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Berlin: Ben Joachim Pauli, 1783. First Edition. Near fine. Ludwig Schmidt and others. Oblong 4to, 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (211 x 260 mm), 117 fine hand-colored engraved plates, printed on handmade laid paper. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper boards and a handwritten paper label on the spine, chipped; binding rubbed and corners bumped but binding is square and firm; all edges red; light water stain to the cover and fly sheets, not affecting the plates. Very light foxing on a few of the plates. The copy offered here does not include the plate relating to the entomologist's instruments, which is included in some copies. [Nissen, ZBI 2078]. An exceedingly rare and beautifully-illustrated work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky and JFW Herbst, whose Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of exotic and European butterflies, and edited following the system of Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778), the father of modern taxonomy, as stated in the subtitle of the work. Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1765 -… Read More

1849. Etching on light gray Chine collant, laid down to ivory wove paper, 4 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (110 x 195 mm) (Chine matrix), full margins. In very good condition with light mat tone and one lentil-sized spot of light yellow discoloration at the top right sheet corner, wove paper, well outside of image area. Only known state. [Guiffrey 89; Beraldi 89; Fonds Français 236]. Born in Paris in May of 1813, little is known about the early personal life of Charles-Émile Jacque. It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter. As a young man, Jacque apprenticed to a map maker in Paris, and after military service, where he served as a cartographer, he left for England, where he was employed as an engraver for La Charivari.  After two years in London, Jacque returned home to Paris, and made his Salon debut in 1833. Jacque continued to regularly contribute paintings and prints to the Salon every year until 1870.… Read More

1850. Etching on Chine collé mounted to cream wove paper, 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (97 x 147 mm), full margins. With a pencil notation in the right margin on the recto (outside of image area), as well as some adhesive residue at the top right and left corners (also outside of the image area). On the verso are two small patches of very light and unobtrusive yellowing, neither of which present on the recto. An impression of this charming image can be found in ther permament collection of the British Museum (Museum No. 1866,0210.168).

1843. Etching on chine-collé laid down to cream wove paper, 4 x 4 5/8 inches (100 x 121 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor mat tone, several unobtrusive spots of foxing in lower quadrant of image area. Tape residue at top right and left sheet corners, on the support matrix. Born in Paris in May of 1813, little is known about the early personal life of Charles-Émile Jacque. It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter. As a young man, Jacque apprenticed to a map maker in Paris, and after military service, where he served as a cartographer, he left for England, where he was employed as an engraver for La Charivari.  After two years in London, Jacque returned home to Paris, and made his Salon debut in 1833. Jacque continued to regularly contribute paintings and prints to the Salon every year until 1870. It was when great a cholera epidemic swept Paris in the middle of the 19th century that… Read More

1845. Etching on Chine-collé mounted to heavy wove paper, 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (758 x 108 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in the plate, upper right. In good condition with minor mat tone. An impression of this work can be found in the collection of the British Museum.

1840. Etching on chine-collé laid down to cream wove paper, 80 x 121 mm; 3 3/16 x 4 13/16 inches, full margins. In good condition with minor mat and light tone around in image area, adhesive residue at top right and left corners (well outside of image area). Several scattered pea-sized spots of light yellow discoloration on verso, one showing through to recto, visible on lower right extreme sheet edge (well outside of image area), recto. Born in Paris in May of 1813, little is known about the early personal life of Charles-Émile Jacque. It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter. As a young man, Jacque apprenticed to a map maker in Paris, and after military service, where he served as a cartographer, he left for England, where he was employed as an engraver for La Charivari.  After two years in London, Jacque returned home to Paris, and made his Salon debut in 1833. Jacque continued to regularly… Read More

Paris: Marchant, 1844. Etching on chine collé mounted to white wove paper, 3 11/16 x 5 (92 x 125 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor mat tone. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. [Guiffrey 34].

Paris: L'Artiste, 1865. Etching on Chine collé adhered to white wove paper, as issued. 2 9/16 x 3 5/8 inches (650 x 930 mm), full margins. In very good condition with some minor areas of light yellow discoloration in the margins, well out side of image area. With the blind stamp of the publisher in the lower left margin. [Guiffrey 1866, 88.176]. An impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 63.625.448a. L'Artiste was a weekly illustrated review published in Paris from 1831 to 1904, supplying "the richest single source of contemporary commentary on artists, exhibitions and trends from the Romantic era to the end of the nineteenth century." -Nancy Ann Roth, "'L'Artiste' and 'L'Art Pour L'Art': the new cultural journalism in the July Monarchy", The Art Journal (1989:35-39) Also see Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885-1892, cat. no.… Read More

Paris: Delâatre, 1846. Etching on chine collé mounted to white wove paper, 3 x 4 5/8 inches (75 x 112 mm), full margins. Scattered light areas of adhesive residue with associated discoloration along the top sheet edge on the verso, with some minor visibility on the recto, well outside of the image area. Light mat tone. Otherwise in very good condition. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. [Guiffrey 110].

1850. Etching on Chine-collé mounted to heavy wove paper, 3 11/16 x 3 5/8 inches (93 x 90 mm), full margins. Signed in the plate, lower right. With various scattered light areas of yellow discoloration in the margins, well outside of image area. An impression of this work can be found in the collection of the British Museum. Born in Paris in May of 1813, little is known about the early personal life of Charles-Émile Jacque. It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter. As a young man, Jacque apprenticed to a map maker in Paris, and after military service, where he served as a cartographer, he left for England, where he was employed as an engraver for La Charivari.  After two years in London, Jacque returned home to Paris, and made his Salon debut in 1833. Jacque continued to regularly contribute paintings and prints to the Salon every year until 1870. It was when great a cholera epidemic swept Paris… Read More

Paris: Delatre, 1849. Drypoint etching and engraving on cream wove paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (209 x 158 mm), full margins. Significant damp-stain in the lower third of the sheet, appx 1/4 in vertical tear in upper right sheet edge, well outside of image area. Scattered foxing and light brown discolorations throughout. Paper residue along perimeter of left sheet edge, and top center, all well outside of image area. Born in Paris in May of 1813, little is known about the early personal life of Charles-Émile Jacque. It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter. As a young man, Jacque apprenticed to a map maker in Paris, and after military service, where he served as a cartographer, he left for England, where he was employed as an engraver for La Charivari.  After two years in London, Jacque returned home to Paris, and made his Salon debut in 1833. Jacque continued to regularly contribute paintings… Read More

1843. Engraving on chine collé, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (94 x 67 mm), full margins. In good condition with light mat tone, a few inscriptions in pencil in the margin, recto, and some paper tape residue at each of the top corners, recto. All unobtrusive and consistent with age. Born in Paris in May of 1813, little is known about the early personal life of Charles-Émile Jacque. It is known however, that he began his artistic pursuits in a nontraditional way, having trained as an etcher before having trained as a painter. As a young man, Jacque apprenticed to a map maker in Paris, and after military service, where he served as a cartographer, he left for England, where he was employed as an engraver for La Charivari.  After two years in London, Jacque returned home to Paris, and made his Salon debut in 1833. Jacque continued to regularly contribute paintings and prints to the Salon every year until 1870. It was when great a cholera epidemic swept Paris in the middle of the 19th century that Jacque's… Read More

1844. Etching on Chine collé mounted to cream wove paper, 3 5/8 x 5 1/8 (90 x 129 mm), full margins. With a pencil notation in the right margin on the recto (outside of image area), as well as some minor mat tone. Otherwise in very good condition.

G. Malthe, 1881. Etching on heavy, watermarked Arches wove paper, 7 x 9 3/8 inches (171 x 233 mm), full margins. In very good condition with minor uniform age tone becoming more moderate at the extreme sheet edges. With extensive notations by Jacques in pencil including a signature, date, title and inscription dated May 13th, 1930, Barbizon. With the Atelier Th. Rousseau / J.T. Hatcher Concessionnaire, Barbizon ink stamp on the verso. A touching scene of a young woman posing before Millet, modeling the female figure which would appear in his masterpiece painting L'Angelus. The painting depicts two peasants bowing in prayer over a basket of potatoes which they have just gleaned from a farm. Printed c 1930.

Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865. Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (367 x 268 mm), full margins. In very good condition with some minor toning at the extreme edges of the support sheet, as well as some pencil inscriptions at the lower sheet edge, well outside of the image area. With the Cadart blindstamp in the lower-center margin. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. From a volume published by the Société des Aquafortistes containing sixty prints by various artists including Delacroix, Jongkind, Corot, Courbet and Bracquemond. Published in Paris by Cadart et Luquet, 1867. Each image with artist and titles at front, and with the publisher's blindstamp.

1880. Lithograph on Les Lettres et les Arts watermarked cream wove paper with deckle edges, 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (220 x 265 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and numbered 34/52 in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with dog-eared corners at the top right and lower left, and minor wear along the edges resulting in several very minor nics, well outside of image are.

London: Published by the author, 1874. First Edition. Near fine. Quarto, 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (200 x 159 mm), pp. (2), 46, blank pages before and after illustrations, with 36 ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS; contemporary half morocco, three-quarter binding, decorative gilt on spine, 5 raised bands, marbled boards and end papers; slightly rubbed. Title and index lightly foxed, occasional pencil annotations. A pencil note under the text for Plate IV reads, "The Larva is drawn on the previous Plate III. The author in some copies drew the Larva and Moth on separate leaves, making two plates." [Freeman 1996] [Nissen ZBI 2119] "Theo Johnson's works are little known. He was an amateur naturalist and artist and in his works the text is conventionally typeset... however, there is very little text. He maintained that his illustrations were so accurate that long descriptions of the butter-fly were completely unnecessary. Johnson hand-drew and coloured all the plates himself from specimens in his own collection... The… Read More

London: W. Strahan and T. Cadwell, 1775. First Edition, First State. Very good +. 8vo, 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 (212 x 132 mm); Title, 284 pp, 1 leaf (errata with 11 items on 12 lines). Printed on laid paper, some foxing and offset. Later binding in crushed light tan morocco with gilt fillets, raised bands, gilt flower motif in compartments, and labels in red and green morocco. [Courtney & Smith, pp. 117 ff.; Clifford, pp. 29 ff.; ESTC T84319]. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three-year-old Johnson was accompanied by his thirty-two-year-old friend of many years James Boswell, who was also keeping a record of the trip, published in 1785 as A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Johnson and Boswell toured the Highlands and islands by carriage, on horseback and by boat, planning the stages of their… Read More

Rotterdam, 1867. Etching on cream laid paper. 5 7/16x7 7/16 inches (137 x 188 mm). Scattered toning, age stain, and scattered minor defects consistent with age. Second state (of 3). [Delteil 14]. Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker who was born in the town Lattrop, near Rotterdam in The Netherlands in 1819. He was trained at the art academy in The Hague under Andreas Schelfhout, in 1846 he moved to Montparnasse in Paris, France where he studied under Eugène Isabey and François-Édouard Picot. In 1848 the Paris Salon accepted his work for its exhibition, and he received acclaim from critic Charles Baudelaire and later on from Émile Zola. Despite this, he was to experience little commercial success. He is considered a contemporary pioneer of impressionist painting. Manet called Jongkind the "father of impressionism". His compositions which largely consist of river and sea landscapes are connected to the Dutch painting traditions of his homeland. After moving to Paris the… Read More

1940. Four pencil drawings, each with hand coloring in watercolor, each 6 3/4 x 10 inches (sheet) (172 x 254 mm), full margins. Each with inscriptions and notations by the artist in the upper left margin (recto); two drawings titled in pencil in the upper right margin (recto), and one drawing is signed in pencil in the lower right margin (recto). Each drawing in very good condition with minor uniform toning, and two spots of very light discoloraion on the verso representing former mounts. A lovely quatro of delicate, precise designs.