Null Plate with flowers and poem calligraphy, China 2nd half 19th century, polyc…

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Plate with flowers and poem calligraphy, China 2nd half 19th century, polychrome decoration on the glaze, iron-red lettering. An iron-red mark in the form of an infinite knot under the base, decoration slightly rubbed, d. 23 cm

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Plate with flowers and poem calligraphy, China 2nd half 19th century, polychrome decoration on the glaze, iron-red lettering. An iron-red mark in the form of an infinite knot under the base, decoration slightly rubbed, d. 23 cm

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Bury, Thomas TalbotColored Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. 13 hand-colored aquatint plates. London, R. Ackermann, 1831-33, each plate mounted in dots under passepartout, each firmly bound in fol. Ldr. album with staggered fillets, gilt stamped D-title and R-title and endpapers of marbled paper (front cover laterally discolored, slightly rubbed). Eisenbahn Bury, Thomas Talbot Colored Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. 13 hand-colored aquatint plates. London, R. Ackermann, 1831-33. The plates each mounted in dots under passepartout, each firmly bound in landscape fol. Ldr. album with staggered fillets, gilt stamped D-title and R-title and endpapers of marbled paper (front cover laterally discolored, slightly rubbed). The plates show views of early railroad installations in Great Britain, railroad stations, tunnels and gorges, etc. - Plates 1-7 each dated in print with "Feby. 1831", all other plates each with the year. Plates 1 and 11 each with watermarks "Whatman 1830" and "Whatman 1831" respectively (cf. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett SM 53.139_WZ). - Thomas Bury was a pupil of the well-known architect and architectural theorist Augustus Pugin. He later worked with his son, among others, on the interior design of the House of Parliament. However, Bury is particularly well known for his views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which first appeared in 1831 as six hand-colored aquatints under the title "Six Coloured Views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with a plate of the coaches, machines, etc.". The work enjoyed great popularity, which is why further editions, extensions and editions in foreign languages were published within a few years. - Bury's professional interests are clearly evident in the elaborate architectural elements of the depictions, which were finally transferred to the aquatint medium by Henry Pyall and S.G. Hughes. - Partially minimally browned in the mat opening, a few plates with occasional pale brown stains. Overall in very good condition. Richly nuanced depictions in luminous coloring. 13 hand colored aquatint plates. The plates each mounted in dots under mat and firmly bound in leather album with staggered fillets, gilt title on cover and spine, marbled paper endpapers (the cover discolored at one side, slightly rubbed). - The plates show views of early railway constructions in Great Britain, railway stations, tunnels and ravines, etc. - plates 1-7 each dated in print with "Feby. 1831", all further plates each with year. Plates 1 and 11 each with watermark "Whatman 1830" and "Whatman 1831". - Thomas Bury was a pupil of the well-known architect and architectural theorist Augustus Pugin. He is particularly known for his views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which were first published in 1831 under the title "Six Coloured Views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with a plate of the coaches, machines, etc." as six hand-colored aquatints. The work enjoyed great popularity, which is why within a few years further editions, extensions and editions in foreign languages were published. - Bury's professional interests are clearly evident in the elaborate architectural elements of the depictions, which were transferred to the medium of aquatints by Henry Pyall and S.G. Hughes. - Partly minimally browned in the mount, a few plates isolated with pale brown spots. At all in very well preserved condition. Richly nuanced prints in luminous coloring.

Starting price 200 EUR

Combe, WilliamThe third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In search of a Wife. A Poem. With colored frontispiece and title vignette and 23 colored plates by Th. Rowlandson. London, Nattali and Bon, (1855). 2 vols, 279 p. 4°. Mod. Colored paper binding, three. Gilt edges. Combe, William The third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In search of a Wife. A Poem. With colored frontispiece and title vignette and 23 colored plates by Th. Rowlandson. London, Nattali and Bon, (1855). 2 vols, 279 p. 4°. Mod. Colored paper binding, three. Gilt edges. Tooley 429 - Some browning due to paper. - Includes: Jean Gay. Fables, with life of the author. And embellished with a plate to each fable. 2 pp. in 1 vol. With engraved title. Title with title vignette and 66 engraved vignettes. Vignettes. London, Darton & Harvey, 1793. XIV, 256 pp. Mod. Colored paper binding with color edges. - Not as in Lowndes. The frontispiece is missing. First 20 leaves minimally dog-eared at upper right corner. With coloured frontispiece and title vignette and 23 coloured plates by Th. Rowlandson. Modern hardcover with marbled boards, gilt edges. Added: see above.

Starting price 1000 EUR

Holub, WilhelmFor you! A book of poems, birds and butterflies. Manuscript with splendid calligraphy and 16 original watercolor drawings. Vienna, Christmas 1934. 17 pp. 4°. HLdr. d. Zt. with R-gilt, marble boards and leather corners. Holub, Wilhelm For you! A book of poems, birds and butterflies. Manuscript with splendid calligraphy and 16 original watercolor drawings. Vienna, Christmas 1934. 17 pp. 4°. HLdr. d. Zt. with re-gilding, marble boards and leather corners. Collection of 15 poems, some self-penned, some quoted, in clean Fraktur calligraphy, entirely on untrimmed laid paper. The drawings, made on delicate China paper, show birds (10 pictures), butterflies (5) and plants (1). They are each framed in passe-partouts created from two book pages. The delicate compositions are strongly reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints from the Meiji period and are thus in the tradition of Japonism, which emerged in Western art in the late 19th century. - According to the note on the title page, "painted and copied for the benefit and pleasure of a true friend of free nature and the mountains". - Very occasional barely noticeable foxing. Overall in very good condition with bright colors. Manuscript with splendid calligraphy and 16 original watercolor drawings. Cont. half leather with gilt spine, marbled boards and leather corners. - Collection of 15 partly self-penned, partly quoted poems in neat fracture calligraphy, entirely designed on untrimmed laid paper. The drawings, made on delicate China paper, depict birds (10 images), butterflies (5) and plants (1). They are each framed in passe-partouts created from two book pages. The delicate compositions are strongly reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints from the Meiji period and are thus in the tradition of Japonism in Western art, which emerged in the late 19th century. - According to the note on the title page "painted and copied for the use and pleasure of a true friend of free nature and the mountains". - Very sporadic, hardly noticeable foxing. Overall very well preserved with bright colors. This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

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TENNYSON (Alfred). The death of Oenone, Akbar's dream and other poems. London, Macmillan and Co, 1892. In-12, havana morocco, ribbed spine, interior gilt lace, gilt edges (period binding signed Sickers and son, and Morrell). First edition. A good copy. Spine rubbed.

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