Schroeder,R.A.
Elysium. A book of poems. Lpz., Insel 1906. Gr.8°. 18 nn. Flex. O…

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Schroeder,R.A. Elysium. A book of poems. Lpz., Insel 1906. gr.8°. 18 nn. Flex. Oprgt. with gilt-stamped. Rtitle. (Some creasing). Sarkowski 1535 - No. 45 of 275 (GA 300) copies. Printed in red and black, on laid paper.

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Schroeder,R.A.

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Two books on the subject of carriage driving consisting of: 1) Deutsche Fahrkunde, das Wagenpferd und der Fahrer, die Fahrkunst der Wagen, by Richard Schoenbeck, Leipzig by Otto Klemm 1900, size Gr. 8°, IX p., 596 p., [8] pp, with 350 illustrations in the text, original colour printed glossy cloth binding with original dust jacket, decorative endpapers, red edges, minor signs of age and minimal signs of study, 2) Das Wagenpferd und die Fahrkunst, ein Handbuch für Fuhrwerksbesitzer und Fahrer, by Fr. Eberhardt, Leipzig bei Bredow 1889, size Gr. 8°, VIII pp, 212 p., [2] pp. with 187 illustrations, black and gold-stamped full cloth binding, somewhat worn, postscript with handwritten note in graphite, otherwise normal signs of age and study.

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LAGNIET (Jacques). Recueil des plus illustres proverbes. Divisés en trois livres. sl [Paris], sn [Jacques Lagniet], sd [1657-1663]. In-4 with [1] engraved title frontispiece (cut out and reassembled) and 48 engraved plates (of 59) for the first book "Moral Proverbs" (all ch. 1-60); [1] engraved title frontispiece (cut out and reassembled) and 60 engraved plates (of 71) for the second book "Joyful Proverbs" (all ch. 1-72); [1] engraved title frontispiece and 27 engraved plates (of 29) for the third book "Vie des Gueux" (all ch. 1-30); [1] engraved title frontispiece ("La Vie de Tiel Wlespiegle...") and 33 engraved plates for the fourth book (uncounted). A total of 172 engraved plates. Missing plates 8, 13, 15, 17, 24, 25, 33, 34, 48, 49, 57 in book one; plates 2, 9, 21, 39, 41, 48, 49, 52, 61, 62, 71 in book two; plates 17, 28 in book three. Marbled basane, ornate ribbed spine, title page, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt flowers in spandrels (18th century binding). Several plates restored, several small brown spots or light marginal spotting, brown stains on 3 or 4 plates towards the end. A most curious collection of engravings, whose composition varies from copy to copy. "The works published by Lagniet are an essential source for the study of popular life in the mid-seventeenth century." (cf. R.A. Weizert, En marge des proverbes de Lagniet, in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Sept. 1967, p. 177). "Not only do we see before us an important period of history, captured in more intimate detail than in the always somewhat pompous prints of Abraham Bosse, but we can also follow the development of the study of manners through these drolleries and facetiousness" (John Grand-Carteret, Les Mœurs et la caricature en France). Brunet, usually severe, like most of his contemporaries, with regard to seventeenth-century engraving, gave this laudatory judgment: "[the engravings] lack delicacy and finish, but a kind of brutal and caustic verve, a frank gaiety, in reproduction of the popular allures and habits of the time, such are the titles that rightly recommend the work of this artist". (Brunet III, 767.)

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[HARAUCOURT (Edmond)]. La Légende des Sexes, hysterical poems. Bruxelles, pour l'auteur, 1882. In-8, 147 pp. and [1] f. Havana morocco, ornate ribbed spine, gilt title, double gilt fillet and wide gilt lace trim, gilt head, int. lace, covers preserved (modern binding). Rare first edition of this famous collection of erotic poems, printed in an edition of only 212 copies, not placed on the market. A very fine copy, unjustified, enriched with a very fine suite of 12 very free engravings attributed to VAN MAELE (unsigned). Edmond Haraucourt published this text under the pseudonym Sire de Chambley. "Contrary to the title, this work in licentious verse, which falls under the law, was not printed in Brussels but in Nevers, while the author was staying there as "rédacteur-gérant" of the Republic, and it was at the Imprimerie Nivernaise, quai de Loire, that the Légende des Sexes was composed and printed by an old typo Fischer, who alone and in the greatest secrecy, did all the composition of the book. [...] E.H. could not disavow authorship of this book, for not only did all the copies distributed of the original edition bear an ex dono in his hand [which is not as systematic in reality], but 16 pieces had appeared under his signature in the Chat Noir" (Talvard VIII, p. 64.) Ex-libris JM.

Estim. 350 - 700 EUR

A GOLD FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A CHARIOT A GOLD FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A CHARIOT Unsigned Japan, 18 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Bearing a gold and reddish-orange lacquer mokume ground framing each side, one depicting an empty chariot (jinrikisha) with a brocade cushion decorated with gold, red lacquer, and shibuichi takamaki-e and hiramaki-e. The opposite with a central basket holding young fern shoots (warabi) and a book inscribed with the words ‘Narihira Itaru’ and ‘Tokudaira Jo.’ HEIGHT 8.1 cm, LENGTH 4.8 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and a minuscule chip. Provenance: Galerie Max, Brussels, 4 February 1956. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above. Old label to the interior, ‘L, 588.’ Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France’s post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Japanese and Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven’s museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit (‘Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven’), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen (‘Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections’). The empty jinrikisha and the young fern sprouts likely refers to a poem known as the Song of the Bowmen of Shu. Translated in Ezra Pound’s book, Cathay, in the early 19 th century the poem refers to “…picking the first fern shoots and saying: ‘When shall we get back to our country?” The poem continues saying, “There is no ease in royal affairs, we have no comfort. Our sorrow is bitter, but we would not return to our country. What flower is in blossom? Whose chariot? The General’s.”

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