Search Results: Hand-Colored Plates from Charles Agvent

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Spines darkened. Still Near Fine, lacking the dustwrappers and in a broken slipcase, lacking the top and bottom edges. John Austen. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Austen with his usual charm, collotyped by Day & Son and hand-colored by Daniel Jacomet. Copy #65 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrappers and the slipcase. John Austen. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Austen with his usual charm, collotyped by Day & Son and hand-colored by Daniel Jacomet. Copy #996 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Minor paper splits on hinges. Dustwrappers lacking, as usual. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with short splits. John Austen. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Austen with his usual charm, collotyped by Day & Son and hand-colored by Daniel Jacomet. One of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1808-1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Some offsetting of plates onto text, unevenly browned, some spots and stains. One plate is nicked in the outer edge, another with an early repair along the gutter, neither affecting the image. Spines lightly faded, extremities a bit worn, some inner hinges cracked. Very Good set of this attractive and historic work. Alexander Wilson. Nine folio (10-1/2" x 14") volumes in early 20th-century quarter red roan leather, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt on the spines. Illustrated with 76 hand-colored engraved plates after Wilson by Alexander Lawson, Benjamin Tanner, G. Murray, and J. G. Warnicke. FIRST ISSUE (preface dated 1 October 1808) of this pioneering work by the "father of American ornithology." Wilson's original drawings and paintings of birds and detailed observations of their habits and habitats combined to produce "the first truly great American ornithology and also the first truly outstanding American colour… Read More

Boston: R. Bowyer, 1817 - 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered toning, some offsetting and mild foxing, wormhole to upper margin at the front few pages of the first volume; small library blind-stamps to titles and to all plates; mild rubbing and repairs to the binding. Very Good. Three octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") volumes bound in 19th century black half-morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards. Illustrated with 60 engraved color plates, the first 10 hand-colored and the others color-printed. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN BOTANICAL BOOK as well as the first book with color-printed plates produced in America. Bigelow received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and was professor of medicine and botany at Harvard College.

London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822-1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing or staining but contents generally clean. Attractive bookplate of Edward Motley Weld on the front pastedowns of all volumes. Three covers detached, rubbing to the raised bands. Very Good. Complete in 13 octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes bound in later polished calf leather with gilt rules and heavily gilt-decorated spines with five raised bands and contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Without the rare June, 1828 issue, as usual. Illustrated with a large folding map and 153 plates, some folding, of which 65 are hand-colored, as well as numerous woodcut illustrations within the text, by artists such as Alken, Cruikshank, Roberts, Sutherland, Berenger, Landseer, and others. A comprehensive view of the life and habits of those who lived in the English countryside, often seen as a companion work to Ackermann's REPOSITORY OF THE ARTS, which… Read More

London: T. Bensley for the author, 1797-1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Fairly large copy in comparison to others sold in the recent past. Occasional minor foxing, toning, or off-setting; some light pencil notes/corrections to some leaves. In all, rather clean and attractive examples of these volumes with the plates generally bright and vivid with offsetting to text. Rubbing and light scuffs to bindings. Near Fine. Twelve large quarto volumes (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") volumes consisting of volumes 1-6 bound in full green morocco leather gilt with all edges gilt and volumes 5-10 in half brown morocco with marbled boards and matching morocco corners, gilt-lettered spines; marbled endpapers. A complete 10-volume set made up from two different incomplete sets resulting in duplicate volumes of 5 and 6 resulting in a total of 12 volumes. Illustrated with 664 plates with 64 folding/double, in the complete set, plus 144 plates with 4 folding/double bringing the grand total to 808 hand-colored plates with 68… Read More

London: James Nelson & Co., 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Text, mostly unopened, is a little aged but except for some light spots of foxing here and there the plates are clean; contemporary gift inscription on the half-title page. Near Fine in a handsome binding. Quarto (9" x 12") in 1/2 modern dark green morocco leather and older marbled boards with gilt rules, lettering and decorations. Illustrated with 60 hand-colored lithographs with tissue guards. The first two plates are bound out of order.

Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1930). First Edition. Wraps. Foxing throughout, not affecting the illustrations. The fragile illustrated paper dustwrapper is intact but for small chips on the spine and has neatly detached from the book. Very Good. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/8") in stiff paper binding with a thin brown paper cover with watercolor decorations on front and rear panels, as well as the spine. The French text is accompanied by 6 hand-colored pochoir plates by Robert Polack on the same thin paper tipped in.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Contents clean and fresh, binding just about Fine with slightly bumped lower corners. Roger Duvoisin. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-1/8") rebound in half blue morocco leather and blue buckram sides. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin with water-colors hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley. Introduction by William Rose Benet. Copy #525 of 1100 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the more charming books of the press and one of its smallest limitations.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Spine a little sunned. Close to Fine in a Fine slipcase. Henry C. Pitz. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in buckram with the side-strips bearing an all-over pattern of escutcheons, the center strip stamped in gold with a large escutcheon quartered in red and blue containing the title, and flanked by groups of lances; 748 pages. Translation of Lord Berners edited by G. C. Macaulay with an introduction by Dr. Sidney Painter of this account of the first half of The Hundred Years War. Two-page spread illustrations by Henry C. Pitz hand-colored through stencils at the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic.

London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing, mostly to the text, the plates clean with strong coloring; light wear to the binding. Very Good to Near Fine. Thomas Rowlandson. Quarto (6" x 9-1/2") bound in 19th century half polished green calf leather with matching corners and marbled boards; gilt rules; gilt-decorated spine with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label and five raised bands; marbled endpapers and edges; [iv], ii, ii, 285, (3) pages including the advertisement at the end. Illustrated with an additional hand-colored engraved title page, hand-colored frontispiece (representing Time pointing at various scenes on a screen), and 24 hand-colored engravings by Thomas Rowlandson.

Paris: Editions Nilsson, n.d. [@1930]. First Edition. Wraps. Some foxing throughout, heaviest at endpapers and not affecting the illustrations. The fragile illustrated paper dustwrapper is intact but for a 1-1/2" chip at the base of the spine. Very Good. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/8") in stiff paper binding with a thin brown paper cover with watercolor decorations on front and rear panels, as well as the spine. The French text is accompanied by 6 hand-colored pochoir plates by G. P. Joumard on the same thin paper tipped in. Stated limitation of 100 copies.

London: Whittaker & Co., 1835. Second Edition. Hardcover. Faint dampstains to the lower portions of and foxing to the title pages, text and plates generally clean. Light wear to the bindings. Near Fine. Two duodecimo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4") volumes in later 19th Century green half morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards and matching endpapers as well as marbled edges; decorated gilt spines with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Illustrated with 2 hand-colored title pages and 19 hand-colored plates as well as uncolored woodcuts in the text.

New York: John Wiley, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. The text is lightly to moderately foxed throughout, a bit less so to the color plates. Paper split to the front hinge but the covers are very tight. Rebacked with most of the original spine laid down. Very Good. Quarto in 6s (6" x 9-3-16") bound in contemporary half morocco leather with matching corners, gilt-ruled green boards, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, top edge gilt; xiv, 594 pages. Illustrated with 69 hand-colored lithograph plates by Lemercier of Paris and over 200 wood-engraved illustrations in the text. THE FIRST EDITION WITH COLORED PLATES of the most important and influential book on pomology published in America. First published in 1845, the book went through some 20 editions until 1900. All of the early editions are rare, and only two, published in 1847 and 1850, contain color plates and are also printed on larger paper. The plates were colored by hand and finished by Lemercier of Paris from drawings made in America. The text… Read More

Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenbough, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the binding; plates clean and bright. About Fine. The first volume of this magnificent three-volume set. Folio (14-3/4" x 21") bound in contemporary half red morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine with six raised bands and matching black morocco spine labels. Illustrated with 48 beautiful hand-colored lithographs of Native Americans based on original oil portraits painted from life in the studio of Charles Bird King, to whom McKenney brought many of the subjects. The rest were copied from watercolors executed in the field by a young frontier artist named James Otto Lewis. The finished portraits were housed in the Smithsonian where all but four were destroyed in a fire in 1865. Their appearance here is not only the best but in many cases the only likenesses of many of the most prominent Indian leaders of the nineteenth century. Bennett, p. 79; BAL 6934; Field 992; Howes M129:… Read More

London: Akerman et. al., 1822. New Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing; just a touch of wear to the handsome bindings. About Fine. J. Clark. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes bound by Bayntun in full red morocco leather with decorative gilt panels on all covers; gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Illustrated with 12 hand-colored aquatint plates by J. Clark.

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. A tall copy with fine, clean impressions of the plates; spine darkened with light wear. Near Fine. Thomas Rowlandson. Quarto (5-3/4" x 9-1/2") bound in full burgundy morocco leather by W. Root and Son, neatly rebacked with the original spine; gilt rules and gilt floral decorations in each corner of both covers; gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised bands; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; [ii], ii, 291, (1) pages. Illustrated with 18 hand-colored aquatint plates, all with tissue guards. ABBEY LIFE: "Early impressions of the plates are clear and sharp, and compare well with the magazine issue" (pages 185-186); ABBEY TRAVEL 89; without the two leaves of advertisements at the end which TOOLEY 415 notes are usually lacking. Engaging and satirical look at life and travel shortly before the French Revolution.

Tokyo, 1876-1877 and 1879-1880. First Edition. Wraps. Wrappers of Part I quite worn, with one title label mostly lost; front wrapper of Part III creased. Some offsetting and color bleedthrough; occasional edge browning; a few leaves very slightly moisture warped (from coloring?). Tape or glue residue in places on the versos of the plates in Part I. Near Fine with stunning hand-colored plates. First edition of Ninagawa's study of Japanese pottery, arranged in chronological order from ancient times onward. Apparently one of only 300 copies published. Seven oblong folio parts (15-1/4" x 10-3/8") stitched, as issued, in the original blue paper wrappers with lithographed title labels on the front wrappers in French and Japanese (Parts I-V) and in English and Japanese (Parts VI and VII). Each part with lithographed text in Japanese ([5]; [10]; [11]; [9], [11]; [10]; and [14] leaves, respectively). Printed on rectos only. Ninagawa's red stamp appears on the last leaf of text in each part. Illustrated with… Read More

Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1778. First Edition. Softcover. Some minor worming to inner marginal folds of maps, occasional spotting. Complete with vibrant coloring. Close to Fine. Oblong folio (16 1/4" x 12") bound in contemporary limp decorated paper covers. Containing 15 double-page engraved maps (including the double-page title), each beautifully hand-colored, depicting Bermuda; the east coast of North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to the Great Lakes and south to "Luigiana" and "Messico"; Lake Superior and its coast, with an inset of eastern Florida, including the Keys and Bahamas; Canada, between the Ottawa River and Hudson Bay; Labrador; Lake Michigan, including parts of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa; Lake Huron, Ontario, Erie, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, the Hudson River, Long Island, and western New England; the Canadian and New England coast from Acadia and the Bay of Fundy, down the coast to the Long Island Sound; Virginia, the Mississippi and Missouri… Read More