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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
12 Verses from The Day Dream...
An extraordinary object masterpiece by Susan Allix: an arch-shaped book with painted binding housed and displayed within its painted glass dome.
£4,000
Allix, Susan12 Verses from The...1995
Pagoda Memories. Golden Pagodas of Myanmar...
A superb example of a Susan Allix illustrated book - created in its entirety by the artist - inspired by her travels in Myanmar.
£4,000
Allix, SusanPagoda Memories. Golden Pagodas...2009
Nonsense & Nonsense. A collection of...
The édition de tête in the deluxe magnetic binding of one of Susan Allix's most extraordinary, inventive, capricious and whimsical artist books.
£4,000
Allix, Susan. Anon, old or unknownNonsense & Nonsense. A...2008
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'.
£12,500
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'.
£12,500
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
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