Paris: Regnault and Claude Chaudiére, 1549. 4to (230 x 158 mm). Collation: a-y8. 176 leaves. Roman types, printed in red and black. Ruled in red. Renaissance woodcut title-border of termini and festoons, printers' device (Colines' Time with his scythe); 14 FULL-PAGE WOODCUTS, combining illustration and architectural frame on a single.....
Venice: Manfredus de Bonellis de Monteferrato, 31 January 1491 [1492?]. 4to (211 x 145 mm). 70 (of 72) leaves, a2.7 supplied in facsimile. Gothic type, 40-41 lines, initial spaces with printed guide letters. 64 (of 66) woodcuts within any of five decorative historiated frames; a single woodcut initial. Modern russet.....
Venice: Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresani, 1521. Aldine 8vo (161 x 94 mm; 63/8 x 33/4 in.). Collation: aa-bb^8 a-ss^8 tt^4. 3- and 4-line printed guide letters. 18th-century red roan-backed marbled boards, smooth spine gilt-lettered and -ruled, all edges gilt. Some rubbing to joints and extremities, lower margin of ss8.....
London: Susan Allix, 2011. 4to (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). 13 color plates. Original cloth, mounted image on cover; original black corrugated folding case. LIMITED EDITION, number 14 of 15 copies, signed by the artist. Allix has made over forty artist's books since 1973. The text is letterpressed on.....
Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2014. Text in English and German. 4to (10.5 x 10.5 inches). 144 pages. Printed boards. FIRST EDITION, published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum zu Allerheilgen Schaffhausen, curated by Lynn Kost. A well-illustrated survey of Andre's work.
Santa Fe: Arena Editions, 1999. 8vo. 205, [1] pages. Boards, image mounted on cover. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND WITH AN INKED FOOTPRINT in green by Beard on the half-title: "Greetings! Peter Beard NYC." Curated by Peter T. Tunney and with an essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
Paris: Israel Silvestre, circa 1645. Complete set of twelve etchings, plates 110 x 255 mm and similar, sheets 220 x 345 mm, including title, in the first state (of two). Fine impressions, wide margins, pale water stain to plates at center of volume, early ink inscription on title. 18th-century half-vellum.....
Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1532-1531 [vol. II second colophon: 14 February 1532]. Two volumes bound in one (the appendix added to vol.II), folio (287 x 188 mm; 11¼ x 17½ in.). Vol. I: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- and 5-part borders to several pages, woodcut arms of Strasbourg, ornamental and.....
[Florence]: [1616]. Three etchings (from the set of four), comprising [Chariots and Characters] (L. 169 “Les chars et les personnages”), a very good impression of the rare first state (of three), watermark Fleur-de-Lys in Double Circle with Initial V –– Mostra della guerra d’amore (L. 170, “Le Défilé Entrée des.....
Paris: PAB, 1964. 8vo (9.75 x 7 inches; 248 x 178 mm). 98, [6] pages. Printed on Arches. ONE OF 50 COPIES WITH FOUR ORIGINAL SIGNED PRINTS BY GEORGES BRAQUE, ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, JOAN MIRÓ, and MARIA HELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA; and 12 illustrations in text by Valentine Hugo (portrait of.....
Strassburg: Johann Mentelin, not after 1474. Large folio (410 x 292 mm). Gothic types, 3 columns, 66 lines. Collation: the following gatherings all have stamped signatures a: [a–i^10 k l^8 m^10]; stamped signatures b: [2a–d^10 e^8+1 f^10 g–l^10]; stamped signatures c: [3a–h^10 i^12]; stamped signatures d: [4a–h^10 i^8 k^12]. 415 leaves (of 417, lacking preliminary and terminal blanks).....
Göttingen: Steidl, 2008[-18]. Unique set produced by the Jim Dine Studio: 52 volumes, plus exhibition catalogue. Together in card box with original hand-lettered/painted title by Jim Dine. 16 x 10 x 7 inches. ONE OF ONLY TWENTY UNIQUE SETS, AND THE ONLY SET EVER MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR SALE. This.....
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1984. Folio (20 1/2 x 14 inches). 28 drypoint etchings, combining engraving and drypoint, using hand and electric tools, by Jim Dine, plus an additional print on chine colle from the second state of the frontispiece (entitled "Details from Nancy's Garden"), signed by Dine, laid.....
Edinburgh: James Watson, 1711. Folio (335 x 214 mm). Fine engraved frontispiece portrait of the William Drummond of Hawthornden. Contemporary divinity calf. Some light wear, front joint partly split at top; some minor pale marginal dampstaining, occasional pale browning. Provenance: George Edward Dimock (bookplate); Fletcher and Maude Battershall (bookplate); purchased.....
Paris: Jacques-François Chereau, 1782. The complete set of six etchings including title, plates 155 x 115 mm, sheets 275 x 200 mm, good impressions, small marginal repair to each plate, pale dampstain to final two plates, generally in good condition, each sheet mounted on guards. 20th-century mottled calf. Joints rubbed.....
Venice: Paolo Colombani, 1760. 4to (204 x 160 mm). 4 full-page engraved plates after Pietro Antonio Novelli (3) and Francesco Bartolozzi (1) by Antonio Baratti, title-page vignette, one head-piece and 5 tail-pieces, 5 ornamental initials. 19th-century quarter vellum, decorated paper boards. Some pale dampstaining to lower corners, generally crisp. Provenance.....
Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1976. Folio (335 x 240 mm). Etching by Fulvio Testa. 8pp. Sewn into dark brown Guido Reni Fabriano Roma paper wrappers and bound in stiff marbled covers made by Marcello Fornaro. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 33 of 71 copies signed by the author and artist.....
Paris: Jacques-François Chereau, circa 1780. The complete set of six engravings by A. Colinet, plates 265 x 195 mm, sheets 320 x 250 mm, fine impressions, with margins. Plate 6 with paper losses to the left sheet edge, otherwise in good condition. Bound with three other works, as detailed below.....
[Basel: Lienhart Ysenhut, circa 1490]. 4to (210 x 155 mm). 29 of 30 leaves (lacks first blank or title, see note above). 32 lines. Gothic types. 2 full-page woodcuts and 51 woodcuts in text (each circa 75-62 mm). Rubricated in red. Blue morocco gilt. Lower blank margin of a2 and.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981. Square 4to. 347 pages. 190 illustrations, of which 100 in color. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, signed by the artist and dated 1981 on the half-title.
Robert Grayson, 1990. Accordion form, 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., printed on translucent paper, 32 panels, printed on rectos only. Second edition, number 5 of 250 copies signed by Grayson from an edition of 276 (there were 26 lettered proofs). Grayson had first published his collection of aphorisms as.....
Vancouver, BC: Image Bank, 1977. 49 postcards, including title card, in publisher's printed box. 4 x 6 inches. INSCRIBED BY MICHAEL MORRIS AND VINCENT TRASOV A.K.A. MR PEANUT on the title card: "To Ingrid with good wishes of Berlin and best wishes for life in L.A. from Michael & Vincent.....
San Francisco: Asian Art Museum / Chong Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2004. First edition, limited issue, one of 150 copies in hardcover boxed with an original signed print. 4to. Original woodcut and silkscreen on Japanese paper titled "Diary: Dec. 21st '03" numbered 99/150 and signed in.....
London: Harvey Miller, 1975. First edition. Folio. 350 black-and-white and color illustrations, including 4 color plates tipped-in as issued. Original cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, and a very fine copy, virtually as issued. This is the third volume of 'A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles,' edited.....
New York and Paris: Juliette Halioua Ltd. and Adrien Maeght Editeur, 1973. Leporello-style accordion-form color lithograph printed by Ateliers Arte, Paris, 73 x 12 inches; 1854 x 305 mm. Folding into original cloth portfolio with color lithograph mounted on cover. A FINE ARTISTS BOOK. The Swiss artist Warja Lavater is.....