New York: Baker & Taylor, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 280p + 33 plates, 22 in color. Withdrawn ex-lib., with usual marks. Very thorough account of color printing in books and prints from the 15th century through photomechanical reproduction--chiaroscuro, aquatint, chromolithography, and much more. Emphasis on the 18th and 19th centuries..... More
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Paris: Magnard, n.d. [1960s]. No stated edition. Sewn soft cover. 24p, several line ills. and many handwriting examples. Printed in grey. French elementary student's exercise book for learning to write cursive lowercase letters in the "sloping English" style. Sixth and last in the series. Each spread is gridded, with examples..... More
Paris: Fernand Nathan, n.d. [1930s?]. No stated edition. Soft cover. 48p, 48 line ills. All printed in black and red. Small initials of the artist printed in some of the illustrations. Reading, spelling, and handwriting manual for French primary school pupils. Cautionary tales and short episodes of daily life and..... More
Boston: Ginn, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. 162p, no ills. Covers lightly rubbed, paper label browned. From the library of a professor Cross, with his pencil name and with a gift card laid in. Perhaps a later printing? (copyright line reads 66.12). No jacket (as issued?). Originally published in the scientific..... More
London: British Museum Press, 2000. First edition. Soft cover. 256p, 229 ills. (136 in color). Catalogue of the pioneering exhibition of watercolors, drawings, and other works by amateur British artists of all kinds--nobility, young ladies, miniaturists, antiquarians, soldiers, tourists, etc. Most of the works are published here for the first..... More
London: Tilt and Bogue for the proprietor, Charles Smith, 1842. Willson, Harry. First edition. Hardcover (original gilt- and blind-stamped boards, new cloth spine, rehinged). 82p + many ills. on 12 lithographed plates (5 in color, 1 mounted) + 6p of art supply ads. Heavily foxed; occasional penciling. Detailed advice chiefly..... More
