[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 Osterwald ainé, 1827. “The History of a Pin” Sixteen Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [FONTALLARD, Henri-Gérard, illustrator]. Histoire d’une Épingle Par elle mème. [En seize tabeaux]. Composé et dessine par H. Gérard-Fontallard, [accompagnés d’un texte], extrait du Corsaire. Du 17 Juillet, 1827. Paris: Chez Osterwald ainé, et chez Rittner..... More
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Naples & Rome: , 1824. A Fascinating Album Containing Thirty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs of Italian Trades and Costumes FERRARI, Filippo. LENGHI, Giacomo. [Costumi No. XXX di Roma e di altri paesi dello Stato pontificio, designati ed incini all' acqua forte da Filippo Ferrari]. [Italian Trades and Costumes]. Naples & Rome..... More
London: Pickering, 1831. A 1930s Cosway-Style Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. London: William Pickering, 1831. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 166 x 101 mm.). [i]-clxxxii [Life and Anecdotes of Goldsmith]..... 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: William Heinemann Ltd., [1934]. Francis the First - King of France - Extra-Illustrated A Fine Bayntun (Rivière) Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. HACKETT, Francis. Francis the First. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1934]. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of fifteen additional engraved plates, five of which are hand-colored. First edition. Octavo (8 5/16..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. The First Complete Edition of 'Sketches by Boz' Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of a Hand-Colored Duplicate Suite of the Plates In A Fine Bayntun (Rivière) Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by Boz Illustrative of every-day life and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George..... 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: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. A Most Unusual Cosway-Style Binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. CHIVERS, Cedric, binder. NOLHAC, Pierre de. Marie Antoinette. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. Reprinted from the Illustrated Edition of Marie Antoinette the Queen by permission of Messrs Goupil & Company. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5..... 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
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., [1932]. A Fine Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) Extra Illustrated with Twelve Plates [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. BUCHAN, John. Sir Walter Scott. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., [1932]. First edition. Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 inches; 219 x 152 mm.). 388 pp. Extra illustrated by the insertion..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897. The Story of the Last Queen of France before the Revolution In a Fine Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BICKNELL, Anna L. The Story of Marie-Antoinette. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 216 x 146 mm.). [i]-xiv, [2], 334, [2..... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" A Superb Copy in the Publisher's Original Printed Wrappers Complete with Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier & a Duplicate Colored Suite. MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Comp.ie, 1850. The French Bourgeoisie as Depicted by Quillenbois QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles Marie de Sarcus. Plaisirs et Occupations de la vie de Chateau par Karl (Quillambois.). Paris: Chez Aubert & Comp.ie, [1850]. Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 323 x 242 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title-page..... More
London: Printed by J. Smeeton, 1802. M'Cringer's Treatise on Modern Education With Eight Superb Hand Colored Plates Etched by Thomas Rowlandson ROWLANDSON, Thomas. M'CRINGER, Joel [aka J[ames]B[rydges]. WILLYAMS. A Compendious Treatise on Modern Education, in which the following interesting subjects are liberally discussed: The Nursery, Private Schools, Public Schools, Universities, Gallantry, Duelling..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition of Vanity Fair In a Fine Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE]. ]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, with..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904. A Finely Decorated Bayntun-Rivière Cosway-Style Binding from the Library of J.F.D. Tutt COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. FEA, Allan. After Worcester Fight. Being a Companion Volume to "The Flight of the King" by Allan Fea. With Numerous Sketches & Photographs by the Author, together with..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. A Superb Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-Style Binding First Edition, First Issue of Joseph Conrad's Second Novel COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. CONRAD, Joseph. An Outcast of the Islands. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 197 x...... 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: Chez Aubert & Cie…, 1855. Thirty-Two Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting Children in Various Adult Situations TRONSENS, Charles (pseudonyms of "Sathaniel" & "Carlo Gripp") French caricaturist and illustrator. Les enfans d'aujourd'hui. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie… du Journal pour rire, [1855]. First edition. Oblong quarto (6 1/8 x 9..... 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
Paris: Chez Blin, [1792]. Seventy-Eight Superb Color Printed Portraits of The Heroes of France Each Followed by "The Picture of Their Most Glorious Deed" [SERGENT-MARCEAU, Antoine-François]. Portraits Des Grands Hommes, Femmes Illustres, et Sujets Mémorables de France, gravés et imprimée en couleurs. Dédiée Au Roi. Paris: Chez Blin, [c. 1792]. First Edition..... More
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited, 1936. A Cosway-Style Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with Two Fine Portrait Miniatures COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. DUNBAR, Sir George. A History of India from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited, 1936. First edition. Octavo (7 15/16..... More
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