Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1848. Les Vésuviennes - The Radical feminist Group as Depicted by Charles Édouard de Beaumont Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs BEAUMONT, [Charles-]É[douard] de. Les Vésuviennes ou les Soldats pour rire… Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, [1848]. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 inches; 339..... More
![Item #05252 Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Jean-Gabriel...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05252_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1647987390)
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1829. 'What One Says And What One thinks' Sixty Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. First edition. Complete. Oblong folio (9 3/4 x 13 inches;..... More
![Item #05259 [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. John MILTON, The Crown Edition of...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05259_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1645147808)
New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. 'Paradise Lost' A Fine Extra-Illustrated Edition of the Poems of John Milton Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston MILTON, John. [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. Extra Illustrated Copy of the Aldine..... More
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New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. 'The Seasons' & 'Rule Britannia' A Fine Extra-Illustrated Poems of James Thomson Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston THOMSON, James. [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. Extra Illustrated Copy of the Aldine..... More
Paris: Chez Martinet et Gihaut, 1822. Fifty-Two Highly Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Showing the People of Paris PIGAL, Edmé-Jean. Recueil de Scenes Populaires. [Collection of Popular Scenes]. Paris: Chez Martinet et Gihaut, [1822]. First edition. Folio (12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches; 318 x 258 mm.). Lithograph title-page and..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Sixty-Four (of Sixty-Six) Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni Depicting “The Stevedores” GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Débardeurs. Album par Garvarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1842]. Large quarto (14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches; 367 x 285 mm.). Sixty-four (of..... More
"Stealing the Lunch" [RACKHAM, ARTHUR], (In the style of). G. Guggenheim. "Stealing the lunch". Original pen, ink and watercolor. Signed on the lower left corner "G. Guggenheim 1921" and on the right lower corner "Arthur Rackham 09". Image size: 10 1/2" x 14 7/8"; 267 x 368 mm. Matted framed..... More
London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1623. The Knights Templar in the Time of Shakespeare Published in the Same Year and by the Same Printer as Shakespeare’s First Folio FAVINE, Andrew. The Theater of Honour and Knight-hood. Or A Compendious Chronicle and Historie of the whole Christian World. Containing the Originall..... More
London & Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co., 1881. Calendar of The Seasons GREENAWAY, Kate. Calendar of the Seasons 1881. Four cards depicting the four seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each card measuring 4 1/8 inches x 2 11/16 inches; 105 mm x 68 mm. Frame size: 12 7/8 inches..... More
London & New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1884. Calendar For 1884 GREENAWAY, Kate. Calendar For 1884 By Kate Greenaway. London & New York: George Routledge & Sons, [1884]. Image size: 6 9/16 inches x 9 3/16 inches; 168 x 234 mm. Framed size: 13 1/8 inches x 15 1/8..... More
USA: Walt Disney Studios, 1970. Thomas O'Malley and Duchess DISNEY STUDIOS. Original Walt Disney Production celluloid with background featuring Thomas O'Malley and Duchess from The Aristocats. Walt Disney: [USA, 1970]. Image size: 7 7/8 inches x 9 7/8 inches; 202 mm x 250 mm. Framed size: 12 3/4 inches x...... More
London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton…, 1755. “The Most Amazing, Enduring and Endearing One-Man Feat in the Field of Lexicography” JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from..... More
London: , 1859. Fifty-Nine Original Pen & Ink Drawings for Punch By Edward Linley Sambourne SAMBOURNE, Edward Linley. Sketches from Punch's Book of British Costumes. An Album of Fifty-Nine Original Pen and Ink Satirical Cartoons from Punch Magazine. [London], ca. 1874. Oblong twelvemo (3 x 5 1/2 inches; 75 x...... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. The Most Beautifully Produced of all the Rackham Bibliographies [RACKHAM, Arthur]. HUDSON, Derek. Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1960]. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 216 mm.). [1]-181, [3 blank] pp. Seventy illustrations including 41..... More
London: R. Bowyer, 1795. The 'Killer Bible', Illustrated with Sixty-Two Copper-Engraved Plates from the Old Masters, A Remarkably Fine Copy of the Large-Paper Edition In a Wonderful Georgian Full Morocco Binding [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by Old Masters. The..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1901. Boswells' Life of Johnson Illustrated by Herbert Railton Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of over Six Hundred Portraits and Scenes etc. Extended from Three to Seven Volumes Handsomely Bound by F.J.Pfister of New York BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Edited by Arnold..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. A Fine Fore-Edge Painting by Chicago Artist Lyman Young FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [YOUNG, Lyman, artist]. The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham …with an account of his life by Robert Southey. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. With a fine..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. A Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting of Glentilt, Perthshire, FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SCOTT, Walter. Miscellaneous Poems. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. With a fine early twentieth century fore-edge painting of Glentilt, Perthshire, showing a stag with large antlers, standing between two cascading streams. In the background a...... More
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New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” A Fine Extra-Illustrated Set of The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. 'The Old Pretender' A Fine 'Extra-Illustrated' Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN (RIVIÈRE), binders. HAILE, Martin. James Francis Edward - The Old Chevalier. With 11 photogravure illustrations. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. First edition. Octavo (9 5/8 x 6 inches; 218..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934]. "Happiness is the one Thing we Queens can never have." (Catherine de' Medici) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Fine Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Catherine de' Medici COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. WATSON, Francis. The Life and Times..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925. "The True Art of Memory is the Art of Attention" (Samuel Johnson) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Remarkable Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Dr. Samuel Johnson COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson by William..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1860. Pinch Me, I'm In the Country!! Now, Get Me Out of Here The Scarcest Cham of All? CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Pincez-moi a la campagne!! Paris: Maison Martinet, n.d. [c. 1860]. First (only) edition. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 in; 339 x 254 mm)..... More
[London]: , [1907]. Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "The Lay of St. Aloys" or, Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts Goblins and Ghouls. London, [1907]. A fine, pen ink and watercolor (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 15 mm.) depicting Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy…, 1820. One of Alken's Finest Sets (Schwerdt) Six Remarkable Hand Colored Etched Plates ALKEN, Henry. How to Qualify for a Meltonian; Addressed to all Would-be Meltonians. By Ben Tally-Ho… The Second Edition. London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple..... More
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