Della Testa in Profilo.
Italy: 17th Century. 127 x 98 mm., [5 x 3 ¾ inches]. [16 p. including final blank]. Italy, 17th century. ..... More
Art & Design
The Sweet Life
ca. 1970. 7½ x 9 ¼ inches. Housed in an inexpensive gilt frame with a linen liner. The liner shows some foxing but the painting is in very good condition and does not appear to have been cleaned. On the back of the painting the original brown paper backing is..... More
Silenus and the Satyrs.
Roma: Battista de’Rossi, 1640. Original engraving and etching. 385 x 260 mm. (15 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches]. This copy is trimmed to the plate mark with margins reinforced with strips of white paper frame. The impression is very good with crisp clean lines, and the paper stock is lightly..... More
Esemplari di caratteri scitti e incise.
Livorno, Calcografia Vignozzi, 1830 -(1852). Oblong format. 170 x 338 mm., [6 ¾ x 13 inches]. Engraved title-page dated 1830, date on the printed wrapper dated 1852. Comprised of 16 engraved plates of calligraphic specimens; with one inserted calligraphic specimen leaf published by Tomso Finiguerra of Florence, dated 1852. Stitched..... More
The City of the Sun.
Lodi, Italy: Gianpiero Zazzera, 1987. Folio. 360 x 250 ½ mm., [14 x 10 inches]. (10), 35, (1) pp. Engraved stiff paper wrappers, text loose in sheets; enclosed in a hinged plexiglass box. Edition of 180 numbered copies (90 in English + 90 in Italian) Includes two original engravings signed..... More
Cahier d’Ecriture á Mademoiselle Marie Perrine Cloizec.
Vannes, 1851. Folio. 410 x 270 mm., [16 x 10 ¾ inches]. 5 leaves, 1 blank. Manuscript in ink on rectos only. Highly legible and decorative. A charming calligraphic manuscript by a young female student from Vannes during the middle of the 19th century. . More
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[ART & ILLUSTRATION]. Nuova Raccolta di Scene Popolari e Costumi di Napoli, Disegnati esattamente dal vero. Stampati e Pubblicati nella Litografia di Signori Cuciniello e Bianchi.
In Napoli: Cuciniello e Bianchi, 1827. Folio. 400 x 280 mm., [15 ½ x 11 inches]. Printed title on upper board, 24 full page lithographic plates. Bound in original leather back boards, printed title on upper board; some rubbing to the paper on the boards and edges, sine very lightly..... More
An Essay on the Utility of Collecting the Best Works of the Ancient Engravers of the Italian School; Accompanied by a Critical Catalogue.
London: Printed by W. Nicol and Sold by Payne and Foss, 1827. 4to. 250 x 200 mm.; [9 ¾ x 8 inches]. viii, 536 , [2] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and four plates on two folding leaves, bound at the end. Modern green morocco spine..... More
Il Nuovo Maestro d’Ogni Sorte di Tinture, tanto in Tela, Seta, e Lana quanto di Vernici, e d’altre varie cose di simil genere. Traduzione di Francese. In Milano: Nella Stamperia Sirtori, 1788. bound after: Traité des couleurs matérielles, et de la manière de colorer, relativement aux différens Arts & Métiers.
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
Byways Around San Francisco Bay.
New York and Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1915. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches[. 184 pp. Illustrated throughout with a photographic frontispiece and 29 photographic plates in halftone and head-and-tail pieces designs, all by the author. Unsigned binding of blue cloth, with a gilt, black..... More
Paint & Colour Mixing. A practical handbook for Painters, Decorators, and all who have to mix colours. Containing 72 samples of paint of various colours, including the principal graining grounds, and upward of 400 different colour mixtures. . .
London & New York: E. & F. Spon, Ltd. & Spon & Chamberlain, 1902. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches]. 94, 3 pp. index, plus 7pp. ads.; endpapers also with ads. Illustrated in the text with images of grinding equipment and brushes, including stipple brushes..... More
The Lily of the Arno,or Florence, Past and Present.
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
Spécimen des divers caractères, vignettes et fleurons des Fonderie et Stéréotypie de L. Leger graveur, neveu et successeur de P. F. Didot.
Paris: Place de l’Estrapade, No. 28 (Impr. de Panckoucke), [not before 1831]. 4to (280 x 220 mm). 64 leaves, plus 4 large folding specimen broadsides bound at end. 3 preliminary leaves: title, with Leger’s monogram, 2-page Avis to printers and booksellers, 2-page price list, the latter bearing the official royal..... More
Pearls of American Poetry Illuminated.
New York: Wiley and Putnam, [1853]. Sq. 4to. 248 x 220 mm., [ 9 ¾ x 9 inches]. Illustrated with 53 illuminated pages (hinged boards), with highly gilded and decorated borders; all edges gilt. Orig. beveled brown morocco, with gilt title in shield on front cover in blind on rear..... More
Schrift und Ornament des Konditors. Ein Fachliches Lehr, Uebungs-und Vorlagenwerk == Herausgegeben von Julius Markaritzer.
Berlin-Schönberg: Druck, Fhöhnschnelldruck, 1938. Square 8vo. 200 x 299 mm., [8 x 8 inches]. 5pp. of text followed by 20 plates of letter design and ornaments. Original printed wrappers. Paper stock showing some browning do to age. Near fine copy. Second edition, Self Published by the Author. Letter Forms and..... More
I: Scene from W. D. Wattles Hell Fire Harrison. and II: Untitled Watercolor. Original Watercolor Drawing, Signed.
ca. 1910. Two original watercolor drawing on artists board. I: mat size 500 x 375 mm., [19 ½ x 15 inches] and image size 485 x 320 mm [19 x 12 ½ inches]. II: mat size 500 x 390 mm., [19 x 15 ½ inches] and image size 485 x...... More
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[ART & ILLUSTRATION]. Genio e lavoro. Biografia e breve istoria delle principali opera dei celebri intarsiatori Giuseppe e Carlo Francesco Maggiolini di Parabiago
Milano: Tipografia e Librereia Arciv. Ditta Ciacomo Agnelli, 1878. 8vo. 190 x 125 mm. [7 ½ x 5 inches].2, 112 pp. Illustrated with one folding plate of flower drawings. Bound in original buff printed wrappers, a bit soiled with dust, a small hole at the bottom right corner of the..... More
L’art de desssiner au pinceau. La Rochelle
Rochelle, 1783. 4to. 220 x 180 mm., [8 ¾ x 7 ¼ inches]. Manuscript on paper in two hands, both highly legible. 32 leaves of text on lightly tinted blue paper of a high quality. One drawing in the text. Stitched as issued, original coated paper wrappers of binder’s waste..... More
The Fountains of Rome.
New York: Macmillan Company: a Giniger Book, 1966. Tall 8vo. 250 x 190 mm., [10 x 7 ½ inches]. 302 pp. Illustrated with 49 color photographs by Mario Carrieri, maps, historical views, and portraits of the Popes throughout the text. Pale blue publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. A very good copy. First..... More
Scelta di paesi inventati ed intagliaaintingti da Pier Jacopo Palmieri e da altri Bolognesi per uso de pittori dilettanti.
Bologna: Luigi Guidotti Librajo e Stampatore, 1760. Oblong 4to. 180 x 250 mm., [7 ¼ x 9 ½ inches]. Engraved frontispiece of Valerio Boschi, engraved title-page with an image of the city of Bologna in the background, 2 pp. engraved dedications, 33 engraved plates of countryside villas, landscapes, and country..... More
A New Drawing Book of Modes. By Mons. B. Picart.
London: Printed for Richard Ware at the Bible & Sun in Amen Corner Warwick-Lane, [1732-33]. 8vo. 205 x 140 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. Engraved title-page and 12 engraved plates. Bound in later decorated paper boards. With a typed paper label identifying this copy as “Nevinson Loan 1979..... More
Esposicion Completa y Elemental del Arte de la Perspecitiva e Aplicacion de ella al Palco Encénico.
Barcelona: mprenta de Joaquin Verdaguer, 1840. 8vo. 213 x 160 mm., [8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches]. [4], 93, 1 pp. of text; illustrated with 100 engravings. Bound in contemporary brown mottled Spanish calf, red title label on spine. The binding is a bit rubbed but sound and attractive copy. ..... More
Particuliere school voor jounge juffrouwen gehouden door de zuster Franciscanessen Samarang.
Samarang [Java, Dutch East Indies], 1877-1880. 3 volumes. Small folio. 295 x 225 mm., [11 ½ 9 inches]. 7 leaves; 7 leaves; 6 leaves. Textured cloth limp covers; corners a bit bumped; hinges a bit weak, and the first volume loose in binding. The first two volumes contain a nearly..... More
Fitch Hambletonian! This Celebrated Stallion, Purchased of William Fitch, of Norwich, CT., by H. J. Rockwell and W. H. Allen will make a Short Season at the Metropolitan Stables, N. London Connecticut.
New London, Ct. Printed at the Office of the Daily Star, 1871. Broadside, matted and framed. Folio. Visible image size 340 x 258 mm., [13 ½ x 10 inches.]; frame size 420 x 370 mm., [16 ½ x 14 ½ inches]. Illustrated with woodcut image very well executed and printed..... More
La Secchia Rapita. Poema Eroicomico. La Prefazione, e la annotazioni di Giannandrea Barotti Ferrarese e La Vita del poeta composta da Lodovico Antonio Muratori.
Modena: Per Bartolomeo Soliani Stamp. Ducale, 1744. 4to. 270 x 200 mm., [10 ½ x 8 inches]. LX, 92, 489, [1] pp. Illustrated with a full-page portrait engraved by Bartol. Bonvicini dated 1738, allegorical frontispiece designed by Francesco Villiani and engraved by Francesco Zucchi, 15 full-page engraved plates, two maps..... More