Paris: Aubert & Comp.ie Èditeurs…, [1835]. Twelve Hand Colored Lithograph Plates With 108 Images Depicting The History of France ADAM, Victor. Histoire De France. En Tableaux, Suite de 108 Sujets représentant par ordre chronologique les principaux faits de l'histoire de ce pays, depuis Pharamond jusqu à nos jours. Composés et Lithographiès..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First American Edition of “Huckleberry Finn,” First Printing A Near Fine and Untouched Copy TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). With one hundred and seventy-four illustrations. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First American edition, with the following “traditional” bibliographical..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1871. A Unique Extra-Illustrated Set of John Heneage Jesse's London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places Three Volumes Extended to Six by the Addition of 583 Engraved Plates of Which 59 are Hand Colored A Superb Set of Six Inlaid Bindings by Bayntun of Bath, Executed ca. 1920 JESSE, J[ohn]... More
London: George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1899. Walter Crane's "Triplets" Deluxe Edition One of Twenty Special Copies Printed on Japanese Vellum CRANE, Walter, [illustrator]. Triplets: Comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and The Baby's Own Æsop. With the Original Designs in Colour by Walter Crane; Printed by Edmund Evans. London: George..... More
London: Printed for A. Dry, 1819. Large Paper 'Royal' Copy of Pyne’s Royal Residences PYNE, W[illiam] H[enry]. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. Illustrated by one hundred highly finished and coloured engravings, fac-similes of..... More
London: Hodgson & Co.,, 1835. Exceptionally Scarce Valentine Caricature by George and Robert Cruikshank Obadiah "I do confess I long have loved thee, And hope thou hast conceived the like for me;" Rachael "Yea, if thou wishest to take me to wife, I'll be thy partner thro' this weary life;" CRUIKSHANK, George &..... More
London: Printed for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1826. Twenty Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting the Portuguese Way of Life in Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro [ANONYMOUS]. Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume, and Character. Illustrated by twenty coloured plates. By A.P.D.G. London: Printed for Geo. B. Whitaker, 1826. First edition. Octavo..... More
London: Printed for S. Richardson: And Sold by A. Millar…, 1748. "The First Book in the World For the Knowledge it Displays of the Human Heart" (Samuel Johnson) RICHARDSON, Samuel. Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending The most Important Concerns of Private Life. And particularly shewing, The Distresses..... More
Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, 1852. Thirty-Five Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Illustrating the “The People of the Air” [VARIN, Amedée, illustrator]. Les Papillons, métamorphoses terrestres des peuples de l'air par Amédée Varin, texte par Eug. Nus et Antony Méray Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, [n.d., 1852]. First edition. Two octavo volumes (10..... More
Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, 1851. Twenty-Five Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Illustrating the “Empire of Vegetables” [VARIN, Amédée, illustrator]. L’Empire des légumes. Mémoires de Cucurbitus Ier. Recueillis et mis en ordre par MM. Eugène Nus et Antony Meray. Dessins par Amedée Varin. Paris: G. de Gonet, Éditeur, [n.d., 1851]. First edition. Large octavo..... More
Rome: Regia Officina Polygraphia, 1933. A Superb Facsimile of one of the Earliest Extant Manuscripts of Horace. "A Picture is a Poem Without Words" HORACE [Horatius Flaccus, Quintus]. Opera [Latin MS.]. Rome: Regia Officina Polygraphia, 1933. Photographic facsimile on vellum-like paper, printed in red and black in double columns, of the original... More
Paris: Delpech Quai Voltaire, No. 3., 1828. Complete with the Excessively Rare Hand Colored Pictorial Title-Page MONNIER, Henry. Six Quartiers de Paris. Paris: [François Séraphin] Delpech Quai Voltaire, No. 3., 1828. Seven hand colored lithographed plates including the hand colored pictorial title-page. Complete as issued. Oblong quarto. Plate size: 10 5/8... More
Paris: Delpech, 1828. One of Monnier Great Albums Groveling Bureaucrats at Work, aka Idle MONNIER, Henry. Moeurs Administratives, Dessinées d'apres Nature par... Paris: Delpech, 1828. First edition, Series II only. Oblong quarto (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches; 262 x 352 mm.). Complete with the engraved vignette title-page and twelve hand-colored lithographed... More
Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie…et chez E. Ardit, 1828. Monnier’s “Theatrical Gallery” [MONNIER, Henry, illustrator]. Galerie Théâtrale. Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie.…et chez E. Ardit, [n.d., 1828]. Oblong folio. (9 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches; 471 x 336 mm.). Twenty-four numbered hand-colored plates lithographed by E. Ardit and H. Gaugain..... More
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, y Del. Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion, 1757. The Most Prized of All California Books VENEGAS, Miguèl. Noticia de la California, y de su conquista temporal, y espiritual hasta el tiempo presente, sacada de la historia manuscrita, formada en Mexico año 1739. por el Padre Miguèl..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1846. “Facetious Prophesies” Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Containing Sixty-Nine Vignettes [QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles Marie de Sarcus, illustrator]. Prophéties Charivariques. Par Quillenbois. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, [n.d., ca. 1846]. Large folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 338 x 250 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title... More
London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1812. A Political Satire Deploring Ireland's Union With England Four Hand Colored Etchings by Thomas Rowlandson Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Five Additional Plates Including a Very Scarce Double-Page Hand Colored Etching by Rowlandson "Comforts of an Irish Fishing Lodge" (Published May, 1812) ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [WOLCOT, John, aka Peter..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans [&] John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. A Set of Robert Surtees’s Sporting Novels SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. The Fables of La Fontaine - One of 250 Numbered Copies Illustrated by Auguste Delierre Finely Bound and Extra Illustrated With Over Two Hundred Additional Engravings LA FONTAINE, Jean de. The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated from the French. With twenty-five original etchings by A. Delierre. Boston: Roberts... More
Paris: Delpech, 1829. Henry Monnier's Parody on Thomas Rowlandson's Miseries of Human Life "From Childhood to Old Age" MONNIER, Henry. Les Petites Félicités et Les Petites Misères Humaines. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/8 inches; 253 x 332 mm.). Ten fine and amusing hand colored lithograph plates (all mounted on..... More
London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. Ackermann's History of the Colleges One of Fifty Large Paper Copies [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 the Free-School of Christ’s..... More
Paris: Bernard et Delarue, 1825. Twenty-One Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Henry Monnier Exceptionally Rare Suite Including the Hand Colored Frontispiece MONNIER, Henry. Paris Vivant. [Paris]: Bernard et Delarue, [n.d., ca. 1825]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches; 216 x 272 mm.). Twenty-one hand-colored lithographed plates including untitled frontispiece, all... More
Paris: Delpech, Editeur et Imprimeur en Lithographie, 1829. “Then” and “Now”— Eighteen Scarce Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates By Le Maitre Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Jadis et aujourd’hui. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Title from front wrapper. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 270 x 353 mm.). Pictorial lithograph wrapper and eighteen hand-colored lithographed plates, depicting..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1907. English Quotations from Geoffrey Chaucer to Matthew Arnold Specially Bound by Root & Son in 1934 Together with the Original Binders Letter ROOT & SON, binders. SMITH, Robinson. English Quotations. A Collection of the more memorable passages and poems of English literature, arranged according to authors..... More
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