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London: W. Lewis for James Goodwin, 1820. Hardcover. Modern half black morocco and marbled endpapers. Fine. Unpaginated. 24.5 x 17 cm. Sixty hand-colored plates all printed recto only. Exceptional clean and bright copy with watermark dated 1828. No faults save the library stamp on title page. All plates sharp without a hint of toning. ABBEY TRAVEL 370. COLAS… Read more about this item

London: Robert Jennings, 1824. First edition. leather_bound. Full diced brown morocco. Aeg. Near fine. 3 Vols.. [2], 20, [2], lxxviii, [2], 206.; vi, 297, vi, 147, [1], [134] pages. 39 x 27.5 cm. 80 engraved plates, 70 are hand-colored embellished with gold or silver. and with historiated hand-colored initials heightened with gold for each chapter throughout. Extra engraved title… Read more about this item

Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark brown cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper. 192 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. The seven century narrative from the 12th to the19th centuriey provides a history of samurai armor, weapons, fortifications, tactics and customs, illustrated with nearly 800 illustrations.

Madrid: Ignacio Diez Graf, 1964. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. publisher illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. 0urvantzoff, Miguel. 2 text pages. Folio, 35 x 24.5 cm. Cuaderno No. 2 of a series printed from 1964-1868. This copy, a limited edition, Number 8 of 25, hand colored lithographs with tissue guards with each print 22/28 signed by Ourvantzoff. Born… Read more about this item

London: Darton, Harvey, & Darton and J. Harris, 1814. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. brown morocco, backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. 96 pages. 6 x 6 cm. 47 unnumbered leaves of plates, copper engravings. BONDY, L.W. MINIATURE BOOKS, p.65. OSBORNE COLLECTION, p.87. SPIELMANN (Catalogue of Miniature Books) 367. WELSH, D.V. (Bibliography of miniature books) 367. Owner inscription free… Read more about this item

London: Townsend, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary green calf backed boards, leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Very good. 2 vols.. Unpaginated. 15. x 12.5 cm. Lacks title. 184 hand colored plates numbered 493-676 with numerous examples of fashion styles per plate. There is also one dress pattern plate; plates interleaved with descriptive text. The style had a… Read more about this item

Paris: Henri Charpentier, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher brown leather spine and brown cloth. Aeg. Near fine. 3 vols. 64, 62, 42 pages. 19 x13 inches. 90 color lithographs (with descriptive text) and two tinted color maps: all present per Indices in the rear of each volume. Plates after Felix Benoist and Joseph Dessaix, with text by Xavier… Read more about this item

London: Macdonald, 1952. First edition. 4to, unpaginated,approx. 64 pages in text. Plethora of color and black and white plates. Backstrip slightly darkened. Orig. red cloth. Very good.

London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark green roan and brown boards, backstrip lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good in very good green cloth clamshell box with brown leather spine label. 118 [2] pages. 28 x 19 cm. Hand colored title vignette and 27 aquatint full page plates (all vignetted, except No. 27). This is… Read more about this item

Np: MacLin-Zimmer-McGill, 1890. Stiff Boards. Orig. decorated light blue and white illustrated backs. Fine. Complete deck of 53 chromolithographic playing cards, 9.5 x 5.5 cm., including the "Little Joker." The Aces and numeral cards have the suit symbols superimposed over the costumes. Backs in blue and white depicting a sailor at the helm with the advertising line, "Smoke… Read more about this item

Paris: Np, 1860. Hardcover. Red cloth portfolio lettered in gilt, backstrip renewed. Near fine in fine marbled slipcase. 14 x 10.5 cm. 25 hand-coiored lithographed plates in accordion (leperello) format. Plates bright and sharp.

Paris: Chez Janet, 1818. First edition. Hardcover. Modern green cloth faded to brown. Very good. 144 pages. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. 11 engraved color fashion plates, plus color title page. Eight page events calendar for the year 1818 at rear. Interior contents generally clean. Where to go and what to see in France for the year. Text in… Read more about this item

London: Bayard Press, 1923. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. publisher's full vellum, backstrip and cover lettered in brown. Very good. Bakst, Leon. 240 pages. 37.5 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 136 of 315. Half title, 68 plates [mostly by Bakst] with printed tissue guards, 52 are color lithographs and mounted, plus illustrations, eleven colored and mounted, some printed… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Pavard, 1788. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown tree calf. Very good. 5 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Seventy-four full-page hand-colored aquatint plates, all with tissue guards. Born in Canada, Grasset removed to France in 1764, serving there as writer, diplomat and publisher with a bent toward Republicanism and enlightenment ideals. Set complete in… Read more about this item

London: Ackermann and Company, 1839. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. publisher's crimson russia, sides elaborately gilt with armorial and floral ornaments, front cover center piece inlaid with blue morocco. Aeg. Near fine. 42 pages in text. Folio, 37 x 27.5 cm. Twelve full-page chromolithographs, plus half-title chromolithograph (Coronation of Queen Elizabeth printed by C. Hullmandel) -- all printed recto… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, 1922. First edition. leather_bound. Full crushed brown morocco, double gilt cover border panels frame decorations in blind, raised bands, leather spine labels in green and black printed in gilt. Fine. 308 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Five color plates, 142 illustrations, and 8 plates hors texte. Preface by Edmond Pottier. Text in French.… Read more about this item

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. Hardcover. Three quarter brown calf and marbled boards, matching endpapers. Teg. 2 vols. Very good. 114 & 275 pages. 33 x 27 cm. First published 1796 with 143 plates. New edition with 153 hand-colored engravings. Strutt was an English engraver, and writer on art. BRUNET Vol. 5, p.566, noting earlier edition. BRYAN Vol.5,… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Des Quatre Chemins, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Rebound in green cloth, corners and backstrip extremities rubbed, black leather spine label lettered in gilt. 2 vols. Very good. Approx. 22 pages in text. 28 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 193 of 425 on Arches from a total edition of 500. Two volumes in one. Volume I:… Read more about this item

London: William Miller, 1804. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary straight-grain green morocco. Aeg. Very good. IV pages in text. Folio, 37 x 27 cm. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates, two title pages in French and English with text describing the individual plates also in both languages. English text translated by R.C. Dallas, the commentary on the ethnic background of the… Read more about this item

Paris: Alexis Emery, 1825. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. vellum backed pictorial boards with moderate wear. Very good. 139 pages. Landscape octavo, 13 x 22 cm. 28 hand-colored plates, all with multiple images per plate, depicts the history of the French monarchy in costume, beginning with the reign of Pharamond through to Louis XVIII. Chronological Table of the Monarchy… Read more about this item