1069 - 1683 FINE PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
- Front wrapper loosening; nevertheless a fine copy.
AND 8 other issues of the same periodical (no.15, 19, 32, 34, 37, 47, 49 and 109), w. wrappers by i.a. T.A. STEINLEN and SANCHA.
- All vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown; vol. 1 w. tipped-in letter on lower pastedown; trifle yellowed. Bindings sl. soiled; spine-ends and joints sl. rubbed; backstrips browned.
= Not in Monod. Juffermans p.169.
- (Sl.) foxed; several leaves/ plates loose(ning). Binding sl. rubbed.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Covers sl. soiled/ rubbed along extremities; spine sunned.
- Hinges strengthened/ split, holding on cords; foxed throughout, images hardly affected; 1 plate loose; several plates strengthened/ repaired in inner margin with tape. Binding soiled (backcover also stained); sl. worn along extremities; rebacked w. use of part of orig. backstrip.
= Leblanc p.276-277; Vicaire VI, p.544; Carteret III, p.466; Sander 563; Bilderwelt 2539; Ray 247: "He [Hetzel] fell in with the artist's desire that the book should be presented with all the splendour of the Inferno, not in the least disturbed by "that apparent enormity, a very large and expensive book for little children." So it was that this handsome folio, with its frontispiece and forty plates, bound in elaborately gilt cloth, came into existence. It proved to be one of Doré's most popular works. (...) Particularly vivid are the ten plates devoted to Tom Thumb and his family. In that shown he is marking the way back with white pebbles, as his despairing father tries to lose his children in the woods so that he won't have to watch them die of hunger. Even Doré rarely conceived so harmonious and moving a composition."
- First few lvs. large waterstain in outer upper corner; (sl.) foxed throughout. Binding sl. worn and discol.; foot of spine repaired.
= Vicaire VI, p.544; cf. Sander 563, Ray 247 and Bilderwelt 2539 (1st ed. 1862); Leblanc p.278 calling for a frontispiece and forty plates, however editions with 40 plates in total are also found.
AND 1 other: J.G. HEERES, De Bijbelsche Geschiedenis voor het Katholieke Nederlandsche Volk (Den Bosch, 1875, num engr. plates after G. DORÉ, contemp. giltlettered hcalf).
= Monod 3864.
Valery, P. Dialogue de l'Arbre. Idem, P. Bouchet, 1958, 68,(3)p., 7 (5 double-p.) etching (and aquatint) plates, lithogr. portrait, 6 double-p. col. lithogr. plates and woodengr. ills. by E. PIGNON, printed in 290 numb. copies (140), loose as issued in orig. lithogr. wr., vellum box, folio.
= Monod 10873.
- Frontisp. portrait and binding some sl. foxing. = Franklin p.271; Tomkinson 51.
- Fine. = Franklin p.280; Tomkinson 1. The first book printed by The Doves Press.
- Edges some foxed spots; covers some (very) vague foxing. = Franklin p.281; Tomkinson 19.
- Introd. leaf and 2 etchings sl. yellowed in upper blank margin, not affecting text or image. Bottom of portfolio sl. dam.
= Possibly issued w. only 6 etchings/ poems, instead of 7 as mentioned in colophon. Rare.
= A joint project between members of the Oxford Guild of Printers in England and Stichting Drukwerk in de Marge in the Netherlands. Comprises publications by Alex Barbaix, Alembic Press, Demi-Griffin Press, Clipeus Press, Veerpers, Atlantis Press, Carpathian Press, Kit-Cat Press, Priegelpers, Frans de Jong, Avalon Pers, Cobbenhagen Pers & Ex Officiana Gervoviana, Bert Post, Word Wynker Press, Old Forge Press, De Uitvreter and Dick Wessels.
= Monod 7674
- Occas. sl. foxed. = Hughey 39d.
AND 5 others, i.a. BALLADS AND LYRICS OF LOVE ((London), 1908, frontisp. and 9 col. plates by B. SHAW, orig. gilt cl.) and R. KIPLING, Songs of the sea (London, 1927, 12 col. plates and ills. by D. MAXWELL, orig. gilt cl.).
- Very fine. Corners and spine-ends of box rubbed
= One of the first 15 numbered copies printed on Japon nacré, signed by the artist, the author and the publisher, and containing extra suites of (a) a double-page lithographed plate, SIGNED in pen and ink by the artist, (b) the four double-paged. woodengraved plates without the colour engraving on japanese, (c) the same suite with colour engraving on "vélin d'Arches" and (d) the 13 single-p. and double-p. lithograpic plates on "vélin d'Arches". Monod 5989. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXX.
= Text i.a. by Boudewijn Buch, Simon Carmiggelt, Hugo Claus, Jan Cremer, Peter van Gestel, Mensje van Keulen, Harry Mulisch, Joost Veerkamp, David Veldman and Simon Vestdijk. Including a few duplicates.
= Publications by i.a. Brandon Pers (Tilburg); Eenhoornpers (Breda); Eikeldoorpers (Apeldoorn); Geiten Pers (Brummen); In de Bonnefant (Banholt); In de Roozetak (Beek); De Klencke Pers (Oosterhesselen); Lojen Deur Pers (Heemstede); Mikado Pers (The Hague); Pij Pers (Wassenaar); Ser L.J. Prop (Terhorst); Regulierenpers (Amsterdam); Salix Alba (Utrecht) and Sjaalmanpers (Utrecht).
= A large and interesting collection comprising i.a. New Year's wishes, brochures, announcements, prospectuses etc. Publications by i.a. Althea Pers, Bandini, Breuken Pers, Buchelius Pers, Carbolineum Pers, Circle Press, Cultureel Centrum Venlo, Gaillarde Pers, Klencke Pers, Lojen Deur Pers, G.A. van Oorschot, Pij Pers, Purper Pers, Uitgeverij Perifeer, Roof Pers, Reflex, Sjaalman Pers and Spectator Pers.
= Comprises i.a. J. CATS, Spiegel van den ouden en nieuwen tijd; P.C. HOOFT, Van Liefde en Min (2 variant copies, green/ black cl.); Amoureuze Liederen; Fabelen voor de Nederlandse Jeugd; Reynaart de Vos and Hamertjes.
- Sl. foxed. Spine sl. creased. = One of 800 copies on papier de rives.
Boileau, N. Satire contre les femmes. Ibid., Gilbert Jeune, 1948, (10),43,(4)p., 29 (full-p.) col. ills. by A. DUBOUT, printed in 3000 numb. copies, orig. wr., sm. 8vo.
= Monod 1662 (ed. 1951).
AND 5 others, i.a. C. PERRAULT, Contes. Introd. H. de Régnier (Paris, 1928, ills. by L. BOUCHER, orig. wr., large 8vo).