Paris: Chez l’Auteur; Deroy; Et chez les principaux librairies de la République, , 1796. With 432 Hand Colored Plates Rarely Found Complete GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR, Jacques. Encyclopédie des Voyages, Contenant l’abrégé historiques des mœurs, usages, habitudes domestiques, religions, fêtes, supplices, funérailles, sciences, arts, et commerce de tous les peuples: Et la collection..... More
London: , 1835. Forty-Nine Hand-Colored Etched Plates by Alfred Crowquill after Robert Seymour SEYMOUR, [Robert]. CROWQUILL, Alfred, illustrator. Seymour’s Sketches, Illustrated in Prose & Verse by Alfred Crowquill [pseudonym of Alfred Forrester]. [London: H. Wallis & J. Thompson, n.d., 1835-36]. First edition, first issue. Quarto (10 3/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 262..... More
London: J. Hogarth, [1849]. "Of the three works, The Kaffirs Illustrated is the most uncommon" (Tooley). With Thirty Beautiful Hand-Colored Plates ANGAS, George French. The Kafirs Illustrated, in a Series of Drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa Tribes; also, Portraits of the Hottentot, Malay, Fingo, and other races inhabiting..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, , 1839. An Exceptionally Rare Original Hand-Colored Copy [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. PHILIPON, Charles. Les Cent et Un Robert-Macaire composés et dessinés par M. H. Daumier, sur les Idées et les Légendes de M. Ch. Philipon réduits et lithographiés par MM***; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy et..... More
Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare and Amusing Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon, Lithographies par Wattier. Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, [1828]. First edition. Quarto (14 x 11 inches; 355 x 280..... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1800. One of the Scarcest of all James Gillray's Works GILLRAY, James. Cockney-Sportsmen. London: H[annah] Humphrey, November 12th, 1800. Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches; 342 x 485 mm. Plate mark 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches; 254 x 358 mm.). Four magnificent hand-colored soft-ground etched..... More
Paris [&] New York: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, Roe Lockwood and Son , 1878. Silly Questions Depicted in Nineteen Humorous Lithographs BARIC, [Jules Jean Antoine]. Ou Diable L'Esprit Va-T-Il Se Nicher? Par Baric. [Where the Devil will the Spirit go?]. Paris [&] New-York: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, Roe Lockwood and..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1830. A Scarce Sampler of Social Pretensions The Jovial Spirit and Verve of Monnier On the Ridiculous, Freakish Vanities of Parisian Society MONNIER, Henri. Boutades [Jokes]. Paris: Delpech, n.p. [1830]. First edition complete as issued. Oblong quarto (11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in; 283 x 365 mm). Hand-colored pictorial engraved..... More
Paris & Bruxelles: Au bureau du Journal, 1869. Twenty-Eight Fine Hand Colored Costume Plates Including Ten Double Page [COSTUME]. Journal des Demoiselles et Petit Courrier des Dames Réunis. Modes de Paris. Littérature, Beaux-Arts, Théatres, Économie Domestique. Paris & Bruxelles: Au bureau du Journal, [16th January - 16th December, 1869]. First edition. Large..... More
Paris: Chaussures de Jacobs, 1846. A fine collection of fifty-four full-page hand colored fashion plates and seventeen hand colored plates of fashion apparels [COSTUME]. Journal des Dames et des Modes. Le Caprice. Paris: Chaussures de Jacobs, [1846]. First edition. Large octavo (10 3/16 x 7 inches; 259 x 178 mm.)..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Inscribed by Arthur Conan Doyle Purchased from The Daily Telegraph Belgium Fund in 1914 DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Mystery of Cloomber. London: Hodder & Soughton's Sevenpenny Library, [ca. 1914]. Inscribed in ink on title-page "With homage to Belgium / Arthur Conan Doyle" Small octavo (6 3/8 x 4..... More
Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare, Complete and Amusing Suite of Forty-Eight Hand Colored Lithographs Bound together with Sixty-Two Fine hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Charles Philipon, Émile Wattier, Jean Gabriel Scheffer and Leopold Zechmayer PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. [Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon..... More
Paris: Chez Genty, 1829. 'Memories of a Brief Affair' Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs by Charles Philipon PHILIPON, Charles. Souvenir d' Amourette. [Memories of a brief affair]. [Paris]: Chez Genty, [1830]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 331 x 241 mm.). Complete with twelve superb hand-colored lithograph plates by Charles Philipon..... More
![Physionomie de L'Assemblée]. Honoré DAUMIER](/pictures/thumb/04978_1.jpg?v=1610750845)
Paris: Chez Aubert , 1849. Honoré Daumier's 'Uber' Rare Physionomie de L'Assemblée Thirty-One Superb Lithographs Complete DAUMIER, Honoré. [Physionomie de L'Assemblée]. [Physiognomy of the Assembly]. Paris: Chez Aubert, [November 10th, 1849 - February 18th, 1851]. First edition. Folio (14 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 653 x 260 mm.). Thirty-one fine lithographed plates (complete), each..... More
Paris: Aux Bureaux du Charivari, 1871. Thirty-Nine Wonderfully Satiric Images by Daumier & Cham of the Siege of Paris by the Prussian army in the Winter of 1870-1871 CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). DAUMIER, Honoré. Album du Siége Par Cham et Daumier. Recueil de Caricatures publiées pendant Le Siege dans Le..... More
Paris: Jazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè..... More
Paris: Genty, Editeur, 1830. Six Humorous Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting The Trials and Tribulations of Marriage PLATTEL, Henri Daniel. L'Alsacienne à Paris. Paris: Genty, Editeur, [1829]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x 241 mm.). Six fine hand colored plates lithographed by de Cheyère. Mid twentieth century quarter gray..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1840. A Scarce Vernier 'Dance' Album with Twelve Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Heightened with Gum Arabic VERNIER, Charles, illustrator. Croquis des Bals Publics & Bals Masquès de Paris par les Dessinateurs du Charivari. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1840]. Folio (13 1/8 x 9..... More
Paris: P. Marino, 1825. Too Early… Too Late… VALMONT, Auguste de. Trop Tot & Trop Tard. Scènes Comiques dessinées par A. de V. Paris: P. Marino, [1825]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 336 x 241 mm.). [iv] pp. Twelve amusing hand colored plates lithographed by Pierre Francois Ducarme. All..... More
![Schau mich an! [Look at me!]. MOVABLE BOOK, Lothar MEGGENDORFER](/pictures/thumb/04961_1.jpg?v=1610750040)
Munich: Verlag von J.F. Schreiber, 1888. A Rare and Early Meggendorfer Movable MOVABLE BOOK. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Schau mich an! [Look at me!]. Ein Ziehbilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer. Esslingen - Stuttgart, [1888]. First German edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [10] pp. (including foreword and advertisements..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Galerie Comique with Sixty-Eight Superb Hand Colored Lithographs TRAVIES, Charles Joseph, and others. Galerie Comique. Paris: Chez Aubert, [ca. 1840]. Folio (13 x 10 inches; 330 x 255 mm.). Sixty-eight hand-colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum Arabic. Plate no. 56 with neat repair in center. Plate numbers 1..... More
London: George Newnes Limited, 1891. "By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation…" (A Scandal in Bohemia - the very first appearance of Sherlock Holmes) “I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non conductor?” (The Adventures of the Dying Detective -..... More
London: John Murray, 1917. “Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.” DOYLE, Arthur Conan. His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. London: John Murray, 1917. First edition. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm.). vii, [1..... More
London: George Newnes, 1902. “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!” First Edition 'Hound of the Baskervilles' in the Original Cloth The 'Number One' Sherlock Holmes Novel DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition in book form (first serialized..... More
London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. “This is all an insoluble mystery to me,” said I. “It grows darker instead of clearer.” “On the contrary,” he answered, “it clears every instant.” 'The Sign of Four' The Second Sherlock Holmes Story A Fine Example in the Original Cloth DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Sign of Four. London: Spencer..... More
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