Extra illustrated books (16 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderRECOLLECTIONS OF THE TABLE-TALK OF SAMUEL ROGERS. TO WHICH IS ADDED PORSONIANA
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - LATE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH). ROGERS, SAMUEL
Verlag: Edward Moxon, London 1856
Anbieter: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, USAPhillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
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Apparently the FIRST EDITION. 200 x 130 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 1/8"). viii, 355 pp. (bound with the half title and with an inserted plate as frontispiece).Edited by Alexander Dyce. VERY PLEASING SLIGHTLY LATER DARK BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, ATTRACTIVELY GILT, covers with French fillet border and elegant botanical cornerpieces, raised bands…, heavily gilt spine in compartments featuring elaborate scrolling cornerpieces, an intricate fleuron centerpiece, and tiny circlets, turn-ins with plain and stippled rules and filigree gilt decoration at corners and midpoints of two sides, textured (silk?) brown and cream millefleur-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 55 PORTRAIT PLATES, five in color, all with tissue guards. Verso of the front free endpaper with the engraved bookplate of Robert B. Lawrence. A hint of browning to some of the inserted plates, but A FINE AND HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY, the text especially fresh, clean, and smooth, and the binding bright and virtually unworn. This is a tastefully bound collection of anecdotes and witty banter recorded by poet Samuel Rogers, whose private means made his gracious home in Westminster a gathering place for the poets and artists of the age. Scion of a wealthy banking family, Rogers (1763-1855) achieved fame with the publication of "The Pleasures of Memory" in 1792. His friend Alexander Dyce, who compiled the present work, tells us in the preface that Rogers "was in the habit of writing down, in all their minutiae, the anecdotes, &c. with which his conversation abounded." These records provide us with an intriguing glimpse of literary society in London in the first half of the 19th century. Our second work, "Porsoniana," contains anecdotes about the "very eminent Greek scholar" Richard Porson (1759-1808), related to Dyce by that individual's close friend William Morby. This edition is one of at least three printings that were issued by Moxon in the initial publication year, and it would seem to be the first appearance of the text. In any case, our volume has the added feature of 55 inserted engravings of the persons discussed in the book. Although the binding is apparently unsigned, the owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf is placed near enough to the top edge that it may be obscuring a stamped binder's signature. The work displayed here is certainly of high enough caliber to have been produced by Riviere or Zaehnsdorf.
Weitere BilderTHE COURTSHIPS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (CATHERINE THE GREAT). SERGEANT, PHILIP W.
Verlag: T. Werner Laurie [1905], London 1905
Anbieter: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, USAPhillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
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Third Edition. 222 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). x, 337, [1] pp. Very attractive brown morocco, gilt to an Arts & Crafts design by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with double fillet border, central panels framed by gilt rules accented with gilt dots at corners and sidepieces, four intersections with gi…lt daisy, an inlaid green morocco dot at center of these blooms and at center of each side of frame, raised bands, spine compartments with gilt fillet frame, trefoil and dots at corners, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. WITH A TOTAL OF 31 ENGRAVED PLATES, six as called for (one of these a map), and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 25 portraits of persons discussed in the book. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Tips and bottom edges of boards a little rubbed, isolated offsetting from inserted engravings, but quite an excellent copy, the text and original plates clean, fresh, and bright, and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn. Gracefully bound and extra-illustrated, this is the Foyle copy of an entertaining biography of Russia's most scandalous empress, written by Philip Walsingham Sergeant (1872-1952), who composed numerous historical biographies, largely of royal women. In the present account of Catherine the Great, Sargeant provides a highly readable version of the life of the empress. As the title of the book suggests, great attention is paid to her various liaisons and controversies ("she was," Sergeant tells us wryly, "a woman whose life gave scandal the fullest opportunity to gather about her"), but also to her importance as a ruler and Enlightenment figure. The very pleasing binding, with its delicate detail and clean Arts & Crafts design, is the work of the leading firm of Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe trained with Douglas Cockerell before founding their own bindery in 1901. They continued in a successful partnership until 1912, when Francis drowned. Despite this loss, the firm grew and prospered, employing a staff of 80 by the mid-1920s and becoming perhaps the most successful English bindery of the 20th century. Our former owner, W. A. Foyle (1885-1963), was himself a bookseller on Charing Cross Road, where he co-founded with his brother the famous Foyle's Bookshop. Foyle was an avid and discriminating collector whose three large sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century. The sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's personal library sold in July set a record for private European collections.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Richard Bentley & Son, London 1881
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FIRST EDITION. 230 x 132 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). QUITE HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY FLECKED CALF, covers with a double gilt fillet frame with rosette cornerpieces, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with a central urn framed by scrolling foliage, red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 9…0 PLATES, most protected by tissue guards. Spines just slightly sunned, occasional light offsetting from plates, a handful of plates with mild foxing, but a fine copy, extremely fresh and quite clean, in an unworn, extremely lustrous binding. Extra-illustrated and attractively bound, this is an appealing copy of John Doran's vignettes of 19th century London life and the theatre. A prolific writer of Irish origin, Doran (1807-78) worked as a private tutor, then became a full-time author and journalist, editing the "Church and State Gazette" and the "Atheneum." He produced many works, usually historical biographies, but also wrote extensively about the theatre, a lifelong passion. He had tried his hand at playwriting as a young man, and writes about the subject here with all the enthusiasm of a confirmed playgoer. The present volume is made up of essays nearly all originally published in the "Temple Bar Magazine," to which Doran regularly contributed. This periodical, which ran from 1860 to 1906, was a leading literary magazine of the day, publishing works by Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Trollope, and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. In our two handsome volumes here, the editors have collected Doran's pieces about the theatre (as the title suggests), but also historical vignettes, biographical sketches, and commentaries on modern life and his own experiences, told, as the introduction puts it, "with a sprightly wit." The present copy is enriched with a large number of attractive plates, primarily portraits depicting figures discussed, from actors to nobility, together with occasional illustrations of unusual scenes and events, such as Lord Nelson's funeral carriage.
Weitere BilderLONDON: ITS CELEBRATED CHARACTERS AND REMARKABLE PLACES
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - LUCIEN BROCA). JESSE, J. HENEAGE
Verlag: Richard Bentley, London 1871
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204 x 132 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). Three volumes expanded to six. FINE CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY LUCIEN BROCA (stamp-signed on front turn-ins), covers with French fillet border, central panel framed by French fillets, fleurons extending obliquely from corners, intricate volute cornerpieces to panel, raised bands, spine compartm…ents with central fleuron within a lozenge of small tools, volute cornerpieces, gilt lettering, densely gilt turn-ins, scarlet silk pastedowns and endleaves, top edges gilt (vol. I with older repairs to head of joints). WITH 303 PLATES, mostly engraved, one double-page, depicting London luminaries and locations, all with paper guards. Each volume with title page of the "Illustrated" edition, printed in red and black. Front pastedowns with bookplate of Joel Cheney Wells. A breath of rubbing to extremities, isolated trivial smudges or small stains, but A VERY FINE SET, clean and fresh internally, with none of the offsetting usually found in extra-illustrated sets, and in well-preserved bindings that are most attractive on the shelf. This is a particularly appealing copy of Jesse's entertaining and informative tour of his beloved city and the characters who have inhabited it over the centuries; it has been professionally "grangerized" with more than 300 relevant illustrations, all with tissue guards; it has been beautifully bound by a master in fine morocco; and, despite these obvious benefits, it has seen very little use. John Heneage Jesse (1809-74) wrote a number of popular historical works, including royal biographies and court memoirs, that drew praise for their conscientious attention to fact and detail, if not for their originality or wit. Described by DNB as "a dedicated Londoner, [who] seldom ventured away from the metropolitan area," Jesse leads us here through the districts of his home city, relating anecdotes, noting the locations of momentous events, and pointing out architectural treasures. The added portraits, scenes, and views help to bring his account to life, and the diligent use of tissue guards has prevented these illustrations from affecting the adjacent leaves in a detrimental way. The very attractive bindings are the work of French-born binder Lucien Broca (1829-1910), who immigrated to London in 1875. According to Tidcombe's "Women Bookbinders," Broca was a "superb trade finisher" who originally worked for Antoine Chatelin, then went into partnership with German émigré Simon Kauffmann from 1876 to 1889. Tidcombe and Sarah Prideaux's former pupil Katherine Adams believed that most of the bindings attributed to Prideaux between 1890 and 1900--some 290 volumes--were actually done by Broca, with Tidcombe giving the Frenchman credit for the "best Prideaux bindings." Prideaux never publicly acknowledged his work, perhaps for fear of disappointing fans of the most famous woman bookbinder in England. Broca moved on to his own business as an "Art Binder" in 1901, and our binding was probably done about that time. The beauty of the present design is dependent on his perfection of finish, and crispness of line and solidity of impression--Broca's hallmarks--wins the day here. This set is from the library of American antiquarian Joel Cheney Wells (1874-1960). Together with his brother, Albert B. Wells (1872-1953), he built an important collection of early American clocks, which now forms the basis of the collection of the Old Sturbridge Village Museum in Massachusetts. His primary business interest was in the eyeglasses industry; he is credited with multiple innovations in the production of glasses and bifocals, which is referenced in the pair of glasses concealed in the border of his bookplate.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, London 1791
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267 x 210 mm. (10 1/2 x 8 1/4"). Two volumes expanded to eight. ORNATE AND SUBSTANTIAL 19TH CENTURY FOREST GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, covers with a gilt French fillet, raised bands, spines (and some corners) renewed with considerable skill, their compartments with urn centerpieces flanked by scrolling foliage, turn-ins gilt t…ooled, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First volume with an engraved frontispiece, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A TOTAL OF 919 PLATES, 96 of them hand colored. Each volume with an added facsimile title page. Pottle 79; Day, "History of English Literature, 1660-1837," pp. 164-65. Boards with a few dark spots (mostly where chafing has been covered with dye), the hinge at the front of seven volumes with paper covering gone (two other hinges partly affected), but everything still very tight; some (never serious) offsetting from plates, intermittent minor foxing, a handful of leaves in Vol I., Part IV with a repaired open tear to upper margin, other trivial defects, but still a set with very considerable appeal--full of visual interest internally, and looking quite grand in a substantial row. Although there are no signs of ownership, this is the elegantly bound Jacques Levy copy of what is often considered to be the greatest biography in any language--extra-illustrated here with an enormous number of plates. James Boswell (1740-95) was a personal friend of his subject, the main reason that this work proved to be the architect of his enduring reputation. It is a tribute to Boswell's skill as a biographer that the bulk of the text is made up of accounts by the author of situations that he himself created so that his subject would be prompted to behave in a revealing and memorable way. Day tells us that Boswell "was a consummate impresario, stage-managing the setting and 'dramatis personae' amidst which Johnson would glitter, and then providing topics and opinions to elicit the magnificent rejoinders of Johnson." The result is that we see an unforgettable portrait of a man who was flawed as well as brilliant--in Day's words, "the most fully realized figure, the most three-dimensional character, in literature." Our previous owner, New York bibliophile Jacques Levy (d. 1980), first began buying on a whim while in Paris for business. He spent the next 40 years building an impressive and eclectic library, which included travel literature, illustrated books, and fine bindings. A dedicated auction of his collection took place at Sotheby's New York on April 20, 2012, realizing more than $6 million. The present copy contains more than 900 added plates which illustrate the settings and figures populating the biography, as well as expanding the two volumes into an imposing set that is quite attractive on the shelf. The first printing of Boswell's Johnson is easy to obtain, but extra-illustrated sets seem to be quite rare: except for the present item (which went for $11,250 at the Levy sale), the last such copy we could trace at auction was a four-volume set sold in 1988. FIRST EDITION, First State (with "gve" reading on p. 135).
Weitere BilderROS ROSARUM EX HORTO POETARUM: DEW OF THE EVER-LIVING ROSE GATHERED FROM THE POETS' GARDEN OF MANY LANDS BY "E. V. B."
(BINDINGS - 19TH CENTURY GILT AND INLAID). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). [BOYLE, ELEANOR VERE]
Verlag: [Printed at the Chiswick Press for] Elliot Stock, London 1885
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FIRST EDITION. 181 x 111 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 3/8"). xxvi, [ii], 274 [i.e. 276, including text leaf marked as pp. 223*-224*], [2] pp. ANIMATED CONTEMPORARY OLIVE BROWN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT AND INLAID, covers with two climbing roses with 70 gilt and inlaid blossoms of wine red or salmon pink morocco and dozens of tiny heart-shaped… leaves rising from the lower corners and winding up the sides before curving toward the center of the board in a heart shape, the branches on a pointill? ground accented with tiny droplets, upper cover with monogram of Eleanor Vere Boyle, raised bands, spine panels with rose branch featuring three inlaid blooms on a pointill? ground, gilt lettering, wide turn-ins with gilt rose sprays at corners, yellow watered silk endleaves, top edge gilt. With original front wrapper bound in at rear. (Front joint replaced with great skill.) With floral vignettes on title and half title, decorative headpieces and initials, and 11 full-page wood engravings by Boyle, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 28 engravings by Eisen, Mariller, Gravelot, and many others. Spine lightly sunned to a hazel brown, some extra-illustrations a little foxed, occasional light to moderate offsetting from plates, but the contents in excellent condition, clean and bright throughout, and the binding with only the most negligible signs of wear. The subject here is roses--on the extremely charming and exuberant binding, in the text, and in the illustrations. They were the favorite flower of author and illustrator Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825-1916), who planted them on a large scale in her garden at Huntercombe Manor. The popular illustrator of 14 children's books, Boyle used most of her income to support charitable works in the parish where her husband was vicar. In her 50s, she turned from illustrating to writing, focusing primarily on nature and gardens as her subjects. Here, she has collected English poems as well as translations in English of excerpts from poems in Greek, Latin, Persian, Italian, and French, all of them celebrating the rose. Her illustrations show either close-ups of a flower or an adorable cupid, accompanied by the flower of Venus. The press work in the present volume is first rate, as one expects from the Chiswick Press, and the binding is a riot of floral glimmering. Although the binding is unsigned, the animated, unconventional design is reminiscent of the work of the Guild of Women Binders, while the execution is of exceptional quality, equal to the productions by leading London workshops like Riviere and Zaehnsdorf.
Weitere BilderTHE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
(BINDINGS - SOTHERAN). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). FIELDING, HENRY
Verlag: Didot, Paris 1780
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224 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Eight volumes. BEAUTIFUL GREEN MOROCCO FOR SOTHERAN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers framed with graceful twining roses, the flowers inlaid in red and white morocco, raised bands, spine gilt in six compartments, four with inlaid rosebuds, wide morocco turn-ins similarly decorated, l…eather hinges, scarlet silk moiré endleaves, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 150 PLATES from various other editions of the book. Each volume with an added title page printed in red and black. Front pastedown of each volume with the morocco ex-libris of W. A. Foyle. The final volume with the paper wrapper for a booklet of engravings illustrating the story after Alfred Johannot (Paris: Furne, 1836) bound in. Cross III, 318; Day, "History of English Literature, 1660-1837," pp. 229-34. Spines sunned to a uniform tan (as nearly always with green morocco), lower board edges a little rubbed, text with some light foxing and occasional insignificant browning, a handful of plates rather foxed, here and there some offsetting from plates, but the text largely very clean. An extremely pretty set with considerable shelf appeal in excellent condition inside and out. This is a sumptuously bound extra-illustrated copy of Fielding's 18th century classic, from one of the most important libraries of the last century. Day tells us that this landmark publication, initially printed in 1749, was the first avowed novel in English (Fielding's precursor, Defoe, claimed his stories were true and Richardson said that his were akin to sermons), and a work that some still call the greatest novel in English because of its attention to characters set against the backdrop of society. The plot begins with the finding and raising of Tom by Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and then follows Tom's adventures, many amorous, after his banishment from the Allworthy house because of bad behavior. In the comic ending, mysteries are revealed and relationships set aright. Cross says that "no one before Fielding had ever written a novel comparable with his in its reliance upon contemporary facts of human nature, and this brilliant and innovative narrative met with such immediate commercial success that the first printing was sold out before its printing could be finished, and at least four more editions were published in the same year as the first." The text here is accompanied by illustrations from several other editions of the work by artists including George Cruikshank, Thomas Uwins, Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, and Alfred Johannot. Our handsome copy was bound for the long-established British bookseller Henry Sotheran & Co. Many renowned workshops produced bindings for Sotheran, especially Riviere, the firm's collaborator on their famed "Cosway" bindings. While this binding is unsigned, its tasteful Arts & Crafts style rose design and high-quality execution certainly support an attribution to the Riviere bindery. Also, our copy boasts a distinguished previous ownership: W. A. Foyle (1885-1963) was co-founder with his brother of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in Charing Cross Road. During his career, he built an impressive personal library at his home of Beeleigh Abbey. The three large Foyle sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century, and the equivalent sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's library sold that July set a record for private European collections.
Weitere BilderTHE LIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALS OF GEORGE TICKNOR
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - SETS). (TICKNOR, GEORGE). HILLIARD, GEORGE
Verlag: James R. Osgood, Boston 1877
Anbieter: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, USAPhillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
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233 x 155 mm. (9 1/4 x 6"). Each volume with additional specially printed title page. Two volumes bound in six. MOST ATTRACTIVE RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY KAUFMANN (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers bordered by gilt rules and drawer-handle ornaments, central panel with gilt fillet frame and oblique fleuron cornerpieces,…raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with large central fleuron in a lozenge of small tools, intricately scrolling cornerpieces, gilt lettering, turn-ins with decorative gilt rules and rolls, gilt griffin-patterned endpapers, top edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 333 PLATES, composed of 288 portraits (two in color) and 45 views, all with guards Title pages with ownership signature of Sophia Augusta Brown, dated January 1878. Spines very slightly and evenly darkened, the vaguest hint of wear to extremities, perhaps 10 percent of plates a bit foxed (half a dozen noticeably browned), otherwise a very fine and handsome set--clean and fresh internally (the text protected from offsetting or foxing by the plate guards), and in lustrous bindings with few signs of use. This attractively bound set, lavishly illustrated with a variety of relevant portraits and landscapes, links two of America's most important bibliophilic legacies. The subject of the biography, George Ticknor (1791-1871), was an American author and academic, specializing in the subject areas of languages and literature, and is best known for his education reforms and scholarly work on the history and criticism of Spanish literature. In 1817, Ticknor was selected as Smith professor of French and Spanish languages and literatures and professor of belles-lettres at Harvard University, where he would teach for the next 16 years. In the years of his professorship, he amassed a valuable and extensive library, which became one of the largest private collections in the country and included an impressive collection of Spanish and Portuguese literature. In 1848, Ticknor helped found the Boston Public Library, to which he donated his collection. This copy of his biography was owned by Sophia Augusta Brown, the scion of another important family of bibliophiles. Brown's father was noted collector John Carter Brown, whose extensive library now resides at Brown University; her family was also instrumental in the founding of the Providence Library and the Providence Athenaeum. The binding here deserves special mention. According to Ramsden, our binder Simon Kaufmann joined the firm of Lucien Broca in London ca. 1875, and established his own premises in Soho three years later, operating a workshop there until 1889. This set, with its rich crimson leather sparkling with gilt, is particularly pleasing on the shelfquite fitting for the sort of bibliophile's library the Browns and Ticknor cultivated.
Weitere BilderTHE WORLD OF FASHION 1837-1922
(BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (FASHION). NEVILL, RALPH
Verlag: Methuen & Co, London 1923
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218 x 138 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). vii, [1], 280 pp. ELEGANT DARK BLUE MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with gilt fillet frame, stippled volute cornerpieces, UPPER COVER WITH LOVELY MINIATURE PORTRAIT of a fashionable lady, the painting under glass and surrounded by a gilt-tooled frame, raised bands…, spine compartments with volute frame, gilt lettering, gilt-framed turn-ins, ecru moir? silk endleaves, all edges gilt. WITH 21 PLATES OF FASHIONABLE PEOPLE, five of these called for (one color), and 16 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED (seven of these in color, one double-page, and nine in black & white), all with tissue guards. Spine gently sunned to navy blue, just a hint of rubbing to joints, but still quite a fine copy--clean and fresh internally, and with almost no signs of use inside or out. This handsomely illustrated look at the London social scene during the Victorian and Edwardian eras and after the Great War comes in a suitably chic binding by the last Victorian bindery still in family hands. Author Ralph Nevill (1865-1933) was a denizen of the world he writes about, being the son of one of the leading hostesses of the day, Lady Dorothy Walpole Nevill (1826-1913); DNB notes that "family tradition" held that Ralph's father was her close friend, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield. Nevill has a wide array of insider anecdotes to share about country house life, the pleasures of London society, and prominent politicians and journalists. He makes it clear that the Victorian era was preferable to the 20th century, and nothing is more drab that the post-war world. The illustrations feature portraits of prominent men, landscapes of stately homes, and scenes from the balls, operas, and royal occasions that made up the London Season. The very pretty binding is in the Cosway style made popular by bookseller Henry Sotheran and the Riviere bindery, characterized by a miniature painting set under glass on the covers or doublures. Our binding was done by the venerable English firm founded in Bath by George Bayntun in 1894. Among the great English workshops of the Edwardian "golden age" of lavish bindings, Bayntun has the distinction of being the only one located outside London's West End to be sought after by bibliophiles. Bayntun was a worthy rival to the likes of Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Riviere & Son (the latter being subsumed by Bayntun in 1939). Bayntun of Bath continues to create fine hand bindings for bibliophiles. Unusually, the miniature painting in our binding is signed by the artist, but we were unable to decipher the signature, and the Bayntun bindery did not have any information about the painter's identity.
Weitere BilderAN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1815, UNDER HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON . . . COMPRISING THE BATTLES OF LIGNY, QUATRE BRAS, AND WATERLOO
(COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). (NAPOLEONIC WARS). MUDFORD, WILLIAM
Verlag: Henry Colburn, London 1817
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FIRST EDITION. 322 x 274 mm. (12 3/4 x 10 3/4"). One volume extended to two. SUMPTUOUS CRIMSON STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, BY MORRELL (stamp-signed on front turn-ins) covers with wide frame decorated with Neoclassical ornaments, raised bands, spine compartments framed by volutes and flowers, gilt lettering, gilt-framed turn-in…s, scarlet watered silk endleaves, leather hinges, top edges gilt. WITH 30 HAND-COLORED PLATES, as called for, including a double-page view of the Battle of Waterloo, a folding battle plan for Ligny, and a folding map of the route from Brussels to Paris, the last two expertly repaired and backed in linen, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 66 PLATES, eight of these hand-colored, most portraits of military leaders. With "Portraits of General Officers" used as the frontispiece, as in Abbey, in place of the seldom-seen plate, "Waterloo, in Memory of Shaw of the Life Guards," that appears in some copies (but is not on the list of plates). With an ALS dated Dublin Castle, 1st Oct[?] 1819, signed by Lord Whitworth. Front flyleaves with engraved armorial bookplate of Frederick S. Peck. Abbey "Life" 372; Tooley 336; Cohn, "Cruikshank" 556. âJoints, edges, and corners with visible but not serious wear, one plate with neatly repaired marginal tear just touching edge of image, occasional mild foxing, additional trivial imperfections, otherwise fine--clean and fresh internally, with richly colored plates, in a lustrous binding bright with gilt. This is a very attractively illustrated celebration of Wellington's victorious campaign against Napoleon, offered here in a special copy enhanced by additional plates, many depicting principal actors in the conflict, and a stately Neoclassical binding. Famed illustrator George Cruikshank drew the frontispiece depicting the seven general officers for the British side, along with the ebullient illustrated title depicting victory, the double-page plate of the fateful Battle of Waterloo, and the ignominious "Flight of Bonaparte." The plates contributed by James Rouse mostly depict the countryside and villages in the area where fighting was taking place. Journalist and novelist William Mudford (1782-1848) wrote the text with assistance from primary sources, among these the Duke of Wellington himself, to whom the work is dedicated. Mudford was the editor of the "Courier," an evening journal with a conservative stance on politics. His prose is described as "vigorous" by the "Dictionary of Literary Biography," which also notes his flair for creating atmosphere. These gifts were brought to bear on the present account, rendering this historic campaign in vivid terms. The manuscript letter inserted into the second volume was written by Lord Charles Whitworth (1752-1825), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at the time of writing. He had been the British Ambassador to France when Napoleon was first consul, and had gained much respect for the determination and dignity with which he had handled the mercurial Bonaparte's tirades against his country. Here, he recommends to an unknown recipient the person who had conducted financial affairs for him in France. The present bindings are the work of the London bindery of W. T. Morrell, established about 1861 as successor to the firm begun by Francis Bedford, who, in turn, had taken over the famous bindery of Charles Lewis. Prideaux in her "Modern Bookbindings" says that Morrell at that time had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men," which were "remarkable for their variety and merit." The scion of an old and prosperous New England family, former owner Frederick Stanhope Peck (1868-1947) was an avid collector of books and manuscripts, amassing a collection of more than 8,000 titles. When his library went to auction in 1944, it was noted for its fine bindings and excellent condition.
Weitere BilderLA PUCELLE D'ORLÉANS, POËME EN VINGT-UN CHANTS
(FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE
Verlag: de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet an VII [1799], Paris 1799
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228 x 150 mm. (9 x 6"). Two volumes. Very attractive 19th century red morocco by Capé (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), French fillet border, raised bands, compartments with central quatrefoil surrounded by lacy gilt tooling, gilt lettering, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Housed in a later marbled slipcase. WITH engraved… frontispiece by Gaucher and 21 ENGRAVED PLATES after Marillier, Monsiau, and Ponce (as called for), AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 46 PLATES (comprised of a suite of 20 small plates, a suite of 21 large plates, and five portraits). Verso of front free endpaper with the bookplate of Jacques Bastenet. Cohen-de Ricci 1035; Graesse VI, 393. See also: Cohen-de Ricci 1047-48 for the plates by Moreau. âTwo three-inch abrasions on one cover and a hint of wear to joints (both very well disguised by refurbishment), leather faintly soiled, but the decorative bindings still lustrous and quite pleasing, without any significant condition issues. Occasional, mostly light, foxing (never serious, and most of the plates clean, but noticeable enough to be regrettable), some of the smaller extra-illustrations slightly browned due to paper stock, but still a book with considerable appeal, inside and out, with the engravings richly impressed. This printing of Voltaire's mock-heroic "Pucelle," a licentious burlesque based on the Joan of Arc story, features the same beautiful engravings found in the Didot edition of 1795 (but without the frames), plus two additional suites of plates taken from other editions. The set of 20 small plates seem to be close copies of Gravelot's illustrations from the 1762 Geneva edition of "La Pucelle"; the set of 21 larger images are by Moreau, all but two being before letters. The latter set probably comes from the suite of images for Voltaire's "Oeuvres" published by Renouard in 1802, of which there were just 40 copies before letters, according to Cohen-de-Ricci. Capé was one of the most distinguished binders in France in the middle years of the 19th century, being especially well known for the delicacy of his work (as evidenced by our spines). He was the binder to the Empress Eugénie, and Béraldi calls him "the Bozérian of the second Empire.".
Weitere BilderMEMOIRS OF EMINENT ENGLISHWOMEN
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (ENGLISH HISTORY, WOMEN IN). (BINDINGS - BAYNTUN). COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART
Verlag: Richard Bentley, London 1844
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FIRST EDITION. 220 x 138 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Four volumes. HANDSOME BURGUNDY MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins), covers with triple gilt-ruled frame interlinking with a triple-gilt-ruled diamond, raised bands with gilt dots, gilt ruled compartments with gilt diamond shapes, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled t…urn-ins with a floral tool at each corner, all edges gilt. With 18 portraits as called for, four of these with hand coloring, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 60 PLATES. Only the barest hint of wear to extremities, spines just a shade darker than covers, a handful of portraits a bit foxed, but A FINE SET, clean and fresh internally, the bindings lustrous, and the set obviously very little used. This is a very attractively bound set containing the biographies of 38 notable Englishwomen, extra-illustrated with plates depicting some of the people and places integral to the subjects' lives. Covering the period from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the 18th century, these four volumes include many women of noble birth and position, such as Arabella Stuart, Elizabeth Cromwell, and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia; poets and artists such as Susanna Centlivre, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Mary Beale; and women famous for their fantastic deeds, such as Jane Lane, who assisted Charles II during his escape after the Battle of Worcester. Our author Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a miniaturist, poet, and writer of biographies, travel stories, and fiction. According to DNB, "her biographies of royal and noble women--which clearly traded on the popularity of similar works by Lucy Aikin, the Strickland sisters, and Mary Anne Everett Green--were creditable examples of this literary genre and generally involved some original research." For the present work, Costello relied heavily on access to the library and papers of the duke of Devonshire, whom she thanks in her introduction. In addition to 18 portraits called for in the contents (several of which were drawn by Costello herself), this set has been "grangerized" with 60 additional plates that further illustrate the life and times of these illustrious women. The lustrous bindings by an eminent British firm are an additional source of pleasure, making a beautiful appearance on the shelf.
Weitere BilderJAMES AND HORACE SMITH: A FAMILY NARRATIVE
(BINDINGS - GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). BEAVAN, ARTHUR
Verlag: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, London 1899
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190 x 125mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). xii, 128 pp.; 1 p.l. (volume II title page handwritten in ink), 129-312 pp. One volume expanded to two. Fine crimson crushed morocco by the Guild of Women Binders (stamp-signed in gilt on front pastedown), raised bands, stylized gilt lettering on spines, all edges gilt. With five portraits, as called f…or, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 264 PLATES, 31 of these colored, 12 folding, about half of them scenes or views, the rest portraits. Also containing the bookplate of David Garrick (mounted on card at p. 10); an autograph letter, signed, from George Smart; an invoice or accounting signed by Eliza Matthews; and five other autographs mounted on heavy stock. Occasional trivial offsetting from inserted plates, but A VERY FINE COPY, clean and fresh internally, in unworn bindings. Richly extra-illustrated with depictions of the people, places, and events discussed in the text, this joint biography of brothers James and Horace Smith was simply and tastefully bound by members of the Guild of Women Binders. Although James (1775-1839) was a lawyer and Horace (1779-1849) a successful stockbroker, both had literary aspirations and enjoyed being part of theatrical and artistic circles. Their dreams were realized when in 1812 the Drury Lane Theatre offered a £50 prize for an address to be recited on the theater's reopening following repair of fire damage. The Smiths hit on the idea of producing parodies of popular poets, with James imitating Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge, while Horace took on Byron, Moore, and Scott. Their humorous publication was an unexpected runaway hit, going to seven editions in three months. According to Britannica, "'Rejected Addresses' are the most widely popular parodies ever published in England, and take classical rank in literature. . . . A striking feature is the absence of malice; none of the poets caricatured took offence, while the imitation is so clever that both Byron and Scott are recorded to have said that they could hardly believe they had not written the addresses ascribed to them." In addition to being witty, both men were kind and generous friends, often helping impecunious artists. Percy Shelley and Horace became friends after competing in a sonnet-writing contest (which Shelley won by producing "Ozymandias"). Before leaving for Italy, the poet entrusted his financial affairs to Horace, of whom he said, "Is it not odd that the only truly generous person I ever knew who had money enough to be generous with should be a stock-broker? He writes poetry and pastoral dramas and yet knows how to make money, and does make it, and is still generous." The binding here was produced by the Guild of Women Binders, established by bookseller Frank Karslake in 1898 to give an organizational identity to a group of women already at work binding books in various parts of Britain, often in their own homes. Karslake first became interested in women binders when he visited the Victorian Era Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1897, held to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He was impressed with a number of bookbindings at the Jubilee exhibit, prominent among them being those of Mrs. Annie MacDonald of Edinburgh, and he invited the women to exhibit their work in his shop at 61 Charing Cross Road. The Guild was formed soon thereafter, and operated until 1904. As Tidcombe notes, "because the women were generally unaware of the long history of traditional bookbinding design, they produced designs that were freer and less stereotyped than those of men in the trade." Our binding is more restrained that other Guild works, but the spine lettering, which juxtaposes curves and sharp angles, stands out as a distinctive feature.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Chapman and Hall, London 1870
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FIRST EDITION in book form. 215 x 140 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2). vii, [1] (blank), 190 pp. Without the leaf of publisher's ads. VERY ATTRACTIVE SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO BY CEDRIC CHIVERS (stamp-signed on rear turn-in) ca. 1911, covers framed by one blind and two gilt fillets, upper cover with INLAID PAINTED VELLUCENT ESCUTCHEON with th…e arms of the city of Rochester within a "tiled" gilt frame, the inlay enclosed by Art Nouveau floral design incorporating a heart motif, an onlaid citron morocco heart at the foot of the design, three raised bands dividing the spine into two small compartments, slightly larger compartment with gilt titling, and an elongated compartment with inlaid vellucent and gilt escutcheon displaying the arms of the county of Kent, within similar Art Nouveau tooling featuring an onlaid citron heart, turn-ins ruled in gilt, with dot cornerpieces, leather hinges, red watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait, engraved vignette title, and 12 plates (as called for) by S. L. Fildes, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with reproductions of a black & white portrait of Fildes and an engraved portrait of John Forster (both taken from contemporary publications?), a reduced reproduction of the original green paper wrapper cover (all three of these mounted in heavy stock frames), additional calligraphed title page noting extra-illustrations, 16 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS, FOUR OF THESE WATERCOLORS, 13 dry-point, all but one mounted in heavy stock frames (one drawn directly on heavy stock), all captioned, and all with tissue guards. Front flyleaf with embossed ex-libris of Dana C. Bradford. With "The Last Book," a seven-page excerpt from Forster's "Life of Dickens," mounted in frames at rear, following a handwritten section title page. âSlight rippling of some of the inserted leaves, text faintly yellowed because of paper stock (as no doubt in all copies), perhaps a whisper of wear to the binding, but still and easily a very fine copy. In terms of content, illustration, binding, and condition, this item is obviously of very considerable appeal. Dickens' final, unfinished novel, "Edwin Drood," is a murder mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Set in a lightly fictionalized version of Rochester, near which Dickens was living, the plot involves a marriage engagement between the two orphans Drood and Rosa Budd, made by their parents and distasteful to both of them. When Drood disappears, suspicion falls heavily on Neville, another orphaned young man, who is in love with Rosa. Neville has the reader's sympathy, and we can only hope that Drood's sinister and scheming uncle Jasper is the culprit. A distinguished artist who did many famous portraits in his later years, Samuel Luke Fildes (1844-1927) began as an illustrator known especially for powerful black and white images of social realism; his career was measurably advanced by his selection as the artist to execute the plates in "Edwin Drood." Cedric Chivers opened his Bath bindery in the 1880s, producing various kinds of fine decorative bindings, but specializing in a "vellucent" binding based on the 18th century painted vellum work of Edwards of Halifax. Here, he has used the vellucent technique to create the shields with the arms of Rochester and Kent inlaid on the cover and spine. The anonymous watercolors here are extremely attractive, being skillfully done in pleasing colors. They are mostly depictions of the novel's localities, generally in Rochester.
Weitere BilderA BRIEF MEMOIR OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH; PREPARED FOR AND PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER FOR APRIL, 1862, AND NOW REPRINTED WITH ADDITIONS
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - THE ROSE BINDERY). (RALEIGH, SIR WALTER). DRAKE, SAMUEL G.
Verlag: Printed for the Author for private distribution, Boston 1862
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235 x 175 mm. (9 3/8 x 6 7/8"). 35, [1] pp. HANDSOME BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY THE ROSE BINDERY OF BOSTON (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with wide frame of multiple gilt fillets, curling leaf tools, and daisy tools, raised bands, spine gilt in triple-ruled compartments with two leaf tools at center, turn-ins fram…ed by gilt rules and daisy tools, light brown moiré silk doublures and endleaves, top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 25 PLATES, including steel engravings, copperplates, etchings, a mezzotint, and a woodcut, all depicting people and events from the text. Front flyleaf with morocco bookplate of Frank Deering; original front wrapper with ink presentation inscription: "Mr. Wm. B. Trask / with the regards of / the Author." Text leaves with light, even toning, occasional faint offsetting from plates or tissue guards, one plate with mild foxing, otherwise a lovely copy, the text and plates clean and fresh, and THE HANDSOME BINDING LUSTROUS AND UNWORN. This short overview of the life of the Elizabethan courtier and explorer is most attractively bound and extra-illustrated with portraits of Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth, Francis Drake, and other members of the court, as well as friends and rivals of the book's subject, along with a view of the Tower of London where he was imprisoned, the battle with the Spanish Armada, and the famous scene in which Raleigh gallantly placed his cloak over a puddle for the queen to cross. The text is an anomaly in the writings of antiquarian and genealogist Samuel Drake (1798-1875), who wrote primarily about early New England, including several accounts of Indian captivities. Drake presented this copy, in its original wrapper, to his fellow editor at the "New-England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal," William Trask. The book was later extra-illustrated and elegantly bound for distinguished Maine collector Frank Deering (1866-1939) by the Rose Bindery in Boston, a firm that catered to bibliophiles. Around the turn of the 20th century, Boston was home to a number of hand binderies, formed as part of the American embrace of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Hoping to stand out from the competition, the Rose Bindery did not advertise, but published a small booklet outlining the services they offered for "the owners of libraries but more especially of rare volumes, first editions, unique books that require new bindings or where the present binding should be repaired so as to preserve or restore its original character and beauty." The booklet also explained the bindery's creative approach: "It has been truly said that a great deal more thought should be put into what is left out of the design than to what is put into it; dignity and character should always be uppermost in the mind of the designer." Our binding embodies this philosophy, with restrained and elegant tooling, with an unusual curling leaf tool thoughtfully deployed. Deering was head of a lumber company and also served in his state's legislature. History was his main area of interest, and his library contained an impressive collection of early Americana. According to his obituary in the journal of the American Antiquarian Society, "One of the prominent features of his library was the almost complete collection which he gathered of Indian narratives and captivities, in which field his collection was un-rivalled in the country." It seems likely he knew of Samuel Drake due to their shared interest in this topic. The special treatment he commissioned for this book adds greatly to its allure, as does the pristine condition of the binding.
Weitere BilderKISSES: A POETICAL TRANSLATION OF THE BASIA . . . WITH THE ORIGINAL LATIN, AND AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS
(EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - TAFFIN). SECUNDUS, JOANNES [EVERAERTS, JAN]
Verlag: Printed by D. Bond, for J. Bew, London 1778
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240 x 148 mm. (9 1/2 x 5 7/8"). x, [11]-238 pp. LOVELY DARK BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT BY TAFFIN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with gilt frame entwined with large lozenge and with rays emanating from central ornate medallion to corners, raised bands, spine gilt in densely stippled co…mpartments with central roundel and floral tools, gilt titling, gilt rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Extra engraved title page with tondo portrait of the poet and engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi, as called for, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 32 DELIGHTFUL ENGRAVINGS BY EISEN AND COCHIN printed on Japon, consisting of 12 full-page scenes, eight tailpieces (these with a second printing of the ornament in sanguine tipped on the plate), and two larger vignettes printed in sanguine tipped onto flyleaves at front and rear. Old dealer description tipped onto front free endpaper. Brunet V, 257; ESTC T101632. See also: Gray, "The Art of Love Poetry," pp. 83-85. Trivial rubbing to joints, intermittent minor foxing to text (due to paper quality), but still A FINE COPY, the plates bright and richly impressed, the binding lustrous and with few signs of wear. This is an attractive edition of a popular and influential collection of Renaissance love poetry, enhanced with amorous engravings by Rococo masters and beautifully bound by a Belle Epoque Parisian binder. In his brief life, Jan Everaerts, or Johannes Secundus (1511-36) studied law in Paris, served as secretary to a Spanish archbishop, and achieved enduring fame for the neo-Latinist poems he wrote, based on the works of Catullus. Originally published posthumously in 1541, this series of 19 poems exploring the joys of kissing "significantly influenced the development of European love poetry," according to Gray. In his essays, Montaigne noted that he found the "Basia" equally as entertaining as the "Decameron" or Rabelais. The gallant engravings here, showing flirtatious couples of the ancien régime, complement the verses perfectly. These include some of the images Charles Eisen created for the Fermiers-Généraux edition of La Fontaine's "Contes et Nouvelles," considered some of the finest French illustrations of the 18th century. Bryan says that Eisen (1720-78), court painter to Louis XV and drawing master to Madame de Pompadour, had a hand in "almost all the important [illustrated] books published in France in his time." His "exquisite plates [are] engraved with a light point and with striking originality." He "took his inspirations direct from nature, but add[ed] something of the ideal, after the manner of Watteau and Boucher." The elegant binding was created by the Taffin workshop in Paris, the upscale hand-bindery operated by Lille publishers and trade binders Taffin-Lefort. Flety notes that Taffin took over the rue de Savoie workshop of E. Rouselle in 1895 and, after a move to new premises following the First World War, the bindery continued to operate until 1954. Third Edition, with Additions, and the "Epithalamium" Newly Translated.
