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New York: MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847. 1847. Folio. 355 x 250 mm., [ 14 x 10 inches]. Handsome lithographic portrait printed in tone of black and highlighted with blue, yellow, white, and green wash. Paper stock foxed and toned brown, a few chips at..... More
Italy: 17th Century. 127 x 98 mm., [5 x 3 ¾ inches]. [16 p. including final blank]. Italy, 17th century. ..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. 8vo. 185 x 135 mm. (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). 58, [1] pp., plus 5 pp. ads. Illustrated with nine plates include four aquatints. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, gilt title on upper board, title in blind on lower board; binding faded, some..... More
Augusburg: ca. 1750. Original Drawing for Book Illustration. 160 x 197 mm. (6 ¼ X 7 ¾ inches). Drawn on blue paper, laid down on 19th century paper. Black double fillet ink border. Shows some light wear but otherwise in very good condition. An attractive and well executed drawing in..... More
![Item #359 The Early Work, with a Preliminary Note by H. C. Marillier, [with] The Later Work. ....](https://desimonecompanybooksellers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/359.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1574268605)
London and New York: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899-1901. Folio. 2 volumes. [viii], 18 pp., 2 photographic reproductions of portraits of Beardsley and 157 full-page plates; [xii], frontispiece and 173 full-page plates. Original white cloth decorated in gilt; some soiling to the binding, head of spine with tiny fraying..... More
New York: Edward Bierstadt, 1866. Image size including text: 425 x 705 mm., (16 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches). Steel engraving by James Smillie after a painting by Albert Bierstadt that was completed in 1863. Signed in Pencil by both Bierstadt and Smillie. A few brown spots removed by expert..... More
Venezia: Tipografia di Gio Cecchini e Comp. 1843. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [8 ¾ x 6 inches]. 112 pp. Original blue paper, printed wrappers, stitched as issued; front wrapper with some creases and the spine with some rubbing, otherwise sound and attractive. First and only edition of Bartolommeo Bizio’s..... More
Pisa: Tipografia Nistri, 1836. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). 25 pp. Later wrappers. Rare pamphlet describing the composition and methods for recreating the colors used in the frescos that were painted on the walls of the 12th century Campo Santo in Pisa. In addition, the..... More
Winchester: Printed by J. Robbins, 1786. 8vo. 190 x 125 mm., [7 ¼ x 5 inches]. [4], 100, [12] pp. Bound in contemporary calf, decorated spine with red leather label; joints expertly repaired with Japanese tissue, title page a bit foxed, sporadic foxing to margins of some leaves. This copy..... More
New York: Koch, Sons, & Co., 1887. Folio. 480 x 405 mm., [19 x 16 inches]. Printed index of plates followed by 12 chromolithographic images after original drawings by L. K. Harlow. Each image is mounted to a cardboard mat, 11 of which have lithographic vignettes in the lower corner..... More
1954. Oil painting on board. 250 x 297 mm. (9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches). Signed in lower left corner in black paint and in black ink an inscription reads "Santa Monica, Calif. / A. Dahl 1954". Label of Wallace Gallery, East Hampton, New York.Anton Dahl (1894-1967), Swedish painter who..... More
Firenze: (Torrentino), 1567. Small 4to. 227 x 155 mm., (9 x 6 inches). [8], 62 pp., wanting final blank. Title-page illustrated with a monumental architectural border in the mannerism style and floral and historiated initial letters throughout the volume. Bound in 19th century decorated paper binding; some minor discoloration to..... More
Milano & Paris: Nella Stamperia Sirtori & Saugrain & Lamy, 1788, 1779. Two volumes in one. 12 mo. 165 x 100 mm., [6 ½ x 4 inches]. [4], 124 pp.; xii, 242, [4] pp. Bound in contemporary leather backed boards over speckled marbled paper. First Italian edition and the first..... More
Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1866. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm. [7 ¾ x 5 inches]. 185 pp. Original publisher’s cloth; head and tail of spine with s few minor tears, cloth joint expertly repaired; some minor water staining to the margins of the text. This copy has an..... More
New York: Lith.& Pub. By Currier, [1844]. 2 Spruce St., N.Y., N.d. [1844]. $ 275.00 Folio. 358 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]. Color lithographic portrait, printed in black ink and hand colored in two colors and highlights of black. Some foxing and discoloration to the fore head of..... More
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc., 1927. 8vo. 230 x 160 mm., [9 x 6 1/4 inches]. [xiv], 305 pp. Illustrated with a photographic frontispiece, 33 photographic plates by Marian O. Hooker and 4 by permission of the Architectural Book Publishing Company. Original blue cloth, decorated gilt cover and..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. Small 8vo. 225 x 145 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. x + 67pp. Fifteen reproductions of selected woodcuts. Booklet of 1917 has been handsomely rebound in hunter green cloth with title, publisher, and date reproduced on brown laid paper and affixed..... More
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1891. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [8 x 5 1/2 inches]. [10], 354 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 photogravure illustrations. Publisher's white decorated cloth with gilt and blue designs on upper board and spine, read cloth dust wrapper with title in gilt on spine. ..... More
Paris: NRF Editons, (1930). 12mo. 160 x 120 mm., [6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches]. 63 pp. Woodcut portrait of Klee by Georges Aubert and 47 black and white illustrations of the artists' work. Original printed wrappers. some soiling a bit tattered at the spine, but sound.Third Edition. More
Paris: Chez Gregoire Dupuis; De l’Imprimerie de Jean Baptiste Coignard, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy, 1719. Large 4to. 265 x 185 mm., [10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches]. xlii, 1-120, 131-140, 131-358, [2] pp; page numbers 121-130 were misprinted as 131-140 and then repeated, signatures correct and text complete. Illustrated..... More
![Item #82 Figure fatta da cinque punti obbligati. [Dedicated to] The Right Hon.ble Countess of...](https://desimonecompanybooksellers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/82.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749903480)
(Rome): (Carlo Labruzzi), 1796. Folio. 415 x 302 mm. (16 ¼ x 11 ½ inches). 13 full-page etchings printed in sanguine on laid paper, each plate with a loosely inserted guard sheet (also of laid paper) with 5 dark pencil points marked as guides to the artists. Early 19th-century red..... More
Boston: C. F. Libbie, & Co, February 14, 15, 16, 17, 1899; April 6 and 7, 1904; November 7, 8, 9, 10, 1905. Together 4 parts. 8vo. 240 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches].viii, 245 pp.; 246 - 507 pp.; [iv], 136 [2]pp.; [iv], 221 pp. Parts..... More
In Parigi: [Venice]: A Spese di Giannalberto Tumermani Stap. Veron. 1742. Folio. 350 x 240 mm., [ 13 x ½ x 9 ¼ inches]. [viii], 143, 96 pp. Engraved frontispiece and 24 engravings in the text. The typographical design of the poem is Ricchi, who divided each page into two..... More
Dresden: Verlag Ernst Arnold, 1923. 8vo. 250 x 190 mm., [9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches]. [vi], 22 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 2 text illustrations and 32 plates in black and white, one in color. Original printed boards.Number six in a series of monographs on European artists. More
