Paris: chez Delpech, [1823]. Les Grimaces BOILLY, L[ouis-Leopold]. Les Grimaces. Paris: Delpeche, [1823-28]. Five superb hand colored lithograph plates each measuring 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 277 x 216 mm. 1. Les Grimaces 2. Les Grimaces 5 3. Les Grimaces 2 4. Les Grimaces 6 5. La Félicité Parfait..... More
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
![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=1670358728)
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
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=1667524328)
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=1667524231)
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
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
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: 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
Paris: Chez Bauger, 1837. Deceit! Thy Name Is Woman! GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Fourberies de femmes. Paris: Chez Aubert gal. Véro-Dodat, [n.d., 1837]. First edition, first series only. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches; 342 x 261 mm.). Twelve hand-colored plates lithographed by Caboche, all heightened..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1947. A Superb Fine First Edition of Albert Camus' Existentialist Classic Novel - La Peste Inscribed Twice on the Half-Title by Albert Camus CAMUS, Albert. La Peste. Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1947. Limited to 215 copies sur vélin pur fil des Papeteries Lafuma-Navarre, of which this is number 143..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. First Trade Edition of Kay Nielsen's In Powder & Crinoline Twenty-Four Superb Mounted Color Plates Nielsen, Kay, illustrator. Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. First trade edition..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal des Dames, 1798. A "Printed Masterpiece" "The Most Interesting and Most Rare Collection" of Contemporary Fashion and Manners DEBUCOURT, Philibert-Louis. Modes et Manières du Jour, à Paris, à la fin du 18ême Siècle et au Commencement de 19ême; Collection de 52 Gravures Colorieés. Paris: Au..... More
London: Gay & Hancock, 1912. "Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep, and you weep alone;" WILCOX, Ella Wheeler. TENNANT, Dudley, illustrator. Poems of Passion and Pleasure. London: Gay & Hancock, [1912]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this being #196) signed by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and..... More
Paris: H. Duru, 1840. A Fine Hand-Colored Juvenile Panorama [PANORAMA]. DURU, H. Françoise ou la bonne petite Soeur. [Paris]: H. Duru, [ca. 1840]. Small square octavo (6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 159 x 124 mm.). The Panorama leaves individually measure 5 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 137 x 111..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Chez Martinet, [1859]. 'The Pretty Women of Paris' as seen by Édouard de Beaumont Depicted in Thirty Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Nos Jolies Parisiennes (The Pretty Women of Paris). Album par Édouard de Beaumont. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et..... More
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