Search Results: Titles starting with B from Markisons

Two volumes in one. 12mo, 14 pages Title and Epitre, 161 pages + 6 Table/Extrait du Privilege/Approbation by Bosquillon/Errata - 226 pages Tome II, +3 Table and Errata. 410 total, without blanks. Contemporary full brown speckled calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers. First edition, with Ménestrier s famous chapter on the history of playing cards Volume II, page 168, and an original drawing of the medal presented to Louis XIV in 1703 (tipped at Volume I, page 149). Claude-François Ménestrier was the most widely known heraldist of his time, and today is perhaps best known as the first historian of the ballet, as well as the "father" of research on the history of playing cards. "Des Principes des Sciences & des Arts Disposez en Forme de Jeux" is published here for the first time. notations, and manuscript errata sheets. A near fine copy, Slight discolouration and markings to the blanks, the rest would pass as fine, crisp and clear, it has a plastic cover attached to the leather… Read More

Very rare and in very good condition. Anna Hall a well-known Irish female author and the recipient Charles Churchill Osborne the editor of Charles Dickens letters (so a literary figure, a plus), The Reniers noted collectors, hard to trace another, no others with the authors signature, famous bookplate and a list of renowned illustrators and engravers. The book is in very good condition, Lovely embossed gold and lilac cloth cover. Firmly bound. All illustrations present. Only very limited spotting on first few pages. First edition 1875 signed. Famous Illustrators, Bookplate Anne Renier. HALL, Anna Marie. Boons and Blessings. Stories and Sketches to illustrate the Advantages of Temperance. Illustrated by engravings from designs by eminent artists. London: National Temperance Publication, n.d. (1875). pp. x, 282. Gilt decorated olive-green cloth. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. COPAC locates 1 copy only of this edition. Not listed on OCLC. Contents The drunkard's bible / illustrated by E.M. Ward,… Read More