Mother Goose by RACKHAM, ARTHUR, illus - 1913

Etienne Charpentier, 1784. Hardcover. See Description. Tall folio (385 mm.). The entire book, including the text, was printed from engraved copper plates – 60 plates (an illustrated title page plate, 29 anatomical plates and 30 calligraphic letterpress plates). Bound in a contemporary or near contemporary binding with calf spine and decorative paste paper boards - rubbed, edges shelf worn, old ink stain on rear cover. Both the upper portion of the spine and the tail cap are carefully restored. Board corners are neatly repaired. Interior contains an occasional minor spots of marginal foxing; a couple of tiny holes or paper defects are present on the text plate opposite plate 20. The leaves are otherwise generally clean. Francois-Michel Disdier (1708-1781) was a professor of surgery and a drawing master at the Academy of Painting in Paris. His "Tableaux anatomiques", a deluxe anatomy book for physicians, was first published in 1758. Many of the plates were done by Crepy and Charpentier… Read More

San Francisco:: Pettingell Book Bindery / Art Hazelwood,, 2011.. Edition of 20. 12 x 13" fold-out boxed opera set with screenprinted covers. Includes miniature stage set, seven two-dimensional puppets that fit into groves in the stage floor, six engravings that act as changeable background drops, and a booklet with libretto. Engravings printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper and Lana Gravure paper. Screenprints printed on Hahnemühle Bugra paper and Arches Watercolor Hot Press paper. Booklet (8.5 x 5"; 24 pages) printed on Mohawk Superfine and set in Verlag, Chronicle Text, and Lithos Pro. Signed by Hazelwood. Art Hazelwood: "Tora Bora is a reverse engineered opera. The Seventeenth Century etcher Jacques Callot’s illustrations of scenes from operas inspired the thought—what if all that remained of an opera were etchings from a few scenes? How, for example, would the Magic Flute be reconstructed from that? With this in mind Art Hazelwood and Klaus-Ullrich… Read More

Paris: Chez l'artiste, 1970. Livre. Illus. by Shafic Abboud. Très bon. En Feuilles. Dédicacé par l'illustrateur. Edition originale. Petit In-Folio. Paris, Sur la presse de Abboud, 1970. 29,5 x 23 cm, petit in-folio, 14 ff. n. ch. comportant 1 titre lithographié, 13 lithographies à pleine page, 5 lithographies à double page, 1 colophon lithographié, 1 f. blanc, en feuilles sous un double feuillet blanc et une couverture rempliée entièrement lithographiée, rhodoïd. Edition originale. Tirage unique à 9 exemplaires seulement, tous sur vélin d'Arches (n° 3), celui-ci enrichi d'un bel ENVOI autographe signé de Shafic Abboud au poète Guy Marester et à son épouse Greta. Très rare livre d'artiste du plus grand peintre libanais contemporain, dont l'amour du livre est connu. Cette suite de 21 lithographies s'inspire d'un grand hamac en sisal… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company (Bernard Quaritch, London). Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1884. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Photo-lithograph plates (56) With ornamental Title-page and 56 magnificent full-page Illustrations by Elihu Vedder, reproduced by the Lewis phototype process. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium brown flat-weave cloth over beveled boards; front cover with gilt-ruled borders, symbolist design of vase, vine, swirl and stars, and titling 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' and 'Drawings by Elihu Vedder'; rear cover without decoration; spine with gilt-ruled borders, floral ornaments, and titling 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'; illustrator's facsimile signature, gilt, on front cover, lower right "V."; grey coated endpapers with grapevine decoration; t.e.g.. Detailed collation: 2 Frontis; 3 Title; 6 Pictorial Imprint; 7 Pictorial dedication; 10 Pictorial Fly-title; 11-103 Text of Third… Read More

Kôrin ehon michi shirube, 3 volumes bound together, Kyoho 20 (1735); Japanese stab binding; 16, 16, 15 double sheets; 2 page of text, 92 pages of woodblock prints; covers and title slip, a little worn; inside in fine condition, only very few stains, 4 sheets of vol 2 (10 – 13) with a little worming at lower margin; otherwise almost mint.The first publication of drawings by Korin. Browns mentions that this book is very rare !!!Reference: KSM 26620; Brown, page 59; for comparison, see Mfa, Boston, Accession Number 2008.1594
Ogata Kōrin (1658 –1716) was a Japanesepainter, lacquerer and designer of the Rinpa school. Kōrin is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Irises
and Red and White Plum Blossoms (both registered National Treasures), and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware produced by his brother Kenzan
(1663–1743). Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie
writing boxes or inrō medicine cases. He is… Read More

Etienne Charpentier, 1784. Hardcover. See Description. Tall folio (385 mm.). The entire book, including the text, was printed from engraved copper plates – 60 plates (an illustrated title page plate, 29 anatomical plates and 30 calligraphic letterpress plates). Bound in a contemporary or near contemporary binding with calf spine and decorative paste paper boards - rubbed, edges shelf worn, old ink stain on rear cover. Both the upper portion of the spine and the tail cap are carefully restored. Board corners are neatly repaired. Interior contains an occasional minor spots of marginal foxing; a couple of tiny holes or paper defects are present on the text plate opposite plate 20. The leaves are otherwise generally clean. Francois-Michel Disdier (1708-1781) was a professor of surgery and a drawing master at the Academy of Painting in Paris. His "Tableaux anatomiques", a deluxe anatomy book for physicians, was first published in 1758. Many of the plates were done by Crepy and Charpentier… Read More

San Francisco:: Pettingell Book Bindery / Art Hazelwood,, 2011.. Edition of 20. 12 x 13" fold-out boxed opera set with screenprinted covers. Includes miniature stage set, seven two-dimensional puppets that fit into groves in the stage floor, six engravings that act as changeable background drops, and a booklet with libretto. Engravings printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper and Lana Gravure paper. Screenprints printed on Hahnemühle Bugra paper and Arches Watercolor Hot Press paper. Booklet (8.5 x 5"; 24 pages) printed on Mohawk Superfine and set in Verlag, Chronicle Text, and Lithos Pro. Signed by Hazelwood. Art Hazelwood: "Tora Bora is a reverse engineered opera. The Seventeenth Century etcher Jacques Callot’s illustrations of scenes from operas inspired the thought—what if all that remained of an opera were etchings from a few scenes? How, for example, would the Magic Flute be reconstructed from that? With this in mind Art Hazelwood and Klaus-Ullrich… Read More

Paris: Chez l'artiste, 1970. Livre. Illus. by Shafic Abboud. Très bon. En Feuilles. Dédicacé par l'illustrateur. Edition originale. Petit In-Folio. Paris, Sur la presse de Abboud, 1970. 29,5 x 23 cm, petit in-folio, 14 ff. n. ch. comportant 1 titre lithographié, 13 lithographies à pleine page, 5 lithographies à double page, 1 colophon lithographié, 1 f. blanc, en feuilles sous un double feuillet blanc et une couverture rempliée entièrement lithographiée, rhodoïd. Edition originale. Tirage unique à 9 exemplaires seulement, tous sur vélin d'Arches (n° 3), celui-ci enrichi d'un bel ENVOI autographe signé de Shafic Abboud au poète Guy Marester et à son épouse Greta. Très rare livre d'artiste du plus grand peintre libanais contemporain, dont l'amour du livre est connu. Cette suite de 21 lithographies s'inspire d'un grand hamac en sisal… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company (Bernard Quaritch, London). Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1884. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Photo-lithograph plates (56) With ornamental Title-page and 56 magnificent full-page Illustrations by Elihu Vedder, reproduced by the Lewis phototype process. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium brown flat-weave cloth over beveled boards; front cover with gilt-ruled borders, symbolist design of vase, vine, swirl and stars, and titling 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' and 'Drawings by Elihu Vedder'; rear cover without decoration; spine with gilt-ruled borders, floral ornaments, and titling 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'; illustrator's facsimile signature, gilt, on front cover, lower right "V."; grey coated endpapers with grapevine decoration; t.e.g.. Detailed collation: 2 Frontis; 3 Title; 6 Pictorial Imprint; 7 Pictorial dedication; 10 Pictorial Fly-title; 11-103 Text of Third… Read More

Kôrin ehon michi shirube, 3 volumes bound together, Kyoho 20 (1735); Japanese stab binding; 16, 16, 15 double sheets; 2 page of text, 92 pages of woodblock prints; covers and title slip, a little worn; inside in fine condition, only very few stains, 4 sheets of vol 2 (10 – 13) with a little worming at lower margin; otherwise almost mint.The first publication of drawings by Korin. Browns mentions that this book is very rare !!!Reference: KSM 26620; Brown, page 59; for comparison, see Mfa, Boston, Accession Number 2008.1594
Ogata Kōrin (1658 –1716) was a Japanesepainter, lacquerer and designer of the Rinpa school. Kōrin is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Irises
and Red and White Plum Blossoms (both registered National Treasures), and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware produced by his brother Kenzan
(1663–1743). Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie
writing boxes or inrō medicine cases. He is… Read More