LENGYEL, MENYHÉRT (LEBOVICS, MELCHIOR):

Taifun (Typhoon). Budapest, A. Nyugat Kiadasa, 1909.

. Pp. 147. Title printed in red and black. Printed on Japanese style paper. Original brown stiff wrappers, upper cover lettered and decorated, corners chipped and extremities rubbed. Old ownership signature. The binding is designed by Elek Falus, renowned Hungarian graphic artist, famous for his book cover designs in art nouveau style.First rare edition of Lengyel's drama Typhoon which became a worldwide success with performances in Berlin, Paris and New York. Menyhért Lengyel was born in 1880 in a small town Balmazœjvâros in Hungary. He started out as a journalist and became later a dramatist and film screenwriter. He moved to the United States for several years, became a screenwriter and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing with Ninotchka (1939). He also wrote the scripts for the cult film Blue Angel (with Marlene Dietrich) and the American comedy To Be or Not to Be (1942).

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Book number: 120331

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, play, hungary, hungarian, literature, film, europe, european, screenwriting, drama, movie,

LENGYEL, MENYHÉRT (LEBOVICS, MELCHIOR):

Taifun (Typhoon). Budapest, A. Nyugat Kiadasa (J—kai), 1910.

. Pp. 135, (1). Title printed in red and black. Original green cloth, upper cover with abstract design in blue, yellow and black. Spine faded, small stain to rear cover. Illustrated endpapers. The binding is designed by Elek Falus, renowned for his book covers in art nouveau style. Second edition of Lengyel's famous drama Typhoon, first published in 1909. Menyhért Mengyel (1880-1974) was a Hungarian writer, dramatist and film screenwriter. He wrote the libretto for Béla Bartok's The Magic Mandarin and later while living in Hollywood he wrote successful film scripts. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing with Ninotchka (1939). In the 1960s he moved to Italy where he received the Great Award of Rome for his literary work.

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Book number: 120332

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language,

LIPPICH, ELEK KORONGHI:

Koronghi Lippich, Elek Költeményei. 1880-1902. Kriesch Aladâr és Nagy Sândor Rajzaival. [Budapest], Pallas, 1903.

. Small 4to. Size: 17.5 x 21 cm. Pp. 307, (1). With numerous illustrations and text printed within decorated borders in various colours. Publisher's pictorial burgundy cloth, upper cover and spine printed in gilt, lightly rubbed. Floral endpapers. Old ownership stamp. First edition of this early and scarce Hungarian Art Nouveau illustrated book of poems. Koronghi Lippich (1862-1924) was an early propagator of Art Nouveau as well as the Arts and Crafts movement in Hungary as the head of the Fine Arts Department at the Ministry of Education and Religion. The two illustrators of this work, Sândor Nagy and Aladâr (Körösf›i-) Kriesch, were the founders of the art colony at Gödöll›, the cradle of Hungarian Art Nouveau. Together with Lippich they shared the interest in the Transylvanian art, and used it to form the unique Hungarian style in modern art, of which this is a beautiful example.

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Book number: 120373

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, hungary, ungern, hungarian, art nouveau, art, illustrations, poem, literature,

MAIER, HERMANN:

Vorbilder zur Schildermalerei. Muster: Blätter, Moderner, Firmenschilder, Etiquetten und Kartuschen [Title on cover]. Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1907).

. Oblong 4to. Size: 22 x 30 cm. With 24 plates, loose as issued in original clothbacked paper portfolio with green ornamental design and red and black lettering. Minor loss of paper of inner joint. A rare and attractive collection of designs for commercial signboards etc. The illustrations comprise six plates with ca 35 colour renderings of signboards, eight plates with ca 50 black or monocolour examples of company signs, five plates with ca 40 designs of various sign shapes, and five plates with lettering styles printed in reddish brown or black. Ravensburg is a well-known German game and toy company which was established in 1883. The Ravensburger triangle trademark is printed below the illustrations on each leaf.

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Book number: 120268

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, german, germany, design, signboards, art nouveau, jugend, company signs, decor, decoration, lettering styles, styles,

MALMÉN, PER:

Mönster för marmormålning (Patterns of faux marbling painting). Part one (all publ.). Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius, 1895.

. Large folio. (39 x 54 cm). Pp. (4). With ten lithographed plates of different kinds of marbles. Text leaves with some marginal tears, some plates with a few spots in margins and some plates with tears at the outer margins but overall a very good copy. Original half cloth on grey boards, cotton ties, lightly rubbed. First and only edition of this scarce book, the first of its kind in Sweden. Per Malmén studied in Paris in the 1870s and became a distinguished art marbling painter. It is rumoured that he executed several marbling works at the Louvre, but this has not been proven, mainly because the artists did not sign their works at the time. This impressive manual was used at the Technical School in Stockholm where Malmén taught for many years. The plates depict several kinds of marbles titled: Vert de Mer, Jaune de Sienne, Chateau-Landon Rance, St. Anne, Marbre de Kolmården Granit, Portor, Bleu Fleurl Rance and Breche Violette. The text instructs how to create various types of marbling patterns. Ref.: Fredrik Thörnqvist: "Marmoristen & Målarmästaren Per Malmén" 2011.

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Book number: 120255

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, marbeling, marbling, marbler, marbleizing, marble, painting, decor, design, patterns, techniques, imitation, swedish, sweden, svensk

MARTIN, FREDRIK ROBERT:

The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia India and Turkey from the 8th to the 18th century. Two volumes. London, Bernard Quaritch, 1912.

. Folio. Text volume: pp. xii, 156 with five coloured plates highlighted with gold and many illustrations in the text. Plate volume: pp. (6), 14 and 271 b/w plates. Uncut copy in original blue cloth, printed in gilt, spines faded and lightly rubbed. First edition of a significant work on oriental miniature paintings.Fredrik Martin, a renowned Swedish orientalist known for his foremost collections of oriental art that he gathered during his travels to Russia, the Caucasus and throughout the near and middle East. Between the years 1902 and 1908 he served as interpreter at the Swedish legation in Constantinople. Arne, Svenskarna och Österlandet, pp. 307-8.

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Book number: 121356

Catalogue: Central Asia

Keywords: Central Asia, persia, turkey, persian, turkish, levant, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, painting, illustrated, miniatures, oriental, east, near east, middle east

MARTIN, CHARLES & DEMAY, MARCELLE:

La Mode en mil neuf cent douze chez Marcelle Demay, 11 rue Royale. Paris, Draeger Frères, 1912.

. 4to. Lvs. (14) including two blanks. Text printed in yellow and black. With photographic frontispiece-portrait of French comedian Berthie Cerny, four pochoir colour illustrations of hats by Charles Martin, four tipped-in colour photographs of Cerny modelling the same hats (by Talbot). Foreword by Alfred Capus. As issued in original ivory card wrappers with yellow silk cord, with pochoir illustration on upper cover by Martin, some minor stain to back cover. Protected by original papier calque (with some stains).Sophisticated publicity album of hats produced by the celebrated Parisian printer Draeger. Charles Martin (1884-1934) was one of the most distinctive Art Déco illustrators in Paris at this time. Berthie Cerny was a French actress at the Comédie Française. One leaf at inner fold with some minor stains due to the silk cord, otherwise in lovely condition. Considered to be the most beautiful catalogue ever published by a milliner. Forney Exhibition Catalog, "Pages d'or de l'édition publicitaire", 1988, no 3.

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Book number: 121231

Catalogue: Fashion

Keywords: Fashion, fashion, hats, french, france, design, mode, miliner,

MAX-LEROY FOURRURES / DUPAS, JEAN (Artist) / COLETTE, SIDONE-GABRIELLE (Text):

Ç TOI È. Paris, Draeger, Fourrures Max, (ca 1927).

. 4to. Stylish advertisement brochure containing a long poem by Colette and seven stunning plates by Dupas, printed in shades of gray and black. Seven text leaves, of which each has been folded at bottom corner (as issued). Publisher's black paper chemise with floral design printed in silver and red. A small leaflet with image of Fourrures Max's premises loosely inserted inside back cover.An impressive Art Déco work by the renowned French painter and designer Jean Dupas (1882-1964). His big breakthrough came at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925. His masterpiece is the series of large glass murals he made in 1934 for the Grand Salon of the Normandie, the new French ocean liner. Dupas was also heavily influenced by contemporary sculpture, which we can see in this work with statue-like models. The mannequins are provocative female nudes draped in fur coats of the latest fashion. A magnificent publicity edition by Draeger Frères in excellent condition. Ref. Pages d'or de l'édition publicitaire, no.18.

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Book number: 121244

Catalogue: Fashion

Keywords: Fashion, fashion, french, france, mode, design, art deco,

MEDGYES, LçSZLî:

Aranyfüst. Budapest, Râth M—r, 1913.

. Pp. 88, (4) including two blank leaves. With twenty full-page drawings by Medgyes. The illustrated title page and five tail-pieces are also illustrated by him. Publisher's decorated paper boards, vellum spine. First edition, limited to 250 copies. This is number 69 of 200 printed on hand made paper. Comprises twenty short stories by Medgyes together with beautiful Art Nouveau illustrations.Lâszl— Medgyes, born in 1892, was a Hungarian avant-garde artist who moved to Paris in 1920. There he provided scenic design for opera and theatre productions. He established a school "École Medgyes pour la Technique du Thêatre" together with the famous Hungarian architect Ernö Goldfinger. In 1925 he exhibited in New York and later worked as an interior designer throughout Europe and the US. Provenance: Rezs› Szij (1915-2006) renowned Hungarian art historian, the chief librarian of the Hungarian National Library and the founder of the Hungarian Association of Bibliophiles.

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Book number: 120499

Catalogue: Art Nouveau

Keywords: Art Nouveau, hungary, hungarian, ungern, europe, european, art nouveau, illustrated, design, jugend,

MEDGYES, LçSZLî:

[HUNGARIAN AVANT-GARDE]. Figurâk. Tiz eredeti szines litogrâfia. (Figures. Ten coloured lithographs). Budapest, Dick Man—, 1917.

. A portfolio with ten coloured lithographs, each signed in pencil by the artist, and one printed title page. Protected by blue tissue paper. A few plates with trace of folding corners, some plates with staining at lower left corner, occasionally some light staining to margin. Composition size: 158 x 208 mm. Original folder with title label on upper cover, somewhat soiled, spine expertly repaired. First edition, limited to 120 copies. This is number 65 (of 85) on Holland paper.A set of attractive lithographs in Art Nouveau and Art Deco style by a celebrated Hungarian avant-garde artist. Medgyes (1892-?) was raised and educated in Budapest. He moved to Paris in the 1920s where he established a school teaching theatre scenic design. He worked throughout Europe and the States with decorative design, advertising and interior design.

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Book number: 120644

Catalogue: Art Nouveau

Keywords: Art Nouveau, hungary, hungarian, ungern, art nouveau, art deco, illustrated, lithographs, avante-garde,

[CHINESE FINE ART EXHIBITION IN SHANGHAI]. / MEIZHAN TEKAN, JIN:

[A catalogue of contemporary art at the National Fine Art Exhibition - Modern Art]. Shanghai 1929.

. Folio. Size: 38 x 26 cm. Lvs (10) with Chinese text + 168 pages with ca 290 reproductions and photos (48 full page) + 6 lvs with intermittent section-caption. Original decorated silk (over paper) covers with stiched Chinese and English titles on upper cover, visible strings, chipped along edges. This catalogue of contemporary art (which appeared as part of a two volume catalogue, the other volume covering ancient art) was issued in connection with the National Fine Art Exhibition at Shanghai in 1929. It was the first officially organized Chinese national art exhibition which took seven years to prepare. The contemporary paintings at the show were divided into a "Western" section including landscape by Liu Haisu, a female nude by Pan Yuliang, modernist figures by Fengmian and Cai Weilian, etc. The "Chinese" section contained paintings ranging from works by well known classicists Gu Linshi, Feng Chaoran, and Wu Hufan, to those of Western influences reformists such as Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren.

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Book number: 100628

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, asia, asie, asiatic, asien, art, ilustrations, exhibition, exploration,

MIGEON, GASTON:

Musée du Louvre, L'Orient Musulman. Two volumes. Paris, A. Morancé, 1922.

. Small 4to. Size: 23 x 18 cm. Pp. 56 + 40. With 103 plates depicting 175 photos, of which 25 coloured. As issued with loose plates in original printed cloth backed portfolios with tie strings. Both volumes are inscribed "a Monsieur le Président Louis Bourgeois respectueux hommage de l'editeur Albert Morancé Novembre 1922". They are also signed by "Wilhelm Kåge 1930", renowned Swedish ceramic designer.First edition. The collection comprises Islamic art objects in various fields, namely: Cristaux de Roche, Verres émaillés, Céramique, Sculpture, Bois sculptés, Ivoires, Bronzes, Armes, Cuivres, Tapis et Tissus, Miniatures.

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Book number: 100614

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, persia, persian, perse, arabic, islam, muslim, art, egypt, egyptian, byzantin, mesopotamia

MOKUBEI, AOKI (ROBEI) / SUKEJIRO, KIMURA (Ed.):

Robei koji fu (Blue and White China Ware). Kyoto, Unsodo Taisho 10, 1921.

. Leporello folded album with delicate blue and white illustrations of Chinese wares, woodblock-printed. Pp. (2), 82. Size: 26.4 x 18.1 cm. Comprising a title in Japanese and 41 double pages of illustrations. Occasionally some minor staining but overall a very good copy. Original brown cloth, title label on upper cover, some light wear at corners. Housed in the original folding case, faded along spine. Aoki Mokubei (1767-1833) was a famous potter and painter of Kyoto. He, along with Okuda Eisen and Nin'ami Dohachi, is credited with reviving Kyoto pottery traditions. He also excelled in painting and Han studies. His pottery work is varied, including porcelain, celadon and Akae ware. He produced a lot of modern green-tea utensils, referred today as "Mokubei style" tea sets. As a result of his commitment to Chinese ceramics, he created a world of his own in making copies of Chinese ware. His representative work "Bokutansai Sansui-zu" and other works have been classified as Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Mokubei used numerous other names but Robei was the one he used most. 'Ro' means deaf and 'bei' is from Mokubei. He became deaf from the noise and heat of working near his kiln. Scarce.

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Book number: 121147

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, japanese, japan, japon, porcelain, pottery, design, ming, ceramic, asia, asian, asie, art, design,

MONTELL, GÖSTA / HEDIN, SVEN:

The Chinese Lama Temple Potala of Jehol. Exhibition of Ethnographical Collections. Made by Dr. Gösta Montell, member of Dr. Sven Hedin's Expeditions and donated by Vincent Bendix. Chicago 1932.

. Pp. 64. Illustrated with many photographs of temples, ritual objects, statues etc. Original printed wrappers, front cover decorated in gold, red, blue and black, rubbed, small stain to back cover. Preface by Sven Hedin. This Lama temple commonly known as Potala was found in Jehol, Tibet in 1930 by Gösta Montell and Sven Hedin. It was built by Emperor Ch'ien-lung in the years 1767-71. A replica was made in China and shipped in parts to Chicago where it was included as "the Golden Pavilion" in "the Century of Progress Exhibition" in 1933. Includes various articles about Lamaism by Gösta Montell.

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Book number: 99807

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chinese, chine, kina, hedin, lamaism, tibet, asia, asian, asie, asien, asiatique, exploration, travel, art,

MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT / LAFFAN, WILLIAM M.:

Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelain. Volume one (of two). New York, Privately printed by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Devinne Press, 1904.

. Pp. (xvii), 196. With 77 chromolithographs, protected by tissue guards. Some minor staining. Contemporary morocco, upper edges gilt, covers ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands and titled in gilt, lightly rubbed, front hinge strengthened, silk pastedowns. With old dedication dated 1905 on front endpaper. First edition, limited to 250 copies for private circulation. The catalogue comprises 1115 wares including vases, bowls, plates, cups, teapots, bottles, figures, statues, garnitures, incense burners, etc. They are all well described including measurements and dates. At end an index of cases with key numbers and schematic drawings. The preface is an introduction to the history of Chinese porcelain, its exports to Europe and the difficulties of dating Chinese porcelain. It's written by William M. Laffan. "The collection is the most comprehensive that is known, and it has been described as succinctly and lucidly as appeared possible, and without any technicalities that could be avoided" (preface of second edition). A second edition was published in 1907 (by Stephen Bushell and William Laffan) in connection with an exhibition of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum. That edition only has b/w plates. John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) was an American banker and one of the greatest art and book collectors of his time. His son J.P. Morgan Jr. created the Pierpont Morgan Library a public institution in 1924 as a memorial to his father. In 1911 a second volume was published.

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Book number: 121262

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, kina, porcelain, asia, asie, asiatic, art,