DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator; SCHAUWERS, Franz, binder

Princesse Badourah, la

Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. Limited to 500 Signed Copies This Copy in a Beautiful Contemporary Binding by Franz Schauwers With Decorations Not Found in the English Language Edition DULAC, Edmund. La Princesse Badourah. Conte des Mille et une Nuits. Illustré par Edmond Dulac. Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, n.d. [1914]. First edition in French, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy no. 347. Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in; 294 x 221 mm). Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders. Bound ca. 1914 by Franz [Schauwers] (stamp-signed) in three-quarter purple crushed levant morocco with gilt rules over marbled paper boards. Smooth spine lettered and richly decorated in gilt with nine red morocco floral onlays. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Matching marbled endpapers. Original wrappers preserved. A very fine copy in a very attractive binding. With decorations not found in the English language editions, including nine designs of a different small tree in an urn on pages preceding each chapter; decorated initials at start of each chapter; seven tailpieces; two surrounds for for letterpress on limitation and colophon. Hughey 31c. .

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Book number: 02891

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: SCHAUWERS, Franz, binder Illustrated Books Fine Bindings Books in French Fairy Tales

DULAC, Edmund, illustrator; KHAYYAM, Omar; FITZGERALD, Edward

Quartine, le

Bergamo: Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche, 1913. A Scarce Italian Edition [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. KHAYYÁM, Omar. Le Quartine. Riduzione Ritmica di Diego Angeli dalla Traduzione in Inglese di Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrazioni di Edmondo Dulac. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche, n.d. [c. 1913]. First reprint of trade edition in Italian of Dulac's Rubaiyat. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in; 277 x 208 mm). Unpaginated. Seventeen color plates tipped-in to cream vellum-like paper, framed with gilt over light green design, with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's original dark green cloth with elaborate decorative peacock frame in gilt, a variant not noted by Hughey who records only a red binding to this issue. Neat ink ownership note to half-title. A fine copy. "A reprint edition (#21jj) was exactly like #21ii except that only 17 plates were included and it was issued in a dark red cloth binding." "In point of excellence of art, popularity, distinction and profit the crowning achievement.. was the publication of the Fitzgerald version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Edmund Dulac. The book was a joy and treasure. Its public acceptance was immediate and great' (George H. Doran, American publisher). Hughey 21jj. .

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Book number: 02221

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: KHAYYAM, Omar FITZGERALD, Edward Illustrated Books Books in Italian Fantasy Literature Persian Literature

DULAC, Edmund; ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

Reine Des Neiges, la

Paris: L'Édition D'Art / H. Piazza, 1911. French Signed Limited Edition of Edmund Dulac's Hans Andersen [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. La Reine des Neiges et Quelques Autres Contes Illustrés par Edmond Dulac. Paris: L'Édition D'Art / H. Piazza, [1911]. French Signed Limited Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies on Papier du Japon signed by Edmund Dulac (this being #487). Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 290 x 224 mm.). 172 pp. Title-page decoratively printed in red, black green and yellow. Twenty-eight mounted color plates, each framed with turquoise green flowery borders and titled tissue-guards. Original front wrapper decorated in green and gilt bound in. Contemporary (Publishers ?) full mottled calf, covers with triple rule borders and decorative corner pieces, spine with five raised bands, decoratively stamped in gilt and with a maroon morocco lettering label. All edges stained red, marbled endpapers. Expert and almost invisible repair to rear joint, tiny (one inch) crack at top of front joint. An excellent copy. "28 Dulac colour plates, mounted on vellum, framed with turquoise green flowery borders; covered with tissue guards imprinted with black captions. Also special turquoise green borders for title page and snowflake border designs for text pages. 5 different dark green initials decorated with turquoise surrounds; small medallion designs for limitation and printer's pages, 7 designs for chapter titles, 9 tailpiece designs.. Price when issued: full leather 100 fr." (Hughey, 27kk). During his lifetime, Hans Christian Andersen, whose every fairy tale has become a classic, was second only to Charles Dickens as the most popular author in the Western world. Hughey, 27kk. .

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Book number: 03185

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: ANDERSEN, Hans Christian Books in French Fairy Tales Signed Limited Edition

DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator; KHAYYAM, Omar; FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.)

Rubáiyát of Omar KhayyáM

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Edmund Dulac's Rubaiyat [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. KHAYYÁM, Omar. FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. First trade edition. Quarto (10 11/16 x 8 3/8 inches; 271 x 213 mm). [60] leaves. Title-page decoratively printed in sepia and light brown. Twenty mounted color plates, including frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Decorative borders to plates and leaves. Bound ca. 1910 for the Times Book Club in full plum calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with three raised bands, f=decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top-edge gilt, gilt board-edges and turn-ins, marbled end-papers. Some rubbing and slight splitting to joints, but still sound. Ink inscription dated 1923 on top margin of half-title. A reasonably priced example of this classic. Hughey 21a. .

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Book number: 03651

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: KHAYYAM, Omar FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.) Fine Bindings Persian Literature

DULAC, Edmund, illustrator; HOUSMAN, Laurence; ARABIAN NIGHTS

Stories from the Arabian Nights

Nottingham: Hodder and Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd., 1923. Boots 'Cheap' Trade Edition [1923] Containing Twenty Mounted Color Plates from Three of Dulac's Best Books A Fine Copy in the Original Dust Jacket [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. HOUSMAN, Laurence. Stories From the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Houseman. With Drawing by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [ca. 1923]. Cheaper trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in; 247 x 191 mm). 319, [1] pp. Twenty color plates, including frontispiece mounted on cream paper with captions printed below. Publisher's brandy colored cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt and black with four thin black lines forming border at outer edge of front cover, spine lettered in gilt with Boots symbol in gilt at bottom, plain cream end-papers. Neat ink inscription on front free end-paper. In the original tan dust jacket with an illustration from the book pasted onto the front panel. A very fine copy in a fine dust jacket. An interesting early 'compilation' edition containing twenty Dulac color plates including fourteen from The Arabian Nights, two from Princess Badoura, and four from Sindbad the Sailor. Hughey 16y. .

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Book number: 03575

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: HOUSMAN, Laurence ARABIAN NIGHTS Illustrated Books Persian Literature

DURA, Gaetano

Napoli E Contorni Album

Naples: Gatti e Dura, 1835. The Costumes and Street Life of Naples as Depicted by Gaetano Dura Hand Colored Lithograph Title and Thirty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates DURA, Gaetano. Napoli e Contorni Album da Gaetno. Dura. Lithografia Gatti e Dura. [Naples, ca. 1835]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 327 x 241 mm.). Hand colored lithograph title-page with elaborate gilt border, thirty-five hand colored lithograph plates, all with gilt borders. All plates with "Napoli" at top margin & "Lit. Gatti e Dura" and "Strada Gigante" at lower margins. Plate no. 25 with neat marginal repair just touching image, strengthened on verso. Plate no. 26 also strengthened at inner margin (not affecting image). Occasional light marginal foxing or soiling but the plates generally clean with bright & fresh hand coloring. Contemporary quarter brown cloth over black pebbled boards, corners worn, otherwise quite sound. An excellent example of an extremely rare book. Napoli e Contorni Album da Gaetano Dura is a visually captivating work, providing a glimpse into the costumes and street types of Naples and its surroundings in the mid-19th century. The fine hand colored plates show male and female costumes of Naples and its environs as well as the street types of Naples itself. OCLC/KVK locate just two copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: New York Public Library (NY, US with title+35 plates); Inst. Nat. D'Histoire de L'Art (France - with 40 plates?) The number of plates seems to vary between the two copies in institutions and the three bibliographical references Colas 918 - title+28 plates; Hiler, p. 254 - title+35 plates; Lipperheide 1298 - title+28 plates. The New York Public Library copy has title+35 plates whereas according to OCLC/KVK the Inst. Nat. D'Histoire de L'Art in France has 40 plates? It would appear that a colored title and 35 plates would be complete. Gaetano Dura (1805-1878) was a Neapolitan sketch artist and lithographer. Dura began as a landscape artist and lithographer and quickly rose to prominence as one of the first Neopolitan masters of the relatively new artistic medium. His illustrations of Neopolitan theatrical and street scenes are now regarded as unparalleled depictions of local life. He published several books on Naples including: Gruppi di Costumi Napolitani (1835); Naples - Characters (183-?; Nuova Raccolta di Costumi e Vestiture di Napoli e Suoi d'Intorni (1833-35); Scénes Populaires (1840); Souvenir de la Tarantella Napolitaine (1833) & Tarantella Ballo Napolitano (1854). The Plates: 1. Contadino (Farmer) 2. Donna delle paludi (Swamp Woman) 3. Zampognaro (Bagpiper) 4. Donna di Sessa (Woman from Sessa) 5. Vecchio marinaro (Old sailor) 6. Donna di Sorrento (Woman from Sorrento) 7. Masaniello (Masaniello) 8. Pescivendolo (Fishmonger) 9. Donna di Capri (Woman of Capri) 10. Marinaro (Seafarer) 11. Donna di Procida (Woman from Procida) 12. Segretario ambulante (Itinerant secretary) 13. Lavandaia (Washerwoman) 14. Venditore di Verdura (Vegetable seller) 15. Venditrice di frittelle (Pancake seller) 16. Mangiamaccaroni (Eat macaroni) 17. Educazione (Education) 18. Venditore di pizze (Pizza seller) 19. Venditrice di Spighe (Ears (of corn) seller) 20. Trovatore (Troubadour) 21. Donna di Chiaja (Woman from Chiaja) 22. Acquajuolo (Water jug) 23. Venditrice di uova (Egg seller) 24. Pollajuolo (Pollajuolo) 25. Facchini (Porters) 26. Facchino che dorme (Sleeping porter) 27. Marinari (Sailors) 28. Acquajuolo (Water jug) 29. Fruttajuoli ed Ortolani (Fruit sellers and greengrocers) 30. Maccaronaro (Maccaronaro) 31. Pescatoril (Fisherman) 32. Calefso di Napoli (Calefso of Naples) 33. Calefso di Resina (Calefso of Resin) 34. Discesa dal Vesuvio (Descent from Vesuvius) 35. Salita al Vesuvio (Ascent to Vesuvius) Bobins III, 1033 (title +35 plates); Colas 918 (title +28 plates); Hiler, p. 254 (title+35 plates); Lipperheide 1298 (title +28 plates). .

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Book number: 05677

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in Italian Caricatures Costume

LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ, N[oël Jacques]

Ports Et Cotes de France de Dunkerque Au Havre

Paris: Chez J.F. Ostervald, Editeur, 1833. The Ports and Coasts of France from Dunkirk to Le Havre Deluxe Watercolor Issue with Fifty Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ, N[oël Jacques]. Ports et Cotes de France de Dunkerque au Havre par N. Lefebvre-Duruflé. Paris: Chez J.F. Ostervald, Editeur, 1833. First edition, thus. Folio (14 1/14 x 10 5/8 inches; 362 x 270 mm.). [iv], [88] pp. Fifty superb aquatint views finely enhanced with watercolor and gouache, which actually look like original watercolors, measuring an average of 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 150 mm. all finished with gum arabic and mounted on full size leaves. All plates with original tissue-guards. Some mild marginal foxing to some leaves of text. Full contemporary dark blue morocco, covers elaborately tooled in blind and bordered in gilt. Smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt,marbled endpapers. A superb copy. Note: The SPL copy (with rather different, and somewhat inferior coloring) has only 42 of the 50 plates. The additional plates in our copy are: Numbers 21; 23; 24; 36; 40; 47; 48 & 49. This exceptionally rare book was originally published between 1823 and 1825 under the title Excursion sur le Cotes et dans les Ports de Normandie (Abbey, Travel 92). "A book by the same author appeared in 1833, 4to, with the title Ports et Cote de France, de Dunkerque au Havre; this, as can be seen from the original title quoted by Brunet and Barbier, is a slight step nearer what was evidently at first the author's and editor's aim.. Although the book was published in Paris for the French market, it will be noticed that four of the engravers (accounting for twenty-eight of the plates) and two of the artists, are English; men who were working in France, and especially Paris, at this remarkable time for English water-colour art. To take the artists first, seven of the plates.. are after Bonington.. while two.. are after Copley Fielding, brother of the Fieldings who between them engraved twenty-two of the plates. Prideaux, page 276, says that all the plates are after Bonington.." (Abbey). This is one of the most ambitious of the colored aquatint books edited by J.F. d'Ostervald. It is an expanded version of the original 1823-1825 edition and covers not only the coast of Normandie but rather than starting at Rouen, it begins at Dunkerque. The only other examples of this book are at the Art Institute of Chicago (62 plates?), and the S.P. Lohia example (40 plates only) - our copy has fifty. They are all mounted contemporaneously on similar paper and of the same size as the text leaves. The superb aquatint plates are exquisitely enhanced with watercolor and gouache and actually appear like original watercolors. They aesthetically and realistically represent scenes of the everyday life of Norman sailors and fishermen, some of which in locations that have been destroyed. We have only been able to locate just three colored examples of this work - all but one with fewer plates than the the present copy. OCLC locates just one copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Art Institute of Chicago (IL,US) with 62? plates). There is a copy with 42 hand colored plates only in the SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection (1283). The last colored copy to appear at auction (40 plates only) was in 1896. The only uncolored copy to appear at auction (41 plates only) was in 1988. Noël Jacques Lefebvre-Duruflé (1792-1877) was a French politician who became Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the French Second Republic, and under the Second French Empire was Minister of Public Works. The Plates: 1. Dunkerque. Entrée du Port + 2pp 2. Dunkerque. Intérieur du Port + 2pp 3. Dunkerque. Sortie du Port + 2pp 4. Gravelines. Entrée du Port + 2pp 5. Gravelines. Sortie du Port + 2pp 6. Calais. Vue Prise du Coté de Gravelines + 2pp 7. Calais. Vue Prise du L'Ouest + 2pp 8. Calais. Vue Prise de la Rade + 2pp 9. Calais. Intérieur du Port + 2pp 10. Calais. Place D'Armes + 2pp 11. Boulogne. Vue Prise de la Route de Paris + 2pp 12. Boulogne. Vue Prise de la Route de Calais + 4pp (last page blank) 13. Boulogne. Intérieur du Port +2pp 14. Boulogne. Entrée du Port + 2pp 15. Boulogne. Sortie du Port + 2pp 16. Boulogne. Vue des Bains + 2pp 17. Boulogne. La Colonne + 2pp 18. Boulogne. Fort la Crèche + 2pp 19. Ambleteuse. +2pp 20. Le Crotoy + 2pp 21. Le Crotoy ** 22. Saint-Valery-Sur-Somme et La Ferté + 2pp 23. Saint Valery ** 24. Dieppe. Vue Prise des Hauteurs du Chateau + 4pp (last page blank) ** 25. Dieppe. Vue du Coté du Nord + 4pp (last page blank) 26. Dieppe. Vue des Bains + 2pp 27. Dieppe. Vue des Bains, Prise du Rivage + 2pp 28. Dieppe. Vue du Pont de Pollet 29. Arques. Vue du Chateau + 2pp 30. Arques. Vue du Chateau et de la Plaine + 2pp 31. Saint-Valery-En-Caux + 2pp 32. Fécamp. Vue Générale + 4pp 33. Fécamp. Vue Prise de L'Ouest + 2pp 34. Fécamp. Sortie du Port + 2pp 35. Étretat. Vue Générale + 2pp 36. Étretat ** 37. Le Havre. Vue Générale Prise de la Cote + 4 pp (last page blank) 38. Le Havre. Vue des Bains + 2 pp 39. Le Havre. Entrée du Port vu de la Jetée + 2pp 40. Le Havre ** 41. Le Havre. Avant-Port + 2 pp 42. Le Havre. Vieux Bassin + 2 pp 43. Le Havre. Bassin de la Barre + 2 pp 44. Le Havre. Bassin du Commerce + 2 pp 45. Le Havre 46. Le Havre 47. ?? ** 48. Rouen ** 49. Honfleur ** 50. Enbouchure de la Seine Abbey, Travel 92 (1823-25 edition); Bobins III 945 (1832 edition with 52? colored plates); SPL Hand Colored Rare Book Collection (#1283). .

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Book number: 05540

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Views

DYER, Jane, artist

Goodnight Sheep

: , 1993. A Sweet Watercolor Illustration Beautifully Framed DYER, Jane, artist. "Goodnight Sheep". From Good Night, Good Night Sleepyhead. [N.p. ca. 1993]. Original pen, ink and watercolor illustration. Image size: 10 1/8 x 12 inches; 257 x 305 mm.) Beautifully matted, framed and glazed. (Frame size: 17 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches; 454 x 505 mm.). A sweet illustration of a baby embracing a sheep stuffed aminal. Beautifully framed with a cream silk mat, bordered with metallic gold and blue ribbons, and further decorated with light blue ribbon embellishment. Jane Dyer is a beloved American illustrator of more than fifty books, including Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Cookies series and Jeanne Birdsall's Lucky and Squash. Dyer grew up in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She used to teach, write, and illustrate textbooks before she began illustrating children's books full-time. Most of Dyer's work in children books illustrates family or home scenes. Dyer has received multiple awards throughout her career, including two Parent's Choice Honor Books for Illustration awards. In 2015, Dyer spoke at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts and read Lucky and Squash aloud as part of her talk on the art-making process for picture books. .

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Book number: 04005

Catalogue: Original Art

EATON, Mary

Cook and Housekeeper's Complete & Universal Dictionary, the

Bungay: L. & R. Childs, 1822. The Domestic Practices and Priorities of the Early 19th Century EATON, Mary. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete & Universal Dictionary. Including a System of Modern Cookery in all Its various Branches, adapted to the use of Private Families, Also a variety of Original & Valuable information, Relative to Baking, Brewing, Carving, Cleaning, Collaring, Curing, Economy of Bees, of a Dairy, Economy of Poultry, Family Medicine, Gardening, Home-made Wines, Pickling, Potting, Preserving, Rules of Health and every other subject connected with Domestic Economy.. Bungay [Suffolk, UK]: L. & R. Childs, 1822. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 209 x 130 mm.). v-xxxvi, (including frontispiece & title-page), 495, [1, blank] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Eaton (included in pagination, and four engraved plates. Title-page stained, the four plates foxed. Bound without the half-title and additional title [dated 1823]. Full contemporary sheep, rebacked with the original spine laid down. Spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label lettered in gilt. Bookplate of J.E. Wilson on front paste-down. The plates show various livestock; a Patent Brewing Machine; and two plates depicting "Carving". Mary Eaton's work serves as a valuable historical document, providing insights into the domestic practices and priorities of the early 19th century. It was likely a practical guide for households, offering advice on a broad range of topics that would contribute to the efficient and effective running of a home during that period. Bitting pp. 139-140; Oxford pp. 152-153. .

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Book number: 05776

Catalogue: Food

Keywords: Cookery

EDWARDS, Lionel

My Hunting Sketch Book [and] My Hunting Sketch Book Volume Two

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1928. The Large-Paper Edition DeLuxe - Signed by Lionel Edwards EDWARDS, Lionel. My Hunting Sketch Book [and] My Hunting Sketch Book Volume Two. Written and Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, R.I. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1928-1930. Large-Paper Copies. Limited to 255 and copies and 185 copies signed by Lionel Edwards (these being copies #155 and 90 respectively). The mounted color frontispiece in volume one is also signed by Lionel Edwards. Two folio volumes (12 7/16 x 10 1/8 inches: 315 x 258 mm.). xiv, 28, [1, blank], [1, colophon], 2, blank] pp. with fifteen mounted color plates; xvi, 40, [1, blank], [1, colophon], 2, blank] pp. with twelve mounted color and nine black and white plates. Publishers quarter vellum over red cloth boards, front covers titled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Slight rubbing to corners, otherwise a fine set. Volume one with the Sporting Gallery exhibition announcement dated November 1928 for the original drawings for "My Hunting Sketch Book" laid in. Lionel Edwards (1878-1966) was a British artist who specialized in painting horses and other aspects of British country life. He is best known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing. He provided illustrations for Country Life, The Sphere, The Graphic and numerous books. His artistic output was remarkable: he wrote almost 30 books and illustrated many more, including editions of Black Beauty, Lorna Doone and The Black Arrow, in addition to numerous private commissions. He became a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in 1926 and the Royal Institute in 1927. His favorite medium was watercolor, although he used oils more in his later years. .

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Book number: 03288

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Hunting Signed Limited Edition Sports

EGAN, Pierce; LANE, Theodore, illustrator

Life of an Actor, the

London: Printed for C.S. Arnold, 1825. Acting is the Perfect Idiot's Profession" (Katherine Hepburn). "The Art of Acting Consists in Keeping People from Coughing" (Benjamin Franklin). EGAN, Pierce. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. The Life of an Actor.. Dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. Embellished with Twenty-Seven Characteristic Scenes, Etched by Theodore Lane. Enriched also With Several Original Designs on Wood, Executed by Mr. Thompson. London: Printed for C.S. Arnold, 1825. First edition. Royal octavo (9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in; 247 x 158 mm.). xvi, 272 pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, woodcut vignette title-page, twenty-six fine hand-colored aquatint plates and eight woodcuts in the text. Bound ca. 1920 by Mercier Sr. de Cuzin (stamp signed on verso of front free endpaper) in three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. A spectacularly clean and large copy (Abbey's copy measured 9 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches) with the original printed paper covers and spine bound in. With the small leather bookplate of Bibliophile Réne Descamps-Scrive (1853-1925) on front blank. Originally published in nine parts, the work follows the vicissitudes of actor Peregrine Proteus, who quits his apprenticeship with a printer in a quest for thespian greatness. He achieves a modicum of success, falls prey to 'excesses and dissipation' and ends up in prison. Suitably chastened by adversity, he eventually rises, through his own character and talent - not to mention a fortunate matrimonial match and subsequent inheritance, to a position of eminence and prosperity in the theatrical community. The popular reception of Pierce Egan's Boxiana let to the serial publication of his famous Life in London, the success of which is described in the Dictionary of National Biography as "instantaneous and unprecedented', and the Life of an Actor is a derivative wok no doubt meant to capitalize on the popularity of its predecessors. It is the chief work of Theodore Lane (1800-1828), who subsequently produced illustrations for other books by Egan. The woodcut engravings by John Thompson (1785-1866) are highly esteemed by Abbey. "The book contains nine woodcuts.. all by John Thompson, perhaps the ablest exponent of the style of wood-engraving; he cut, in 1839, Mulready's design for the penny postage envelope, and in 1852 designed the figure of Britannia still in use on Bank of England notes; he engraved on wood many designs of Grandville, Johannot &c. for the great Paris publishers." (Abbey). Tooley 195. Abbey, Life 414. Prideaux. p. 308. .

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Book number: 03780

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: LANE, Theodore, illustrator Actors Fine Bindings Caricatures Theater

EGAN, Pierce; [LANE, Theodore, illustrator]

Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (Original and Selected)

London: Printed for Knight & Lacey..and Pierce Egan, 1827. The 19th Century's Wide World of Sports: The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat Scarce In Original Boards This Copy Can't Be Beat EGAN, Pierce. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (Original and Selected) of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and the Stage; The Whole Forming a Complete Panorama of the Sporting World; Uniting with it a Book of Reference and Entertaining Companion to the Lovers of British Sports. Embellished with Thirteen coloured Plates, designed from Nature, and etched by Theodore Lane.London: Printed for Knight & Lacey..and Pierce Egan, 1827. First edition. Quarto (10 1/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 256 x 159 mm). viii, 304 pp [A-Z4, 2A-2Q4]. Thirteen hand colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece. The plates other than the frontispiece are all bound after the "Directions to the Binder". Eighteen text wood-engravings. Four-page advertisement for Works Published by Thomas Tegg" bound in to front. Original ownership signature of E. Wright Band 0n front free-endpaper. With the engraved bookplate of Duncan Andrews on front paste-down. Publisher's pictorial drab boards, front cover with three scenes in black and white, spine lettered in black. Spine head and tail expertly repaired at an early date. Otherwise an astonishing copy of a book scarcely found in its original state. Chemised in a quarter red morocco slipcase, spine with five raised bands, ruled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments. Of the twenty-two copies that have come to auction within the last thirty-six years, all but three were rebound and of those three two were rebacked, one of which lacked a plate. It is extremely difficult to find copies in the original boards; harder still to discover copies in the original boards without major condition issues. At the foot of page 229 there is a manuscript note accompanying the text to An Interesting Sketch of John Harris, A Dog Breaker that reads: "Well known to E.W. Band having broken many pointers and Setters for him." Adjacent is another manuscript note identifying "a Reverend Gentleman" as Revd. Mr. Templar of Shapwick, i.e. George Henry Templar, vicar of Shapwicke from 1810 and owner of the rectory manor. Later an insolvent debtor, he was, none the less, according to Egan, "a crack shot." This remarkable copy has been hidden away in a private collection for well over thirteen years, and prior to that in a private UK collection since 1980. Abbey, Life 283; Tooley 194. .

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Book number: 05679

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: [LANE, Theodore, illustrator] Caricatures Sports

EGERTON, Daniel Thomas

Country Versus Town. Designed and Etched by D.T. Egerton

London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Excessively Rare Egerton Title A Colorful Country Life in Comparison to an Exhausting Urban Life EGERTON, Daniel Thomas. Country versus Town, Twelve Plates, Designed and Etched by D.T. Egerton. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 1/4 x 14 inches; 235 X 356 mm.). Printed title-page and twelve interleaved hand-colored aquatint plates. The plates watermarked "J. Whatman 1823. Title-page 1/4" short at lower edge (not affecting print area). Bound ca. 1900 by Tout of London. Three quarter red morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spine with two raised bands lettered horizontally in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Ink name and address on verso of front free endpaper. An excellent example of a very rare book. One of Egerton's rarest satires, the twelve plates depict a colorful country life in comparison to an exhausting urban life. Daniel Thomas Egerton (1797-1842) was a British landscape painter and engraver. Egerton was a founding member of the Society of British Artists where he exhibited his work in the years 1824-1829 and 1838-1840. He spent much of the later part of his life in Mexico, and in 1840 published Egerton's Views in Mexico, a portfolio of lithographs described in the subtitle as "being a Series of Twelve Coloured Plates, executed by himself from his Original Drawings, accompanied with a short Description. Having abandoned his family in England, Egerton returned to Mexico in 1841 with Alice Edwards, the teenaged daughter of another British painter. He and the eight-month pregnant Alice were murdered in the village of Tacubaya (present day Mexico City), Mexico, where they had rented a house, on 27 April 1842. Egerton was carrying large amounts of money, and both he and Alice were wearing jewelry which was untouched, although the murder was attributed to a robbery. British diplomatic pressure to solve the crime led to the arrest of three local petty thieves, two of whom were hanged, and one of whom was allowed to escape from prison. There has been speculation that Egerton's alleged involvement in fraudulent land sales in Texas, his ties to a Masonic order, or an unknown jealous lover of Alice was behind the killing. (Wikipedia). The Plates: 1. COUNTRY. Instead of being awoke from your rosy slumbers on a beautiful morn by "the Cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn." 2. TOWN. You are disturbed, after having been tofs'd with distempered dreams half the night, by the clang of pewter pots; the cry of soot ho! The pafsing knell of the Dustman, and other melodious sounds equally agreeable. 3. COUNTRY. How sweet to take your morning repast, beneath the shade of clustering Roses; to inhale the "Incense-breathing morn"; and to listen to the early carols of the Lark. 4. TOWN. On the contrary, how enervating - having resorted to stimulants to recruit exhausted nature after the intemperate excefses of the preceeding night, still unrefreshed to take an unsocial meal in your room, half obscured from the rays of a noon-day sun. 5. COUNTRY. The very appearance of a Country Church and the simplicity of it's attendants inspire devotion; to witnefs the serene contentment, the unruffled bloom of health depicted on every countenance fills the heart with that gratitude.. 6. TOWN. How widely different every thing that relates to the Metropolitan Church, where people resort with as much parade as if they were about performing a Pilgrimage to Mecca, to gaze at painted windows, new fashions & pretty faces.. 7. COUNTRY. When the heat of the weather prevents your partaking of the more robust exercises of the Country, make up a water party - who would not prefer spreading the cloth for a collation beneath a shady grove of trees, and within sound of a murmuring water fall. 8. TOWN. To partaking of Eel Pies in a well-smoked room at Putney, or to steering below Bridge, amid groves of masts, and deriving amusement from the native slang of contending watermen.. 9. COUNTRY. Who would leave the gaieties of the Race-course, where all that is pleasing is concentrated, and resign the sight of the contesting emulation of the High mettled Racer. 10. TOWN. To be suffocated with dust in Hyde Park, and have, at least, your limbs endangered by every Blade, who chooses to convert his Tilbury into a Break. 11. COUNTRY. With what pleasure may you dispense with your equipage on an evening, and ramble home lighted by the silver beams of Cynthia, thro' fertile vales, watered by rippling brooks; whilst - "all the air a solemn stillnefs holds." 12. TOWN. In town your nocturnal rambles if lefs pleasing may be more diversified for there whilst pausing at your own door to relieve a suffering Fair one you may find others active in administering to their own necefsities at your expense. Bobins II, 641; Not in Abbey, Tooley or Prideaux, and no copies located in BM, NUC, OCLC, or RLIN. .

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Book number: 05680

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Caricatures English History

EGERTON, Michael

A Day's Journal of a Sponge

London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Profoundly Rare Misadventures of a Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. A Day's Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney and Forster, 51, Rathbone Place. 1824. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches; 267 x 369 mm.). Printed title-page and six bright and beautifully hand-colored aquatint plates. The plates are unsigned, with imprint: London, Published by W. Egerton, 1824, and do not possess watermarks, as noted by Abbey. Of extraordinary significance and scarcity is the presence of the title page, lacking in the copy Abbey examined, and, as a result, Abbey notes the title simply as Sponge. The title page is missing from the precious few that we have had the opportunity to examine over the last forty years. Houfe notes this volume but under the title Sponge as well. Original printed drab wrappers. Three inch split to spine foot. Small chip to upper corner of front wrapper. Tear to rear wrapper professionally repaired. Quarter inch stain at bottom edge to first plate not affecting image. Otherwise an excellent copy of a scarce volume. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell case. OCLC notes only one copy (with title page; ascension no. 78397586) but does not identify the holding institution; no copies located in KVK: A work of profound rarity, rarer still with the title page. These satiric plates with their lengthy droll and witty captions depict the comic misadventures of a pretentious, social striving man about town free-loader, moocher, muzzler, cadger, touch-artist; a Regency Period slacker who is thick as a brick but convinced otherwise. This work has been attributed by Abbey and Houfe to M[ichael]. Egerton, a social caricaturist who worked in London in the 1820s in the manner of George Cruikshank. The Plates, untitled but each with three-five lines of text that begin: 1. Was stirring with the lark.. 2. Feeling one of those pangs.. 3. Having returned, & hired a Chaise.. 4. Former fears confirmed.. 5. Sauntering down Bond Street.. 6. Being recovered from the effects.. Abbey, Life, 289. Houfe, p. 294. Prideaux, p. 347. .

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Book number: 01212

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

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EGERTON, Michael

A Day's Journal of a Sponge

London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Misadventures of a Regency Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. [A Day's Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 14 inches; 264 x 351 mm.). Six bright and beautifully hand-colored aquatint plates with interleaves. The plates are unsigned, with imprint: London, Published by W. Egerton, 1824. Bound without the lithographed title. Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Bound by Rivière and Son in later red half crushed morocco over red cloth boards. Raised bands. Gilt-lettered compartments. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. An excellent copy. A work of profound rarity with or without the title; OCLC notes only four copies in institutional holdings. Abbey's copy, as this one, also lacked the titlepage. These satiric plates with their lengthy droll and witty captions depict the comic misadventures of a pretentious, social striving man about town free-loader, moocher, muzzler, cadger, touch-artist; a Regency Period slacker who is thick as a brick but convinced otherwise. This work has been attributed by Abbey and Houfe to M[ichael]. Egerton, a social caricaturist who worked in London in the 1820s in the manner of George Cruikshank. The Plates, untitled but each with three-five lines of text that begin: 1. Was stirring with the lark.. 2. Feeling one of those pangs.. 3. Having returned, & hired a Chaise.. 4. Former fears confirmed.. 5. Sauntering down Bond Street.. 6. Being recovered from the effects.. Abbey, Life, 289. Houfe, p. 294. Prideaux, p. 347. .

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Book number: 02595

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: Color-Plate Books Caricatures Nineteenth-Century Literature