London: R. Ackerman, 1821. A Remarkably Crisp Copy of Rowlandson's and Woodward's Satirical Illustrations Depicting the Tradesmen of London WOODWARD, George Moutard, ROWLANDSON, Thomas illustrators. Country Characters. London: Pubd.… by R. Akerman [sic], [1800? but 1821]. First edition, later issue with the plates watermarked 1821*** Quarto (11 x 8 5/8..... More
London: Printed by Englemann, Hullmandel or Lefevre for W. Spooner, 1831. Mansion's Fancy Ball Dress Complete with Thirty Magnificent Hand Colored Lithographs of the Highest Quality Depicting the Costumes of Europe and Russia MANSION, aka André Léon Larue. [Fancy Ball Dress]. [London: W. Spooner, 1831-32]. First edition. Large folio (18..... More
London: Pubd.…by R. Ackermann, 1831. Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs of Regional Costume MANSION, aka André Léon Larue. National Ball Costumes. London: Pubd.… by R. Ackermann, 1831-1832. Folio. Twelve numbered hand-colored lithographed plates (measuring approximately 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 193 x 138 mm. on sheets measuring approximately 15 3/8..... More
Paris: Rittner et Goupil, 1837. French Society Enjoying the Foibles and Vices of Carnival as Depicted by Gavarni Six Exceptionally Rare Hand Colored Lithograph Plates GAVARNI, Paul [Sulpice Guillaume Chevallier]. Souvenirs de Carnaval par Gavarni. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, [1837]. First edition, first issue. Elephant folio (20 3/4 x 13..... More
Paris: Martinet, 1822. Exceptionally Rare Series of Sixty Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Depicting the “Cries of Paris” JOLY, Adrien Jean-Baptiste (Muffat). Les Petits Acteurs du Grand Theatre ou Recueil de divers Cris de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1822. Fourth edition, the rarest of all, and a Large Paper copy. Quarto (11..... More
London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. Chalon's Costume of Paris - A Superb Large Paper Example Complete with Twenty-Four Wonderful Hand Colored Lithograph Plates And the Four Original Pictorial Lithograph Wrappers CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed..... More
Hamburg: , 1808. Eighteen Super Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Christoffer and Cornelius Suhr Documenting the Uniforms of the Legendary Roman Division SUHR, Christoffer. SUHR, Cornelius. Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and Uniformen der Division des Marquis de la Romana, 1807 und 1808, in Hamburg in Garnison. Gezeichnet von Christ. Suhr..... More
London: W. Bulmer for Boydell, Alici of St. Petersburg, and others, 1803-1804. The Hand Colored Plates Show the Spontaneity and Spirit Possible When the Artist is His Own Engraver ATKINSON, John Augustus, illustrator & engraver. WALKER, James. A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, in..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d...... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1816. "One of the Rarest of Alken's Works" Seven Magnificent Hand Colored Etched Plates Depicting 'The Miseries of Shooting' ALKEN, Henry. [Sporting Discoveries, or The Miseries of Shooting in a series of seven plates, Being Hints to Young Sportsmen. By Ben Tally-Ho. Author of "Qualified..... More
London: S. W. Fores, 1800. The Rarest Woodward of All London Is No Place To Be In The Summer WOODWARD, George Moutard (designer). [SANSON, Francis, engraver]. Every Body Out Of Town exemplified in six characteristic prints and illustrative labels [with] Every Body In Town exemplified in six characteristic prints and..... More
London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, 1823. Exceptionally Rare Alken Title With Forty Finely Hand-Colored Soft Ground Etchings Depicting Equitation, Hunting and Other Sports ALKEN, Henry. Alken's New Sketch Book. London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, [1823]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 220..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261..... More
London?: , 1924. A Charming Hand Colored Manuscript Containing Five of our Favorite Nursery Rhymes [MANUSCRIPT] AUNTIE EDIE. Nursery Rhymes for "Jim" at Bed-Time. From: "Auntie Edie" 18.7.24. [London?], 1924. Oblong quarto (8 x 11 3/8 inches; 202 x 290 mm.). [5] leaves (including wrappers). Richly illustrated throughout in ink..... More
London : MacMillan & Co Limited, 1903. One of the Finest S & S Pictorial Inlaid Bindings that we have ever seen SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. BURNEY, Frances. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney. With an introduction by..... More
Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. "The Lame Devils of Paris" Exceptionally Rare Suite of Six Hand Colored Lithographed Plates [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Le Diable Boiteux A Paris, Par Gabriel Scheffer. [Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. First edition. Part one only (of two). Oblong quarto (9 1/8 x 12 3/8..... More
![Item #05384 Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Jean-Gabriel...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05384_0000copy.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695423772)
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1829. 'What One Says And What One thinks' Sixty Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. First edition. Complete. Oblong folio (9 3/4 x 13 inches;..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1830. Parisian Customs and Social Interactions as Seen by Edmé-Jean Pigal Seventy Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates PIGAL, Edmé Jean. Moeurs Parisiennes par Pigal. Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, [1823]. First and only edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 333 x 252 mm.). Lithographed title-page..... More
![Item #05569 Windsor Castle [&] St. James's, or the Court of Queen Anne. George CRUIKSHANK,...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05569_0156.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695060081)
London: Ainsworth Magazine, [1842-45]. Two First Editions from the Original Ainsworth Magazine Parts Windsor Castle & Saint James's, or the Court of Queen Anne Superbly bound by Tout of London including many of the Original Wrappers and Advertisements etc. CRUIKSHANK, George. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance. Illustrated..... More
London : John C. Nimmo, 1892. The Cruikshankian Momus With Fifty-Two Hand Colored Plates [CRUIKSHANK, Isaac, Robert and George]. The Cruikshankian Momus. 'Let Momus rule the day'. Pictorial Broadsides and Humorous Song-Geadings. Fifty-two comic designs to popular ballads by the three Cruikshanks, the elder Isaac, Robert and the Great George..... More
London: James Cochrane, 1832. Two Hand Colored Plated by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator.SMOLLETT (Tobias George). The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By Tobias Smollett, M.D. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: James Cochrane, 1832. First edition with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches;..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. A collection of poems and short stories, full of humor Thirteen illustrations by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. MERLE, William Henry. Odds and Ends. In Prose and Verse. By William Henry Merle, Esq. Illustrated by George Cruikshank from designs by..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Comic Blackstone CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. A’BECKETT. The Comic Blackstone. A New Edition. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857. Two parts in one mall octavo volume (6 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 169 x 105 mm.). xii, 252 pp. Engraved woodcut..... More
London: Alfred Miller, 1830. The Tale of a Gentleman Wag by 'The Water Poet' Illustrated by Robert Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, Robert. TAYLOR, John. Monsieur Tonson. By John Taylor. Illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. Second edition. London: Alfred Miller, 1830. Second edition with illustrations by Robert Cruikshank. Small octavo (6 1/4 x 3..... More
[London] : Allan Bell and Co.,, 1836. Four Stories - Fifty Seven Woodcut Illustrations by George & Robert Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George. CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Poetical Effusions, from Celebrated Authors. Illustrated with fifty-six engravings from original drawings, by Cruikshank. London: Allan Bell and Co., 1836. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/8 x...... More
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