[LEFéVRE-UTILE / ART NOUVEAU ALBUM / ]

Album des célébrités contemporaine publié par Lefèvre-Utile Nantes [Title on front cover]. Nantes about 1905.

. Oblong 4to. (36.5 x 27 cm) Lvs. (11) With 48 inserted embossed chromolithograph autograph cards of famous actors, composers, authors, etc. placed in Art Nouveau decorated frames. One sheet with content. Last two leaves titled "Biscuites Levèvre-Utile" missing eight cards. Bound in publisher's decorated boards, printed in silver and gold.An exclusive promotional album produced to celebrate Levèvre-Utile winning the grand prize for making biscuits at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Lefèvre Utiel (LU) is a renowned French manufacturer of biscuits and chocolate based in Nantes (now part of Mondelez International). The lavishly decorated cards were included in packages of cookies and were intended as a collector's item. Each card has a colourful artistic scene associated with a contemporary celebrity, and includes a photographic portrait of the same. The artwork was created by leading French artists and photographers of the day.

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Book number: 121350

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, French, france, advertisement, cookies, biscuits, promotional, album, art nouveau, jugend,

[ART NOUVEAU].

Documents d'art décoratif. Trente planches en couleurs et en noire. Paris, Librairie Renourd, H. Laurens (ca 1910).

. Folio. Thirty mounted plates, of which sixteen in colour, on thick cardboard. As issued loose in original cloth-backed illustrated portfolio with cotton ties. Title page slightly browned but otherwise in excellent condition. First edition. A collection of various Art Nouveau designs for ceramics, decorative panels, furniture, silver and ironworks, jewellery, etc made by famous artists of the time, including Roubille, Brandt, Bacard, Daurat, and Ségaud. There are many textile patterns from this period that date back to earlier centuries. Some of the plates were also published in "Documents de décoration moderne" issued about 1900.

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Book number: 100760

Catalogue: Art Nouveau

Keywords: Art Nouveau, art nouveau, jugend, design, exploration, france, french, decoratif, decoration, konst, art, textiles, textile,

[LAMM, CARL ROBERT]:

Illustrated catalogue of the Very Notable Collection of Carl Robert Lamm, Näsby Castle (near Stockholm), Sweden. New York, 1923.

. Large 8vo. pp. (xvi), 412, (1). With many illustrations. Original printed wrappers bound in somewhat later half morocco on marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, u.e.g., lightly rubbed. Bookplate (Axel Rydén J:or). Impressive catalogue of Carl Robert Lamm's art collection (997 items) sold at the American Art Galleries in New York through his representative Ruth Teschner. With neat annotations in pencil of buyers and hammer prices throughout. Carl Robert Lamm (1856-1938), a Swedish engineer, industrialist and collector of art. His collection comprises paintings, oriental rugs, tapestry, armour, furniture, bronzes, and more. Among others Frederick Martin, a well-known art expert, assisted Lamm in his collecting. Carl Robert Lamm is the father of Carl Johan, the renowned expert on Islamic glass.

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Book number: 121131

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, art, konst, auction, collection,

[JUVENILE]

Petit tableau des arts et métiers, ou notions sur les principaux travaux des hommes; ouvrage instructif et amusant, à l'usage de la jeunesse de l'un et l'autre sexe. Troisième édition, ornée de nouvelles gravures. Paris, chez Pierre Blanchard, 1825.

. 12mo. Pp. 238. With coloured engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates of various arts and crafts. Contemporary calf, flat spine decorated in gilt and with red title label, Extremities lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers and edges. Old bookseller label on front paste down. Old handwritten note dated 1832 pasted in. Some leaves with staining, mainly in margin. Third edition of a charming work dealing with different professions, written for a young audience.

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Book number: 121463

Catalogue: Old and Rare Books

Keywords: Old and Rare Books, children, juvenile, art, crafts, professions, occupations, illustrated, french, france,

[LILJEVALCH CARL FREDRIK]:

... Tio tusen chinesiska ting. (Ten thousand Chinese items). Beskrifvande förteckning öfver ett chinesiskt målnings-galleri samt en stor samling af chinesiska konst-, industri- och naturalister. Stockholm, Johan Beckman, 1849.

. Pp. iv, 5-42. Text in Swedish. Modern boards. A descriptive list of a collection of authentic Chinese objects shown at an exhibition in Stockholm, the first exhibition to present Chinese objects to the public in Sweden. Comprising paintings, antiquities, books, porcelain, stamps, tiles, foods, papers, cloths, embroidery, scrolls, ceramics, and more. Includes a section with Siamese books. The collection was brought back by Carl Fredrik Liljevalch. He was a successful Swedish merchant who was sent to China on a East India Company ship to negotiate a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with China, which was concluded in 1847. Cordier BS 2180. Löwendahl 1102.

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Book number: 120974

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, far east, china, chinese, chine, kina, exploration, art, antiques, siam, siamese, thai, thailand, art, exhibition,

[HAIBARA / HANDMADE JAPANESE FANS].

[Two hand-painted round fans (uchiwa) in original woodblock-printed covers]. Tokyo, Haibara Naojiro, ca 1890.

. A beautiful and well-preserved pair of round hand fans painted in ink, colour and gofun on paper with handles of lacquer decorated with gold, and silk tasselled cords. The fans are decorated in rinpa style with a landscape scene and flowers, on the reverse one has a view of Mount Fuji and the other a bamboo scene highlighted with gold. One fan has one small chip at edge and a few tiny paper losses, the other is in fine condition. Size: 23.8 x 23 cm, length including handles 36 cm. Mounted in the original paper folders woodblock-printed in colours.Haibara, established in 1806, is one of Japan's oldest paper merchants and still operating in Nihonbashi in Tokyo. During the Edo period Haibara became famous for the decorated round fans (uchiwa) produced as a typical souvenir at that time. The third owner, Haibara Naojiro (1846-1910), worked close to artists like Shibata Zeshin, Kawanabe Kyosai and Kawabata Gyokusho who created the original designs for Haibara's products. A delightful pair of these handmade fans.

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Book number: 120961

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, fan, fans, handmade, handpainted, uchiwa,

THE ART SERVICE DEPARTMENT, UNION OF CHINESE ARTISTS (Compiler):

[CHINESE PAPER-CUTS]. Paper-cuts of Shantung Province. Peking 1956.

. With 20 mounted hand-coloured red paper-cuts (22.7 x 15.8 cm). Together with a 3-page description text printed in Chinese, English, French and German, and a 5-page booklet on Chinese paper-cuts in general. (Complete). Housed in original decorated paper folders with ivory clasps. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art in China, each region having its own characteristic style. This set comprises two different styles of Shantung paper-cuts.

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Book number: 120683

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, paper-cuts, china, chinese, chine, kina, asia asie, asien, asiatic, illustrated, theatre, birds, flowers, art, artistic,

BALçZS, BÉLA / KOZMA, LAJOS (Ill.):

Testvérorszâg. A j— gyerekeknek mesélte karâcsonyra (Sister country. Told for the good children). Gyoma, Kner Izidor, 1918.

. 16mo. Size: 10 x 13.5 cm. Pp. 59. With six full-page coloured plates. Publisher's pictorial boards, cloth spine, rubbed. Some leaves with small corner loss. First edition of this unusual Hungarian children's book illustrated by Lajos Kozma in a characteristic Art Nouveau style. The book was issued by Kner Publishing House as one of a series of three children's books, of which another one is Anna Lezsnai's "Mese a bœtorok—l".Béla Balâzs was a Hungarian - Jewish film critic, writer and poet. He was the writer of the scenario for Bart—k's ballet "The Wooden Prince". Lajos Kozma was one of the foremost Hungarian architects and interior designers of the early 20th century. He joined "The Young Ones" a group of architects influenced by the "Vienna Secession". His early works were created in Art Nouveau style but later, through Art Deco, he found his way to the International Modernism.

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Book number: 120337

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, children, literature, art nouveau, juvenile, barnbok, hungry, hungrian, ungern

KUBOTA BEISEN (Ed.):

Bijutsu H›ko (The Art Treasury). Eleven volumes. Tokyo, Matsui Eikichi, Gahakudo,1895.

. A complete set of this early refined Japanese art magazine. Size: 26 x 16 cm. With high-quality woodblock printed reproductions of ukiyo-e prints and paintings by famous artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Shibata Zeshin, Sakai Hoitsu, Ogata Korin, Mauyama Okyo, Kawanabe Kyosai, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, etc. Includes several folded prints of hashira-e (long and narrow pillar prints), nagaban (large print) and long surimono (exclusive prints for special occasions). Printed in lovely rich colours several highlighted with lacquer and mica. Bound in the traditional Japanese fashion, as issued within coloured decorated wrappers. A few volumes loose in binding and one volume has a few leaves affected by a small marginal wormhole, otherwise in splendid condition. Housed in a modern cloth folder. The editor Kubota Beisen was a renowned Japanese artist and art instructor. He founded the Kyoto Fine Art Association together with Kono Bairei. A stunning collection which seems extremely rare to find complete.

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Book number: 121008

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, illustrated, woodblock-prints, ukiyo-e, woodcut, paintings

BILDT, DIDRIK CARL:

Japonica. Bilder av japanska föremål och upplysningar därom. Stockholm 1914.

. Small folio. Pp. (ii), x, 502. With coloured frontispiece and 92 plates, of which eleven are coloured. Publisher's cloth decorated in gilt. First edition which was limited to 200 copies, of which this is no.167. Didrik Bildt travelled to Japan in 1902. He brought home a large collection of Japanese works of art including vases, tsuba, paintings, fukusa, kakemono, etc. Each item is well described. Several of the items were presented at the Japanese exhibition in Stockholm in 1911.

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Book number: 99587

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, art, illustration,

BIRDWOOD, GEORGE:

Indiens konstslöjd. En kortfattad skildring. På svenska utgifven af Hans Hildebrand. Stockholm, Central-Tryckeriet, 1882.

. Pp. (iv), 130. With one double page map and 55 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original printed wrappers, a few stains on upper cover. A Swedish edition partly based on Birdwood's larger work "The Industral Arts of India". This work was first published in German in connection with an Indian exhibition at Berlin in 1881. Afterwards the Indian artefacts were sent to Stockholm where they were exhibited.

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Book number: 99429

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, indian, inde, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, artefacts,

BOKUYA MIZUSHIMA, ETC.

[A manuscript copy] "Ogasawara ryû shorei no shiki" (The Ogasawara School of Etiquette). Nine volumes. Late Edo period (ca 1800).

. Comprises nine volumes of hand-written text and hand-drawn illustrations, of which several coloured. Ink on fine paper, bound in the fukuro-toji style in original blue wrappers with title labels. Stamps of Nihon Budo Bunka Kyokai (Japan Martial Arts Culture Association) on front covers. Volumes vary slightly in size between 22.8 x 17.1 cm and 24.5 x 18.3 cm. Some staining to the covers and some minor worming to a few volumes but overall a very good set. Housed in a specially made decorated paper box.The Ogasawara School originated in the Kamakura period (12th century) and laid the foundations of etiquette for the samurai class in Japan. It specialised in teaching archery techniques and horse training. The school developed over centuries and from its rich past of warrior martial techniques the Ogasawara-ryû tradition of etiquette evolved. The etiquette teaches proper behaviour in different life situations and in ceremonial rituals, such as performing a bow, arrangements of banquets, serving manners, making gift boxes, wedding preparations, instructions for noshi, clothing and make-up, etc. etc.Mizushima Bokuya (1607-94) was a teacher of etiquette and his written Ogasawara work mainly circulated in manuscript form in the second half of the 17th century. See: Michael Kinshi, Basic Japan Etiquette Rules and Their Popularization" Japonica Humboldtiana Band 5 (2001).

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Book number: 121185

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, JAPAN, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, ceremony, rituals, manners, educational, samurai, art, history, historical,

BOURNAZEL, DIANE DE / GUÉGANT, AMELIE (Bookbinder):

Le Chant des Possibles. Marliac (Limousin) France 2018.

. An exquisite artist's book, a magical work without words, completely handmade. The beautiful binding is by Amelie Guégant. Narrow folio. (13.8 x 33.2 cm) Lvs. (8). Seven double-page illustrations, fully illuminated by hand, using water colour, ink and collage. The images have a window cut in centre and are surrounded by a zigzag border. One leaf with small crease at lower corner. Original sprinkled paper boards, blue on gold coloured paper, handwritten title labels, housed in matching slipcase. Diane Bournazel (born 1956) is a French painter, printmaker and book illustrator represented in both private and public collections in France and elsewhere. Her works contain mystical stories or wordless poetry with themes that include nature, human relations, life and death. She uses drawing, painting, paper cutting and collage. This work features imaginary animals, people, flowers, etc all floating in a dreamlike setting. The book can be read from front or back and the reader is encouraged to create their own imaginative story. The colophon reads: "Ce livre est unique - je l'ai imaginé et réalisé durant l'été 2018, a Marliac, oú, les nuits, nous contemplons les étoiles. Armelle Guégant l'a relié, en douceur". Ref: "L'Univers enchanté de Diane de Bournazel". Art & Métiers du Livre, 316, 2016, pp. 24-31.As a book artist, Diane de Bournazel is among the very best in seeing the livre dÕartiste as a total artistic creation, embracing all the special qualities of the codex form. She creates distinct and mysterious narratives, spurring us on to turn the pages, with her trademark papercutting opening windows between them, encouraging us to look forwards, backwards and beneath the surface. Subtle collage effects and gauffered edges invite us to touch the pages and to reanimate the books each time we return to them.Her themes are those of life and death itself, of childhood, love, loss and longing. Recognising that everyone experiences these universals as part of their own unique story, De BournazelÕs visual meditations are always open to interpretation and reinterpretation. Every encounter, even with the same book, yields new insights as new details appear and new connections are noticed between the pages. This is a rich symbolic world, full of unexpected resonances and symmetries.

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Book number: 120917

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, france, french, frankrike, illustrated, art, artistic, artists books, hand-made, book,

BOYLESVE, RENÉ / BRUNELLESCHI, UMBERTO (Ill.) :

La leçon d'amour dans un parc. Paris, Albin Michel, 1933.

. 4to. Pp. (iv), 174, (1). With engraved front and twenty engraved plates protected by tissue guards and many vignettes, all illustrated by Brunelleschi and coloured by the atelier Daniel Jacomet. Original illustrated wrappers, glassine jacket. Modern slipcase. Binding slightly shaken, one querie loose. A limited edition of 464 copies, one of 375 numbered on Arches (no. 344). A wonderful clean and crisp copy. Umberto Brunelleschi, a famous Italian artist who lived and worked in Paris as a printer, book illustrator and costume designer.

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Book number: 121506

Catalogue: Art Deco

Keywords: Art Deco, french, france, illustrations, art deco, romance, literature, erotic, art nouveau,

CADIéRE, L. (Editor):

L'art a Hué. Nouvelle edition autorisée par l'Association des Amis du Vieux Hué. Hanoi 1930.

. Pp. 167, (2). With 222 plates, of which 23 in colour. A few plates with staining. Modern calf, decorated in gilt, original printed wrappers bound in. Interesting work devoted to the art of Annam (Vietnam), especially "les motifs de l'art annamite" including many nice illustrations.

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Book number: 18114

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, vietnam, annam, annamese, vietnamese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration, art,