Rare books from L'Estampe Originale

Prague, FR. Borovy, 1937. Uncut. 150pp. small 4to. In very good condition. With a card from the publisher Fr. Borovy.Nezval, Vitìzslav. Most. (The bridge). Praha, Fr.Borový, (1937). 2nd edition. (21,4 x 13, 5 cm). 148, 1 pp. Typography by Teige. Title page and 2 photomontages by Teige. Original wrappers, designed by Teige. 375,- ¶ A new edition of Nezvals first book of poems from the period 1919-1921 (first ed., published in Brno, S.Koci, 1922, under the auspices of Devìtsil, and not illustrated) is remarkable for the lenghty introductory essay Introduction to my work to-date, an overview of Nezvals literary output since his debut. The remarkable title page, with traditional elements, in strange contrast with the two surrealist photomontages. With a new publishers device and a composition with the letter N, designed by Teige.

1930-1960. Popular and indigenous music published from 1946-1960. All in very good condition.8vo. Housed in a contemporary clam shell box.

Lithograph from Douze Lithographs Originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Lithograph. Pub. 1919. From the edition of 50 lithographs on Japan, aside from the larger edition, deckled edge on top and left side, right and bottom has a cut side. D. 38; Stella 38, Roger-Marx 13.Image 11 3/4 x 10 1/4. (298mm x 230mm). Margins:14 ¼ x 10 ¼. (360mm 260mm). Foxing. This portrait of the close friend of Renoir, Louis Valtat, is a relaxed representation of the artist at 35 years of age. He was a painter and printmaker who influenced the Fauve movement.

Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press., 1895. 8mo. Upper Mall, Hammersmith Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. 1895. Limited Edition. Octavo. 98pp. Original quarter linen and blue-gray paper covered boards; a few pencil notations on the front free endpaper, else a fine copy. One of three hundred fifty copies. Printed in black and red from Chaucer types, title-page woodcut border after Burne-Jones, with the first line of text in red.'Overseen by F.S. Ellis. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, One of 350 copies (of a whole edition of 358). Frontispiece by Edward Burne-Jones. Printed in Chaucer type, with titles and shoulder notes in red, and with numerous borders and initials designed by William Morris. Interior fine. Linen backed boards, very good: spine extremities a bit worn, two bottom corners worn, covers a bit faded, edges damp stained.. Printed in red and black, wood engraved frontispiece, ornamental woodcut borders and initials. (Peterson A33).

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-1820 IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPPER UNER THE ORDERS OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY R.N., F.R.S. AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. London., John Murray., 1821. 4to. First Volume. The original edition with 14 plates and 9 maps hors-texte. Half Title, both works complete with half titles, Vol. I, 310pp. + 179 pages of IX appendix, and 132pp. of the North Georgian Gazette and Winter Chronicle. 14 engraved and/or aquatint maps and plates. Toal number of pages 621. Sabin 58860 and 58864; Holland pp. 185-86; Artic Bibliography 13145; Hill, p. 225; Stanton and Tremaine 1295. The first volume contains the first edition of Parry's first voyage during which he explored the Strait of Lancaster and discovered the island of Melville and the straits of Wellington. Parry solved the problem of locating the entrance to the Northwest Passage and navigating through half of it and returning with new… Read More

1922. Woodcut #7 from the suite: The Metamorphosis of God (Die Wardlungen Gottes). Edition of 110. Schult 171. Signed in pencil. Image: 10¼ x 14¼. Margins: 17 x 13. Die Wandlungen Gotes: Sieben Holzschnitte . Artworks within this Set The cathedrals The divine beggar Dance of death 2 The god "Paunch" The rocks The seventh day The first day

S&J Fuller., 1821. A Complete set of six colored aquatints by Alken and T. Sutherland. Siltzer p. 59. Illustrated. Each image approximately 335 X 380 mm. (13 1/4 X 15) with 1/2-1 1/4 inch margins. A beautiful RARE SUITE of sporting prints. In excellent condition with the colors bright. On creme wove paper. Conversation framed. 1. THE FOAL 2. IN TRAINING 3. THE RACER 4. THE HUNTER 5. THE POST HORSE 6. THE DEATH

Amsterdam., P. & J. Blaeu, Janssons of Waesberge, Boom, and Goethals., 1702. Large Folio. 44.8 x 27.9 cm. Pp. [xii], 1-574pp.[Les Métamorphoses (pp. 1-502), Le Jugement de Pâris (pp. 503-516), Tables des fables (pp. 517-520), Epîtres d Ovide (pp. 521-574). With engraved title-page and 122 beautiful engraved illustrations drawn and engraved mainly by Martin Bouché ,Peter, Paul Bouché and by et Peter Clouwet d après Abraham van Diepenbeeck et Hendrick Abbé notamment, M. Dolin, and others. Inspired y Crispin de Passe. Parallel text with the original Latin version and the French translation in prose, and extensive notes on the fables by the member to the Academie Francaise, Pierre Du-Ryer, Graesse, J.G.T. Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique; Catalogue General des Livres Imprimes de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Vol. 128, p. 643. Bound in period style in full brown calf. Spine with raised bands and dark red morocco label lettered in gold. Covers in two tones, with multi-rule frames and intricate… Read More

Leiden, Uitgave, 1938. Interesting collection of promotional material designed by Dutch Constructivists Leiden, Nederlandsche Rotogravure Mij. Leiden, Uitgave, 1938. 4to. Original colour printed wrappers. With colour illustrations a.o. photo-montages, throughout, all designed by Piet Zwart. (2), 49, (1 blank) pp. Interesting collection of promotional material designed by Dutch Constructivists. Ad 1: Educational book intended for youngsters, elaborating on how to use the Dutch Postal service (PTT) and telephone. It is one of the most famous creations of Piet Zwart (1885-1977), one of the most versatile Dutch designers of the first part of the 20th- century. Next to being a photographer and typographer, he also designed the Bruynzeel Kitchen. From 1919 until 1933 he was a teacher at the art academy at Rotterdam.Ad 3: This promotional broadside was published on the occasion of the opening of the new building of the publishing house De Arbeiderspers at Hekelveld Amsterdam. Especially the title-page shows… Read More

Mexican Folkways, 1930. Lrg. 4to. 208pp. Mexican Folkways, Mexico, 1930. Editors Francis Toor, Paul O'HIggins, Blas Vanegas Arroyo. An important early work on the great Mexican engraver and popular artist Jose Guadalupe Posada, with an introduction by Diego Rivera. Reproduces hundreds of Posada's engravings, including calaveras, political satire, crime scenes, and every-day life in Mexico during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as originally depicted in the penny sheets, chapbooks and other ephemeral and cheap publications sold in the streets of Mexico City. "Of the fifteen thousand cuts that Posada is said to have made for the leading publishing house of popular literature Vanegas Arroyo, all that were not worn out, or stolen during the years of revolution, are, so far as is known, published here..This is the first permanent record of the work of José Guadalupe Posada" - Frances Toor. Folio. Original color pictorial cloth in green with black and red letters and image. Some minor light… Read More

Paris, Edition Jeanne Bucher., 1928. Drawings in color by Joan Miró. 8 color pochoirs after drawings by Miró, colored by Jean Saudé on Arches paper. 4to, published in a folio of 14pp. One of the limited edition of 300. Enclosed in the ORIGINAL LINEN FOLIO in pearl grey background, with black numbers and green sun. Interior lined with black paper. 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8. Housed in a new black clam shell case. Signed and dedicated by Lise Hirtz to Jane de Margerie. RARE. Miro created one of the most imaginative books for children and far beyond its time. Joan Miró was studying art in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 1919, He was introduced to a surrealists group in 1924 by his neighbor Andre Masson, who shared his studio. He found among these artists the inspiration necessary for his work. But it was his humor that dominated his creations, especially the black humor of the surrealists.
In August 1927 Paul Eluard sent Miro the poems by Lisa Hirtz (born Ann - Marie Meyer), a friend of Breton.… Read More

Marc Chagall (B. 1887, VITEBSK, RUSSIA; D. 1985, SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, FRANCE.) Monte Carlo and NYC, Mourlot, 1960-1986. 6 vols. 4to. pp. 220; 209; 179; 180; 250; 224. Illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. Chagall made 24 original lithographs - most of them coloured - for these volumes. The dust jackets of the first 4 vols are also original colour lithographs."11 Publisher"s cloth and dust jackets. . Two Volumes signed in pen, Vol. 1 and Vol III. Andre Sauret. 1960 - 1986. The complete catalogue raisonné of the lithographs. Monte Carlo & NY, 1960-1984, 1st editions in German, French and English , the complete set in 6 volumes, containing about 1000 pages, 28 original full-page lithographs, circa 800 color and b&w illustrations. Cloth in decorative paper dust jackets. Vol. 1 the dust jacket is complete, the volume is tight and fine inside; the other 5 volumes are flawless, in excellent condition. All volumes with English, German and French text, each volume 13 x 11 in. Volume 1, in… Read More

Paper wraps Pamphlet. FACTS ABOUT NUDISM, The Real Truth about the Nudist Movement. Padell Book Company. NYC. 8mo. 32pp.

Picasso Toreros. Draeger Freres. 1961. (Picasso) . George Braziller. New York. 1961. Oblong 4to. With four original lithographs. Printed in France by Draeger Freres. The four original Lithographs ( 3 in black and 1 in 24 colors) were printed by Mourlot Freres. lithographs: La Pique * Le Picador II * Jeu de la Cape * Les Banderilles. Bloch 1014-1017; Mourlot 346, 348, 349 and 350. black and white plates.153pp. with 103 full page reproductions of bull fight scenes. 1st edition.
The red cloth over boards binding in excellent condition, like new, with the dust jacket also in perfect condition.This a very important and sought after book by the most famous artist of the 20th century.LE PICADOR II. 1961. Mourlot 350, Bloch 1017. Lithograph printed in 24 colors. Published in A Los Toros avec Picasso.
The lithographs were issued unsigned for the series A Los Toros avec Picasso and published by Sauret in 1961, in an edition of 125. There was also an edition of 50 signed examples printed from the same… Read More

RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUST (1841-1919) FEMME COUCHÉE (TOURNÉE À GAUCHE) Paris, Gazette des Beaux- Arts, 1906. Etching. From the 2nd edition published for Gazette des Beaux- Arts, XXXVII, 1907, facing P. 260. Stella 15, ii/ii. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4. (139mm x 199mm) In fine condition on watermarked paper. With full margins with the exception of a very small clipped right corner.