, Christian Gottlieb. De ornamentis librorum et varia rei librariae veterum supellectile dissertationum antiquariarum hexas. Primum collegit et recensuit atque praefatione indicibusque necessariis instruxit Johann. Christian. Leuschnerus. Leipzig, Langenheim, 1756. 4to. Contemporary marbled boards. Title with woodcut vignette, 5 folded engraved plates and 5 woodcuts in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and ornamented in intials. Parts of text in Greek and Hebrew type. 234, (6) pp. A-Z4, Aa-Gg4. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Book History  Libraries & Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Haarlem 'prize binding' with work celebrating the invention of printing in that city View picture(s) 16 SEIZ, Joannes Christianus. Annus tertius saecularis inventae artis typographicae, sive brevis historica enarratio de inventione noblissimae artis typographicae, in qua ostenditur, quo tempore, à quo & ubi locorum ea primum fuerit inventa ... Haarlem, Isaac et Joannes Enschede, (1742). 8vo. 'Prize binding' from Haarlem: contemporary vellum, richly gilt with two borders, centre-pieces and in the centre of both sides the Haarlem virgin in arms with the coat of arms of Haarlem; spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label lettered in gold: 'Ars typogr. a L. Kostero inventa'; inner dentelles; gilt edges. With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with four Latin verses by Petrus Scriverius underneath (dated 1741), engraved vignette on title (also dated 1741) and engraved armorial headpiece to the dedication, all by A. van der Laan; 4 full-page engraved plates showing the statue of Laurens Jansz. Koster by A. van der Laan (1740), and three plates with memorial medals; and a folding engraved view of Haarlem, showing Coster's house, by H. Spilman. Added and mounted on the verso of the half-title is the engraved portrait of Coster by J. van Velde after the painting by Jacob van Campen with the four lines of Latin poetry by Petrus Scriverius. XXIV, 248, 14 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Book History  Engravings  Haarlem  Printing  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The books of a Belgian collector View picture(s) 17 SERVAIS, Gaspar-Joseph de. Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu monsieur Gaspar-Joseph de Servais. Malines, P.J. Hanicq, 1808. 8vo. Bound. XVI, 440 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  Libraries & Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Library catalogue View picture(s) 18 SOLAR, Félix. Catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. Félix Solar. Paris, J. Techener, 1860. 8vo. Cloth with original wrappers bound in. XIX, 516 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  France  Libraries & Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The library of a member of the French Academy View picture(s) 19 SUARD, [Jean Baptiste Antoine]. Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M.J.B.A. Suard, secrétaires perpétuel de l'Académie Française. Paris, Tilliard Frères, 1817. 8vo. Orig. wrappers. XII, 179 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Americana  Bibliography  Book History  Manuscripts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the few seventeenth-century literary bibliographies View picture(s) 20 TEISSIER, Antoine. (TEISSERIUS). Catalogus auctorum qui librorum catalogos, indices, bibliothecas, virorum litteratorum elogia, vitas, aut orationes funebres, scriptis consignarunt: Ab Antonio Teisserio, uno è viginti sex Academiae Regiae Nemausensis adornatus. Cum Philippi Labbaei bibliotheca nummaria in duas partes tributa. I. De antiquis numismatibus, Hebraeis, Graecis, & Romanis. II. De monetis, ponderibus & mensuris. Et mantissa antiquariae supellectilis, ex annulis, sigillis, gemmis, lapidibus, statuis, obeliscis, inscriptionibus, ritibus, similibusque, romanae praesertim antiquitatis, monimentis collecta. Geneva, Samuel de Tournes, 1686. Large 8vo. Contemporary blind stamped vellum, title in ink on spine. Title page printed red and black. (8), 559, (1), 27, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Art  Book History  Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  Classical Antiquity  Libraries & Collections  Numismatics  Ornaments  Switzerland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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