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[HOGARTH, William]. [Etched receipt for subscription to 'a Print Representing a March to Finchly in the Year 1746']. [London]. [s.n., c.1750] Dimensions 290 x 240mm, engraving 231 x 178mm . Etched subscription receipt; unused. Sometime mounted at corners, with removal marks to verso, slightly dusty, else fine. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 17178

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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The nymphs of fiesole...with the woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1952. Quarto. Limited edition of 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper, of which this is copy number 160. xi, [1], 127pp, [3]. With 23 woodcuts and a facsimile of the title page of the 1597 English edition. Original publisher's vellum-backed patterned paper boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., others uncut. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Internally immaculate. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24646

JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna]. A handbook to the public galleries of art in and near London... London. John Murray, 1842. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. lii, 281, [1]; [3], 283-628pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-roan, marbled boards, marbled edges. Extremities worn, loss to spines. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscriptions to head of both titles, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24741

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HORTA, Victor. L'Architecture dans la Peinture du XVe siecle. Bruxelles [i.e. Brussels]. Imprimerie E. Heyvaert, 1930. First offprint edition. 8vo. 4pp. Stapled into original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities sunned. Foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24065

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HORTA, Victor. Considerations sur l'art moderne. Ledeberg-Gand. Imprimerie Jules de Vreese, 1925. First offprint edition. 8vo. 8pp. Unopened. Stapled into original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities sunned. Foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24066

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FLORIAN. Autour de la table. Florian traduit par Grandville. Paris. Paulin et Le Chevalier, [1849]. Oblong quarto. 52pp, [4]. With 103 woodcuts in the text after designs by Grandville. Original publisher's dark green cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24080

FLETCHER, F. Morley. Wood-block printing... London. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., [s.d., c.1926?] 12mo. xxiii, 131pp, [3]. With a 23 half-tone reproductions of various examples of printing, an original print designed and cut by the author printed on Japanese paper, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cloth-backed green paper boards, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and bumped. A near fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23750

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[LOTHIAN, William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquess of]. Fragment of a parallel between the history, literature, and art of Italy in the middle ages. Edinburgh. [William Blackwood and Sons], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xii, 478pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Ink-stamp of Newbattle Abbey College to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23731

COLVIN-SMITH, R. C. M.. The life and works of Colvin Smith, R.S.A. 1796-1875. Aberdeen. The University Press, 1939. First edition. 8vo. One of one hundred copies printed. viii, 134pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn and damp-stained. 'Review copy' inscribed to FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23376

BIANCO, Pamela. MARE, Walter de la. Flora: a book of drawings. London. William Heinemann, [1919]. First edition. Quarto. [8], 43pp. Illustrated with eight colour plates and numerous line illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Rubbed, bumped, and a trifle discoloured, dustwrapper worn, with substantial chipping and loss. Lightly spotted internally. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23355

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JACKSON, John. A treatise on wood engraving: Historical and Practical. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1861. Second edition. Large 8vo. xvi, 664pp. With an engraved frontispiece and nearly 450 fine wood engravings in the text. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, corners bumped. Naively deleted inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 22261

CRUIKSHANK, George. A re-issue of scraps and sketches, from the original plates...part one. London. Published for the artist by Arthur Arnold, [1875]. Oblong quarto. [4]pp. With 38 hand-coloured etched vignettes, on 6 plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed printed wrappers. Rubbed and marked, gutta percha perished and text block detached from boards. Some spotting to endpapers, short marginal tear to FFEP and title. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title: 'To Mrs E.J. Morton, with the compliments, & best wishes of Geo. Cruikshank. April 30th 1875', and later inscribed in a ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16526

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SOTHEBY'S. The Sir Maxwell Joseph Collection: postage stamps and postal history of the Cape of Good Hope. [London]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.], [1982]. First edition. Quarto. xiv, 298pp, [2]. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, corners bumped. Inked gift inscription to half-title, else internally immaculate. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 12334

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[BRISTOL]. Bristol: an abstract of the city charter. Containing the institution of mayors, recorders, sheriffs, town clerks, and all other officers whatsoever: as also a common council. To which is added, by way of Appendix, a brief historical account of the antient Lords, Constables, & Wardens of Bristol Castle. Bristol. Printed for the Editor, and sold by T. Smart.., 1792. First edition. 8vo. [3]-64pp. Without half-title. Uncut, in twentieth-century cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Some marking to upper board. Title a trifle marked, else a fine, unpressed copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22065

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[ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS]. [17 nineteenth-century catalogues for the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy]. London. William Clowes and Sons, 1837-1879 Quarto. 17 separately issued catalogues for 1837, 1845, 1852, 1853, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1866, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1873, and 1879 respectively. Stitched, as issued - later publications bound in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Lightly dust-soiled/spotted/creased, some marginal chipping, very occasional inked annotations/pencilled highlighting, loss to terminal blank leaf of 1853 catalogue, paper repairs to verso of final leaf of catalogue for ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 18349

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H[ORNE], J[ohn]. The diversions of an autograph-hunter. London. Elliot Stock, 1894. First edition. 8vo. [6], 106pp. With a frontispiece facsimile of a note signed by Mark Twain, and one further plate of facsimile autographs. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21812

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[ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS]. A list of contributing members to the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. Extended to December 31st, 1818. [London]. [Printed by order of the Society], [1819]. (xl) pp.

[Bound with:] A list of contributing members to the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. Extended to December 31st, 1819. [London]. [Printed by order of the Society], [1820]. (xli) pp, [1].

8vo. Recent tan cloth-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Very minor shelf-wear. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional coloured pencil highlighting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21625

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[LACEMAKING]. [A Portuguese manuscript treatise on pillow-lace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [50]ff. Illustrated with several hand-drawn diagrams. Contemporary marbled paper wrapper. Extremities chipped, rubbed and marked. Very occasional short marginal tears, else internally clean and crisp.

Incipit: 'Utesilios cabello, e modo de o preparas & Para farer obras de cabello saio precisos diverso utensilios de que vou farer descripcao.'

Explicit: 'Sendo o tecido dos arcos se lhe metlem os moldes que divem seer ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14073

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[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM]. [A nineteenth-century photograph album comprised of views of English towns, primarily Oxford]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1865-75] Quarto. 108 sepia photographs mounted on [70] leaves. Finely bound by Parkins & Gotto in contemporary green morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, gilt initials 'K. M. R.' to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Lightly spotted. More > £ 1,140.00 Antiquates Ref. 18706

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[BRYDALL, Robert]. The Shrine of Ste Ursula. Painted by Hans Memling. In the Hosptial of St. John, Bruges. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1888] Quarto. Nine sepia photographs mounted on [9] leaves, followed by [12] leaves of manuscript text (written on one side only). Contemporary dark green morocco-backed green buckram boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 19091