The Family Atlas Containing Eighty Maps, Constructed By Eminent Geographers, and Engraved on Steel Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Including the Geplogical Map of England....the Star Maps By Sir John Lubbock by Anon - 1857

Paris: Devambez, editeur. First edition. First edition. n.d. (ca. 1918). Huge folio (13 x 17 inches) suite of ten superbly colored full-page illustrations loose, as issued, and a full-color illustrated title page by noted French illustrator Guy Arnoux. Original color pictorial folding covers with ribbon ties. Limited to 475 numbered copies (#218), printed on laid paper, watermarked. Each plate in very good condition, but contains remnants of plastic tape on verso of image not affecting images. Some minor marginal tearing of fragile paper. Binding spine sl. frayed and covers a little soiled. A remarkable survival. Printed on handmade paper watermarked, "Ingres, 1871." Exceedingly scarce and desirable graphic art by this exemplary French artist.

Mexico: Decaen, 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. published 1855-1857,original pebbled finished boards with cloth spine,lithograph title page,folding plan of mexico city,41 tinted lithograph views on 37 plates,covers rubbed,faded and worn,internally all plates very clean and in very good condition.

1687 1st ed Mabillon Museum Italicum Italian Voyages Paleography Illustrated
Jean Mabillon, a 17th-century French Benedictine monk, was tasked by King Louis XIV of France to venture on a tour of Italy in search of early Church history books to expand the royal library. The events of his journey and his findings along the way were published in a book entitled 'Museum Italicum seu Collectio'. This book was responsible for giving Mabillon the moniker of the 'father of paleography'.

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MABILLON, Jean; GERMAIN, Michel
Museum Italicum Seu Collectio Veterum Scriptorum Ex Bibliothecis Italicis. Tomus I. In Duas Partes Distinctus : Primas Pars Complectitur Eorundem Iter Italicum Litterarium: altera vero varia Patrum Opuscula & vetera monumenta, cum Sacramentario & Pænitentiali Gallicano
Luteciae Parisiorum : Vidua E. Martin, J. Boudot & S. Martin, 1687. First edition.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. 2nd edition. Elephant folio (15 by 18-1/2 inches), original pictorial cloth gilt, beveled boards, all edges gilt. Complete with 39 full-page plates with tissue guards, engraved title page vignette and engraved vignette headpiece at beginning of text. Square and solid binding. Rare in collectible condition. Wear to tips, edges, and spine. Half-inch surface tear to cloth at foot of spine. Gift inscription on first blank end paper. Cloth has some spotting and fading.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most notable 19th-century English romance poets. Coleridge's longest poem was 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. This poem was one of the most important poems written at the end of the 18th-century.
It was illustrated by famous French artist, Gustave Doré, known for his incredible woodcut engravings. Doré's illustrations are unparalleled and richly detailed. May require extra postage due to its size. Additional shipping costs for… Read More

1885 FASHION Journal des Demoiselles French Victorian Costume Clothing ART

In the 19th-century in Paris, numerous fashion magazines and journals circulated throughout France. In fact, French, Victorian-era fashion set the stage for what would become perhaps the most famous era of fashion and clothing styles. Magazines such as the 'Journal des Demoiselles' provided exquisite, color engravings of dresses, hats, accessories, furniture, and much more. This 19th-century collection of 36 engravings is beautifully bound and considerably rare!
Item number: #18038
Price: $795
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Journal des Demoiselles
Paris: 1885.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 36 color engravings
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.75in X 7.5in (27cm x 19.5cm)
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Paris: Albert Skira, 1936. Livre. Illus. by André Beaudin. Très bon. En Feuilles. Signé par l'illustrateur. Ed. limitée. Grand In-4. Paris, Albert Skira, 1936. 32,5 x 25,5 cm, grand in-4, 66 pp. - 2 ff. - 11 eaux-fortes hors texte dont une en frontispice, 10 eaux-fortes dans le texte, en en-tête, en feuilles sous couverture blanche imprimée, chemise et étui de l'éditeur. Tirage unique à 110 exemplaires, tous sur vélin de Rives à la forme. Celui-ci, n° 49, enrichi d'un affectueux ENVOI autographe signé et daté d'André Beaudin au critique d'art et grand ami des cubistes Maurice Raynal. L'exemplaire est en outre également signé par l'artiste au colophon. Emboîtage un peu bruni, quelques très rares rousseurs marginales, bel exemplaire. (MONOD, 11324) (1,9 kg).

Paris: Société de propagation des Livres d'Art, 1903. Livre. Illus. by Eugène Béjot. Très bon. En Feuilles. Édition illustrée. Paris, Société de propagation des Livres d'Art, 1903. 34 x 27 cm, grand in-4, 4 ff. n. ch. - V (I) pp. - 1 f. n. ch. - 20 eaux-fortes montées sur fort papier anthracite et légendées à la main à la craie blanche, en feuilles sous portefeuille anthracite portant une eau-forte contrecollée. Edition originale. Tirage annoncé à 200 exemplaires. Celui-ci, sur vergé de Hollande, l'un des exemplaires hors commerce réservés aux membres de la Société, nominatif (Eugène Lefebvre). Très belle suite documentaire sur Paris. Portefeuille usagé, l'illustration de celui-ci un peu frottée. Intérieur superbe. (MONOD, 1291 ; CARTERET, V, 27 ; MAREUSE, 11633 ; LACOMBE, 1735).

Paris: Chez la plupart des libraires, 1888. Livre. Illus. by Félicien Rops - Louis Legrand - Emile Bayard. Très bon. Demi-reliure à coins. Ed. En Partie Originale. Paris, Chez la plupart des libraires, 1888. (imp. Darantière, Dijon). 23,5 x 16,5 cm (R), in-8, 70 pp. - 1 f. n. ch. reproduisant l'ex-libris de l'auteur - fac-similé d'une lettre de Charles Moncelet tiré sur Chine - 4 gravures hors texte dont deux eaux-fortes par Félicien Rops ("Ecchymoses" et "Auscultation"), une par Emile Bayard et une par Louis Legrand ("Transformisme"), texte dans un encadrement rouge, ornements typographiques, reliure de demi-chagrin havane à coins, dos à 4 nerfs se prolongeant sur les plats, pièce de titre, tête dorée, couvertures parcheminées conservées (le dernier plat est illustré). Deuxième édition, en partie originale (8 sonnets ne sont pas dans… Read More

Paris: Club du livre - Philippe Lebaud, 1966. Livre. Illus. by Jean Jansem. Très bon. reliure éditeur. Signé par l'illustrateur. In-4. Paris, Club du livre - Philippe Lebaud, 1966. 33 x 26 cm (R), in-4, 236 (6) pp., 20 lithographies originales en noir hors texte (comprises dans la pagination) dont 3 à double page, reliure de vachette maroquinée noire incrustée de trois larges plaques colorées au palladium formant un décor fleuri, titre et auteur au palladium ou dos, tête argentée, chemise de demi-vachette maroquinée à bandes et étui bordé (reliure d'édition exécutée par Jacques Ebrard d'après une maquette de Henri Mercher). Tirage à 325 exemplaires, tous signés par Jansem au colophon. Celui-ci l'un des 54 sur Auvergne (n° 51), enrichi d'une DOUBLE SUITE à part des illustrations, l'une sur Japon nacré, l'autre sur Rives.… Read More

Mexico: Decaen, 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. published 1855-1857,original pebbled finished boards with cloth spine,lithograph title page,folding plan of mexico city,41 tinted lithograph views on 37 plates,covers rubbed,faded and worn,internally all plates very clean and in very good condition.