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Title-page (in red and black): TALES AND NOVELS | OF | J. DE LA FONTAINE | WITH 12 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS | BY | CLARA TICE | VOLUME ONE (TWO) | {arabesque} | PRIVATELY PRINTED | AT THE PRINTING HOUSE OF G. J. THIEME | NIJMEGEN ~ HOLLAND | 1929 || Collation: 8vo. Vol. 1: π8 (2 blanks, h.t. / limitation №103 of 990, frontispiece etched portrait of La Fontaine w/ tissue guard, 4 leaves uncut with table and preface), 1—138, incl. 2 final blanks, paginated: xvi, 204 [4], plus 5 etchings besides frontis., all with tissue guards, by Clara Tice, in sepia. Vol. 2: π8, 1-188, paginated: xvi, 270 [271] epitaph, [272] blank, plus 6 etchings w/ tissue guards, by Clara Tice. Binding: 25.3 x 16.8 cm, quarter faux parchment over light blue publisher's boards, gilt lettering to spine. Ticket to front pastedown in each volume: “FROM THE COLLECTION | OF PRINCETON ANTIQUES BOOKFINDERS”, etc. Etchings printed on wove paper, text – on laid paper; untrimmed, uncut. Edition: limited, privately printed run of 990 copies of which this is №103. -
Softcover, in pictorial wrappers, 28 x 21.8 cm, 64 entries, with colour illustrations, some folding. Catalogue # 17 of the sales exhibition on March 17-21, 2021 in NY; pagination: [1-3] 4-182 [2], ils. Contributor: Sebastian Izzard Select illustrations (references in this collection): SVJP-0222.2016: A view of the dressing room of a Theater in Dōtonbori, Ōsaka.
SVJP-0105.2014: Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as the ghost of Seigen.
SVJP-0360.2022: Ichikawa Danjūrō VII.
SVJP-0361.2022: Beauty playing the shamisen beneath a mosquito net.
SVJP-0359.2022: Young woman checks her makeup in a mirror.
SVJP-0197.2015: Three Pleasures of Present-day Osaka (Tôsei Naniwa no sankô); left; centre, right.
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Softcover, pictorial wrappers, square 21 x 21 cm, 48 leaves, unpaginated, with illustrations in colour, 96 entries, with price list laid in; limited edition of 700 copies. Contributor: Israel Goldman In this collection:
SVJP 0251.2018. Utagawa Kuniyoshi. A woman on a terrace dancing with a fan, 1853.
SVJP 0252.2018. Utagawa Kunisada. A woman reading a letter by the light of a lantern, 1840.
SVJP-0253.2018. Utagawa Kunisada. A beauty seated in a boat, 1856.
SVJP-0254.2018. Utagawa Kunisada. A geisha eating edamame aboard the boat of the Atari-ya teahouse, 1860.
SVJP-0250.2018: Toyokuni I. Onoe Matsusuke I as Kudo Saemon Suketsune and Bandō Hikosaburō III as Soga no Goro Tokimune.
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Description: bound in light yellow cloth with red and orange geometrical design to front cover and black lettering to spine, in pictorial DJ “An dem kleinen Himmel | meiner Liebe | {colour vignette} | Heiter-amouröse Dichtung | Mit 24 farbigen Zeichnungen von | Max Schwimmer”; pp.: [1-6] 7-95 [96], total 48 leaves, with 22 offset colour full-page illustrations, DJ and title-page vignettes by Max Schwimmer; plates with pagination. Anthology of German love poetry from Caspar Stieler (1632 – 1707) to Wolfgang Tilgner (1932 – 2011). Title-page: An dem kleinen Himmel | meiner Liebe | Heiter-amouröse Dichtung | Mit 24 farbigen Zeichnungen | von Max Schwimmer | {vignette} | Verlag der Nation | Berlin || Contributors: Bruno Brandl (German, fl. c. 1969 – 1991)– editor. Max Schwimmer (German, 1895 – 1960) – artist. VEB Druckhaus “Maxim Gorki” (Altenburg) – printer. Verlag der Nation (Berlin) – publisher. -
Russian translation of Louis-Sébastien Mercier. Tableau de Paris (1781). First edition, thus. Two volumes, 19.5 x 14 cm, uniformly bound in blue cloth with dark blue vignette to front cover and lettering to spine, in pictorial dust jacket; pp. vol. I: [I-VI] VII-LIII [LIV] [2] [2] 3-565 [566] [2]; collated 8vo: [I]-III8, IV4, [1]-358 364; total 312 leaves (624 pages) plus repro engraved frontispiece and 21 plates; vol 2: [1-10] 11-492 [4], collated 8vo: [1]-318; total 248 leaves (496 pages) plus 29 plates. Design by Н. В. Кузьмин. Title-page (black and red): ЛУИ-СЕБАСТЬЯН МЕРСЬЕ | КАРТИНЫ ПАРИЖА | Перевод В. А. Барбашевой | Редакция и комментарии | Е. А. Гунста | Статья Ц. Фридлянда | ТОМ ПЕРВЫЙ (ВТОРОЙ) | ACADEMIA | 1935(6) || Opposite t.p. (black and red): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ЛУИ-СЕБАСТЬЯН МЕРСЬЕ | 1740—1814 | ACADEMIA | Москва—Ленинград || T.p. verso: LOUIS-SÉBASTIEN MERCIER | TABLEAU DE PARIS | 1781 | Супер-обложка и переплет | Н. В. Кузьмина || Print run: 5,300 copies. Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова 747 (vol. 1), 838 (vol. 2). Contributors: Louis-Sébastien Mercier (French, 1740 – 1814) – author. Барбашева, Вера Александровна (Russian, 1875 – 1943) – translator. Гунст, Евгений Анатольевич (Russian, 1901 – 1983) – editor, comments. Фридлянд, Цви [Григорий Самойлович] (Russian-Jewish, 1897 – 1937) – author (preface). Kuzmin, Nikolai Vasilievich [Кузьмин, Николай Васильевич] (Russian, 1890 – 1987) – artist. -
Single volume, 20 x 13 cm, quarter brown morocco over marbled boards tooled in gilt, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, printed on wove paper on recto with verso blank, collated 1-48; total 32 leaves, 11 torn off, 47,8 blanks, ; uneven pagination [1] 2-41 [4 blanks], plus engraved title-page and 12 engraved half-page plates with text, uncoloured, by Louis Jaugey (unsigned), one for each month. Title-page (engraved): vignette with lettering "1775. ANNÉE | GALANTE | OU | ETRENNE | A L'AMOUR | CONTES! | Enrichis de Figures | et d'Ariettes. ||" Catalogue raisonné: Dutel I: A-82. Catalogue Poulet-Malassis & ses amis description: № 68. [Auteur inconnu]. Année galante ou Etrenne à l’amour. Contes, enrichis de Figures et d’Ariees. [Vital Puissant, Bruxelles, 1876 ?] 1775. In-8, 3 .n.ch., 29 . imprimés au recto, chirés de 2 à 41, demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs orné, let doré sur les mors, tête et tranches jaspées (reliure ancienne). Illustrée de 13 planches dont l’une en frontispice par Louis Jaugey. Les figures sont à mi-page, une pour chaque mois. Contributors: Louis Jaugey (French, fl. 1871 – 1876) – artist. Vital Puissant (Belgian, 1835 – 1878) – publisher. -
Hardcover, 20.5 x 15.2 cm, pictorial paper over cardboard, cloth-backed; pp.: [1-2] 3-98 [2], last page blank; collated 8vo: 1-58 610; 50 leaves total. Title-page: МАРКО ВОВЧОК | МАРУСЯ | ПОВIСТЬ | УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ВИДАВНИЦТВО | — | КРАКІВ 1943 ЛЬВІВ || Contributors: Марко Вовчок [Marko Vovchok; Марія Олександрівна Вілінська] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – author. «Українське видавництво» у Кракові-Львові [Verlag: „Ukrainischer Verlag“]– publisher. З друкарні „Поспішної“, Краків, Райхсштрассе 34 [Buchdruck. „Pospieschna“, Krakau, Reichsstrasse 34] – printer. Reichsstrasse (Krakow, Poland) = Ulica Karmelicka (Kraków, Poland). The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся —> MAROUSSIA. The French version of the book: LIB-2674.2021. Other variants of the author's name Марко Вовчок: Markowovzok and Marko Vovtchok. -
Owner’s quarter brown cloth, 18.2 x 12.5 cm, lettered paper over cardboard; text printed on tan paper, [1, 2] (t.p.), [i] ii-viii (intro.), [1] 4-48 (text); total 28 leaves; blue and red crayon marks to text; boards and pages with blue ink stamps and inscriptions. Front board: Педагогичне Бюро Полтавського Губернського Земства. | ТВОРИ РІДНИХ ПИСЬМЕННИКІВ ДЛЯ | ЧИТАННЯ В КЛАСІ.| МАРКО ВОВЧОК. | КАРМЕЛЮК. | ПОЛТАВА. | 1917 р. || Back board: Серія складається з творів: | Квітки, Вовчка, Шевченка, Куліша, | Руданського, Левицького І, Мирного, | Франка, Грінченка, Коцюбинського. | Полтава, друкарня Амчиславського. || Title-page: Педагогичне Бюро Полтавського Губернського Земства. | МАРКО ВОВЧОК. | КАРМЕЛЮК. | ПОЛТАВА. | 1917 р. || Contributors: Марко Вовчок [Marko Vovchok; Марія Олександрівна Вілінська] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – author. Other variants: Markowovzok and Marko Vovtchok. Амчиславский, М. Г. (Полтава, ул. Пушкина, 40) – printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 409 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5323” to reverse; attached to the sheet 487 x 320 mm. Top centre: "LE CAMP DE CHALONS."; left: "Nouvelle Imagerre d'Epinal"; right: № 452. Bottom left: "Imp lith. Pinot & Sagaire, libraires edit. à Épinal"; right: "Déposé". Image: 6-tier cartoon with captions about Napoleon III and his son Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte; 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879). Le camp de Chalons Pinot & Sagaire (Épinal, 1861 – 1888) – enterprise, publisher/printer. Charles-François Pinot (French, 1817 – 1879) – publisher/printer. -
Hardcover volume, 12mo, 125 x 85 mm, two parts in one, bound and gilded by Cuzin and Maillard, respectively, between 1876 and 1881, in crimson crushed morocco with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, gilt dentelle, signed 'Cuzin' to foot of front turn-in and 'Maillard dor.' to rear. Adorned with engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by Elluin after Borel. Text printed on a slightly bluish paper. Title-page: LE | MEURSIUS FRANÇOIS, | OU | ENTRETIENS GALANS | D'ALOYSIA. | ORNÉ | DE FIGURES. | — | TOME PREMIER (SECOND) | — | ✵ | A CYTHERE | — | M. DCC. LXXXII. || Collation: 12mo, π4 (2 blanks) A-Z6 χ1,+ π2 A-S6 (4 blanks) χ1, total 254 leaves; pagination: [8] [1] 2-277 [278 blank], [4] [1] 2-210 [8 blanks], total 508 pages, plus 13 engraved plates, incl. frontispiece. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen-de Ricci 240; Eros invaincu 17; Fekete 51; Nordmann (I) 91. Contributors: Nicolas Chorier (French, 1612 – 1692) – author. Antoine Borel (French, 1743 – 1810) – artist. François-Rolland Elluin (French, 1745 – c. 1822) – engraver. Hubert-Martin Cazin (French, 1724 – 1795) – publisher. Francisque Cuzin (French, 1836 – 1890) – bookbinder. Seller’s description: Erotica.- [Chorier (Nicolas)]Le Meursius François, ou Entretiens galans d'Aloysia, 2 parts in 1, half-title to each part, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates [by Elluin after Borel], handsomely bound in crimson crushed morocco by Cuzin, spine with gilt lettering and five raised bands, gilt tooled turn-ins by Maillard, signed 'Cuzin' to foot of front turn-in and 'Maillard dor.' to rear, marbled endpapers, g.e., fractional rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, 12mo, Cythere [but Paris], [Cazin], 1782. -
Two volumes, 32 x 24 cm each, uniformly bound in grey cloth with crimson morocco labels with gilt lettering to spine “Н. Обольяниновъ | КАТАЛОГЪ | иллюстриров. изданiй | 1725-1860 гг. | I (II)”, original wrappers preserved. To t.p. verso ink stamps “Latvijas PSR Zinātn̦u akadēmija Fundamentālā bibliotēka”, “1964”, “KATALOGS”, and “Z.A.B. Inv. № 80274”. Printed on laid paper, pagination throughout. 3,038 items with bibliographical descriptions. Title-page: КАТАЛОГЪ | РУССКИХЪ ИЛЛЮСТРИРОВАННЫХЪ | ИЗДАНIЙ | 1725—1860 гг. | — | СОСТАВИЛЪ | Н. Обольяниновъ. | Въ двухъ томахъ | Т. I (II). | ~ | МОСКВА – 1914 (1915). | Товарищество ТИПОГРАФIИ А. И. МАМОНТОВА, | Арбатская пл., Филипповский пер., д. № 11. || Vol. I: Collation: π6 1-424, total 174 leaves; pp.: [i-v] vi-xii, [1] 2-335 [336 errata] (total 348 pages); within green publisher’s wrappers. Vol. II: π2 1-444, total 178 leaves; pp.: [4] [337] 338-686 [687 errata], [688 blank] (total 356 pages); within green publisher’s wrappers. Provenance: Fundamental library of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Contributors: Николай Александрович Обольянинов (Russian, 1868 – 1916) – author. Анатолий Иванович Ма́монтов (Russian, 1839 – 1905) – publisher. -
Unbound Quatro (246 x 321 mm) album in softcover with inscription:
В память Парижской коммуны. 18 мар. 1871 - 18 мар. 1921. L. Типы комунаров по наброскам современника. Под ред. Л. Никулина. "Памятник нерукотворный мы можем поставить героям-коммунарам, освободив весь мир от ига капитала." Г. Зиновьев.
Надписано от руки: Экз. тов. Крупской.
17 отпечатков с измененных литографий Берталя (без ссылки). Издание Политотдела Балтийского Флота и Петроградского губ. Отд. народн. Образования. Петроград.
Translation from Russian: In memory of the Paris Commune. March 18, 1871 - March 18, 1921. (L*). Types of the communards from the sketches of contemporaries. Edited by L. Nikulin. "Not-made-by-hand monument we will erect to the heroic Communards by freeing the world from the yoke of capital". G. Zinoviev. Handwritten inscription in black ink: Copy of (or for) comrade Krupskaya. The album consists of 17 unnumbered prints with captions in Russian. The prints are altered images made by Bertall, with no reference to the artist. The album is published by Political division of Baltic Navy and Petrograd district of public education. Printed in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg). *Roman letter L - Fifty (Fifty year anniversary) -
A two-volume set in the contemporary full calf, imitating the editorial cloth binding. Vol. 1: SCÈNES | DE LA | VIE PRIVÉE ET PUBLIQUE | DES ANIMAUX | VIGNETTES | PAR GRANDVILLE. | — | ÉTUDES DE MŒURS CONTEMPORAINES | PUBLIÉES | SOUS LA DIRECTION DE M. P. – J. STAHL , | AVEC LA COLLABORATION | DE MESSIEURS | DE BALZAC. – L. BAUDE. – E. DE LA BEDOLLIERE. – P. BERNARD. – J. JANIN. | ED. LEMOINE. – CHARLES NODIER. – GEORGE SAND. | [VIGNETTE] | PARIS. | J. HETZEL ET PAULIN , ÉDITEURS , | RUE DE SEINE-SAINT-GERMAIN , 33. | 1842 Pagination: [2 blanks] [2 - ht. / imprim.] [2 - blank / frontis.] [2 - t.p. / blank] [4] [1] 2-386 [6 - table] [2 blanks], 96 whole-page wood-engravings after Grandville, vignettes within the text including head and tailpieces, together with a frontispiece. VOL. 2: SCÈNES | DE LA | VIE PRIVÉE ET PUBLIQUE | DES ANIMAUX | VIGNETTES | PAR GRANDVILLE. | — | ÉTUDES DE MŒURS CONTEMPORAINES | PUBLIÉES | SOUS LA DIRECTION DE M. P. – J. STAHL , | AVEC LA COLLABORATION | DE | MM. DE BALZAC, – L' HERITIER (DE L' AIN), – ALFRED DE MUSSET – PAUL DE MUSSET, | CHARLES NODIER, – MADAME M. MENESSIER NODIER, – LOUIS VIARDOT. | [VIGNETTE] | PARIS, | J. HETZEL , ÉDITEUR , | RUE DE SEINE-SAINT-GERMAIN , 33. | 1842 Pagination: [2 - ht. / imprim.] [2 - blank / frontis.] [2 - t.p. / blank] [1] 2-390 [6 - table], 105 whole-page wood-engravings after Grandville, vignettes within the text including head and tailpieces, together with a frontispiece. Size: Each volume 27 x 18 cm; In-4to (usually classified as 8vo, however, the numeric signatures provide for gathering in-quarto). Binding: Full burgundy calf, gilt embossed Grandville's characters to boards and spine, lettering to spine, white moire end-papers to vol. 1, and yellow end-papers to vol. 2, all margins gilt. Combination of the 1st and 2nd print-runs of the 1st edition. Ref.: L. Carteret, 1927: pp. 552-558. Wikipedia; Gallica; Hathi Trust. In: British Museum, MET, RISD Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. -
Title: РУССКIЕ ГРАВЕРЫ | И | ИХЪ ПРОИЗВЕДЕНIЯ | СЪ 1564 ГОДА | ДО ОСНОВАНIЯ АКАДЕМIИ ХУДОЖЕСТВЪ. | Изследованiе Д. Ровинскаго. | Изданiе графа Уварова. | МОСКВА. | Въ Сѵнодальной типографiи, на Никольской улицѣ. | 1870. || Pagination: [2] orig. wrapper / advert., [2] t.p. / imp.[i] ii-x, [1] 2-403 [404], [2] orig. wrapper / advert. Collation: 8vo; π6 (incl. t.p.), 1-258 χ2 Binding: Owner’s ½ black morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt-ruled, florets and lettering in compartments, blue endpapers, uncut, untrimmed, original wrappers preserved. Size: 29.5 x 19 cm -
![E. de Crauzat. L'Œuvre gravé et lithographié de Steinlen: Catalogue descriptif et analytique suivi d'un essai de bibliographie et d'Iconographie de son œuvre illustré / Préface de Roger Marx. — San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1983. — Fac similé de l'édition originale de 1913. — pp.: [i-ix] x-xv [1-3] 4-228 [229-234]. — [Ernest de Crauzat].](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-2289.2019-d-500x500.jpeg)
Title: DE CRAUZAT | L'ŒUVRE | Gravé et Lithographié | DE | STEINLEN | Catalogue descriptif et analytique | suivi d'un essai de bibliographie et d'Iconographie | de son œuvre illustré. | PRÉFACE | DE ROGER MARX | San Francisco | Alan Wofsy Fine Arts | 1983. Edition: Fac-similé de l'édition originale de 1913. Pagination: [i-ix] x-xv [1-3] 4-228 [229-234]. Size: 32 x 24 cm. -
LA PUCELLE | D'ORLÉANS, | POËME HÉROÏ-COMIQUE, | EN DIX-HUIT CHANTS. |{vignette}| A GENEVE. | M. DCC.LXXXVIII.|| Pagination: engraved frontis., engraved portrait, [1, 2] – t.p. / blank, [3] 4-304; plates: engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of Jeanne d'Arc and 18 engraved plates (the so-called 'suite anglaise' by Marillier, Clément-Pierre (French, 1740 – 1808) after Duflos, Pierre (French, 1742 – 1816). Publisher: Cazin, Hubert-Martin (French, 1724 – 1795). Modern binding to imitate full mottled calf of the 18th century, gilt double-ruled boards, gilt decorated spine with the crimson label “LA PUCELLE”, AEG, laid paper. Size: 13.3 x 8.7 cm; 18mo. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen, De Ricci 1032 (for 1777 and 1780 editions). J. Lewine p.559 (for 1777 16mo and even 12mo editions). The 'correct' 1st thus edition is called suite anglaise because instead of 'chant number' it's printed 'book number' on top of the pages. This copy is definitely a later pirated edition. -
A suite of 12 etchings 160 x 118 mm each, in the first state, pasted on paper, 2 per sheet, with a cover (250 x 210 mm).0. Cover. Les femmes de Paris pendant le siège./R.Martial/1871.1. Lorsqu'à l'approche de l'ennemi on demandait l'éloignement des bouches inutiles [...] 2. L'Ennemi ! 3. No inscription 4. Quête pour les veuves. 5. Concert et quête pour les enfants blessés, malades, infirmes. 6. Au bastion/Et celles non moins précieuses qui dirigeaient ces ventes [...] 7. Vente pour les orphelins de la guerre. 8. No inscription 9. Une ration, bouillie romaine et Vin/Cantine municipale[...] 10. No inscription 11. No inscription 12. Les effets de cette union patriotique des femmes sont connus.[...] -
Hardcover volume in 8vo, 21.2 x 15.4 cm, tan cloth with black on gilt background circular publisher’s device "TFU" to front cover, gilt-stamped compartments and burgundy labels with gilt lettering to spine. Ink inscription to fep verso dated Jan 18, 1907. Publisher's device and serial device to h.t. Title-page: ❦❦❦ THE MEMOIRS AND | TRAVELS OF MAURITIUS AUGUSTUS COUNT DE | BENYOWSKY | IN SIBERIA, KAMCHATKA, JAPAN, THE LIUKIU ISLANDS AND FORMOSA | FROM THE TRANSLATION OF HIS | ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT (1741–1771), | BY WILLIAM NICHOLSON, F.R.S., 1790 | EDITED BY CAPTAIN | PASFIELD OLIVER | ILLUSTRATED | LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, | PATERNOSTER SQUARE. MDCCCXCIII ❦❦❦ ||. Collation/Pagination: [1]-258 plus 7 plates, incl. frontispiece and 1 map. [1, 2] – serial h.t. "The Adventure Series" / advert. THE ADVENTURE SERIES. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, 5s. 17 titles, [3, 4] – t.p. / blank, [5] 6-9 contents, [10] blank, [11, 12] illustrations/blank, [13] 14-52 introduction, 53-399, [400] colophon: THE GRESHAM PRESS, | URWIN BROTHERS, | CHILWORTH AND LONDON. Contributors: Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin (London); Thomas Fisher Unwin (British, 1848 – 1935). Author: Maurice Auguste count de Benyowsky [Мориц Август Бенёвский] (Polish-Slovak-Hungarian, 1746 –1786). Editor: Samuel Pasfield Oliver (British, 1838 – 1907). Translator: William Nicholson (British, 1753 – 1815). Originally published in 1790, in London (I have not seen it anywhere) and in Dublin by P. Wogan [etc.], and in 1791 in French, in Paris by Buisson; see LIB-2742.2021. For another copy of the same edition, see LIB-3139.2023. For the 1904 edition, see LIB-2703.2021.
