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POLEMIC AGAINST PRINTING | by | FILIPPO DE STRATA | Translated by SHELAGH GRIER | Edited and | Introduced by MARTIN LOWRY | University of Warwick | The Hayloft Press | 1986 || Publisher’s mustard wrappers w/ lettering, 18.5 x 12.5 cm, 20 unnumbered pages of parallel Latin text and English translation with English introduction; limited edition of 350 copies, 100 for private circulation and 250 numbered copies for sale of which this is №3, with ink inscription to the last page: To Beryl | on her birthday, 1986 | with love from | David || -
Title: AN INTRODUCTION TO | BIBLIOGRAPHY | FOR LITERARY STUDENTS | BY | RONALD B. McKERROW | OXFORD | AT THE CLARENDON PRESS | 1927 Pagination: [i-iv] v-xv [xvi blank], 1-358 [2]. Collation: [a]4 b4 B-Z4 Aa-Zz4. Exterior: 23 x 15 cm, publisher’s black cloth, gilt lettering and publisher’s device to spine. Bookseller's sticker to ffl: CHAS. E. LAURIAT CO., | IMPORTERS & BOOKSELLERS | 385 Wash’n St. Boston || – this is of Lauriat, Charles Emelius Jr. (American, 1874 – 1937). -
Title: MAROUSSIA | PAR | P.-J. STAHL | D'APRÈS UNE LÉGENDE DE MARKOWOVZOK | DESSINS PAR TH. SCHULER | GRAVURES PAR PANNEMAKER | {vignette} | BIBLIOTHÈQUE | D'ÉDUCATION ET DE RÉCRÉATION | J. HETZEL ET Cie, 18, RUE JACOB | PARIS | Tous droits de reproduction et de traduction réservés || Pagination: [2] – t.p. / blank, [1, 2] – dedication / blank, [3] 4-272, [1] 2-11 [12] – publisher’s advert.; Frontispiece and 22 leaves of wood-engraved plates by F. Pannemaker after Th. Schuler, extraneous to collation, woodcut head- and tailpieces, vignettes in the text by Charles Baude. Collation: 4to; 1-344, + 6 leaves of publisher's advertisement. Binding: “Cartonnage Hetzel” – red cloth stamped in gilt and black with the elements of design to spine, front and back, publisher's device to back, AEG. Author and publisher: Pierre-Jules Hetzel [P.-J. Stahl] (French, 1814 – 1886). Artist: Jules Théophile Schuler (French, 1821 – 1878). Engravers: Adolphe François Pannemaker (Belgian-French, 1822 – 1900) and Charles Baude (French, 1853 – 1935). Author of the legend: Markowovzok [Marko Vovchok; Марко́ Вовчо́к, real name Mariya Vilinskаya; Мария Александровна Вилинская] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907). Series: Collection Hetzel (stamped on the front board). Typographie A. Lahure (Paris), Alexis Lahure (French, 1849 – 1929). MAROUSSIA – The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся. -
Title: The amorous drawings | {vignette} | of the | Marquis von Bayros | Part I | BRANDON HOUSE | NORTH HOLLYWOOD || Title page verso: A BRANDON HOUSE BOOK | PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH | CYTHERA PRESS | COPYRIGHT 1968 BY CYTHERA PRESS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA || Pagination: [1-3] 4-238 [2], 292 illustrations within pagination. Content: Preface by Wilhelm M. Busch, biography of Von Bayros by Johann Pilz, two essays by Von Bayros; 292 illustrations by Marquis Franz von Bayros; Part I and II in one volume. Exterior: 28 x 22 cm, publisher's green wrappers with yellow lettering and fac-simile drawing of von Bayros to cover, lettering to spine. A re-print softcover edition of the original Cythera Press 1st edition, see: LIB-2246.2019 -
Cover (in blackletter): H. L. Rosegger. | Von Königen u. Jakobinern | {vignette by von Bayros} | Verlag C. Seifert | • Köstritz u Leipzig • || Title (blackletter): Von Königen | und Jakobinern | Von | Hans Ludwig Rosegger | mit vier Vollbildern und Buchschmuck | von Marquis F. von Bayros | {publisher’s device} | 1913 | C. Seifert Verlag, G.m.b.H. | Köstritz und Leipzig || Pagination: [2] – t.p. / blank, [2] – contents / blank, [1-3] 4-263 [264 vignette, colophon], 4 plates extraneous to collation, 2 vignettes. Collation: 8vo; 1-168 174. Binding: Hardcover, pictorial paper boards, lettering to spine, lettering and vignette by von Bayros to cover. Owner's inscription to ffl: "T. Lewe. März, 1919." -
Title (black and orange): Presenting | Stefano della Bella | Seventeenths – century Printmaker | {Stefano's fac-simile} | by Phyllis Dearborn Massar | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Distributed by New York Graphic Society || Pagination: [1-6] 7-141 [3], pp. 7-10 – introduction, 1-133 – plates with annotations, 134-140 – notes. Binding: Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and a small print in orange frame pasted to front cover, pictorial DJ. -
Title: COSTUMES ET MODES | D’AUTREFOIS | HORACE VERNET | Incroyables | et | Merveilleuses | Paris | 1810–1818 | TEXTE PAR | ROGER–ARMAND WEIGERT | Conservateur au Cabinet des Estampes | de la Bibliothèque Nationale | ÉDITIONS ROMBALDI | PARIS || Content: 24 photomechanical reproductions of the images from Bibliothèque nationale de France, printed on vélin paper from Papeteries Aussedat by Papeteries de la Moselle printing presses and stencil-coloured by Edmond Vairel. Text printed by Imprimerie Kapp on October 20, 1955. A print run of 4,000 copies, of which this is №122. Exterior: Pink lettered dust jacket over wrappers. Pagination: loose double leaves, [4 blanks] [4 h.t. and t.p.], i-xi [xii], 24 unnumbered plates, [4 blanks].Weigert, Roger-Armand (French, 1907-1986).
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet [Horace Vernet] (French, 1789 – 1863). Gatine, Georges Jacques (French, 1773 – after 1841). -
Title page (black and red): ГУГО ГРОЦИЙ | О ПРАВЕ | ВОЙНЫ | И МИРА | ß ТРИ КНИГИ ß | В КОТОРЫХ ОБЪЯСНЯЮТСЯ | ЕСТЕСТВЕННОЕ ПРАВО | И | ПРАВО НАРОДОВ, | А ТАКЖЕ ПРИНЦИПЫ | ПУБЛИЧНОГО ПРАВА | {device} | Перевод с латинского | А. Л. САККЕТТИ | Государственное издательство | ЮРИДИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | МОСКВА 1956 || Verso t.p.: Под общей редакцией профессора С. Б. КРЫЛОВА Pagination: [1, 2] – t.p. / editor, [3] 4-867 [868] – contents, errata slip, 4 plates extraneous to collation: frontis. portrait, t.p. Amsterdam edition of 1646, t.p. Russian edition of c. 1710, Lovensteyn castle. Collation: 8vo; [1]8 2-548 552. Binding: Publisher’s brown cloth, blind-stamped lettering to front board, elements of design in black and gilt lettering to spine. Вступительная статья А. А. Желудкова. Author: Hugo Grotius [Huig or Hugo de Groot] (Dutch, 1583 – 1645). Originally published by Nicolas Buon in Paris in 1625 in Latin under the title: De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace). Editor: Сергей Борисович Крылов (Russian, 1888 – 1958). Translator: Александр Ливериевич Саккетти (Russian, 1881 – 1966). -
Title: AN ESSAY | ON THE | PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION; | OR, | A VIEW OF ITS PAST AND PRESENT EFFECTS | ON | HUMAN HAPPINESS; | WITH | AN INQUIRY INTO OUR PROSPECTS RESPECTING THE FUTURE | REMOVAL OR MITIGATION OF THE EVILS WHICH | IT OCCASIONS | BY T. R. MALTHUS, A. M. | Late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Professor of History and Political Economy in the East-India College, Hertfordshire. | IN THREE VOLUMES. | VOL. I. [or II. or III.] | THE FIFTH EDITION, | WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONS. | LONDON: | JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET. | 1817. || Pagination and collation: Vol. 1: ffl, [i, ii] – t. p. / imprint., [iii] iv-xvi, [1] 2-496, bfl; A-Z8 2A-2I8. Vol. 2: ffl, [i, ii] – t. p. / imprint., [iii]-iv – contents, [1]-2-507 [508], bfl; [A]2 B-Z8 2A-2I8 2K6. Vol. 3: ffl, [i, ii] – t. p. / imprint., [iii]-iv – contents, [1]-2-500, bfl; [A]2 B-Z8 2A-2I8 2K2. Binding: Three volumes printed on wove paper, uniformly bound in quarter brown polished calf, blind-ruled, black label, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine, green buckram boards; 22.2 x 13.5 cm. Edition: 5th edition, corrected with a new preface, an updated appendix of Malthus’ responses to his critics, and addition of several chapters to the whole: on France, England, and on the poor laws. Lifetime edition. Ref.: Einaudi 3670; Goldsmiths’ 21761; Kress B.6974; Mattioli 2210. Printed by W. Clowes: William Clowes Ltd. (London). Clowes, William (British, 1779 – 1847). Malthus, Thomas Robert (British, 1766 – 1834). Murray, John (British, 1737 – 1793) Murray, John II (British, 1778 – 1843) John Murray (publishing house) -
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. -
Front wrapper: Quatrième mille | Paris Documentaire | NOUVELLE ÉDITION | TROTTOIRS | ET | LUPANARS | PAR | Ch. VIRMAITRE | A. CHARLES | LIBRAIRE | 8, Rue Monsieur-le-Prince, 8 | PARIS || Title page: Ch. VIRMAITRE | PARIS DOCUMENTAIRE | (Mœurs) | TROTTOIRS | ET | LUPANARS | {fleuron} | A. CHARLES | LIBRAIRE | 8, Rue Monsieur-le-Prince, 8 | PARIS | 1897 || Collation: 18mo; Front pictorial wrapper, 2 ffls, π4, 118, 318, 518, 718, 918, 1118, 1318, 1514, back pictorial wrapper (portrait) Pagination: [1-7] 8-282 [6]. Binding: Publisher’s pictorial wrappers, lettering to spine. Charles Virmaître (French, 1835 – 1903). -
Title page: THE | ADVENTURES | OF | TELEMACHUS, | THE | SON OF ULYSSES. | FROM THE FRENCH OF | SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE–FENELON, | ARCHBISHOP OF CAMBRAY. | BY THE LATE | JOHN HAWKESWORTH, LL. D. | CORRECTED AND REVISED BY | G. GREGORY, D. D. | JOINT EVENING PREACHER AT THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, AND AUTHOR OF | ESSAYS, HISTORICAL AND MORAL, &C. | WITH | A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, AND A COMPLETE INDEX, HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL. | EMBELLISHED WITH TWELVE ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | VOL. I. [VOL. II] | — | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR C. AND G. KEARSLEY, FLEET-STREET. | 1795. || Vol. 1: collation: 2 blank leaves, π6, a-d4, B-Z4 Aa-Ff4, 2 blank leaves, 7 coloured engravings; pagination: [i-v] vi-xxxv [xxxvi], [1] 2-223 [224 blank]. Vol. 2: collation: 2 blank leaves, π4, Gg-Zz4, 3A-3K4 [a]4 b2, 2 blank leaves, 5 coloured engravings; pagination: [i-iii] iv-vii [viii], [225] 226-439, [440-452]. Exterior: 2-volume set, uniformly bound in full crimson linen morocco, key fret inside, gilt-ruled with a floral pattern between fillets to boards, flat spine decorated in gilt, with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, AEG, 4to, 28 x 22.5 cm; printed on wove paper with watermark “WS”. Blind stamp to ffl by previous owner: "B. J. WIJNVELDT". Engravings: 12 tinted stipple engravings à la poupée: one by James Neagle (British, 1760? – 1822), four by William Bromley (British, 1769 – 1842), four by William Skelton (British, 1763 – 1848), one by John Ogborne (British, 1755 – 1837), and two by James Parker (1750 – 1805) after Thomas Stothard (British, 1755 – 1834). Ref.: Lewine (1898), p. 183: "The 1795 edition, 2 vols., 4to., with 12 engravings after Stothard, has a nominal value." Not in Cohen De Ricci, 1912. Original: François Fénelon. Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d’Ulysse. See №№ LIB-2522-2020 and LIB-2683.2021 in this collection. John Hawkesworth (British, c. 1715 – 1773). George Gregory (British, 1754 – 1808).George Kearsley the elder (British, 1739 – 1790) (Kearsley, Catharine and George – publishers)
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Cover: CH. VIRMAÎTRE | PARIS OUBLIÉ — PARIS | E. DENTU, ÉDITEUR || Title page: CHARLES VIRMAÎTRE | PARIS OUBLIÉ | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | E. DENTU, ÉDITEUR | LIBRAIRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES GENTES DE LETTRES | PALAIS-ROYAL, 15-17-19, GALERIE D’ORLÉANS | 1886 | Tous droits réservés. || Pagination: publisher’s pictorial wrapper, ffl, [2] – t.p. / blank, 1-327 [328 blank], bfl, publisher’s advert. to back wrapper. -
![Charles Virmaitre. Paris qui s'efface. — Paris: Albert Savine, 1887. — 2me édition. — pp.: [2 blanks] [2 hf-t, advert.] [t.p., blank] [2 dedicat., blank] [1, 2 - chap.1 cont., blank] [2-3] 4-314 [2 blanks].](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-2453.2020-a-1-scaled-500x500.jpeg)
Title page: CHARLES VIRMAITRE | PARIS | qui s'efface | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | NOUVELLE LIBRAIRIE PARISIENNE | ALBERT SAVINE, ÉDITEUR | 18, RUE DROUOT, 18 | 1887 | Tous droits réservés. || Collation: Front pictorial wrapper, ffl, π3 1-1712 181, bfl, back wrapper w/publ. advert. Pagination: [6] [1-3] 4-314. -
![Charles Virmaitre. Paris-police. — Paris: E. Dentu, 1886. — pp.: [2 wrapper], [2 half-title], 2 title] 1-359 [1 blank], back wrapper.](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-1130.2016-d-scaled-500x500.jpeg)
Cover: (black and red in red frame) PARIS POLICE | par | Ch. Virmaitre | PARIS | E. DENTU, ÉDITEUR | LIBRAIRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES GENTES DE LETTRES | Palais-Royal, 15-17-19, Galerie d’Orléans | 1886 || Title page: CH. VIRMAITRE | PARIS–POLICE | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | E. DENTU, ÉDITEUR | LIBRAIRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES GENTES DE LETTRES | PALAIS-ROYAL, 15-17-19, GALERIE D’ORLEANS | 1886 | Tous droits réservés. || Pagination : 3 blank leaves, original pictorial wrapper, [4], [1] 2-359 [360 blank], original back wrapper with publisher's advertisement, 3 blank leaves. Collation: 12mo; π2, 1-1912 206. Binding: owner's hardcover, quarter burgundy percaline, marbled boards, brown title label with gilt lettering, gilt double tail ruler, year, and fleuron to spine; original paper wrappers preserved. -
![Charles Virmaître. Paris-Canard. – Paris: Albert Savine, 1888. – pp.: ffl [2 blanks] [2 orig. yellow cover, verso blank] [2 - ht, advert.] [2 - t.p., blank] 1-319 [320 blank] [2 back orig. cover, recto blank]. [Autograph].](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-2535.2020-c-500x500.jpeg)
Cover: (original wrapper) PARIS-CANARD| PAR | CH. VIRMAITRE | A. SAVINE, Édeiteur, rue Drouot, 18, PARIS || Wood engraving to cover signed LeNatur — Michelet, sc. Title page: CHARLES VIRMAITRE | PARIS–CANARD | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | NOUVELLE LIBRAIRIE PARISIENNE | ALBERT SAVINE, ÉDITEUR | 18, RUE DROUOT, 18 | 1888 | Tous droits réservés. || Pagination: 2 blank leaves, original pictorial wrapper, [4], [1] 2-319 [320 blank], original back wrapper with publisher’s advertisement, 2 blank leaves. Collation: 12mo; π2, 1-1712 184. Binding: 18 x 12 cm, hardcover; quarter blue percaline, marbled boards, red title label ruled gilt with gilt lettering, gilt double tail ruler, fleuron to spine; original paper wrappers preserved. Bookplate to front pastedown: "EX LIBRIS EUGENE SELIGMANN" written on a ribbon; ink inscription to half-title in french: "To my good friends Paul Vogler and Maurice Radiguet, former – for a new acquaintance, latter – to become great." Signed: Ch. Virmaitre. Paul Vogler (French, 1853 – 1904) – painter in the Impressionist style. Jules Maurice Radiguet (French, 1866 – 1941) – illustrator , caricaturist and cartoonist. Father of Raymond Radiguet (French, 1903 – 1923). -
![Les Bienfaits de L'Empire par Alexandre Bradier. — 8e édition. — Comité politique plébiscitarire. — Paris: Belleville, [1870].](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-1002.2016-a-500x500.jpeg)
Front wrapper: Comité politique plébiscitaire | 17, rue de Surène, PARIS, VIIIe | {Napoleon III portrait} | NAPOLÉON III, EMPEREUR | LES BIENFAITS DE L'EMPIRE || Title page: in a double-fillet frame with years in corners: 1848, 1851, 1852, 1870 || LES | BIENFAITS DE L'EMPIRE | PAR | ALEXANDRE BRADIER | {quotation from Napoléon Ier} | {quotation from Napoléon III} | {quotation from Prince Napoléon} | HUITIÈME EDITION | IMPRIMERIES BELLEVILLE | 29 — Rue du Moulin-Vert — 29 | PARIS (XIVe) | Tous Droits réservés || Pagination: [1-3] 4-62 [2 table] 15.5 x 12 cm brochure in publisher’s original lavender wrappers, front cover discoloured to grey, with publisher’s advert to back wrapper. Printed by Imprimeries Bellville. Published by Comité politique plébiscitaire. -
Cover: Publisher's wrappers, to front cover with black and red lettering: DEUXIÈME ÉDITION |—| AUGUSTE LEPAGE | Les Diners | ARTISTIQUES ET LITTÉRAIRES | de Paris | {publisher's device} | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES DEAUX MONDES| FRINZINE, KLEIN et Cie, ÉDIREURS | 1, RUE BONAPARTE, 1 | 1884 | Tous droits réservés || Title page: Similar lettering t.p. in black only, with "DEUXIÈME ÉDITION" below "de Paris". Pagination: front wrapper with a pasted leaf, [iii-vii] viii-xi [xii] [1-3] 4-360, back wrapper with a pasted 3/4 leaf, black lattering to spine. Collation: 18mo; π5, 1-1918-206. -
![Le Comte de Arthur Grandeffe. Paris sous Napoléon III. Mémoires d'un homme du monde de 1857 à 1870 / Par Le Comte de Arthur Grandeffe. — Paris: Imp. et Lib. Centrales des Chemins de Fer, A. Chaix et Cie., 1870. — pp.: ff [2 ht, blank] [2 title, blank] [i] i-vi, 1-413 [1] bf.](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-2449.2020-a-1-500x500.jpeg)
Front wrapper: PARIS SOUS NAPOLÉON III | Mémoires d'un homme du monde | DE 1857 À 1870 | PAR LE COMTE DE ARTHUR GRANDEFFE | {publisher’s device} | PARIS: IMPRIMERIE ET LIBRAIRIE CENTRALES DES CHEMINS DE FER | A. CHAIX ET Cie | RUE BERGÈRE 20, PRÈS DU BOULEVARD MONTMARTRE | 1879 || Similar lettering to t.p. Softcover 18.5 x 12 cm, publisher’s original blue wrappers, first and last leaves glued to wrappers, unevenly trimmed, some uncut, pagination [4] [i] ii-vi, [1] 2-413 [414], authors advert to back wrapper; mispaginated pp. 136-141; collation: 18mo, π6, 1-2218 236. Sticker with gilt lettering to front wrapper “LIBRAIRIE CENTRALE | BERTRAND & QUEYROT | MENTON”; sticker to spine "577". -
Title: BIBLIOTHECA FICTIVA | A Collection of Books & Manuscripts | Relating to Literary Forgery | 400 BC – AD 2000 | Arthur Freeman | Bernard Quaritch Ltd | 2014 || Pagination: xvi, 424, with colour frontispiece and 36 illustrations in text. Binding: 26 x 18 cm, burgundy cloth, blocked in gold on spine, printed dust-jacket. -
Pagination: [2] – letterpress title / blank, [2] – t.p. contents / to readers, [1] 2-368 [4 index], + 9 b/w and 27 coloured plates. Collation: 4to; letterpress title, [A]1 B-Z4 Aa-Zz4 3A-3B4 3C3. Binding: 25 x 16 cm; gilt-ruled half-calf over marbled boards, flat spine, gilt-ruled compartments, gilt lettering; front board almost detached. References: Martin Hardie (1906), p.310 [LIB-2623.2021]; R. V. Tooley (1935), p. 26 [LIB-2641.2021]; J. R. Abbey (1953), Cat. № 212, p. 166 [LIB-2622.2021]. -
Pagination: [2] – letterpress title / blank, t.p. contents / to readers, [1] 2-368 [4 index], + 6 b/w (one folding) and 28 coloured plates (total 34). Collation: 4to; letterpress title, [A]1 B-Z4 Aa-Zz4 3A-3B4 3C3. Binding: 25 x 16 cm; gilt-ruled half-calf over marbled boards, flat spine, gilt-ruled compartments, gilt lettering. 5 aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1757 – 1827): Table D'Hote; Consulting the Prophet; The Prophet discovering himself and exposing the deception; The Arrival in Paris; Liberality to infirm beggars on leaving Yrvi. References: Martin Hardie (1906), p.310 [LIB-2623.2021]; R. V. Tooley (1935), p. 26 [LIB-2641.2021]; J. R. Abbey (1953), Cat. № 212, p. 167 [LIB-2622.2021]. -
Pagination: [2] – letterpress title / blank, t.p. with contents / to readers, [1] 2-376 + 7 b/w and 16 coloured plates (total 23); this differs to Abbey’s description of 372 pages + 4 pages index, and 41 plates (lacking 18 plates). In No 73 lacking 3 plates: Quadrant Regent st., Morning dress and Full dress. In No 74 lacking 5 plates: Charles str., Brienz, head dresses, full dress, and muslin patterns. In No 75 lacking 5 plates: 4 with bank notes and Castle of Rinkenberg. In No 76 lacking 1 plate: Cavern St. Beat. In No 77 lacking 2 plates: Wetzar and Lake Thun. In No 78 lacking 2 plates: Crescent at Portland Place and Environs of Thun. Collation: 4to; letterpress title, [A]1 B-Z4 Aa-Zz4 3A-3C4 3D2. Binding: 23.5 x 15.5 cm; double fillet blind-ruled half-calf over pebbled cloth boards, raised bands ruled blind, crimson label with gilt lettering to spine. References: Martin Hardie (1906), p.310 [LIB-2623.2021]; R. V. Tooley (1935), p. 26 [LIB-2641.2021]; J. R. Abbey (1953), Cat. № 212, p. 174 [LIB-2622.2021]. -
Title page: ТОРКВАТО ТАССО | ОСВОБОЖДЕННЫЙ | ИЕРУСАЛИМ | ПЕРЕВОД С ИТАЛЬЯНСКОГО | РОМАНА ДУБРОВКИНА | {publisher’s device} | САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ИВАНА ЛИМБАХА | 2020 || Frontispiece recto: Torquato Tasso portrait by Aegidius Sadeler; verso: TARQUATO TASSO | GERUSALEMME | LIBERATA || Pagination: [1-4] 5-607 [608], il. in text by Charles-Nicolas Cochin, the Younger (French, 1715 – 1790). Hardcover, pictorial paper board, lettering to spine, 25 x 15.5 cm. Print run: 1,000 copies. Original: Torquato Tasso. La Gerusalemme liberata (it.) Translation from the Italian and a foreword by Roman Doubrovkine [Роман Дубровкин] (Russian-Swiss, b. Published in 2020 by Издательство Ивана Лимбаха in St. Petersburg. In this collection: LIB-2639.2021 with illustrations by Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773); LIB-2636.2021 with illustrations by Bernardo Castello (Italian, 1557–1629), and another translation into Russian by В. С. ЛИХАЧЕВ LIB-2654.2021. -
Front wrapper (in black and red, in a red frame): (top left) ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ | ОРДЕНА ЛЕНИНА | БИБЛИОТЕКА СССР | ИМЕНИ В. И. ЛЕНИНА — (top right) {СК} (white stylized letters on red background) | СВОДНЫЙ | КАТАЛОГ | РУССКОЙ | НЕЛЕГАЛЬНОЙ | И ЗАПРЕЩЕННОЙ | ПЕЧАТИ XIX ВЕКА | КНИГИ И ПЕРИОДИЧЕСКИЕ ИЗДАНИЯ | (bottom left) МОСКВА • 1982 || Title page: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ОРДЕНА ЛЕНИНА БИБЛИОТЕКА СССР| СВОДНЫЙ КАТАЛОГ | РУССКОЙ НЕЛЕГАЛЬНОЙ | И ЗАПРЕЩЕННОЙ ПЕЧАТИ | XIX ВЕКА | КНИГИ И ПЕРИОДИЧЕСКИЕ ИЗДАНИЯ | 2-е ДОПОЛНЕННОЕ И ПЕРЕРАБОТАННОЕ ИЗДАНИЕ | Часть 2. Книги Н–Я. Периодические издания. | (1159–2576) | МОСКВА 1982 || Publisher’s wrappers, 21.5 x 14.5 cm, lettering to front and spine; pagination: [2] – t.p. / imprint, 3-230 [2]. Науч. ред.: Итенберг, Борис Самуилович (Russian, 1921 – 2016). «Сводный каталог русской нелегальной и запрещенной печати XIX века. Книги и периодические издания» состоит из трех частей: Часть 1. Книги А–М. (№ 1–1158) [LIB-2648.2021] Часть 2. Книги Н–Я. Периодические издания (№ 1159–2576) Часть 3-я. Приложения. Вспомогательные указатели. Список источников. [LIB-2661.2021] -
Front wrapper (in black and red in a red frame): ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ОРДЕНА ЛЕНИНА БИБЛИОТЕКА СССР | ИМЕНИ В. И. ЛЕНИНА — {СК} (white stylized letters on red background) | СВОДНЫЙ | КАТАЛОГ | РУССКОЙ | НЕЛЕГАЛЬНОЙ | И ЗАПРЕЩЕННОЙ | ПЕЧАТИ XIX ВЕКА | КНИГИ И ПЕРИОДИЧЕСКИЕ ИЗДАНИЯ | МОСКВА 1982 || Title page: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ОРДЕНА ЛЕНИНА БИБЛИОТЕКА СССР| СВОДНЫЙ КАТАЛОГ | РУССКОЙ НЕЛЕГАЛЬНОЙ | И ЗАПРЕЩЕННОЙ ПЕЧАТИ | XIX ВЕКА | КНИГИ И ПЕРИОДИЧЕСКИЕ ИЗДАНИЯ | 2-Е ДОПОЛНЕННОЕ И ПЕРЕРАБОТАННОЕ ИЗДАНИЕ | Часть 3. Приложения. | Вспомогательные указатели. Список источников | МОСКВА 1982 || Publisher’s wrappers, 21.5 x 14.5 cm, lettering to front and spine; pagination: [2] – t.p. / imprint, 3-242 [4] – incl. contents, imprint, and errata, [2] – blanks. Print run 1,250 copies. Науч. ред.: Итенберг, Борис Самуилович (Russian, 1921 – 2016). «Сводный каталог русской нелегальной и запрещенной печати XIX века. Книги и периодические издания» состоит из трех частей: Часть 1. Книги А–М. (№ 1–1158) [LIB-2648.2021] Часть 2. Книги Н–Я. Периодические издания (№ 1159–2576) [LIB-2660.2021] Часть 3-я. Приложения. Вспомогательные указатели. Список источников. -
Front pictorial wrapper: ЛЕВ ТИХОМИРОВ | ЗАГОВОРЩИКИ | И | ПОЛИЦИЯ | С ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕМ В. И. НЕВСКОГО | МОЛОДАЯ ГВАРДИЯ || Title page: РЕВОЛЮЦИОННОЕ ДВИЖЕНИЕ В РОССИИ В МЕМУАРАХ | СОВРЕМЕННИКОВ | ПОД РЕДАКЦИЕЙ В. НЕВСКОГО И П. АНАТОЛЬЕВА | ЛЕВ ТИХОМИРОВ | ЗАГОВОРЩИКИ | И | ПОЛИЦИЯ | ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ В. НЕВСКОГО | МОЛОДАЯ ГВАРДИЯ | МОСКВА – ЛЕНИНГРАД || Title verso: Обложка – гравюра на дереве | работы Н. П. Дмитровского | {printer’s device} | Издат. № 2633 | Ленинградский Областлит № 8371 | Тираж 5.000 экз. | 1928 г. Back wrapper: Заказы направлять: | [….] | {publisher’s device} | 1 р. 25 коп. | Р || Pagination: [1-3] 4-229 [3]; pp. 205-226 – notes, 227-229 – index. Collation: [1]8 2-148 154. Binding: publisher’s pictorial wrappers, lettering to spine and back cover. Print run 5,000 copies. Provenance: П. Ю. Перкон (to front cover nut-ink inscription: «П. Перкон», blue ink stamp to cover and t.p.: «БИБЛИОТЕКА | П. Ю. ПЕРКОНЪ | №» Personae: Перкон, Петр Юрьевич [Густавович] (Latvian, 1885 – 1938) — member of the communist party (Bolsheviks) since 05.1905; arrested: 05.02.1938, shot: 22.04.1938. — Previous owner. Невский, Владимир Иванович [Кривобоков or Кривобок, Феодосий Иванович] (Russian, 1876 – 1937) — arrested: 20.02.1935, shot: 26.05.1937. — Editor of the series and author of the foreword. Анатольев, П. И. [Фаресов, Анатолий Иванович; Faresov, Anatoly (Russian, 1852 – 1928). — Editor of the series. Тихомиров, Лев Александрович (Russian, 1852 – 1923). — Author of the text. Дмитревский [Дмитриевский; Дмитровский], Николай Павлович (Russian, 1890 — 1938) — arrested 15.12.1937 , shot: 02.01.1938. — Artist/engraver of the woodcut on the cover. -
![Adelbert von Chamisso. Peter Schlemihl's wundersame Geschichte. Nach des Dichters Tode neu herausgegeben von Julius Eduard Hitzig. Stereotypausgabe mit Holzschnitten. — Nürnberg: Johann Leonhard Schrag, [o.J.], [1839]. — XVI + 83 S.](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-1100.2016-b-scaled-500x500.jpeg)
Title page (in Gothic script): Peter Schlemihl's | wundersame Geschichte | mitgetheilt | von | Adelbert von Chamisso. | {vignette} | Nach des Dichters Tode neu herausgegeben | von Julius Eduard Hitzig. | Stereotypausgabe mit Holzschnitten. | Nürnberg, | Johann Leonhard Schrag. || Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xvi, [1] 2-82 [2], 15 woodcut vignettes by Unzelmann after Menzel. Collation: 8vo; π8 1-58 62. Binding: 21.5 x 13.5 cm, blind olive wrappers. Year of publication inferred from the foreword. This is the first posthumous edition of Chamisso's novel. Personae: Chamisso, Adelbert von (German, 1781 – 1838). — Author of the text. Hitzig, Julius Eduard [Itzig, Isaac Elias] (German-Jewish, 1780 – 1849). — Author of the foreword. Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von (German, 1815 – 1905). — Artist of the vignettes. Unzelmann, Friedrich Ludwig (German, 1797 – 1854). — Engraver of the woodcuts. Schrag, Johann Leonhard (Germany, 1783 – 1858). — Publisher. -
Cover and title page: Освободительная библiотека. | П. А. КРОПОТКИНЪ. | Парижская коммуна | В. СИМКОВИЧЪ | Послѣдние годы борьбы Россiи | съ самодержавiемъ | {publisher’s device} | ИЗДАНIЕ В. Д. КАРЧАГИНА. | Москва—1906. || Publisher’s lettered wrappers, pagination: [1-5] 6-83 [84], collation: 8vo, [1]8 2-58 62; size: 10.5 x 14 cm. Contents: П. А. Кропоткин. Парижская коммуна / Пер. Т. Брона — pp. 3-31; В. Симкович. Последнии годы борьбы России с самодержавием / Пер. Л. П. Данилова — pp. 33- 83. Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich [Кропоткин, Пётр Алексеевич] (Russian, 1842 – 1921) — author of the text. Simkhovitch, Vladimir Gregorievitch [Симкович, В.] (Russian-American, 1874 – 1959) — author of the text. Кушнерёв, Иван Николаевич (Russian, 1827 – 1896) — printer. -
Cover: Акц. О-во “МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КНИГА” | МОСКВА, Кузнецкий Мост, 12. Тел. 1-20-21. | АНТИКВАРНЫЙ КНИЖНЫЙ МАГАЗИН | ДЕЗИДЕРАТА | РУССКОГО БИБЛИОФИЛА | DESIDERATA OF A RUSSIAN BIBLIOPHILE | MEZHDUNARODNAYA KNIGA | Antiquarian Departament | Moscow — Kuznetski Most, 12. || Title: DESIDERATA | РУССКОГО БИБЛИОФИЛА | РЕДЧАЙШИЕ КНИГИ И ИХ | СОВРЕМЕННАЯ РАСЦЕНКА | СОСТАВИЛ П. П. ШИБАНОВ | (К ДОКЛАДУ В РУССКОМ ОБЩЕСТВЕ | ДРУЗЕЙ КНИГИ 15 АПРЕЛЯ 1927 Г.) | МОСКВА — 1927 || Title verso: Корректурное издание в количестве 200 нумерованных экземпляров, из которых №№ 1–100 для членов Русского Общества Друзей Книгию Отпечатано в 13-й типографии Мосполиграф «Мысль Печатника» Главлит №85566. № 121. Back cover: "Не для продажи". Publisher’s lettered wrappers, 21.5 x 15 cm, pagination: [1-4] 5-15 [16 blank]; stamps and inscriptions to covers, markings inside. Limited edition of 200 copies, of which this copy is № 121. Шибанов, Павел Петрович (Russian, 1864 – 1935). -
![П. Е. Корнилов [автограф]. Материалы к иконографии Казани. // Оттиск из издания "Материалы по охране, ремонту и реставрации памятников ТССР, вып.IV". — Казань: 1918. — 31 стр.+ [6] л. илл.; — Тираж 50 экз.](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-1021.2016-a-scaled-500x500.jpeg)
22 x 15.5 cm, wrappers, label pasted down to the front cover, lettering in a double frame: П. Е. КОРНИЛОВ. | МАТЕРИАЛЫ К ИКОНОГРАФИИ | КАЗАНИ | Казань | 1930 | Оттиск из издания “Материалы по охране, ремонту и реставрации памятников ТССР”, вып. IVй, 50 экз. Pagination: 1-17, frontispiece and 5 leaves of photomechanical illustrations (plates 1-7), extraneous to collation; pages also numbered for the compiled publication: pp. [15] 16-31 [32], published by «Отдел по делам музея и охраны памятников искусства, старины и природы при Академическом центре Татнаркомпроса». A pre-print of a paper for a compilation, published as a separate limited edition of 50 copies. Autograph: Дорогому Николаю Васильевичу | Ильину с дружеской приязнью | от автора | 18. VIII. 30. | Казань. Корнилов, Петр Евгеньевич (Russian, 1896 – 1981) Ильин, Николай Васильевич (Russian, 1894 – 1954) — График. Окончил МУЖВЗ (1910-1916). В 1922-1930 годах работал по оформлению книг в Нижнем Новгороде. С 1930 года жил и работал в Москве. Художник в издательстве Детгиз, затем главный художник Гослитиздата. Оформлял книги произведений А.С. Пушкина в технике силуэта. -
![Конрад Н.И. Театр Кабуки, его история и теория // Японский театр. — Л.-М.: Academia — Всесоюзное Общество культурной связи с заграницей, 1928. — Тир. 3.200 экз. [Сборник статей под редакцией проф. Н. И. Конрада. В книге представлены статьи Н. Конрада, О. Плетнера, Д. Аркина, посвященные традиционному японскому театру. Объём книжки — 60 стр.].](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-0975.2016-a-scaled-500x500.jpeg)
Title page: ВСЕСОЮЗНОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО КУЛЬТУРНОЙ СВЯЗИ С ЗАГРАНИЦЕЙ | ЯПОНСКИЙ ТЕАТР | СБОРНИК СТАТЕЙ | ПОД РЕДАКЦИЕЙ | ПРОФ. Н. И. КОНРАДА | ЛЕНИНГРАД 1928 МОСКВА || T.p. verso: Отпечатано по заказу Всесоюзного | Общества Культурной Связи с загра- | ницей издательством «ACADEMIA» | Государственного Института Истории | Искусств | Обложка работы | Н. А. И А. А. УШИНЫХ | Лениградский Областлит № 12814 […] Тираж 3200 экз. | 2-я типография Транспечати ГКПС, Ленинград, Улица Правды 15. || Bibliographical description: 21.5 x 17 cm; Publisher’s black pictorial wrappers, front cover with lettering: «ЯПОНСКИЙ ТЕАТР» | ВОКС ||, pp. [2] frontis., [2] t.p. / imprint, [2] h.t. / blank, [9] 10-59 [60] – content; collation: [1]7 2-38 46, (first leaf messing from the first gathering), 4 photo illustrations in collation, back black geometrical wrapper. Contents: Н. И. Конрад. Театр в Японии. Общий очерк. — с. 9. Его же. Театр Кабуки, его история и теория. — с. 15. Ол. Плетнер. Театр Кабуки. Социологический очерк. — с. 31. Д. Е. Аркин. Театр Кабуки. Формы и средства театральной выразительности. – c. 45. Personae: Конрад, Николай Иосифович (Russian, 1891 – 1970). Плетнер, Олег Викторович ( Russian, 1893 – 1929). Аркин, Давид Ефимович (Russian, 1899 – 1957). Ушин, Николай Алексеевич (Russian, 1898 – 1942). Ушин , Алексей Алексеевич (Russian, 1904 – 1942). -
Cover: ИЗ ИСТОРИИ | ВЕЛИКОЙ ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | ЖАН ЖОРЕС | ИСТОРИЯ КОНВЕНТА | ИЗДАНИЕ 2-е | “Книга” | • МОСКВА • 1923 • ПЕТРОГРАД • || Title page: Жан Жорес | История Конвента | Сокращенный перевод В. Левицкого | под редакцией Ф. Дана. | Второе издание. | {publisher’s device} | “Книга” | Москва. […] Петроград | Тверская, 38, тел. 2-64-61. […] Невский, 74, тел. 1-34-34. || Print run: 3,000 copies. Printer: 10-я типография МСНХ «Мосполиграф». Original Title: Histoire socialiste : 1789-1900. La convention nationale / par J. Jaurès. — Paris : Jules Rouff et Cie, 1901 Bibliographical description: 23.5 x 16 cm, publisher’s letterpress wrappers, pp. [1-3] 4-191 [192]; collation: 8vo, [1-2]8 3-128; ink inscription to front wrapper: Я. Безруков Jean Jaurès [Жан Жорес] (French, 1859 – 1914) Цедербаум, Владимир Осипович [Левицкий, В.] (Russian-Jewish, 1883 – 1938) Дан [Гурвич], Федор Ильич (Russian-Jewish, 1871-1947) -
Cover: УС 1918 УС | ПЕРВЫЙ ДЕНЬ | ВСЕРОССIЙСКАГО | УЧРЕДИТЕЛЬНАГО | СОБРАНIЯ | СТЕНОГРАФИЧЕСКIЙ | ОТЧЕТЪ | 5-6 ЯНВАРЯ […] ПЕТРОГРАДЪ […] 1918 г. Title page: УЧРЕДИТЕЛЬНОЕ | СОБРАНIЕ | СТЕНОГРАФИЧЕСКIЙ ОТЧЕТЪ | ПЕЧАТАЕТСЯ ПО РАСПОРЯЖЕНIЮ ПРЕДСѢДАТЕЛЯ | УЧРЕДИТЕЛЬНАГО СОБРАНIЯ. | ПЕТРОГРАДЪ | Пятая Государственная типография, Стремянная, 12. | 1918. || Pencil inscription to t.p.: "Москва 1923 г. С. Варшавский". 23 x 16.5 cm, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, woodcut to front cover, pp.: [1-3] 4-112; collation: [1]8 2-78. -
Title page: L'AN DEUX MILLE QUATRE CENT QUARANTE. | Rêve s'il en fût jamais. | Le temps présent est gros de l'avenir... | Leibnitz. | {letterpress device} | A LONDRES. | MD CCLXXII. || Pagination: [i-iv] v-xii, 1-402 [2]; Collation: 8vo; π6 A-Z8 Aa-Bb8 Cc2. Binding: 19 x 12 cm, full mottled calf, rebacked, spine with gilt-lettered red label, compartments ruled gilt, with gilt fleuron ornament, marbled endpapers and all edges; printed on laid paper, with tall “s”. Probably published in Paris, anonymously. Handwritten nut-ink inscription to the title "Par Mercier". See also: LIB-0979.2016 -
Title page: ЖОРЖ-ЖАК ДАНТОН | ИЗБРАННЫЕ РЕЧИ | РЕДАКЦИЯ, ВВЕДЕНИЕ И ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ | Проф. Н. С. ГОЛЬДИНА | {publisher’s device} | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО УКРАИНЫ | 1924 Lacking wrappers, [2] – blank / frontispiece portrait of Danton, [2] t.p., / imprint, v-xviii, [2] –f.t / blank, 1-111 [112], collation: π2 *8 1-78. Danton, Georges Jacques [Дантон, Жорж Жак] (French, 1759 – 1794). Гольдин, Николай Сергеевич (Ukrainian-Jewish, 1877 – after 1924). Translator unknown.
