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The Great Exhibition of the Works...
A wonderful example of a very scarce textile roller print - a remarkable survival showing the repeated image - commemorating the Great Exhibition of 1851.
£3,750
1851 LondonThe Great Exhibition of...1851
Aesop's Fables with his Life: in...
A superlative large paper copy in a contemporary English binding by the Barlow's Aesop Binder of Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.
£35,000
Barlow, Francis. (Aesop). Behn, AphraAesop's Fables with his...1687
Vitruvius Scoticus; Being a Collection of...
An excellent unsophisticated copy of the notoriously rare Vitruvius Scoticus.
£35,000
Adam, WilliamVitruvius Scoticus; Being a...1730. c.1730–1740 / 1762 / 1811
The Architecture of Leon Battista Alberti...
First edition in English of Alberti's De Re Ædificatoria, together with his other works De Pictura and Della Statua.
£15,000
Alberti, Leon BattistaThe Architecture of Leon...1726
Limited to 350 copies.
Algoud, HenriLes Arts de la...nd. ca. 1912
£180
A Touch at the Fine Arts
Alken's satirical collection of plates illuminating the terminology of artistic criticism.
£800
Alken, HenryA Touch at the...1824
Rough Draft of New Version of...
The complete illustrated original maquette for the definitive version of Edward Ardizzone's 1938 book 'Tim and Lucy Go to Sea'.
£15,000
Ardizzone, EdwardRough Draft of New...c.1958
Final Draft: Diana and Her Rhinoceros...
The complete original maquette, presented to his grand-children, for Edward Ardizzone's 1964 illustrated book 'Diana and Her Rhinoceros'.
£15,000
Ardizzone, EdwardFinal Draft: Diana and...c.1964
(Decameron). Il Libro di Messer Giovanni...
An excellent unsophisticated copy of the Ashendene 'Decameron' with the original subscription announcement.
£6,500
Ashendene Press. Boccaccio, Giovanni(Decameron). Il Libro di...1920
Thucydides. (The History of the Peloponnesian...
The Ashendene Thucydides, the final folio from the press.
£7,500
Ashendene Press. ThucydidesThucydides. (The History of...1930
The Faerie Queen Disposed Into Twelve...
The beautiful Ashendene 'Faerie Queen'.
£6,500
Ashendene Press. Spenser, EdmundThe Faerie Queen Disposed...1923
The First [- Second] Part of...
The beautiful Ashendene 'Don Quixote'.
£4,500
Ashendene Press. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel deThe First [- Second]...1927; 1928
L'Ombrelle - Le Gant - Le...
Octave Uzanne's anecdotal histories of the umbrella, the glove and the muff, each decorated and illustrated by Paul Avril and with four original drawings for the book.
£1,750
Avril, Paul. Uzanne, OctaveL'Ombrelle - Le Gant...1883
L'Eventail
A good copy of Octave Uzanne's anecdotal history of the fan with a signed portrait of Uzanne and retaining the beautiful original wrappers.
£550
Avril, Paul. Uzanne, OctaveL'Eventail1882
(Chansons de P. J. Berenger.)
Includes the 33 colour lithographs for the Boudoin frères edition of Berenger's Chansons of 1828 plus 7 added coloured plates used in the later editions.
£750
Monnier, Henri. (Berenger, P.-j(Chansons de P. J...1828
Aucassin & Nicolette
French novelist Georges Lecomte's presentation copy of the beautiful Eragny Press edition of the medieval French chantefable 'Aucassin & Nicolette'.
£1,250
Eragny Press. Bourdillon, Francis William, EdAucassin & Nicolette1903
Remarks on Rifle Guns Being the...
A very good copy of Baker's work on rifles with the plates with fine colouring by hand.
£3,500
Baker, EzekielRemarks on Rifle Guns...1823
A Booke Containing such Beasts as...
Francis Barlow's very rare English drawing book of model animals and profile heads with an elephant, a camel, a griffin, a unicorn and others.
£9,500
Barlow, FrancisA Booke Containing such...1664
Le Pitture Antiche del Sepolcro de'...
Second edition of Bartoli's important study of the frescoes of the tomb of Quintus Nasonius Ambrosius.
£1,800
Bartoli. Bellori, Giovanni PietroLe Pitture Antiche del...1702
Du Ier au XXe. Les Arrondissements...
Eugène Béjot's homage to contemporary Paris and its different arrondissements.
£2,000
Bejot, Eugène. Claretie, Jules (Preface)Du Ier au XXe...1903
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