Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1846. Professional seduction scenes with prostitutes lusting after new clients… The theme of ambiguity and deception illustrated by women disguised as men or vice versa… "This is the most substantial and interesting of Gavarni's Oeuvres nouvelles" (Armelhault & Bocher) GAVARNI, Paul. Le Carnaval 1e. Série..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With Two Superb Fore-Edge Paintings by the "Dover Painter" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. PALEY, William. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy. The Twenty-First Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With two superb fore-edge paintings executed ca. 1930 by the "Dover..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1838. Queen Victoria's Coronation Procession in Scarce Panorama One of the Earliest Examples of Royal Memorabilia An Exceptional Example [PANORAMA]. [VICTORIA, Queen of England, 1819-1901]. Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, June 28th, 1838. Sixty..... More
Paris: F.L. Schmied aux dépens de M.M. Gonin et Cie., 1928. Francois-Louis Schmied's La Création - The First Three Chapters of Genesis With Two Original Watercolors and an Original Unpublished Pochoir Plate In a Superb Art Deco Binding by Gonin from a Design by Schmied SCHMIED, François-Louis, illustrator. MARDRUS, Joseph..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert gal. Véro-Dodat, 1838. Henri Daniel Plattel's “Sketches of Expressions” The Continuation of Honoré Daumier's Croquis D'Expressions PLATTEL, Henri Daniel. & DAUMIER, Honore. Croquis d'Expressions. Nos. 51- 75. [Paris]: Chez Aubert gal. Véro-Dodat, [January 18th, 1838 - July 4th, 1839]. Oblong folio (10 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches;..... More
London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1808. With Eight of Abbey's Twelve Key Plates in Their First "Luminous" State A Wonderful Example Bound in Early Twentieth Century Three-Quarter Red Straight-Grain Morocco [ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. The Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature]. London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, [1808-1810]. First edition..... More
Bruxelles: J.B.A.M. Jobard, 1825. A Superb Set in the Original Wrappers of Madou & Van Hamelryck's Costumes of Belgium Complete with 124 Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates MADOU, Jean-Baptiste, and [Jean-Louis Van HAMELRYCK]. Costumes Belgiques, Civils, Militaires, Religieux, Anciens et Modernes. Dessinés par Madou. Vingt-cinq livraisons de cinq planches, et..... More
Philadelphia: D. Rice & Co., 1872. One of the Finest Artistic and Anthropological Records of the Native Americans ever Published MCKENNEY, Thomas L. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred Portraits from the Indian Gallery in..... More
London: Published by R. Ackermann, and Sold by R. Ackermann, Jun., 1831. With Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Uncut in the Original Printed Wrappers BURY, T[homas] T[albot]. Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with Plates of the Coaches, Machines, &c. From Drawings Made on the Spot by Mr..... More
Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. Familiar Scenes of Parisian Society Caught in the Wry [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S-------, PIGAL, &c, &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. First (only) issue. Folio (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches: 359 x 263 mm.). Three parts..... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Thirty Three (of Forty, as is often the case) Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites..... More
London: Edward Orme, 1803. Francis B. Spilsbury's Account of his Travels in the Holy Land and Syria During the Napoleonic Campaigns SPILSBURY, Francis B. Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria, Delinieated during the Campaigns of 1799 and 1800. By F.B. Spilsbury, of his Majesty's ship Le Tigre; Surgeon..... More
London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. "Highest Praise" For Ackermann’s Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and..... More
London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, 1830. One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting French Costume Between 1200 and 1715 [LECOMPTE, Hippolyte]. SCHARF, George, artist. Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, ca. 1830. Small octavo (5 9/16 x...... More
Paris: Chez Tessari et Cie., 1837. Extremely Scarce No Copies Recorded in Libraries & Institutions Worldwide GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Fashionables. Paris: Chez Tessari et Cie., [n.d., 1837]. Large quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 248 mm.). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, depicting..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Twelve Fine Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Showing the Fashionable Women of Paris in the 1850's GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Douze Nouveaux Travestissements. Gravés sur acier par Portier. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Folio (13 1/2 x...... More
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First Issue of William Alexander's Costume of the Russian Empire In a Spectacular Neoclassical Binding in the Style of Staggemeier & Welcher [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London..... More
Leipzig: Johann Baptist Klein, 1790. Exceptionally Rare Complete with Forty-Eight Hand Colored Engravings Depicting the Street Vendors of Leipzig in the Late Eighteenth Century RICHTER, Johann Salomo. Leipziger National Trachten. Leipzig: [Johann Baptist Klein, 1790-1791]. First edition Complete. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm.). Forty-eight..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10..... More
Paris: Chez Bulla Frères, 1850. The Chaos and Pleasantries of Human Relationships NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant. Paris: Chez Bulla Freres, [ca. 1850]. Folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches; 413 x 308 mm.). Sixty superb hand colored lithograph plates + duplicates (with different hand coloring) of..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. "So Exquisite as to Make One Hold One’s Breath" [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition De Luxe. Limited to seven hundred and fifty..... More
Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. A Fine Eighteenth Century Italian Book of Hours in its Original Red Morocco Binding With Hand-Painted Gauffered Edges [VENETIAN BINDING]. [BOOK OF HOURS]. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. Venetiis [Venice]: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches;..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, 1854. 'Let's make Caricatures of the Russians' An Album of Forty Lithographs by Daumier & Cham DAUMIER, Honoré & CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Chargeons les Russes. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, [1854]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10..... More
Paris: Chez L'Editeur [Pierre de Crapelet], 1827. Seven Fine Hand Colored Lithographs from Le Bon Genre BON GENRE, LE. [Observations sur les Modes et les Usages de Paris], Seven fine hand colored lithograph plates. [Paris: Chez L'Editeur [Pierre de Crapelet, 1830]. Seven plates from a later edition of ca. 1830..... More
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Neuchatel: Chez Baumann Peters, 1835. Six Fine Aquatints of Neuchatel, Switzerland SPERLI, Johann Jakob [&] BURCKHARDT, Caspar [&] BAUMANN, Jean-Henri. (Artists). Six fine hand colored aquatint plates of Neuchatel, Switzerland. Neuchatel: Chez Baumann Peters, [ca. 1835]. Six fine hand colored aquatint views of Neuchatel, Switzwerland, window mounted in two cards..... More
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