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Paris: F.L. Schmied, 1930. Schmied, François-Louis. Small folio, 14-1/16 in x 11-1/8. 76 pp. Illustrated with twelve double-page and four single-page colored wood engravings. One of 155 copies printed on Madagascar paper (plus 10 for collaborators, and 7 on japon). Nasti B15. Full red morocco, bound with the pages tipped to hinges, cover with a central design after motifs in the book, tooled in gilt on inlays of black and maroon morocco, dentelles tooled in gilt and with gilt corner onlays, gold and black silk moiré endsheets, edges rough-gilt, bound by Schmied, signed on the front turn-in "F.L.S." Chemise and new matching slipcase. Light marginal foxing, but in excellent condition.Schmied bound only books of his own creation, choosing above all the books of his great years....The subjects of his designs come from the books themselves" Ray, The Art Deco Book in France, pp. 101-102. "In the introductory note...Théo Schmied points out the natural happiness of the interconnection between his… Read More

New York. Limited Editions Club. 2005. Bound in full crimson cloth over boards. Gilt-titled grain morocco label inset to front cover. Encased in like covered Solander box with gilt-titled grain morocco label inset to spine. Elephant Folio. 17" x 22". This Edition Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is #24. Signed by Benny Andrews to Colophon. Illustrated with six original colour etchings by Benny Andrews, hand printed on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during her final illness. The title of the collection and of the short story is taken from a passage from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The collection was published posthumously in 1965.Just one year before her death in 1963, Flannery O’Connor won her second O. Henry Award for ‘‘Everything That Rises Must Converge,’’ a powerful depiction of a troubled mother-son relationship. In 1965 the… Read More

1975. (PIENE, Otto). COHEN, Susan E. OTTO PIENE: PAINTINGS, GOUACHE, DRAWINGS. [Catalogue of an exhibition at the] Hayden Gallery and the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 7-December 7, 1975. [Cambridge, MA]: MIT Committee on the Visual Arts, 1975. [4],52 pp. Illustrated with black & white reproductions. 4to., color pictorial wrappers. Housed in a custom made clamshell box. This copy is inscribed "Special New Year '76 edition" and signed by Piene on the title-page to the editor and coordinator of the exhibit Susan E. Cohen. The artist worked throughout this copy using several different techniques, such as tearing, burning and scorching leaves, as well as drawing with colored inks, to make this a unique copy. The final drawing of two large eyes extends over two pages (11 x 17.5") and is signed again at the lower right corner. Piene (German, 1928-2014) was on one of the founders of Group Zero (Cologne), one of many associations… Read More

Paris: Esprit, at the Author's Expense, 1782., 1782. large folio. pp. 1 p.l., 10, [2]. engraved dedication & 22 engraved plates (1 double-page). old half calf over marbled bds., rebacked & recornered (some foxing mainly affecting margins, frontis. creased, 3-inch waterstain affecting lower edge of several plates). First Edition of this illustrated description of one the grandest of European theatres, constructed by Louis between 1773 and 1780. The plates include two perspective views of the interior and one of the main entrance, and several plans and sections, the last plate providing a comparative view of the plans of fourteen other theatres including Covent Garden, London, Versailles, the old Paris Opera, the Comédie Française, and theatres in Berlin, Argentina, Madrid, &c. A plate of the ceiling of the theatre was separately issued. Berlin Kat. 2812.. F.

Foujita. The menu is also signed by Madeleine, Foujita's model and companion during this two-year journey in Latin America and by the Argentine artist Florencio Molina Campos, who added a small sketch of Foujita. Together with a group of two vintage silver gelatin photographs mounted on cardboard. The mounts measure 33.5 cm x 26.5 and the images 23 x 17 cm. These two pictures were taken at the event on April 30, 1932. One photograph shows Foujita dancing with Madeleine, the other shows them at the dinner in his honor. The other guests include Molina Campos and Guichard Jean du Plessis, author of "Hommes de la Pampa", accompanied by his wife Simone, a relative of the aviator Jules Védrines. The most successful of the Montparnasse group of artists, Tokyo-born Foujita's Latin American tour (1931-1933) was a great hit, with thousands of people attending his exhibitions. In 1933 he returned to Japan, where Madeleine died from an overdose in 1936. In Japan Foujita produced propaganda art during the war,… Read More

Framed and authenticated by Charles Hamilton with his seal affixed to the backing paper. Felt-lined frame with raised platform for the note and recessed Georges Lay bronze medal of Renoir above. Note shows adhesive bleed at corners; medal has been paper-taped to the back. On letterhead of the Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes: "Monsieur, J'ai recu votre amiable lettre et je serai heureux de lire votre petit roman pour faire connaissance avec vous. Recevez mes salutations meilleures. Renoir 23 Septembre 1913" (Sir, I received your amiable letter and I will be happy to read your little novel to get to know you. Receive my best regards.); 12mo 11 x 17 cm; ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Paris: Jacques Damase, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Complete portfolio of 15 full page pochoirs in colors on Arches paper + 2 'title' page pochoirs illustrating poems by Arthur Rimbaud. Loose folded sheets as issued in publisher's linen wrappers lettered in colors. A bit of yellowing to spine of wrappers. Original red canvas portfolio box with black felt lining and title printed in blue on the front. Poems in French by Arthur Rimbaud, introduction by Jacques Damase. Scattered foxing, mostly to first (blanc) and last (colophon, blanc) leaves. Occasional light foxing to margins of pochoirs and text leaves, minor surface soiling to case. Copy 54 of a limited edition of 90. Hand signed and numbered by Sonia Delaunay. Folio, 56,5 x 39,5 cm. (box).

Milano: Ricordi, 1830. First Edition — Primera edición. 232x325mm. (9¼x12¾").. Milano & Firenze, Gio. Ricordi, c.1830. Folio oblongo (232 x 325)mm. (1) hoja de título, (1) h. de índice y personajes, 266 pp., 5 láminas grabadas y coloreadas a mano en la época representando los escenarios de la obra sobre dibujos de Sanquirico. Encuadernación en pleno marroquén de época color azul marino, hilo y rueda dorada enmarcando los planos, lomera cuajada de adornos dorados, rueda dorada en los contracantos, cabeza y cortes también dorados. Primera edición de gran rareza extra ilustrado con láminas de Sanquirico. Il Talismano, con libreto de Gaetano Barniere sobre texto de Walter Scott, fue la primera representación en el Teatro alla Scala de Milán, representada el 10 de junio de 1829. El libro, todo grabado en plancha, está además ilustrado con 5 magníficas láminas grabadas en litografía y coloreadas a mano inventadas y dibujadas por Alessandro Sanquirico representando escenarios para la… Read More

Thea Westreich, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Signed by Author. ~~Limited Edition boxed set #106/230, Signed by Calle~~Fine 1st ed 1991 Thea Westreich hardback, in outer box with label inset to front. Absolutely stunning original creation. Faux leopard-skin boards. The work consists of sixteen facsimile cards of congratulation (purportedly) from colleagues of the artist's father upon the announcement of her birth. Slight superficial waviness along closed edges of pages due to production process and the tipped-in envelopes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Signed by Author. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 084894..

Bern, Switzerland: E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies of the regular edition. This copy not numbered. Text by Walasse Ting, edited by Sam Francis. Comprising 62 lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in colors on loose sheets. Publisher's pictorial cloth chemise, laminated dust jacket with wear: lifting slightly along folds, fold corners and spine ends rubbed, chipping and short closed tears to spine panel foot. In red cloth covered slipcase. With 62 (34 double-page, 59 in colour) original lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in color. Lithographs by Pierre Alechinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (3), Jim Dine (2), Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Alfred Jensen (3), Asger Jorn (2), Allan Kaprow, Alfred Leslie (2), Roy Lichtenstein (2 + cover), Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg (3), Mel Ramos (2), Robert Rauschenberg (2), James Rosenquist, Bram Van Velde, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman (2). With an… Read More

A beautiful Dutch whaling scene in watercolour. It shows five large Dutch ships, five smaller rowboats, four whales on the surface being harpooned by the sailors in the rowboats, and two bears in the foreground in the lower right corner. The bears are no doubt supposed to be polar bears, but the artist made them look more like brown bears. While the drawing is signed in black ink in the lower right corner, virtually nothing is known about the artist, except his or her name from the signature: "H. C. Tuyssen(?)".The present scene was inspired by and/or adapted from a famous set of Dutch whaling prints (ca. 1720/25) by Sieuwert van der Meulen and Adolf van der Laen. The initial composition of the scene with the bears on the ice in the foreground reminds us of the print titled "Seylen in 't ys, en soeken na de walvis” (sailing through the ice, and searching for the whale), but it is not a direct copy. The artist seems to have combined parts of three or four prints from the set, to include more ships,… Read More

Title with engraved portrait-vignette by H. Lips, 1 leaf dedication by Gessner's widow to the empress of Russia, 25 etchings by Carl Wilhelm Kolbe after Gessner. Cont. half calf over marbled sides. Green leather label mounted on front cover. Imperial-folio (574 x 522 mm). Extremeties slightly worn. Foot-cap damaged. Thieme-B. XXI, 225. Le Blanc 63-87. Martens, Kolbe 282-306. Leemann v. E. p. 84/85. First and only edition. "Nach Gessners Tod wurden von dem wesensverwandten Kupferstecher Kolbe 25 Gouachebilder und getuschte Zeichnungen radiert und gelangten in Lieferungen von 1805-1811 ... in den Handel." (Thieme-B. XXI, p. 225). In 1805 Carl Wilhelm Kolbe was invited to Zurich by the descendants of Salomon Gessner, especially his son Heinrich, to reproduce a series of gouaches by the deceased artist in etchings. The ambitious project featured a total of 25 etchings with an additional title and dedication sheets. In order to comply with the request of the Gessner family, Kolbe sent an application to… Read More

Two complete volumes of the most important Renaissance study of zoology in Latin.

Volume 2, Oviparous Quadrupeds including reptiles and amphibia, and Volume 3, Birds, bound together in one.

With a total of 2 title vignettes and 241 woodcuts, many full-page, credited to Lucas Schan.

Historiae Animalium LIber II: De quadrupedibus oviparis, second edition, Frankfurt, Johann Wechel for Robert Cambier, 1586. 4 ff., 119 pp. with 19 woodcuts.

Historiae Animalium LIber III: De avium natura, first edition, Frankfurt, Johann Wechel for Robert Cambier, 1585. 6 ff., 806 pp. with 222 woodcuts, 13 ff.

The majority of the bird illustrations are believed to be by Lucas Schan, active 1526-58, a natural history artist and wildfowler of Strasbourg.

The woodcut of the Pica Bresillica, or toucan, is "based on a beak sent to Gessner by Giovanni Ferrerio, and the rest of the body was reconstructed from Thevet's Les singularitez de la France antarctique. " The lesser bird of paradise may have been drawn from a specimen… Read More

Geneva: Edwin Engelberts, 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Loose sheets in printed French wrapper in red cloth clamshell box with title label on spine. The inside of the box is covered with velvet paper. Published in Geneva by Edwin Engelberts and printed in Paris by Mourlot, Illustrated with 27 original lithographs by Georges Braque (+ 2 small b/w vignettes). 13 full page color lithographs of which 1 double page (with 2 lines of text). 1 full page black & white lithograph and 13 in text lithographs of which 9 in color. The stones were erased after the printing of the lithographs. Number 130 of a limited edition of 230 copies, printed on Rives. Hand signed in pencil by Georges Braque and Rene Char. A truly fine, collectible publication. Striking lithographs with strong impressions and vivid colors. 55, vii pp. Sheets measure 31,8 x 25,2 cm. .

Paris: XXe Siecle, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Published as a tribute to Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, the founder of the magazine XXe Siecle. Loose sheets as issued. In original wrappers and cloth clamshell box with the portrait of San Lazzaro mounted on the inside. With 15 lithographs by Max Bill, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Hans Hartung, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Georges Braque, Lucio Fontana, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Serge Poliakoff and Alberto Magnelli. All but one (Chagall) printed in color. Text by Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, Pierre Volboudt, Nina Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Andre Verdet, Marino Marini and others. This is number 310 of a limited edition of 575 copies, all printed on Velin d'Arches by Fernand Mourlot, l'Imprimerie Arte, Pierre Chave, Les Ateliers Bellini and Curwen Studio London. 141,vii pp. 38 x 28,8 x 5,5 cm. Except from the inevitable offsetting from the lithographs to the facing text pages, this is a very fine, almost mint copy in… Read More