Oblong 12mo (121 x 162 mm). xvi, 64 pp. Engraved title, 13 hand-colored etched plates (or transfer lithographs of etchings) containing 26 illustrations, each pair of scenes within a different whimsical and relevant ornamental border. Various typefaces. Occasional minor staining to text leaves. Publisher’s green printed boards (rebacked, somewhat rubbed).***A.... More

12mo (132 x 78 mm). 168 pp. Roman type. Printer’s woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Title slightly soiled and with a few small inkstains. 18th-century Danish calf, sides with outer gold-tooled rule border and central gold-stamped crowned swan supra-libros of Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, blind-tooled inner border with... More

Oblong 4to (145 x 195 mm). 24 pp. Six engraved plates by and after A.-L. Girardet. Some minor marginal soiling or spotting. Contemporary pastepaper boards (worn and soiled). ***A rare account of the life and bravery of William Tell, for older children, illustrated with dramatic engravings featuring storms on the... More

4to (220 x 160 mm). Four parts, 23; [2],18; [2], 13, [2], 14 pages, 80 engraved plates (mostly numbered 1-20 in each part), all signed HN f[ecit], including 64 crayon manner engravings, 6 folding line-engraved perspectival diagrams (Part 2), and 11 aquatints or engravings with aquatint (Part 4). Woodcut title... More

16mo (108 x 75 mm). [64] ff. Type ornament title border, printer’s woodcut device, woodcut initial and headpiece. Discreet marginal paper repairs to first half dozen leaves, causing loss to portions of title border, supplied in neat facsimile, a few other small marginal repairs. 19th-century green morocco, central gold-stamped arms... More

Folio (409 x 267 mm). Manuscript album, 59 leaves (one full-sheet), written on rectos, in 2 parts: Part 1, foliated 1-16 18-33 35-49 [1] 50-60 ff., with calligraphic exercises and drawings, on thin wove paper watermarked J Whatman or Canson 1828; Part 2, unfoliated, [29] leaves including one full-sheet, of... More