Search Results: Authors starting with K from Cole & Contreras

Paris: L. Curmer / V. Lecou, 1851. First illustrated edition. Profusely illustrated with wood-engravings and 8 full-page hors-texte engraved plates of flowers, delicately colored by hand and with all the original lettered tissue-guards. One of the great mid-19th century illustrated books. 4to. Original half morocco and pebbled boards, spine in five compartments, beautifully gilt. Light wear to extremities of binding, internally bright and fine. An excellent copy of an elusive book, well-preserved and in its original binding.

Hertford: St. Austin & Sons, 1835. FIRST EDITION of this important translation, printed for students of the East India College. iv, 147 pp. Printed on good wove paper. 8vo. Recent wraps. Internally clean. Very good. Rare.

Utrecht: Kemink et Fils, 1866 [reprint, 1977]. Very scarce, high-quality reprint of this important catalogue raisonne of the prints made by and after Dutch and Flemish painters of the 16th to 18th centuries. These artists generally made very few prints and thus no individual catalogues have been dedicated to them. Artists include Hans Bol, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Cuyp, De Hooch, Maes, and 32 others. Hundreds of prints described in great detail. 36 full-page plates. Large folio, publisher's cloth. Fine.

Boston: Thomas Todd, 1904. First and only edition of this emotive paper presented by Helen Keller at the first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association for Promoting the Interests of the Adult Blind. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. 12mo, original wraps. Absolutely fine and pristine.

Barcelona: Biblioteca Central, 1968. A catalogue of an astonishing private collection of editions of Kempis' Imitation of Christ. The collection was given to the Biblioteca Central de Barcelona (now the Biblioteca de Catalunya) by the collector's children. 670 items described, in many different languages. 22 plates of photographic facsimiles. Large 8vo, FINE AND BRIGHT in original wraps, uncut and unopened. Like new.

Paris: Aux Trois Soleils, 1946. A beautiful livre d'artiste with the FIRST EDITION of this verse bestiary by Kerdyk and 14 LARGE FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (with drypoint, aquatint, etc) BY PEDRO ZAMORANO DE BIEDMA. These intricate, technically complex and extremely accomplished depictions of animals reflect influences as varied as the Surrealists, Chagall, and Picasso (especially his etchings for Buffon). From an edition limited to 450 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 16 COPIES ON LANA WOVE PAPER WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS ON RIVES WOVE PAPER. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. A little discoloration to spine of wrapper, internally FINE AND BRIGHT.

Paris, 1980. First edition of the first study of Blanchard's poetry. Signed and inscribed by Despert to poet and translator Leo Birch. Also signed by Kerhoas. Octavo. Very good in original wraps, with a tear at base of spine.

New York: Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, 1874 (reprint). AN IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHY / BOOKSELLER'S CATALOGUE. Reprint. 40 pp. plus two pages with 12 wood-engravings depicting devils. Hundreds of items thoroughly (and often wittily) described. All items priced. 4to. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1956. 56 high-quality full-page plates. One of 1440 numbered copies printed on Dutch laid paper. Large 4to, publisher's cloth. Fine in a NF dj.

Hauniae (Copenhagen): Impensis Andr. Fred. Hostii et Filii, 1875. A very rare scholarly monograph. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Near fine.

Berlin: Rembrandt-Verlag, 1956. The best monograph on Sintenis' sculpture, profusely illustrated in black and white. Text in German. 4to. Original cloth. Fine and bright in a good dj.

London: Kitchin, 1788. AN ATTRACTIVE MAP OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. 20.5 x 24 cm (plate), 22.5 x 27.5 cm (sheet). Original outline color. Printed on fine wove paper. Reverse blank. A fine impression. A PRISTINE EXAMPLE, with the paper FINE AND BRIGHT. Very scarce in such fine condition.

Leipzig: Insel, n.d.. Almost 1200 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Very good.

New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1955 (reprint). The catalogue raisonne of Kollwitz' prints. 267 items extensively described and illustrated. One of 200 copies. 4to, publisher's cloth, fine.

Friburgi Brisgoviae (Freiburg im Breisgau): Typis Satronianis, sumptibus Wagneriorum, 1780. Volume I, all published of what was to be a monumental scholarly study of the antiquities of the Church. Includes a wealth of bibliographic information about early books and manuscripts pertaining to the Church and the church fathers. Three full-page engraved plates. 8vo. Bound in recent boards, with an old leather spine label. Stamp (in Hungarian?) on title-page, else fine and bright.

Lipsiae (Leipzig): Typis G. Kreysing, 1865. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of Samuel Kohn's dissertation (University of Breslau) on the Samaritan Pentateuch. Printed on good wove paper, with abundant exotic types: Samaritan, Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek. 8vo. ENTIRELY UNCUT (23 cm). A bit of faint spotting, else A PRISTINE COPY, UNBOUND AS ISSUED.

Bern: Galerie Kornfeld, 2005. Paul Klee. Second, last and best edition of the standard catalogue raisonne. 313 pp. 113 items reproduced (often in multiple states) and thoroughly described. Edition limited to 1200 copies. Folio. Publisher's cloth, dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Paris, 1787. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SHOT FIRED IN THE KORNMAN-BERGASSE AFFAIR, THE BEST-KNOWN LEGAL INTRIGUE INVOLVING BEAUMARCHAIS. 112, lxvii pp. 4to. STITCHED AN UNBOUND AS ISSUED. Minimal wear, but a PRISTINE COPY WITH FULL MARGINS. Morton & Spinelli 1017. RARE.

Paris: Imprimerie Polytype, 1787. First and only edition of this document relating to the Kornman-Bergasse affair, the best-known of Beaumarchais' legal intrigues. 42 pp. 4to. UNCUT AND STITCHED AS ISSUED, WITH HUGE MARGINS. FINE AND BRIGHT. Morton & Spinelli 1057. RARE.

Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1967. A Festschrift for the legendary bookseller H.P. Kraus. Includes, among dozens of other articles, a bibliography of books printed by Johannes Petreius and a bibliography of books illustrated by Henry Alken (89 items). 4to. Bound in publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT.