Search Results: Titles starting with L from Forest Books

Presso la Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan. 1932. Folio, frontis., numerous plates, orig. printed wrappers bound, marbled endpapers, handsomely bound in quarter morocco by H.J. Phillips, uncut. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum).

Albertr Laine, Rouen. 1916. 4to, 178,[1]pp., one of 300 copies, 76 facsimiles (some folding), orig. printed wrappers detached, spine broken.

Monath, Nurnberg. 1746. [xiv],209,[7]; engraved frontispiece, 18 engraved plates. 2 works bound in one, neat stamp to title of first work otherwise plates and text are nice and clean in both volumes, recent full vellum. The first work, originally published in 1687, was one of the earliest European works on the techniques of using watercolours. The second, a treatise on engraving, when first issued in 1645, the work was "notable for its completeness for the time of its production, and for its plates, which have been reproduced by most subsequent writers on the art"—Bigmore & Wyman I, p.72.

The Studio Ltd. 1914. 4to, vii,[i],276+4pp., of adverts, numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured), orig. printed wrappers, a nice copy. Profusely illustrated and containing some superb coloured plates. Includes an article by Douglas Cockerell 'La Reliure de luxe en Angleterre.' p.69-121. From the library of Pierre Berès.

The Studio Ltd. 1914. 4to, vii,[i],276+4pp., of adverts, numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured), orig. printed wrappers, partly defective. Profusely illustrated and containing some superb coloured plates. Includes an article by Douglas Cockerell 'La Reliure de luxe en Angleterre.' p.69-121.

T. de Marinis & C. Florence. 1913. 4to, lxxii,104pp., 33 plates, 8 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. marbled boards, leather label on spine. A catalogue 375 of the most precious bindings, on books and manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense, founded by the Este family at Ferrara in 1393. 375 items are described. From the library of Pierre Berès.

T. de Marinis & C. Florence. 1913. 4to, lxxii,104pp., 33 plates, 8 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cont. cloth, faded, leather label on spine slightly chipped. A catalogue 375 of the most precious bindings, on books and manuscripts in the Biblioteca Estense, founded by the Este family at Ferrara in 1393. 375 items are described.

Paris: Cailleau, 1792. 8vo, 54pp., blank fore-edge of title cut away close, lower margin of a couple of text leaves cut away (slightly effecting text), disbound.

Inter-Livres. 1988. 4to, illustrs., orig. decorated wrappers. Reprint of these important sections of the Encyclopédie showing text and all the plates.

Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris. 1959. First Edition, 4to, coloured frontispiece, 90 tipped-in coloured plates, orig. cloth, d.w. slip-case.

Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1977-80. 3 vols., 638; 904; 857pp., orig. cloth. Without the first part to volume one which covers the period 1585-1605.

De l'Imprimerie du Futur-Congrès, à l'Olivier Verd., 1758. First edition, small 8vo, xvi, 140, [2]pp., title page frayed at margins, just touching text without loss of any complete letter, title soiled, brown stain to fore-edge of final 10 leaves, disbound.

Paris: J. Lamarre, 1907. 4to, 212pp., illustrs., throughout, half roan, marbled boards, lacks spine, covers detached.

Paris: Jacques Haumont, 1945. 26, [4]pp., one of 200 numbered copies, 4 folding plates, orig. printed wrappers, a fine copy.

E. Marche, Poitiers. 1900. Large 8vo, 389,[3]pp., 6 plates, illustrs., in the text, red half crushed morocco by Bayntun, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy.

E. Forastie, Bordeaux. 1869. First Edition, [iv],44pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, marbled boards, hinges a little torn.

Victor Didron, Paris. 1853. 4to, 8pp., 1 facsimile, modern boards.

Edizioni Valdonega, Verona. 1980. First Edition, 4to, one of 1,500 copies, facsimiles (some printed in two colours), orig. cloth. A detailed illustrated catalogue of all of the editions produced at this world-famous press, with the introduction forming an important account of Mardersteig as scholar, printer and publisher.

Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1907. First edition, royal 8vo, xlvii, [1], 408pp., numerous illustrs., label removed from front paste-down, cont. half calf, rubbed.

Damascène Morgand, Paris. 1902. Part one only, xiv,[ii],122,[2]pp., orig. printed wrappers, spine broken. Paillet (1829-1901) was one of the greatest French bibliophiles of the 19th century. With a preface by one of the other great bibliophiles Henri Béraldi. From the library of Pierre Berès.