Art, Photography, & Antiques
New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, 1853. Hardcover. 226, [2] p., engraved title page with vignette and 48 leaves of engraved plates; 19 x 28 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine decoration and "1854 Vol. II." Gilt-stamped cover title and illustration of a globe. Blind-stamped decoration on each board. All... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1909. Hardcover. 178 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations (1 double-page, folded); 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Cover title: Michel-Ange: Peinture, Sculpture... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1964. Hardcover. [12], 87, [3] p. (11 leaves of color plates included in pagination): in-text black-and-white illustrations; 28 cm. Dark brown cover with gilt spine and cover titles and front cover illustration. The catalog lists 60 paintings and sculptures by 45 artists, all illustrated. In Near... More
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1955. Hardcover. 252 p.: 232 black-and-white photographs; 27 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles (Neue Goldschmiede Kunst ). No dust jacket. The appendix contains a description of each item and biographical information about each artist. Bookplate on the front free endpaper of the Academy... More
Lancaster, Pa. Red Rose Coin Club, 1974. Paperback. [4] p.; 28 cm. Mimeographed typescript. Includes the 1974 budget and auction lists for Feb. 4 and 21, 1974; the list for Feb. 4 has annotations. In Near Fine Condition: 2 horizontal folds from being mailed; annotations, as noted; otherwise, clean. More
Watford, Eng. Paget Prize Plate Co., 1894. 1 sheet 12 x 9 cm. Printed in red and brown. "18 x 24" stamped on the label indicating the size of paper the label accompanied. The label is undated; Paget gelatino-chloride printing out paper was first produced in 1894. In the 1890s... More
Malden, Mass. Perry Pictures Co., 1950. Group of Perry Pictures materials consisting of: 4 sepia photographs (13 x 9.5 cm.) produced by the Taber Prang Art Co., Springfield, Mass., 2 captioned "Cupid Awake" and 2 captioned "Cupid Asleep," one of which is stamped on the back "Compliments of the Perry... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G.... More
Binghamton, N.Y. Ansco Company, 1912. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Front cover printed in green and black. Portrait of photographer A. Allyn Bishop on the front cover. Advertisements for Ansco Company and Hammer Dry Plate Company are inside the front cover and on both sides of the back... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1909. Hardcover. 246 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Series title on cover: Nouvelle Collection des Classiques... More
New York: J.C. Riker, 1856. Hardcover. [108] p. (a few of blue or green paper): frontispiece, engraved title page, and 4 additional leaves of plates; 20 cm. Original black leather with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; boards have elaborate blind-stamped borders. Gilt-stamped cover title "Religous Album." Gilt-stamped front cover illustration... More
1889. 2 albumen prints. The first, Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge, is 255 x 199 mm. on a cardboard mount (297 x 239 mm). Caption printed in photograph in lower right: "54. Rouen_Fontaine de la Grosse horloge." Written in ink at lower edge of image: "Rouen, August 25/89." Written in... More
1880. 1 albumen print 224 x 272 mm. Mat is 16 x 18 inches. No identification of photographer, publisher, or location. On the hill above the river are a tent and a small structure with smoke coming out of the chimney. On the board walkway over the shallow river sit... More
Berlin: Scholtz, 1953. Hardcover. [6], 60, [68], 61-168, [2], 6, [20] p., 14 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. In binder with faux leather cover. Werner Scholtz (1904-1976) started producing tin figures in 1934; in 1950 he expanded from a shop to a mail-order business. This catalog is dated Dec. 1... More
New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G.... More
London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co., 1870. 1 albumen print 278 x 184 mm. Mat is 422 x 330 mm. No date of publication; evidence suggests it was produced around 1870. Following the Fire of London, the church of St. Mary Le Bow was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie. 1912. Hardcover. 188 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration. Edges of boards are bevelled. Top page edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Series title on cover: Nouvelle Collection des Classiques... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover. xix, [3], 249 p., color frontispiece and 29 leaves of plates (some color): also includes in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with grey paper over boards; printed paper labels on spine and front board. Lacking dust jacket. Title page in red and... More
New York: Kingsland Press, 1932. Wengenroth, Stow. Paperback. [14], 79, [3] p.: frontispiece, illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue wrapper with yap edges and a dark blue tie. Decorations by Stow Wengenroth. A very early example of Wengenroth's work as an illustrator, with one lithographed frontispiece of 10 x 7.5 cm... More
London: George Allen & Co., 1912. Hardcover. Imprint includes: E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. xii, 78, [2] p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of color illustrations tipped onto plain brown stock: full-page illustrations; 26 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color illustrated pastedown on front cover with gilt... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Better Baby Press (an Institute of the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential), 1982. Paperback. 104 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated covers and clear overlays. Cover illustration is from woodblock print by Kuniyoshi Utagawa. An extremely scarce guide to teaching children to draw. In Near... More
Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1922. Hardcover. 119, [9] p., 49 leaves of plates consisting of 4 leaves of black card with color plates tipped in and 45 leaves of black-and-white plates: in-text and full-page drawings; 29 cm. Black leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title; light grey paper over boards with... More
Firenze: Casa Editrice Felice le Monnier, 1939. Paperback. [3], 326-334 p., 6 black-and-white illustrations on 4 unpaginated p.; 29 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Extract from "Le Arti rassegna bimestrale dell' Arte Antica e Moderna," anno I, fascicolo IV, April-March XVII. Stamp of Dept. of Classical and Near Eastern... More
Rome: Scuola Archeologica di Atene, 1942. Paperback. Offprint from Annuario della R. Scuola Archeologica di Atene vol. III-IV Nuova Serie, 1941-42. [4], 11-74 p.: illustrations, plans; 31 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and on one page: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern... More
London: F. Frith, 1855. 1 albumen print 203 x 166 mm. on original printed mount. Mat is 20 x 16 inches. The photograph includes a boy and young man standing in the doorway on the left and a boy standing in the archway of the gate. Shows two shops through... More
![Porcupine [chromolithograph printed by L. Prang & Co.]](/pictures/thumb/005038.JPG?v=1474668393)
![Religious Album [autograph album of Mattie Pierson with mezzotint plates; 1858 and 1862 Bridgeton, N.J., ms. poems]](/pictures/thumb/003262.JPG?v=1472082281)
![Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge [and] Fontaine Sainte-Marie [2 albumen prints]](/pictures/thumb/005405.JPG?v=1491594324)
![Sea Lion [chromolithograph printed by L. Prang & Co.]](/pictures/thumb/005036.JPG?v=1474668393)
