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Signor Gaetan Vestris senior, 1729 – 1808, Italian-born ballet dancer and dancing master.

Depicted in the character of the Prince in the grand pantomime ballet called "Ninette a la Cour." In tall plumed hat, luxurious cape, doublet and hose.

Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts in Bell's British Theatre, London, April 9, 1781.

Page size 21.5 x 14cm, plate size 17.5 x 11.5cm

Strong impression on laid paper, slight staining and age toning.

Very good copy of one of Louis-Marie Lanté's most popular costume books
First edition from 1827. (It was re-issued in 1832 and 1841.)
Complete with all 70 fine fashion plates of the French women from history known for their talents, rank or beauty
There are queens, princesses, duchesses, mistresses, muses, fictional characters, salon hostesses, maids of honour and even witches from the 13th to the 18th century. The elegant full-length portraits show the rich costumes of the subjects and include armorial gowns, fancy dress costume for a masked ball, opera and ballet costumes, etc.
Among the celebrities are soprano singer Sophie Arnould, ballet dancer La Camargo, writer Madame de Sevigne, Louis XIV's mistresses Duchess de la Valliere and Mlle. de Fontagnes and his queen Maria Theresa of Spain, Mary Stuart of Scotland, Henry VIII's second wife Anne Boleyn, fictional heroine Euriant of Savoy, Petrarch's muse Laure de Noves, famous beauty La Belle Paule, famale scholar nun Heloise d'Argenteuil, royal spy… Read More

Volume 7 only of the 10-volume collection of stage portraits from the mid-19th century.Title page with vignette and 83 (of 100) handcoloured lithographic plates of actors, opera singers and ballet dancers in costume of their roles by Alexandre Lacauchie, Victor Dollet and Louis Lassalle, lithographed by Decan and Destouches, Paris.Includes the famous Italian ballerinas Fanny Cerrito and Caroline Rosati, French dancer Marie Guy-Stephan, actress Mlle. Alphonsine, soprano Marie-Charlotte Lemercier, and many more mid-century stars.Missing plates 601 603 606 607 609 614 619 625 637 638 670 671 674 675 681 697 and 700.The series was published from 1844-1870 in 10 volumes with 1,000 plates.Condition: Half red buckram split on the gutter, marble boards scuffed, but plates bright and vivid with fine handcolour, a few slightly spotted.Considered to be the most important French artists gallery of the 19th century.Alexandre Lacauchie (1814-1886) was a French painter, engraver and lithographer. Jean Francois… Read More

Collection of 277 hand-coloured lithographic portraits of French actors and actresses from the first 4 volumes of this rare series.No title page or prelims, mostly disbound plates loosely inserted within original bindings for Vol. 1 and 2, plate numbers from 1 to 392.Portraits of actors, actresses, dancers and opera singers by Alexandre Lacauchie and Victor Dollet, lithographed by Jules Rigo, Decan, Lebref.Considered to be the most important French artists gallery of the 19th century.Condition: Red leather bindings with fine gilt decoration on spines and boards, water damaged but holding, acting as portfolio for the loose plates. Plates with some damp-staining to lower edge, mostly outside the image, toning and spotting. Most plates disbound but all with vibrant fine hand coloring and gum arabic high lighting. Sold as a collection of plates.Alexandre Lacauchie (1814-1886) was a French painter, engraver and lithographer. Jean Francois Victor Dollet (1815-??) was a French painter, lithographer and printmaker.

Good copy of a classic history of ancient Rome with fine illustrations by baroque masters Gravelot, Saint-Aubin, Bolomey, Eisen, Ransonnette, etc.With 49 copperplates (including three large fold-outs) depicting scenes from Roman history and myth. The rococo images full of action, gore, violence, spectacle and drama.Subjects include the the Foundation of Rome, Romulus and Remus, the Circus of Rome, the Sack of Rome by the Gauls, the Kidnap of the Sabine Women, the Antonine Plague, the naval battle of Ecnomus, the apotheosis of Caesar, Triumph of Pompey, Nero's palace, etc.Complete with engraved title page and 48 fine copperplate engravings by Joseph Stöber, M. Bauer, David Weis, Martin Pöltzel, Paul Joh. Weindl and János Blaschke after original designs by Jean Baptiste Piauger, Hubert-Francois Gravelot, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Nicolas Ransonnette and Benjamin Samuel Bolomey.German translation of Abbe Claude-François-Xavier Millot's Abrege de l'Histoire Romaine, first published in 1796. Millot… Read More

Very good complete copy of this suite of 271 engraved plates of antique gems.
First Dutch edition in Latin, printed in Amsterdam, 1685. (First Italian-language edition published in Rome in 1657).
The designs by Leonard Agostini (Leonardo Augustino), engraved by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, original descriptive Italian text by Giovanni Bellori, the noted Italian antiquary, translated into Latin by Jacob Groenhoven (Jacobo Gronovio).
Two parts bound in one with all 271 engraved plates: engraved portrait of Agostini as frontispiece, second engraved allegorical frontispiece depicting Romulus and Remus, 217 plates in Part I numbered 1-3 and 1-214, 51 plates in Part II numbered 1-51, title page and divisional half-title with engraved vignette present in each part.
In conjunction with Bellori, Agostini published Gemme antiche figurate in two volumes in Rome in 1657 and 1669. The first part was devoted entirely to Cardinal Barberini's collection, which Agostini had assembled for the papal nephew, and the… Read More

Very good copy of William Wood's influential guidebook to conchology first published in 1815.With [2], iv, 8, lxii, 246 pages of text and 60 delicately hand-coloured engraved plates with tissue guardsPlates numbered 1-59 with one bis plate 4* illustrating 260 species of shellsWilliam Wood (1774–1857) was an English surgeon, zoologist, conchologist and entomologist. Among his works are Zoography, 1807, Index testaceologicus, 1818, Index entomologicus, 1839, British Marine Conchology with G.B. Sowerby, 1844, etc. Bound in half green morocco, gilt-decorated spine with shell tooling, marble boards, missing leather title label, a.e.g., scuffed and bumped. Plates clean and bright with delicate handcolour.

Very good copy of the second edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning
Complete with 60 charming handcoloured wood engravings of costumes of the world
There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars, itinerant Savoyards, Laplanders (Saami) riding reindeer-driven sleds, Greeks, Russians, Armenians and Turks.
There are many fascinating plates of African peoples from Mamluks and Copts in Egypt, native peoples of Tunisia, Senegal, Cazegut (Bissagos Islands), Cacongo (Angola), Issinia (Guinea), Congo, Jagga (Chaga) people of Tanzania, Khoikhoi from South Africa, Zulus from Natal, etc.
There are also several Native American peoples including Iroquois of Canada, natives of Virginia and California, Carib of Martinique, Aztecs of Mexico, Inca of Peru, natives of Guianna (Guyana) and Yaghan people of the Land of Fire (Tierra del Fugo).
Also includes… Read More

Good copy of the third edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning
With 58 (of 60) charming wood engravings of costumes of the world. (Lacking "Man and woman of Strasbourg" and "Savoyards" plates.)
There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars, Laplanders (Saami) riding reindeer-driven sleds, Greeks, Russians, Armenians and Turks.
There are many fascinating plates of African peoples from Mamluks and Copts in Egypt, native peoples of Tunisia, Senegal, Cazegut (Bissagos Islands), Cacongo (Angola), Issinia (Guinea), Congo, Jagga (Chaga) people of Tanzania, Khoikhoi from South Africa, Zulus from Natal, etc.
There are also several Native American peoples including Iroquois of Canada, natives of Virginia and California, Carib of Martinique, Aztecs of Mexico, Inca of Peru, natives of Guianna (Guyana) and Yaghan people of the Land of Fire (Tierra del… Read More

Volume 5 only of this 13-volume set of one of the finest German works on medical botany.Complete with 48 finely hand-coloured copperplate engravings of plants by the famous German botanical artist Friedrich Guimpel.Plants include peony, horseradish, figwort, meadow saffron, broadleaf plantain, annual mercury, sedge, fumitory, fumewort, celandine, buckthorn, vervain, dead-nettle, lichens, and more.Title page, preface, 96 pages of explanatory text, and 48 plates on watermarked laid paper mounted and folded against protective pages, with original blue wraps (dated 1816-1818) bound in at rear. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (1763-1832) was a German botanist, taxonomist, pharmacist and professor. Beginning as a pharmacist in Berlin from 1778 to 1796, he worked as an assistant for the Royal Prussian Chemical Factory for several years before teaching pharmaceutical botany at the University of Berlin from 1811 until his death. Getreue Darstellung is his masterpiece, published over 30 years from 1805 to his death,… Read More

Signora Giovanna Baccelli in Louis Simonet's ballet "Les Amans Surpris."

The Italian ballerina danced the role at the King's Theatre, 1786.

Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, May 15, 1781.

Page size 21.5 x 14cm, plate size 17.5 x 11.5cm

Strong impression on laid paper, slight staining and age toning.

Very good complete copy of the true second edition of a masterpiece of book illustration by William Blake, 1813.Engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Luigi Schiavonetti after the portrait by Thomas PhillipsWith 12 beautiful designs by William Blake: vignette on engraved title page and 11 full-page plates, engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti.The Skeleton Re-animated (IX, on title page)Christ descending into the Grave (I)Death of the Strong Wicked Man (IV)The Soul hovering over the Body reluctantly parting with Life (VI)The Soul exploring the recesses of the Grave (VII)The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death (II)The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother and Child in the Tomb (VIII)The Day of Judgment (XII)The Death of the Good Old Man (V)The Meeting of the Family in Heaven (XI)The Reunion of the Soul and the Body (X)Death's Door (III)Signed in manuscript on the half-title by American writer and editor "Horace E. Scudder May 1864"1-page dedication to the Queen by William Blake, 8-page list of… Read More