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(MARIA THERESA, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Empress Consort of Francis I, Emperor of Germany [1717-1780]).
Relation De L'Inauguration Solemnelle De Sa Sacrée Majesté Marie Thérèse Reine De Hongrie Et De Bohème; Archiduchesse D'Autriche &c. Comme Comtesse De Flandres, Célébrée à Gand, Ville Capitale de la Province, le XXVII. Avril 1744.
Ghent: la Veuve Pierre De Goesin, 1744..
folio. pp. 43. title & head of dedication in red & black. woodcut arms on title. engraved frontis. portrait of Maria Theresa by Frans Pilsen after a painting by Philips Karel Marissal & large folding double-page engraved plate of the inauguration ceremony by Pilsen after David 't Kindt. contemporary calf, imperial arms on upper cover, arms of Flanders on lower cover (covers with surface abrasions, spine repaired at head & foot, wormholes in outer margin - those in first few leaves neatly filled in, the folding plate with half a dozen unobtrusive wormholes & some reinforcements of the folds but in very good condition nonetheless). First Edition. Fête book celebrating the inauguration at Ghent on April 27, 1744, of Maria Theresa as Countess of Flanders. The Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia was presented on the occasion with a magnificent Ghent-made gown with a garniture of Flemish lace. She is shown wearing the gown in an oil painting by Martin Van Meytens which hangs in the city town hall. Cohen-De Ricci 868. Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 209. Vinet 685.
$2748 USD Book Number: elala2755 Order / Enquire
(NUREMBERG).
BAYERISCHE Landes-Austellung Nürnberg 1896.
Nuremberg: Sigmund Soldan'schen.August Zemsch, [1896]..
oblong folio. title + 16 photographs mounted on heavy card. loosely laid in original gilt-stamped cloth portfolio, photo mounted on upper cover (small tear to lower spine, light foxing to edges of title).
$749 USD Book Number: elala3548 Order / Enquire
(SCOTT, Sir Walter 1771-1832]).
The Waverley Gallery Of The Principal Female Characters In Sir Walter Scott's Romances. From Original Paintings By Eminent Artists - Engraved Under The Superintendence Of Charles Heath.
New York: D.Appleton And Company, 1860..
large 8vo. pp. 230. 36 steel-engraved portraits. original chagrin, elaborately tooled in gilt & blind, all edges gilt (rubbed, tail of spine & corners worn). First American Edition.
$256 USD Book Number: ICOe(SCO16 Order / Enquire
(SWISS FETE BOOK).
FESTALBUM der Feier des Eintritts Berns in den Schweizerbund, 6 März 1353 begangen im Jahr 1853 an den Siegestagen u: Laupen u: Murten, zu Jun: 1339 u:zz Jun: 1876 [sic]. Historischer Zug angeordner u:zur Herausgabe in lechszig Blättern bearbeitet von Doc
Bern: Stämpflische Verlagshandlung & Zürich: Friedrich Schulthez, [1855].
oblong folio. [ff. 6]. with half-title & list of subscribers. 60 tinted lithographed plates (incl. title) by H.Jenny (59 hand-coloured). contemporary quarter roan, rebacked with spine mounted, morocco label on upper cover (covers rubbed, some foxing to text leaves). First Edition. Handsome fête book celebrating the fifth centenary of Bern's entrance into the Swiss Confederation (1353) as its eighth member. With detailed hand-coloured lithographed costume plates showing the historical processions. Not found in Colas or Hiler.
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(WILLIAM IV, PRINCE OF ORANGE AND NASSAU [1711-1751]).
HAGA COMITIS ILLUSTRATA; Of Het Verheerlykt En Verligt 's Gravenhage: Bestaende In Eene Naeuwkeurige Verzameling Van onderd-En-Zestien onderscheidene en in het Koper gebragt Afbeeldingen.
The Hague: Anthoni De Groot, 1751..
folio. pp. 2 p.l., 24. text in double columns. title & dedication in red & black. woodcut royal arms on title. 116 engravings of emblems & devices on 16 plates. 2 other engravings of coins in the text. engraved dedication headpiece. woodcut ornaments & initials. A tall uncut copy in original wrs. (stitching broken, small rubberstamp on title, first 2 leaves bit soiled & stained in margins). First Edition of this attractive work, commemorating the election and inauguration, in May of 1747, of William IV [Willem Carel Hendrik Friso], Prince of Orange and Nassau, as Stadholder, Captain-General, and Admiral of Holland and West Friesland. The engravings mainly depict emblems, devices, and coats of arms. Landwehr notes that some copies have an additional portrait of William IV. We could find only one copy listed in NUC, under the publisher's name (GROOT): New York Public Library. Berlin Kat. 2963n. Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 215. Muller 3868. Praz p. 558. Vinet 641.
$1281 USD Book Number: IILGA(WI43 Order / Enquire
(WILLIAM IV, PRINCE OF ORANGE AND NASSAU [1711-1751]).
[LYK-STAETSIE Van Zyne Doorluchtigste Hoogheid den Heere Willem Carel Hendrik Friso, Prince van Orange en Nassau.].
[The Hague: Pieter Gosse Junior. 1755]..
large oblong folio. 41 engraved plates. lacking the 40-page text. contemporary half calf (some wear to binding, occasional marginal foxing, slight creases in last few plates). Fine collection of engraved plates by Jan Punt after Pieter van Cuyck depicting the grand funeral procession in honour of William IV [Willem Carel Hendrik Friso], Prince of Orange and Nassau, at Delft, February 4, 1752. Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 231. See Vinet 645 (citing slightly different title, only 40 plates, & incorrect date - 1754).
$3075 USD Book Number: IILYK(WI71 Order / Enquire
ABRAHALL, Mrs. H.C. Hoskyns.
English Minstrelsy Illuminated By.
London: Published by A.Garrant, [1872]..
4to. pp. 13 chromolithographed plates (incl. title). original gilt-stamped decorative cloth, all edges gilt (spine & hinges artlessly repaired, extremities frayed, some foxing mainly to versos & margins). First Edition of this illustrated collection of Marlowe, Carew, Lovelace, Herrick, Shakespeare, Spencer and Wotton's poems.
$599 USD Book Number: elala2346 Order / Enquire
ADAMS, Henry.
The Education Of Henry Adams An Autobiography Illustrated With Twelve Etchings By Samuel Chamberlain And With An Introduction By Henry Seidel Canby.
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, Printed by The Merrymount Press, Boston, 1942..
8vo. pp. xvii, 485, [1]colophon. 12 etched plates. A very good untrimmed & largely unopened copy in original cloth (spine bit faded). without the slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by the Illustrator Chamberlain. Designed and printed on Ragston special paper by D.B.Updike at The Merrymount Press, Boston, set in monotype Times Roman, the etchings printed from the artist's plates by Charles Furth, NY, bound by Boston Bookbinding Company. LEC Quarto-Millenary 133.
$410 USD Book Number: IAMeADAM61 Order / Enquire
ADDISON, Joseph, Richard STEELE, & Eustace BUDGELL.
The Roger de Coverley Papers.from The Spectator, London: 1711-1712 With Some Prefatory Notes by W.M.Thackeray, and Illustrations Drawn for this Edition by Gordon Ross.
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1945..
8vo. pp. xxviii, 198, [1 leaf]colophon. 11 hand-coloured plates & hand-coloured vignette portrait on title. A very good copy in original padded floral chintz, t.e.g., others untrimmed (spine darkened), with slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by the Illustrator Ross. Designed by Richard W.Ellis, printed on Liampre French paper by Aldus Printers, NY, set in monotype Caslon Old Face, illustrations key black printed by Photogravure and Color Company, NY, hand-coloured by Charlize Brakeley, NY, bound by Russell-Rutter Company, NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 172.
$179 USD Book Number: IDIeADDI20 Order / Enquire
AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Prometheus Bound.Translated By Rex Warner & Prometheus Unbound.With A Preface By Rex Warner And Drawings By John Farleigh.
New York: Limited Editions Club, Printed by Joh. Enschedé En Zonen, Haarlem, 1965..
4to. pp. xviii, [1], 161, [1]. 16 plates on buff background (incl. frontis.). original cloth. slipcase. Limited to 1,500 numbered copies.Poole, The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh, p. 120.
$154 USD Book Number: ISComAES60 Order / Enquire
[AKERMAN, J.Y.].
Tales Of Other Days. By J.Y.A. With Illustrations By George Cruikshank.
London: Effingham Wilson, 1830..
8vo. pp. vii, [1]blank, [1 leaf], 250. with half-title. wood-engraved title vignette & 6 wood-engraved plates by J.Thompson & S. & T.Wiliams after sketches by George Cruikshank. later mottled calf, gilt back & inside dentelles, t.e.g. (joints & spine ends worn & repaired, rear free-endpaper loose). First Edition. Cohn 23.
$300 USD Book Number: elala468 Order / Enquire
ALARCÓN, Pedro Antonio De.
The Three Cornered Hat.with an Introduction by Gerald Brenan illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
[New York]: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Plantin Press, Los Angeles, 1959..
4to. pp. xix, [3], 154, [2]. 34 illus. (some colour & 16 full-page). cloth-backed bds. slipcase. Edition limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the Artist.
$128 USD Book Number: IAReALAR20 Order / Enquire
ALAUX, Jean Paul & Gustave ALAUX [1887-1965] (Illus.).
Aventures Du Capitaine Jean De Boy.
Paris: J.P.Alaux, [1937]..
4to. pp. 229, [2]. with half-title. numerous text illus. (some full-page). head & tailpieces. Uncut & unopened in original illus. wrs. First Edition; one of 800 numbered copies on 'Vélin Teinté'.
$200 USD Book Number: elala2352 Order / Enquire
ALI BABA.
Ali Baba und die vierzig Räuber Illustriert von Max Slevogt.
Berlin:Bruno Cassirer, Verlag, 1921..
folio. pp. 44, [4]. numerous text illus. (some full-page, some in colour or partial colour). original cloth-backed illustrated bds. (shaken, bds. soiled, extremities worn). Second Edition with the Slevogt Illustrations.
$134 USD Book Number: IIiALI B69 Order / Enquire
ALLEN, Hervey.
Anthony Adverse.With A New Introduction By The Author And Illustrations By Edward A. Wilson.
[New York]: Printed For the Members Of The Limited Editions Club At the Walpole Printing Office, Mount Vernon, 1937..
3 Vols. 8vo. pp. xiii, [7], 431; 493; 685, [2]. 9 lithographed plates & many colour headpieces. cloth (owner's bookplate on front pastedowns). slipcase (worn with cellotape repairs). Limited to 1,500 numbered copies, signed by the Artist.
$231 USD Book Number: ILEthALL8 Order / Enquire
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