London: Printed by H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson, Tho. Fox, and Henry Faithorne, 1687. The Beautiful Barlow Aesop In a Contemporary Binding AESOP. Æsop’s Fables with His Life: in English, French and Latin. Newly Translated. Illustrated with One hundred and twelve..... More
London: Septimus Prowett, 1827. The Paradise Lost of John Milton Illustrated with 24 Magnificent Mezzotint Plates by John Martin With Two Fine Fore-Edge Paintings Depicting 'Satan Tempting Eve' and 'The Conflict Between Satan and Death' FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MARTIN, John. MILTON, John. The Paradise Lost of Milton. With Illustrations..... More
Dublin: Printed for George Mullens, 1816. Bound by George Mullen of Dublin With a Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting Depicting "The Storming and Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MULLEN, George, binder. SOUTHEY, Robert. A Summary of the Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington, from the period of his first achievements..... More
London: , 1792. A Superb Binding by Christian Kalthoeber With an Exceptionally Fine Fore-Edge Painting "The Moonlight Battle" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. KALTHOEBER, Christian, binder. GOSTLING, George, compiler. Extracts from The Treaties between Great-Britain and other Kingdoms and States of such articles as relate to the duty and conduct of the Commanders..... More
Paris: Printed by P. Didot Sen. and sold by W. Edwards and Sons, Halifax, 1791. A Superb Early Edwards of Halifax Vellum Binding with an Edwards Fore-Edge Painting FORE-EDGE PAINTING. EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder and artist. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1839. "Moeurs Conjugales" One of Daumier's Most Characteristic Albums DAUMIER, Honoré. Moeurs conjugales. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [1839-42]. First edition. Folio (13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 346 x 265 mm.). Sixty superb lithographed plates. Contemporary (publisher's) quarter green calf over green pebbled cloth boards, smooth spine..... More
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Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, 1842. Parisian Emotions as Depicted by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album Comique par Daumier [Emotions Parisiennes]. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, [1842]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches; 344 x 264..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, 1844. A Fine Selection of Twenty-Seven Lithographs from Five of Daumier's Suites DAUMIER, Honoré. Album Comique par Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, [1843-44]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches; 344 x...... More
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Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, 1844. Proverbs and Truths as Depicted by Honoré Daumier Together with Fifteen other Fine Daumier Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré. Album Comique par Daumier. [Proverbes et Maximes]. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, [1839-40-42-44]. Folio (13 1/2..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Military Sketches at the Campsite By Daumier, Vernier & Cham DAUMIER, Honoré. VERNIER, Charles. CHAM. Au Bivouac Croquis Militaires par Cham, Daumier et Charles Vernier. [Military Sketches at the Campsite]. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [1859]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches; 343 x 270 mm.)..... More
Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. Everyday Life in Rome in 1828 Twelve fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Pigal PIGAL, Edme Jean. Coup D'Oeil sur Rome en 1828. Affaires du Jour. Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. First edition. Large quarto (11 7/16 x 10 inches; 294 x 254 mm.). Twelve hand colored plates lithographed..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Maison Martinet, 1860. Exceptionally Rare 'Colored' Copy of Charles-Édourd de Beaumont's Au Bal Masqué - At the Masked Ball BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Au Bal Masqué. [At the Masked Ball] Album par Beaumont. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Maison Martinet, [1860]. [Fifth Series]. Quarto (13 x 9 1/2 inches;..... More
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Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, Les Musiciens de Paris as Depicted by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album Comique par Daumier [Les Musiciens de Paris]. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire, [1839-1841]. Les Musiciens de Paris - the complete set..... More
[London]: A few copies only printed for the artist's friends, [1872]. An Exceptionally Scarce, Highly Erotic and Very Amusing Suite of Original Hand-Colored Engravings Privately Printed by Rowlandson and Issued Separately ca. 1800 ROWLANDSON, Thomas. HOTTEN, John Camden. Pretty Little Games for Young Ladies & Gentleman. With Pictures of Good Old English..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1847. The 'Red-Light' District of Paris BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Quartier de la Boule Rouge. [Paris]: Chez Aubert & Cie., [1847-48]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 336 x 247 mm.). Twenty-seven magnificent hand colored lithograph plates. One leaf of advertisement at end. Publisher's ribbed..... More
London: , 1820. Twenty-Eight Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Depicting Street Vendors in Paris B[USBY], T[homas] L[ord]. Costume of the Lower Orders in Paris. TLB. [N.p. (London): n.d., ca. 1820.] Folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm.). Hand-colored engraved title and twenty-eight hand-colored engraved costume plates captioned in..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1845. The Greatest of All Coaching Books NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B. [&] [ALKEN, Henry] illustrators. The Roadsters' Album. London: Messrs. Fores, Jan. 2nd,1845. Second edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 368 x 276 mm.). Hand-colored aquatint pictorial title-page [by Henry Alken] and sixteen hand-colored aquatints, all heightened with..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. A First Edition, First Issue “Vanity Fair” in a Superb Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 7/8..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. A Fine Extra-Illustrated First Edition of 'Pickwick Papers' In a Handsome Cosway-Style Binding with Two Fine Miniatures [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, early issue in..... More
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London: William Pickering, 1825. An Incredible Pair of Rivière 22 Carat Gold Bindings with Miniatures by Miss C.B. Currie Izaak Waltons Complete Angler and Walton's Lives COSWAY GOLD BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., artist. WALTON, Izaac. COTTON, Charles. The Complete Angler; or the Contemplative Man's recreation. Two Parts. The..... More
Brussels & Leipzig: C. Muquardt, 1841. The 'Artistic Fantasies' of Victor Adam Eighteen Fine and Humorous Lithographs all Heightened with Gum Arabic ADAM, Victor, illustrator. NOREW, Madame la Baronne de [pseud of EYMERY, Alexis]. Fantaisies Artistiques. Album Récréatif. Illustré par Victor Adam. - Texte de Madame La Baronne de Norew. Brussels &..... More
Paris: Bauger & Cie., 1839. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting the Costumes and Dancing at the “Bal Chicard” GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Souvenirs du Bal Chicard. Paris: Bauger & Cie., [n.d., 1839-1843]. Large quarto (13 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 338 x 266 mm.). Twenty numbered hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates printed..... More
London: Printed by H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by Chr. Wilkinson, Tho. Fox, and Henry Faithorne, 1687. The First Edition To Contain The Thirty-One Magnificent Full-Page Engravings Including The Rare Suppressed Plate Number Seventeen A Lovely Copy in Late Nineteenth Century Straight-Grain Roan AESOP. Æsop’s Fables with..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. A Presentation Copy from John and Mary Fazakerley Handsomely Bound by By Fazakerley of Liverpool With a Beautiful 'Hidden' Fore-Edge Painting by Miss Winifred Arthur FORE-EDGE PAINTING. FAZAKERLEY of Liverpool, binder. ARTHUR, Winifred, fore-edge artist.RIMMER, Alfred. Our Old Country Towns. With fifty-four illustrations. London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. First..... More
London: Printed for J. Brindley, 1751. First Birch Edition with Thirty-Two Magnificent Double-Page Copper Plates by William Kent In a Stunning Mid Eighteenth Century Red Morocco Binding in Perfect Condition "The Aim of Publishing The Faerie Queene was to Fashion a Gentleman or Noble Person in Virtuous and Gentle Discipline" SPENSER, Edmund. The..... More
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