(LEPRINCE, Auguste-Xavier).

Métamorphoses d'Arlequin. Parades. Jouées sur le Théâtre Français.

Brussells. 1826. Oblong 4to. 12 lithograph plates, each with hand-colouring, with series title and title, without Leprince's signature or that of a lithographer. (Sheet size: 280 x 372 mm). Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers.

Rare suite of anonymously published satirical 'Harlequin' plates by Auguste-Xavier Leprince ... (more)

£2,200

ref: 33537

ALKEN, Henry.

A Touch at the Fine Arts.

London. Thomas M'Lean. 1824. 4to. Colour lithograph frontispiece, title, preface leaf and 11 colour ... (more)

Alken's satirical collection of plates illuminating the terminology of artistic criticism. Each ... (more)

£800

ref: 33268

AVRIL. Uzanne, Octave.

L'Ombrelle. Le Gant - Le Manchon.

Paris. A. Quantin. 1883. 8vo. pp. iv, 138. Borders, vignettes and numerous tinted text illustrations by Paul Avril. Contemporary full blue morocco, banded spine. Intricate gilt tooling to turn-ins and edges, marbled endpapers. T.e.g. Original printed silk wrappers preserved, with red ribbon ties.

£350

ref: 25891

BAC. Empis, H. Simonis.

5 albums bound in 1. I. Quelques Tranches de Vie. II. Nos Amoureuses. III. Femmes de Theatre. IV. Modeles d'Artistes. V. Le Triomphe de la Femme.

Paris G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle, and H. Simonis Empis. 1896-n.d.[c.1900]. 4to. Numerous colour plates. Albums I & II each contain a colour heliogravure signed and numbered by Bac. Bound in contemporary cloth, pages slightly browned.

Album I. Includes illustrations by other artists, such as Couturier, Guillaume, Guydo, Leandre, Lourdey, Malteste, Noury, Simonaire, etc. Album II. Contains a Chanson-Preface by Xanrof, entitled Nos Amoureuses. Album III. Contains a prologue by Yvette Guilbert.

£300

ref: 21110

BEARDSLEY, Aubrey.

Set of eight engravings to illustrate Lysistrata.

London. n.p. c.1905. Large 4to. (Sheet size 35 x 27.5 cm). With 8 plates by Aubrey Beardsley. Issued without text. Loose as issued in original purple wrappers, with title printed on front.

Rare large paper printing of the plates from Beardsley's fin-de-siècle erotic masterpiece. Aubrey ... (more)

£3,500

ref: 37585

BEARDSLEY. Malory, Sir Thomas.

(Morte d'Arthur). The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the end le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing out of this World of them all.

London. J. M. Dent. 1893 - 1894. 3 vols. 4to. pp. xc, 290; (4), 291-664; (4), 665-990, (1). With 2 ... (more)

First edition in a handsome binding. De luxe edition of 300 copies in three volumes printed on ... (more)

£45,000

ref: 37173

BEARDSLEY. Malory, Sir Thomas.

(Morte d'Arthur). The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the end le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing out of this World of them all.

London. J. M. Dent. 1893 - 1894. 2 vols. 4to. Frontispiece in photogravure to each volume, 18 ... (more)

First edition in a handsome painted vellum binding. From the edition limited to 1,800 copies ... (more)

£6,000

ref: 40323

BEJOT. Claretie, Jules (Preface).

Du Ier au XXe. Les Arrondissements de Paris. Vingt eaux-fortes originales de Eugene Bejot.

Paris. Societe de Propagation des Livres d'Art. 1903. 4to. pp. (iv), v, (3). With 20 original etchings by Bejot, each tipped onto card. Original publisher's portfolio (worn), with printed title pasted on front.

From the edition limited to 200 copies, with this one of 175 on 'Hollande'.

£2,500

ref: 30169

BELLENGER, Georges. Vigny, Alfred de.

Les Destinées, Précédées de Moïse.

Paris. Edouard Pelletan. 1898. Large 4to. pp. 196, (1). Illustrated with 46 wood-engraved ... (more)

From the edition limited to 350 copies, with this copy number 2 of 2 on Whatman paper. This ... (more)

£3,500

ref: 25395

BERTALL. Gozlan, Leon.

Aventures Merveilleuses et Touchantes du Prince Chènevis et de sa jeune soeur.

Paris. J. Hetzel. 1846. 8ov. pp. 111. Frontispiece and vignettes throughout by Bertall. Publisher's blue cloth with decoration in blind, title and floral decoration gilt to spine, gilt vignettes of the Prince Chenevis and his sister to front and rear boards, yellow endpapers, a.e.g.

Moralistic and charming adventures of the Prince Chenevis based in reality, since: 'Dieu a mis assez de charme et de poésie dans la vérité, sans qu'il soit rigoureusement besoin de recourir à l'imagination de l'homme pour ajouter à la vérité.'

£250

ref: 36747

BIGOT, Georges.

Croquis Japonais.

Tokyo. 1886. Folio. 29 original etchings illustrating Japanese characters. Bound in vellum wrappers and stiched in the Japanese style, with additional etchings printed on the front and back wrappers.

£2,200

ref: 27209

BOILVIN. Flaubert, Gustave.

Sept eaux-fortes pour illustrer Madame Bovary, dessinées et gravées par E. Boilvin.

Paris. Alphonse Lemerre. 1883. 16mo. Etched title and six etched plates by Boilvin. Loose as issued in publisher's printed board portfolio.

£250

ref: 20489

BONNARD. Mellerio, André.

La Lithographie Originale en Couleurs.

Paris. Publication de l'Estampe et l'Affiche. 1898. Small 4to. pp. (iv), 47. Original wrappers, in later chemise and slipcase.

From the edition limited to 1,000 copies. The coloured frontispiece and the front cover are ... (more)

£1,750

ref: 25894

BONNARD. Mellerio, André.

La Lithographie Originale en Couleurs.

Paris. Publication de l'Estampe et l'Affiche. 1898. Small 4to. pp. (iv), 47. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

Edition limited to 1,000 copies, with this one of the first 200 numbered copies on papier Hollande ... (more)

£2,000

ref: 30719

BONNARD. Terrasse, Claude.

Petit Solfège Illustré.

Paris. Ancienne Maison Quantin, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies. 1893. Oblong 4to. 16 leaves; pp ... (more)

First edition of Bonnard's first illustrated book. Claude Terrasse's Petit Solfège Illustré, a ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 40119