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Lot 258
BRIAN C LANCASTER "Becalmed", Thames barges scene, watercolour heightened with white, signed and dated '82 lower right, bears "Bristol Savages Annual Maritime Exhibition" label verso inscribed with title, togeher with a mirror, a box of various other prints and a folio of various prints and engravings
Lot 1025
Gardening/Botanical/Horticultural interest: Miller, Philip. 'The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing The Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower Garden, and Nursery; As also for Performing the Practical Parts of Agriculture: Including The Management of Vineyards, with the Methods of Making and Preserving the Wine', seventh edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1759. Folio, full leather binding with oxblood morocco title label and gilt lettering/decoration to spine, engraved frontispiece (detached) and numerous engraved plates throughout. a/f
Lot 1030
'The Kelmscott Chaucer', folio facsimile in full Nigerian goatskin with handmade laid endpapers from the Fabriano Mill, Italy, limited edition numbered 165 of 1010. Illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, border decorations by William Morris. Printed for The Folio Society, London, by Cambridge University Press and completed on the 20th day of February, 2002. The paper, Oxenford twin-wire laid, has been specially made at the James Cropper Mill at Burneside in Cumbria and supplied by John Purcell Paper. The binding design has been redrawn by David Eccles from a copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer bound by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery in 1900. The binding of this edition has been executed by Smith Settle at Otley, Yorkshire. Contained in blue buckram solander box bearing gilt morocco spine label, including the accompanying essay.
Lot 1032
'The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours', facsimile printed by Beacon Press, Sussex, on Furioso paper and bound by Smith Settle, West Yorkshire, in full silk brocade woven only for this edition by Stephen Walters and Sons, Suffolk. Limited edition numbered 89 of 1180.Cambridge: The Fitzwilliam Museum, 2009. Together with a commentary by Stella Panayotova, London: The Folio Society, 2009. All contained in a blue cloth solander box bearing gilt title to spine.
Lot 1033
Seven leaves from a Psalter illuminated by William de Brailes, reproduced from the manuscript pages in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and printed on vellum by Grafiche Damiani, Bologna. Limited edition numbered 163 of 480. London: The Folio Society [2012]. Contained in black buckram solander box bearing title label to spine.
Lot 1035
'King Henry's Prayer Book', reproduced from British LibraryRoyal MS 2a xvi and printed by Grafiche Damiani, Bologna, Italy, on Furioso paper. The binding in pure silk velvet with metal clasps and corners is a replica of the original volume. Limited edition numbered 279 of 980. London: The Folio Society, 2009. All contained in black buckram solander box with gilt title.
Lot 1068
An original 1930s design catalogue consisting of tipped-in photographs showing the latest Art Deco cinemas throughout England, presumably for prospective clients, leather-bound folio with gilt title: 'Walturdaw Cinema Supply Co. Ltd, Birmingham'.Provenance: The Wills Collection of Photographica, Birmingham.
Lot 1117
Lasinio, Giovanni Paolo. 'Le Tre Porte Del Battistero di San Giovanni di Firenze', Firenze: 1821. Folio, engraved plates, half-vellum binding with marbled boards and oxblood morocco title label to spine. An illustrated work dealing with the design of the three doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence.
Lot 1124
Guest, John. 'Historic Notices of Rotherham: Ecclesiastical, Collegiate, and Civil', Woksop: Robert White, 1879. Folio, half-leather and buckram bindings with red & green morocco title labels, gilt lettering, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Together with 'The History of Roche Abbey, from its Foundation to its Dissolution', by James R. Abeling, London & Worksop: Smith and White, 1870, folio half-leather with red & green morocco labels. Decorative Leather Bindings / English Topography / History / Architecture / Yorkshire Interest. (3)Provenance: Originally from the library of William F. Northend (1887-1968), master printer at Northend's in Sheffield (son of the founder of the firm, J. W. Northend). By descent.
Lot 1145
Fisher, Thomas. 'A Series of Antient Allegorical, Historical, and Legendary Paintings, in Fresco, Discovered, in the Summer of 1804, on the Walls of The Chapel of the Trinity, Belonging to the Gild of the Holy Cross, at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, from Drawings made, at the Time of their Discovery, by Thomas Fisher, F.S.A.'. Three separate folio editions in quarter leather bindings, each bearing a title page for Nichols and Son, London, 1836, and each containing numerous copper-engraved and lithographic plates, most featuring exceptionally vibrant original hand-colouring. The largest edition bears a contemporary handwritten note pasted to front free endpaper, signed by Nichols (presumably the publisher), describing the book as a 'large paper copy', which is 'very rare' with 'additional plates'; 'The Seals in this Edition are coloured' (this is the case with one of the other edtions here); this edition also includes original wrappers bound in at rear (Messrs. G. and W. Nicol, Pall Mall, 1807), including notes to subscribers. Irregular enumeration of plates, as per index. A notable work in the history of illustrated books and printmaking (Fisher was one of the first to welcome lithography in the UK); the book was designed to illustrate the medieval paintings that Fisher discovered in the Guild Chapel, Stratford-upon-Avon. (3)
Lot 1146
Walter, James. 'Shakespeare's True Life', London: For Strictly Private Circulation, 1890. Folio, quarter leather & pictorial cloth. Together with 'An Historical Account of the New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon', James D. Halliwell, London: 1864; 'Stratford-upon-Avon', Sidney L. Lee, illustrated by Edward Hull, 1885; 'Stratford-on-Avon Corporation Records', no date but owner inscription for Councillor Eaves, 1886, and 'Shakespeare Memorial Theatre', Jellicoe, 1933. (5)
![Linguistics.- Minsheu (John) Hegemon eis tas Glossas [graece], id est Ductor in Linguas, The Guide Into Tongues, 2 parts in 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8bfd4c67-462b-4808-a885-a90400f46e61/67c6ba4e-7608-4691-9f07-85b54505d071/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1
Linguistics.- Minsheu (John) Hegemon eis tas Glossas [graece], id est Ductor in Linguas, The Guide Into Tongues, 2 parts in 1, first edition, title with decorative woodcut border (laid down), woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, text in double or quadruple column, rather soiled and browned, some damp-staining causing fraying to margins at beginning and end (some old repairs), tear to V6 (no loss), Cc3 supplied from shorter copy, Yy signature with slight worming to lower margin, contemporary calf with central gilt arms, rebacked with gilt spine, corners repaired, rather worn, [STC 17944], folio, [by William Stansby] for John Browne, 1617.; sold not subject to return
Lot 10
Agriculture.- Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique...., edited by J.Marret, 4 vol. including 2 vol. Supplement, third edition, titles in red and black, engraved dedication and 12 plates by B.Picart, 1 folding, numerous engraved or woodcut illustrations in text, contemporary ink note at foot of titles, some browning, mostly light, small ink stain to upper edge of a few leaves first volume, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and black roan labels, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn and with some repairs, [Vicaire 172], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Covens & Corn. Mortier, 1732-1740. ⁂ An important domestic dictionary with much on food and drink, agriculture and horticulture and hunting, and with sections on bees, falconry and horses.
Lot 126
Licensing of ale house keepers & victuallers.- An Abstract of ye Proposall formerly prsented to his Highns by George Tirrey & Noah Bridges tending to ye advancemt of ye publiq Revenue & for Lycensing Retaylers of Ale & Beere now Reduced into an Act, manuscript, 1p., tipped-in on a later sheet, folds, a few small tears starting along folds, browned, folio, [1655].
![Grimsby.- Colepepyr [Culpeper] (Robert) A Proposal to make the Channel of Great Grimsby by Navigable from their Sluce to the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8bfd4c67-462b-4808-a885-a90400f46e61/0f7ccf0d-c94a-4fd8-8cac-6e9eabab3d90/468x382.jpg)
![Heraldry & Genealogy.- Baronets Created by King James 1 [&] Baronets Created by King Charles the First [&] Baronets Created b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8bfd4c67-462b-4808-a885-a90400f46e61/0d4cf7e4-16ab-4a17-8018-d8db796d8b91/468x382.jpg)
Lot 131
Heraldry & Genealogy.- Baronets Created by King James 1 [&] Baronets Created by King Charles the First [&] Baronets Created by King Charles The Second, manuscript, 32pp., ruled in red, first f. outer corner torn and repaired, a few small dampstains towards end, some ff. slightly creased, browned, 18th century marbled wrappers, slightly creased, repaired at head, folio, [c. 1720].
Lot 135
Retzsch (Friedrich August Moritz, attributed to) Album, with 6 watercolours and accompanying manuscript poems in German by Johann Ludwig Uhland among others, manuscript in German, 6pp., tissue guards, silk endpapers creased, original vellum gilt with the initials "C.R." on upper cover, g.e., in fitted velvet-lined leather box, oblong folio, [c. 1830].⁂ The six watercolours are of a very high quality and appear characteristic of the work of Maurice Retzsch (as he was known in England). He rarely signed his work and was in the habit of compiling similar albums for presentation to his wife, Christiane.
![Italy.- [Gonelli (Giuseppe)] Monumenti Sepolcrali della Toscana, engraved title and plates, foxed, presentation inscription t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8bfd4c67-462b-4808-a885-a90400f46e61/6d8d8593-769f-4ffb-9d1a-09c6ceb27e79/468x382.jpg)
Lot 50
London.- Illustrated London News (The). Panorama of London and the River Thames, from Millbank to Greenwich and beyond, wood-engraving, on 2 sheets, not joined, each sheet approx. 440 x 1290 mm. (17 1/4 x 50 3/4 in), several horizontal folds, one fold split and repaired, other minor splits and tears, handling creases, surface dirt, preserved in modern green cloth drop-back box, tall narrow folio, printed and published by William Little, 1845.
Lot 55
NO RESERVE Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) Landscape, number 116 of 525 large paper copies, title in red and black, 43 plates, mostly photogravure but including several etchings and 2 mezzotints, all on india paper and mounted, captioned guards, original pictorial boards, gilt, uncut, rather rubbed and soiled, folio, 1885.
![London.- [Cornman (F.)] Vestiges of Old London from Rare Prints & Drawings, number 20 of only 30 copies signed by the author,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8bfd4c67-462b-4808-a885-a90400f46e61/f44d38e8-5ac7-4ab0-cb6c-b319b8f928c2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 57
London.- [Cornman (F.)] Vestiges of Old London from Rare Prints & Drawings, number 20 of only 30 copies signed by the author, 20 hand-coloured plates, a little soiled, final two plates chipped at fore-edge, contemporary cloth, rubbed, original hand-coloured pictorial upper wrapper bound in (soiled), privately printed, 1900; Some Account of a Remarkable Old House...[in] Clerkenwell, title, facsimile manuscript text and 18 hand-coloured plates, contemporary cloth, privately printed, 1900 § Black (W.H.) Eastbury Illustrated, half-title, title in red & black, 16 engraved plates and plans, 2 hand-coloured, cloth, damp-stained, 1834, rubbed, folio & 4to (3)
Lot 6
Hickes (George) Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archaeologicus, 2 vol., first edition, mixed set, vol.1 with engraved portrait by R.White, 2 titles with engraved vignette, engraved dedication, head-pieces, 27 plates (2 folding), and several illustrations, some full-page, cropped with a few plates slightly shaved, one folding plate torn and frayed at lower edge (repaired), 3B1 & 2 with repaired tear to lower margin, some foxing and browning, vol.1 water-stained, damp-staining to a few leaves at end of vol.2, vol.1 modern calf, vol.2 contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, spines gilt (not quite uniform), vol.1 a little smaller, [Alston III.10], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1705.⁂ Monumental thesaurus of Northern literature. It is essentially two separate volumes: vol.1 consists of 5 parts covering the grammar of various Gothic languages and dialects, the use of Northern languages and a treatise on Anglo-Saxon coins by Andrew Fountaine, each part having a separate title with engraved vignette (most dated 1703), pagination and register. Vol.2 is titled Antiquæ literaturæ septentionalis liber alter and contains a list of known Anglo-Saxon manuscripts including those in the Cottonian Library, many of which were destroyed in the fire of 1731.
Lot 70
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Perrault (Claude) A Treatise of the Five Orders in Architecture, translated by John James, second edition of James translation, additional engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication, head-& tail-pieces, initials, 6 plates and some illustrations in text, lacking A2, C1, D1, H1-I1, K1 & 2, M1, R2, Z2, Dd1 & Gg2 but all plates present, some light soiling and marginal staining, engraved bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, worn and stained, slightly defective, [Harris 701], folio, for J. Senex, and R. Gosling [& others], 1722; sold not subject to return
![Humming Birds.- Jerrard (Paul, lithographer) The Humming Bird Keepsake, [vol. IV of "Gems for the Drawing Room"], title, text](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8bfd4c67-462b-4808-a885-a90400f46e61/64472eaa-d1ec-4eb1-a970-2a1e5d98f545/468x382.jpg)
Lot 94
Humming Birds.- Jerrard (Paul, lithographer) The Humming Bird Keepsake, [vol. IV of "Gems for the Drawing Room"], title, text and advertisement leaf printed in gold, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some foxing at end, bookplate on front pastedown, original cloth with chromolithographed card onlay on upper cover, creased and soiled, modern slip-case, [Fine Bird Books p.109], folio, [1852].
Lot 271
World War I Interest - Book, First Edition - The Wipers Times, A Facsimile Reprint of the Trench Magazines : The Wipers Times - The New Church Times - The Kemmel Times - The Somme Times - The B E F Times, published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1918, green paper covered binding printed in black; a postcard of 'A Telephone Station in the British Lines on the Oise, issued by The Picture House, Harrogate, printed with a list of forthcoming attractions, with serial number; a copy of Frontline 1940-1941, The Official Story of the Civil Defence of Britain, published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, Issued for the Ministry of Home Security by the Ministry of Information; and a sheet music folio of Tiggerty Boo, The forces 'Thumbs Up' Song by Hal Hallifax, featured by Joe Loss and his band. (4)
Lot 23
ORMEROD GEORGE. The History of The County Palatine & City of Chester. 3 vols. Maps, plates (some coloured) & illus. Large paper folio (3 massive vols.). Library half maroon morocco, some spotting & foxing, particularly to early leaves. Ex lib. but a good set with labels to endpapers & stamps to reverse of titles only. 1882.
Lot 249
"CONFLICTS IN SCOTLAND" - MANUSCRIPT. 140 plus pp. folio vol. in calf backed old marbled brds., closely written in a legible early 18th cent. hand detailing political & other events in Scotland, up to the 16th cent. Commences with a description of "Southerland" & details of a series of conflicts from the 11th cent. onwards; then "Troubles betwixt the Forbes' & the Gordons" & other similar detailed accounts; Information about the Pedigree of the House of Lochow; The Manner of the Execution of our Sovereign Lady, Mary Queen of Scotland (very detailed with transcriptions); other transactions & accounts re. Mary's life & reign, Catholic interest, etc.; Record of Great Church Benefices & The Institution of the Order of the Knighthood of St. John in Scotland. Fascinating, with much information. Dated in manuscript June 28 1737, on 3rd last blank page.
Lot 565
ELEVEN SHELVES OF BOOKS, TO INCLUDE ORWELL (GEORGE), NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, CLOTH, BLUE DUST JACKET, WORN, 1949, DICK (FRANCIS), BLOOD SPORT, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, WRAPPERS, 1967, A. PUGIN, SPECIMENS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, ILLUS, COLOURED FRONTISPIECE, 1895, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, INCLUDING AGATHA CHRISTIE, FOLIO SOCIETY, TWO CASED SETS, ART REFERENCE, IN PARTICULAR DAVID HOCKNEY, T. SMALL AND C. WOODBRIDGE, ENGLISH WROUGHT IRON WORK A PORTFOLIO OF FULL SIZED DETAILS (2), THE ART JOURNAL, FOUR VOLS, 1902, 04 AND 07, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY
![[SOUTH-AFRICA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous South-African personalities, ben](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5fe8ae19-d86e-47b5-afc5-a8ff014356f3/f198e7af-5a8f-48de-bb6f-a8ff014574a4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 635
[SOUTH-AFRICA]: An excellent selection of Autograph Statements signed by a variety of famous South-African personalities, beneath an original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, the well-executed works depicting each personality in head and shoulders poses, one page each, large folio, various places and dates, comprising Koos de la Rey (1847-1914) Boer General during the second Boer war. Widely considered a leading figure of the Boer independence; Willem Johannes Leyds (1859-1940) State Attorney of the South African Republic 1884-89 and Richard Solomon (1850-1913) Attorney General of the Transvaal 1898-1902. VG, 3 £80-100
![NO RESERVE Code civil reduit en tableaux synoptiques. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1822.In-folio (mm 448x330). Carte [17]. Ese](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3f3b43b9-6d01-4515-8009-a90000d0409e/ac7af6a4-8147-4a52-c080-acfffeae947c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 11
NO RESERVE Code civil reduit en tableaux synoptiques. Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1822.In-folio (mm 448x330). Carte [17]. Esemplare in barbe in discreto stato di conservazione, alcune carte uniformemente brunite. Brossura coeva.Sintesi del codice civile francese, ad uso delle scuole e delle università. A una tavola esplicativa della divisione generale del codice seguono 14 tavole sinottiche dello stesso.Folio (448x330 mm). [17] leaves. Uncut copy, some leaves uniformly browned. Contemporary wrappers. An abstract from the French civil code, intended for schools and universities. With 14 synoptic diagrams.
Lot 15
NO RESERVE Ginnastica. Obermann Rodolfo. Atlante degli attrezzi di ginnastica educativa. Torino: Lit. Fratelli Doyen-Hummel, 1865.Album in-folio (mm 317x484). Frontespizio litografico illustrato e 14 tavole illustranti gli strumenti ginnici, corredate di legende esplicative al loro montaggio e utilizzo. Esemplare a fogli sciolti, piccole mancanze ai margini bianchi di alcune tavole, alcune gore.Album, folio (mm 317x484). Lithographic illustrated title-page, 14 plates depicting gymanstic tools, with captions. Loose leaves, minor losses to the blank margin of a few plates, some waterstains.
Lot 22
NO RESERVE Lasinio Giovanni Paolo. Il Tabernacolo della Madonna d'Orsanmichele lavoro insigne di Andrea Orcagna e altre sculture di eccellenti maestri le quali adornano la loggia e la chiesa predetta. Tavole dodici disegnate da Francesco Pieraccini e incise dal cav. prof. G. Paolo Lasinio con dichiarazione compilata da Giovanni Masselli. Firenze: Giuseppe Ferroni, 1874.In-folio grande (mm 580x434). Pagine [6], 14. 13 tavole incise su rame a piena pagina: la prima raffigurante la chiesa della Madonna di Orsanmichele, le altre 12 - numerate I-XII - raffiguranti il tabernacolo e le singole statue e pitture che lo compongono. Nel volume sono inserite 10 tavole litografiche e cromolitografiche raffiguranti la struttura di Orsanmichele, opera di Barocchi e Rossi in Firenze. Una gora al margine superiore bianco, alcune tavole con leggere fioriture. Legatura coeva in mezza pergamena, piatti in cartone. Abrasioni.Large folio (580x434 mm). [6], 14 pages. 13 full-page engraved plates, the first one depicting the Church Madonna of Orsanmichele, the others 12 plates - numbered I-XII - portraying its aedicule, sculptures and frescoes. 10 lithographic and chromo-lithographic plates showing Orsanmichele's structure, by the Florentine Barocchi and Rossi. Waterstain to the upper blank margin, a few plates slightly foxed. Contemporary half-vellum. Covers abraded in places.
Lot 24
NO RESERVE Lovatti Antonio - Gentilucci Romualdo. Progetto di un teatro municipale del conte Antonio Lovatti. Roma: Tipografia di Giuseppe Mengoni [s.d. ma 1853].In-folio (mm 458x319). Pagine 20. 4 tavole calcografiche a doppia pagina. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, leggere fioriture su alcune carte. Brossura editoriale verde stampata e illustrata. Dettagliato progetto artistico e architettonico del conte Lovatti per un teatro municipale che doveva sorgere tra via del Corso e piazza san Silvestro.Folio (458x319 mm). 20 pages. Double-page engraved plates. In excellent condition, a few foxing in places. Publisher's illustrated green wrappers. The detailed artistic and architectural project executed by Count Lovatti for a theatre which would have had to be built in Rome, between via del Corso and piazza san Silvestro.
Lot 44
NO RESERVE Valeriano Pierio. Castigationes et varietates Virgilianae lectionis. Per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum. (Al colophon:) Romae : impressit Ant. Blades Asulanus, 1521 mense Iunio.In-folio (mm 270x210). Pagine [28], lxxi, [1], 212, [2]. Carattere greco e romano. Spazi capitali. Legno a piena pagina recante le armi dei Medici, impresso a carta bb8v. Buon esemplare, macchie di inchiostro al frontespizio e alla carta successiva, qualche lieve gora, fioriture. Cartonato settecentesco 'a la rustica' con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Annotazione manoscritta di difficile lettura al frontespizio.Editio princeps dell'importante lavoro di Pierio Valeriano, nome umanistico del letterato bellunese Giovan Pietro Bolzani delle Fosse (1477-1558). Il testo del Valeriano rappresenta una fonte fondamentale per la storia dell'opera virgiliana.Valeriano Pierio. Castigationes et varietates Virgilianae lectionis. Per Ioannem Pierium Valerianum. (Colophon:) Romae : impressit Ant. Blades Asulanus, 1521 mense Iunio.Folio (270x210 mm). [28], lxxi, [1], 212, [2] pages. Greek and roman type. Blank spaces for capitals. Full-page woodcut showing Medici's coat of arms on fol. bb8v. A good copy, a few ink stain to the title-page and the subsequent leaf; slightly waterstained and foxed. 18th-century paperboards 'a la rustica', spine with inked title. Manuscript note on the title-page, barely legible.First edition of this important treatise by Giovan Pietro Bolzani delle Fosse (1477-1558), better known as Pierio Valeriano, which represents a relevant source for the history of Virgil's texts.
Lot 48
NO RESERVE Alighieri Dante - Zuccari Federico. Dante historiato da Federigo Zuccaro posseduto dal Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe degli Uffizi di Firenze. Edizione integrale in facsimile nel formato originale del volume manoscritto. Roma: Salerno editrice, 2004.In-folio oblungo (mm 496x650). Carte [90] che riproducono in facsimile le 88 tavole del Dante historiato eseguite nel 1586 dal pittore Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), alcune ripiegate. Esemplare intonso. Legatura editoriale in pelle decorata a secco e in oro. Esemplare n. 493 della tiratura di 699 copie stampate. Perfettamente conservato in scatola editoriale in tela figurata, e accompagnato dal piano dell'opera e dal Commentario.Superba edizione che propone per la prima volta nella sua interezza gli 88 disegni dedicati alla Commedia dantesca e realizzati a matita nera e rossa, penna e acquarello dal pittore Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), uno dei maggiori esponenti del manierismo italiano. Folio, oblong (496x650 mm). [90] leaves reproducing in facsimile the 88 plates executed for the Dante historiato, some of which are folded. Unopened copy. Publisher's binding, gilt-and blind-tooled leather. In excellent condition, in the original cloth case including the publishing plan, and the Commentary.Splendid edition which collects the 88 drawings dedicated to the Commedia by the painter Federico Zuccari (1539-1609), one of the leading figures of Italian Manierism, and executed in 1586. This is no. 493 of a limited edition of 699 copies.
![NO RESERVE Bonnard Pierre. Verve. Volume V, Nos. 17 et 18. Paris: Verve, 1947.Folio (mm 354x261). Pagine [84]. In antiporta l](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3f3b43b9-6d01-4515-8009-a90000d0409e/31e80323-b6ff-464e-aa94-3bddedad0030/468x382.jpg)
Lot 50
NO RESERVE Bonnard Pierre. Verve. Volume V, Nos. 17 et 18. Paris: Verve, 1947.Folio (mm 354x261). Pagine [84]. In antiporta litografia originale a colori eseguita e firmata da Bonnard, e tirata da Mourlot. Testo in francese. Numerose riproduzioni fotografiche a colori e in bianco e nero nel testo. Esemplare in perfetto stato di conservazione. Legatura editoriale con sovraccoperta realizzata dallo stesso Bonnard. Piccola mancanza alla sovraccoperta in corrispondenza dell'estremità superiore del dorso, sbucciature agli angoli e alle estremità dei piatti.Quinto volume, contenente i numeri 17 e 18 di Verve, autorevole rivista illustrata dai più grandi artisti del Novecento. Il fascicolo riunisce le opere inedite di Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) ed è impreziosito dalla sua litografia originale Le soleil, nonché dalla sovraccoperta, realizzata dall'artista stesso. Folio (354x261 mm). [84] pages. Original coloured lithography as a frontespiece, executed and signed by Bonnard, and printed by Mourlot. Text in French. Numerous photographic illustrations in black-and-white in the text. In excellent condition. Publisher's binding, with dust jacket drawn by Bonnard. Minor loss to the dust jacket, at the top of spine; corners and board edges slighty rubbed. Fifth volume, which includes the issues 17 and 18 of Verve, the influential review which was illustrated by leading artists of the 20th century. The volume also contains the original lithography Le soleil by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), increasing its import and value.
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