Toulouse Lautrec.
Paris: Hyperion, 1946. Translated by Mary Chamot. 128 plates, many mounted & in color. 31 pages of text in English. Small folio, natural linen. London, Paris, New York: Hyperion, 1946. A very good copy. More
Paris: Hyperion, 1946. Translated by Mary Chamot. 128 plates, many mounted & in color. 31 pages of text in English. Small folio, natural linen. London, Paris, New York: Hyperion, 1946. A very good copy. More
Paris: Hyperion, 1946. 128 plates, many mounted & in color. 31 pages of text in French. Small folio, natural linen, d.w. (worn). Paris: Hyperion, 1946. A very good copy. More
London: Hyperion, 1939. 160 illustrations, some in color. 167 pages. 4to, cloth, stained d.w. London: Hyperion, 1939. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Skira, 1958. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Profusely illustrated with fine mounted color plates, several folding. Folio, cloth, d.w. (Skira: 1958). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. A finely illustrated study of 15th century Flemish painters with bibliography. Arntzen/Rainwater M392. From Bosch to Rubens. More
Anvers: De Nederlandsche, 1947. Text in French. Profusely illustrated in b/w, 239pp., 4to, cloth- backed boards, d.w. Anvers: De Nederlandsche Boekhandel, 1947. Very good. More
Brussels: 1964. Flemish Primitives Corpus, ed. by P. Coremans. 204 plates, several in color. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Bruxelles, 1964. Very good. More
New York: Abrams, 1967. 491 black and white illustrations; folding list of plates at rear. 40 pages of text. Short thick folio, gilt-lettered green cloth. New York: Abrams, (1967). First edition. A touch of wear at extremities, still a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. All the known (and attributed) graphic works of these two 16th century masters, printed whenever possible in the original size, and reproduced from their first printings. Lucas, p. 165 (French ed.)... More
New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Illustrated. viii + 393pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Basil Blackwell, (1988). A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972. Illustrated with black and white photographs and paintings throughout. 224 pages. 8vo, navy blue cloth, dust wrapper, sunned on inside flaps. New York: Praeger Publishers, (1972). A very good(+) copy, a slightly scuffed, in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
London: Nicholas Kaye, 1963. 203 photo Illus., folding map. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. covers slightly warped, pages slightly wavy throughout. London: Nicholas Kaye, (1963). More
Paris: Ode, 1951. Map. Chromolithograph. 22" x 16". Striking pictorial map with high design features and ethnographic elements in Liozu's signature style. Border shows the flags of the different African countries and a decorative cartouche shows wildlife native to the continent. Covered with vignettes drawings of people and products of each country, resources, people, activities, crops, etc. Includes decorative title cartouche with animals and compass rose. More
Paris: Ode, 1951. Map. Chromolithograph. 22" x 16". Beautiful pictorial map with high design features and ethnographic elements in Liozu's signature style. Border shows the flags of the different South American countries and a decorative cartouche shows wildlife native to the continent. More
New York: 1959. 1 page, 8.5 x 8 inches, (New York), January 27, 1959. In this warm letter, the renowned Lithuanian-born sculptor sends a piece of his art to a friend and discusses his health and other topics, in full: "Dear Dr. Colp, I suppose you know that my wife and I talk about you every day with gratefulness. As my strength is improving I wish I could sometimes have conversations with you like we had in Mount Sinai. I...... More
3 vols., 8vo, full calf; ex-lib, all volumes lack spines, front cover of volume 3 detached. Paris: Bechet, 1841-43. First Edition. Lisfranc was associated with the Pitie for 15 years before publishing his Clinique chirurgicale, which recounts the many achievements of his career. This is the only complete general surgery he wrote. He made many improvements in operative surgery, and is best known for "Lisfranc's amputation" of the foot (1815; GM 4443). Hirsch. Wellcome III 528. Not in Waller... More
Amsterdam: Mortier, 1735. Title printed in red & black with printer's device. Illustrated with 17 copperplate engraved folding plates (27 figures) and one folding table. [10], 392 pages. Short 8vo, older cloth-backed marbled boards. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1735. Light foxing, otherwise a near fine copy. An Amsterdam reprint of the earliest exhaustive treatise on the aurora borealis, two quarto editions of which had previously been published at Paris in 1733 and 1734. Mairan attributed the phenomenon of the aurora borealis..... More
New York: Dutton, 1967. 351 pages. 8vo, lime green and black cloth with red lettering. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1967. First Edition. Page edges lightly spotted and toned, internally clean and tight. Very good. More
Meudon, France: 1960. 2 x 3.5 inches, Meudon, France, no date, circa 1960. Unsigned five-line note, written on the front and back of a personal card, describing a group of journalists from South America. Very good condition. Catholic philosopher and prominent drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More
Washington: Pantheon, 1953. 68 black & white illustrations. 423 pages. Small 4to, blue cloth. Washington, D.C: Pantheon, (1953). Inner hinges cracked, still a very good solid copy. Bollingen Series XXXV-1. More
Washington: Pantheon, 1960. 68 black & white illustrations. 423 pages. Small thick 4to, blue cloth, torn d.w. Washington, D.C: Pantheon, (1960). Fourth printing. Light foxing, still very good in good dust wrapper Bollingen Series XXXV-1. More
Paris: Marcel Riviere, 1930. 467pp. 8vo, modern 3/4 black morocco, marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in; ex-libris crest. Paris: Marcel Riviere, 1930. Deuxieme edition, revue et augmentee. Fine. Critique of Henri Bergson's philosophy of process. "A highly polemical work by an ex-Bergsonian turned Thomist". DSB II 12. Best edition. More
Amsterdam: Delalain, 1771. 419 pages, thick 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, ornately gilt spine, rubricated edges (lightly rubbed on the spine, still solid and attractive). Amsterdam: Chez Delalain, 1771. Very good. More
New York: Harper, 1951. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 89pp., 8vo, boards, dust wrapper; d.w. edgeworn & chipped. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1951). Very good with a good d.w. More
With commentary by Daniel Roche. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Foreword by Robert Darnton. Facs. maps. 368pp., 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. Very good. More
New York: Scribner, 1979. Many Illus., most in color. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Scribner's, (1979). Fine. More
Cologne: Schayberg, 1960. 25 pages of black & white photographic plates, slim 4to, original grey printed boards (top of spine bumped). Koln: M. Dumont Schavberg, (1960). Very Good (+). Monumenta Artis Romanae. With the small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
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