Search Results: Authors starting with I from Cole & Contreras

Barcelona: Boza Editor, 1993. 5 signed and numbered etchings printed in color and metallic inks and retouched by hand. Riera i Arago is one of Spain's leading artists. Edition limited to 89 copies. Large 8vo. In the original folding case, THE FRONT COVER OF WHICH IS AN ORiGINAL BRONZE RELIEF BY RIERA I ARAGO. Fine and bright, with no defects. A beautiful book printed on wonderful handmade paper.

London, 1886 (reprint). Two volumes in one, complete. Perhaps the best bibliography of antiquarian books on the subject. Thousands of items described. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Like new.

Tokyo, 1968. FIRST EDITION of the autobiography of this multifaceted Japanese artist. 275 pp plus 16 full-page color plates (of artworks) plus 12 photographs (mainly of the artist). Text in Japanese. A PRESENTATION COPY from the artist / author to SYLVAN COLE, dean of American print dealers, with an inscription in Japanese and English and a SMALL SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH IN INK. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Dustjacket. A bit of light wear to edges of dustjacket, else FINE AND BRIGHT.

Milano (Milan): Edizioni del Buon Tiempo, 1996. A stunning livre d'artiste / portfolio of prints, with both text and illustrations printed from linoleum blocks. Eleven large (35 x 50 cm) sheets, printed in bright colors, each initialed by the author / artist (the twelfth sheet, the justification / colophon, features an original linocut by L. Passerini.) Edition limited to 40 numbered copies, printed on fine, thick Graphia wove paper and signed in full by the author / artist in the justification / colophon. Oblong large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT.

La Haye (The Hague): Galerie Nouvelles Images, 1976. A RARE AND ENIIGMATIC LIVRE D'ARTISTE, WITH ELEVEN POEMS AND ELEVEN SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY MICHEL SEUPHOR. Edition limited to 60 numbered copies printed on fine Arches wove paper, all signed below the justification by the author / artist. Large 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. Housed in the original board folding case (case lightly worn.) Accompanied by a copy of the limited trade edition, printed the same year by the same gallery, with both the original French text and a Dutch translation of Seuphor's poems.

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1884. Three volumes, complete. AN STUNNING, COMPLETE SET OF STÜRLER'S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE DIVINE COMEDY, one of the great 19th-century conceptions of Dante's text, LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES AND PRACTICALLY NEVER FOUND COMPLETE. A brief "avertissement" by Stürler followed by a longer preface by Henri Delaborde. Fine lithographed portrait of Stürler after Ingres on chine appliqué, and 111 mixed etchings by Baudran after Stürler, also on chine appliqué, each with a facing explanatory sheet beautifuly printed by Didot on very fine wove paper. Large folios (49.1 cm). Elegantly bound in contemporary half morocco and decorated boards, spines with fleurons in six compartments. FINE AND BRIGHT, INSIDE AND OUT. THIS SET HAS BEEN ENTIRELY MOUNTED ON HINGES AND IS IN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION, INTERNALLY SPOTLESS AND PRISTINE. VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT.

1976. An accordion-fold mock-up for a publication about Kozo, with a folding silkscreen entitled "Deux bambous". I do not know if it was ever published; I have not been able to locate any copies. First page SIGNED BY KOZO with ink and brush, boldly an calligraphically. Printed on extremely fine wove paper. Silkscreen signed in pencil by the artist. In perfect condition. VERY RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE.

Paris: Auguste Picard, 1933-1935. Two volumes, complete. First and only edition of this exhaustive history of universities from the middle ages until 1860. Large 8vo, original wraps. Minor wear and staining to wraps, internally fine.

Paris: Editions Hansma, 2013. The tenth and final volume of the catalogue raisonné. 216 pp. 127 color plates; 9 b&w plates. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth. NEW.

New York: Public Illumination Editions, 1984. Jeffrey Isaac. A charming artist's book, with 12 full- or double-page depictions of saints (reproductions of paintings by Isaac) in shockingly modern settings. Edition limited to 600 copies. Printed accordion-fold on fine paper. 12mo. Bound in original leatherette. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects. Like new. sxxi

Barcelona: Imp. Elzeviriana / Biblioteca Catalana / Miquel Rius, 1916. THREE VOLUMES, COMPLETE. First critical edition of this important 15th-century Catalan life of Christ. Printed on fine Guarro laid paper. Facsimiles. Large 8vo, publisher's goldstamped cloth. ENTIRELY UNCUT, FINE, AND BRIGHT. LIKE NEW, IN PERFECT CONDITION.

East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University, 1986. The catalogue raisonne of Takal's prints. 115 items described and illustrated. Large 4to, original wraps, near fine.

Paris: Picard / Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1982. The third and final (and far and away the most elusive) volume of the Recueil général des Isopets, the first scholarly compilations of the "Isopets", or "Little Aesops", medieval French fabulists who followed the classical tradition. Extensive notes. This third volume is devoted to the fables of Julien Macho. Published by the Societe des Anciens Textes Francais. Large 8vo, original wraps. UNCUT, FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare.

Barcelona: Fine Art Gallery Jean-Paul Perrier and Paris: Editions des Catalogues Raisonnes, 2006. The best monograph on Braque's jewelry and ceramics. 96 pp. Text in French and Spanish. Dozens of color plates illustrating works of art by Braque, both his designs (usually gouaches) and the finished objects. Folio. Publisher's illustrated boards. FINE AND BRIGHT. Printed in a small edition, and already scarce.

Lipsiae (Leipzig): Sumptib. Haered. Friderici Lankisii, 1707 [and] Oxonii (Oxford): E Typographeo Academico (Oxford University Press), 1839. Two volumes. ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF THESE TWO WORKS, WHICH TOGETHER FORM THE ONLY RELIABLE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF THE CHURCH FATHERS. Ittig: [8], clxii, 802, [82] pp, with engraved frontispiece and title-page printed in red and black. Dowling: xv, 282 pp plus publisher's catalogue (32 pp) bound in at end. Ittig covers every edition of the works of the Church Fathers published until 1700; Dowling continues down to 1838. All editions are described in great detail, with their complete contents specified. Both volumes fully indexed. Ittig: 8vo, bound in contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, internally fine. Dowling: Large 8vo, uncut in publisher's boards with paper spine label, spine label lightly worn, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Graesse III, 439: "Ouvrage tres important...." A monumental work, and very rare.

Marseille, 1946. A sheet of wove paper (10 x 12 cm) inscribed and SIGNED on one side by actor Jacques Morel, and on the other side by pianist Jose Iturbi (with a sketch of a chef). From the exemplary collection of maître d'hôtel Maurice Guérin, who worked from the 1930s to the 1960s at top restaurants in the South of France and aboard the S.S. Normandie. Some adhesive remains, else in good condition. A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING ITEM.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930. First edition of this collection of notes prepared by Ivins for an exhibition of prints. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Light wear to binding, else fine.