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A List of Medals, Jettons, Tokens, &c. in Connection with Printers and the Art of Printing.
One of 100 copies printed for private circulation to collectors, curators, and numismatics dealers. [And:] Paul Dupont. Silver printer’s token of Johannes Gutenberg and Alois Senefelder, [ca. 1836], diam. 1⅜ in.
My interest in A List of Medals…
Autograph manuscript signed, from an unpublished essay.
Provenance: Philip D. Sang.
“One of the most striking characteristics of an American is his self dependence. Born to no fortune he knows, from his earliest years, that he has nothing but his own mental and bodily exertions to rely on in the great…
Imperial Federation Map of the World Showing the Extent of the British Empire in 1886.
22¾ 8 x 30⅜ in.
I collect “persuasive” cartography: maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs, rather than to communicate geographic information. Among the earliest and most important examples are maps reinforcing state power, like…
I collect “persuasive” cartography: maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs, rather than to communicate geographic information. Among the earliest and most important examples are maps reinforcing state power, like…
Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine composta per Vgolino Verino Cittadino Florentino.
Edition of 236.
I'm captivated by fine and private press materials and their intersection of artistry, social and historical forces, and economic principles (sometimes disregarded). Viewed as less constrained by the pressures of commercialism, these…
Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata. Quorum haec prima pars de restitutione motuum solis & lunae stellarumque inerrantium tractat. Et praeterea de admiranda nova stella anno 1572 exorta luculenter agit.
Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with the arms on covers in blind of the city of Breslau or Wroclaw in Silesia, Poland on both covers, eight chased brass corners, and two original clasps and catches.
Provenance: Count Pál…
Provenance: Count Pál…
The Handmade Papers of Japan.
Three volumes and a portfolio of watermarks. In the original chitsu, and that in its original box. Accompanied by the woodblocks used to print the title pages of the volumes. [With:] Sidney E. Berger. The Handmade Papers of Japan. North Hills, PA:…
Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay, Long Island.
As a Theodore Roosevelt scholar, I am intrigued by his love of birds. Aside from his family, politics and birds were the great loves of his life. As president, he established fifty-one protected federal bird sanctuaries. And as an ornithologist in…
[Cleanskins].
Edition of 150.
Each book in Tony White’s Piece of Paper Press series consists of a single A4 sheet, photocopied or desktop printed on both sides. The sheets are then folded to make a sixteen-page booklet, stapled and trimmed by hand. The edition…
Each book in Tony White’s Piece of Paper Press series consists of a single A4 sheet, photocopied or desktop printed on both sides. The sheets are then folded to make a sixteen-page booklet, stapled and trimmed by hand. The edition…
Bound page proofs for Urne Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus.
Edited with an introduction by John Carter.
Provenance: John Carter, with his manuscript corrections and revisions; then John Sparrow, with his signature.
Labeled in John Carter's hand “2nd proof corrected” on the half-title and “final proof” on the…
St. George and the Dragon.
Designed by Dali, etched by Stanley William Hayter, plate: 17⅝ x 11¼ in.; sheet: 22⅝ x 15¼ in. Engraved on Whatman wove paper and signed by Dali. Edition of 260.
Depictions and accounts of the myth of St. George and the Dragon have appeared in…
Depictions and accounts of the myth of St. George and the Dragon have appeared in…