New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2019
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New YorkNew York International Antiquarian Book Fair 2019
30 items found
[Anonymous architect]
Farbige Räume und Bauten. [German Art Deco interior designs]. [AND] Farben für Mappe "Farbige Räume u. Bauten".
Stuttgart, G. Siegle, ca. 1929. Oblong folio (25.0 x 35.0 cm). 30 plates, numbered 1-30, each with one to three interior designs printed in colour, including silver and gilt. [AND] Very small oblong folio (8.1 x 14.0 cm). Title leaf, explanatory leaf; leaf with Schwarz- und Weißabmischungen (colour mixes), and 61 sheets of various lengths, each in a in different colour forming a complete spectrum.
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Auer, A.
Faust. Poligrafisch illustrirte Zeitschrift für Kunst, Wissenschaft, Industrie, und geselliges Leben, begleitet von Kunst-Beilagen aus mehr als 30 Druckfächern. [All photographic plates. Original prints, mounted, as issued].
Wien, Auer, [1853]-1855. Folio (34.4 x 25.6 cm). Three original albumen prints, mounted on printed boards.
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[Caricature] [Probably by P. C. L. Janet]
Les singeries humaines. Petit museum comique et grotesque.
Paris, Louis Janet, ca. 1825. Oblong 8vo (19.0 x 12.3 cm). iv, 146, [i] pp.; title page with large, engraved and finely hand-coloured vignette, 12 finely engraved, tissue-guarded plates with contemporary hand-colouring. Contemporary quarter polished calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title, and blind tooled vignettes.
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Diderot, D. and J. d'Alembert (eds.)
Giant flea [from the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire des sciences, plate 85].
[Paris, Briasson, David, Le Breton, 1768]. Oblong folio (39.2 x 45.9 cm). Broadsheet plate with a fine, large engraving with fine, contemporary hand-colouring, gilt border and printed caption.
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Diderot, D. and J. d'Alembert (eds.)
Giant louse [from the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire des Sciences, plate 84].
[Paris, Briasson, David, Le Breton, 1768]. Oblong folio (39.7 x 67.6 cm). Broadsheet plate with a fine, large engraving with fine, contemporary hand-colouring, gilt border and printed caption.
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Elliot, W. [P.]
The patentee's manual; containing a list of patents granted by the United States for the encouragement of arts & sciences, alphabetically arranged, from 1790 to 1830. [To be continued by supplements.] Also, the laws of Congress for granting patents; with a digest of all decisions which have taken place in the Courts of the United States respecting patents.
Washington, DC, S. A. Elliot, 1830. 8vo (22.6 x 13.6 cm). Title page, xviii, 118, 137-53 pp. Contemporary (original?) blind boards; spine with handwritten label.
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[Games]
Eight Topographical Puzzles.
Paris, Librairie Hachette, no date (ca. 1890). A set of eight coloured topographical puzzles, showing the different continents. The puzzles are maps, mounted on wood, each divided into 42 pieces. The edges are covered with gilt paper. In the original paper & cloth box (35.5 x 26.9 x 5.0 cm), with a map of the world mounted on the lid. Inside of the box covered with light blue paper.
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Gray, J. E.
Blackheaded pheasant. Female [From: Illustrations of Indian Zoology. Chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. F.R.S.].
London, Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter, 1831-1832. Folio (46.3 x 33.1 cm). Fine lithographed plate with original hand-colouring.
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