Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, 1837. GAVARNI, Paul. [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Album Comique. Les Petits Jeux de Société [&] Des Phrases [&] Les Reves. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, [1837-1838; 1839; 1839]... More
London: Rogerson and Tuxford, 1861. [COSTUME]. LADIES' COMPANION. The Ladies' Companion, and Monthly Magazine. Volume XIX - Second Series - 1861. London: 1861. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 238 x 162 mm.). [i]-iv, [1]-336 pp. Six folding hand colored plates by Héloise Leloir and five steel..... More
London: Rogerson and Tuxford, 1859. [COSTUME]. LADIES' COMPANION. The Ladies' Companion, and Monthly Magazine. Volume XV - Second Series - 1859. London: 1859. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 238 x 162 mm.). [i]-iv, [1]-336 pp. Five folding hand colored plates by Héloise Leloir and seven steel..... More
![Item #05428 Les Amis [&] Proverbes et Maximes [&] Vulgarités [&] La Chasse [&] Croquis...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05428_0001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1670358720)
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Five of the Rarest of Honoré Daumier Suites DAUMIER, Honoré. Les Amis; Proverbes et Maximes; Vulgarités; La Chasse [&] Croquis Charivariques. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840-1849. First collected edition thus. Folio (13 x 9 7/8 inches; 330 x 251 mm.). Forty-four superb lithographs. Les Amis (The Friends)..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1847. Gavarni Depicts Landlords Chastising their Tenants Six Amusing Hand Colored Lithographs GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Faits et Gestes du Propriétaire. (Acts and Gestures of the Landlord) Paris: Chez Aubert, [1847]. First edition. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 inches; 311 x 230..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Oxford University Press, 1915. A Charming Little Binding by Katherine Adams in its Original Velvet Pouch ADAMS, Katherine, Binder. The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford: Printed at the Oxford University Press, [ca. 1915]. [with] Hymns Ancient and Modern for use in the services of the..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1850. Cham's Comical View of 'Fun During the Holidays' CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Les Vacances. Album des Petits Amateurs. Paris: Maison Martinet, [ca. 1850]. First edition. (8 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches; 225 x 292 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title-page and sixteen hand colored..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Amusing Memories from a French Military Post… With Thirty Finely Hand-Colored Comical Scenes… [CHAM, illustrator, pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Souvenirs de Garnison et des plaisirs attachés a la chose. Paris: Chez Aubert, n.d. [ca. 1850]. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 1/8..... More
London: Tilt, 1839. Cecil B. DeMille's Copy of John Martin’s Masterpiece Illustrations of the Bible - "Darkness Visible" MARTIN, John, [illustrator]. Illustrations of the Bible. Designed and Engraved by John Martin. London: Charles Tilt, 1839. Absolutely brilliant impressions of these stunning Mezzotints which respond ambitiously to the epic nature of..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie, Éditeurs, 1847. Military Sketches of French Troops Twenty Fine Hand Colored Lithographs by Charles Vernier [VERNIER, Charles]. Croquis Militaires [Military Sketches] par Vernier. Dèdiés aux Amis des Troupiers Frrrrrrancés. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Éditeurs, [1847]. Folio (13 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 340 x...... More
London: Day and Son, 1855. A Wonderful Example of a Mid Nineteenth Century Papier-Mâché Binding HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel. The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing: A Connected Narrative. Second Edition. London: Day and Son, 1855. Quarto (10 3/16 x 7 inches; 259 x 178 mm.). [iii-viii], [1]-178 pp..... More
![Item #05416 The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra [&] The Tragedy of Cymbeline. William SHAKESPEARE](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05416_0745.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667524296)
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1903. "Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch Of the rang'd Empire fall!" (Antony) “Thou basest Thing, avoid! hence, from my sight!” (Cymbeline) One of Twenty-Six Special Copies with Original Watercolors SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra [and] The Tragedy of..... More
![Item #05415 The Tragedy of King Richard the Third [&] The Famous History of the Life of the King...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05415_0767.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667524212)
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1903. "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" (King Richard III) “Things done well, and with a care, exempt themselves from fear” (King Henry VIII) One of Twenty-Six Special Copies with Original Watercolors SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tragedy of King Richard the Third [and]..... More
Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr Coolege Library, 1983. An 'Aligator' Binding on a Book about A World Famous Collection of Bookbindings MASER, Frederick E. Bookbinding in America 1680-1910. From the collection of Frederick E. Maser. With an essay by Willman Spawn. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Brtyn Mawr College Library, 1983. First edition. Large..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. An Onlaid Binding on a Book about Bookbinding JOHNSON, Arthur W. The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding with 270 illustrations, in colour and black and white. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. Octavo ( 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 242 x 159 mm.). 224..... More
London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1873. An Exceptionally Fine Example of an Owen Jones Designed Relievo Binding "High Victoriana at its Best" JONES, Owen (design). The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments. Illustrated by a selection from Raphael's pictures in the Vatican freely adapted and drawn..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1919. The First of Arthur Rackham's Two Great Silhouette Books Edition de Luxe Printed on Japanese Vellum, Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Cinderella. Retold by C.S. Evans and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, [1919]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 325 copies printed on..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. A Presentation Copy with an Original Pen & Ink Sketch by Kate Greenaway GREENAWAY, Kate (artist). HARTE, Bret. The Queen of the Pirate Isle. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. First edition, binding B. Presentation Copy..... More
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Maxfield Parrish Illustrates "The Knave of Hearts” PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator. SAUNDERS, Louise. The Knave of Hearts. With Pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. First edition. Large quarto (13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 350 x 292 mm.). [6], 46, [1]..... More
Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1581. Possibly the Origin of Experimental Physics The Book that Inspired his Son, Galilei Galileo to Experiment in a Similar Way A Magnificent Example in its Original Vellum Binding GALILEI, Vincenzo. Dialogo… della musica antica, et della moderna. Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1581. First edition, first issue, complete..... More
London: S. Knights, 1826. 'Home From School…' One of the Rarest of all the Series of Plates done by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George. Holiday Scenes. London: S. Knights, 1826. Oblong folio (average image size 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; 216 x 267 mm.). Four superb hand colored etched plates..... More
London: G. Humphrey, 1822. 'The Dancing Lesson' One of the Rarest of all the Series of Plates done by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George. The Dancing Lesson. London: G. Humphrey, 1822, 1824, 1825, 1825. First edition, first state, with no heading to plates 1 & 2. Small oblong quarto (average image..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1828. One of the Finest and Rarest of all the Color Plate Books on Coaching ADAM, Victor. Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures. Paris: Gihaut Frères, [1828]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches; 258 x 340 mm.). Original lithographed front wrapper bound..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1830-1835. The Journal That Initiated the Golden Age of French Caricature With Two of the Rare Supplements For Subscribers [LA CARICATURE]. [PHILIPON, Charles, founder, publisher, editor]. La Caricature. Morale, Religieuse, Littéraire et Scénique. Nos. 1 - 251 [complete run]. Paris: Chez Aubert, Nov 4, 1830 - August..... More
Paris: A Lévy Fils, Libraire-Éditeur, 1862. Publisher's Deluxe Edition with the Plates Colored by Hand A Wonderful Example in the Publisher's Superlative 'Polychromatic' Binding SAND, Maurice. Masques et Bouffons (Comédie Italienne). Texte et Dessins par Maurice Sand. Gravures par A. Manceau. Preface par George Sand. Paris: A Lévy Fils, Libraire-Éditeur..... More
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