Dictionnaire des estampes et livres illustrés sur les ballons et les machines volantes des débuts jusques vers 1880 by DARMON J.E - 1929

Paris: Albert Morance, 1930. French Text. Paris, 1930; paperback, pp. 150, b/w ill., cm 16x25.

Montpellier: Barral, 1929. Number 158 of 1,000 printed on Velin Bouflant. Paperback. Good- (Wraps are smudged and shelf/edgeworn and separated completely from the textblock; textblock has dampstaining at the top corner, but this does not interfere with the plates; some pages have closed tearing; pages are age-toned; textblock edges are darkened; textblock is cracked.). White wraps with color illustration and black and orange lettering;129 pp. (unopened and untrimmed); richly illustrated. Text in French.

Libr. H. Barral, Montpellier, first edition, 1929. Limited edition of 1112 copies, this being one of 100 on Vergé de Hollande. Illustrated printed wrappers, 8vo,. 135 pp, numerous ills. Copy No. 325. Glassine wrapper torn with loss, contents agetoned, otherwise a Good unopened copy.

H. Barral, Montpellier. 1929. First Edition, large 8vo, 129pp., limited edition, plates, facsimiles, orig. decorated wrappers, unopened, uncut.

Paris: Editions Albert Morance. Soft cover. Good. 8vo. French. Grey stiff card wraps, sewn and glued binding. [n.d., ca. 1922 per WorldCat]. 152 p.p. [12] duotone plates, incl. frontis, w/ tissue guards. Darkening to spine and edges, bumping to extremities, 2" crack to spine head, a few short tears. A directory of Japanese art prints and engravings, with information about printers' signatures and processes.

Montpellier,: H. Barral,, 1929.. [ii blank], 142, [viii] pp. Royal 8vo (16,5 x 25, 5 cm.). Original overlapping printed wrappers (upper left corner of front side very slightly damaged), uncut. ¶ The wellknown reference work for the collector of 18th century graphic art. With a brief introduction about the various technics and brief biographies of the principal artist such as Dagoty, Le Blond, Reynolds, Ward, etc. Finely printed in a limited and numbered edition on heavy paper. This copy bears nr. 14.

Paris: J. Darmon, 1920. Softcover. Good+ (age toning and shelfwear to wraps, pages lightly age toned but otherwise clean). Tan wraps with brown and black lettering, brown illustration; 130 (5) pp, uncut pages. Text is in French. Dictionary of Engravings in Colors, Bistre and Sanguine of the 18th Century, of the French and English Schools, in Circulation in the Prints Trade, With Their Prices. Blank pages for "Notes" in rear.

Paris: J. Darmon, 1920 First edition. Very scarce. Edges and spine-ends slightly rubbed, else a fine copy. A very good reference guide to 18th century French engravings. Text in French..