Sam Gatteño Books: Books about Books, Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books
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The Bibliographical Decameron: or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.
London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare Press, 1817. 0. Hardcover. Tall octavo. Three volumes. I: [vi], vi, [ii], ccxxv, [i], 410, [2] pages; II: [iv], 535, [3] pages; III: [iv], 544, [4] pages. With half-title to each volume present. Quarter black calf over black cloth. Title label. Illustrated as follows: I: 16 plates facing pages xiii, xcii, cxii, cxii, cxiii, cxiv, cxv, cxxxviii, cxlii (not found in all copies, since it was not ready at publication & absent here), clxxi, clxxix, clxxx, cxcix, ccxi, ccxvi, 204-205 (double-page), textual engravings & woodcuts, and 15 prints on india paper at pages xiv, xcii, ci, cxxviii, cxlvii, cli, cliv, clxi, clxvii, clxxi, clxxii, clxxxii, ccii (etching in sepia), 44, & 340; II: 6 plates facing pages 27 (double-page), 108, 157, 175, 458, & 466, textual engravings & woodcuts, and 11 prints on india paper at pages 157, 172, 380, 395, 401,403, 417 (red pared calf with gold letterpress), 466 (two prints), 490 (etching in sepia), & 518; III: 16 plates facing pages 51, 199, 206, 249, 263, 281, 293, 302, 327, 344, 351, 368, 435, 440, 475, & 477, textual engravings & woodcuts, and 10 prints on india paper at pages 51, 177, 194 (sepia), 284, 361, 362, 364, 445, 456, & 466. Jackson 40; Bigmore & Wyman I, pp. 169-170; Lowndes II, p. 640; Windle & Pippin A28. Ex-library copy, with the library's perforated stamp on each title-page. Some browning. A very good copy. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1616
USD 900.00 [Appr.: EURO 839.25 | £UK 718 | JP¥ 141145]
Keywords: DIBDIN, Bibliography
Contes de Fromaget. Le Cousin de Mahomet. Avec une Notice bio-bibliographique par Octave Uzanne.
Paris: A. Quantin, 1882. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv, 283 pages. Limited to a small number of copies. In early twentieth-century half cloth over marbled boards, original wrappers retained. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, vignette illustrations and head-pieces. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1090
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The Three Cruikshanks. A Bibliographical Catalogue, Describing More than 500 Works...Illustrated by Isaac, George and Robert Cruikshank. The Introduction by Julian Moore.
London: W. T. Spencer, 1897. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. First edition. Edition limited to 500 copies. Rebacked attractively in a half brown morocco binding over original cloth boards. With a frontispiece and illustrations. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 125
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 140 | £UK 119.75 | JP¥ 23524]
Keywords: BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATION
The Roman and Italic Printing Types in the Printing House of Theodore L. De Vinne & Co.
New York: The De Vinne Press, 1891. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 145pp. Original cloth. Illustrated with plates depicting types. Inscribed by the De Vinne Press. Good.
Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 1863
USD 500.00 [Appr.: EURO 466.25 | £UK 399 | JP¥ 78414]
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