ROSA, Salvator

Has Ludentis Otij Carolo Rubeo Singularis Amicitiae Pignus D D D

Nuremberg, Jacobum de Sandrart Pictorem, n.d. [1690s]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (6-1/2" x 8-3/4") bound in early marbled boards. Famous series of exquisite etchings by Salvatore Rosa (1615-1673) of soldiers and people of other occupations drawn with lively gestures and expressive facial expressions. There are 60 numbered etchings (of 62?), including the title page, all signed mostly with the monogram "SR" within the etching. This series, made in 1656-57 and dedicated to his friend and supporter, the Roman publisher Carlo Rossi, achieved great popularity among contemporaries: "They were copied, imitated and forged much more often than his other prints, so often that it is almost impossible to keep track of all the later variations "(Richard Wallace, THE ETCHINGS OF SALVATOR ROSA, page 12). Graesse VI, 161. Ill.: Salvator Rosa. Bookplate on front pastedown and small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, some markings in pencil in various places, moderate foxing throughout though mostly confined to margins. Boards rather toned and rubbed with spine portion lacking, exposing the backing which is comprised of a fragment from an early vellum manuscript leaf. Still a Very Good copy of a lovely, scarce book .

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Book number: 020236

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Etchings, Illustrated Books, Early Printed Books, Salvator Rosa, 17th Century Salvator Rosa Illustrated Books Salvator Rosa 17th Century Early Printed Books

ROUSSEAU, J[ean] J[acques]

La Botanique

Paris, Baudouin Freres, 1821-1822. Third Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (10" x 13-1/2") bound in contemporary red leather-backed boards, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 64 (of 65) stipple-engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Gabriel, and others after Pierre Joseph Redoute. NISSEN 1688; (STAFLEU) GREAT FLOWER BOOKS page 74: " This work is Redoute's last link with the ancient regime: his old patrons had all died, or like Cels, who died in 1806, had ceased to be influential. Redoute had entered easily into a new life under the Empire. On the whole, it can be said that it is remarkable how little Redoute was affected by the political and social changes that took place around him." Rousseau was an amateur botanist whose interest in the subject was heightened by his enforced exile amonts the natural beauties of Switzerland. Ill.: Pierre Joseph Redoute. Foxing to text and plates, though less so to the latter; both covers detached. Good with attractive plates .

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Book number: 021667

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Hand-Colored, Floral, Botanical, Illustrated Books, Flowers, Pierre Joseph Redoute, French Botanicals Pierre Joseph Redoute Botanicals Hand-Colored Illustrated Books Flowers

(ROWLANDSON, Thomas) ENGELBACH, Lewis

Naples and the Campagna Felice in a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Friend in England, in 1802

London, R. Ackermann, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (5-3/4" x 9-1/2") in 20th century half blue morocco leather and blue cloth boards with matching corners and a gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers; 400, [12] pages. A collection of 20 letters written by the author while traveling in Italy containing descriptions of the scenery and society. Illustrated with an engraved hand-colored title, a hand-colored folding map, and 16 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Laid in is an old catalog description for this copy from Myers & Co. Catalog 382 with their small bookseller ticket at the bottom of the front pastedown. Ill.: Thomas Rowlandson. Slight offsetting to the text pages opposite the plates. Close to Fine .

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Book number: 020724

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Illustrators, Thomas Rowlandson, Illustrated Books, 19th Century British Literature, Limited, Literature: English, Naples, Italy, Travel Thomas Rowlandson Literature: English Thomas Rowlandson Illustrated Books Italy

(ROWLANDSON, Thomas) COMBE, William

The Tour of Doctor Syntax. A Poem: In Search of the Picturesque; in Search of Consolation; in Search of a Wife

New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1903. New Edition. Hardcover. Three octavo (5-1/4" x 8") volumes handsomely bound in 3/4 black morocco leather and burgundy boards with gilt rules and gilt-lettered and decorated spines with four raised bands. One of only 50 copies on Large Paper, the best of the reprint editions with 80 color plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Ill.: Thomas Rowlandson. Minor soiling and wear. Close to Fine .

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Book number: 020721

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Illustrators, Thomas Rowlandson, Illustrated Books, 19th Century British Literature, Limited, Literature: English, Poetry, Hunting Thomas Rowlandson Literature: English Thomas Rowlandson Illustrated Books Fine Bindings

[GOMBERVILLE (Marin le Roy, Sieur de)] (AUBIN, Penelope)

[the Doctrine of Morality, or a View of Human Life]. Moral Virtue Delineated

[London], [J. Darby, A. Betteswort &c], [1726]. Second Edition. Hardcover. Tall Folio (8-3/4" x 14-1/2") bound in full calf leather neatly rebacked. Two parts in one volume, lacking the printed title page, as seems often to be the case. Text in French and English. Translated by Thomas Manington Gibbs. Illustrated with two engraved title pages, a frontispiece, a portrait, and 103 engraved plates, all nearly full page, along with engraved head- and tail-pieces. Neat contemporary ink inscription to first title, very small worm tracks to upper corner of about half of the pages. Lovely plates, very clean. Near Fine .

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Book number: 013796

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Illustrated Books, Emblem Book, Children's Literature, 18th Century, Religion Emblem Book Children's Literature 18th Century Religion

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the RenownedDon Quixote de la Mancha

New York, Random House, 1941. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth (6-1/2" x 10"), spine lettering intact. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller. Ill.: Hans Alexander Mueller. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 021453

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Classics, Illustrated Books, 17th Century Spanish Literature, Hans Alexander Mueller Hans Alexander Mueller Illustrated Books 17th Century Spanish Literature Spanish Literature Hans Alexander Mueller

SCHEFFER, John

The History of Lapland Wherein Are Shewed the Original Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, &C. Of That People

Oxford, Theater, 1674. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small folio (7-1/4" x 11") in worn contemporary calf leather with a modern leather spine; vi, 147, [1] pages. First edition in English of a study of the geography, natural history, and inhabitants of Lapland, originally published in Latin the previous year. Cox I, 178; Wing S851. Illustrated with an engraved title page, a folding map, and 26 large woodcut text engravings, including the FIRST DEPICTION IN AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK OF A PERSON SKIING. Both covers bear the arms of Henry Yelverton (1664-1704), 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Viscount de Longueville. Occasional foxing or stain; short closed tear to one leaf with no loss. Leather cracked, dry, and peeling, but sound. Very Good Lapland is the least densely populated area of Finland. The Sami people, traditionally known in English as Lapps or Laplanders, are the northernmost indigenous people of Europe and are widely credited with being the inventors of the ski.

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Book number: 017981

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Natural History, Science, Lapland, Scandinavia Skiing Travel Illustrated Books History

SCHILLER, Friedrich

William Tell

New York, Heritage Press, (1952). Decorated cloth in slipcase. Translated from the German by Theodore Martin. Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. A different edition than that of the Limited Editions Club. Ill.: Rafaello Busoni. Fine in worn glassine and a Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 007153

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: German Literature, Illustrated Books, Rafaello Busoni, Drama, Poetry, 19th Century Literature Rafaello Busoni Illustrated Books Poetry 19th Century Literature German Literature

[SCHROTER, Johann Friedrich; CHARLEVOIX, Pierre-Francois-Xavier de; LAFITAU, Joseph-Francois] BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jakob

Algemeine Geschichte Der Lander Und Volker Von America

Halle, Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752 - 1753. First Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10") volumes bound in early full vellum with gilt lettering and rules on the spine. Illustrated with 8 maps (5 folding) and 59 full-page engravings (6 folding), many of which depict early Native Americans. Most of the first volume contains German translations of Lafiteau's MOEURS DES SAUVAGES AMERICAINS COMPARES AUX MOEURS DES PREMIERS TEMPS (Paris, 1723). The second volume is compiled from various sources and includes German translations of passages from Charlevoix's HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION GENERALE DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE (Paris, 1744). Baumgarten's "Vorrede" contains a bibliography of the New World. The social life and customs of Native Americans of both North and South America are described and illustrated in detail, with chapters on individual areas including Florida, New England, Virginia, Peru, Brazil, and even Jamaica and Greenland. There is much on the Incas as well. Howes S-200; Sabin 77989. Text and plates very clean. Tasteful early twentieth century bookplate on front pastedowns. Near Fine .

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Book number: 012372

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Americana, German, South America, Travel, Indians Native Americans Early Printed Books Mexico Maps

[SCOTLAND]

Perth-Shire Illustrated: A Series of Select Views of Its Picturesque and Romantic Scenery, Palaces, Castles & Seats. With Historical & Descriptive Illustrations; and an Account of the Royal Progress

London, Edinburgh & Glasgow, A. Fullarton & Co, [@1844]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two small folio (8-1/2" x 10-5/8") volumes bound in half brown morocco leather and cloth with matching leather corners, gilt-decorated and lettered spines, marbled edges. Illustrated with a steel-engraved title page and 79 steel-engraved views. Apparently lacking the printed title page and half-title page. Minor foxing to a few plates but most plates clean. Rubbing to spine, edges, and corners. Very Good .

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Book number: 019816

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Scotland, Illustrated Books, Scottish Literature, Royalty, Steel Engravings Steel Engravings Royalty Illustrated Books Scotland

[SCOTLAND]

[Pictures & Portraits of the Life and Land of Burns]

London, George Virtue, 1839. Hardcover. Two quarto (8-1/4" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in one full gilt-decorated morocco leather volume. Illustrated with two steel-engaved title pages, three portraits, and 84 engraved views and engravings after paintings. Many of the engravings are views by W. H. Bartlett. There is no printed title page, though there are two engraved title pages. No information could be found for this particular title which is similar to Wilson's book issued the next year. Ill.: W. H. Bartlett. Scattered foxing but most plates clean. Spine worn, some splitting joints but covers tight. Overall Very Good .

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Book number: 001823

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Scotland, Illustrated Books, Scottish Literature, W. H. Bartlett, Steel Engravings W. H. Bartlett Steel Engravings W. H. Bartlett Illustrated Books Scotland

SEARLE, Ronald

Dick Deadeye

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975). First Edition. Oblong quarto. Delightful color illustrations by Searle based on a film which was based on Gilbert & Sullivan characters. Ill.: Ronald Searle. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 002035

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Humor, Erotic Ronald Searle Modern First Editions Gilbert & Sullivan Literature: English Ronald Searle

SITWELL, Sacheverell

Fine Bird Books: 1700 - 1900

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1990). Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. Reprint of the 1953 edition with additions and with 52 fine color illustrations (including some by Audubon and Gould). About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 009108

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Ornithology, Reference Books on Books Natural History Color Plates Birds

SMITH, Albert

The Marchioness of Brinvilliers. The Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century. A Romance of Old Paris

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1886. New Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (6-3/4"" x 10") in publisher's decorated blue cloth; (xii), 315, (1) pages. With 15 steel-engraved plates"worked from the original etchings" by John Leech with tissue guards. Ill.: John Leech. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020353

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Illustrated Books,John Leech, 19th Century Literature, Literature: English John Leech Illustrated Books 19th Century Literature John Leech

STEDMAN, J[ohn] G[abriel] [WILLIAM BLAKE]

Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America...

London, J. Johnson, 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in early calf-backed marbled boards with calf corners, contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, rebacked. A graphic account of the slave rebellion in Dutch Guiana, 1772- 1777, illustrated with 81 engravings (including 3 folding maps) after drawings by the author by William Blake (13 with an additional 3 attributed to him), Bartolozzi, Benedetti, Barlow, and others. Sabin (91075) called this "one of the richest contemporary accounts of a plantation society in the Americas." According to the DNB, Stedman's narrative is "one of the most vivid indictments of slavery that have been penned." Stedman also depicts the social and natural history of the area in detail, and many of the engravings illuminate his writings on these subjects. Blake's work, among the finest that he did for hire, are primarily powerful portraits of slaves. Occasional light, small stain but very clean overall. Near Fine with minor wear .

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Book number: 018448

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Americana, Rare, Natural History, Travel, Illustrated Books, William Blake, Slavery, South America, 18th Century History 18th Century History Slavery South America Illustrated Books