Extra Illustrated (56 results)

Trade Paperback. Very Good. S. 97.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Frontispiece and extra illustrated title (illustrator). Front free endpaper and single-fold leaf pages 5-8 detached but present, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Religious tract book about a pair of sisters discovering G-d. ; 36 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Extra illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. A clean sound "extra illustrated" copy of the scarce 1912 First Edition with four related images of Staithes mounted to the endpapers & half title.(perhaps to make amends for the fact that Staithes is unmentioned in the text) and loosely inserted 32pp leaflet on The order for The Burial of the Dead. 8vo, xii, 318pp, Frontispiece and 67 b/w plates from photos,

Condition: Very Good (AVERAGE). No Jacket. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs (illustrator). .FEEL FREE TO ASK FOR PHOTOGRAPHS OR FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Not Signed or Inscribed. PAPERBACK.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1960, 1st Edition, NF+/GOOD, AS-IS, DJ LIGHT Sun, Wear tiny Chips Edges & Small Chip Front DJ Takes out some word Motion, Oblong Pyroxylin impregnated Red Cloth lettered in Red on Spine light Wear, Back DJ Smaller chip Top Edge & small mended Tear, , Spine dJ small chips Top End, Interior nice tight clean light FoX, Wear, 64 pgs, with side stitching to prevent individual pages from coming Loose, .How sound is Recorded & special effects Created How jumble of film is finally put together in cutting room, simply told & well illustrated with clear photographs,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated with a Frontis, An Extra Engraved Title Page Plus Ten Plates. (illustrator). PAGES: 576, Plus the Plates. BINDING: Contemporary full leather with gilt lettered label. CONDITION: Covers worn and scuffed; hinges cracked and covers just holding; occasional foxing, a little heavy in places; lacking a couple of the tissue guards. Size: 8 1/4 X 5 1/2 Inches.

Half-Leather. Illustrated with A Frontis Portrait, Extra Illustrated Title Page, Plus a FOLDING MAP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. (illustrator). PAGES: viii, 480. Printed in double columns. BINDING: Half leather over marbled boards. CONDITION: Covers worn and lacking half of the spine (see image); inscription to verso of the frontis portrait; offsetting to page facing the folding map; otherwise a clean and tight copy. Size: 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 Inches.(22 x 14 Cms.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Special Edition. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (7.6 x 4.8 inches). The authors own copy of her first book, extra illustrated with 51 plates and specially bound in beautiful full red calf bindings with fully gilt spines, each with three black labels, gilt. Boards with four gilt ruled lines and decorative gilt panel within, plus blind tooled ruled and dotted lines. Board edges with decorative gilt roll. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. The authors own bookplate to the front pastedown endpapers of both volumes. Illustrated with three plates, as called for on the contents pages, plus Vol. 1 has 21 extra plates bound in, mostly portraits but including 1 original pencil drawing, 1 hand coloured plate and four leaves of signature facsimiles. Vol. 2 has a total of 30 extra plates, including 11 leaves of facsimile signatures, the rest portraits and views. The bindings are unsigned but of the highest standard. Some light rubbing to the extremities and a small (1 inch long) area of loss to the surface leather on the front board of volume one but overall very good and atttarctive bindings. Emily Sarah Holt (1836 - 1893) was a prolific novelist, mainly of historical fiction, with women and girls as leading characters, and promoting the idea that marriage was not the only option for them and they could pursue their own paths. Her writing is noted for her meticulous research and attention to historical detail, albeit written from a Protestant viewpoint.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. iv, 395p: vi, 374p: v, 378p:376p: iv, 319p: 384p: v, 334p: iv, 319p. 19th century quarter red morocco with richly gilt spines over speckled boards and marbleized end papers. Signed bindings by Emile Rousselle with his small rubber stamp on the verso of the front marbled endpaper in each volume. Four volumes bound in eight with untrimmed edges. Extra illustrated with over 130 illustrations whereof some hand colored. First printed and published in French in the same year. Hibbert's Auction Catalogue lists on p246, #4497 the French edition which Lowndes p1314 attributes incorrectly to have been published in London followed with a comment that an English translation appeared in 1825. Light scattered foxing in areas otherwise a fresh clean set with only a few check marks in pencil in the index, in a very attractive binding.

Full Color Morocco. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 273, 247 Pp. Volumes One And Two Of Four, Only. Full Green Morocco, Inlays Of Red Flowers And Green Leaves, Gilt Stems, Gilt Lettering And Design On Spine, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge, White Morocco Inlaid Doublures Ornately Illustrated With Green And Red Design With Gilt, Silk Endpapers, Silk Bookmarks Bound In, Gilt Rules Along Foredges Of Boards. Special Edition And Binding, With Introductory Leaf Stating "Six Copies Of This Edition Are Printed On Japanese Vellum; One Of Which Is Assigned To The Library Of The British Museum; One To The Library Of Congress; One Is Presented To Dr. Richard Garnett; One Is Retained By The Society, And Two Will Be Sold By Auction". Vellum Paper Watermarked "Bibliophile Society" In A Vertical Strip Near The Foredges. Extra Illustrated With Extra Frontispieces, The Extra Frontispieces Being The Usual Frontispiece Engravings Entirely Hand Colored And Re-Signed "Pyle", Apparently By Pyle As The Signatures Are Correct. Further Extra-Illustrated With Original Marginal Watercolor Illustrations, Mainly Of Bibliophile Scenes, A Few Of Book Collecting, 17 Illustrations In Volume I, 26 Illustrations In Volume Ii. Volume I And Ii Only, Apparently An Incomplete Project Of The Bibliophile Society And Pyle, Probably One Of The Six Copies Identified On The Limitation Page In The Book But Also Possibly An Incomplete Special Edition. Well Preserved, Fine Or Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated with a Frontis, Two Extra Engraved Title Pages Plus 8 Plates. (illustrator). A new edition, revised, augmented, and improved. PAGES: xvi, 696; viii, 136. Without the 4pp list of plates & advertisements. BINDING: Contemporary full leather with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. CONDITION: Covers and spine scuffed, hinges cracked (but covers still holding); staining to endpapers; the odd small stain; otherwise a good copy. Size: 8 1/4 X 5 1/2 Inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Complete in Three Volumes (although rather quirky: Volume 1 is part one, Volume two is said to be Part two of Volume one, and the third volumes is stated as volume 3 part one; but the title pages each call for three volumes. Full morocco by Riviere & Son but with all boards detached. Bookplates of Ethel Randolph Thayer. Gilt-stamped detail on boards and spine, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, t.e.g.; inside gilt dentelles. Extra-illustrated with numerous engraved portraits and plates throughout. In very good condition internally, but on account of the loose boads, sold as is.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with 21 Maps (one Extra, Not Called for), Plus 37 Plates & 1 Table. (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Maps are as follows: Map of the World; Europe; Asia; Africa; England & Wales; Scotland; Ireland; Sweden; Germany; United Provinces; Netherlands; France; Spain; Switzerland; Italy; Muscovy, or Russia in Europe; South America; West Indies; North America; Turkey in Europe and Hungary; PLUS AND EXTRA MAP (not called for in the contents), of: Poland, showing the claims of Russia, Prussia & Austria. BINDING: The two volumes are bound in contemporary full leather. CONDITION: Covers rubbed, hinges cracked, front cover of the first volume attached by tape & volume two the front cover is attached to the title page with tape (lacking the blank front endpaper); occasional foxing and browning; the odd stain tear and a few small worm holes in the last few pages of one volume. Size: 10 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches.( 27.5 x 21.5 Cms.).

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; extra-illustrated with thirteen additional half-tone illustrations depicting scenes alongside Kipling's stories. (illustrator). First US edition, first printing. 277pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BRITISH FANTASY In a whimsy-laced journey through time, the trickster Puck summons visitors from across England's pastfrom Roman legionaries to Norman knights and Magna Cartaera merchantseach weaving captivating stories steeped in history and folklore. Framed by evocative poems, these vignettes blend fantasy with national legacy, culminating in a celebration of England's evolving identity. The first US edition is notable for its four haunting color plates by Arthur Rackham, absent from the British edition. This copy is further distinguished as an extra-illustrated example, enriched by a previous owner with thirteen additional half-tone illustrations depicting scenes of Ancient Rome. The juxtaposition of Kipling's imaginative retelling of English history with Roman imagery creates a layered dialogue between text and illustration, offering a fascinating glimpse into the interpretive creativity of early 20th-century collectors. [Livingston, 283]. Mild foxing frontis tissue-guard, extremities rubbed, internally clean, binding tight and square, a near fine copy. Publisher's green cloth, pictorially stamped in black with image of a ship, titled in gilt, teg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. ENLARGED GREGO EDITION. TWO VOLUMES. Large 8vo. (9 X 6 inches). Enlarged, with more illustrations, from the 1889 edition. Fully illustrated throughout with 32 hand coloured engraved plates by Joseph Grego, as called for, plus extra illustrated with another 86 eighteenth and nineteenth century plates bound in, a mixture of portraits and scenes from society, with many being hand coloured. A Lovely clean copy in fine twentieth century leather bindings. Half brown mottled morocco on the boards, with lighter brown colour on the plain spines. Both spines with five wide raised bands, each with four gilt ruled lines. Compartments with double ruled gilt borders. Two tan and one green label, ruled and lettered in gilt, to each spine. Boards covered with green cloth. Top edges gilt, the others untrimmed. Plain off white endpapers. Publishers original spines and front boards bound in at the rear of each volume. Neat previous owner colour bookplate on the front pastedown of volume one. A fine copy in a beautiful quality binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Straight-grain morocco gilt. Extra-illustrated with 91 very fine portrait plates, with a wide range of important and curious historical characters represented. Binders ticket of C. Smith,13 Church St, Soho. Binding with one small loss of leather along front board near spine; overall an exceptional enlarged copy.

Condition: Very Good. Greatbach [extra illustrated] (illustrator). First English Edition. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. First English Edition. Printed in 1838. Complete in 5 volumes. Extra Illustrated by Greatbach. Custom bound in full leather bindings. Antiquarian bindings. All edges gilded. Extra Illustrated, with 90 steel-engraved plates, some dual page, some hand colored, including portraits of the famous generals, republican leaders, execution scenes, assassinations, etc., Beautifully engraved by GREATBACH, around 20 are Hand Coloured. Greatbach was a famous engraver in 1820, throughout the Victorian era. In remarkable condition despite the age. The bindings look like they were bound in the 1800's. These bindings are custom bound. This set is extra illustrated. The leather is supple. The hinges are all sound. The paper is extremely high quality. Light shelf rubs. An exceptional set. The History Of The French Revolution, 1789-1800. Thiers, Louis A., [Shoberl, F., translator], [Greatbach, extra illustrated] Translated, with notes and illustrations, from the most authentic sources, by Frederick Shoberl. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED, with upwards of 90 Illustrations on Steel, Engraved by William Greatbatch. Complete In Five Volumes. London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1838 1st Edition Five Volumes; Hardbacks, 9 x 5.5 inches. Bound in attractive full morocco leather fine bindings. Boards with gilt decorated edge details. Spines fully gilt decorated including Fleurs-de-Lis and Liberty Caps in compartments, raised bands, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good conditions. All volumes professionally rebacked using the original boards and original spines. Some only very minor rubbing to edges. In exceptional condition. All hinges sound and strong. Volumes One and Three has private hand written bookplate on front endpapers. (H le Platt St Croix 1957) Volume three small chip on front endpaper fore edge. Inside some light foxing, else generally clean & tight. Size 9 x 5.5 inches, complete in 5 vols. Extra Illustrated with 90 steel-engraved plates, including portraits of the famous generals, republican leaders, execution scenes, assassinations, etc., all beautifully engraved by GREATBACH around 20 Hand Coloured. Name sometimes spelled Greatbatch, but Greatbach was usual. Line engraver and illustrator, worked in London from 1820, engraved plates after old masters for popular almanacks; the PSA listed some of his works. Brother of engraver George Greatbach, he was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and died in London. Complete with all 5 volumes. Previous owner bookplate on front endpaper from St. Croix. High quality paper is still supple. The leather is supple. Set is remarkably fresh and well preserved. This is a gorgeous set. It would make an excellent gift or addition to any fine library. This set will be well protected for shipping. Please see my other listings for similar books. Full leather, all edges cased in gilt.

Condition: fine. Extra Illustrated Copy with 61 plates (illustrator). 2nd Edition. First published in 1809. ~ Cowie 285 ~ The usual collation would be: engraved title page, frontis portrait, 9 plates including 4 folding. The preface is date Feb. 3. 1813. ~ Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history. 8vo. 21cm., i-xiii, [1], 15-560,[18] pp., (index)., Extra Illustrated with hand colour engraved frontis portrait of Nelson, full engraved title page with vignette illustration "Battle of Trafalgar", with 61 engraved plates, five folding, (4 being hand colour), in fine signed binding, "Root & Son", full cross grain crimson morocco, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt titles and vignette naval decorations in the panels, gilt triple ruled triple ruled borders on the boards, wide full gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, a fine cop, beautifully bound, rare (hoL).

Condition: Near Fine. Abridged edition. Abridged edition. Extra-illustrated with 50 engravings of notable figures from English history, by S. Harding, Bartolozzi, et al. vii, [i], 571, [1, catalogue] pp. 4to. Beautifully bound and extra-illustrated copy of the abridged edition of the Harleian Miscellany, a collection of tracts and pamphlets from the library of Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, first published in 8 volumes in 1744. ESTC T111518; Fleeman 44.4HM/3 (noting no Johnson contributions to this edition). Provenance: Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (gilt cypher and bookplate); Maggs Brothers (export license, 1947, sold to); W.A Aiken Contemporary full red morocco, covers tooled in gilt with Lowther cypher beneath ducal crown, a.e.g. Spine faded, else a near fine copy Extra-illustrated with 50 engravings of notable figures from English history, by S. Harding, Bartolozzi, et al. vii, [i], 571, [1, catalogue] pp. 4to.

Black and white frontispiece photo. This copy extra-illustrated (illustrator). Limited edition, #84 of 250 copies. The period covered in this orderly book of the Maryland Loyalists begins with the evacuation of Philadelphia, covers the march across the Jerseys, and the foraging tour and cantonment on Long Island. It fills an important gap in the historical record for the period herein after July 5th, 1778. The book was kept by Caleb Jones, once sheriff of Somerset County but arrested by the Council of Safety in 1776. After his release on bonds of £200 he made his to Philadelphia with the British Army, where he enlisted in the Maryland Loyalists. This particular copy of this fascinating historical record is extra-illustrated with materials from other earlier sources, as follows: - engraved plate "Ny in 1775" [in pencil] (frontispiece) - Map of the States of Maryland and Delaware, by J. Denison (this inserted map is from c.1796) - mounted colored illustration "Evacuation of Boston," by Beeler - mounted colored illustration "Battle of Monmouth" - Battle of Long Island (map) from Stedman's History of American Wars - engraved plate "Battle of Long Island," after a painting by Alonzo Chappel - engraved portrait, "Gen. Lord Cornwallis" - engraved portrait, "Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby" The map of Maryland and Delaware is by one James Denison and engraved by Amos Doolittle, known as "The Revere of Connecticut." An important, handsomely bound volume with extra illustrations added. Map ref. PAPENFUSE 63, and p. 71. Leather spine and fore corners with marbled paper sides, five raised bands. Spine titled and ornamented in gilt, both boards with gilt rules, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A few tiny rubs to binding, else fine. Leather and marbled paper over boards. Tall octavo. 111 pages plus 8 pages of publisher ads.

Extra Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. A touch of rubbing to raised bands and joints. Spine and joints conditioned with leather dressing to enhance suppleness. Otherwise both volumes in fine condition in slightly worn slipcase. Bayntun Binder, Bath England. Red leather with gold tooled covers, and panels and raised bands. All edges gold.

1st Edition. [6], 143, [1] pp. Original printed blue silk covers bound in. Title printed in red & black, with pale blue vignette above imprint. Head and tail pieces, ornamental borders (some in color). Illustrations de Paul Avril. Extra-Illustrated with 24 inserted plates of distinguished personages, such as Madame de Pompadour, Madame de Grignan, Christine de Suede, Mme de la Valliere, Napoleon, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Shakespeare, Mme de Maintenon & François d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 6-3/4" Uzanne "was a 19th C French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist. He is noted for his literary research on the authors of the 18th C. He published many previously unpublished works by authors including Paradis Moncrif, Benserade, Caylus, Besenval, the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire. He founded the Socià tà des Bibliophiles Contemporaines, of which he was president. His research produced a considerable literary output and frequent publications in newspapers such as L'Echo, Le Plume, Dà pêche de Toulouse, Le Mercure de France, Le Gaulois and Le Figaro of Paris. One of the topics his research focused on was the discussion of fashion and femininity in the French fin-de-sià cle. This took the form of monographs and works including Son Altesse la femme (French for Her Highness Woman), Fà minies and La Française du sià cle (The Frenchwoman of the Century). His own works include novels and fantasy books, such as Surprises du Coeur and Contes pour les bibliophiles (Tales for bibliophiles)." Avril "was a French painter and commercial artist. Under the pseudonym Paul Avril, he was an illustrator of erotic literature. His career saw collaboration with influential people like Octave Uzanne, Henry Spencer Ashbee and Friedrich Karl Forberg." [Wiki] Some fading to the top portion of the binding [no doubt shelved with shorter volumes]. Light shelfwear. Faint evidence of removed bookplate to front paste-down. Still, a handsome VG+ copy. Finely bound, by Chambolle Duru, in deep purple full morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled eps, AEG.

By her Son Charles Edward Stowe. 2 vols. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of ninety-eight plates and six autograph letters inlaid to size. Each volume includes an extra printed title page denoting this extra-illustrated set. 8vo, full blue-green levant morocco, gilt; gilt brown morocco doublures; moire silk endleaves; gilt tops; by Harcourt Bindery, Boston. Preserved in a quarter morocco folding box with two felt-lined chemises. Armorial bookplate in each volume. Some tiny areas of rubbing to the extremities of the leather and minuscule chips to the spine of Vol. I; a beautiful set. The letters are by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, his wife, and the Rev. C. E. Stowe.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Extra-illustrated (illustrator). The seventh edition. Complete with the original title page, seven-page dedication and 23 pages of text, each carefully window-mounted on larger sheets. This is followed by the complete text of the work from the Harper & Brothers edition of 1902, illustrated by Edwin Abbey. Next comes a five-page review of the work by Austin Dobson, excerpted from a magazine and a five-page article, "A Bibliographical Puzzle" written by Luther S. Livingston on the early printings. The contents are introduced by a hand-lettered title page with two mounted steel engravings. Interspersed throughout are 24 full-page color illustrations by W. Lee Hankey from the 1909 Constable edition, 30 b/w plates by Edwin Abbey from the 1902 Harper Brothers edition, a fine engraved portrait of Joshua Reynolds who was the dedicatee of the original work, and engraved portraits of Goldsmith and Abbey as well as the title pages for the Harper and Constable editions from which the plates were taken. In addition, the volume is enhanced by 12 full-page original ink and watercolor drawings by H. Draper. Each of the plates, portraits and watercolors have handwritten subtitles matching the artworks with scenes from the book. A large 4to (page size 9 by 11 inches) beautifully bound in three-quarter navy morocco over blue cloth-covered boards by Bayntun. Spine with raised bands and richly gilt in compartments. A fine copy of a unique and lavish collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Moderate rubbing to leather at joints and edges and corners of boards. Gutter split at front hinge. The portrait frontispiece has moderate foxing and a vertical crease to the inner margin. Provenance: An owner's inscription on front fly leaf - "Sophia Eleanor Mercer - A precious heirloom, not to go out of the family - left by me to my grandson John Lawrence Anderson and not to go out of the family "Nellie Mercer" nee Wray mentioned in note by Richard Bate - who illustrated this book when over 70 years old". ; Second edition. [1-4] i-viii (IX-XVI, hand-numbered additional manuscript leaves listing 95 plates, pp. XIV-XVI blank except for hand-numbering) (9)-394 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Extra-illustrated with 95 additional pen, ink and wash drawings by Richard Bate. These are the original ink and wash drawings, i.e. not mechanically reproduced. The illustrations are presumably all based on other printed illustration sources. On a couple of the illustrations, the source is named: illustration number 3, "Procession of the Bull beneath the mound of NIMROUD" gives as the source "from Layard's Nineveh"; and illustration number 12 "A General View of the Great Temple at Edfou" gives the source from which the ink sketch has been rendered as the "Pictorial Bible". The illustrations are skillful and evocative. They are generally in black ink only, a few also use a light brown sepia colour, e.g. number 3 "Procession of the Bull beneath the mound of NIMROUD." Each illustration initialed by hand "R. B.", and dated between 1854 and 1856. Dates usually indicate the month, sometimes just the year. Each illustration of an ancient ruin matches a reference to that ruin in the lines of the poem, the line being annotated with the number of the corresponding illustration. Handwritten list of the titles of the illustrations bound in with the preliminary leaves. Full green morocco binding with gilt panels to both boards, gilt decoration to spine. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Page dimensions: 182 x 117mm (7 1/8" x 4 5/8"). Inscribed on a piece of paper laid down on page XIII:"for Sophy / your affte. Father / Richard Bate / Love to Nelly and a kiss for me." Richard Bate (1775-1856) was born in London. In 1807 he travelled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Brazil he established a trading company in nautical, optical and surgical instruments. Watercolour paintings by Bate of the city of Rio de Janeiro are held by Cornell University. His daughter Sophia, to whom this volume was gifted by her father, was born in Brazil in 1817, and died in London in 1889. Richard Bate returned to England in 1854. Sophia married Dr Septimus Wray (1792-1869) and they had one child, Sophia Eleanor Wray (1848-1940). Sophia Eleanor Wray married Dr John Thomas Mercer in 1870. The front fly leaf has the signature of "Sophia Eleanor Mercer". They had a daughter Eleanor Maria V. Mercer (1875-), who married Laurence Anderson (born Tokyo, 1875). Eleanor Maria V. Mercer and Laurence Anderson had a son John Laurence Anderson, born in Bangkok in 1900. John Laurence Anderson, grand-son, is also mentioned in a family inscription on the front endpaper by Nellie Mercer nee Wray (Sophia Eleanor Mercer). The illustrations include stone ruins and monuments of the ancient ("Dark Era") and classical worlds, and geographically principally from Rome, Greece, the Near and Middle East. Also Palenque from Mexico. Illustrations include: Babylon (Birs Nimroud); Nineveh; Mount Hor; Petra; Nubian Pyramid; Ipsamboul; Edfou; Latopolis; Thebes; Carnac; The Memnon; Dendera; Pyramids at Gizeh; The Sphinx; The Nile; Heliopolis; Alexandria; Gibraltar; Uxmal; Palenque; Elephanta; Temple of Minerva at Sunium; Mars Hill, Athens; Paul preaching; Corinth; Egina; Samos; Patmos; Rhodes; Rome; Tivoli; Vauclause; Avignon; Ephesus; Tyre; Lebanon; Baalbec; Palmyra; Persepolis; Dead Sea; Tiberias; Capernaum; Samaria; Tomb of Rachel; Bethlehem; Jerusalem. [References: Stickel, Erico J. Siriuba, "Uma Pequena Biblioteca Particular: Subsídios para o Estudo da Iconografia no Brasil" (São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. p. 83); Ferrez, Gilberto. "Aquarelas de Richard Bate: o Rio de Janeiro de 1808 - 1848" (Rio de Janeiro: Galeria Brasiliana, 1965).].

Apparently the FIRST EDITION. 200 x 130 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 1/8"). viii, 355 pp. (bound with the half title and with an inserted plate as frontispiece).Edited by Alexander Dyce. VERY PLEASING SLIGHTLY LATER DARK BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, ATTRACTIVELY GILT, covers with French fillet border and elegant botanical cornerpieces, raised bands, heavily gilt spine in compartments featuring elaborate scrolling cornerpieces, an intricate fleuron centerpiece, and tiny circlets, turn-ins with plain and stippled rules and filigree gilt decoration at corners and midpoints of two sides, textured (silk?) brown and cream millefleur-patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 55 PORTRAIT PLATES, five in color, all with tissue guards. Verso of the front free endpaper with the engraved bookplate of Robert B. Lawrence. A hint of browning to some of the inserted plates, but A FINE AND HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY, the text especially fresh, clean, and smooth, and the binding bright and virtually unworn. This is a tastefully bound collection of anecdotes and witty banter recorded by poet Samuel Rogers, whose private means made his gracious home in Westminster a gathering place for the poets and artists of the age. Scion of a wealthy banking family, Rogers (1763-1855) achieved fame with the publication of "The Pleasures of Memory" in 1792. His friend Alexander Dyce, who compiled the present work, tells us in the preface that Rogers "was in the habit of writing down, in all their minutiae, the anecdotes, &c. with which his conversation abounded." These records provide us with an intriguing glimpse of literary society in London in the first half of the 19th century. Our second work, "Porsoniana," contains anecdotes about the "very eminent Greek scholar" Richard Porson (1759-1808), related to Dyce by that individual's close friend William Morby. This edition is one of at least three printings that were issued by Moxon in the initial publication year, and it would seem to be the first appearance of the text. In any case, our volume has the added feature of 55 inserted engravings of the persons discussed in the book. Although the binding is apparently unsigned, the owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf is placed near enough to the top edge that it may be obscuring a stamped binder's signature. The work displayed here is certainly of high enough caliber to have been produced by Riviere or Zaehnsdorf.

Third Edition. Third Edition. Extra-Illustrated with 20 Plates and 2 Hand-Coloured Frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine, a.e.g. by Bayntun of Bath. About fine Extra-Illustrated with 20 Plates and 2 Hand-Coloured Frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo.

Condition: Fine. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Published the same year as the French edition. 8vo. (8.8 x 6.1 inches). Extra illustrated with 12 full page 19th century engravings, including portraits of Mary Shelley, The Prince of Wales, Thomas Moore, Ali Pacha, and a charming view of The Hellespont, showing Sestos and Abydos, to compliment the 11 full page plates published in the book. A Fine copy in a fine late twentieth century leather binding of half dark blue morocco. The spine with raised bands, decorated with gilt dotted lines. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Neat previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. A wonderful copy. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

Extra-Illustrated with 73 plates, 12 coloured. xxii, 350pp. Thick 8vo. Full blue morocco, a.e.g., by Bayntun, Bath Extra-Illustrated with 73 plates, 12 coloured. xxii, 350pp. Thick 8vo.

Third Edition. 222 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). x, 337, [1] pp. Very attractive brown morocco, gilt to an Arts & Crafts design by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), covers with double fillet border, central panels framed by gilt rules accented with gilt dots at corners and sidepieces, four intersections with gilt daisy, an inlaid green morocco dot at center of these blooms and at center of each side of frame, raised bands, spine compartments with gilt fillet frame, trefoil and dots at corners, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. WITH A TOTAL OF 31 ENGRAVED PLATES, six as called for (one of these a map), and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 25 portraits of persons discussed in the book. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Tips and bottom edges of boards a little rubbed, isolated offsetting from inserted engravings, but quite an excellent copy, the text and original plates clean, fresh, and bright, and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn. Gracefully bound and extra-illustrated, this is the Foyle copy of an entertaining biography of Russia's most scandalous empress, written by Philip Walsingham Sergeant (1872-1952), who composed numerous historical biographies, largely of royal women. In the present account of Catherine the Great, Sargeant provides a highly readable version of the life of the empress. As the title of the book suggests, great attention is paid to her various liaisons and controversies ("she was," Sergeant tells us wryly, "a woman whose life gave scandal the fullest opportunity to gather about her"), but also to her importance as a ruler and Enlightenment figure. The very pleasing binding, with its delicate detail and clean Arts & Crafts design, is the work of the leading firm of Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe trained with Douglas Cockerell before founding their own bindery in 1901. They continued in a successful partnership until 1912, when Francis drowned. Despite this loss, the firm grew and prospered, employing a staff of 80 by the mid-1920s and becoming perhaps the most successful English bindery of the 20th century. Our former owner, W. A. Foyle (1885-1963), was himself a bookseller on Charing Cross Road, where he co-founded with his brother the famous Foyle's Bookshop. Foyle was an avid and discriminating collector whose three large sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century. The sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's personal library sold in July set a record for private European collections.