BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS:

BOOKSELLERS' TRADE CARDS, continued :—

Bar, also calls himself an Importer of German, Bath, Bristol, and other Mineral Waters, the various bottles of which are illustrated on his Card.

It is usual in a fine Collection of old Trade Cards to find a few examples of Booksellers; but this is the only Collection the advertisers have ever heard of exclusively devoted to the BOOK TRADE, with a few examples of allied Trades such as Printers, Engravers, etc.

Many of the Cards are remarkable both for the excellence of their design and the beauty of their engraving, and form altogether an interesting Commentary on the wealth of care and artistic taste that was often spent on the little things of business life in the leisurely days of the XVIIIth Century.

The advertisers have added to the collection, as an illustration of present day mechanical work, the copy of an old French Print which they used as an Invitation Card to their Exhibition of Books and Prints on Marie Antoinette just before the War. The recent lengthy correspondence in the Times Literary Supplement adds interest and significance to the affinity between Booksellers' signs and Trade Cards. 70 BOOKSELLERS: A UNIQUE COLLECTION of 150 PORTRAITS of BOOKSELLERS and PUBLISHERS of the EIGHTEENTH and EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES, in LINE, MEZZOTINT, or STIPPLE; including many rare and curious items and a few ORIGINAL DRAWINGS; ALSO a number of INTERIOR and EXTERIOR VIEWS of OLD BOOKSHOPS, AUCTION ROOMS, PRINTING OFFICES, etc., as well as a few single-page CATALOGUES, MS. BILLS for BOOKS, ADVERTISEMENTS of BOOK SALES, and other TRADE ANNOUNCEMENTS from 1680 to 1827, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS respecting LAW and POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS in which Booksellers have figured; and a few fine old ENGRAVED TITLEPAGES; the whole collected by the same EMINENT ANTIQUARY OVER HALF A CENTURY AGO, and recently mounted to uniform size, with specially printed titlepages, bound in 3 vols. 4to. new crimson Levant morocco, t. e. g., by RIVIERE, uniform with the above-mentioned TRADE CARDS, etc. (a unique and most interesting Collection): £63.

SEE ILLUSTRATIONS.

The MEZZOTINTS include the following important Portraits:-NATHANIEL BUCK, by MCARDELL; SAMUEL and NATHANIEL BUCK, by HOUSTON; E. EASTON, by DEANE; THOMAS GENT, by VALENTINE GREEN; J. NICHOLS, fine engraver's proof; ISABELLA TINKLER, of Richmond, and BEAUTY IN SEARCH OF KNOWLEDGE (a Lady outside a Bookshop), both reproduced on frontispiece of this catalogue.

The ORIGINAL DRAWINGS include LACKINGTON'S TEMPLE of the MUSES (published in Ackermann's Repository); STATIONERS' HALL; The TIMES OFFICE; SYMPTOMS of SHOP (caricature by WOODWARD); The BOOKSELLERS' RETREAT; and several PORTRAITS.

Other Portraits include CHRISTIE, the AUCTIONEER, with inscription in Horace Walpole's hand; Some ITINERANT BOOKSELLERS and WALKING STATIONERS; GARRICK'S BOOKPLATE (included here by virtue of his having been a pupil of Dr. Johnson).

71 BURNE-JONES (Sir Edward Coley): a RECORD and REVIEW, by MALCOLM BELL, original and best edition, with fine engraved portrait, and over 100 photogravure and other reproductions from the artist's works, impl. 4to. white buckram, cover slightly soiled, uncut, t. e. g. (ONLY 390 COPIES PRINTED), £2. 10s 1892

72 BURNET (John) PRACTICAL TREATISE on PAINTING, consisting of Hints on Composition, Chiaroscuro, and Colouring, original edition, with numerous coloured and plain plates after the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools, roy. 4to., LARGE PAPER, with the plates on INDIA PAPER, and the COLOURED PLATES IN DUPLICATE; cl., uncut (fresh copy); SCARCE, £3. 3s 1827 73 BURTY (Philippe) CHEFS D'EUVRE of the INDUSTRIAL ARTS: Pottery, Glass, Enamels, Goldsmiths' Work, Tapestry, etc., edited by W. CHAFFERS, with numerous illustrations, roy. 8vo. che, 12s 6d

1869

74 CANE (Ella du) The ITALIAN LAKES, 68 beautiful coloured plates, with Descriptions by RICHARD BAGOT, first edition, 4to. cl., t. e. g., 12s (p. £1. nett)

1905

75 CANOVA (Antonio) WORKS, engraved in outline, by HENRY MOSES, 21 parts, 4to. wrappers, £1. ls (p. £6. 6s)

1822-4 76 CALLIGRAPHY: TWENTY EXAMPLES of various ORIENTAL WRITINGS, some in the Form of LETTERS, one with POWDERED gold ground, in portfolio, £1. ls. Sacc. XVIII.—XIX. 77 CHAMPFLEURY (vere JULES FLEURY) HISTOIRE de la CARICATURE ANTIQUE, au MOYEN AGE, sur la RÉPUBLIQUE, l'EMPIRE et la RESTAURATION, HISTOIRE de l'IMAGERIE POPULAIRE; with coloured frontispieces and over 500 illustrations, 5 vols. post 8vo. half vellum, red edges, £1. 4s 1869 et s. d. 78 CENTURY GALLERY (The): SELECTED PROOFS from the CENTURY MAGAZINE and ST. NICHOLAS, 64 fine proof plates of wood-engravings by TIMOTHY COLE, etc., folio, in a portfolio as issued, £1. 1s New York, 1893

The fine American woodcuts of the Century Magazine are a startling contrast to the inky smears from cheap process blocks which illustrates the Twentieth Century English magazine-with text to match. 79 CHAMBERLAINE (John, F.S.A.) ORIGINAL DESIGNS of the most CELEBRATED MASTERS of the BOLOGNESE, ROMAN, FLORENTINE, and VENETIAN SCHOOLS, in his Majesty's Collection, 66 large and fine plates by BARTOLOZZI, P. W. TOMKINS, SCHIAVONETTI, LEWIS, etc., with Biographical and Historical Sketches of L. da Vinci and the Caracci, roy. folio, hf. morocco extra, g. e. (binding rubbed), £3. 10s [Reprint in part of] 1812

BOOKS ON THE FINE ARTS:

80 CHINTREUIL (Antoine), LA VIE et l'EUVRE de, par A. DE LA FIZELIÈRE, CHAMPFLEURY, et F. HENRIET; 2 fine portraits, and 38 large and beautiful ETCHINGS, containing over 500 reproductions by MARTIAL, BEAUVERIE, LALAUZE, PAUL ROUX, and others, with Chronological Catalogue, Special Edition, printed throughout upon UNMOUNTED CHINA PAPER, with proofs before letters of the etchings (ONLY 60 COPIES THUS), folio, hf. morocco gilt, g. e., £2. 10s (p. F. 120) 1874

81 CLEUZIOU (Henri du) L'ART NATIONAL: Étude sur l'HISTOIRE de l'ART en FRANCE (les Origines, la Gaule, les Romains, les Francs, les Byzantins, l'Art Ogival); with 40 plates (20 coloured), and 924 text-illustrations, 2 thick vols. roy. 8vo. cl. extra, t. e. g., £1. 15s (p. F. 80 nett sewn)

1882-3

82 COLE (Timothy) OLD ITALIAN MASTERS, 68 plates, printed by hand on thin Japan paper; in sunk mounts, signed by the engraver and printer, in 2 large atlas quarto portfolios (only 125 copies issued)-also, DESCRIPTIVE TEXT and NOTES by W. J. STILLMAN (including duplicates of the above plates), impl. 8vo. cl., as issued, £6. 6s (p. £31. 10s) New York, 1892

83 CRANE (Walter) The BABY'S OWN ESOP: being the FABLES condensed in Rhyme, first edition, with portable Morals pictorially printed, by WALTER CRANE, 56 pp. of clever designs, engraved and printed in COLOURS by EDMUND EVANS, sm. oblong 4to. original picture boards,

15s

COSTUME:

1887

84 BOOK of COSTUME (The): or ANNALS of FASHION, from the earliest PERIOD, by a LADY of RANK; new Edition, with upwards of 200 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. cl., 12s 6d 1847 85 CHARNOIS (J. Ch. Le Vacher de) RECHERCHES sur les COSTUMES et sur les THÉÂTRES de toutes les NATIONS tant ANCIENNES que MODERNES, ornées des Estampes en couleur et au lavis, dessinées par M. CHÉRY, et gravées par P. M. ALIX; 28 very beautiful full-length COSTUME PLATES, being AQUATINTS PRINTED IN COLOURS, 4to. contemporary russia, £7. 10s M. Dronhin, 1799 These plates are very brilliant impressions, and the Preface, which is somewhat in the nature of a prospectus, bears the Autograph Signature of the publisher. Only the one volume was ever published.

86 FASHION PLATES:-An INTERESTING COLLECTION of about 860 FINE COLOURED FASHION PLATES of LADIES' COSTUMES, extracted from various Publications, as below, 4 vols. folio, 3 vols. 4to., and 6 vols. 8vo. cl., or hf. bound, £21. 1825-90

The plates, which are not as a rule consecutive, are from Les Costumes Parisiennes, and Le Petit Courrier des Dames, 363 plates, 6 vols. 1825-31; Le Journal des Demoiselles, and English woman's Domestic Magazine, 31 plates, 1873-4; La Mode Illustree, and The Queen, 100 plates, 1870-5; La Mode Artistique, and Le Journal des Modes, etc., 62 plates, 1875-80; and The Queen, 255 plates, 4 vols, 1876-90.

87 HILL (Georgina) HISTORY of ENGLISH DRESS, from the Saxon Period, with 13 finely engraved portraits, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., 15s (p. £1. 10s) 1893 88 PINELLI (Bartolomeo) NUOVA RACCOLTA di CINQUANTA COSTUMI PITTORESCHI; with 100 clever etchings, ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, hf. russia (broken), £1. 1s Roma, 1817 89 RECORDS of FASHION, and COURT ELEGANCE, 1807, with 20 FULL-LENGTH COLOURED COSTUME PLATES, beautifully engraved by J. KENNERLEY after W. M. CRAIG, 4to. contemporary crimson straight-grained morocco, g. e. (very rare), £25.

published under the direction of Mrs. Fiske, 81 New Bond Street, and sold by Mrs. Orme, etc., 1807 90 SHAW (Henry, F.S.A.) DRESSES and DECORATIONS of the MIDDLE AGES, with 94 very BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED PLATES, and numerous plain and COLOURED initial letters and woodcuts, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. crimson morocco extra, richly gilt backs, broad gold borders on sides, morocco joints, white brocaded silken ends and flyleaves, g. e.; A VERY FINE COPY OF THIS MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK, £10. 10s W. Pickering, 1843

91 CRIPPS (Wilfred Joseph) OLD ENGLISH PLATE, Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic; its Makers and Marks; third Edition, revised and enlarged, with 104 illustrations, and 2,000 facsimiles of PLATE MARKS, 8vo. cl., 10s 6d

92

1886

SIXTH EDITION, revised and enlarged, with 123 illustrations, and upwards of 2,600 facsimiles of Plate Marks, 8vo. cl., 12s 1899 93 DAFFORNE (James) MODERN ART: a Series of FINE ENGRAVINGS from the Works of Distinguished PAINTERS of the ENGLISH and FOREIGN SCHOOLS, selected from the Galleries and Private Collections in Great Britain, with Descriptive Text, 50 plates on INDIA PAPER, folio, orange morocco, bevelled boards, sides and back richly inlaid, and gilt, g. e., £2. 2s (original cost about £35.) [1876] 94 DEHAISNES (Mgr. C., Prés. de la Commission historique du Nord) DOCUMENTS et EXTRAITS concernant l'HISTOIRE de l'ART, 2 v., et HISTOIRE de l'ART, dans la FLANDRE, l'ARTOIS, et le HAINAUT, avant le XVe Siècle, 1 v.; finely printed, with fine heliogravures after reliquaries, tombs, and MSS., 3 vols. roy. 4to. sewn, £2. 10s (p. F. 140 nett) Lille, 1886 This important work, treating of a district and a period of great importance in the history of Art, largely destroyed. by the Germans, is elucidated by a great mass of unprinted documents from A.D. 627 to 1401 in ecclesiastical and civil archives, and was crowned by the French Academy.