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195 BLAKE, WILLIAM Blake’s Illustrations of Dante. London: Trianon Press, 1978.

Oblong folio, original quarter morocco linenbacked boards and matching slipcase. Complete facsimile. Limited to 376 copies, with seven engraved plates after Blake and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Minor wear to case; otherwise fine. $200-400

196 BLAKE, WILLIAM The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton’s “Virgil.” Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1957.

8vo, original printed boards. One of 1,000 copies with a portfolio of 17 electrotype plates printed by The Curwen Press in rear pocket. Together with William Blake’s Illustrations to the Book of Job. Abo: Abo Akademi, 1973. 8vo, original printed wrappers. (2 total) $100-200

197 BLAKE, WILLIAM Water-Colour Designs for The Poems of Thomas Gray. A Facsimile. With introduction and commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. London: Trianon Press, 1972.

3 vols. Folio, half morocco over marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt, matching slipcases. Number 38 of 352 copies, from a total edition of 518. Illustrated with full-page collotype illustrations. Fine in fine slipcases. $400-600

198 BLAKE, WILLIAM A group of two folio reproductions.

Illustrations to the Divine Comedy of Dante. London: Printed Privately for the National Art-Collections Fund and Issued for Subscribers Only, 1922. Folio, contents loose as issued in cloth-backed boards. Wear to boards; some rubbing to edges of plates; otherwise fine. Illustrations to Young’s “Night Thoughts.” With an introductory essay by Geoffrey Keynes. Cambridge: Fogg Museum, 1927. Folio, contents loose as issued in blue cloth-backed folding case. One of 500 numbered copies with 30 plates, five of which are in color. Wear to folding case; some toning to pages with edges worn; otherwise fine. $300-500

199 BLAKE, WILLIAM The Book of Thel. London: Victor Gollancz; New York: Payson and Clarke, 1928.

Thin 4to, blue gilt-stamped cloth-backed boards. Limited edition facsimile from the original copy in the British Museum. One of 1,700 copies, of which this is number 227. Illustrated throughout in colors. Some wear to cloth; otherwise fine. $100-200

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200 (BLAKE, WILLIAM) A group of 32 books pertaining to Blake’s life and work.

Titles include: The Paintings of William Blake - The Engraved Designs of William Blake - The Life of William Blake - The Drawings & Engravings of William Blake - Blake’s Marriage of Heaven & Hell - William Blake, (The Tate Gallery) - William Blake’s Watercolour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray - Blake Centenary Exhibition - William Blake’s Illuminated Books - William Blake: Mystic - Catalogue of William Blake’s Drawings and Paintings - Catalogue of Blake’s Separate Engravings. With 20 others. $100-200

201 BLAKE, WILLIAM The Grave. A Poem. To Which is Added a Life of the Author. By Robert Blair. London: T. Bensley, 1813. (1870)

Folio, quarter red morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. Third quarto edition, with engraved portrait, engraved title page, and numerous engravings by Schiavonetti after drawings by Blake. Dampstaining to bottom third of some pages; light waterspotting to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400

202 BLAKE, WILLIAM A group of two limited editions published by the Trianon Press. 4to, original quarter morocco over marbled boards, marbled paper slipcases.

The Book of Los. London, 1976. Number 22 of 480 copies. There is No Natural Religion. London, 1972. 2 vols. Number 35 of 590 copies. $400-600 203 (BLAKE, WILLIAM) KEYNES, GEOFFREY A group of two limited editions by Keynes pertaining to the works of William Blake.

A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet. London and Paris: The Trianon Press, 1964. Number 196 of 525 copies signed by the author. The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake. London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1977. Copy “L” of 26 copies printed for the Trustees, from a total edition of 562 copies. $200-400

204 (BLAKE, WILLIAM) GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER Life of William Blake, “Pictor Ignotus.” London: Macmillan, 1863.

2 vols. 8vo, original brown cloth-backed boards, gilt-stamped spines. First edition. Presentation copy from the publishers to C. L. Robertson, inscribed and dated on the half-title. Backstrips and hinges repaired; otherwise fine. Together with Life of William Blake. With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings. By Alexander Gilchrist. London: Macmillan, 1880. 2 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth-backed boards, gilt-stamped spines, frontispiece portrait. Rubbing to boards; previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown, vol. 1, some minor intermittent toning; otherwise fine. The Engravings of William Blake. By Archibald G. B. Russell. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. 8vo, original gilt-stamped orange cloth-backed boards. (5 total) $200-400 205 BLAKE, WILLIAM AND WILLIAM HOGARTH The Beggar’s Opera. A Portfolio Compiled by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and Philip Hofer. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.

Oblong folio, loose as issued in cloth-backed folding case, text booklet printed separately. Complete with 11 plates after the works of Hogarth and Blake, including one original (restrike) engraving. Wear to box. $200-400

206 BLAKE, WILLIAM Illustrations of the Book of Job. Illustrations by Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935.

Folio, six parts sewn into original blue boards with pastedown labels and blue cloth-backed spines, housed in matching publisher’s blue cloth folding case with pastedown labels to spine and upper board. Facsimile reproductions of 63 watercolors, 25 pencil drawings and 21 engravings. Wear to box with loss to cloth at edges of spines and loss to upper pastedown label; some warping to wrappers; otherwise contents are fine with bright colors. $200-400

207 (BLAKE, WILLIAM) A group of 22 books pertaining to Blake’s life and work.

Titles include: Blake’s Innocence and Experience - Conversing in Paradise. Poetic Genius and Identity-asCommunity in Blake’s Los - Blake’s Prelude - Blake’s Innocence & Experience Retraced - Reading Blake’s Songs - Blake’s Poetry & Prose - William Blake: A New Kind of Man - English Blake - Blake’s Hayley - William Blake, the Artist. With 12 others. $200-400

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208 (BLAKE, WILLIAM) A group of approximately 37 books and gallery catalogues pertaining to Blake’s artwork.

Titles include: William Blake: The Man - Blake’s Vision of the Book of Job - Bibliographical Study of William Blake’s Note-Book - A Concordance to the Writings of William Blake. 2 vols. - The Poetry and Prose of William Blake - Jerusalem - William Blake’s Prophetic Writings. 2 vols. - Organiz’d Innocence. The Story of Blake’s Prophetic Books - Blake Studies - Blake Books - Blake’s Poetical Works - Blake’s Sublime Allegory. With 23 others. $200-400

209 BARYE, ANTOINE LOUIS Barye: Life and Works of Antoine Louis Barye Sculptor. By Charles De Kay. New York: Barye Monument Association, 1889.

8vo, original full vellum over boards, gilt-lettered upper cover and spine. One of 525 copies on Holland and signed by the publisher “C. de K.” to the limitation page. Together with 25 books pertaining to sculpture. $200-400

210 BENEZIT, EMMANUEL Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Paris: Grund, 1999.

14 vols. 4to, full red cloth. Revised edition. Some shelfwear; otherwise a fine set. $200-400 211* (BRAQUE, GEORGE) MOURLOT, FERNAND Braque lithographe. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1963).

Folio. Original black cloth-backed boards stamped with white dove design, dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket, otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $200-400

212 (BRISSAUD, PIERRE) DE MUSSET, ALFRED Fantasio. Aquarelles by Pierre Brissaud. Paris: Editions Le Bon Plaisir, 1946.

8vo, contents loose as issued in printed wraps, publisher’s slipcase and chemise, some pages uncut. Limited edition, one of 25 copies with an original watercolor and an extra suite of plates in black and white. Illustrated throughout in color. Wear to slipcase and chemise; otherwise fine. $300-500

212A (BRUNELLESCHI) DE MUSSET, ALFRED Two volumes of works by Musset illustrated by Brunelleschi, (Paris: Moulin de Pen-Mur, 1948), comprising Comedies & Proverbs and Contes & Nouvelles. 8vo, original printed wraps. $200-400 213* (CHAGALL, MARC) SAURET, ANDRE The Jerusalem Windows. Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1962).

4to, red cloth with title stamped in gilt, in original pictorial wrappers and mylar jacket, publisher’s slipcase. First edition. With two original lithographs by Chagall created for this publication and color illustrations throughout. Slight wear to slipcase; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

214* (CHAGALL, MARC) SAURET, ANDRE The Jerusalem Windows. Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1962).

4to, red cloth with title stamped in gilt, in original pictorial wrappers and mylar jacket, publisher’s slipcase. First edition. With two original lithographs by Chagall created for this publication and color illustrations throughout. Slight chipping to wrappers; otherwise fine. $600-800

215 (CHAGALL, MARC) MOURLOT, FERNAND Lithographs II-IV. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret; New York: Crown, 1963-1974. Volumes II and IV text in English. Volume III text in French.

3 vols. Folio, original dust jackets and glassine. With original lithographs by Chagall. Chipping to glassine on vols. II and III; wear to dust jacket on vols. II and III and some sunning to vol. IV; otherwise a sound set. $200-400

216* (CHAGALL, MARC) MOURLOT, FERNAND The Lithographs of Chagall. Edited by Andre Sauret. New York: George Braziller, (1960).

4to, gray cloth, in original pictorial wrappers. First edition. With 12 original lithographs by Chagall and color illustrations throughout. Slight chipping to wrappers; minor toning to extremities of leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $100-200

217 (CHAGALL, MARC) MOURLOT, FERNAND Chagall lithographe III. Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, (1969).

4to, cloth-backed boards, original dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with one original frontispiece. Fine. $100-200 218 (DOMERGUE, J. G.) LOTI, PIERRE Le mariage de Loti. By Pierre Loti. Illustrated by J. G. Domergue. Paris: Calmann-Levy, (1936).

8vo, rebound in full gilt-stamped morocco. Illustrated throughout in color pochoir. One of 1,000 copies on velin pur fil Lafuma, of which this is unnumbered. Some rubbing to boards, otherwise fine. Together with three other illustrated works: Les Dimanches de la Contesse de Narbonne. By Daisy Fellows. Illustrated by Vertes. Paris: Editions des France, n.d. 4to, rebound in blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. One of 900 copies printed on velin blanc. Bookseller’s sticker to limitation page; tape repair to title page; otherwise fine. La Pecheresse. By Henri de Regnier. Illustrated by Brunelleschi. Brussels: Albert Parmentier, 1944. 4to, original printed paper wraps. One of 4,500 copies on velin pur fil Cosmos, with color engravings in-text. Some edgewear to wraps; Mimi Pinson. By Alfred de Musset. Illustrated by Dignimont. Paris: Collection Mazarine, (1941). 4to, original printed paper wraps. One of 3,000 copies printed on velin alfa des Papeteries Navarre. Minor chipping to wraps; otherwise fine. $500-700 219 (DURER, ALBRECHT) Albert Durer’s Designs of the Prayer Book [of Maximilian I, Emperor of Germany]. London: R. Ackermann’s Lithographic Press, September 1, 1817.

Folio, original lithographed pastedown printed label to upper board, green cloth spine. Complete with lithographed portrait, title page in red and black, and 44 plates printed in various colors. “It represented the first use of color lithography in England, with its two color title pages.” (Friedman, Color Printing in England, 1978, no. 120) Previous owner’s presentation inscription to verso title page (“1832”); wear to boards with rubbing to pastedown and hinges starting; intermittent foxing; browning to edges of pages; otherwise fine. $400-500

220 (DORE, GUSTAVE) MICHAUD History of the Crusades. Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Philadelphia: George Barrie, n.d.

2 vols. Folio, original 3/4 gilt-stamped morocco. Complete with 100 illustrations. Front flyleaf and f.f.e.p. of vol. 1 detached; boards rubbed on both vols.; otherwise a sound set. $100-200

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221* (DORE, GUSTAVE) A group of two books illustrated by Dore in quarto and folio gilt-stamped leather boards.

London: A Pilgrimage. By Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. London: Grant, 1872. Folio, full gilt-stamped morocco, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Hinges reinforced; intermittent foxing. Atala. By Chateaubriand. Illustrated by Dore. New York: Cassell, (1884). 4to, gilt-stamped illustrated leather boards, decorative endpapers. Wear to leather with loss to spine and boards; hinges reinforced. Property from the Collection of Herbert Claibourne Pell, Newport, Rhode Island $200-400

222* (DORE, GUSTAVE) A group of two books illustrated by Dore in quarto gilt-stamped illustrated cloth boards.

Poems by Thomas Hood. London: E. Moxon, Son, 1878. 4to, maroon cloth stamped in gilt and black. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. New York: Pollard & Moss, 1887. 4to, original cloth stamped in gilt and colors with a nautical pattern. Property from the Collection of Herbert Claibourne Pell, Newport, Rhode Island $200-400 223 (DUBOUT, ALBERT) CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE L’Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche. Translated by Louis Viardot. Illustrations by [Albert] Dubout. Paris: Sous l’Embleme Du Secretaire, 1938.

4 vols. 4to, contents sewn into printed wraps. Limited edition, one 1,800 numbered copies on velin Bulky. Some wear to corners of wraps; some soiling; otherwise fine. $300-500

224 ERNST, MAX Le musee de l’homme suivi de la peche au soleil levant. (Paris): Galerie Alexandre Iolas, n.d.

4to, original illustrated printed paper wraps, in publisher’s linen-backed chemise and slipcase. One of 99 copies (from a total edition of 333) with two original color lithographs signed by the artist and numerous color reproduction plates throughout. Fine in fine slipcase with no interior spotting. $800-1,200 225 (GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS) ARMSTRONG, WALTER Gainsborough and His Place in English Art. London: William Heinemann; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898.

Folio, bound by Zaehnsdorf in contemporary 3/4 red morocco over red cloth, ruled in gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 62 photogravures and 10 color plates. The definitive work on the art of Gainsborough. Edgewear to boards with some loss at the corners; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $400-600

226 (GAUGUIN, PAUL) GUERIN, MARCEL L’Oeuvre grave de Gauguin. Paris: H. Floury, 1927.

2 vols. 4to, quarter calf over decorative boards. Number 206 of 600 limited copies. First edition. Original binding laid in. Rebound by Letterio Calapai. Minor rubbing to spines; otherwise fine. $100-200

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227 (HALS, FRANS) VON BODE, WILHELM, ed. Frans Hals: His Life and Work. Berlin: Photographische Gesellschaft; London: The Berlin Photographic Company, Fine Art Publishers to the King, 1914.

2 vols. Folio, original quarter vellum over clothbacked boards, gilt-lettered spines. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved plates on hand-made paper. Hinges starting; some minor soiling to vellum; otherwise fine. $200-400

228 HARTUNG, J. VON PFLUGK Weltgeschichte. Berlin: Ullstein, 1907-1908.

3 vols. 4to, original gilt-stamped and illustrated cloth. Illustrated throughout with tipped in color reproductions, some fold-out, with captioned tissue guards. Some dampstaining and wear to cloth; otherwise fine. $100-200 229* (DWAN GALLERY) HOPPS, WALTER et al. Boxes. Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1964.

Rolled leaves glued together in original illustrated box designed as a catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition of famous artists’ boxes at Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, February 2-29, 1964. Text by John W. Weber and Walter Hopps. Fine with only minimal wear to edges of box. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $200-400

230* (KENT, ROCKWELL) A collection of 22 lithographs in red and black illustrating the myth of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis. New York: The Printing House of Leo Hart, n.d. (c. 1931). Housed in a plain archival box. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 231 MATISSE, HENRI Autographed letter signed (“H Matisse”), 1 page, to Monsieur Bernard. Matted and framed with a photograph portrait.

Matisse tells Bernard that he is very touched by the trouble that it will take to return some mail to “Pierre” on behalf of “Marchand.” Chagall is also referenced. Property from the collection of Baroness Kimberly von der Trenck, Newtown, Pennsylvania $800-1,200

232* (MATISSE, HENRI) JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935.

4to, publisher’s brown cloth-backed boards, stamped in gilt after a design by LeRoy Anderson. Number 397 of 1,500 copies signed by Matisse to the limitation page. Lacking slipcase; light fading to spine; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

233* (MATTA) MICHAUX, HENRI Vigies sur cibles. Paris: Editions du Dragon, 1959.

4to, contents loose as issued in folder and imitation wood slipcase and chemise. Limited edition, one of 90 examples (from a total edition of 99) signed by the artist, with nine etched plates in color and an aquatint by Matta. Folder split at the spine; contents shifted but complete; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

234* MIRO, JOAN Miro. “Cartones,” 1959-1965. October-November-1965. New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, (1965).

4to, loose as issued in original lithograph paper wraps by Miro, with one other original lithograph and numerous color reproductions. Number 291 of 1,200 copies. Fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $200-400

235 (SURREALISM) MIRO, JOAN Miro Lithographs I-II. By Fernand Mourlot. Vol. 1: New York: Tudor, 1972. Vol. 2: New York: Leon Amil, 1975.

2 vols. 4to, original lithograph dust jackets, cloth. Catalogue raisonne of Miro’s lithographs, containing 22 original lithographs. Hinges starting on vol. 2; some age darkening to vol. 1. $300-500 236 MIRO, JOAN Lithographs I-IV. New York and Paris: Various publishers, 1972-1981.

4 vols. Folio, each original dust jacket, cloth-backed boards, all but volume 1 with publisher’s slipcase, volume 2 with original publisher’s wraparound. English edition, each with all called for original lithographs. Vol. 1 with chipping to dust jacket and some sunning to the spine; some wear to publisher’s slipcases; otherwise all in fine condition. Together with Joan Miro. By Walter Erben. New York: George Braziller, (1959). Signed by Miro. And Miro, l’oeuvre graphique. Paris: Musee d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1974. (6 total) $3,000-5,000

237 ARTS ET METIERS GRAPHIQUES Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1928-1939.

28 vols., comprising nos. 3, 8, 11-15, 18-25, 27, 29, 32, 34-35, 43, 45-49, and 67. 4to, original printed wraps. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, color illustrations, and numerous inserts. Wear to spine on some vols.; some light dampstaining; otherwise a sound set. $600-800

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16 vols. Comprising nos.: 52, 71/72, 82/83/84, 85/86, 117, 138, 158/159, 168, 180, 195, 200, 210, 212, 214-215 and 221. $600-800

239* XXe SIECLE Milan: Imprimerie Amilcare Pizzi S.p.A., 1963-1968.

10 issues, comprising nos. 22-31. 4to, original printed boards. Minor soiling to wraps on some vols.; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

240* (AVEDON, RICHARD) In the American West. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1985).

Folio. Tan cloth boards with mounted photographic reproductions on the front and rear covers, original acetate dust jacket. First edition. Fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $200-400

241 AVEDON, RICHARD An Autobiography. New York: Random House, n.d. (c. 1933)

Folio, original brown and red cloth, with original acetate dust jacket and box. First edition. Signed by Avedon on the f.f.e.p. Some wear to box; otherwise fine. $150-250 242* (PICASSO, PABLO) ARISTOPHANES Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. A New Version by Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934

4to, original publisher’s pictorial patterned boards and publisher’s matching slipcase with repeating pictorial pattern on the interior. Number 397 of 1,500 copies signed by Picasso to the limitation page. With six engraved plates and other illustrations throughout by Picasso. Light fading to slipcase; otherwise very fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $3,000-5,000

243 (PLATE BOOKS) SALMSON, A. J. Rikssalen pa Gripsholm Slott. Historiskt Portratt Galleri af Konung Gustaf. Text in Swedish. Stockholm: Salmson & Strom, 1849.

4to, quarter green morocco. Illustrated throughout with hand-colored lithograph plates of rulers in period costume with accompanying descriptive text. Lacking spine; hinges cracked; some intermittent foxing; otherwise sound. $150-250

244 (PLATE BOOKS) AUSTRIAN ROYAL COURT Souvenirs du Quadrille, execute a la Cour Imperiale de Vienne de I/XIII et IV/XVI mars MDCCCLII. Text in French. Wien: Leop. Muller, n.d.

Folio, orange gilt-stamped morocco reinforced with matching cloth to spine and edges, decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with numerous tipped-in chromolithographic plates featuring period costumed attendees of a ball, a Quadrille, held by the Austrian royal family. Upper cover stamped with the Austrian family double-headed eagle coat of arms. Attendees included famous patrons of period composers, such as Prince Kinski, Beethoven’s patron, and Prince Clary, one of Chopin’s patrons. Only one other copy is located in France. Foxing to plates; wear to boards. $250-350

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245* RODIN, AUGUSTE Autographed letter signed (“A. Rodin”), 2 pages, on a bifolium, letterhead, to an unknown recipient, March 16, 1903. Matted and framed.

Rodin thanks the recipient for their kind letter and apologizes for not being able to fulfil his request, or for having the statue that he asked for. He sends his wishes and offers the recipient a reproduction of his “Penseur” statue. Property from the Collection of Baroness Kimberly von der Trenck, Newtown, Pennsylvania $1,000-2,000 246* RODIN, AUGUSTE Autographed letter signed (“A Rodin”), 1 page, to G[eorges] Lecomte, Paris, 1892. Matted and framed with photograph portrait.

Rodin expresses modest surprise and gratitude for the honor of being included in a book about impressionist artists. Property from the Collection of Baroness Kimberly von der Trenck, Newtown, Pennsylvania $1,000-2,000 247 (ROMNEY, GEORGE) WARD, HUMPHRY AND ROBERTS, W. Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Works. London, Manchester, Liverpool: Thos. Agnew & Sons; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904.

2 vols. Folio, bound in full gilt-tooled morocco, blue morocco doublures, silk endpapers, cloth-backed felt-lined slipcase. Limited edition, one of 350 copies printed on Japanese paper. Fine. $200-400

248* (SHAHN, BEN) SOBY, JAMES THRALL Ben Shahn: His Graphic Art. New York: George Braziller, 1963.

2 vols. 4to, gray pictorial cloth boards, pictorial endpapers. With numerous illustrations, some in color. Housed in slipcase with color reproductions of Shahn’s work. Minor soiling to slipcase with slight chipping to edges; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Marjorie C. Barnett, M.D., Chicago, Illinois $80-120

249 STRAHAN, EDWARD, ed. The Art Treasures of America. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1879).

3 vols. Folio, limp gilt-stamped leatherette. Limited edition, for subscribers only. Illustrated with numerous engravings printed on India paper, many with original tissue guards. Boards detached, chipping to fore edge of some pages; otherwise sound. $200-400

250 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI Les Affiches de Toulouse-Lautrec. By Edouard Julien. Monte-Carlo: Andre Sauret, n.d.

Folio, lacking original boards. With 32 plates, including frontispiece, detached from backstrip. Portions of rear dust jacket present; wear to plates; otherwise sound. $100-200

251* MUTHESIUS, HERMANN Das Englische Haus. Entwicklung, Bedingungen Anlage, Aufbau, Einrichtun und Innenraum. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1908.

3 vols. 4to, cream cloth gilt-stamped boards, numerous illustrations and photographs throughout. Light soiling and rubbing to boards; hinges starting vol. 2; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 252* BRIDGENS, (RICHARD) Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration. London: William Pickering, 1838.

Folio, quarter green morocco, engraved title and 59 uncolored plates, one folding. Rubbing to spine; sunning to boards with some edgewear; inner hinge cracked but binding strong; some dampstaining to plates, mainly marginal; one plate heavily foxed; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

253 TRAPP, OSWALD The Armoury of the Castle of Churburg. Translated, with a preface, by James Gow Mann. London: Methuen, (1929).

Folio, red cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Limited edition, number 62 of 400 copies. Covers stained slightly; ex-library copy; presentation inscription to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $200-600

254 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD [Wendigen]. The Life Work of the American Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Santpoort: C. A. Mees, 1925-1926.

Oblong 4to, original cloth-backed boards lettered in black. First U.S. edition, consisting of seven consecutive special issues of Wendigen bound together. Wear to boards; crease to f.f.e.p.; some chipping to fore edge; otherwise fine. $300-500

255 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD The Japanese Print. Chicago: The Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1912.

Thin 8vo, tan paper-covered boards. First trade edition. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; spine and hinges cracked with some evidence of repair; browning to boards with edgewear; otherwise fine. $200-400 256*

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IACOVLEFF, A. AND ELISSEEFF, S. Le theatre Japonais (Kabuki). Paris: Jacques de Brun 1933.

Folio, original wrappers, sewn binding, uncut, slipcase with gilt-stamped blue morocco pastedown label, chemise, original glassine. One of 500 examples on papier d’arches. 32 plates in brown and black and other illustrations in the text. Some chipping to glassine; light soiling to slipcase and chemise; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

257 (TEXTILE DESIGN) KATAGAMI STENCILS Two Katagami Japanese stencils used for kimono patterns, silk grid over mulberry paper. Japan, 19201930.

The stencil is produced by gluing sheets of mulberry paper and waterproofing them by coating the pages with tannin extracts from persimmons. The stencil is cut into the design and supported by silk webbing. Rice paste is applied to the stencil over selected fabric creating the design. The rice paste washes away easily from the stencil allowing for reuse. $100-200

258 (TEXTILE DESIGN) KATAGAMI STENCILS Two Katagami Japanese stencils used for kimono patterns, silk grid over mulberry paper. Japan, 19201930.

The stencil is produced by gluing sheets of mulberry paper and waterproofing them by coating the pages with tannin extracts from persimmons. The stencil is cut into the design and supported by silk webbing. Rice paste is applied to the stencil over selected fabric creating the design. The rice paste washes away easily from the stencil allowing for reuse. $100-200

259 (TEXTILE DESIGN) KATAGAMI STENCILS Two Katagami Japanese stencils used for kimono patterns, silk grid over mulberry paper. Japan, 19201930.

The stencil is produced by gluing sheets of mulberry paper and waterproofing them by coating the pages with tannin extracts from persimmons. The stencil is cut into the design and supported by silk webbing. Rice paste is applied to the stencil over selected fabric creating the design. The rice paste washes away easily from the stencil allowing for reuse. $100-200

260 (TEXTILE DESIGN) KATAGAMI STENCILS Two Katagami Japanese stencils used for kimono patterns, silk grid over mulberry paper. Japan, 19201930.

The stencil is produced by gluing sheets of mulberry paper and waterproofing them by coating the pages with tannin extracts from persimmons. The stencil is cut into the design and supported by silk webbing. Rice paste is applied to the stencil over selected fabric creating the design. The rice paste washes away easily from the stencil allowing for reuse. $100-200

261 (TEXTILE) AMERICAN FABRICS A group of five issues. New York: Reporter Publications, 1950-1959.

Color printed wrappers, with numerous fabric samples tipped in. Comprising nos.: 13 (Spring 1950), 27 (Winter 1953-54), 28 (Spring 1954), 29 (Summer 1954), and 46 (Spring 1959). $100-200

262 (TEXTILE) PERLEBERG, H. C. Modern Fabrics. Series 2. Philadelphia: By the Author, n.d.

Portfolio, 50 photographic plates of textile design housed in ex-library cloth folding case with ties. Photos stamped “Detroit Public Library.” $100-200

263 (COSTUME) CORNU, PAUL, ed. Galerie des modes et costumes Francais dessines d’apres nature, 1778-1787. Preface by Paul Cornu. Edited by Emile Levy. Paris: Librarie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts, n.d. (c. 1912)

4 vols. Folios, unbound as issued, housed in original 3/4 leather and marbled folding portfolios with cloth ties, engraved color title pages. Complete with 325 plates colored by pochoir with accompanying text. Soiling to portfolios with some loss to spine, (vol. 1) interiors clean; bookplates to front pastedowns; ownership stamp to front boards; otherwise fine. Property of a Midwest Museum $2,000-4,000

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