New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2026
New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2026
70 items found
Aa, P. van der [publisher]
Habillemens de plusieurs nations, représentez au naturel, en cent trente sept belles figures. [Excessively rare complete copy].
Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, [ca. 1725]. Oblong folio (17.3 x 22.9 cm). Pictorial, engraved title page; 136 engraved and numbered plates [1-119; 2*, 9*, 13*, 17*, 21*, 34*, 35*, 59*. 60*, 83*, 93*, 98*, 116*, 21**, 35**, 93**,116**]. 19th-century red polished quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt and black lines and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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ABC d'Uylenburgh
Monsterboek Geboortekaarten. Nieuwste modellen - fijnste kwaliteiten. [Birth Announcement Sample Book. Newest designs - finest quality].
Netherlands, ABC d'Uylenburgh, ca. 1950. Folio (32.0 x 25.0 cm). 110 different cards and envelopes, carefully tipped in on ten thin, cardbord mounts. Colour-printed boards.
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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]
The toco toucan ( Ramphastos toco). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 2. Le Toco].
Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand.
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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]
The white throated toucan ( Ramphastos tucanus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 4. Le Cocan à collier jaune].
Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand.
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Bernack, F.
34 Naturstudien u. Entwürfe für Zigarettenpakkungen, Geschäftsdrucksachen, Etiketts, Buchumschläge, Schmuck u.s.w.
Germany, Franz Bernack, ca. 1911. 15 sheets with original artwork, mounted. In folio-sized portfolio (45.2 x 35.1 cm) with calligraphed title mounted on front board.
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Besler, M. R.
Gazophylacium rerum naturalium e regno vegetabili, animali et minerali depromptarum, nunquam hactenus in lucem editarum, fidelis cum figuris aeneis ad vivum incisis repraesentatio operâ Michaelis Ruperti Besleri medici et reipublicae Norib. physici ordinarii et officinarum pharmaceuticarum p.t. visitatoris senioris.
[Nueremberg], 1642. Folio (34.3 x 22.5 cm). Engraved title page; large, folded index leaf; 34 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf. Spine with four raised bands.
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Bonanni, P.
Musaeum Kircherianum sive musaeum a p. Athanasio Kirchero in Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu jam pridem incoeptum nuper restitutum, auctum, descriptum, & iconibus illustratum.
Rome, Giorgio Placho, 1709-1710. Folio (36.0 x 23.5 cm). Title page with woodcut vignette; frontispiece portrait; [x], 522 [recte 512], [vii] pp.; 172 engraved plates, of which two double-sized. Contemporary full vellum. Spine with five raised bands and script title in an old hand. Edges mottled red.
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Bond, J.
Birds of the West Indies. An account with full descriptions of all the birds known to occur or have occurred on the West Indian Islands. [The rare true first edition].
Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. 8vo (19.0 x 13.0 cm). xxv, 456 pp.; full colour frontispiece, numerous fine engravings. Original grey buckram with gilt title on the front board and spine. Map on front endpapers.
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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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Donovan, E.
An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India and the Islands in the Indian Seas: Comprising upwards of two hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of the most singular and beautiful species, selected chiefly from those recently discovered, and which have not appeared in the works of any preceding author, the figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects; the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnaeus; with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors.
London, printed for the author by T. Bensley, 1800 [-1804]. 4to (28.8 x 23.7 cm). Title page, 2, [ii], pp.; 58 finely engraved and originally hand-coloured plates, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary full calf with gilt fillet decorations and gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt.
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Ehrenberg, C. G.
Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur.
Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1838. Two volumes in two. Folio (46.3 x 33.3 cm).Two title pages; , xviii, [iv], 548 pp; 64 engraved plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Uniform contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards. Spines with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral vignettes, titles, and logos. Marbled endpapers.
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Eilenburg, C. H.
Kurzer Entwurf der königlichen Naturalienkammer zu Dresden.
Dresden and Leipzig, Walther, 1755. Folio (27.8 x 20.9 cm). Title page with engraved armorial vignette; 102 pp.; two very large, multi-folded engraved plans; several engraved pictorial headpieces and woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary full calf. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title in gilt, ornamental border; boards with ruled borders. Colour-stamped floral endpapers. Edges marbled blue.
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Elchers, P. (Ed.)
Papier 1-125.
Groningen, P. Elchers, 2007. Five volumes, Oblong folio (22.0 x 27.5 cm); each volume containing a separate title page with the artist's name, short biography of the artist (1 p.), and a description (recipe) of each of the paper samples (on two leaves, versos blank); and 25 paper samples. Original uniform white cloth with manuscript title (handwritten, apparently by the artists) on front covers; and matching original white cloth slipcase (23.3 x 21.7 x 28.4 cm).
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Engelbrecht, M.
An album of 14 folio-sized sheets ( a few are combinations of smaller, mounted sheets), designed and printed by Martin Engelbrecht.
[Augsburg, the artist and publisher, ca. 1740]. 4to (size ca. 40.0 x 25.0 cm). 16 printed and finely hand-coloured sheets. In modern, black map.
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Escher, M. C.
Vissen. [In: De Tekens van de Dierenriem - limited edition, with extra letter and invitations to exhibitions of the artwork].
Amsterdam, De Grafische, 1963. Square 4to (20.4 x 20.5 cm). Title page; 36 pp., all with blank versos. Original pictorial soft cover (Lumbeck binding). Printed invitations tipped in.
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Esper, E. J. C.
Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. [AND] Fortzetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen.
Nürnberg, 1791-1806. In four volumes. 4to (text volumes 24.2 x 19.6 cm; atlases 26.4 x 20.2 cm). Title pages, 857 [of 905 in this section] pp. Erster Theil (1791) xii, 320 pp.; Zweiter Theil (1794) 303 pp.; Fortsetzungen. Erster Theil (1797) pp. 1-116; 149-230]; Zwyter Theil pp. 1-24. 395 [of 445] hand-coloured or tinted engraved plates. Near uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt chains and black morocco labels with gilt titles. Edges mottled.
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Fans
[Collection of five paper fans].
Indonesia, U.S.A, and France, various manufacturers, ca. 1900-1950. All made of wood. 1. Indonesia, Soerabaya, Wassimal Brothers, Toko Bombay Moerah. Pasar Toendjoengan 36 (21.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm, 28 ribs), floral pattern on outer ribs back side; 2. Idem, however, with a 26 instead of 28 ribs, a metal shackle, and a different floral design. 3. Washington, DC, Hotel Powhatan (21.3 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm; 23 ribs); outer ribs silver-printed, translucent rice paper, with floral pattern, heightened with silver and gold. 4. Clermont-Ferrand, Taillerie de Royat, 35 Rue Neuve près la Place Jaude. (21.1 x 1.9 x 2.0 (widest); 16 ribs. With a photoprint titled Taille des agates, showing factory workers processing agate gemstones. 5. (28.8 x 2.0 x 3.9 [widest point] cm); ten ribs. Floral patters over a silver background. Pochoir on both sides. With calligraphed Chinese texts referring to tea.
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Forster, J. R. [H. Lichtenstein (ed.)]
I. R. Forsteri. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis terras per annos 1772 1773 1774 suscepto collegit observavit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster regiae societatis scientiarum londinensis sodalis nunc demum editae auctoritate et impensis academiae litteratum regiae berolinae curante Henrico ichtenstein academiae socio. Edidit H. Lichtenstein. [Uncut, very wide-margined copy].
Berlin, Officina Academia, 1844. 8vo (23.2 x 14.6 cm). xv, 424 pp. 20th-century half linen over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and vignettes, and burgundy morocco label with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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G. Siegle & Co.
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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Götz, T. [M. G.]
Monographie des Hundes, oder: Beschreibung seiner Zucht, Wartung und Pflege sämtlicher Racen, deren Krankheiten und der Gebrauchsmittel dagegen, sowie Bekanntmachung des ursprünglichen Vaterlandes und Gebrauchs jeder Race. Für alle, deren Geschäft und Stand es erfordert, dieses Thier-Geschlecht halten zu müssen, so wie für jeden Liebhaber desselben. Gesammelt und herausgegeben.
Gotha, Hennings und Hopf, 1834. 8vo (18.3 x 11.3 cm) [vi], 114, [6] pp.; engraved, very large, folding frontispiece and 39 hand-coloured plates (several larger, folded). Contemporary sprinkled boards. Spine with gilt bands and red morocco label with gilt title. Edges red.
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Haecker, [F. C.] V.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. Vierzehnter Band. Tiefsee-Radiolarien.
Jena, Gustav Fisher, 1908. Four parts in four. Large 4to (34.3 x 25.5 cm). x, 706 pp. [x, 1-336, 337-706]; 87 mostly chromolithographed plates; two partly coloured maps; 225 text figures. Uniform original "Gustav Fischer orange" wrappers, or black quarter cloth over orange boards, as issued.
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Heim, J. [Publisher]
American Commercial Specimens. Amerikanische Mercantil-Arbeiten.
Wien and Leipzig [printed in Milwaukee], Josef Heim, ca. 1900. Folio (33.0 x 25.1 cm). Title leaf, 32 printed leaves of which 17 tinted, or, mostly, in full colour. Pictorial front wrapper and plain rear wrapper.
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Humphreys, H. N.
Ocean and river gardens: a history of the marine and fresh-water aquaria, with the best methods for their establishment and preservation. With twenty coloured plates from life. Part I. Ocean gardens. Part II. River gardens. [Complete].
London, Sampson Low, Son, 1857. Two parts in one. Small 8vo (17.9 x 13.1 cm). Three title pages (general; and, with engraved vignette, to each part), 235 pp. [viii, 112; vii, 108, (iv)]; 20 hand-coloured engraved plates [12; 8]. Later gilt-bordered burgundy morocco over burgundy linen boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt-lined borders and two black morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Kerckring, T.
Opera omnia anatomica; continentia spicilegium anatomicum, osteogeniam foetuum: nec non anthropogeniae ichnographiam. Accuratissimus figuris aeri incisis illustrata. Editio tertia.
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Theodorus Haak and Samuel Luchtmans, 1729. Three works in one. 4to (23.2 x 18.3 cm). Frontispiece engraving by A. Blotelingh; title page with woodcut vignette "Tuta sub Aegide Pallas", xx, 303 pp., including titles to the Osteogenia foetuum, in qua quis cuique ossiculo singulis accedat mesibus, quidve decedat, & in eo per varia immutetur tempora, accuratissimè oculis subjicitur (with copper engraved vignette "Structa super lapidem qui ruet ista domus" and blank verso) and Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque sad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum (with wood-engraved vignette); 40 engraved plates (several large, folding); Marbled limp paper boards, green label with script title on the spine.
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[Kimono print designs] Shoun Ogawa
Pine Cloud Pattern. Furisode nobu.
Kyoto, Yamada Unsōdō, Meiji 34 [1901]. Folio leporello (27.0 x 36.7 cm). 24 pages, of which 20 with pochoir prints, several heightened with silver or gold, and four plain. Printed boards, illustrated with silver, flying cranes, and a large title label.
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Leach, W. E.
Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae or descriptions of the British species of Crabs, Lobsters, Prawns, and of other Malacostraca with pedunculated eyes.
London, J. Sowerby, 1815-1820, 1875. Seven originally hand-coloured lithographed plates. Including the finest and lagest published (35.1 x 49.6 cm, with vertical center fold, as issued). In original printed wrappers.
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Levinus, L.
Occulta naturae miracula, ac varia rerum documenta, probabili ratione atque artifici coniectura explicata. Quibus preter priores fusissimè recognitos ac multis in locus locupletatos, accessunt Libri duo novi, mira rerum ac sententiarum varietate exornati, qui studioso avidoq; lectori usui sunt futuri, & oblectamento. Elenchus operis, & capitum enumeratio, omnium gustum exhibebunt.
Antwerp, Guillaume Simon, 1567. 8vo (16.3 x 10.3 cm). Title page with woodcut publisher's device, [xiv], 473, [xxi], [i] pp.; woodcut portrait of the author. Plantin press printer's leaf in rear. Contemporary full embossed vellum with portraits of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchton.
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Linden, L.
Lindenia. Iconographie des Orchidées. Various issues, each as published, each with two fine, chromolithographed plates.
Ghent, Eugène Vanderhaeghen, 1892-1902. Folio (37.0 x 28.2 cm). Four (6x) or eight (2x)stunningly beautiful chromolithographed plates of magnificent orchids. With additional descriptive text. Uniform printed wrappers.
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Linnaeus, C. [Nauclér, S.]
Hortus Upsaliensis, quem cum consensu ampliss. facult. medicae in regio ad salam lyceo, sub praesidio viri celeberrimi, d:ni doct. Caroli Linnaei, med. et botan. profess. reg. et ord. acad. imper. Regg. Monspel. Stoch. et Upsal. socio hujusque secretario. Speciminis academicvi loco, publicae disquisitioni subjicit Samuel Naucler.
Upsaliae [Uppsala], [the author], 1745. Small 4to (17.7 x 14.1 cm). [iii], 48 pp.; folded view, folded map, and two engraved plates. Early 19th-century half vellum over marbled boards. Edges speckled red.
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[Maps] Polar region [AND] Africa
Dernières explorations en Asie et dans les régions polaires - 1880 [AND] Dernières explorations en Afrique 1880.
Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1881. Two maps, printed in black, blue and red (25.7 x 25.6 cm; and 16.5 x 17.4 cm) on a single, folded sheet (46.7 x 30.3 cm). Original printed wrappers.
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Milne-Edwards, A.
Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux fossiles de la France. Ouvrage qui a obtenu le grand Prix des sciences physiques décerné par l'Académie des sciences en 1866.
Paris, Victor Masson, 1867-1871. Four volumes in four. Large 4to (30.8 x 23.7 cm [text volumes]; 30.8 x 25.9 cm [atlas volumes]). Text I (1867-1868): half-title, title page, 474, [i] pp.; Text II (1869-1871) 632 pp.; Atlas I (1867-1868): title page; 96 lithographed plates, of which four double-sized and in chromolithography, and all with explanatory text leaves; Atlas II (1869-1871): title page; 104 tinted lithographed plates (numbered 97-200), all with explanatory text leaves. Several plates double-sized or larger. Uniform contemporary half-morocco over marbled boards. Spines with four raised bands, compartments with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Owen, R.
Memoir on the Gorilla ( Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage). [Presentation copy].
London, Taylor and Francis, 1865. Large 4to (31.4 x 24.6 cm). Title page, 58 pp.; 13 lithographed plates, of which two finely hand-coloured, and one larger, folded. Original full grained cloth with gilt title on the spine. Edges speckled red.
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[Paper]
Imitation. Papier à la cuve pour livres et impressions de luxe.
France, AC, ca. 1900. Oblong folio (20.2 x 30.0 cm), with pink cord. Title page, 14 different paper leaves, each with a small logo and number, and one large, folded leaf in rear pocket, with the printed text "Cet échantillon démontre le bord imit. à la cuve" and "Ces papiers sont livrés suivant demande avec ou sans bords imit. à la cuve". Original "artisan" paper wrappers, colour-printed in Art Nouveau style.
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[Paper Weaving]
Dutch sample book of various paper weavings.
St. Jacobi Parochie [The Netherlands], W. Dijkstra, ca. 1915-1920. School notebook (21.0 x 16.5 cm). 18 pp., each with colourful samples of paper weavings on recto and verso (36 in total). Plain wrappers with blue and white octagonal label pasted on the front wrapper, and name and place hand-written in ink.
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[Printed Matter]
Toilet paper rolls.
The Netherlands and Belgium, various manufacturers, ca. 1930-1950. Five complete rolls in their original wrappers (height 10.5-12.0 cm, diameter 10.5-12.0 cm). Preserved in early 20th-century clamshell box, entirely covered with German and Austrian bank notes (31 x 23 x 21 cm).
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