LANTÉ, Louis Marie; GATINE, Georges-Jacques; LA MÉSANGÈRE, Pierre

Costumes Des Femmes de Hambourg, Du Tyrol, de la Hollande

Paris: Chez l'éditeur, 1827. The Costumes of the Women of Hamburg, Tyrol, Holland, Switzerland, Franconia, Spain, the Kingdom of Naples One Hundred Superb Hand Colored Plates by Lanté and Gatine LANTÉ, Louis-Marie. GATINE, Georges-Jacques. LA MÉSANGÈRE, Pierre. Costumes des femmes de Hambourg, du Tyrol, de la Hollande, de la Suisse, de la Franconie, de l'Espagne, du Royaume de Naples, etc.; Dessinés pour le plupart par M. Lanté, gravés par M. Gatine, et coloriés, avec une explication pour chaque planche. Paris: Chez l'éditeur, 1827. First edition. Folio (12 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches; 321 x 235 mm.). [iv], [i]-[iii], 4-40, [41], [42, blank] pp. One hundred fine hand-colored engraved plates depicting the female costumes of Hamburg, the Tyrol, Switzerland and Spain. Some light sporadic foxing to a few plates, otherwise a splendid example of one of the rarest of books illustrated by Lanté and Gatine. Modern full blue morocco over boards, covers richly decorated in gilt to an arabesque design, smooth spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, red marbled endpapers. The text is by Pierre La Mésangère, who was famously the editor of a long running Parisian fashion magazine (Journal des Dames); the plates are by Gatine, after Lante and Horace Vernet, all of whom were contributors to the same magazine. Colas remarks that there are a great number of variations in color and even subject in the plates. He adds that this beautiful set of costume plates is rare, particularly when complete with the text. "The engraver Georges-Jacques Gatine (born 1773) is considered one of the 19th century masters of fashion plate etchings. He was closely associated with L'abbe de la Mesangere who was the director of Journal des Dames for which he supplied many plates over the years. Gatine was the engraver for the 115 designs which made up the important portfolio Le Bon Genre (1817) which satirized Parisian social life and proved to be a inspiration for the art of Daumier. Gatine executed several other works based on drawings by Lante. The genre painter Louis-Marie Lante (born 1789) did watercolors for several collections of costume published by Journal des Modes after 1817" Bobins II, 466; Brunet III, 785; Colas, 1774; Hiler p. 526; Lipperheide I, 571. The plates: 1. Cuisinière de Hambourg. 2. Cuisinière de Hambourg. 3. Cuisinière de Hambourg. 4. Cuisinière de Hambourg. 5. Fille de chambre de Hambourg. 6. Bouquetière de Hambourg. 7. Fruitière de Hambourg. 8. Femme de Stoerzing, dans le Tyrol. 9. Femme de Pusterthal, dans le Tyrol. 10. Jeune fille de la Vallée d'Oetz, dans le Tyrol. 11. Jeune Fille de la Vallée de Pfaqfflar, dans le Tyrol. 12. Jeune fille de Tegernsée, district du Tyrol. 13. Jeune fille de Tegernsée, district du Tyrol. 14. Laitière de Berne. 15. Cuisinière de Berne. 16. Jeune fille du Canton de Glaris, en Suifse. 17. Bernoise. 18. Bernoise. 19. Jeune fille du Valais. 20. Vaudoise. 21. Jeune Fille du Canton de Soleure. 22. Jeune Fille du Canton de Soleure. 23. Jeune Fille du Canton de Lucerne. 24. Jeune Fille du Canton de Lucerne. 25. Jeune Fille du Frickthal. 26. Jeune Fille du Canton de Zurich. 27. Jeune Fille du Gouggisberg, dans le Canton de Berne. 28. Jeune Femme du Canton d'Argovie, dans les environs de Baden. 29. Jeune Demoiselle de la Nord-hollande. 30. Jeune Demoiselle de la Nord-hollande. 31. Jeune Dame de la Nord-hollande. 32. Jeune Dame de la Nord-hollande. 33. Jeune Fille de la Côte occidentale de la Frise. 34. Fiancée de l'Ile de Merken, en Hollande. 35. Fiancée du Canton de Fribourg, en Suifse. 36. Fiancée du Canton de Fribourg, en Suifse. 37. Jeune fille du Canton d'Unterwalden, en Suifse. 38. Jeune fille du Canton de Zug, en Suifse. 39. Jeune fille du Canton de Thurgovie, en Suifse. 40. Jeune fille du Canton de Zuric, en Suifse. 41. Jeune fille du Canton d'Uri, en Suifse. 42. Jeune fille du Canton de Schuytz, en Suifse. 43. Jeune fille du Canton de Schaffhouse, en Suifse. 44. Laitière d'Oberhasli, dans le Canton de Berne. 45. Jeune fille du Canton de Basle, en Suifse. 46. Paysanne de Bade, aux environs de Basle. 47. Jeune fille Vandale. 48. Paysanne de la Haute Carniole, en Habit de fête. 49. Paysanne Alsacienne du Kochersberg. 50. Paysanne Alsacienne du Kochersberg. 51. Fribourgeoise. 52. Bernoise coiffée du bonnet à dentelle de crin. 53. Gouggisberg. Marraine. 54. Paysanne des environs de Kell. 55. Anabaptiste Suifse. 56. Servante de Zurich, annonçant la naifsance d'un enfant. 57. Paysanne de la Gueldre. 58. Servante de Basle. 59. Paysanne des environs de Mâcon. 60. Arlesienne. 61. Costume de Madrid. 62. Costume de Madrid. 63. Costume de Madrid. 64. Costume de Madrid. 65. Costume de Madrid. 66. Costume de Madrid. 67. Costume de Séville. 68. Costume de Séville. 69. Costume de Séville. 70. Servante de Salamanque. 71. Servante de Salamanque. 72. Costume de Valence. 73. Costume de Valence. 74. Costume de Mayorque. 75. Costume de Mayorque. 76. Costume de Mayorque. 77. Costume de Salamanque. 78. Costume de Barcelone. 79. Dame de Schweinfurt. 80. Servante de Schweinfurt. 81. Dame de Cobourg. 82. Servante de Cobourg. 83. Servante de Cobourg. 84. Servante de Cobourg portant de l'eau. 85. Jeune fille des environs de Bamberg. 86. Paysanne des environs de Wurtzbourg. 87. Poissarde de Bordeaux. 88. Poifsarde de Bordeaux. 89. Laitière de Peyssac. Environs de Bordeaux. 90. Laitière de Cauderan. 91. Jeune femme de la Vallée d'Aure. 92. Jeune Dame de Bagnères de Bigorre. 93. Jeune fille de Bugard. Pyrénnées françaises. 94. Jeune fille de Tourle. Pyrénées espagnoles. 95. Jeune femme de Bucharo. Pyrénées espagnoles. 96. Femme d'Aran. Pyrénées espagnoles. 97. Jeune fille de Paganica dans le Royaume de Naples. 98. Jeune fille de Caravilli, dans la Province de Molise. 99. Fille de la Province d'Abruzze. 100. Femme de Cassano, dans la Province de Cosenza. .

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Book number: 05350

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: GATINE, Georges-Jacques LA MÉSANGÈRE, Pierre Books in French Costume

LANTÉ, Louis Marie; GATINE, Georges-Jacques; La Mésangère

Galerie Francaise de Femmes CéLèbres Par Leurs Talens, Leur Rang Ou Leur Beautè

Paris: Chez l'editeur, 1827. French Feminine Costume of the 12th to 18th century Seventy hand-Colored Plates, Many Heightened with Gold LANTÉ, [Louis Marie]. Galerie Francaise de Femmes Célèbres par leurs talens, leur rang ou leur beautè. Portraits en pied, dessinés par M. Lanté, la plupart d'après des originaux inédits; gravés par M. Gatine, et coloriès; avec des notices biographiques et des remarques sur les habillemens. Paris: Chez l'Éditeur, 1827. First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 333 x 241 mm.). Letterpress half-title, letterpress title. List of plates at end.Complete with all seventy full page hand-colored plates engraved by Georges-Jacques Gatine, each with a leaf of explanatory text opposite the plate (all but five with the original tissue guards). Near contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, double ruled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to boards, corners a little bruised. Light scattered foxing (mainly to margins). Overall, a very good copy. Includes French feminine costume of the 12th to 18th century. The genre painter Louis-Marie Lante (born 1789) did watercolors for several collections of costume published by Journal des Modes after 1817. The engraver Georges-Jacques Gatine (born 1773) is considered one of the 19th century masters of fashion plate etchings. The text is by Pierre de La Messangere (1761-1831), originally a teacher of Philosophy at the College de La Flèche and subsequently an author, journalist and publisher of numerous series of fashion plates including the Journal des Dames et des Modes 1797-1839. Colas, 1765; Hiler, p. 526; Lipperheide, 1077. .

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Book number: 04838

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: GATINE, Georges-Jacques La Mésangère Books in French Costume

LAVATER, John Caspar; HOLLOWAY, Thomas; HUNTER, Henry, translator

Essays on Physiognomy

London: John Murray, 1789. The Jealous are Possessed by a Mad Devil and a Dull Spirit at the Same Time" (John Caspar Lavater) LAVATER, John Caspar. Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind.. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D.. London: John Murray, 1789-1792 -1798. A Spectacular Example of the First Edition in English. Three folio volumes bound in five (12 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 327 x 260 mm.). Volume 1. [ii, half-title, verso blank], [ii, vignette title-page, verso blank], [ii, translator's preface], [vi, advertisement], [iv, contents], [x, list of subscribers], [ii, dedication], [vi, author's preface], [ii, French translators' preface], [3]-280; [iii]-xii]; [1-3], 4--238; [1, half title vol II. part II, verso blank], [239]-444; [iii-iv, title-page, verso blank], [v]-xii, contents, [1]-252; [2, half title vol III. part III], 253-437, [1, blank], [1]-xi index, [1, blank] pp. Complete with 174 engraved plates after Rubens, Fuseli, Bartlozzi and Blake. Bound ca. 1830 in full dark green diced calf, covers with double ruled gilt line and decorative corner-pieces in gilt. Spines with five raised bands, elaborately tooled in gilt, two brown morocco labels lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Viscount Birkenhead on front paste-down of each volume. Some light foxing and offsetting throughout but still an incredible set of this landmark work. John Caspar Lavater (1741-1801) "was the last and most influential of the descriptive physiognomists, a class of pseudo-scientists who attempted to ascertain character on the basis of physical features.. Von der Physiognomik [1772], an unillustrated two-volume book, was Lavater's first work on the subject; this was later expanded, with the help of Goethe, into the four-volume Physiognomische Fragmente (1775-1778), and further perfected in a French translation, Essais sur la Physiognomie.. supervised by Lavater himself. Lavater's physiognomy differed from those of his predecessors in that he paid special attention to the structure of the head, particularly the forehead - a form of psychological indexing that exerted some influence on the development of phrenology and brain localization theories in the early nineteenth century. Lavater's work also influenced artists of the period, both in the overall creation of portraits, and in the use of his physiognomical theories to construct individual faces in historical paintings" (Norman Library). Lavater's work on physiognomy was extremely popular, and, by 1810, sixteen German, twenty English, fifteen French, two American, two Russian, one Dutch, and one Italian version had appeared. Among the portraits included are those of Julius Caesar, Descartes, Erasmus, Homer, Locke, Milton, Newton, Raphael, Salome, Satan, Socrates, Christopher Wren, Vesalius, Voltaire, George Washington and several of himself. A full listing of the plates is available upon request. Brunet III, 887; Garrison and Morton, 154; Graesse IV, 126; Lowndes, 1321; Norman Library; Osler, 3178. .

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Book number: 05202

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: HOLLOWAY, Thomas HUNTER, Henry, translator Fine Bindings and Sets Fine Bindings Translations into English

[NONESUCH PRESS]; Laver, James

Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall, A.

London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, 1927. James Lever's "Stitch in Time" [NONESUCH PRESS]. LAVER, James. A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall. London: Printed for the Nonesuch Press by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, 1927. First edition. Limited to 1,525 copies. Small folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm). 27, [1 colophon], [1 blank] pp. Printed on Arches cream laid paper in 18pt Caslon. Sewn into semi-stiff boards loosely covered with predominantly brown, green, and yellow marbled paper folded over inside. Printed paper label on front cover. A near fine copy. In the original (worn) glassine dust wrapper. "James Laver (1899-1975) matriculated at Oxford in 1917. In 1921 he won the Newdigate Prize for a poem on Cervantes, and in 1922 he was appointed an assistant keeper in the Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he was to remain for 37 years" (Dreyfus). Laver wrote in his autobiography, Museum Piece (1963): "For my own amusement and without very much hope of publication I had written a Popeian poem called A Stitch in Time. It was quite frankly a pastiche of The Rape of the Lock but transposed into modern times. I showed it to my Director, Sir Eric Maclagan, who seemed to like it. I then showed it to Herz, who passed it on to Dorothy Moulton Mayer. She happened to be a friend of Stephen Gooden, who was then producing his miraculous line engravings for the publications of the Nonesuch Press, and she invited him to dinner to meet me and hear the poem. He carried it off to show to Francis Meynell and to my astonishment and delight Meynell offered to publish it..The small edition was soon exhausted and it became something of a collector's piece, so that even The Financial Times was moved to comment upon the bullish qualities of a publication which had risen in price in a couple of weeks, from 3s. 9d. to 35s" (quoted in Dreyfus). Dreyfus 46. The Nonesuch Century 46. .

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Book number: 00871

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: Laver, James Fine Printing Poetry Modern Firsts Fine Printing Literature Poetry Limited Editions

LEAR, Edward; GLASS, Dudley

Nonsense Songs

London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1935. Edward Lear's "Nonsense Songs" Set to Music by Dudley Glass LEAR, Edward. Nonsense Songs. Set to Music by Dudley Glass. All the Original Pictures. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. [ca. 1935]. Early reprint (first published 1934). Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 302 x244 mm.). 24 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Original orange cloth over orange paper boards, front cover pictorially decorated in black. Original pictorial orange dust jacket printed in black, some tape strengthening but complete. Contains: The Owl and the Pussy Cat, The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly and The Jumblies, etc. etc. .

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Book number: 02952

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: GLASS, Dudley Illustrated Books Music Illustrated Books Music

LECOMPTE, Hippolyte; SCHARF, George, artist; HULLMANDEL, Charles, printer; BAYNTUN, binder

Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715

London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, 1830. One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting French Costume Between 1200 and 1715 [LECOMPTE, Hippolyte]. SCHARF, George, artist. Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, ca. 1830. Small octavo (5 9/16 x 4 1/4 inches; 142 x 108 mm.). One hundred fine numbered hand colored lithograph plates with legends (including pictorial title-page) drawn on stone by George Scharf. Plates nos. 50 & 52 slightly shorter on lower blank margin. Handsomely bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath for C.E. Lauriat Co. Boston. Full dark red crushed morocco, covers with gilt-rule border, three gilt dots at corners, blind-tooled lances extending onto boards from raised bands. Spine with five raised bands decoratively paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board edges, gilt ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A wonderful example of historical French costume with fine hand coloring. The subjects include Joan of Arc, Bloody Mary, Queen of Scots, Ninon de Lenclos, many French kings and queens, courtiers, mistresses, soldiers, knights, politicians and admirals, from five centuries of French history. According to Hiler, these plates are reduced and reversed copies of those in [Hippolyte Lecomte's] Costumes Civils et Militaires de la Monarchie Française, which was first published in 1820 in four volumes. The present work was published as a single volume and in a smaller format by the renowned London-based printer and lithographer Charles Hullmandel (1789-1850). According to DNB, "Most of the major improvements made to lithography in Britain in the 1820s and 1830s can be attributed to Hullmandel, and in this period he was also the most prolific printer of pictorial lithographs in the country." In addition to earning his living through printing, Hullmandel also worked with scientists like Michael Faraday in search of new ways to perfect the art of lithography. Images for the present work were actually executed by Hullmandel's friend George Scharf (1788-1860), a Bavarian-born artist who was among the vanguard of lithographers operating in London. Bobins II, 551; Colas, 1808; Hiler 533 (1820 edition); Lipperheide, 1074 (1820 edition). .

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Book number: 05470

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: SCHARF, George, artist HULLMANDEL, Charles, printer BAYNTUN, binder Costume French History

LEE, Laurie; WARD, John

Cider with Rosie

London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. With the Suppressed Piano Factory Scene LEE, Laurie. Cider With Rosie. With drawings by John Ward. London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, the suppressed or withdrawn first issue which includes the account of the fire at the piano factory (p. 272). Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 in; 197 x 127 mm). 280 pp. Black and white line drawings throughout, some full page, including frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Original pictorial dust jacket slightly darkened on spine. Two inch tear on front of jacket, one and a half inch x half inch chip on back of jacket. A very good copy in a fair dust jacket. The novel, the first of an autobiographical trilogy, is an account of Lee's childhood in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire, England, in the period soon after the First World War. It chronicles the traditional village life which disappeared with the advent of new developments, such as the coming of the motor car, and relates the experiences of childhood seen from many years later. The identity of Rosie was revealed years later to be Lee's distant cousin Rosalind Buckland. "It has got a marvellous morning freshness. There is hardly a sentence in it that does not set the sense of touch and smell, as well as sight and hearing, tingling" (Daily Mail ). "Remains as fresh and full of joy and gratitude for youth and its sensations as when it first appeared. It sings in the memory" (Sunday Times). "One of the great writers of the twentieth centur"y (Independent). "An enchanting book, an exquisite farewell, not only to childhood, and boyhood, but also to an England that has vanished" (JB Priestly). "He had a nightingale inside him, a capacity for sensuous, lyrical precision" (Guardian ). .

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Book number: 02306

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: WARD, John Modern Firsts

[LEECH, John, illustrator]; LEIGH, Percival

Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book, the

London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. A Scarce Little Sucker One of the Rarest of All Leeches Victorian Unisex Costumes - Lady-Like Gentlemen [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [LEIGH, Percival]. [The Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book. And Beau Monde à La Française enriched with Numerous Highly Colored Figures of Lady-Like Gentlemen. Edited by The Author of The Comic Latin Grammar.] The Costumes and Other Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. Large quarto (11 1/16 x 8 5/8 in; 282 x 219 mm.) 12 pp. Four hand-colored lithograph plates (imprinted 12 November 1840) each with multiple figures for a total of forty-six illustrations, from Leech's 1840 satire with text by Percival Leigh. Original pictorial front and back printed yellow wrappers bound in. Front wrapper with early ink signature at top (slightly cropped). Contemporary half dark blue hard grain morocco ruled in blind over marbled boards. Smooth spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With the armorial bookplates of George William Mercer Henderson on front paste-down and the Duke of Gloucester on front endleaf. Some foxing to endleaves not affecting any of the text or the colored plates. A fine copy. One of the rarest of all suites by Leech, with OCLC noting only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. "It was one of Leech's special delights to caricature the absurd fashions of the day in dress, language, manners and literature. These plates contain over fifty figures with text contributed by Percival Leigh" (Field). "..The French fashion plates created the right spring-board for this satire; the French caricaturist Gavarni was a fashion illustrator for Le Journal des Gens du Monde, 1831, so that the humour and accuracy in costume caricature often went together. Leech was very quick to spot this and produced in 1840, a witty explosion of designs entitled The Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book and Beau Monde A La Francaise containing "numerous Highly-Coloured Figures of Lady-Like Gentlemen". The text was by his friend Leigh and the engraved plates showed a sort of unisex costume where dandies in ringlets and waisted coats actually appeared like women!.. The early Victorian period was the scene for great beauty in female dress and male costume was neither as drab nor as dreary as is often supposed. Early on in his career.. he produced The Fiddle-Faddle Fashion Book and the early lithographs pay great attention to both the dandy and the fashionable lady. Leech's acutely observant eye was always watching out for the over-fastidious, the superfinely frivolous, so that he could engage their foibles with his pencil. Fiddle-Faddle was done under the influence of [George] Cruikshank, and particularly under that side of Cruikshank that had created the Monstrosities plates of the late 'twenties. Leech's approach to fashion was therefore tinged with Regency satire but more liberally diluted with straightforward Victorian incredulity and disapproval! His attitude to caricaturing fashion can be seen very clearly if one looks closely at Leech himself as the fashionable man." Simon Houfe. John Leech and the Victorian Scene, pp. 39 & 139. Artist and illustrator John Leech (1817-1864) provided the illustrations for Dickens' A Christmas Carol, amongst other celebrated Victorian volumes, and was one of the first illustrators for the classic satirical journal, Punch. He established "a convention of social humour that was to last until the 1920s..Extravagantly praised by Ruskin, Leech's often careless but never crude drawings have survived in charm and humour to give us a refreshing glimpse of mid-Victorian society" (Simon Houfe, The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914). Percival Leigh (1813-1889) ".. comic writer, son of Leonard Leigh of St. Cross, Winchester, was born at Haddington on 3 Nov. 1818. He was educated for the medical profession at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he made acquaintance of his fellow-students, John Leech [q. v.], Albert Smith, and Mr. Gilbert à Beckett. He became L.S.A. in 1834, and M.R.C.S. in 1835, and resolved to practice his profession; but he soon abandoned medicine for literature. In 1841 he became a member of the 'Punch' staff very shortly after its formation, and he contributed to that journal until his death. Leigh was a good friend to Leech, whom he helped in many difficulties, and was also intimate with Thackeray. He was a good amateur actor, and with Dickens, Leech, and Jerrold was a member of the company which acted Ben Jonson's 'Every Man in his Humour' on 21 Sept. 1845, at Miss Kelly's Theatre, Dean Street, Soho (now the Royalty). Leigh played Oliver Cob. He never lost the interest in science which his early training had given him, and was jocularly known to his friends as 'The Professor.' Frith has noted his 'quaintly humorous conversation.' In 1850 Leigh lived at 10 Bedford Street, Bloomsbury, but before 1860 he had removed to Oak Cottage, Hammersmith, where he led a secluded life, and died on 24 Oct. 1889. He was the last survivor of the early writers in 'Punch.' His wife, Letitia Morrison, predeceased him." (Wikipedia). Abbey, Life, 308; Field, p. 40. .

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Book number: 04882

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: LEIGH, Percival Caricatures Costume English History

LEECH, John

Mr. Briggs & His Doings

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. Scarce Leech His Most Popular Character LEECH, John. Mr. Briggs & His Doings. Fishing. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Oblong folio (12 1/2 x 18 in; 318 x 457 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, mounted on artist board. Descriptive text with imprint at foot of each plate. Plates 8 and 9 are unsigned; plates 2 and 3 are signed "J Leech;" plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, and 12 are signed "JL;" and the two illustrations on plate 11 are signed "L". Loose as issued, with the original brown paper pictorial upper wrapper. Wrapper a little worn and with a few marginal tears at edges otherwise an excellent copy. Housed in a half crimson morocco clamshell case. "Of the two or three personalities created by Leech, none was more widely known or better loved than Mr. Briggs. Spielman says of him that his creation 'is sufficient to render the year 1849 memorable to the annals of the Land.' It was in this year that he made his first appearance in 'Punch.' Many of his adventures are said to have been founded on Leech's own visits to Sir John Millais whose favorite shooting and fishing grounds are reproduced in a great number of the drawings" (Field). "And yet, with all his modesty and reserve, so great was his talent and appeal that from the moment of his first appearance as an illustrator in 'Bentley's Miscellany', as a cartoonist in 'Punch', and as a caricaturist of the 'Mulready Envelope'..there was not an artist in England whose work was so well known or who was so popular as John Leech" (Field). "Messrs. Bradbury and Evans have much pleasure in introducing to the Public these Prints, which have been enlarged from Mr. John Leech's Original Drawings in 'Punch,' by a new and most ingenious process lately brought in operation by the Electro-Block Printing Company" (inner front wrapper) The Plates: I. Mr. Briggs Contemplates a Day's Fishing. II. Mr. Briggs Manages His Punt Himself. III. Mr. Briggs Tries For a Perch. IV. Mr. Briggs Catches a Jack. V. Mr. Briggs Catches and Eel. VI and VII. Mr. Briggs Goes Out Fly-Fishing. VIII to XII. Mr. Briggs Goes Salmon Fishing. "Price 10. 6d. in a wrapper. Any Print may be had separately, price 1s." (inside wrapper) Field, p. 211. Tooley 299. .

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Book number: 02377

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Angling Caricatures Sports

LEECH, John, illustrator; SMITH, Albert

Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad, the

London: Richard Bentley, 1846. The Various Misadventures of a Young and Naïve Protagonist First Edition in the Original Sixteen Monthly Parts Illustrated by John Leech LEECH, John, illustrator. SMITH, Albert. The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad. By Albert Smith. Illustrated by Leech. London: Richard Bensley, September 1846 - December 1847. First edition in the original sixteen monthly parts, complete. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 inches; 226 x 145 mm.). Sixteen original parts. 512, xii pp. Engraved portrait and thirty -two engraved plates by John Leech. Eight pages of advertisements in parts I & II, apology slips in parts IX & XV. Publishers printed wrappers with advertisements on inside front, inside back & back covers. Housed in a blue cloth chemise within a blue cloth slipcase. A near fine set. The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad is a satirical novel by Albert Smith, first published in serial form in sixteen monthly parts from September 1846 through December 1847 (first published in book form in 1848). The story follows Christopher Tadpole, a young and naïve protagonist who embarks on various misadventures in his quest for success and recognition. The novel humorously portrays Tadpole's encounters with eccentric characters and absurd situations, offering a sharp critique of Victorian society's values and aspirations. Illustrated by John Leech, the novel is renowned for its wit and comedic flair, making it a classic example of Victorian-era satire. Albert Richard Smith (1816-1869) was a prominent English author, entertainer, and mountaineer. Despite initially studying medicine in London and Paris, he eventually shifted his focus to writing, becoming known for his humor and wit. Smith's literary career began with an account of his life in Paris, published in the Mirror. He gained popularity as a journalist and humorist, contributing to publications such as Punch and Richard Bentley's Miscellany. His first and most successful novel, The Adventures of Mr Ledbury, was published in 1842, followed by other novels like The Fortunes of the Scattergood Family (1845), The Marchioness of Brinvilliers: The Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century (1846), The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole (1848), and The Pottleton Legacy: A Story of Town and Country (1849). He was known for his satirical and humorous take on various aspects of Victorian society, making him a celebrated figure of his time. Part I. September 1846. [viii, ads] pp; 2 plates; pp. 1-32 Part II. October 1836 [1846]. [viii] Christopher Tadpole Advertiser; 2 plates; pp. 33-64 Part III. [November 1846], 2 plates pp. 65-96 (wrappers a little browned) Part IV. [December 1846], 2 plates pp. 97-128 - unopened (plate margins a little browned) Part V. [January 1847], 2 plates pp. 129-160 - unopened Part VI. [February 1847], 2 plates pp. 161-192 - unopened Part VII. [March 1847], 2 plates pp. 193-224 - unopened Part VIII. [April 1847], 2 plates pp. 225-256 - unopened (plate margins a little browned) Part IX. [May 1847], 1 plate. Slip dated April 30, 1847 apologizing for just one plate, pp. 257-288 - unopened Part X. [June 1847], 3 plates pp. 289-320 - unopened Part XI. [July 1847], 2 plates pp. 321-352 - unopened Part XII. [August 1847], 2 plates pp. 353-384 - unopened (slight repair to spine & front wrapper - possibly supplied) Part XIII. [September 1847], 2 plates pp. 321-416 - unopened Part XIV. [October 1847], 2 plates pp. 417-448 - unopened Part XV. [November 1847], No plates. Slip dated October 30, 1847 apologizing for omission of plates. pp. 449-480 - partially unopened Part XVI. [December 1847], 4 plates pp. 481-512, xii, Portrait, preliminary leaves, title, list of plates etc. pp. Sadleir II, p. 72 (later editions only). .

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Book number: 05824

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: SMITH, Albert Illustrated Books Books in Parts Nineteenth-Century Literature

LEMERY, M.L.; HAY, D. translator

Treatise of All Sorts of Foods, A.

London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1745. Understanding the Nature of Foods and their Effects on the Body LEMERY, M.L. A Treatise of all Sorts of Foods, Both Animal and Vegetable: also of Drinkables: Giving an Account How to chuse the best Sort of all Kinds; Of the good and bad Effects they produce; the Principles they abound with; the Time, Age and Constitution they are adapted to. Wherein their Nature and Use is explain'd according to the Sentiments of the most eminent Physicians and Naturalists Ancient and Modern. The Whole divided into one Hundred seventy-six Chapters. With Remarks upon each. Written originally in French, By the Learned M. L. Lemery, Physician to the King, and Member of the Royal Academy. Translated by D. Hay, M. D. To which is added, An Introduction treating of Foods in general: A Table of the Chapters, and an Alphabetical Index. London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1745. First edition thus. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches; 168 x 98 mm.). [xii], 372, [24, index] pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Minor marginal worm track affecting last two leaves of text. Eighteenth century calf, covers ruled in gilt, rebacked. Spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt, red morocco label lettered in gilt. Corners a little rubbed. Ink signature dated 1818 on front paste-down. Old ink name on front flyleaf. An excellent example. "The first English translation under the title A Treatise of Foods, in General.. was printed in 1704. Oxford cites two imprints in 1745, the second with a frontispiece, called the third edition" (Bitting). Louis Lémery (1677-1743). His treatise reflects the 18th-century interest in understanding the nature of foods, their effects on the body, and the principles guiding their selection and consumption. It aligns with the broader tradition of literature that explored the relationship between diet and health during this period. Bitting, p. 281-282; Cagle 822; MacLean, p. 89; Simon BG 948. .

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Book number: 05744

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: HAY, D. translator Food Cookery

LEPRINCE, Xavier

Inconvéniens D'Un Voyage En Diligence

Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres.. et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par M. Xavier Leprince. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres.. et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. First edition. Oblong folio (9 1/16 x 12 3/8 inches; 231 x 314 mm.) Publisher's original tan pictorial lithograph front wrapper (as title-page) and twelve hand-colored lithographed plates. Lithography by Englemann. Publisher's printed tan lithographed front wrapper, rear wrapper replaced. Housed in a fleece lined, quarter black morocco clamshell case, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. A near fine copy, the plates are clean and the hand coloring is quite super. The inconvenient rigors of travel by coach are illustrated in twelve highly amusing plates. OCLC locates just five copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum (NY, US); Stanford University Library (CA, US); Brown University (RI, US); University of Liverpool (UK), and Kunstbiblio Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany). Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826), French painter and lithographer, 'was the son and pupil of the painter and lithographer Anne-Pierre Leprince and the elder brother of the painters Robert-Leopold Leprince (1800-47) and Gustave Leprince (1810-37). Leprince recieved a medal at his first Salon of 1819 for one of six entries, five of which were landscapes of 17th century Dutch inspiration, which came possibly via the work of Jean-Louis Demarne. Leprince quickly learnt to vary the contents of his paintings: at the Salon of 1822 his entries included three Paris street scenes, three portraits, and two scenes on board a frigate. His numerous Paris street scenes usually depicted some well-known contemporary event..In the last year of his short life Leprince showed himself to be a sensitive watercolour painter and lithographer, publishing a set of twelve lithographs entitled Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence" (Grove Dictionary of Art). Leprince was credited with inventing a process of aquatint engraving which imitated a sepia wash or Chinese ink. He used this process for a number of Russian costume plates published either singly or bound in sets. The Plates: 1. Comment j'ai perdu mon.. coin? 2. Quand en n'a pas de memiore, il avoir des jambes! 3. La coie et la pluie, que c'est romantique. 4. Plaisantez vous? nous sommesa jeun depuis avant hier. 5. Cruels effets d'une digestion interrompue. 6. Dévouement forcé. 7. Pauvre bibi !! j'en mourrai ..peut etre. 8. Voila ce que c'est que de ne pas mettre en régle. 9. Allons! Allons! Il faut partir. 10. Le courage à l'Epreuve. 11. Les amusements des gentils douaniers. 12. Les douceurs du Retour. Bobins III, 946; Lipperheide 3658. .

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Book number: 05385

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Caricatures Coaching French Caricature

LEPRINCE, Xavier

Inconvéniens D'Un Voyage En Diligence

Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres.. et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par.. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres.. et Sazerac et Duval, 1826]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 264 x 346 mm.) Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates. Lithography by Englemann. Some light foxing, mainly marginal except the first two plates. Publisher's quarter black roan over dark plum patterned boards, front cover lettered in gilt, smooth spine. Aside from the light foxing this is a near fine example. The inconvenient rigors of travel by coach are illustrated in twelve highly amusing plates. OCLC locates just five copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum (NY, US); Stanford University Library (CA, US); Brown University (RI, US); University of Liverpool (UK), and Kunstbiblio Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany). Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826), French painter and lithographer, 'was the son and pupil of the painter and lithographer Anne-Pierre Leprince and the elder brother of the painters Robert-Leopold Leprince (1800-47) and Gustave Leprince (1810-37). Leprince recieved a medal at his first Salon of 1819 for one of six entries, five of which were landscapes of 17th century Dutch inspiration, which came possibly via the work of Jean-Louis Demarne. Leprince quickly learnt to vary the contents of his paintings: at the Salon of 1822 his entries included three Paris street scenes, three portraits, and two scenes on board a frigate. His numerous Paris street scenes usually depicted some well-known contemporary event..In the last year of his short life Leprince showed himself to be a sensitive watercolour painter and lithographer, publishing a set of twelve lithographs entitled Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence" (Grove Dictionary of Art). Leprince was credited with inventing a process of aquatint engraving which imitated a sepia wash or Chinese ink. He used this process for a number of Russian costume plates published either singly or bound in sets. The Plates: 1. Comment j'ai perdu mon.. coin? 2. Quand en n'a pas de memiore, il avoir des jambes! 3. La coie et la pluie, que c'est romantique. 4. Plaisantez vous? nous sommesa jeun depuis avant hier. 5. Cruels effets d'une digestion interrompue. 6. Dévouement forcé. 7. Pauvre bibi !! j'en mourrai ..peut etre. 8. Voila ce que c'est que de ne pas mettre en régle. 9. Allons! Allons! Il faut partir. 10. Le courage à l'Epreuve. 11. Les amusements des gentils douaniers. 12. Les douceurs du Retour. Bobins III, 946; Lipperheide 3658. .

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Book number: 05340

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Caricatures Coaching French Caricature

[LEPRINCE, Xavier]

Métamorphoses D'Arlequin

Bruxelles: , 1826. Scarce Odyssey of Harlequin As a Character In France's Political Drama 1791-1826 [LEPRINCE, Xavier]. Métamorphoses de'Alequin. Parades. [Jouées sur le Théâtre Français. Bruxelles: n.p. 1826]. First edition. Oblong quarto. Twelve hand-colored lithographed stub-mounted plates, size: 10 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (271 x 360 mm). Bound late 19th century by G. Carayon in half deep cordovan straight-grain morocco over marbled boards. Bookplate of Ch. Bouret on front pastedown. Some very light foxing mainly on the first plate but still a fine copy. Extremely scarce, with only one copy (at the BM) recorded by OCLC/KVK, and no copies coming to auction within the last thirty-six years. The BM atrributes this album to Henri-Gerard Fontallard but that cannot be so. Close comparison with caricatures signed by Leprince and Fontallard conclusively demonstrate that the style here is dramatically different than Fontallard's but extremely close to Leprince's, particularly in the faces of the figures depicted. A fascinating and intriguing album that appears to be a political allegory with the theater as backdrop and Harlequin as character in the political events in France 1791-1826. The fact that the album was published, without publisher or artist attribution, in Belgium rather than France strongly suggests fear of running afoul of French press censorship laws of the era. Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826), French painter and lithographer, 'was the son and pupil of the painter and lithographer Anne-Pierre Leprince and the elder brother of the painters Robert-Leopold Leprince (1800-47) and Gustave Leprince (1810-37). Leprince recieved a medal at his first Salon of 1819 for one of six entries, five of which wew landscapes of 17th century Dutch inspiration, which came possibly via the work of Jean-Louis Demarne. Leprince quickly learnt to vary the contents of his paintings: at the Salon of 1822 his entries included three Paris street scenes, three portraits, and two scenes on board a frigate. His numerous Paris street scenes usually depicted some well-known contemporary event..In the last year of his short life Leprince showed himself to be a sensitive watercolour painter and lithographer.." (Grove Dictionary of Art). "G. Carayon was a 19th century French bookbinder. Yvan Christ, in an article in L'Estampille, describes his activity: 'Around 1875, bookbinder Carayon became an art cartonnage [paper over boards] bookbinder, featuring popular bindings in white velin boards and enhanced watercolors, using silk, cloth, leather, and Japon paper. The success of his cartonnage bindings was great. But bindings he made in a more conventional manner should not be forgotten'" (Trans. from Devaux, Dix Siecles de Reliere, p. 351). The Plates: 1. 1re. Parade. - 1791. Columbine délaisée.. 2. 2e. Parade. - 1795. L'Orateur Populaire.. 3. 3e. Parade. - 1795. Le Directorien.. 4. 4e. Parade. - 1799. - Le 18 Brumaire.. 5. 5e. Parade. - 1800. - Le Grenadier des Consuls.. 6. 6e. Parade. - 1808. - Le Chambellan.. 7. 7e. Parade. - 1814. - Le Marquis de Bergame.. 8. 8e. Parade. - 1815. Le Champ de Mai.. 9. 9e. Parade. - 1820. Tartufe.. 10. 10e. Parade. - 1823. Le Diner.. 11. 11e. Parade. - 1825. La Clôture.. 12. 12e. Parade. - 1826. Le Congréganiste. .

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Book number: 02252

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Nineteenth-Century Literature

LESLIE, Eliza

New Receipts for Cooking by Miss Leslie

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1854. Eliza Leslie's Cook Book Reflecting the Cultural and Culinary Trends of Her Time LESLIE, Eliza. New Receipts for Cooking by Miss Leslie. Comprising all the new and approved methods for preparing all kinds of Soups, Fish, Oysters, Terrapins, Turtle, Vegetables, Meats, Poultry, Game, Sauces, Pickles, Sweetmeats, Cakes, Confectionery, Puddings, Corn-Meal, Pies, Rice, Etc. with lists of articles in season suited to go together for breakfasts, dinners, and suppers; and many new receipts, and much useful and valuable information on all subjects whatever connected with general housewifery. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, [1854]. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; 191 x 114 mm.). [1]-520, [32, advertisements] pp. Some light foxing throughout. Mid nineteenth century sheep, smooth spine ruled in gilt, black calf label lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers with printed advertisements. Both joints cracked but inner hinges sound. A very good example. A large number of these recipes are from the South, many of which were dictated by colored cooks. Originally published under the title, The Lady's Receipt Book, (1847), and enlarged under the title Miss Leslie's Ladies' New Receipt Book in 1850. Eliza Leslie (1787-1858) was an American author, known for her writings on various subjects, including cooking. She authored several popular cookbooks during the 19th century. Her contributions to the culinary and domestic literature of the 19th century made her a well-regarded figure. Her cookbooks were not only practical guides but also reflected the cultural and culinary trends of her time. New Receipts for Cooking is part of this tradition, providing insights into 19th-century American cooking practices. .

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Book number: 05772

Catalogue: Food

Keywords: Cookery