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Bound Plate Book of Illustrations

London , J. Dickinson; Rodwell & Martin , c1828. Cloth. A beautiful collection of illustrations depicting various countryside landscapes. A collection of plates featuring charming drawings of landscapes. With 58 plates in total. The illustrations have various artist signatures, such as W. Gauci and J. D. H. There are two publications consistently credited on the illustrations, however it is unclear where the plates originally derived from.Two plates are captioned 'Near Maidstone&apos. In the publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities, with heaviest wear to the spine. Hinges are weak. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional spotting, marks to a few leaves and slight age toning. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .

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Book number: 907Y44

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Illustrated Plate Book Drawings Landscapes Plate Book Not stated

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The Cabinet of the Arts a Series of Engravings by English Artists

London, Not Stated, 1799. Leather. A scarce collection of engravings by English artists. Contains 88 plates of engravings which include topographical views, portraits, emblematic scenes and reproductions of the engraved title pages of other publications. An interesting, if eclectic, collection of 18th century engravings and reproductions. An unusual work. Copac lists a copy held at the British Library, and copies also held at Yale university. All copies have different numbers of plates and the details of plates vary. The work appears to be a collection of plates chosen by the purchaser, intended to display the mastery of English engraving. LIkely the publisher produced a standard set of plates to which the purchaser could add their own choices. With the bookplate of Robert J Hayhurst The title page reads 'from original designs by Stothard, Burney, Harding, Corbould, Van Assen, Potter, Cosway, Paul Sandby, Mather Brown, Catton &C&apos. In this copy, some of these names have been underlined in early ink, to which has been added the names Vandyke, Bickham, Gillot, Taylor and others. All the plates in this volume are mentioned in the handwritten contents page. This includes several engravings by George Bickham the Younger. Other illustrations of interest include the two engraved title pages, one from the Lady's Pocket Magazine 1795 and the other from The Infant Vision of Shakespeare 1796. Also of note is an unattributed engraving of Isaac Newton which we have been unable to find reproduced elsewhere. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, sound. Marbled boards torn with loss. Front hinge strained after endpaper. Personal bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with marginal foxing and occasional tidemarks. Title page foxed. Occasional neat pencil notes to unattributed plates offering descriptions. Pencil marks to title page and rear blanks and first two plates. Handwritten contents page opposite title page. Handling marks throughout. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Book number: LTH25-E-9

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Scarce Plates Illustrated Robert J Hayhurst Plates Leather Art Various

Anonymous

A Cabinet of Portraits Consisting of Distinguished Characters, British and Foreign: Accompanied with a Brief Memoir of Each Person

London, William Darton, 1823. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of portraits of noted historical figures. An attractive volume, in a handsome calf binding. Anonymously published, this scarce work is is profusely illustrated With 64 plates, including portraits of Sir Isaac Newton, Sir William Raleigh and William Shakespeare. In a half calf binding. Externally, smart with some very slight bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with occasional scattered spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unamed. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: LTH29-F-21

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Illustrated Leather Isaac Newton William Shakespeare Leather Scarce Unamed

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Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Modern Pictures of James Price

London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1895. Leather. The scarce catalogue from the auctions of the paintings belonging to James Price, Esq. particularly those from the Early English school. Illustrated with nearly one hundred depictions of the works auctioned.Including works by J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney, Joshua Reynolds, David Wilkie and William Etty, amongst numerous others.One of the most important sales from the auction was Thomas Gainsborough's miniature portrait of Lady Mulgrave, which reached 10,000 guineas, the second highest price ever paid for a Gainsborough. It is now in the Royal Collection.James Price, Esq. was an artist himself, hailing from South Devon. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart, with occasional slight rubbing to the joints and the extremities; head and tail of the spine are also slightly rubbed. Internally, generally firmly bound with a slight strain to the front hinge, which remains firm. Pages are a little age-toned. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 798R74

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Catalogue Christie's Christie, Manson and Wood's James Price Christie's Auction Catalogue None

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The Connoisseur

London , Connoisseur Ltd, 1935. Paperback. The original Connoisseur Magazine was created in 1904, a periodical and chronicle for collectors and investors in fine art, collectibles and antique furniture. This scarce edition features the Acton Surgery on Bond Street, London and the collection of Early works of art, furniture, Tapestry and Panelled rooms that could be viewed at the time of publication. The latest version of Connoisseur Magazine came about with the transfer of the trademark to Connoisseur Publishing Ltd UK in 2006, under the editor Axel Ritenis. It is now based in London"s Mayfair. It has been developed into a platform for showcasing fine arts, antique furniture or antique collectibles such as jewellery or watches, wines and gastronomy. In original paper wraps. Externally, marks to boards with some wear to extremities and a small close tear. Internally, binding has failed and paper wraps are detached. There is a covering of dust throughout. Some pages have become lose but are present but otherwise the text is bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: GEN31-B-10

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Connoisseur magazine Art Fine Art magazine None

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Etched Portraits of Celebrated Painters, with Biographical Notices

London, Virtue and Company, c1877 . Leather. A vanishingly scarce volume featuring seventy-two engraved portraits of famous painters, accompanied by biographies of these notable individuals. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with seventy-two plates of portraits of major painters, fifty five of which are by printmaker James Girtin. Collated, complete.The plates etched by James Girtin appear to have been first published in the scarce 1817 work 'Seventy-Five Portraits of Celebrated Painters, from Authentic Originals' by John Girtin.This work includes portraits and short biographies of individuals including Andrea Sacchi, John Van Eyck, William Dobson and Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti.Undated; dated circa 1877 via an institutional record.With a loosely inserted letter, dated 1893, from 'publisher and discount bookseller' Charles Taylor, addressed to one Rev. H. D. McNamara, asking 'will you do me the favour of accepting the enclosed volume of etched portraits of celebrated painters as a little kindly remembrance' for 'the very great interest you have always taken on my behalf&apos. In a full calf binding. Lacking back strip. Major rubbing to boards, most concentrated to board perimeters. Scorch marks to tails of boards. Boards tenderly held by cords only. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to title page, with faint tide marks to very head of the majority of leaves. The odd instance of light handling marks. Pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Fair . Ill.: James Girtin. Fair .

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Book number: 905F36

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: james girtin charles taylor Seventy-five portraits of celebrated painters, from authentic originals, etched by James Girtin charles taylor James Girtin

Anonymous

The Gallery of British Artists Consisting of a Series of Engravings of Their Most Admired Works, with Illustrative Descriptions

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1836. Cloth. A delightful collection of engravings by British artists from the early nineteenth century. A very scarce early edition. Dated from the Harvard Library. Two volumes bound in one. In full decorative cloth binding with gilt detail. Bound by Webb. A collection of engravings from notable British artists of the early nineteenth century, alongside illustrative descriptions of their most admired works. Comprising of an engraved title page and seventy six full page plates. Collated complete. In full cloth decorative binding. Externally very smart with shelf wear to the edges and spine. Some light fading to the spine and a few marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but still very firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting to the plates and some offsetting to the front blank opposite the engraved title page. Date to the engraved title has been rubbed out by a prior owner. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Book number: 834G57

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: art history british art modern british artists british art Various

Anonymous

El Globo. Costumbres, Usos Y Trajes de Todas Las Naciones. America.

Barcelona, Luis Tasso, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful mid eighteenth century Spanish language study of the native dress of the Americas, illustrated throughout with vibrant hand coloured plates. In the original Spanish.The first edition of this beautifully illustrated mid nineteenth century study of the customs and costumes of the Americas. One part only of a five part work. The other parts cover Asia, Africa, Oceania and Europe.Illustrated with twenty-three hand coloured costume plates, each retaining the original tissue guard, alongside numerous further vignette engravings. Collated, complete.These exceptionally vibrant plates include numerous depictions of Native American dress, Esquimau clothing, and the national dress of numerous South American countries including Chile and Peru, and the traditional clothing of the city of Bogata.With half title.An exceptionally bright collection of plates. In a quarter calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. A touch of rubbing to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with scattered spotting throughout, and plates exceptionally vibrant. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 830F18

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: costume fashion south america north america fashion Not Stated

Anonymous

The Greedy Puppy

London, Dean & Son, 1864 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce, charming children's tale about a troublesome and greedy young Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, dated 1864 via historical purchase records.Illustrated throughout in blue and black ink, with a frontispiece, title page, and five plates. Collated, complete.These plates are signed 'N.B&apos.In the publisher's original binding, this is the truly charming tale of a greedy puppy and his encounters with a number of animals, including pigs, horses and monkeys. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards, retaining the original pictorial label to the front board. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: N.B. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 881F62

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: greedy puppy Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs Cavalier King Charles Spaniel N.B.

Anonymous

A Hand-Drawn Sketch Book of Archaeological Artefacts

Not Stated, None, c1900 . Leather. A wonderful hand drawn sketch book containing illustrations of a variety of archaeological and historical artefacts, likely connected with the county of Dorset. A charmingly hand illustrated work.In a smart half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards, this work bears the spine label 'Halls Ancient Dorset, Vol I&apos. While the identity of Hall is not provided within the work, it likely that this work may be attributed to Hall. Along similar lines, while only a small number of illustrations bear captions, one that does refers to a sixteenth century knight known to have lived in Dorset. Consisting of three-hundred and seventy pages, illustrations appear to rectos of leaves only, with the majority of pages blank.Illustrated with: a depiction of a small dagger; twenty images of pottery and earthenware; an illustration of a grave; an unusual line drawing portraying a horse-headed man holding a fish on a spear; a broken bracelet; three blade shards; twenty-one unspecified broken objects; two images of a helmet identified as belonging to Dorset knight Sir John Strode (c1561-1642); one page with nine pencil drawings captioned 'New Zealand Celts'; two further small images of helmets; seven pieces of clay pipes; a further page of pencil illustrations, and finally, a metal hinged object.Three leaves contain a handwritten poem running fifty-six lines, titled 'The Leather Bottel', and with two pencil illustrations of leather bottles. This poem, beginning 'twas God above that made all things / The heav'ns, the earth, and all therein' is anonymously authored, though the earliest references of it dates back to the reign of Charles II.With two loosely inserted illustrated slips, one with a landscape illustration, and the other with a small box titled 'a leather coffer&apos.A charming volume of sketches. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, lovely. Light fading to back strip and head of rear board. Minor rubbing to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 852F13

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: John Strode dorset halls ancient dorset archaeological sketches dorset Not Stated

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Illustrations; Landscape, Historical, and Antiquarian, to the Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart ; Landscape Illustrations of the Novels of the Author of Waverley with Portraits of the Principal Female Characters

London, Charles Tilt, 1832-1834. Leather. Four illustrated volumes of engraved plates depicting locations and characters closely related to the writing of Sir Walter Scott. Two works of illustrations associated with the writing of Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott, bound in four volumes.Each work contains illustrated plates accompanied by descriptive passages and an explanation of the subject's connection to Scott's work.The first work present, bound in three volumes and dated 1832-1833, are 'Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels', with the third volume dedicated to portraits of the female characters of the Waverley novels. Collated, with thirty-four plates to volume I, with four absent. With thirty-six plates to volume II, with six missing. With thirty-nine plates to volume III, and one plate absent.The second work present consists of illustrations related to Scott's poetical works, in the scarce first edition of 1834. with forty plates from numerous artists, including Augustus Pugin and J. M. W. Turner. Collated, complete.With the armorial bookplate of Edward Moore to the front pastedowns. In the original half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Extensive rubbing to spine heads and tails, with bumping to extremities. Some rubbing to each joint, most concentrated to volume III. Bookplate to each front pastedown. Front endpapers absent to volumes II and III, with tears to rear endpapers of volume I and III. Front and rear hinges starting but holding firm to each volume. Internally, generally firmly bound. Some spotting to each volumes, most concentrated to plate perimeters. Good . Ill.: J. M. W. Turner; G Robson; Copley Fielding; Augustus Pugin. Good .

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Book number: 786F1

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Sir Walter Scott Engravings Waverley Novels Scotland Engravings Augustus Pugin J. M. W. Turner; G Robson; Copley Fielding; Augustus Pugin

Anonymous

Italian Catalogue of Italian Artistic Movements

Not Stated, None, 1864 . Hardback. A mid eighteenth century wooden binding containing faint ink and pencil notations from the contemporary owner, which identify a number of Italian artistic movements. A highly decorative binding, with carved wooden boards, metal clasps, and watered silk doublures.Consisting of ninety leaves, the majority of which feature pencil or ink inscriptions, and are interleaved with tissue guards. The final eight leaves are left blank.Eleven leaves feature ink headings referring to Italian artistic movements: the Paduan School; Bolognese School; Ferrarese School; Umbrian School; Roman School; Tuscan School; Sienese School; Venetian School; Lombard School; Genoese School, and Neopolitan School.The majority of leaves feature faint pencil notations in the hand of a contemporary owner, with these inscriptions being initials, presumably of artists belonging to each respective school.The binding bears an engraved crest to the centre of the front board reading 'Italien 1864&apos. In cloth backed carved wooden boards, with metal clasps. Lacking majority of back strip. Boards very smart. Carved wooden buckles to head and tail of front board, with carved crest to centre of front board. The two metal clasps to the text block fore edge are in full working order. Joints starting, with hinges firmly held. Watered silk doublures. Internally, binding a touch strained. Leaves lightly age toned, and interleaved with tissue guards. Ink headings to eleven leaves, with faint pencil initials to all but the final eight leaves are blank. Light handling marks and spotting throughout. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Book number: 907F21

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: wooden binding italian artistic movements paduan school roman school italian artistic movements None

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My Contributions to Punch

Not Stated, None, 1891-1896 . Leather. A wonderful full calf volume in a signed binding, consisting of one-hundred mounted illustrations taken from the pages of 'Punch&apos. An impressive selection of one-hundred mounted and hand numbered illustrations drawn from the pages of the influential nineteenth century weekly magazine 'Punch, or The London Charivari&apos. These illustrations have been carefully removed from the pages of 'Punch' and pasted in.With numerous examples each of illustrations from such figures as cartoonist Reginald Cleaver, illustrator Everard Hopkins, caricaturist Phil May, and illustrator Bernard Partridge. All were regular contributors to the pages of Punch.Titled 'My Contributions to Punch', following the title page is a four page index, providing the title of each illustration, the date of the issue in which it appeared, and the page number within this volume. Each page features a hand-written number corresponding to plate number.Known for its humour and satirical tone, 'Punch' was founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells, and is remembered for helping to coin the term 'cartoon&apos.With the monogram 'AR' in gilt to the front board. Rebacked, in a full calf signed binding with gilt detailing. Back strip laid down, with boards restored. Rubbing to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Reginald Cleaver; Bernard Partridge et. al. Very Good .

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Book number: 833F21

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: punch Punch, or The London Charivari periodical victorian illustration Punch, or The London Charivari Reginald Cleaver; Bernard Partridge et. al.

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The Nation&Apos;S Pictures

London; Paris; New York; Melbourne , Cassell and Company, Limited, 1903. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated two volume set, with bright and vibrant colour plates throughout. Volumes III and IV of a four volume set. Lacking volume I and II. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain. Each plate is accompanied by a page of description. Anonymously published. Collated incomplete. Lacking 3 plates. In a full green cloth binding with gilt lettering and tipped in plates. Externally generally smart with mild wear to the extremities, including bumping and some rubbing. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN3-A-1

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art The Nation's Pictures Illustrated The Nation's Pictures Various

Anonymous

Observations Sur Les Arts, Et Sur Quelques Morceaux de Peinture Et de Sculpture, Exposãƒâ©S Au Louvre En 1748

Leyde, Elias Luzac Junior , 1748. Leather. A very scarce copy of this fascinating volume on paintings and sculptures exposed at the Louvre in 1748. A very scarce volume.A little book on the art pieces exhibited at the Louvre in 1748, in the original French. This volume is only held institutionally by three libraries, and contains observations and insights on paintings and sculptures of the Louvre. A very interesting and fascinating book. With one headpiece. In quarter calf binding with decorative paper over boards. Externally sound with slight rubbing to head and tail of spine and extremities and edge wear. Minor scuffing to leather to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Very minor faint scattered spotting throughout, though pages are generally clean throughout. With one engraved headpiece. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .

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Book number: 763A62

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: arts gallery louvre very scarce gallery Unnamed