YOSHITOSHI. Fujikawa. High-ranking samurai on horseback.
Colored woodcut. 335x23…

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YOSHITOSHI. Fujikawa. High-ranking samurai on horseback. Colored woodcut. 335x230 mm. Sign: Yoshitoshi hitsu. Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke. Censored by Aratame. Excellent fresh color impression with nice bokashi (fog), blind embossing (White Cloak), backed, margins partly trimmed, lower right corner soiled. Fujikawa in a gorge in the evening mist; a high ranking Samurai on horseback gives the signal to descend to the station. Fujikawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Fan [of the Tôkaidô Road] (Suehiro gojûsan tsugi); series created on the occasion of the invitation of the shogun Tokugawa Iemochi in 1865 to the imperial court. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839 - 1892, has widely been recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.

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YOSHITOSHI. Fujikawa. High-ranking samurai on horseback.

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CICERONIS, M. T. Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri quatuor. M. T. Ciceronis De inventione libri duo. Lugduni, Apud Antonium Gryphium, 1585. 2 parts in one volume in 8vo. 122x74 mm. Coeval binding to arms in red calfskin on cardboard, plates with double fillet border enclosing elaborate design of curved fillets and ornaments, roundels, crescents, stars, eagles, four-compartment spine with raised bands, geometric motifs of floral friezes and foliage, faceted cuts with colored floral motifs on gilt ground. At center of front plate the coat of arms surrounded by the owner's name "IO. BAP CRESCEN"; on the back plate another coat of arms surrounded by the name of another owner "TORQUAT CUPIUS." On the counterplate signature of former owner "Cte Alphonse de La Guère." Pages 340, [12], SIGN: a-y⁸. Blank last 3; 631, including Frontispiece, 1 blank, [40], 2 blank. Branding on title pages, Ornate initials, Silographic friezes. Fine copy. Beautiful edition edited by Paolo Manuzio. Work in magnificent coeval binding to the Arms. This important treatise, the oldest surviving book on rhetoric, was formerly attributed to Cicero, then to Quintus Cornificius, but both attributions are now considered spurious and authorship remains unknown. Nevertheless, it is a fundamental reference text on the structure and uses of rhetoric. The second part begins with its own Frontispiece "Rhetoricorum Posterior." Prestigious specimen of prestigious provenance, belonging to: Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, 1577-1635, painter and architect of the early Baroque period; Torquatus De Cupis, or de Cuppis, 1577-1637, Roman nobleman and Jesuit who taught at the Roman College;Count Alphonse Pantin De La Guère, 1846-1899, archaeologist.Other bindings are recorded with both de Cupis's and Crescenzi's coat of arms.Baudrier VIII, 395. Two parts in a volume in 8vo. 122x74 mm. Contemporary red calf binding with coat of arms, covers with double rules frame that englobe an elaborate drawing of curved rules and ornaments, rounds, crescents, stars, eagles, back with four sections with embossed bands, geometric motifs of floral ornaments and foliage, edges with colored floral motifs on a gilt background. On the anterior cover the coat of arms surrounded by the name of the owner "IO. BAP CRESCEN"; on the posterior cover another coat of arms surrounded by the name of another owner: "TORQUAT CUPIUS." On the inside cover, the signature of the former owner "Cte Alphonse de La Guère." Pages 340, [12, Blank last 3 pages]; 631, including Titlepage, 1 blank, [40], 2 blank. Printer's device on titlepages, woodcut adorned initials and ornaments. Good copy. Beautiful edition edited by Paolo Manuzio. Work in magnificent contemporary armorial binding. This important treatise, the oldest surviving book of rhetoric, was formerly attributed to Cicero, then to Quintus Cornificius, but both attributions are now considered spurious and authorship remains unknown. However, it is a fundamental reference text on the structure and uses of rhetoric. The second part begins with its own title page "Rhetoricorum Posterior".Copy of prestigious provenance, which belonged to: Giovanni Battista Crescenzi, 1577-1635, painter and architect of the early Baroque period; Torquatus De Cupis, or de Cuppis, 1577-1637, Roman nobleman and Jesuit who taught at the Roman College. Count Alphonse Pantin De La Guère, 1846-1899, archaeologist.There are other bindings both with the de Cupis coat of arms and with that of Crescenzi.Baudrier VIII, 395.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

MONTANUS, Arnoldus. Ambassades memorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des prouinces unies, vers les empereurs du Japon. ... Le tout enrichi de figures dessinees sur les lieux, & tire des memoires des ambassadeurs de la Compagnie. In Amsterdam, Jacob de Meurs, 1680 2 parts in one volume in-folio. 342x215 mm. Coeval full marbled leather binding, gilt title and friezes on six-nerved spine, red boards. Pages [8, including Antiporta and Frontispiece], 227, [8], 1 blank; 146, [6].Copper-engraved allegorical Antiporta, Frontispiece in red and black with engraved vignette, 70 copper-engraved illustrations in the text, 1 large fold-out map, 4 fold-out Tables, 21 double-page Tables. In total, Antiporta, 70 illustrations in the text and 26 maps and plates out of text. First edition in French, lavishly illustrated. Important work on Japan whose illustrations, according to Lach, "represent a high-water mark in book illustrations of the 17th century." The work was compiled by Montanus by consulting records of Jesuit missions to Japan in 1649 and 1661 and published by Jan Van Meurs for the Dutch East India Company. Van Meurs had received the necessary permission to publish both a Dutch and a French edition in 1664, but it was not until 1669 that the Dutch edition appeared, followed shortly afterwards by German and English translations using Van Meurs' plates.In the present edition, the Antiporta and four of the large original plates have been re-engraved. This edition, moreover, is the first to include the table of Fort Zeelandia in Taiwan.Montanus' work constitutes a monumental history of all aspects of Japan. Lach notes that it contains "more first hand information about Japan than any other post-1650 publication." Montanus discusses Japanese politics, culture, religion and military affairs: he also describes the various Western attempts to make contact with Japan.The topographical information is wide-ranging and includes descriptions of the cities of Nagasaki, Hirado, Osaka, Sakai, Kyoto, Shizuoka and Edo, as well as the mysterious 'boiling waters of Singok.' Different aspects of social, political, family and economic life are also described in detail: bathing, wrestling, gardens; whaling, winemaking; punishment for crimes, the burning of widows; massacres and torture. The magnificent maps, plans, and illustrations cover Japanese customs, cities, flora and fauna, religious ceremonies, and military techniques and include a plan of Nagasaki, large folding views of Miako and Edo, a scene of the destruction caused by an earthquake in Edo, action portraits of samurai, an illustration of a religious ceremony at Beelden Temple, formal meetings between Western ambassadors and the Japanese imperial court, and a table showing the Emperor's throneCordier Japonica 385; Cox I:325; Lach Asia in the Making of Europe III, pp. 1873-79; Landwehr VOC 525. 2 parts in 1 vol. folio. 342x215 mm. Contemporary full marbled leather binding, title and ornaments in gold on the ribbed spine, red edges. Pages [8, including Frontispiece and Titlepage], 227, [8], 1 blank; 146, [6].Allegorical frontispiece engraved in copper, Titlepage in red and black with engraved vignette, 70 illustrations engraved in copper in the text, 1 large folded map, 4 folded plates, 21 plates on double pages. In total, Frontispiece, 70 illustrations in the text and 26 maps and plates out text. First edition in French, sumptuously illustrated. Important work on Japan whose illustrations, according to Lach, "represent a high-water mark in book illustrations of the 17th century." The work was compiled by Montanus consulting the records of the Jesuit missions to Japan in 1649 and 1661 and published by Jan Van Meurs for the Dutch East India Company.Van Meurs had received the necessary permission to publish both a Dutch and a French edition in 1664, but it was not until 1669 that the Dutch edition appeared, followed shortly thereafter by translations into German and English using Van Meurs' plates.In the present edition, the Frontispiece and four of the large original plates have been re-engraved. Furthermore, this edition is the first to include the Fort Zeelandia plate in Taiwan.Montanus' work constitutes a monumental history of all aspects of Japan. Lach notes that it contains "more first hand information about Japan than any other post-1650 publication." Montanus deals with Japanese politics, culture, religion and military affairs: he also describes the various Western attempts to make contact with Japan:The topographical information is wide-ranging and includes descriptions of the cities of Nagasaki, Hirado, Osaka, Sakai, Kyoto, Shizuoka and Edo, as well as the mysterious 'boiling waters of Singok. The different aspects of social, political, family and economic life are also described

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EMPIRE FRANCAIS. Arreté de M. Le Préfet du Departement de Lot et Garonne Qui ordonne la reimpression et la pubblication des Décrets et Reglemens ... Haras ... 5 Decembre 1806. Agen, Raymond Noubel, 1806 Printed poster. 1009x516 mm. Top center woodcut imprinted vignette with "Grandes armes imperials," surmounted by the Imperial Crown and with the Eagle in the center. Important document dealing with horse laws, with regulations on stables, breeding, fairs, and racing. It is enacted by the Prefect of the Department of Lot and Garonne, the high official Christophe de Villeneuve-Bargemon, 1771-1829: he was dismissed during the Hundred Days, then, in 1815 he was appointed prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône and from 1824 he also held the functions of Councillor of State. Print poster. 1009x516 mm. In the top center the printed woodcut vignette with the "Grandes armes imperials," surmounted by the imperial crown and the Eagle in the middle. Important document concerning the laws on horses, with the legislation on stables, farms, fairs and races. It is issued by the Prefect of the Department of Lot and Garonne, the high official Christophe de Villeneuve-Bargemon, 1771-1829: he was dismissed during the Hundred Days, then, in 1815 he was appointed prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône and from 1824 he also performed the duties of Councilor of State.

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