JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA EDICION CONMEMORATIVA by RAFAEL TOVAR Y DE TERESA, MERCURIO LOPEZ CASILLAS, ET AL - 2013

1st Edition.Rare. Hardcover. No D/J. G.M. Tucker. 1906. Red covers with gilt titles. Worn spine , intact . 10 stories, illustrated by G.M. Tucker. Happy to answer any questions and will gladly email a scan of book. Illus.

London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1802. Very Good. 1 aquatint engraving 439 x 317 mm. (image is 221 x 312 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in right margin; minor loss at lower right-hand corner; otherwise, clean and bright.

[Circa 1639-1643), 1639. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Very Good. Etching And Engraving On Fine Laid Paper Trimmed Along The Plate Mark. Size: (Sheet) 16.5 X 14.3 Cm; (Image Borderline) 15.7 X 13.9 Cm. Inscribed Within The Image Borderline At Lower Left: "Rodermont / Fecit" Lettered Below The Image Borderline At Centre: "Iohnnes Secvndvs Hagiensis. / Poeta". State Iii (With The Addition Of The Artist'S Signature). Circa 1639-1643 , Engraved By Peter Rottermond. Johannes Secundus Hagiensis", Portrait Of The Neo-Latin Poet And Numismatist (1511-36) (Aka Janus Secundus; Johannes Everaert) . Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album.

Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. Very Good. [104] p.: 19 full-page and 5 half-page illustrations; 36 cm. Loose signatures housed in card portfolio with black cover title. This is an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 100 copies, set in Airport Black Type by Typographic Service; the plates were printed by the Beck Engraving Co. Surrealist painter and printmaker Dmitri Petrov (1919-1986) was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The poems by English poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845) illustrated here by Petrov are: The Dream of Eugene Aram -- The Last Man -- The Song of the Shirt -- The Key: A Moorish Romance -- The Stag-Eyed Lady: A Moorish Tale -- The Bridge of Sighs. In Very Good Condition: portfolio is separating along spine and lacking some paper over spine and at edges, with small archival repair; internally clean and crisp.

The Boy Travellers in the Far East - Part fifth. Illustrated. 473 pp.+1 colour plate h.t. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884.
--- Pictorial cloth gilt. Some wear at corners and spine ends (see photos). Pages bright and clean. A dedication written on a blank page. Richly illustrated with engravings. Tight binding.

London: J. Jenkins, 1815. Very Good -. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 154 x 222 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published July 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. Very Good. [104] p.: 19 full-page and 5 half-page illustrations; 36 cm. Loose signatures housed in card portfolio with black cover title. This is an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 100 copies, set in Airport Black Type by Typographic Service; the plates were printed by the Beck Engraving Co. Surrealist painter and printmaker Dmitri Petrov (1919-1986) was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The poems by English poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845) illustrated here by Petrov are: The Dream of Eugene Aram -- The Last Man -- The Song of the Shirt -- The Key: A Moorish Romance -- The Stag-Eyed Lady: A Moorish Tale -- The Bridge of Sighs. In Very Good Condition: portfolio is separating along spine and lacking some paper over spine and at edges, with small archival repair; internally clean and crisp.

The Boy Travellers in the Far East - Part fifth. Illustrated. 473 pp.+1 colour plate h.t. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884.
--- Pictorial cloth gilt. Some wear at corners and spine ends (see photos). Pages bright and clean. A dedication written on a blank page. Richly illustrated with engravings. Tight binding.

Eau-forte orig. et pointe sèche sur chine collé, sur vergé. Signé et daté 1866 en haut dans la plaque. Image: 127 x 211mm / la feuille: 175 x 265mm. Très belle impression par Auguste Delâtre, et publiée par la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris. - Très bon état pour ce petit chef-d'oeuvre de la gravure française au 19ième siècle. - Jennings 18; Curtis & Prouté 21; état ii/ii. - Etching and dry-point on chine collé, and laid down on thin laid paper. A quite good text about the engraved work of this artist can be found in the catalogue of the Appian exhibit, shown at the Musée de Brou, 1997.

Paris, 1770. Copper engraving, beautifully hand coloured. Originally designed to be viewed through a zograscope. Title in French. Shows Geldersekade and the Schreierstoren with its bridge. After Jan de Beijer. In very good condition, under neat card mount. Visible area within card mount: 315 x 415 mm (12½ x 16¼ inches). A zograscope is an optical device for magnifying flat images, as the shape of the lens enhanced the sense of the depth shown in the picture. The precursor to 3D images! These were very fashionable in the late 18th century. Gravure sur cuivre, magnifiquement colorée à la main. Conçu à l'origine pour être vu à travers un zograscope. Titre en français. Montre la Geldersekade avec le Schreierstoren et son pont.En très bon état, sous passe-partout soigné. 315 x 415 mm Un zograscope est un appareil optique pour agrandir des images plates, car la forme de l'objectif améliore le sens de la profondeur montrée dans l'image. Le précurseur des images 3D ! Celles-ci étaient très… Read More