Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. Profusely illustrated with black and white 296pp. 4to, blue cloth (spine ends lightly bumped) dust wrapper (surface rubbing to wrapper). Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Viking, 1972. Color illustrations. Thin 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. New York Viking , (1972). First Edition. Fine copy in a chipped & price-clipped dust wrapper. More
Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990. Illustrated. xiii + 156 pages, 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; covers slightly askew. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
![Item #281291 A' Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti [title page]. Giovanni Battista BETTI](https://argosybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/281291.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1520284592)
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. Title page from A Dilettanti delle Bell'Arti, a rare decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 1 in pencil at right top corner. Beautiful composition. More
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter I, Iride, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 10 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it is accompanied by a figure from Greek or..... More
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter Q, Quinto Curzio Vero, in a dynamic flaming scene, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 17 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it is..... More
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter S, Il Dio Sonno, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some staining. Stitching holes and small chip at left edge. Numeral 19 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it is accompanied by a...... More
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter U, Urania, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. Depicts Urania, the muse of astronomy. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 24 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive and rare engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it..... More
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter X, Titiro, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 22 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it is accompanied by a figure from Greek or..... More
Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter Y, Scherzo, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 23 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it is accompanied by a figure from Greek or..... More
Charles Hunsberger, 1970. Etching. 15 x 11 inches, BFK watermark. Printed on the inner panel of a large 22 inch bifolium. Image measures 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches. Boldly signed and numbered in pencil, 28/50. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Hunsberger, 1970. Very Scarce. Letter E by Federico Castellon is part of a wonderful collaboration between two artists, with each responsible for thirteen alternate letters, and a self-portrait. Federico Castellon (1914-1971), was a surrealist printmaker, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. He..... More
Charles Hunsberger, 1970. Etching. 15 x 11 inches, BFK watermark. Printed on the inner panel of a large 22 inch bifolium. Image measures 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches. Boldly signed and numbered in pencil, 28/50. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Hunsberger, 1970. Very Scarce. Letter I by Federico Castellon is part of a wonderful collaboration between two artists, with each responsible for thirteen alternate letters, and a self-portrait. Federico Castellon (1914-1971), was a surrealist printmaker, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. He..... More
Charles Hunsberger, 1970. Etching. 15 x 11 inches, Rives watermark. Printed on the inner panel of a large 22 inch bifolium. Image measures 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches. Boldly signed and numbered in pencil, 28/50. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Hunsberger, 1970. Very Scarce. Letter U by Federico Castellon is part of a wonderful collaboration between two artists, with each responsible for thirteen alternate letters, and a self-portrait. Federico Castellon (1914-1971), was a surrealist printmaker, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. He..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1994. Designed, Printed & Illustrated in Conjunction with The Center For Book Arts. 4to, plain wrappers with printed card dust wrapper. (New York), 1994. Limited Edition. Fine. Both type and color woodblock illustrations were printed letterpress on handmade paper. Of an edition of 60 copies, this is marked AP & signed by Maureen cummings. "Aureole to Zingaresca represents years of fortuitous lexigraphical trouvailles. It is the book of a bibliotaph gone berserk, a fabulist's treasure trove..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1962. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, a few pencil marks in margins. London: Thames and Hudson, (1962). History of the development of scripts in the Middle East and China. Also traces the development of the alphabet from the Middle East to Greek and Latin. More
London: Warne, 1908. 24 color plates by Dulac. The alphabet featuring a letter-based limerick to accompany each illustration; pictorial endpapers. Slim 4to, beige cloth backed pictorial boards, spine and fly leaves slightly darkened, corners worn. All plates are bright and clean. London: Warne, 1908. First Edition. Gift inscription by a previous owner on verso of fly-leaf., still a very good(+) copy. More
Leipzig: Hartleben's, 1880. 15 color plates with tissue guards. 632 pages, tall 8vo, brown cloth, spine and front cover are ornately decorated in gold and black, blind-stamped back cover. Leipzig: Hartleben's, 1880. First Edition. Fine. A scientific presentation of the creation of language. More
Zurich: Belser, 1985. Facsimile of a book in the Vatican Library. 50 pages, with 21 illustrations in 6 colors. Small slim 8vo, marbled boards. Accompanied by a text volume in German, of the same size & binding. (Zurich: Belser, 1985). Fine, in publisher's board slipcase. Scarce. The first treatise and illustration of Roman capital letters to appear in the Renaissance. Vat. Lat. 6852. More
Venice: Appresso Piazzesi Legatore, 1975. Designed by Robert Frontier and printed in red & black with title page vignette and 26 ornamental initials from the alphabet attributed to Capcassa and Tridino. The accompanying text are humorous poems. Tall 8vo. Vellum-backed red patterned paper boards by Legatoria Piazzesi. Printed on handmade paper at the Scuola Emiliana Tipografica Artigianelli. [Venice]: Appresso Piazzesi Legatore, 1975. Limited edition - number 239 of 300 copies, signed by the author and designer. A near fine copy..... More
David Gatti, 2001. The alphabet, illustrated with 26 animal drawings by David Gatti. thin 12mo, plane brown paper covers, illustrated wrappers. N.P. David Gatti, (2001). A fine copy of this scarce and lovely title. More
London: Routledge, 1859. With Illustrations in black & white engraved by Edmund Evans. 25 pages, 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, soiled rubbed at the edges & worn at the corners; some childish pencilings on the back blank flyleaf inner hinges neatly reinforced. London: Routledge, Warnes and Routledge, (1859). A worn but charming and scarce book. Full page engravings for flowers beginning with each letter of the alphabet, verse below. More
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899. 26 plates printed in black, white and red (one margin chipped at vottom). Slim square 8vo, cloth-backed decorative boards (worn at edges). Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899. First Edition. Overall a very good copy, internally clean. More
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899. 26 plates printed in black, white and red. Slim square 8vo, cloth-backed decorative boards (tips of corners lightly rubbed). Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899. First Edition. Very good(+). More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1931. An alphabet book illustrated with 23 (X, Y & Z are not shown) very slightly racy color plates of flappers aboard an ocean liner, each accompanied by a humorous verse. Olong 12mo, original color wrappers (one inch of paper loss at head of spine; internally clean). J. B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, 1931. First softcover edition. A very good copy of this uncommon book. More
New York: James Gregory, 1864. Illustrated throughout with 26 wood-engraved prints, all with tissue guards. 32 pages, unpaginated. Short slim 4to, original white glossy pictorial stiff wrappers, lightly faded and soiled, rebacked in plain brown cloth. A charming children's alphabet book satirical in nature with rhymes. Each letter begins a rhyme with an illustration and together they tell the story of the origin, manufacture, & use of a hair dressing that was supposed to cure baldness. New York: James g...... More
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