Search Results: Titles starting with L from Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Geneva, Impr. orientale de "l'Atsume Gusa", 1881. With 24 maps (5) and plates (some after photographs, some in color), and various text illustrations. VII, 692 pp., 1 leaf. 4to. Orig. wrappers, uncut (somewhat worn). Geneva, Impr. orientale de "l'Atsume Gusa", 1881. Interesting and comprehensive study of Japan in three parts: the country, the people, and the history. Based on extensive travels in Japan, the author touches on a wide variety of aspects like volcanos, flora and fauna, the districts, various ethnic populations, art, religions, the dynasties, etc. - Internally fine. - Cordier 685. GEOGRAPHY: ASIA/JAPAN ;

Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1727. Engraved frontispiece, engr. title, printed title with woodcut-vignette, 5 engraved chapter titles by Humblot, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and numerous large floriated initials. [16] leaves, 616 pp., LIV pp. 8vo (200 x 135 mm). Contemporary red morocco, elaborately gold-tooled on sides and back, with arms of Louis XV in centre of both sides, inner gilt dentelles, spine gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lis, end leaves of marbled paper, g.e. From the library of the Vicomitis de Carbonnieres, with his armorial bookplate, and another unidentified exlibris. Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1727. One of the numerous editions of a Holy Week book by Collombat, text in Latin and French within rules. Only some copies of this edition are known having an additional engraved title as does this present copy. Bound in elaborate red morocco for King Louis XV (regn. 1715-1754). From the library of Jean-Charles de Carbonnieres, who was executed during the Revolution.- A well-preserved… Read More

Paris, Ruberto Stephano Regio Stampatore (Robert Estienne), 1546. With engr. printers' device on title. Printed in Italics. 154 leaves (errata on last leaf verso), 2 unn. leaves (privilege in French, slightly shorter), 2 unn. leaves "Alla serenissima Madama la Dalphina". 8vo. 19th-century brown morocco with large blind-stamped centre medallion, 4 corner pieces and 4 smaller stamps, double gilt fillet around sides, flat spine with gilt lettering and fillets (corners slightly bumped). From the collection of Hendrik D. L. Vervliet. Paris, Ruberto Stephano Regio Stampatore (Robert Estienne), 1546. First edition, first issue of Alamanni's (1495-1556) didactic poem on husbandry in the tradition of Vergil's Georgica. Alamanni, considered one of the major Italian poets, had to flee to France and became a protégé of King François I. Most of his works were written there, the "Coltivatione" being his best known and most important poem which started a revival… Read More

Paris, (Ducros, Lefèvre et Colas, 1922, for) René Kiefer, 1923. With illus. title and 14 pochoir colored illus. (4 full-page) by Pierre Falké. 37 pp., 1 leaf. Large 8vo. Dark brown morocco, gilt single fillet around sides, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut (by Jenny Hodgskin). Paris, (Ducros, Lefèvre et Colas, 1922, for) René Kiefer, 1923. One of 500 copies printed on Vélin. Alfred de Vigny's (1797-1863) poem on the fate of the frigate "La Sérieuse" which was sunk in 1798 near Aboukir by Admiral Nelson, with the fine illustrations by Pierre Falké. - Small tear in last leaf expertly repaired, otherwise fine. - Monod 11212. MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1900-1999) ; MODERNE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER ; LITERATURE: FRENCH ;

Paris, Nyon ainé and Stoupe, 1777. With 6 engr. folding plates by Sellier. XXXV, (1), 224 pp. 8vo. Contemp. red morocco, flat spine gilt, gilt supralibros with the coat of arms of the French minister Armand-Thomas Hue de Miromesnil (1723-1796), triple gilt fillet around sides, single fillet on outer edges, inner dentelles, edges gilt. With bookplate Henri Houssaye. Paris, Nyon ainé and Stoupe, 1777. First edition. The architect Julien-David Leroy (1724-1803), member of the Académie des Inscriptions and the Académie des Beaux Arts, travelled extensively in Greece and the Levant; he lectured on ancient Greek architecture for forty years. He was convinced that his studies of the marine in antiquity could be profitable to modernize its modern counterpart. He experimented with unsinkable boats and adresses this problem in Book VII of the present work. Leroy even had the boat "Naupotame" constructed which he considered nearly unsinkable. The plates engraved by Louis… Read More

Leiden, Jean Elsevier, 1658. With engr. figured title, engr. vignette on printed title (Le solitaire). 417 pp. 12mo. 18th-cent. full red morocco, flat spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt lozenge design on sides, gilt outer edges and inner dentelles, pastedowns and flyleaves of blue watered silk, edges gilt (signed Bozerian jeune on back; spine slightly faded). Leiden, Jean Elsevier, 1658. First Elsevier edition of this French verse translation of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus' "Pharsalia" by Guillaume de Brébeuf (1618-1661). It was initially published in Paris in 1655. Fine copy in an elegant binding executed by the famous binder Bozerian jeune (fl. 1805-18). He was one of the most productive binders of the period working for Napoleon, Renouard and all the great bibliophiles of his time. - Willems 827 ("Edition fort bien exécutée"); Copinger 2913; Schweiger 568; Hoefer VII, 288f. ("on trouve chez lui un grand nombre de beaux vers et d'expressions… Read More

Geneva or Lausanne, Antoine Chupin & François le Preux, 1577. Woodcut medallion on title with the coat of arms of the 13 cantons and 7 cities, second medallion on leaf 16 verso, showing the oath of the first three confederates (repeated on last leaf verso), and 5 engraved plates by Virgil Solis showing standard-bearers from Lucerne, Berne, Fribourg, Unterwalden and St. Gallen. 16 leaves, 562 pp., 12 leaves. Small 8vo. 19th-century light brown morocco, title on spine in gilt, gilt-stamped monogram on front cover, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (by Gruel). From the library of Edmund Engelmann, Mulhouse, with his colored illustrated exlibris on front pastedown. Geneva or Lausanne, (Antoine Chupin & François le Preux), 1577. First French edition of Josias Simler's (1530-1576) main work, his "Republica Helvetiorum". Until the end of the old Confederation, it was the most popular book on Swiss constitutional law, published one year after the first Latin edition in… Read More

Paris and Brussels, G. Van Oest, 1926-28. With color frontispiece, and 100 plates in collotype in each vol. XIII, 162 pp., 1 leaf; X, 113 pp., 1 leaf. Folio. Contemp. half morocco (rubbed, some defects, but still sound). Paris and Brussels, G. Van Oest, 1926-28. French edition of this classic work on English illumination from the early 10th century to 1461, lavishly produced. It is considered the first serious chronology of illuminated manuscripts in Britain. The text by the scholar Eric Millar (1887-1966), Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1944-47, was translated by M. E. Maitre and Jean Buhot. The two color plates were printed by Emery Walker. MANUSCRIPTS: GENERAL ;

Paris and Brussels, G. Vanoest, 1926. With 72 plates in héliotypie. XIII, 110 pp. Large 4to. Orig. burgundy half leather (spine faded and rubbed). Paris and Brussels, G. Vanoest, 1926. Scholarly work on Byzantine miniature painting, covering the period from the 4th century A.D. to 1453 and based on research in libraries in Germany, Austria, Greece, Italy, Russia and Turkey, concluding with the Greek holdings of the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. - A few upper outer corners bent, old auction ticket pasted on front flyleaf. MANUSCRIPTS: GENERAL ;

Brussels, George de Backer, 1696. With engraved frontispiece- portrait of Scaramouche and printer's mark on title. 108, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemp. mottled calf. Brussels, George de Backer, 1696. Description of the famous Scaramouche figure here present in a later ed. This clown character of the Commedia dell'Arte was created around 1640. - Cf. Graesse II, 253. THEATRE ; FRENCH ;

Strasbourg, in Knoblochs Druckerey (durch Wendel Rihel und Georgen Messerschmidt), 1544. Title with woodcut, 30 woodcuts, of which 4 are repeated once and 2 twice, and of which 6 are full-page or almost so, woodcut initials. (6), 128, (3) leaves. Small folio. Antique styled full brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped borders on sides, spine on 5 raised bands. In slipcase. Strasbourg, in Knoblochs Druckerey (durch Wendel Rihel und Georgen Messerschmidt), 1544. This woodcut book is one of the main works in German legal history and important both textually and iconographically. It was written by Ulrich Tengler (1441-1511), and edited by Sebastian Brant (1457-1521). The illustrations mostly depict contemporary legal procedure and court practice, with dramatic examples of methods of extracting information and of execution. The text is an early influential German compilation of civil law of the 16th century intended for the non-Latin speaking layman. It includes examples taken from contemporary… Read More

Paris, Pillet, 1818. With 2 engr. plates, and numerous wood-engraved vignettes. 382 pp., 1 leaf. 12mo. Contemp. half calf, red spine label. Paris, Pillet, 1818. First edition of this collection of anecdotes about Parisian life by the prolific writer and dramatist de Rougemont, divided into 28 chapters dated 1817-1818, with such topics as: La journée d'un mendiant, un curé de campagne, les honnêtes gens, un bal bourgeois, la messe de minuit etc. Baron de Rougemont (1781-1840) was best know for his plays which had an enormous success at the time. Wood-engraving as a method of book illustration had only just become popular in France in the early 19th century. - A nice crisp copy. - Quérard, La France littéraire, VIII, 174. FRANCE ; LITERATURE: FRENCH ;

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1866-1869-1876. With title-vign. and numerous head- and endpieces. 2 ff., 284, (2) ff.; 2 ff., 401 pp.; 2 ff., 451 pp. 4to (c. 255 x 165 mm). 19th century half cloth, backs with gilt lettering, orig. wrappers bound in. (all published). Ed. by Louis-Xavier de Richard and Catulle Mendès. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, (1866-1869-1876). First edition of the "Parnasse contemporain", a rare and complete set of the first (1866), second (1869) and third (1876) series (all), in which the work of more than a hundred French poets appeared, mostly previously unpublished. The first volume contains "Les Èpaves" and "Nouvelles Fleures du Mal" by Charles Baudelaire, and early Mallarmé and Verlaine, avante-garde poets of its time. Authors are a.o., Banville, Cros, Villiers, Gautier and Anatole France. The influence of the Parnassians was felt throughout Europe and was particulary evident in the Modernist movement of Spain and Portugal and in the… Read More

Paris, le livre contemporain, 1925. Eaux-fortes en couleurs de Richard Ranft. With 31 full-page and 31 smaller original color etchings. 259 pp., 1 leaf. Large 4to. Maroon morocco, both covers richly gilt in a classicist style, edges gilt, orig. illus. wrappers bound in, sign. by (Charles) Weckesser in gilt on the front-turn in. In matching slipcase. Paris, le livre contemporain, 1925. No. 50 "ad personam" of 119 numbered copies. The etchings were printed by Porcabeuf, the text by the Imprimerie Nationale, Paul Gallimard and Pierre Dauze were responsible for the production. The novel by E. Bourges (1852-1925) is an early document of the Wagner cult not only for its subject matter; even the composition follows Wagner's style, using the technique of the "leitmotiv". It was first published in 1884, and was hailed as a masterpiece; Cocteau still called it an "oeuvre magnifique" in 1923. The Swiss artist Richard Ranft (1862-1931), who illustrated the novel first, catches… Read More

Paris, nrf Gallimard, 1920. 144, (3) pp. Small 8vo. Contemp. russett morocco, gilt fillett around sides, spine with gilt lettering an pattern of dots, top edge gilt (by Fischer & Sohn, Zürich). Paris, nrf Gallimard, 1920. Collection of musings about love by Tagore (1861-1941) in a fine binding. - With unsigned ms. dedication on flyleaf dated 1927. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ;

Naples, n.pr., 1733. Woodcut printer's mark on title, some figurated initials. (2), 304, 4 pp. index. 4to (250 x 185 mm). Contemporary vellum. Naples, n.pr., 1733. First edition to include for the first time the life of Salvatore Rosa (1615-73), painter and poet, written by G. B. Passeri (1610-79), present here in this third enlarged printing. The first edition of Giovanni Baglione's (1566-1643) work appeared in 1642. From that time on it was considered as one of the important chronological writings on architects and artists active in Rome from 1572 to 1642, during the times of Gregor III and Urban VIII.- Nice copy. - Cicognara 2191. ART - GENERAL & APPLIED ; ITALY ; ARCHITECTURE ;

Leipzig, (Teubner for) J. J. Weber, 1843-44. With 40 steel-engravings after drawings by Phiz (i.e. Hablot Knight Browne). Small 8vo. Contemp. half dark brown morocco, spines with romantic gilt decoration and gilt lettering. Leipzig, (Teubner for) J. J. Weber, 1843-44. " Boz' sämmtliche Werke". German edition of "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" (1843-44), the last of Dickens picaresque novels. The translation is by Edward Aubry Moriarty (1819-1874) and presumably follows the second English edition (1844), also in three volumes and with the illustrations by H. K. Browne (1815-1882). In 1842, Dickens (1812-1870) started his first journey to the USA, having promised his publisher to produce a travel account and a novel. He was disappointed, the country and its people did not live up to his idealistic expectations. The protagonist of his novel, Martin, emigrates to the States and ends up working for a corrupt company. The book was not received well in America… Read More

Leipzig, Carl B. Lorch (1-4), and J. J. Weber (5-10), 1849-50. With 19 (of 20) lithogr. plates after Hablot K. Browne. Small 8vo. Orig. cloth, spines gilt (somewhat rubbed). Leipzig, Carl B. Lorch (1-4), and J. J. Weber (5-10), 1849-50. "Boz sämmtliche Werke", vols. 70-79. German edition of "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger", published in installments 1849-50. This popular work by Dickens (1812-1870), a mixture of educational and picaresque novel, bears more autobiographical similarities than any other work by the great narrator. It is regarded as one of the most significant novels about childhood in world literature. The illustrations are by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) known as Phiz, who illustrated most of Dickens' works. - Lacking 1 plate to part VI. - KNLL IV, 650-51; Thieme/Becker V, 88. LITERATURE: GERMAN ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ; LITERATURE: ENGLISH ;

Paris, Coustelier, 1731. Title printed in red and black. With additional engr. pictorial title, engr. vignette on printed title, 8 plates engr. by Jean Baptiste Scotin, and 4 engr. head-pieces. Title, 4 leaves, 158, (1), XX pp. Small 8vo. Contemp. calf with red spine label (rep.). (Paris, Coustelier), 1731. Nice edition of Longus' "Daphnis and Chloé", in the popular French translation of Jaques Amyot (1513-1593). It contains for the first time the copious philological annotations by Antoine Lancelot (1675-1740), in which he often corrects Amyot's text. Scotin's engravings congenially represent the time-typical impression of rural life. - Printed title rehinged, some waterstaining to engr. title mainly on verso, light browing throughout. - Quérard, La France littéraire V, 351; Cohen/De Ricci 651; Lewine 322; Sander 1222; Hoefer XXIX, 327 (Lancelot). LITERATURE: FRENCH ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;

(Paris), Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1933. With 42 etchings in the text. V, 237 pp., 3 leaves, loose as issued. 4to. Orig. wrappers. In sleeve and boards slip-case. (Paris), Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1933. No. 88 of 160 copies printed for the "Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses", a society of book lovers which merged with the club "Livre contemporain" in 1967. Louis Barthoud (1862-1934), French cabinet minister and man of letters, wrote a number of biographies of French writers. His present essay on Victor Hugo's (1802-1885) two great loves, his wife Adèle-Julie Foucher and his mistress Juliette Drouet, is introduced by a preface published for the first time. - Monod 1037. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; MODERNE ILLUSTRIERTE BÜCHER ; MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1900-1999) ;