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ENGELBRECHT, Martin (1684-1756): Carolus Fridericus D. G. Haeres Norwegiae, Dux Holsatiae Slesvicensis, Stormariae, Ditmarsiae, etc. etc.

Augsburg: Published by Martin Engelbrecht, circa 1745. Engraving with thick early colour with gold highlights. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some minor foxing in the margins.. 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. 14 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches. Striking portrait of the King of Denmark and Norway, Frederick V Frederick V (1723-66) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1746-66. At the time of this portrait he was the heir apparent. Denmark and Norway formed one kingdom, which constituted a significant force in European affairs. Martin Engelbrecht was one of the most prolific engravers and printsellers in Augsburg at the close of the 17th century. Along with his brother Christian, Martin dominated the print trade, producing some of the finest prints of his day. His outstanding portraits and landscape studies are beyond compare and his religious and allegorical engravings display a technical aptitude superior to many of his contemporaries. Martin had great success with his optical prints, which were used in perspective boxes. He is best remembered for his equestrian portraits depicting European nobility, and his engravings of Queen Elizabeth and Joseph II are numbered amongst his best work. This stunning portrait of Frederick V is a rare example with vibrant early colour and is a wonderful example of Engelbrecht's superior work.

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MOLIERE, (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit). Oeuvres de Moliere avec des remarques grammaticales; des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque piece par M. Bret. 6 vols. 1773 Paris, (Michel Lambert, for) la Compagnie des Libraires Associes

Titles printed in red and black. With engr. frontispiece portrait of Moliere after Mignard by Cathelin, 6 title-vignettes by and after Moreau le jeune, woodcut head- and tail-pieces after Papillon a.o., and 33 engr. plates after Moreau by Baquoy (3), de Launay (2), Duclos (4), de Ghendt (2), Helman (1), Lebas (1), Legrand (1), Leveau (4), Moreau (1), Masquelier (1), Nee (6), and Simonet (7). 8vo. Contemp. calf, spines in 6 compartments richly gilt with red and green labels (extremities somewhat rubbed). Paris, (Michel Lambert, for) la Compagnie des Libraires Associes, 1773. "An edition remarkable alike for the type and for the beauty of the illustrations" (Lewine), the sought-after edition where pagination numbers 66-67 and 80-81 are used twice ("les meilleures exemplaires ..."; Tchemerzine). Moreau's (1741-1814) illustrations to Moliere testify to his art of finding the style best suited to a particular work. "With Moliere, he aimed above all at character, even approaching the grotesque for plays like "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" (V, 589) and "Le Malade imaginaire" (VI, 509). There is some loss in grace and finesse, no doubt, but in compensation Moreau achieves a firm and illuminating conception of each situation" (Ray). The editor Antoine Bret (1717-1792), himself a dramatist, is best known today for his Moliere edition; he followed the text of the 1734 edition and included the "Vie de Moliere" by Voltaire, to which he added a supplement. Each play is introduced by an "Avertissement" and followed by "Observations". - Pp. 68-78 in vol. I of the "Supplement a la Vie de Moliere" lacking due to a contemporary mistake. - Cohen/de Ricci 716f.; Lewine 363; Brunet III, 1798 ("De toutes les editions des oeuvres de Moliere avec les notes de Bret, celle-ce est la plus belle et la plus recherchee"); Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 50; Tchemerzine VIII, 360; Querard, La France litteraire, VI, 180. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;

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OGAWA, K. [Kazumasa]. [1860-1929]. ILLUSTRATIONS OF JAPANESE LIFE..
LOVELY CREPE PAPER COLLOTYPES OF EARLY JAPAN Per the preface in volume one, "I have to acknowledge my indebt ness to Messrs. K.[ozaburo] Tamamura and S.[eibei] Kajima as well as to Prof. [W.K.] Burton for several of the plates in this volume." * A lovely selection of collotype photographic prints by Ogawa Kazumasa, showing Japan at its best. * EDITION: The two volumes are the first and best editions of the work. * CONTENTS: These two volumes contain the following photographs: Volume 1: The cherry, The "Miko" [Vestal Virgin], The Shiohi [fishing on the dry bed], A courtesan in full costume, Ainu couple;"Senju Kannon," [A thousand-handed goddess of mercy], The "Dai-Kagura," A blind street musician, The "Kamishimo" [The ancient ceremonial dress], Hair dressing, Backyard of tea house, Japanese maiden, The "Go-Inkyo" [retired gentleman], Buddhist priests conspicuous, Shinto priest at prayer, A walk on a snowy day, A carrier; "Sayonara!" [good-bye], An accident, Maidens, The "Suwari Odori"[a dancing], Letter writing, Morning toilet, The "Amma" [shampooer], The "Geisha" [singing girl], Wrestling match, The Ainus at dinner, Examining warps, Reeling the silk from the cocoons, Japanese babies, A damsel. * Volume 2:"Hanami" [flower picnic], Farmers starting for the field, Scene on the "Sumida" river, Entertaining a guest, Rice planting, Farmers in the rice swamp, Mamma !, The Geisha's holding a letter, The "Hatsuni" [The first stock of New Year's goods, Children at meals, a "Matsuri" [Temple festival], The "Jinrikisha" riding on a rainy day, Maple garden at Takinogawa, A miniature garden of a tea house, Basket peddler, The "Ameya" [taffy puller], Porcelain ware shop, The "Komanoya" [fancy good dealer], Carpenters at work, An ox cart, Summer evening on the Shijo river, The "Koto" playing, The "Kabubeshishi," Fencing, Mendicant friars, The "Shiohi" [fishing on the dry bed], Picking tea, An afternoon company, Buddhist priests at prayers, The art of floral arrangement, Sewing, Mother and her baby, Courtesans [prostitutes], A curio dealer's shop, Cloth dealer's shop, Marriage ceremony, "Odori" [dancing], Orchestra, The "Samisen" [banjo], A play, The orchestra, Dancing, Working men's holiday, The "Chanoyu" ceremony, Game of the "Go," Wrestling match, Reeling threads, A well, Silk worm raising, Silk worms on a card, The cotton spinning wheel, Loom, A florist, Farmers in a yard, A vegetable dealer, The Japanese culinary art, Vestal virgins at the Kasuga temple Nara, A sleep, The "Jinrikisha," The "Kago" [The Palanquin], A cup of tea for the company, Family at dinner, "Hakimono" [clogs], Greeting, Green grocer's shop, Vegetable dealer's shop. * SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: This work was Ogawa's attempt to portray Japan to the West, so he use his photographic and English skills to convey his message. In this work he has drawn on typical Japanese images and common people to illustrate what Japan was like in the period just before the turn-of-the century. He there- fore captured "old Japan" before the innovations from the West were imported and changed Japan for ever. The photos show the "innocence" of the Japanese, untouched even by the opening of Japan in 1854 after some forty years. The only places really changed were the port and larger cities. Rural Japan retained its original nature well in to the first 10-15 years of the new century. * BIOGRAPHY OF OGAWA: Extracted from Wikipedia, corrected & edited by us: Ogawa Kazumasa [1860-1929], first name known as Kazuma or Isshin, was a Japanese photographer, printer and publisher who pioneered in photomechanical printing and photography in the Meiji era Japan [1868-1912]. * Kazumasa was born in Saitama prefecture, in the Matsudaira Samurai clan. He started studying English and photography at the age of 15 under Yoshiwara Hideo, then in 1880 he moved to Tokyo in order to further hone his English language skills. One year later, Kazumasa was hired as an interpreter in the Yokohama Police Department, while learning photography from the celebrated Shimoka Renjo in Yokohama. * In 1882, he moved to Boston where he took courses in portrait photography and dry plate process. He also studied collotype printing at Albert Type Company. * Upon his return to Japan in 1884, he opened a photographic studio in Tokyo's Iidabashi, in Kojimachi, which was the first studio of this kind in Tokyo. Four years later, he established the Tsukiji Kampan Seizo Kaisha [Tsukiji dry plate manufacturing company], which manufactured dry plates for use by photographers. In 1889, he set up Japan's first collotype business, the Ogawa Shashin Seihan jo, also referred to as the K. Ogawa printing factory. In the same year, Kazumasa worked as an editor for Shashin Shimpo [The Photography Journal], the only photographic journal available at the time which he printed using the collotype printing process. He also printed KOKKA art journal by the same method. * Ogawa Kazumasa was a founding member of the Japan Photographic Association [Nihon Shashin Kai], which gathered photography amateurs from all around Japan. In 1891 he was responsible for taking 100 pictures of Tokyo's most attractive Geisha, to commemorate the opening of the Ryounkaku. * The contribution by Ogawa to Japanese photography is by and large the most important and fascinating of any Japanese. * Ogawa's photographic contribution to the recorded history of Japanese images can not be underestimated. His photographs and photographic books left an indelible image on what Japan was, how her people looked, their customs and way of life. His legacy of many titles continues to be a valuable primary representation of Japan for this period. For other items by Ogawa, please inquire, as we try to keep his books and photographs in stock. * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. * * * BUY WITH * * * * SHIPPING: WE SHIP WORLD WIDE * * * * * The shipping costs displayed for our books on ZVAB are ONLY AN ESTIMATE !!! * ACTUAL costs are based book weight, destination and value. * We will inform you of shipping costs and options once you select the book. **FOREIGN: We usually ship by registered/insured airmail to customers abroad. **DOMESTIC: We ship to USA customers by UPS/FEDEX or U.S. MAIL, appropriate insurance/registry and signature required will appply. ***** Please inquire if you have any questions regarding shipping or payments .

Tokyo 1896, Kelly & Walsh. Crepe paper books, 2 volume set vol. 1, 2, edited Suteta Takashima, photos by Ogawa, double folded leaves, 32+66 b.w. collotype photos, English captions stitched binding, stained woodcut covers, contents clean.

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Life Magazine. Life Magazine 10/28/66 Invasion DMZ Runs Into Marines. Chicago: Time Inc, 1966.

4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Life Magazine October 28, 1966. Vol. 61, No. 18. 128 pages. The magazine, in illustrated wrapper, is in VERY GOOD condition. The wrapper is intact with the stapled pages. The wrapper has chipping and closed tearing, particularly on spine edge. Minor shelf and edgewear to wrapper edges, mailng label on front wrapper. Pages are age darkened at edges. OPINIONS AND COMMENT EDITORIALS How we would vote in key elections; REVIEWS Movies: Georgy Girl starring James Mason, Alan Bates, and Lynn Redgrave by Eleanore Perry; THEATER REVIEW The Grisly Import of What Art Disowns-the Broadway play THE INVESTIGATION is reviewed yb Peter Weiss; Book Review: Mary Renault at Her Greek Best with THE MASK OF APOLLO, reviewed by Rex Warner; THE FEMININE EYE The nightclub priest, Father Boyd in San Francisco, by Shana Alexander; MARINES BLUNT DMZ INVASION The crucial battle to block North Vietnam's infiltration route through the de-militarized zone. Photographed by Larry Burrows and Co Rentmeester. Infrared cameras spot the enemy at night. By Maynard Parker; ON THE NEWSFORNTS OF THE WORLD A flying "something" touches down in Brazil. UFO's are sited by aviation industry executive James Pfeiffer; A Saturn V launch vehicle is loaded into a Super Guppy, the world's largest capacity airplane to be flown from Los Alamitos, California; The U.S.S. Johnson, a 1,450-ton destroyer is beached at a beachside golf course in Pacifica, California; President Lyndon Johnson, LBJ, and First Lady Lady Bird, visit Pago Pago American Somoa; Elizabeth Arden dies of a heart attack at the age of 81; Singing nun, Sister Smile, a Belgian nun launches a new career with a successful album Dominique; Jim Galanaugh, a New York City fireman dies in a mid-Manhattan cellar, along with 11 other firemen in the most devastating loss in the 101-year history of the city's fire department. People and Events around the Globe; THE PRESIDENCY The Pedernales flows into the Pacific by Hugh Sidey; CLOSE-UP Peter Weiss, scourge of the world's theater; FASHION It's a fine-feathered autumn with Mrs. Robert Scull in Balenciaga's ostrich plume dress. Other designers bird-themed outfits include Pauline Trigere and Rudi Gernreich in peacock; BOOKS Memories of a spry matriarch: Bostonian Abigail Adams Homans becomes an author at 87;50 BILLION BATTLE FOR THE SST It's Lockheed vs. Boeing in the race to build a supersonic airliner, then the winner against the world. Photographed by Cornell Capa. Article by Chris Welles. Photos include Boeing's SST mock up and the Concorde at the Sud-Aviation plant in Toulousse, France, the Lockheed SST fuselage mock-up. The Variable Sweep versus the Fixed Delta wing designs. John Stack from Boeing and Kelly Johnson from Lockheed; photo of top directors of Braniff at a briefing with Lockheed's William Magruder after the airline orders two U.S. SSTs; ONE TWIN BLIND, ONE CAN SEE Courageous parents and medical specialists help a pair of 3-year-olds, Lee and Jeff Rubinstein in Los Angeles. By Margery Byers; ANIMALS Lions loose on a lonely French road;. A circus truck has tire blow out and lion Califfe attacks officers; WARS OF THE INSTANT MEDICIS The elegant Los Angeles museum of art thrives after a stormy start. Ahmanson Gallery and Leo S. Bing Center. By Robert Wernick; THEATER Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE gives Broadway plenty to chew on by Tom Prideaux. Starring Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn; MOVIES The world's best racing drivers play themselves in Cinerama-in a film called GRAND PRIX. Actors James Garner, Yves Montand, French Singer Francoise Hardy aboard Antonio Saboto's Ferrari; MISCELLANY Calvert A. Boyden. Paperback condition: Very Good

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