A Selection of Fine and Rare Items
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Paris: chez Delpech, 1823. A Fine Collection of Twenty-Two of Leopold Boilly's 'Grimaces' BOILLY, Louis-Leopold. Recueil de Grimaces. Paris: chez Delpech, 1824-1827. First edition. Folio (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches; 374 x 270 mm.). A superb collection of twenty-two fine hand-colored lithographed plates, all with the original tissue guards..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1838. Queen Victoria's Coronation Procession in Scarce Panorama One of the Earliest Examples of Royal Memorabilia An Exceptional Example [PANORAMA]. [VICTORIA, Queen of England, 1819-1901]. Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, June 28th, 1838. Sixty..... More
Bruxelles: J.B.A.M. Jobard, 1825. A Superb Set in the Original Wrappers of Madou & Van Hamelryck's Costumes of Belgium Complete with 124 Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates MADOU, Jean-Baptiste, and [Jean-Louis Van HAMELRYCK]. Costumes Belgiques, Civils, Militaires, Religieux, Anciens et Modernes. Dessinés par Madou. Vingt-cinq livraisons de cinq planches, et..... More
London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. "Highest Praise" For Ackermann’s Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [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..... More
London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, 1830. One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting French Costume Between 1200 and 1715 [LECOMPTE, Hippolyte]. SCHARF, George, artist. Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, ca. 1830. Small octavo (5 9/16 x...... More
Leipzig: Johann Baptist Klein, 1790. Exceptionally Rare Complete with Forty-Eight Hand Colored Engravings Depicting the Street Vendors of Leipzig in the Late Eighteenth Century RICHTER, Johann Salomo. Leipziger National Trachten. Leipzig: [Johann Baptist Klein, 1790-1791]. First edition Complete. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm.). Forty-eight..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10..... More
Paris: Chez Bulla Frères, 1850. The Chaos and Pleasantries of Human Relationships NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant. Paris: Chez Bulla Freres, [ca. 1850]. Folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches; 413 x 308 mm.). Sixty superb hand colored lithograph plates + duplicates (with different hand coloring) of..... More
Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. A Fine Eighteenth Century Italian Book of Hours in its Original Red Morocco Binding With Hand-Painted Gauffered Edges [VENETIAN BINDING]. [BOOK OF HOURS]. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. Venetiis [Venice]: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches;..... More
London: , 1919. "Ride You Naked Through the Town, And I Repeal it" “Then She Rode Back Clothed on with Chastity” [SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher]. [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. The Lady Godiva and Other Poems. [Sonnet - O Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet!] & [The Sea-Fairies]. [London: 1919]. A Very..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Sixty-Six Magnificent Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni Depicting “The Stevedores” GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Débardeurs. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1842]. Folio (13 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 353 x 264 mm.). Sixty-six superb numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par M. Xavier Leprince. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826..... More
Paris: En vente Au Bureau du Journal Amusant…et au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Gavarni's Memories of his Time in the Debtors Prison 'Clichy' Depicted in Twenty-One Lithographed Plates GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Clichy. Album par Gavarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1841]. Large quarto (13 3/4 x...... More
Paris: Chez Noël et Dauty, 1823. Proverbs and Good Words Put Into Action… Complete With Sixty-Six Fine Hand Colored Lithographs PIGAL, Edme-Jean (1798-1873). ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1855). PAJOU, Augustin (1800-1878). [Proverbes et Bons Mots Mis en Action, d'après les Moeurs Populaires; Composés et Lithographiés par MM. Pigal, Pajou et J.s Arago..... More
Paris: Chez Ambroise Tardieu, Editeur, 1823. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Caricatures of Various Diseases AUBRY, Charles and others. Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Recueil de vingt caricatures médicales dessinées par Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Paris: Huzard-Courcier (for) Chez Ambrose Tardieu, 1823. First edition of this exceptionally rare..... More
Nurnberg: G.N. Renner, 1838. One of the Most Beautiful 'ABC' Books of the Biedermeier Period Johann Voltz's Wonderful Picture Alphabet Depicting the Everyday Life of Country and Townsfolk VOLTZ, Johann Michael. [ABC]. Bilder-Alphabet zur Erweekung des Scharfsinns oder viele Original Darstellungen, nach jedem Buchstaben in 24 Gemälden. Eine neue Bilderlust..... More
Paris: Chez Delpech, 1820. Charles Vernet's 'Cries of Paris' Illustrated with One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates VERNET, C[arle]. Cris de Paris dessinés d’après nature par C. Vernet. Paris: Chez Delpech, [n.d., ca. 1820]. First Edition. Large folio (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 340 x 247 mm.). Lithograph..... More
London: Printed by J. Diggins; Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1815. "The Union of the Gruesome and the Grotesque" Thomas Rowlandson's 'The English Dance of Death' [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The English Dance of Death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations, by the author..... More
Paris: A. Capendu Editeur, 1900. Scholarly Animals "Living the Good Life" [MOVABLE]. REYNAUD, Adeline. Allo, Allo! Bostock. Grand Album d'Animaux Savants. Paris: A. Capendu-Editeur, [n.d., ca. 1900]. Folio (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 365 x 240 mm.). Lithograph title-page (recto of page [2] and six full-page colored lever-operated moveable..... More
[Paris]: Lithographie de C. Motte rue des Marais, no. 15, 1825. 'Walks on the Parisian Quays' A Wonderful Tour of the River Seine from Quai de Bourbon to Quai d'Orsay in Panorama Form [PANORAMA]. MOTTE, Charles Étienne Pierre, lithographer. A Paris. Promenades sur les Quais. [Paris]: Lithographie de C. Motte..... More
Paris: Chez l'éditeur, 1827. The Costumes of the Women of Hamburg, Tyrol, Holland, Switzerland, Franconia, Spain, the Kingdom of Naples One Hundred Superb Hand Colored Plates by Lanté and Gatine LANTÉ, Louis-Marie. GATINE, Georges-Jacques. LA MÉSANGÈRE, Pierre. Costumes des femmes de Hambourg, du Tyrol, de la Hollande, de la Suisse..... More
Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co.…, 1829. Twenty-Eight Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Lami and Monnier’s “Travels in England” Complete with the Very Scarce Additional Four Plates [LAMI, Eugène, and Henry Monnier, illustrators]. Voyage en Angleterre, par Eug. Lami et H. Monnier. Paris..... More
Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. Scarce Awkward Clashes! Trés Amusant! Trés Rare Inopportune Social and Personal Events LAMI, Eugène. Les Contretems en Caricatures. Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. First and Second Series Complete. First edition. Oblong octavo (7 5/8 x 10 5/8 in; 195 x 272 mm). Twenty-four hand-colored lithographs printed by..... More
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Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1848. Three incredibly rare suites by Charles Beaumont bound together in one album Together with Eighteen Hand Colored Lithographs from Three of his Other Works BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Les Vésuviennes ou les Soldats pour rire… complete [and] Quartier de la Boule Rouge… complete [and]..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, 1846. The Pleasures of Youth… Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13..... More
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