Frederic Schlichtegroll (2 results)

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition in English of the first book on lithography, written by Alois Senefelder the inventor of lithography. Bound in half crushed morocco, with gilt lettering. Rebound with new endpapers. With frontis and three plates. The text is collated complete. With four only of the thirteen plates (including frontis). Johann Alois Senefelder (1771 1834) was an German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796. A Complete Course of Lithography combined Senefelder's history of his own invention with a practical guide to lithography, and remained in print into the early 20th century Bound in half crushed morocco, with gilt lettering. There is mild wear to the extremities, including some bumping and some clear tape. There are the remains of some labels on the front endpapers. A copperplate ink inscription from the original endpapers has been stuck to the front pastedown. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are bright with intermittent mild background spotting and the very occasional handling mark. The frontis and page 331 have been reinforced along the gutter with cloth tape. The title page and a few pages have been reinforced along the gutter with clear tape. Very Good. book.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1818 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 514 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 514 Stendhal, Giuseppe Carpani, Théophile Frédéric Winckler , William Gardiner , Robert Brewin , Friedrich Schlichtegroll , Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti.