1228 - 1692 FINE PRINTING (including ILLUSTRATED BOOKS and CARICATURE)
= One of an unspecified number of copies bound by L. HODNÝ JR. in gilt overlapping vellum, top edge gilt and gauffered, orig. frontwr. pres.
Šajner, D. Pro vůni Heřmánku. Ibid., idem, 1979, 45,(1)p., 4 col. etchings and aquatint by EVA BEDNÁŘOVÁ, printed in 200 numb. copies.
= One of an unspecified number of copies bound by L. HODNÝ JR. in giltlettered maroon leather w. gilt carved leather onlay piece on frontcover, t.e.g., slipcase. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.
- Lower edge trifle browned, otherwise fine.
= Braches 254; Braches 971231: "Het Huldigingslied is geheel in hout gesneden. Het zijn bladzijden in een vercierde omslag: waarschijnlijk wel het enige moderne muziekstuk dat ooit in blokdruk is uitgevoerd. De decoratie van dit middeleeuwse gewrocht aarzelt tussen Art Nouveau en Nieuwe Kunst."
Groote Societeit Amicitia November 1813-1913. Menu. Entirely col. lithogr. menu, col. ills. and wr. by J.B. HEUKELOM, sm. 8vo.
- Wr. sl. browned. = Braches 519.
Programma van het Concertgebouw te Amsterdam. Five programs, Amst., Concertgebouw 1901-1917, orig. wr. by THEO NEUHUYS (4x diff). and R. ROLAND HOLST (1x).
= i.a. Braches 1454 and Braches 1706.
AND 8 others w. Dutch art nouveau designs, i.a. W.G. VAN NOUHUYS, Egidius en de Vreemdeling (printed in 200 copies, orig. wr. by JAN TOOROP, 4to. Wr. dam. near foot of spine. Braches 2134) and 3 issues of DE BEDRIJFSREKLAME (wr. by G.P.L. HILHORST, R.W.P. DE VRIES and J.G. VELDHEER).
- Contents fine. Chemise joints splitting; slipcase worn along extremities.
= One of 20 copies with a suite of all the woodcuts and 3 extra woodcuts (incl. one not called for in colophon) which were rejected, printed in sanguine. Monod 2187.
= "Jaaruitgave '96 van Het Beschreven Blad". "Deze gedichtenbundel (...) telt de mooiste of treffendste gedichten van de 29 leden van Het Beschreven Blad plus een gedicht dat Leo Vroman maakte over de relatie tussen de dichter en het blad, dat van onbeschreven beschreven wordt. Vroman componeerde het gedicht speciaal voor het genootschap. Mèt de uiteindelijke tekst zond hij uit de USA de handgeschreven kladblaadjes mee, waaruit de groei van het gedicht 'Onder de Punt' gelezen kan worden. Deze blaadjes zijn in deze bundel opgenomen" (introd.).
Het Beschreven Blad en Profil. Silhouettenalbum Het Beschreven Blad. Ibid., idem, 1995, 30 silhouettes of the members of HBB by PIETER WETSELAAR, each w. accomp. poem, printed in 40 numb. copies, SIGNED by the artist, orig. marbled wr. Tien jaar Het Beschreven Blad. Ibid., idem, 1993, (44)p., printed in blue and red in 90 numb. copies, orig. hcl. w. calligr. title on frontcover, obl. 8vo, w. 7 col. facs. postcards, loosely inserted in unif. hcl. portfolio bound dos-a-dos w. the book, stiff paper slipcase. Pieter Wetselaar & Het Beschreven Blad. Ibid., idem, 1998, (31)p, 9 vignettes/ printer's marks by P. WETSELAAR, printed in 100 numb. copies (32), orig. wr., sq. 8vo. Kuyper, F.W. Tineke de Hoop. N.pl., n.publ., 1984, bifolium, printed in red, green and black, 4to. - AND 11 wrappers for issues of Beschreven Bladen (1992-2012), printed by Jan Keijser (7x) and Avalon Pers (4x).
- Spines and leather corner pieces rubbed/ worn.
= Memorial edition. Comprises: History of Birds; History of Quadrepeds, Aesop's Fables and Memoir.
- Owner's blindstamp on title-p.; hinges repaired; portrait foxed.
= Roscoe p.117-180; Hugo 428; Ray 52: "Bewick deplored this well-produced volume, which to his mind could only serve "to feed the whimsies of bibliomanists", but he tolerated its publication. Though some of the engravings hardly rise above the chapbook level (...) the book is useful as a record of his work before he achieved his mature style."
- A few lvs. sl. foxed in upper part; bookplates on upper endpapers, i.a. of Matthew White, Viscount Ridley. Spine heavily rubbed.
= One of the SIGNED and numbered LARGE PAPER copies.
- (Sl.) foxed; partly sl. yellowed. Rebacked.
= Frontwr. reads "Wagnervereeniging. Opéra Russe à Paris".
Opéra privé de Paris. Première Saison. Paris, Publicié Commerciale & Téatrale, 1929, (36)p., tipped-in portrait, 8 tipped-in col. plates by A.K. KOROVINE, adverts., orig. col. wr. by I.Y. BILIBIN, 4to. - AND 1 other similar (sl. dam.).
- Colours partly sl. faded/ worn off.
= Painted vellum bindings were produced during most of the 1890s at the Royal School of Art Needlework, an institution founded for educated women who otherwise would have little to no means to support themselves. It was strongly connected to the Arts & Crafts movement. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XL.
- Binding w. a few rubbed spots. Fine copy.
= Braches 971: "Wapens van Leiden (links), Haarlem (rechts) en Den Haag (onderaan) in kleuren; monogram JS op voorzijde."
= Fine copy of the DELUXE edition, printed in 250 numb. copies, bound in richly gilt full vellum by Elias P. van Bommel, Amst., t.e.g., decoration designed by Theo Nieuwenhuis.
- Trifle foxed. Upper joint weak/ splitting at spine-ends.
= One of 130 copies containing 2 extra states of the etchings. Monod 3690.
Bordeaux, H. Au Pays des Amours de Lamartine. Grenoble, J. Rey, 1921, 143,(2)p., plates, bound in polished aquamarine morocco w. multiple gilt fillet lines around sides, spine w. raised bands and gilt compartments, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., orig. wr. pres.
- Spine sl. faded. Otherwise fine.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. = Gay/ Lemonnyer I, p.252.
- Lid chipped/ sl. bumped at upper edge. Otherwise fine.
= Vijfde uitwisselingsproject. Nice project, resulting in very fine typographical contributions, all printed in a different type, by i.a. Hein Elfering, Houtpers, De Veerpers, Statenhofpers, Breukenpers, De Lange Afstand, De Ammoniet, Johan de Zoete, Sub Signo Libelli, Zolderpers, Mikado Pers, Priegelpers, Ser J.L. Prop, Clipeus Pers and De Bloemenpers. Including contributions 5 and 52 that were not ready in time for publication.
- Fine copy.
= One of 100 copies on Vélin pur chiffon de Vidalon, with an uncoloured suite of 114 plates and with 6 unused illustrations in 2 states (coloured and uncoloured), in orig. wr. and with a publisher's specimen brochure containing another 5 col. illustrations. Not in Monod. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLI.
- Spine wr. dam./ worn away.
= One of 40 copies on Japon de Shidzuoka, but without the extra suite. Monod 8199; Bouvet 90; The Artist and the Book 30; Carteret IV, p.282 ("Edition recherchée et cotée"); Rauch 26. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLI.