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A Curious Herbal, Containing Five Hundred Cuts of the Most Useful Plants, which are now used in the Practice of Physick, Vol. I.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries few women authored botanical books. The author and illustrator that started me on collecting botanical books, Mrs. Loudon (Jane Wells), wrote books to pay off her husband’s debts. A century earlier,…
Wives and Daughters (Volume I of Novels and Tales of Mrs. Gaskell).
Provenance: Margaret Keynes; presentation inscription from Charles Darwin’s wife, Emma, to their son Leonard.
In the words of Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson, Randal Keynes, this book needed “a very good home.” Gaskell was close to the…
In the words of Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson, Randal Keynes, this book needed “a very good home.” Gaskell was close to the…
About Sylvia.
Edition of 50, with lithographs by Enid Mark printed on Arches Velin paper, hand-bound by Sarah Creighton in a chemise of black Tiziano paper from the Fabriano mill, and with title calligraphy by Jerry Kelly.
About Sylvia was conceived by Enid Mark,…
Cours de danse fin de siècle.
Illustrations by Louis Legrand.Binding by Marius Michel, with a black mosaic title and an incised roundel painted to represent Le Moulin de la Galette.Provenance: Henri Beraldi.A unique copy for Henri Beraldi, with six watercolors and five proofs of…
Ireland’s Literary Renaissance.
Provenance: Stanislaus Joyce, with a presentation inscription by his brother, James.
James Joyce didn’t appear in the original 1916 edition of Ernest Boyd’s classic survey—a virtual ‘Top 100” of the Irish literary revival. In this 1922 “New…
James Joyce didn’t appear in the original 1916 edition of Ernest Boyd’s classic survey—a virtual ‘Top 100” of the Irish literary revival. In this 1922 “New…
Ptenophorae (tafel 27), from Kunstformen der natur.
Lithograph, 10¾ x 7⅝ in.
Ernst Haeckel was a prominent scientist and proponent of Darwinian evolution. Many of the illustrations from this work, "art forms in nature," show creatures arranged artfully and rendered scientifically accurate.…
Ernst Haeckel was a prominent scientist and proponent of Darwinian evolution. Many of the illustrations from this work, "art forms in nature," show creatures arranged artfully and rendered scientifically accurate.…
Chronicon.
Provenance: Abel Berland.
My primary collection is the Aldine Press, but my eye occasionally wanders to other examples of early Venetian printing. This book is a synchronistic history of the world, in which each column represents the chronological…
My primary collection is the Aldine Press, but my eye occasionally wanders to other examples of early Venetian printing. This book is a synchronistic history of the world, in which each column represents the chronological…
Der Wasserman.
Edition of 70.
Provenance: Type designers Georg Trump and Hermann Zapf.
Der Wassermann has a legendary status among those interested in the letter arts. Each copy consists of four portfolios containing hundreds of examples of Schneidler’s…
Provenance: Type designers Georg Trump and Hermann Zapf.
Der Wassermann has a legendary status among those interested in the letter arts. Each copy consists of four portfolios containing hundreds of examples of Schneidler’s…
Raccolta delle cose più notabili vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudite vescovo Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna, con i disegni di animali, e machine a noi incognite e dal medesimo descritte nella sua celebre istoria.
Provenance: Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow.
Although the focus of my collection is on Venetian illustrated books and prints, these engravings published in Naples were irresistible. The nine prints describe an imaginary voyage to the moon and show…
Although the focus of my collection is on Venetian illustrated books and prints, these engravings published in Naples were irresistible. The nine prints describe an imaginary voyage to the moon and show…
Catalogue of the Library at Eshton Hall, in the County of York.
Frances Mary Richardson Currer built a library that placed her, in Dibdin’s words, “at THE HEAD of all female Collectors in Europe” (Reminiscences, 2:949). She greatly expanded the collection she inherited and published this catalogue for private…