Search Results: Titles starting with D from Cole & Contreras

Brunswyk (Braunschweig, Brunswick), drukked im Forstliken Weisenhuse (Waisenhausbuchhandlung), 1826. First complete edition of this 13th-century Low Saxon chronicle. XVI, 336 pp. Scheller filled the lacunae in the manuscript by translating a 15th-century translation of the chronicle back into Plattdeutsch, earning him the mockery of leading philologists. Interestingly, many of the quires are PRINTED ON BLUISH LAID PAPER. 8vo. Bound in contemporary marbled boards. A bit of wear to binding, but structurally solid. Internally very clean. Very scarce.

Paris: Glyptographie Silvestre for Marpon & Flammarion, 1892. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of this landmark study of Occitanian history and culture, including Gascony, Provence, the Alps, and Piedmont. XX, 21-287 pp. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE JAPANESE PAPER, THE ONLY LARGE-PAPER COPIES (the regular edition was printed on cheap wood-pulp paper.) 8vo. Beautifully bound in later three-quarters Havana morocco and marbled boards. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved (the front cover is beautifully desgined in color and gold by Charles Toche.) IN PERFECT CONDITION, like new with no defects. Labarère 56. Large-paper copies are very rare.

Paris: Nagel, 1951. Fiest edition. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE AMERICAN LAID PAPER (these are the only large-paper copies). 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Spine slightly cocked, else FINE AND BRIGHT. sxxi

Paris: Georges Cres, 1918. A charming album of lithographs of Norman towns by Jean-Charles Contel, with poems by Pierre Varenne and an introduction by Gustave Geffroy. 12 FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS, 10 of which are on a tinted background. The lithographs depict street scenes and old buildings in Rouen, Lisieux, Evreux, and other towns in Normandy. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY CONTEL. Folio. Attractively bound in recent marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. Some spotting (mainly marginal) to a few lithographs, else fine and bright.

Paris: Editions Galerie de Marignan, 1926-1961. A RARE SUITE OF 12 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS DEVOTED TO DANCE MOVEMENTS FROM THIS RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE / SCHOOL OF PARIS ARTIST, EXECUTED IN 1926 (when the artist was 21) but not published until 35 years later. From an edition of 100 sets printed on fine Arches wove paper. Loose as issued in board folder with printed dustjacket. Light wear to folder, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. RARE AND IMPORTANT.

Paris: Editions du Belier, 1932. A PERFECT COPY ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER of this beautifully-illustrated edition of Dante´s Paradiso, with art déco typography by François-Louis Schmied. 141 pp. From a total edition of 500 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 54 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF COSTETTI'S WOOD-ENGRAVINGS, PRINTED WITHOUT THE TEXT ON FINE CHINESE PAPER. Laid in is a cordial handwritten letter (dated 1932) from Maurice Tahon, co-founder (with Schmied) of Editions du Belier, to the original purchaser of this volume. 4to. Sewn in original printed wraps. Suite of wood-engravings loose as issued. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS, in the original board chemise and slipcase.

Trieste: Tipografia del Lloyd Austriaco, 1865. First and only edition of this scarce bibliographical work dedicated to Dante. The author, Agostino Palesa, published these notes, based on his admirable collection of rare and important editions of the works of Dante, on the occasion of the sixth centary of the poet's birth. Printed on good wove paper. Small 4to, original wraps. Light wear to spine, else about fine. Uncut and unopened. Very scarce.

Bamberg and Leipzig: Kunz and Brockhaus, 1827-1831. Three parts bound in one volume, COMPLETE. These three parts were originally intended to be the second volume of a three-volume study, but no more was published. This volume, however, is the complete catalogue raisonné and bibliography, the first comprehensive catalogue devoted to this great artist and a groundbreaking work of art-historical scholarship. In all, X + 1090 pages and three plates, one folding. In Part I, Heller describes hundreds of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Part II features 2,555 prints, of which the vast majority are copies, fakes, and prints after works by Dürer: unlike later cataloguers of the master's work, Heller describes these apocryphal works in great detail, providing hundreds of small woodcut illustrations of details which distinguish the originals from the copies. To this day, Heller remains the definitive source on early copies of Dürer's work. Part III, which is often missing (as it was published… Read More

Wiesbaden: F. A. Brockhaus, 1972. The classic critical edition. 8vo, publisher's cloth. About fine.

Berlin: Akademie-Verlag / S. Fischer, 1959. The original edition of the standard bibliography of the works of Thomas Mann. About 1,000 works described. 320 pp. Large 8vo. Original cloth. Fine and bright, with previous owner's stamp on back of title.

Berlin: Verlag von Fritz Gurlitt, 1917. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF CORINTH'S PRINTS. 175 pp. plus XXXII leaves of plates (four reproductions per leaf). 246 items fully described. Edition limited to 600 numbered copies. Frontispice lithograph missing. 4to. Original illustrated boards. Spine and joints worn, internally clean. Scarce.

Paris: Didot / Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1880. First edition of this important Provencal chanson de geste, found in a unique manuscript in the Didot collection. Published by the Societe des Anciens Textes Francais. One of 100 large-paper copies beautifully printed on fine Whatman wove paper. This copy was printed for Alfred Didot. Large 8vo, quarter morocco over decorated boards, all edges beautifully marbled. One corner of upper board scraped, spine sunned. Else fine. Gautier 1200.

Paris: Didot / Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1880. First edition of this important Provencal chanson de geste. Published by the Societe des Anciens Textes Francais. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth. Uncut. Very light wear to binding, else fine. Gautier 1200.

Paris?, c. 1920?. AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT: A POETIC APPRAISAL OF THE WORKS OF JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID. 52 verses (divided into 11 stanzas) in neat script in black ink on two leaves on ledger paper. WITH TWO PAGES OF ROUGH DRAFTS FOR THIS POEM, heavily edited. Four leaves in all. In very good condition, with a few minor marginal tears to drafts (no loss of paper or text.) Although many artists of the School of Paris tried their hands at poetry, only Rouault succeeded. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.

Paris: Textes Pretextes, 1951. AN OUTSTANDING COPY of this fascinating livre d'artiste written and illustrated by Gus Bofa. Most books illustrated by Bofa feature photomechanical reproductions of drawings, but this book is illustrated with original etchings throughout. Includes full-page etching with aquatint on the cover, printed in green and black; full-page hors-texte frontispiece etching with aquatint, printed in green and black; 10 full-page hors-texte etchings with aquatint printed in black; and 30 etched ornaments printed in green. From a total edition of 250 copies, this is one of 65 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine wove paper with a suite of the 10 hors-texte etchings with remarque, a suite of the 30 etched ornaments printed in black on Malacca wove paper, and a suite of 4 rejected etchings (with aquatint and remarque) on Arches wove paper. Signed by Bofa on the justification. THIS COPY, EXCEPTIONALLY, INCLUDES BOFA'S AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "SOLITUDE", a poem printed for the… Read More

Barcelona, 1991-1996. A gorgeous livre d'artiste, with TEN LARGE COLOR ETCHINGS (with aquatint) BY JAUME RIBAS, each SIGNED and numbered in pencil by the artist. This is copy 7/35, printed on extremely fine Arches wove paper and SIGNED by the artist and the author in the justification / colophon. Square folio. Loose as issued in printed wraps, housed in an elaborate wooden and metal box. FINE AND BRIGHT, exactly as issued. VERY RARE.

Paris: Pierre Lecuire, 1960. A stunning livre de peintre, featuring previously unpublished poems by Pierre Lecuire and 22 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY LANSKOY, his very first etchings. From a total edition of 190 copies, this is one of 145 printed on extremely fine Auvergne laid paper and SIGNED BY LECUIRE AND LANSKOY. Folio (33.5 x 18 cm). Loose as issued in the original wraps, with the front cover adorned with an original etching. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. A beautiful production.

Paris: Georges Andrieux, 1928. First and only edition, WITH AN ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH POEM BY DEREME, ONE OF THE TEXTS PRINTED IN THE BOOK. 33 pp. + a beautiful drypoint portrait of Derème by Hermine David. A collection of twenty texts, many partially in verse, written by Derème in honor of M. Allix, a particularly avid collector of his work. Three of these texts are letters; the other seventeen are presentation inscriptions in books. From a total edition of 383 numbered copies, this is one of 325 printed on fine Arches wove paper. Laid into this copy is THE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE LATEST TEXT PRINTED IN THE BOOK (p. 26), INCLUDING A SIX-LINE POEM NEVER PRINTED ELSEWHERE. The manuscript is signed and dated ("22 oct. 1927") by Derème. Also laid in is a brief autograph letter from Allix, presenting the book and the manuscript to an unnamed friend (addressed "Cher Maître"). Squarish 8vo. Original printed wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Unique. sxxi

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.

Utrecht, 1962. Monograph on comparative literature. Text in Dutch, summary in English. 8vo, original wraps. Very good.