Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts | Lots 308-468 Including Children’s Books from the

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts

Lots 308-468

308 [ARABIAN NIGHTS] -- LANE, Edward William (1801-1876), translator. The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. A New Translation from the Arabic, with Copious Notes. London: Charles Knight and Co., 1839-1841.

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3 volumes, 8vo (247 x 152 mm). Wood engraved title-page, numerous wood engravings. (Occasional light browning.) 20th-century half brown morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest giltdecorated, stamp-signed by Bayntun (slight sunning or minor wear).

FIRST EDITION with several hundred wood engravings by British wood engraver and illustrator William Harvey. $400 - 600

309 BALZAC, Honore de (1799-1850). Etudes de moeurs au XIXe siecle.... Paris: Madame Chales-Bechet, 1834.

One volume only (of 12, Vol. V comprising Part I of the second series) 8vo (217 x 128 mm). Engraved plates with hand-coloring, several with remarqués. (Some minor spotting to a few leaves. 20th-century crushed levant gilt, edges gilt and uncut, black calf doublures gilt, stamp-signed and dated by G. Mercier de Son Pére, 1913 (some slight rubbing to joints or spine); original wrappers bound in. Provenance: Lowther family (bookplate numbered 63934); Raymond Claude-Lafontaine (gilt stamp on doublure).

FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. The present single volume, the first volume in the second series, Scènes de la vie de province, includes the first publication of Eugenie Grandet, widely considered to be Balzac’s first great novel. Etudes de moeurs au XIXe siecle was published in 12 volumes comprising three series each in 4 volumes: Scènes de la vie privée, Scènes de la vie de province, and Scènes de la vie parisienne. THE LOWTHER FAMILY COPY.

[With:] BEYLE, Marie Henri (“Stendhal”) (1783-1842). De l’amour. Paris: Librairie Universelle, de P. Mongie, 1822. One volume only (of 2, lacking volume II), 12mo (153 x 89 mm). Half-title. 20th-century morocco gilt, sides with central gilt arabesque, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 with red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, the rest gilt-decorated, edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, stamp-signed by R. Petit. Provenance: Lowther family (bookplate on pastedown, hand-numbered 61396). FIRST EDITION. “Ouvrage fort recherche: son “titre” en est une raison, qui, sans dominer les autres est un fait. Un livre hardi et froidement realiste qui fit sensation a l’epoque” (Carteret II, 346). THE LOWTHER FAMILY COPY.

$1,000 - 1,500

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310 BARTOLI, Pietro Santi (ca 1635-1700). Columna cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto dicata.... Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1704-1708.

Oblong folio (350 x 465 mm). Engraved title-page, engraved dedication leaf, engraved section title “Stylobates columnae Antoninae,” 79 engraved plates (of 80, lacking plate 2), numbered 1-77 and I-III. (Some minor soiling, some minor marginal worming.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, edges stained red (rebacked preserving original spine).

Second edition of this depiction of the Antonine Column in Rome, erected between AD 172 and 196 to commemorate the victories of Marcus Aurelius. WITH THE RARE EXTRA PLATES labeled I-III and including the section title, not called for in the Berlin Katalog. Berlin Kat 3623; Cicognara 3605. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch $600 - 800

311 [BIBLE, in English]. The New Testament of Jesus Christ Faithfully Translated into English. Antwerp: Daniel Vervliet, 1600.

4to. Title printed within woodcut border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, numerous woodcut initials. Contemporary calf, sides with gilt emblem of the Society of Jesus, edges gauffered and gilt, with a note in the binder’s hand on the paste-down (worn, rebacked); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: William J. Connery (bookplate).

Second edition.

roperty from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $800 - 1,200

312 [BIBLE – ETHIOPIC] – Bible, in Ethiopic. [Ethiopia]: [ca 18th-or-19th Century?].

8vo (141 x 128 mm). Manuscript in red and black on ruled parchment in 2 hands (and possibly others), 135 leaves, 5 leaves inserted at front (122 x 83 mm). (Lacks endleaves, lacking a leaf from quire 15 or 16, with tears or holes, stained.) Bound in blind-stamped leather over wooden boards, (covers detaching, worn); with leather saddle bag carrying case. [With:] A metalwork Latin cross pendant (110 x 67 x 11 mm).

Property from the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, Sold to Support the Care of Collections and the William Holden Fund for Acquisitions Gift of the William Holden Estate

$500 - 700

313 [BIBLE, in German -- PRINTED LEAF]. Single leaf, from a Koberger Bible, ca 1483.

Folio. Single leaf, ff. 508, containing the opening of Romans, comprising verses I, II and a portion of III. From a glossed Bible, with one 7-line initial in red with floral decoration, one 4-line initial in green with floral decoration, two 3-line initials in red and green, capital strokes in red, and underlinings in green.

[With]: [BIBLE, in English]. The Holy Bible as Printed by Robert Aitken... New York: Arno Press, 1968. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original green leather binding gilt. Facsimile of the Aitken Bible (published in 1782), the “American Bible Society Edition.” $200 - 300

11 x 9 inches (267 x 235 mm). 15 unnumbered leaves (f. 1-12 vellum; f. 13-15 paper; f. 16-17 missing). Single column, about 11 lines per page, in neat hand. Decoration unfinished on ff. 2r, 4v – 9r, 11v- 12v. (Quire 1 [f. 1-6] detached, some discoloring and warping.) Near contemporary leather and paper binding, coat of arms is affixed to upper cover depicting a knight’s helmet above a green painted shield, presenting a rooster resting atop a castle, flanked by two lions and three fleur-di-lies painted in gold-yellow on a red field (Spine perished, overall wear). A unique manuscript which appears to have been created some time reigns of either Louis XIII [1601-1643] or Louis XIV [1638-1715] of France. The special deference paid to 3 Counter-Reformation saints [The St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen [1577-1622], St. Felix on Cantalice [1515-1587], and St. Joseph of Leonessa [1556-1612]] helps place the prayer book somewhere in the 17th or very early 18th century and calls to mind the religious and political chaos which plagued Europe’s long 17th century. The manuscript’s repeated attempts to link Bourbon supremacy with the legendary rule of St. Louis IX [1214-1270], also reflect this uncertainty. While the book’s decoration shares some similarities with Baroque ornamentation, and the style of its script matches Getty Ms. 11a, another decorated book attributed to Louis XIV, this manuscript is distinctively more rugged. Meaning is its unlikely this book was executed for someone in the immediate orbit of the royal court.

Complete contents and information available on request. $1,000 - 1,500

315 [BOOK OF HOURS]. A group of 20 leaves from medieval and renaissance manuscripts and printed books, including 5 or more from Otto Ege’s Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. Western Europe: XII-XVI Century [compiled Cleveland, c.1950] and Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries, 1121-1935 A.D [Compiled Cleveland, c.1950]. Various sizes, including:

Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts. Leaf 18. A leaf from a Breviary. (France, Ca. 1260). Latin. Vellum, 5 ¾ x 4 ½ in (146 x 114 mm). -- Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries 1121-1935. Leaf 4. A leaf from a Paris Manuscript Bible with 4-line decorated initial. (Paris, ca.1310). Latin. Vellum, 7 ¼ x 5 1/8 in (18.4 x 13 mm). -- An illuminated leaf with miniature and initials from a Book of Hours with a miniature depicting the Annunciation. (France, ca 1450). Latin. Vellum, 4 ¾ x 3 3/8 in (121 x 86 mm). -- SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493. German. 17 x 11 ¾ inches (432 x 298 mm). 4 leaves with 32 wood block portraits and cityscapes, including a large double-page print of the city of Bamberg (ff. 174v -175r.) -- And 16 more. Each approximately 17 x 11 ¾ inches (432 x 298 mm) or smaller. Complete list available upon request. $5,000 - 7,000

316 [BOOK OF HOURS]. HARDOUYN, Gilles and Germain (Paris, ca. 1500). A group of 5 printed leaves from a French Book of Hours, likely executed in the workshop of Gilles and Germain Hardouyn (Active ca. 1491-1541). Latin.

Together 5 leaves on vellum, 3 of which matted and framed together (unexamined out of frame). Framed dimensions 508 x 305 mm. Leaves each approximately 203 x 127 mm or smaller. Comprising:

The Annunciation to the Virgin -- The Virgin Kneeling with a Host of Saints -- The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin -- The Annunciation to the Shepherds -- The Crucifixion.

Each with several illuminated initials, and occasionally with other scenes. Complete information about text and initials available on request. $1,000 - 1,500

317 [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 22 books about books and bookcollecting in the 19th- and 20th-century, including:

Book Collecting. Edited by Richard Booth. Florence, AL: House of Collectibles, 1976. 4to. Original publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. -- WOOLF, Leonard (18801969). Letters of Leonard Wolf. Edited by Frederic Spotts. San Diego, New York, and London: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, 1989. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- BASBANES, Nicholas (b. 1943). A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. 8vo. Original publisher’s cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- BASBANES. Among the Gently Mad. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 8vo. Original publisher’s binding, dust jacket. First edition. -- SALISBURY, Laney and Aly Sujo. Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art. New York: The Penguin Press, 2009. 8vo. Publisher’s original binding, dust jacket. -- MAYS, Andrea E. The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Original publisher’s cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. -- And 18 others. Together 22 works in 22 volumes, all in original publisher’s bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. From the Private Collection of Richard Cady $300 - 400 318 [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 19 works by Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001), many signed, including:

Philosopher Pickett: The Life Story of the Eccentric Pamphleteer Who Became the West’s First Political Reformer. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1942. 8vo. Original publisher’s red cloth. -- HANNA, Phil Townsend (1896-1957). Libros Californianos, or Five Feet of California. Revised and enlarged by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Clark Powell, 1958. Small 8vo. Original publisher’s yellow boards and red titleplate. -- Fortune & Friendship: An Autobiography by Lawrence Clark Powell. New York and London: R.R. Bowker Company, 1968. 8vo. Original publisher’s stamped red cloth. -- W.W. Robinson, 1891-1972. Eulogy spoken by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, 1974. Folio. Original publisher’s white boards. -- Arizona: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. and Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1976. 8vo. Original publisher’s grey cloth, dust jacket. SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell. -- Eucalyptus Fair. Tuscon, AZ: Books West Southwest, 1992. 8vo. Original publisher’s green cloth, dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, one of 50 copies SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell. -- And 13 others. Together 19 works in 19 volumes, all in original publisher’s bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. From the Private Collection of Richard Cady $200 - 300

319 [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS - REFERENCE]. A group of 13 bibliographies and reference books, including:

CASE, Arthur E. (1894-1946). A Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies: 1521-1759. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Bibliographical Society, 1935. 8vo. Original cloth backed boards. --- MAYO, Robert D. (19101998). The English Novel in the Magazines: 1740-1815. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press and London: Oxford University Press, 1962. 8vo. Original publisher’s blue cloth, dustjacket. -- DARTON, F.J. Harvey (18781936). Children’s Books in England. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. 8vo. Includes introduction by Kathleen Lines. Original publisher’s green cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket clipped. Second Edition, 4th reprint. -- FOXON, David F. (B. 1923). English Verse 1701-1750: A Catalogue of Separately Printed Poems…. London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. 2 volumes. 4to. Edges colored purple. Original publisher’s brown cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. -- And 9 others. Together 13 works in 17 volumes, all in original publisher’s bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. From the Private Collection of Richard Cady $200 - 300 320 [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 14 works about the history of book collecting and art, including:

ALTICK, Richard D. (1915-2008). The English Common Reader. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1957. 8vo. Original publisher’s green cloth, dust jacket. -- BANISTER, Manly (1914-1986). Book Binding as a Handcraft. New York: 1981. Large 8vo. Numerous photographs and illustrations by the author. Original publisher’s cloth-backed brown boards, dust jacket. Tipped in: The Art and Craft of Bookbinding pamphlet by Bill Anthony (1926-1989), and Guild of Bookworkers: 1906-1981, 75th Anniversary Exhibition pamphlet. Chicago: The Newberry Library, January 18 – February 18, 1982. -- SOMMER, Frederick (1905-1999). The Art of Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing, Collage. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005. 4to. Numerous reproductions of Sommer’s work. Original publisher’s burgundy cloth, dust jacket. -- PETTEGREE, Andrew (b. 1957). The Book in the Renaissance. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. 8vo. Original publisher’s green cloth, dust jacket. -- KEENAN, James P. The Art of Bookplate. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Square 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s black boards, dust jacket. -- And 9 others. Together, 14 works in 14 volumes, all in original publisher’s bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.

321 BOUCHOT, Henri (1849-1906). La Miniature Française, 1750-1825. Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1907.

4to (321 x 252 mm). Two title-pages lettered in red and black with printer’s device, numerous engraved plates and illustrations (some printed in sepia, some hand-colored, some Pochoir), lettered tissue guards, numerous in-text engravings. (Some offsetting or minor toning.) 20th-century red crushed levant gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the rest gilt-decorated, top edge gilt, others uncut, board edges and turn-ins gilt, floral silk doublures, marbled endsheets (joints starting, some rubbing); brown cloth slipcase (defective).

LIMITED EDITION, number 162 of 200 copies recreating Bouchot’s miniatures.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Michael Pintauro $500 - 700 322 BUTLER, Joseph (1692-1752). The Analogy of Religion Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. London: for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736.

4to (262 x 204 mm). Half-title. (Short marginal tears to a few leaves.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt, tan morocco lettering-piece gilt (some light rubbing, 4-in. separation along upper hinge and spine). Provenance: Frank J. Hogan (1877-1944), American attorney and book collector (morocco booklabel).

FIRST EDITION of Butler’s response to deist rejection of orthodox Christianity, which “remained for a century the chief buttress of Christian argument against unbelief” (Durant, The Age of Voltaire, 1965, p.125). THE FRANK J. HOGAN COPY. ESTC T67971; PMM 193. $300 - 400

323 CAVENDISH, George (1500?-1562). The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey the Great Cardinal of England. Chipping Campden: Alcuin Press, 1930.

4to. Title printed in red and black. 20th century red morocco gilt, upper cover set with the central arms of Cardinal Wolsey, edges gilt (slight rubbing to extremities).

LIMITED EDITION, number 25 of 25 copies bound in red morocco and not for sale of a total edition of 325 copies. $250 - 350 324 CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985). The Lithographs of Chagall. Vol. I: Monte Carlo: André Sauret, 1960; Vol. II: Monte Carlo and Boston: André Sauret and Boston Book and Art Shop, Inc., 1963; Vol. III: Paris: André Sauret, 1969; Vol. III: Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, Inc., 1969; Vols. IV, V and VI: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1974, 1984, 1986.

6 volumes, 4to. Text in English, German or French corresponding with place of publication, 28 original lithographs (including dust jackets and frontispieces), numerous reproductions of Chagall’s lithographs. Original publisher’s cloth; original lithographed dust jackets (chipping to a few volumes, slight rubbing to spine ends); original glassines (chipping); original board slipcases for vols. III-IV. Provenance: Randy Barcelo (1946-1994), Cuban artist (embossed stamp).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of vols. I-IV; FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of vol. III; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of vols. V-VI. [With:] Duplicate copies of Volumes III and IV.