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Paris: Delpech, Editeur et Imprimeur en Lithographie, 1829. Then" and "Now"- Eighteen Scarce Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates By Le Maitre Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Jadis et aujourd'hui. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Title from front wrapper. Oblong folio (Plate size: 10 3/4 x 14 inches; 274 x 356 mm.; Wrapper size: 11 5/8 x 16 1/8 inches; 296 x 410 mm.). Eighteen hand-colored lithographed plates, depicting bankruptcy, childhood, dressing, the boudoir, a physician, an attorney, the promenade, an evening gathering, etc. ,"then" and "now." Loose, as issued, in the original cream-colored lithographed wrappers. Spine of wrappers neatly repaired. The plates are very clean, with only minimal edge browning. A wonderful copy of this extremely scarce series of plates. Very scarce, with just two copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Kunstbibli Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin (Germany), and The Morgan Library & Museum (NY, USA). The Morgan Library copy appears to be uncolored. "Between 1825 and 1827 Monnier…
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Jadis et aujourd'hui
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Paris: Delpech, Editeur et Imprimeur en Lithographie, 1829. Then" and "Now"— Eighteen Scarce Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates By Le Maitre Monnier MONNIER, Henry. Jadis et aujourd'hui. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Title from front wrapper. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 270 x 353 mm.). Pictorial lithograph wrapper and eighteen hand-colored lithographed plates, depicting bankruptcy, childhood, dressing, the boudoir, a physician, an attorney, the promenade, an evening gathering, etc. ,"then" and "now." The plain rear wrapper is also bound in at the end. Bound ca. 1925 [by René Kieffer] in quarter dark blue straight-grain morocco over marbled boards. Spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled end-papers. Lower tip of spine a little chipped, minimal rubbing to board extremities, otherwise fine. The plates are very clean, with only minimal edge browning. A wonderful copy of this extremely scarce series of plates. Loosely inserted is a duplicate of plate 15 "Jadis. Une Soirée." Very…
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Jardin Des Plantes en Estampes, Le
by ADAM, Albert; ROSTAING, Jules
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Paris: Maison Martinet - Hautecoeur, Frères, 1860. With Twenty-Four Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting All Species of Animals [ADAM, Albert, illustrator]. ROSTAING, Jules. Le Jardin Des Plantes en Estampes. Dessiné et Lithographié par A. Adam. Accompagné d'une histoire De Tous Les Animaux Que Possède La Ménagerie par Jules Rostaing. Paris: Maison Martinet - Hautecoeur, Frères, [1860]. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 3/16 x 13 1/2 inches; 259 x 343 mm.). [iv], 30, [1, table], [1, blank] pp. Twenty four superb hand-colored lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic and with multiple images. Some light foxing to text leaves only, the plates bright and clean. Publisher's black pebble-grain cloth, front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, lower cover with center blind-stamped decoration, yellow coated end-papers, front inner hinge expertly and almost invisibly repaired. Neat early ink inscription on front fly-leaf dated 1860. The wonderful hand-colored…
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Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse
by PAUQUET, Jean Louis Charles, illustrator
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Paris: Amédée Bédelet, [1857]. Twenty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting the Species in the Second Oldest Zoological Gardens in the World PAUQUET, Jean Louis Charles, illustrator. Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse. Dessins d'après Nature par Pauquet, Lithographiés par Bocquin. Texte Illustré de 140 Vignettes sur Bois. Paris: Amédée Bédelet, [1857]. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 3/16 x 12 1/4 inches; 234 x 310 mm.). [3]-44 pp. Hand colored lithograph frontispiece and nineteen fine hand-colored lithograph plates, all with their original tissue-guards and all marked Bocquin, del et lith. & Imp. Lemercier, Paris. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Tile-page with early ink inscription on top right blank margin dated "15 Juillet 1858". Original black diaper-grain cloth, covers decoratively stamped in gilt, red, cream, blue, green and blind. Spine decoratively lettered in gilt, pale yellow coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Spine ends and front inner-hinge…
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Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words
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London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. A Delightful Gallimaufry of Visual Wordplay, Corniness, and Puns in Caricature Forty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LISLE, Joseph. Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 169 x 268 mm.). Letterpress title-page. Forty hand colored aquatint plates. Title-page and plates watermarked "1825". Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper). Full crimson straight-grain morocco, covers with decorative gilt borders. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With the armorial bookplate of Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence (1887-1965) on front paste-down. Some very occasional marginal soiling, the fifth color plate with a short (one inch) repaired lower marginal tear, otherwise a near fine copy. Here, then, is a charming collection by a journeyman satirical…
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Jubilee of 1809, The
by CRUIKSHANK, George
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London: John Fairburn, [1809]. Exceptionally Rare in the Original Pink Paper Wrappers Initialed by George Cruikshank on the Front Wrapper [CRUIKSHANK, George]. The Jubilee of 1809, containing a poetical epistle, from John Lump, to his brother in Yorkshire. Also an account of the grand entertainment at Cabbage Merchants' hall. With songs... By the author of the Whale!! With a coloured Caricature Print of two of the celebrated City Chaunters. London, John Fairburn, [n.d., 1809]. First edition of this anti-ministerial satire in verse and prose. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 219 x 140 mm.). 28 pp. Folding hand colored etched frontispiece in two sections "Col. Patty-Pan" & "Sir John Sugar-Stick" dated "October 1809". Publisher's plain pink wrappers, front cover with the ink initials of George Cruikshank. Front wrapper and folding frontispiece detached. Frontispece a little stained and with some tears at fold, wrappers slightly chipped at extremities. Still a very good copy of a very rare and fragile…
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Judy and Liza
by MINELLI, Liza; SPADA, James
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. With a Signed Photograph of Liza Minnelli MINELLI, Liza. Judy and Liza by James Spader. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First edition. Large quarto (11 x8 1/4 inches; 280 x 235 mm.). [iv], [1]-216 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Publisher's pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. With a signed photograph of Liza Minnelli affixed to inside front cover. Loosely inserted is an invitation from Liza Minelli to attend her party to celebrate Michael Feinstein's opening of the New Cafe Mondrian and four guest passes. Liza May Minnelli (1946-) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is one of the very few performers awarded a non-competitive Emmy, Grammy (Grammy Legend Award), Oscar, and Tony. Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
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Just So Song Book, The
by KIPLING, Rudyard; German, Edward
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. The Songs from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" KIPLING, Rudyard. The Just So Song Book. Being the Songs from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. Set to Music by Edward German. London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. First edition. Large quarto (12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 311 x246 mm). [2], 62 pp. Music. Original dark red cloth pictorially stamped in black on front cover and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Small area of slight discoloration on back cover. Front hinge hints at starting. Title tissue guard slightly browned and with a short tear at lower margin. Otherwise a fine copy. "The texts of the twelve poems contained in the Just So Stories (1902) are here set to music by Edward German. The last song, ‘Rolling down to Rio,' is substituted for ‘I've never sailed the Amazon,' which is here omitted" (Stewart). Livingston 270 (describing the first American edition). Stewart 269-A.
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