GILLILAND, Thomas (fl. 1804-1816)

The Dramatic Mirror: Containing the History of the Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time : Including a Biographical and Critical Account of All the Dramatic Writers, from 1600; and Also of the Most Distinguished Performers, from the Days of Shakspeare to 1807: And a History of the Country Theatres, in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Embellished with Seventeen Elegant Engravings

London, Printed for C. Chapple, Pall Mall, by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden, Printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1808. Paper-covered boards. First Edition of this scarce history, a "biographical and critical account of all dramatic writers from 1660 and also of the most distinguished performers from the days of Shakespeare to 1807, and a history of the country theatres." Complete in two volumes, paginated (somewhat irregularly) continuously. 12mo (173 x 101mm): xii, 622, 629-630; [3], 625-1048pp, with 17 engraved plates, comprising interior views of the three Theatres Royal and one of the exterior of the King's Theatre, Haymaket, as well as portraits of the author and leading actors and actresses. Recently rebound to style in pale blue paper-covered boards with cream-colored spines and title and volume printed paper lettering pieces; all edges speckled red. Internally, virtually pristine, the bindings tight, straight and square, the pages and plates clean and crisp (author's portrait in vol. I lightly spotted). A superb example of this rare set. OCLC Number: 82435547. Allen A. Brown Collection, p. 253. Little is known of Gilliland's life or career. His major work, A Dramatic Synopsis, was significantly expanded and republished as The Dramatic Mirror, dated 1808 on the title-page, "but [it] may have appeared in 1807. It was dedicated to the Prince of Wales [later George IV], and was venomously reviewed in The Satirist of January 1808. The reviewer's charges included plagiarism (‘The original matter .. would lay in as small a space as its author's brains') and inconsistency, since Gilliland now praised Kemble [whom he had earlier lambasted]." (ODNB) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

An Essay Upon Prints; Containing Remarks Upon the Principles of Picturesque Beauty, the Different Kinds of Prints, and the Characters of the Most Noted Masters; Illustrated by Criticisms Upon Particular Pieces; to Which Are Added, Some Cautions That May Be Useful in Collecting Prints

London, printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, 1768. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. First Edition of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. Crown 8vo (171 x 102mm): [2],iv,4,[2],249,[13]pp (pp. 44-45 and 81-96 misnumbered 45-46 and 77-92, respectively; this copy, as most, wanting the 17 plates). Rebound to style by Fitterer in marbled paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover—a splendid presentation. Copper-engraved book plate of Rev. W[illiam]. T[homas]. Bree (1786-1863), vicar of All Saints' church in Allesley, reaffixed to front paste-down. An excellent copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. Barbier, pp. 24-27. Lowndes II 895. Published anonymously (Gilpin's authorship was only revealed with the third edition, in 1781), reaching a fifth edition in 1802. On the continent this essay's influence spread through German, French, and Dutch translations. Gilpin's "aim, as the title-page indicates, was to outline ‘the Principles of picturesque Beauty, the Different Kinds of Prints, and the Characters of the most noted Masters'. The Essay defines ‘picturesque' as ‘a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture' (Essay on Prints, 2), but does not develop the definition." (ODNB) Among prints singled out for detailed consideration are Salvator Rosa's "Death of Polycrates," Waterloo's "Tobias," and Hogarth's "Rake's Progress." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine .

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GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

An Essay on Prints

London, printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, 1792. Early Reprint. Quarter-Morocco. Fourth Edition (so stated) of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. 8vo: xiii,[3],174,xi,[1]pp. Contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, flat spine in six compartments between gilt rules, gilt urn stamped in each but second titled in gilt. An excellent copy, tightly bound and generally clean and bright with only the occasional minor smudge and handling mark and a few stray spots of foxing. Barbier, pp. 24-27. Lowndes II 895. . First published anonymously in 1768 (Gilpin's authorship was only revealed with the third edition, in 1781). On the continent its influence spread through German, French and Dutch translations. Gilpin's "aim, as the title-page indicates, was to outline ‘the Principles of picturesque Beauty, the Different Kinds of Prints, and the Characters of the most noted Masters'. The Essay defines ‘picturesque' as ‘a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture', but does not develop the definition." (ODNB) Among prints singled out for detailed consideration are Salvator Rosa's "Death of Polycrates," Waterloo's "Tobias," and Hogarth's "Rake's Progress." The collector is "cautioned against indulging a desire of becoming possessed of all the works of any master. against a superstitious veneration for names. [against] making the public taste our standard. [against] rat[ing prints'] value by their scarceness. [against] buying copies for originals," and against acquiring poor impressions. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Near Fine .

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GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, &C. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the Summer of the Year 1770

London, printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand [from 1782], 1792. Early Reprint. Quarter-Bound Calf. Third Edition (first published 1782) of this picturesque tour, creating an entirely new class of travel. Demy 8vo (214 x 133mm): xvi,152,[2]pp, including final advertisement leaf and 17 full-page oval aquatints (without titles, numbers, signatures, or imprints), "over which is washed with the brush a tint of warm yellow or brown to give tone to the picture." (Hardie). Recent quarter tan calf, smooth spine in five compartments (two with central gilt tools) divided by double gilt rules, red morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, plain end papers renewed. An excellent copy, securely bound and clean throughout with only occasional offsetting, in a handsome period-style binding. Bland (History of Book Illustration), p. 247. Abbey (Scenery) 546. Prideaux, p. 337. Hardie, p. 120. Henrey II, p. 531. Barbier, pp. 49-51. Upcott I, p. 330. Lowndes II, 894. Cox, Travel III, p. 30. First of a series of five works with similar titles, exposing Gilpin to the satire of Combe's Dr. Syntax. In June of 1770, Gilpin embarked on his first picturesque tour. "Sailing down the Wye proved a very different trip from [Gilpin's earlier] tame journey down the Thames: the ruined castles and mountains of Wales were indeed exciting after the flat countryside of eastern and south-eastern England. here was landscape that called for description, that matched his conceptions of beauty and grandeur." (Barbier) According to Chilvers & Osborne (Oxford Dictionary of Art), Gilpin was "first to establish the picturesque as an aesthetic category and by his numerous writings, illustrated by his own fine aquatints, he exerted a profound and lasting influence on both English and European taste in natural and artificial scenery and landscape painting." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772, on Several Parts of England; Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland

London, printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1786. Full Calf. First Edition of one of the earliest guides to the Lake district, complete in two volumes. 8vo: [4],xxxi,[1],xvi,230; [4],268,xivpp, with 30 sepia acquaints and soft-ground etched plates, including 3 maps with watercolor wash, by Joseph Farington. Full cat's-paw calf, boards framed with gilt roll, spine in six compartment, each with gilt stylized tree ornament, between raised bands; gilt edges and dentelles, red leather lettering and numbering pieces gilt, blue marbled endpapers, pink silk page markers. Rebacked with original spine relaid, very occasional scattered spotting (bit more to first few leaves of each volume), offsetting from plates to adjacent leaves, else excellent examples. Abbey 187. Upcott I, p. 124. Prideaux, p. 337. Hardie, p. 120 (for a description of Gilpin's tinting technique). Chilvers and Osborne, 202. Lowndes II 894-95. Cox, Travel III, p. 32. According to Chilvers & Osborne, Gilpin was "first to establish the picturesque as an aesthetic category and by his numerous writings, illustrated by his own fine aquatints, he exerted a profound and lasting influence on both English and European taste in natural and artificial scenery and landscape painting." His Essay on Prints, published anonymously in 1768, first defines ‘picturesque' as a "term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture." A more detailed definition required the examples of his picturesque tours, published between 1782 and 1809 (and eventually running to eleven volumes), all with the same title format: Observations on [various regions of Britain] relative chiefly to picturesque beauty. "Gilpin's picturesque tours display a deep and sincere feeling of the beauties of nature; a pure taste and sound judgment; and are written in a style appropriate to the subject and worthy of the matter." (Lowndes) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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Keywords: Picturesque, The. Aesthetics, English — 18th century. Landscape drawing, English — 18th century. Lake District (England) — Description and travel — Early works to 1800. Landscape — England — Early works to 1800. Cu XIX CENTURY

GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, &C. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the Summer of the Year 1770 [W. Frank Perkins Copy]

London, printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand [from 1782], 1789. Second Edition. Full Calf. Beautifully bound Large Paper issue (ESTC Citation No.T98996) of Gilpin's first picturesque tour, creating an entirely new class of travel. Royal 8vo (233 x 186mm): xvi,152pp, with 17 full-page oval aquatints (without titles, numbers, signatures or imprints), "over which is washed with the brush a tint of warm yellow or brown to give tone to the picture." (Hardie). Contemporary full mottled calf, flat spine divided into six compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece gilt, covers framed with gilt rules and gilt corner devices, marbled end papers. Book plate of W. Frank Perkins (1865-1946) to front paste-down (Perkins's books on agriculture are now held in the Perkins Agricultural Library at Southampton University). A superior wide-margined example, securely bound (expert repair to joints), pages and plates virtually pristine. Scarce: ESTC lists only seven copies of this Large Paper Issue, five in Britain and two in U.S.A. Bland (History of Book Illustration), p. 247. Abbey (Scenery) 546. Prideaux, p. 337. Hardie, p. 120. Henrey II, p. 531. Barbier, pp. 49-51. Upcott I, p. 330. Lowndes II 894. Cox, Travel III, p. 30. First of a series of five works with similar titles, exposing Gilpin to the satire of Combe's Dr. Syntax. In June of 1770, Gilpin embarked on his first picturesque tour. "Sailing down the Wye proved a very different trip from [Gilpin's earlier] tame journey down the Thames: the ruined castles and mountains of Wales were indeed exciting after the flat countryside of eastern and south-eastern England. here was landscape that called for description, that matched his conceptions of beauty and grandeur." (Barbier) According to Chilvers & Osborne (Oxford Dictionary of Art), Gilpin was "first to establish the picturesque as an aesthetic category and by his numerous writings, illustrated by his own fine aquatints, he exerted a profound and lasting influence on both English and European taste in natural and artificial scenery and landscape painting." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views, (Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) Illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire. In Three Books

London, printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this seminal work, complete in two volumes. Tall 8vo's: [4],vii,[1],328,iv,7,[1]; [4],308,iii,[1],xxpp, with 32 leaves of tinted aquatints and soft-ground etchings by Samuel Aikin. Recent cinnamon ribbed cloth spines stamped in gilt, beige paper-covered boards. Remarkably well-preserved set: bindings pristine, pages fresh, clean and completely free of foxing with only light offsetting from the plates. Provenance: bookplates of Walter Charles James (1816-1893), 1st Baron Northbourne, laid in. James was elected to the House of Commons for Hull as a Tory. He acquired Betteshanger House, in Kent, in 1850, and commissioned George Devey to oversee extensions and alterations. James was a friend of William Ewart Gladstone and in 1884, during Gladstone's second term as Prime Minister, was raised to the peerage as Baron Northbourne, of Betteshanger in the County of Kent. Abbey (Scenery) 149. Henrey, pp. 531-34. Barbier, pp. 79-81 Lowndes II 895. Cox, Travel III, p. 37. Three "books" in two volumes, with two in volume one. Trees as singular objects—specimens—the "foundation of all scenery," are the subject of book one. The second book considers trees in groups, "under their various modes of composition, from the clump to the forest." The third book offers a lengthy appreciation of the New Forest, the tract extending from southwest Hampshire into southeast Wiltshire, created as a royal forest by William I in about 1079 for the hunt. In the eighteenth century, plantations were created there as a source of timber for the Royal Navy, after some 4,000 oak were lost In the Great Storm of 1703. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine .

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GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

[Scotland] Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland

London, printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1792. Second Edition. Full Calf. Second Edition (first published in 1789) of this title from Gilpin's series applying his principles of picturesque beauty to the exploration of various British landscapes, in this case to the scenery of the Scottish highlands. Complete in two octavo volumes. viii,xii,221,[1]; [2],xvi,195,[1]pp, with 40 plates, of which 35 are hand-colored aquatints (including five plans) and five are soft-ground etchings. (In vol. II, "An Account of the Prints" and "Translation of Latin Passages," sometimes bound at the end, are here placed after the title page.) Early full calf, covers framed in blind with triple rules and roll tools; later flat spines, elaborately gilt in six compartments; maroon and green lettering pieces gilt; edges speckled brown, end papers renewed. A well-preserved set, bindings tight and square; occasional light scattered foxing; dark, richly detailed impressions of the plates, offset with some browning to adjacent leaves. Prideaux, p. 337. Abbey (Scenery) 487 (citing the third edition). Lowndes II 895. Cox, Travel III, p. 35-36. Gilpin's Essay on Prints (first published anonymously, in 1768) set out his principles of picturesque beauty, defined "as ‘a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture,' but does not develop the definition. That challenge was met in the series of books published between 1782 and 1809, all of which bore the same title format: Observations on [various regions of Britain] relative chiefly to picturesque beauty. This is the third in the series, following Observations on the River Wye (1782) and Observations in Cumberland and Westmoreland (1786). "The principles of the picturesque are here applied to Scottish scenery, which offers the author ample opportunity to correct the mistakes of Nature in matters of composition." (Cox) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Near Fine+ .

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JANSEN van ter Goes, Anthoni, 1626?-1699 [Otto van Veen]

[Emblem Book] Zinnebeelden, Getrokken Uit Horatius Flaccus, Naer de Geestrijke Vinding Van Den Geleerden Otto Van Veen, Op de Zeden Toegepast; En Met Bygedichten, Op Nieuws Gerijmt

T'Amsteldam [Amsterdam], Justus Dankerts, konst, kaert, en boekverkooper in de Kalverstraet in de Dankbaerheyt, 1683. Vellum. First edition of this emblem book by Dutch poet Anthoni Jansen, based on the 1607 Latin edition of Otto van Veen's enduringly popular Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata, illustrating the poems of Horace, with verses in Dutch, Latin, and French. 4to (203 x 155mm): [8],205,[3]pp, with engraved oval portrait of Horace on title-page and 103 large emblems by A. Loeimans and A. Seil after van Veen. Contemporary parchment-laced vellum case binding, manuscript labeling to spine. Jansen added a preface as an aide to interpreting the emblems, and to the page facing each emblem one of his poems in both Dutch and French and a quotation in Latin from Horace. The emblems for this edition were newly engraved at Amsterdam, most in reverse after van Venn's originals, using various techniques to enhance the nuanced play of light and dark. A superlative example in the original binding, tight, square, and clean throughout (occasional finger-soiling to page margins), with dark, rich impressions of the plates. Landwehr (Low Countries) 690 and (Dutch) 114. Praz, p. 382, 523-24. De Vries (Emblemata) 38. McGeary & Nash (Emblem books at the University of Illinois) V26. Otto van Veen's "Emblems from Horace" (principally from the Odes and Satires) is a classic of the emblematic literature, originally published, in Antwerp, in 1607, then reprinted in numerous editions with polyglot text, ensuring it a Europe-wide readership. Van Veen was among the most important Dutch emblematists of the seventeenth-century, as well as Antwerp's leading artist and dean of the painters' guild of St. Luke. Peter Paul Rubens entered his studio, in 1594 or 1595, as an apprentice, and Veen's role as a classically educated humanist artist influenced Rubens profoundly. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1728-1774)

The Deserted Village, a Poem

London, Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine street, Strand, 1770. First Edition. Morocco. First Issue (with erroneous catchword "Careless" for "Thus" on p. 9) of one of the most influential poems of the eighteenth century, condemning the enclosure of land into vast landscaped estates. 4to: vii,[1]-23[1]pp, with half-title (bulked at end with 22 blank leaves). Title page with engraved vignette by Isaac Taylor, "The Sad Historian on the Pensive Plain." With the half title stating, "Price 2s." Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the Royal Academy. Beautifully bound in full red recent morocco, spine with four raised bands ruled in gilt, black morocco lettering piece gilt, end papers and blanks (including 22 leaves at end to add bulk) renewed. Very minor light scratches to boards, else the handsome binding is tight and square. Half title soiled and toned, with tiny closed tear to center, very occasional faint spotting, final leaf with old neat patch repair to verso and tiny hole obliterating page number, else contents clean and bright. Rothschild 1032. Hayward 184 (for one of the duodecimos once thought to be privately printed trial issues, but which Todd ["The private issues of The deserted village," Studies in Bibliography, 6:25-44 1954] has now identified as unauthorized later printings). Sterling 405 (Exhibition in the Yale University Library of the Works of Oliver Goldsmith in Connection with the Bicentenary of His Birth). Tinker 1122. Courtney (Johnson), p. 113 ("The last four lines in Goldsmith's Deserted Village were by Johnson."). Temple Scott, pp. 238-252 (A "poem without which we should be poor indeed. Such a demand for a poem [citing four authorized edition published within the first 30 days of first publication] passed all anticipations; it was never heard of in those days."). In 1768, Goldsmith moved to a cottage at Edgeware, then out into the countryside far from London. He worked on The Deserted Village for about two years before its publication, but had been collecting materials on country visits for some years before that. "It was his most researched, most careful and most openly didactic poem." (Literary Encyclopedia) It was finally published in May, 1770, as a quarto pamphlet, with five more quarto editions following that same year. Nearly all first reviews were favorable. "Despite widespread resistance to its mourning the disruptive effects of enclosure [laws], The Deserted Village none the less gave fresh expression to the traditional form of elegy. Early readers admired the nostalgic descriptions of a vanished village life, with its vivid portraits of the preacher, the blacksmith, the schoolmaster, and the widow." (ODNB) It may not be the greatest of the English elegies, "but in its successful adjustment of serious Tory thought with gracious charm and in its successful redefinition of the pastoral elegy in terms of contemporary experience, Goldsmith's excellent and indispensable poetry may be said to deserve our admiration as well as our affection." (Miner, "The Making of The Deserted Village,' Huntington Library Quarterly Vol. 22, No. 2, p.141). "The scale of rural depopulation gave rise to grave debates in Parliament. but concern for the rural poor was rarely expressed by the literary class. Goldsmith's poem stands as a rare exception." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Near Fine+ .

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GOMBRICH, E. H. (Sir Ernst Hans, 1909-2001)

Art and Illusion. A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

London, Phaidon Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this path-breaking work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg, Nelson Goodman, and Umberto Eco. Thick royal 8vo (254 x 187mm): xxxi,[1],466pp, with 319 illustrations, some folding and in color. Publisher's original scarlet linen, spine lettered in gold within black title black, beige dust jacket printed in red and black and priced 70s. Printed on heavy coated stock. About Fine, tightly bound, clean and bright throughout; Near Fine or better jacket with faint spotting to upper cover panel, closed tear along bottom spine panel fold with degree or two of lightening to red lettering. No. 35 in the Bollingen series. Arntzen R1. Originally given as the A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D. C. in 1956. "Considered a classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, Gombrich reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. In testing his arguments he ranges over the history of art, noticing particularly the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and the visual discoveries of such masters as Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt, as well as the impressionists and the cubists. Gombrich's triumph in Art and Illusion arises from the fact that his main concern is less with the artists than with ourselves, the beholders." (from the dust jacket) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine-/Near Fine+.

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GRANT, Duncan (1885-1978)

Living Painters. With an Introduction by Roger Fry

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, 1930. Stiff Card Covers. New Edition, bound from first edition sheets with cancel title page and newly printed covers reproducing the design of the first edition. Total print run, combining first and new editions, was only 1010 copies. Royal 8vo (249 x 187mm): xi,[1]pp, with 24 leaves of short captions (printed verso only) and 24 leaves of full-page plates. Original publisher's stiff card tan covers printed in black, upper cover decorated by Duncan Grant. A superb copy, just nicked at spine tips, bright and clean throughout. Seldom seen in such collectible condition. Woolmer 31. Planned as first in a series, but no further installments were published. In his introduction, Roger Fry speaks favorably of Duncan Grant's paintings, but calls special attention to Grant's work as a decorator: "When he was working at the Omega workshops his fellow-artists all recognized the peculiar charm, the unexpected originality, and the rare distinction of his ideas, and I should be inclined to say that some of the designs which he then made for carpets, for marquetry, and for needlework represent the high-water mark of applied design in England." Fry and Grant founded the Omega Workshops with Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf's sister. Their studio produced murals, mosaics, fabrics, and decorations for home furnishings. This important movement gave young artists the chance to earn money while allowing the post-Impressionist aesthetic to flourish. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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GROEN, Jan van der (c.1635-1672); NYLAND, Pieter

[Garden Design] [Beekeeping] Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier : Beschrijvende Alderhande Princelijcke En Heerlijcke Lusthoven En Hofsteden... [Bound with] de Nieuwe Verstandigen Hovenier, over de Twaelf Maenden Van't Jaer... [and with] de Medicyn-Winckel, of Ervaren Huys-Houder... Den Naerstigen Byen-Houder... Den Verstandigen Kock

Amsterdam, Marcus Doornick, 1675. Early Reprint. Vellum. Sammelband of key gardening and husbandry texts, complete with all plates showcasing seventeenth-century garden design. Three titles in one quarto volume, including Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier, the most influential horticultural manual from the golden age of Dutch garden design with an impressive collection of woodcuts depicting hundreds of intricate garden layouts. Bound in contemporary vellum and printed in Roman and italic letter. I. Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier: [30],96,[2]pp (p. 96 misnumbered 69), with additional engraved title page, 15 full-page plates, 200 models of gardens (introduced by separate letterpress title page, p. 41), and woodcut illustrations in text. II. Nyland, Den Verstandigen Hovenier (Amsterdam: Marcus Doornick, 1672): 76,[4]pp, with large title-page vignette of country estate and gardens and 30 woodcut models of parterres. III. Nyland, De Medicyn-Winckel (Amsterdam: Marcus Doornick [n. d. but probably 1670]), to which is appended his Den Naerstigen Byen-Houder and Den verstandigen Kock (Anonymous), continuously signed and paginated, each part with separate title page engraved with large vignette (of pharmacy, beekeeping, and kitchen interior, respectively, the first two by G. V. Eeckhout): 88pp, with anatomical plates of a horse and cow and smaller woodcut illustrations of distilling appliances in the text. The second edition (first published in 1668), with engraved text added to title page: "Medicyn-winckel voor menschen en beesten." Very good or better complete example of this important horticultural compendium, vellum little stained, binding holding tight, pages browned at margins but still supple, generally fine impressions of plates. Hunt 314 (for 1670 Amsterdam edition of Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier). Bitting, pp. 613-615 ("an important item in 17th centory Dutch cookery and is said to be rare") and Cagle 1096a (for Den verstandigen Kock). For first edition, see Hunt I, 314 ("best illustrations of the famous gardens of Ryswyck, Honsholredyk, and the Huis 'ten Bosch") This edition of Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier not in the Berlin Catalogue nor in the British Museum. WorldCat lists only one copy, in Dusseldorf. Dutch housekeeping compendium, first published in 1669, covering gardening, husbandry, bee-keeping and cookery. In Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier, Jan van der Groen, royal gardener to the Prince of Orange, sets forth principles of garden design (for flower beds, parterres, mazes, arbors) and garden architecture (pergolas, trellises, sundials, cloches, greenhouses) drawn from examples at the princely country seats of Ryswick, Honsholredyck, and Huys ‘ten Bosch. Also presented are detailed instructions for the cultivation of various exotic crops from aloe plants to citrus trees (lemon, orange and fig trees are highlighted), including grafting and the training of vines. In the remaining two volumes, Pieter Nyland, a physician and horticulturist, provides a calendar of garden operations, a veterinary manual for farm use, advice on distilling and beekeeping, and (by an anonymous author) cooking recipes with an index of ingredients. The unusually striking illustrations give a vivid idea of the layout and decoration of contemporary gardens. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. .

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GUILLEMEAU, Jean Louis Marie (1766-1853)

[Roses] Histoire Naturelle de la Rose, Où L'on Décrit Ses Différentes Espèces, Sa Culture, Ses Vertus Et Ses Propriétés, Suivie de la Corbeille Des Roses, Ou Choix de Ce Que Les Anciens Et Les Modernes Ont écrit de Plus Gracieux Sur la Rose ; Et de L'Histoire Des Insectes Qui Vivent Sur le Rosier

A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Vatar-Jouannet, rue cassette, No. 913, 1800. Half-Leather. Scarce First Edition of the first monograph on roses published in French. 12mo (176 x 103mm): [8],ix,[3],340pp, with engraved folding frontispiece (depicting 10 botanical parts of the rose) and folding letterpress table ("Tableau Analytique des Roses"). Recent rose pink half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gold, original paste paper wrappers bound in. A superb uncut copy, beautifully bound (spine faded) and clean throughout. Pritzel 3643. Johnston 660. Wellcome III, p. 179. Stock (Rose Books) 1102. Describes the varieties and cultivation of roses, with classifications based on Lamarck and chapters on medicinal uses and the literary lore of the rose, as well as original poetry by the author and recipes using rose water, oil, vinegar and syrups. The folding table lists 76 rose types in two divisions. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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HALES, Stephen (1677-1761)

Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. Being an Essay Towards a Natural History of Vegetation... ; [Offered with: ] Statical Essays: Containing Haemastatics; or, an Account of Some Hydraulic and Hydrostatical Experiments Made on the Blood and Blood-Vessels of Animals... . to Which Is Added, an Appendix,... With an Index to Both Volumes [Pmm]

London, Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West-End of St. Paul's; T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street; and J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Amen-Corner, 1740. Full Calf. A superb set of these classics of experimental science, milestones in the history of hydrodynamics and physiology, with the imprimatur of Isaac Newton as president of the Royal Society. Complete in two crown octavo volumes (198 x 122mm) bound in contemporary calf. Vegetable Staticks: Third Edition, with amendments. [6],x,[4],376pp, with 19 copper-engraved plates. Haemastatics: Second Edition, corrected. [10],vi,xvii-xxii,[26],354,[22]pp. Original boards, beautifully respined to match by Fitterer. Handsome copper-engraved Chippendale-style book plate of Thomas Woodward to front paste-down of volume 1. Both volumes fresh, bright, and virtually pristine. PMM 189 ("remarkable scientific investigations"). Grolier 100 Science 45a and b. Hunt II, p. xlvi. Garrison-Morton 765 (Haemastaticks "is the greatest single contribution to our knowledge of the vascular system after Harvey") Henrey 779 and pp. 37-39 ("the most outstanding and important" of eighteenth-century works on plant physiology). Dibner 26. Wellcome III, p. 194. Sowerby I, 22. Pritzel p. 527. Volume one, first published in 1727 as Vegetable staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables," was the "first complete account of the physiology of plants." (Horblit) "In his investigations of plant physiology. Hales studied the movement of water in plants, determining that leaf suction is the main force by which water is raised through a plant, and showing that plants lose water constantly via transpiration through their leaves." (Garrison-Morton) Thomas Jefferson included Vegetable Staticks on the list of agricultural books that he recommended be purchased for the Library of Congress. (Sowerby) Volume two, first published in 1733, investigated the movement of blood in animals, measuring cardiac capacity, blood pressure, and blood velocity, and was a major step toward the modern understanding of the mechanics of the heart and circulation. The book plate is perhaps that of one of the publishers or of the botanist Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1744-1820), joint author with Samuel Goodenough, bishop of Carlisle, of Observations on the British Fuci (1797) and contributor to Smith and Sowerby's English Botany, to William Withering's second edition of Systematic Arrangement of British Plants, and to Thomas Martyn's edition of Philip Miller's Gardeners' Dictionary. But more likely, given the squirrel crest, it belonged to one of the Woodwards of Hopton Court, Shropshire. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Fine .

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