1542 - 2216 FINE PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
= Printed and composed on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Anne de Boer-Olsen and "om het milieu te ontzien" (from the contributor's leaf). Contains contributions by Peter Bekker, Henk ter Bogt, Feike Boorsma, Albert Bouma, Frans den Breejen, Hanneke Briër, Elze ter Harkel, Ruth Hohe-Daan, Mineke Hollestelle, Hans Horn, Jan Keijser, Ans Koopmans & Henk van der Mey, Peter Lazarov, Marlies Louwes, Maikie Mijnssen, Pieter Niemeijer, Dick Donner, Kees Thomassen, Antje Veldstra, Hester Verkruissen and Doortje de Vries.
= With loosely inserted prospectus.
AND 6 other publications, all with typography by R. COX, i.a. T. VISSER, Van Tan (n.pl., n.d., num. col. ills., orig. wr.); H. DE CONINCK, Pastorale (Amst., AMO, 1993, ill., printed in 38 numb. copies (unnumb.), orig wr., 4to); B. AAFJES, Twee parels (ibid., Stichting Arent van Santhorst, 1992, printed in 150 numb. copies, orig. wr.); E. LEEFLANG, Wachtend op het lied (ibid., De Veerpers, 1993, printed in 100 copies, orig. wr); IDEM, Wachterlief (ibid., idem, 1994, printed in 100 copies, orig. wr.). - AND 4 etchings (3x diff.) by R. COX, various sizes, 2x signed, dated and numb. in pencil. - AND 2 others.
= Published on occasion of the 55th birthday of Doortje de Vries from the Eikeldoornpers. Contains contributions by i.a. De Breukenpers; Het Gonst, Linje Pers, De Uitvreter, In de Bonnefant, Frans de Jong, Avalon Pers, Statenhofpers and Sub Signo Libelli.
- Very fine copy. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVI.
- Endpapers sl. yellowed/ foxed. Backstrip sunned. = De Halcyon Pers 10; Van Dijk 222.
Pushkin, A.S. Les recits de feu Ivan Pétrovitch Bielkine. French transl. G. Wilkomirsky. Maastr./ Brussels, A.A.M. Stols, 1930, 94,(2)p., 6 aquatint plates by A. ALEXEÏEFF, printed in 225 numb. copies (200), contemp. clothbacked batik boards, orig. frontwr. pres., large 8vo.
- Frontwr. and first free endpaper sl. foxed. = One of 200 copies on Pannekoek. Van Dijk 223.
- A few lvs. trifle dustoiled. Wrapper frayed along extremities; backstrip worn.
= Hayn/ Gotendorf IX, p.7; Bilder-Lexikon II, p.36: "Die Gedichte sind zwar erotisch, aber künstlerisch wertvoll, die Illustrationen zum Teil dezent galant, zum Teil stark erotisch".
- All vols. bookplate on upper pastedown.
= Vol. 1 with extensive MANUSCRIPT SIGNED DEDICATION (with incorporated quotation of Amiel) by B. Bouvier.
Régnier, H. de. Tel qu'en songe. Paris, Librairie d'Art Indépendante, 1892, (8),125,(2)p., sl. later giltlettered hmor., orig. wr. pres.
- Spine sunned. = Vicaire VI, p.1000.
AND 4 others, i.a. P. VERLAINE, Vers (Leipsic, 1910, contemp. hmor., t.e.g.) and M. MAETERLINCK, Le Trésor des Humbles (Paris, 1921, woodengr. frontisp. by P. BAUDIER, contemp. hmor.).
= Verso lid w. mounted leaf reading "Kaartenbak no. 12". Each publication is printed in a limited edition and contains 5 loose postcards, all published by De Ammoniet on occasion of an exhibition in the University Library, University of Amsterdam. Contains: J.W.H. WERNER, Amsterdam slaat de vleugels uit: het begin van een kartografische traditie (1994); Ex Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana (1994); Suriname verbeeld (1995); Multatuli: muiter van gisteren, held van vandaag (1995); C. GODFRIED (introd.), De Deense Molière. Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) (1996); Drukwerk tussen hemel en hel (1996); De illustraties in de 'Duizend-en-één-Nacht' van Gerard Keller (1996); Van Raspen en Malen. Het Amsterdamse Rasphuis aan de Heiligeweg (1997); P.C. Hooft geschreven en gedrukt (1997); P. VISSER, Het werk van den Boekdrukker is Goud waard. Aspecten van Het Réveil in druk toegelicht (1997); 't Verborgen goed, Treckt ons gemoed. De boekillustratoren Jan & Caspar Luyken (1999) and R. RIJKSE, 100 jaar Nederlandse Private Presses (2000).
AND 19 other publications by De Ammoniet, all orig. wr., all in fine condition. - AND ±40 sm. publications by the same, i.a. flyers, leaflets, wishing-cards etc.
= Verso lid w. mounted leaf reading "Kaartenbak no. 40". Each publication printed in a limited edition and w. 5 loosely inserted postcards, all published by De Ammoniet on occasion of an exhibition in the University Library, University of Amsterdam. Contains: J.W.H. WERNER, Amsterdam slaat de vleugels uit: het begin van een kartografische traditie (1994); Ex Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana (1994); Suriname verbeeld (1995); C. GODFRIED (introd.), De Deense Molière. Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) (1996); Drukwerk tussen hemel en hel (1996); De illustraties in de 'Duizend-en-één-Nacht' van Gerard Keller (1996); Van Raspen en Malen. Het Amsterdamse Rasphuis aan de Heiligeweg (1997); P.C. Hooft geschreven en gedrukt (1997).
- Lacks 1 plate; all lvs. facing plates w. some (vague) offsetting. Lower joint split; paper pasted over spine; slipcase worn along extremities and partly split on joints; manuscript title on mounted paper strip at top of slipcase.
= One of the 995 numb. copies reserved for L'Union Bibliophile de France. From the library of Klaus Rödel and Peter Th. Albrechtsen, with their bookplates on upper pastedown. Monod 246.
= On the artist: Vollmer I p.393: "Beeinflußt von den Präraffaeliten, besonders von D.G. Rossetti, als Graphiker von W. Crane und W. Morris."; Hofstätter p.203ff: "Adolphus de Carolis (1874-1928) gehörte der Bewegung "In Arte Libertas". De Carolis arbeitete in der Hauptsache als Graphiker und gilt als Erneuerer der Xylographie in Italien. Seine Illustrationen schließen eng an die englische Buchkunst der Morris-Drucke an."
Lucini, G.P. La Piccola Chelidonio. Introd. C. Linati. Ibid., n.publ., 1922, 187,(4)p., woodcut ills. and bookdec. by A. FUNI, printed in 610 numb. copies (600), contemp. boards, 12mo. - AND a later edition (1927) of the first work, bound in gilt limp vellum w. ties.
= Monod 312; Carteret IV, p.45 ("Curieuse collaboration littéraire et artistique estimée"). Texts by S. Mallarmé, J. Laforgue, G. Apolliniare, F. Cargo, P. Claudel, J. Cocteau, T. Derême, L.-P. Fargue, R.M. Rilke, A. Salmon, P.-J. Toulet and P. Valéry.
Barrès, M. Un Jardin sur l'Oronte. Ibid., Plon-Nourrit & Cie., 1922, (6),241,(2)p., printed in 1500 numb. copies (75), bound by J. BADER SR. in contemp. gilt azure mor., gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Spine sunned.
AND 3 others, i.a. E. BERNARD, Agnès, Bouboule et quelques autres (ibid., 1929, contemp. hmor.).
- First and last leaf sl. browned on one side; first leaf w. folds in margin; some sl. offsetting; a few lvs. w. sm. tear in margin.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "Pour Monsieur Van Krimpen [= probably typographer Jan van Krimpen], ... parce qu'il me fait l'amitié de ne pas trop aimer cette typographie [signature]" on verso first leaf.
- Portfolio sl. frayed along extremities.
= Max Friedrich Koch (1859-1930). Frontcover numbered "Mappe 11" in pen and ink. With extensive contemp. ms. annots. by a Heinrich Lorenzen in a separate wrapper ("Erläuterungen zum elften von fünfundzwanzig zur Ausgabe ge[...?]Exemplare des Apokalypsis von Friedrich Koch").
- Slipcase sm. dam. spot on boardedge.
= Copy printed on the name of M.B.B. Nijkerk. Monod 361.
- Bookplate on first blank. Backstrip partly worn off; backwr. sl. frayed/ chipped.
Apollinaire, G. Poèmes a Lou. Introd. A. Rouveyre. Geneva, P. Cailleur, 1955, 32,(1)p., facs. manuscript plates, printed in 1220 numb. copies, orig. wr., in clothbacked board chemise and slipcase, 4to. - AND 1 other on the same.
- Wr. faded and vaguely creased along margins. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Slagter 22. WITH AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "Paris 2 nov. '53. Pour Michel Tapié avec Plaisir de Karel Appel" in ballpoint on title-page. A facsimile reprint was published in 1979 in 750 copies. Copies of the original edition are obviously very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.
- Trifle/ sl. yellowed; endpapers trifle/ sl. foxed. Binding fine.
= Complete run (erster Jahrgang/ erste Folge, Heft 1-12) of this important literary-philosophical magazine, with contributions by i.a. W. Benjamin (2x), E. Blass, E. Bloch (4x), R. Borchardt, M. Brod, F. Jung, A. Kronfeld, R. Musil and M. Scheler. One of 25 copies on Strathmore paper. Raabe (1964) 17; Raabe (1985) 31, (10). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.