Search Results: Titles starting with V from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie., 1841. An Exceptionally Rare Daumier Album Seven Series Complete Containing Fifty Humorous Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator. Variétés Drolatiques. Vulgarités. - Les Musiciens de Paris. - Proverbes de famille. - Proverbes et Maximes. - La Peche. - La Journée du Celibataire. - Les Saltimbanques. 50 Planches. Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie., [1841]. Vulgarités. 10 plates complete DR 905-914 Les Musiciens de Paris. 6 plates complete DR 919-924 Proverbes de famille. 2 plates complete DR 797-798 Proverbes et Maximes. 12 plates complete DR 803-814 La Peche. 7 plates complete DR 815-821 La Journée du Celibataire. 12 plates complete DR 607-618 Les Saltimbanques. 1 plate (of 2) DR 620 Total 50 plates complete. "Pannier published a separate album with the title "Variétés Drolatiques", par Daumier, Paris , 1 vol. in-4°, demi chagr. It contains the following complete series,sur blanc, bringing the total of prints to 50:Vulgarités, Musiciens de Paris,… Read More

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. A 19th Century Best-Seller From the Hanoverian Royal Library at Marienberg [ROYAL BINDING]. CUNNINGHAM, J. W. The Velvet Cushion. Seventh edition. London, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. Twelvemo, (187 x 118 mm). Near-contemporary dark green cloth, front cover with the royal arms of Britain and Hanover stamped in blind, back cover with blind central cartouche, spines titled in gilt with large gilt ornaments either side, red sprinkled edges, from the Hanoverian royal library at Marienberg with pencilled shelf-mark on the inside front cover of vol. I. A few scattered spots internally, but still a fine fresh copy, the binding almost as new. First published the previous year, Cunningham's novel, subtitled "an historical account of divisions within the Church of England since the Reformation", went through eleven editions in three years. John William Cunningham (1780-1861) was one of the leaders of… Read More

Paris: chez Arnauld de Vresse, 1860. Extremely Scarce Children Satirize Good Adult Behavior MONTAUT, Henri de. Vertus & Qualités. Dessins Composés par... Paris: chez Arnauld de Vresse, n.d. [c. 1860s]. Colored issue. Oblong folio (11/4 x 15 7/8 in; 285 x 403 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates with interleaves. Each plate is imprinted "chez Aubert," the renowned Parisian printmaking house who also issued the book with plain (tinted) lithographs. Original cloth with blind-stamped arabesque panel enclosing an elaborately gilt centerpiece with title within. A few very light marginal finger-marks, inner hinges expertly strengthened. Excessively scarce, with OCLC recording only one copy in institutional holdings worldwide, at Princeton. The companion volume to Montaut's Defauts et Vices. Charming period plates in the rococo style reminiscent of Boucher (1703-1770) illustrate children in Ancien Regime costume acting out various adult virtues and qualities in behavior and character, i.e.,… Read More

Philadephia: David McKay Company, 1929. First American Trade Edition in The Original Pictorial Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Philadelphia: David McKay Company [1929]. First American trade edition. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 242 x 182 mm.). 231, [1] pp. Twelve full page color plates, twenty-two black and white line drawings. Publishers dark blue ribbed cloth over boards, front cover and spine decoratively stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Tiny and inconsequential split on lower edge of spine, otherwise a very fine copy with the original color pictorial dust jacket with a 'titled' version of the color plate "A Favourite Song of Dryden's" (facing p.36) on the front panel. Small piece missing from lower spine of jacket, a few small closed tears, otherwise excellent. "In the England of jazz and Noel Coward the whimsical and fantastic had grown increasingly out of fashion. With The Vicar of Wakefield of 1929 ... Rackham… Read More

Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1832. Ten Charming Hand-Colored Lithographs of French Upper Class Country Life LAMI, Eugène. La Vie de château. [Second Series]. Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, [n.d., 1832-1833]. Oblong folio volume (10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches; 260 x 333 mm.). Ten numbered hand-colored lithographed plates. Some light, mainly marginal foxing but still an excellent example of this very rare suite of hand colored lithographs. Contemporary quarter brown straight-grain morocco over dark maroon patterned cloth boards, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, plain endpapers. With the bookplate of Bibliothek Fritz Kirchhoff on front pastedown. Head and tail of spine worn, joints cracked but firm. In this second series, all of the plates have the imprint: "I. lith. de Gihaut frères éditeurs," and plate Nos. 5, 6, and 7 are dated 1832. We have only seen this book once before - we sold both series together in 2010. "This elegant and brilliant painter devoted much of his… Read More

London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. Thirty Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates One of a Few Copies with the Plates Mounted on Card DODWELL, Edward. Views in Greece, From Drawings by Edward Dodwell, Esq. F.S.A. & c., London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. First edition. Large folio (20 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches; 530 x 368 mm.). [vi], [60] pp. Thirty hand colored aquatint plates. One of a very few copies with each mounted on card with printed captions on verso. Text printed in English and French. Title with aquatint vignette, list of plates, introduction and 30 hand-colored aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and others after Dodwell and Pomardi, on guards, all mounted on card in imitation of drawings, mounts tinted in gray on upper surface, complete with the original printed 'prospectus' bound-in before the title-page and all of the printed title-slips on the back of the mounts (five with the title trimmed-off). Some leaves of text with mainly marginal foxing and or offsetting. The… Read More

London: Henry J. Alfred, 1857. Six Fine Hand Colored Views of The River Thames ALFRED, Henry J. Views on the Thames... Marlow Weir, Near Marlow Bridge, Bisham Abbey,Temple Lock, Hurley, Harleyford. London: Henry J. Alfred, 1857. Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 20 inches; 343 x 508 mm.). Six fine hand colored plates by H.J. Alfred, lithographed by M & N Hanhart, all with tissue guards. Plate image size 7 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches; 197 x 295 mm. Early-to-mid twentieth century three quarter blue calf over marbled boards ruled in blind. Smooth spine with maroon morocco label horizontally lettered in gilt. Publisher's printed tan wrappers bound in. Some occasional light spotting/soiling to blank margins only, last plate with marginal crease, rear blank wrapper with neat repair at top. Still a near fine example. This scarce and charming work depicts a series of views of the upper reaches of the River Thames at a time when boating was becoming increasingly popular as a means of escaping into the countryside, away… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. With Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Plates FELLOWES, W.D. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes, taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with numerous coloured engravings, from drawings made on the spot. London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Fourth Edition, Large Paper Copy. Text watermarked J. Whatman, 1823; Plates watermarked J. Whatman, 1827. Large octavo (10 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches; 261 x 175 mm.). xii, 188 pp. Thirteen fine hand colored aquatint plates and two plain plates. Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt board edges and turn-ins, brown endpapers, all edges gilt. First page of preface with small paper-flaw on blank margin. A clean, near fine copy. "First published by William Stockdale in 1818,… Read More

Paris: Louis Janet, 1828. A Color-Plate Tour Down the River Seine [MALO, Charles]. Voyage Pittorèsque de Paris au Havre sur les Rives de la Seine. Paris: Louis Janet, [1828]. First edition. Sixteenmo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 146 x 89 mm.). [viii], [1]-207, [1, blank] pp. Hand colored copper-plate vignette title-page of a steam ship on the Seine and ten charming hand-colored copper plates depicting a journey down the Seine from Paris to Le Havre. Beautifully bound ca. 1960 in full maroon straight-grain morocco, covers richly decorated in gilt with an inlaid central oval of olive green morocco and four small red flowers in corners. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt and with inlaid red or olive green oval panels decorated in gilt. Decorative gilt ruled board edges, decoratively ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers and original? pink paper wrappers bound in. All edges gilt. A truly wonderful copy of this charming little tour down the river Seine. "An anonymously… Read More

Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co...., 1829. Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Lami and Monnier's "Travels in England" [LAMI, Eugène, and Henry Monnier, illustrators]. Voyage en Angleterre, par Eug. Lami et H. Monnier. Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot Frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co...., [1829]-1830. Title from front wrapper. Large folio (17 x 12 1/2 inches; 432 x 317 mm.). Twenty-four numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, fourteen signed by Lami, nine signed by Monnier, and one signed by both Lami and Monnier. Plates lithographed by Villain. All plates and text leaves mounted on guards. Complete with the four leaves of letterpress descriptive text. Originally published in four parts, each with one leaf of descriptive text and six plates. This copy does not include the four supplementary plates, described in Ray as being "in smaller format, with the original wrapper imprint reading: Paris,… Read More

Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co...., 1829. Twenty-Eight Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Lami and Monnier's "Travels in England" Complete with the Very Scarce Additional Four Plates [LAMI, Eugène, and Henry Monnier, illustrators]. Voyage en Angleterre, par Eug. Lami et H. Monnier. Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot Frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co...., 1829-[1830]. First edition, complete with the text and the four additional plates. Title from front wrapper. Large folio (16 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches; 426 x 298 mm.). [viii]. Twenty-eight numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, seventeen signed by Lami, ten signed by Monnier, and one (plate number 20 "Londres") signed by both Lami and Monnier. Plates lithographed by Villain. All plates and text leaves mounted on guards. Complete with the four leaves of letterpress descriptive text. Small neat marginal repairs to plate number two (1 inch) and plate number 9 (5/8… Read More