Mid September 2024

[Many Modestly Priced]

Architecture (American & Vitruvius) Book Arts (Bewick, Beardsley, Bosschere, Daudet, Exsteens, Nielsen, Rackham, Schmied) Childrens, Color Theory, Literature (Johnstone, Tarkington, Westmacott)

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[BOOK ARTS]

1. Austen, John (Illustrator).

Daphnis & Chloe Translated Out of The Greek of Longus by George Thornley in 1657.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1926. 200 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Twelve color lithographs and a host of black and white text illustrations by Austen. Traditionally ascribed to the Greek sophist, Longus who lived in the second or third century A.D. Backstrip darkened, scattered spotting to text, owner inscriptions inside front and back covers. Orig. decorated white cloth. Teg. Very good. $60.00

[AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE]

2. Aymar Embry II (Preface).

American Country Houses of Today Chiefly For Moderate Incomes.

New York: Architectural Press Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1917. First edition. IX, 118 pages. 28 x 22 cm. All architects with home designs herein listed, including H.T. Lindeberg, Charles Platt and Aymar Embry II. Photographs with accompanying plans and a listing of all architects represented. Interior contents clean and fresh, backstrip extremities rubbed. Orig. brown cloth front cover printed in gilt. Very good. $150.00

[BIBLIOGRAPHY]

3. Berg, Christian.

Jean de Boschere ou le mouvement de l'attente Etude biographique et critique.

Bruxelles: Academie Royale de Lenge et de Litterature Francaises, 1978. First edition. 354-365 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Bibliography in French covers correspondence, articles on or about de Boschere, and letters addressed to him. Loose as issued in paper covers. Very good. $50.00

[WOOD ENGRAVINGS]

4. Bewick, Thomas.

A General History Of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved On Wood by Thomas Bewick. Newcastle Upon Tyne: S. Hodgson et al, 1791. Second edition. 483 pages. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated with wood-engravings. First published 1790, GORDON RAY 49 notes, "Bewick faithfully depicted each quadruped in proper sequence. Exotic animals like the lion and the hippopotamus, which he drew from books, may be unconvincing, but he never fails with dogs, sheep, and cats, which he drew from life." Original price six shillings in boards. Index. Interior contents clean and bright. Title page very slightly toned. Contemporary mottled calf rebacked, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine.$850.00

[BOOK ARTS/LITERATURE]

5. Bosschere, Jean de (Illustrator).

Aristophanes the Eleven Comedies Literally And Completely Translated From The Greek Tongue Into English With Translations To Each Comedy And Elucidatory Notes.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. 37, 480 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Limited edition copy 1822 of 2000. Color and black and white full page illustrations, the former with tissue guards, A few leaves unopenend. Clean, very fresh set. Orig. black cloth spine and front covers lettered and decorated in gilt. Fine in matching very good cloth slipcases. 2 Vols. $150.00

[BOOK ARTS/LITERATURE]

6. _____.

The History Of Don Quixote De La Mancha By Miguel De Cervantes Based On Shelton's Translation Of 1620 With Illustrations By Jean De Bosschere And An Essay By J.B. Trend.

London: Constable And Company Ltd., 1922. 311 pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. 25 full page titled illustrations in color and black and white, plus 61 illustrations in the text. Wide text margins interior contents clean, fresh and bright. Trend, a Professor of Spanish at Cambridge University was a distinguished Hispanist. Small owner notation free front endpaper. Orig. black cloth front cover decorated in gilt with gilt spine lettering. Spome sunned. Very good. $100.00

[ART NOUVEAU/CHILDREN]

7. _____.

The City Curious Illustrated By The Author And Retold In English By F. Tennyson Jesse.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1920. 179 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. A children's tale Englished by a great-niece of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson and profusely illustrated by de Bosschere -- many are full paged in his Art Nouveau style. Clean, very fresh copy. backstrip sunned. Orig. green cloth lettered in black spine and front cover. Very good. $75.00

[BOOK ARTS]

8. _____.

The Closed Door Illustrated By The Author With A Translation By F.S. Flint And An Introduction By May Sinclair.

London: John Lane, 1917. First edition. viii,139 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 16 full page wood cut illustrations by the author as well as additional in-text illustrations. F. S. Flint was an English poet and translator best known for his association with the Imagist movement in the early 20th century. Orig. black cloth backstrip and front cover lettered in yellow. Very good. $95.00

[BOOK ARTS]

9. _____.

Job le Pauvre With English translation.

London: John Lane, 1922. First edition. 124 pages. 21 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Wydham Lewis and fourteen plates printed on colored paper. Belgian born his Art Nouveau style was heavily influenced by the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. He was also drawn to the occult. Clean, fresh copy. Orig. black cloth, backstrip paper spine label slightly nicked. Near fine. $145.00

BOOK ARTS/CHILDREN]

10. _____.

Christmas Tales of Flanders.

London & New York: William Heinemann & Dodd, Mead & Company, 1917. First Edition. 145 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Twelve full page color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus 145 black and white illustrations: a few in two colors. Bright, very fresh copy with backstrip slightly toned. Decorated endpapers in color and remnants of original dust wrapper laid-in. Orig. illustrated yellow cloth, spine also decorated. Top edge yellow. Near fine. $195.00

[CHILDREN'S]

11. _____.

Folk Tales Of Beasts And Men.

London : William Heinemann , 1918. First Edition. 179 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Twelve full page color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus 179 black and white illustrations: a few in two colors. Bright, very fresh copy, one can note it was never in the hands of a child. Decorated endpapers in color and remnants of original dust wrapper laid-in. Collection of folk tales and legends from Flemish and Brabantian sources. Book label of J&Beale Book Department Bournemouth. Spine slightly darkened. Orig. illustrated green cloth, spine also decorated. Near fine. $175.00

[BOOK ARTS/LITERATURE]

12. _____.

Marthe And The Madman With Illustrations By The Author Translated From The French By Pierre Loving. New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1918. First Edition. 265 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 143 of 275 copies signed in ink by Jean de Bosscherre with a special frontispiece by the author. Loving during his career as a journalist, writer, and translator, [Edward] Pierre Loving (1893-1950) wrote for The Nation, worked on the Paris staff of the New York Herald, and acted as a correspondent for the International News Service. Interior with full page black and white drawings by the author. Orig. decorated covers, quarter black cloth spine gilt lettered. Fine in fine black cloth slipcase with silver spine label. $275.00

[CHILDREN'S]

13. Carroll, Lewis.

Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There Illustrations By Franklin Hughes.

New York: Cheshire House, 1931. 129 pages. 28.5 x 19 cm. Limited edition copy 324 of 1200 printed for Richard Ellis. Seven full page color lithographs by Hughes. Bright, very fresh copy, owner signature free front endpaper. Backstrip darkened. White silked boards with silver decoration front and back cover and silked top edge. Near fine. $170.00

[AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE]

14. Close, Bernard Wells (Editor).

American Country Houses of Today Small Houses, Bungalows, Etc.

New York: Architectural Press Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1922. First edition. IX, 103 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Preface by Alfred Busselle. Eighty country houses are selected printed recto only on glossy stock with photograph and plans to scale for each. Names for architects for each design presented including Aymar Embury II, Dwight James Baum et al. Interior contents clean and fresh. Orig. green cloth front cover printed in gilt. Very good. $125.00

[THEATER]

15. Dane, Clemence.

Will Shakespeare An Invention The Play was first Acted by the Reandean Company at the Shaftesbury Theater London, November 1921.

London: William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. 131 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 101 of 250 signed by Dane. Novelist, playwright, screenwriter and artist Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. Between the First and Second World Wars, she was Britains most influential, versatile and successful female writer and arguably the most complete and versatile female creative force. Slight rubbing to backstrip extremities. Quarter black cloth, spine paper label and decorated boards. Very good. $125.00

[BOOK ARTS/LITERATURE]

15A. Daudet, Alphonse.

Lettres De Mon Moulin.

Paris: A. Ferroud et F. Ferroud, 1920. 302 pages in text. 20 x 13 cm. Limited edition, copy 11 of 30 on Japon ou velin d'Arches with an original water color drawing by Robaudi, watercolor illustrations in the text and additional illustrations in two states: black and white and watercolor, decorative letters by Fred Money. Alcide Theophile Robaudi, a protégé of Jean Leon Gerome, and a leading illustrator -- works of Dumas, George Sands, Balzac and Verlaine -- for the largest publishing houses in France. This work is a collection of short stories originally published 1869, early in Daudet's career. His creativeness resulted in characters that were real and also typical. This novel created his popularity with the French public. Bound by Rene Aussourd, inner dentelles, raised bands, marbled endpapers, contents very bright and fresh. Orig. green morocco, backstrip evenly sunned to brown. Aeg. Fine in fine marbled slipcase. $995.00

[LITERATURE]

16. Erskine, John.

Adam And Eve Though He Knew Better.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1927. First edition. 338 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Signed copy by John Erskine in ink on front free endpaper. Special first edition of 1000 copies presented to John R. McCann. The author an American educator and author, pianist and composer, and the first president of the Juilliard School of Music. Orig. decorated decorated boards in red, gilt and black, black cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Top edge red. Fine. $135.00

[BOOK ARTS]

17. Exsteens, Maurice.

L'Oeuvre Grave Et Lithographie De Felicien Rops.

Paris: Editions Pellet, 1928. First edition. Unpaginated. Folio, 33 x 26.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 293 of 500. Numerous black and white illustrations in a variety of sizes, some full page. Rops, a Belgian artist associated with symbolism, decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle. He was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and innovative print maker, particularly in intaglio. Many of Rops's etchings are erotic or pornographic in tone and depict imaginary underworld of social decadence. Despite his peculiarities, Rops was a print maker of brilliant technique and original content whose handling of dry point (etching directly on the plate) marks him as one of the masters of the medium. In Paris he befriended Charles Baudelaire. Text in French. Bright, clean copy on glossy stock. Raised bands, panels lettered in gilt. Quarter maroon morocco and matching cloth.Teg. Near fine. Four volumes in two. $875.00

[EARLY COLOR THEORY]

18. Field, George.

Chromatography: Or, A Treatise On Colours And Pigments And Of Their Powers In Painting, &c.

London: Charles Tilt, 1835. First edition. 276 pages. Folio, 32 x 24.5 cm. illustrated with hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 1 engraved plate. xix, [1, blank], George Field (1777?--1854) was a manufacturer of pigments and author of works on chromatic science; he was the subject of an exhibition and catalogue at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. "In many ways, the most useful literary source concerning pigments rather than painting of the period is Field's Chromatography, published in 1835. Chromatography was the culmination of Field's many years of color experiments and manufacture. The first part of Chromatography is concerned with color theory, followed by a section in which the nature and composition of individual pigments are discussed. The last part contains some comments on oils, varnishes and picture cleaning. From an historical point of view an important feature of the first edition is the inclusion of a large number of pigments, no matter how obscure, so that the book fills the gaps left by most of the early 19th-century books on painting." R. D. HARLEY, ARTISTS,PIGMENTS. pp. 27-28. Ex-libray, ink stamp and bar code sticker on ffep, and embossed library stamp on the corners of the plates, the first two and last two text leaves. Offsetting to title page from color frontispiece. Without hyperbole contents clean and almost as new. Names of the Subscribers, four pages include Rudoloph Ackermann, Sir Thomas Lawrence. Thomas Stothard et al. Orig. navy cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine. $2,400.00

[BOOK ARTS]

19. Gautier, Theophile.

Mademoiselle De Maupin A Romance: Double Love Illustrations by Clara Tice.

Np: The Pierre Louys Society, 1927. 407 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 881 of 1250. The twelve color plates by Tice with tissue guards exceptionally bright and clean as is the text. Wide text margins, decorated risqué endpapers. This work by Theophie express his views, which caused a considerable stir in literary circles by their disregard of conventional morality. Tice, nicknamed Queen of Greenwich Village, was a prominent artist and personality in the Manhattan Bohemian scene of the 1920s. Quarter black cloth spine lettered in gilt and front cover in brocade gilt and black. Fine. $125.00

[AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE]

20. Hopkins, Alfred (Preface).

American Country Houses of Today.

New York: Architectural Press Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1927. First edition. VII, 158 pages. 28 x 22 cm. A selection from all parts of the USA, many with illustrations of home presented and plans to scale printed recto only. A large selection from California by John Byers, Myron Hunt and Marston Van Pelt. Interior contents clean and fresh, wear to backstrip extremities, spine sunned. Orig. navy cloth front cover printed in gilt. Very good. $150.00

[AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE]

21. Howe, Samuel.

American Country Houses of To-Day An Illustrated Account Of Some Excellent Houses Built An Gardens Planted During The Last Few Years Showing Unmistakable Influence Of The Modern Trend In Ideals Architectural.

New York: Architectural Press Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1915. First edition. XIX, 424 pages. 28 x 22 cm. A more detailed presentation than works from this publisher printed in later years. Chapters on Stucco, Brick and Half-Timber and Framed House, Stone House, et al. List of Architects Whose Work Is Here Illustrated including Albro & Lindeberg, Delano & Aldrich, McKim, Mead & White, Charles Platt et al. A List of Landscape Architects Whose Work Is Here Illustrated including the Olmstead Brothers, Brookline. A plethora of photographs and designs of homes and gardens. Interior contents clean and bright. Slight fade to backstrip. Orig. navy cloth front cover printed and decorated in gilt. Very good. $290.00

[SCANDALOUS CHRONICLE]

22. Johnstone, Charles.

Chrysal: Or, The Adventures of a Guinea: By An Adept A New Edition, To Which Is Now Prefixed A Sketch Of The Author's Life Embellished With Plates.

London: Printed For Hector M'Lean, 1821. New Edition. viii, 319; [iv], 321; [iv], 326 pages. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 15 hand-colored plates engraved by Maddocks, E. F. Burney, and W. Read. The first edition was published anonymously in 1760 and a runaway success. The novel is set roughly during the period of the Seven Years' War (1757-63). Irish by birth, descended from a branch of the Johnstone's of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, this was his chief work. The book pretended to reveal political secrets, and to expose the profligacy of well-known public characters. It soon attracted attention as "the best scandalous chronicle of the day." [see: DNB]. ALLIBONE Vol.I, p.985. "Sir Walter Scott said, `We may safely rate Charles Johnstone as a prose Juvenal." LOWNDES 477. "A masterly but caustic satire." SABIN 36391. Bookplate front cover pastedowns. Wide text margins, interior contents bright and clean. Bound in contemporary brown full diced calf, boards decoratively ruled in gilt, spines ruled, tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges, plain blue endleaves. Near fine. 3 Vols. $595.00

[BOOK ARTS]

23. Malory, Sir Thomas, & Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrator).

The Birth Life And Acts Of King Arthur Of His Noble Knights Of The Round Table.........

London: J.M. Dent, 1893-1894. First edition. 990 pages. 25 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition one of 1500 copies printed on handmade Dutch paper from an edition of 1800. Two photogravure frontispieces, 18 plates, decorations throughout by Beardsley, and a plethora of in-text wood engravings. GORDON N. RAY 314. "Seeking to emulate the books of the Kelmscott Press, John Dent in 1892 offered Beardsley 200 pounds for twenty full-page illustrations, about one hundred smaller designs in the text, and nearly 350 initial letters for `Le Morte d'Arthur. In accepting this formidable commission, the artist anticipated, correctly as it turned out `a year's hard work." This work is Beardsley's first commission, and was executed when the artist was only 20 years old. It is widely considered one of his best efforts. Back cover with Dent monogram decorated in gilt. Orig. beige cloth, front cover and spine decorated in gilt motifs, beveled edges. Teg. Very good. 2 Vols. $2,950.00

[FIRST AMERICAN EDITION]

24. Nielsen, Kay (Illustrator).

Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen.

New York: George H. Doran, (1924). First American edition. 280 pages. 28 x 22 cm. First American edition with publisher colophon of verso of the title page. Twelve mounted and lettered color plates, additional black and white illustrations in the text -- full page and initial chapter decorations. "Nielsen acknowledged that his work was influenced by the art of the early Italian Renaissance, but most of all by oriental art and the art of the Middle East." [see: JOHNSON p.78]. Decorative endpapers. Orig. black cloth, full front cover panel decorated in black and orange. Near fine. $595.00

224A. Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso).

Opera Omnia With Notes by Jakob Moltzer, Ercoli Cofani, Daniel and Nicolaus Heinsius. Edited by Pieter Burmann. With Notes by Jakob Moltzer, Ercoli Cofani, Daniel and Nicolaus Heinsius. Edited by Pieter Burmann.

Amsterdam. R, & J. Westenios & G, Smith. 25.5 x 21. cm. Vol. 1 [863]: pages. Vol. 2 [1102 (4)]: pages. Vol. 3 [900] pages. Vol.4 [167 (IBIS), 163 (ADDENDA) (INDEX RERUM ET VERBORUM), 582 (INDEX IN OVIDIUM) pages. Three additional engraved titles with title page printed in red and black. "This edition,' says Harwood, 'may justly be esteemed the chef-d'oeuvre of Burman..." DIBDIN II, page 268. Interior contents generally clean with binding very tight and firm. Some moderate toning, rebacked with endpapers renewed. Raised bands spine panels decorated in gilt, triple gilt cover border fillets, modest corner rubbing. Contemporary brown calf. Aeg. Very good. 4 Vols. $795.00

[BIBLIOGRAPHY]

25. Putnam, Samuel.

The World of Jean de Bosschere With a letter of Paul Valery.

London: The Fortune Press, 1932. 160 pages. 22 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 695 of 1000. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Colored frontispiece woodcut of de Bosschere. Belgian born his Art Nouveau style was heavily influenced by the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. He was also drawn to the occult. He was also influenced by the Roman Catholic spiritual works of French poet and dramatist Paul Claudel. Title page printed in red and black. Bibliography. Interior very fresh and clean, backstrip sunned. Orig. orange cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Near fine. $100.00

[BOOK ARTS]

26. Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator).

Tales From Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb.

London & New York: J.H. Dent & E.P. Dutton & Co., 1909. 304 pages. 29 x 21 cm. Limited, large paper edition. copy 739 of 750 signed by Arthur Rackham in ink. Host of lettered tipped-in color plates, plus black and white text illustrations, some full page. As the publisher notes most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publisher in 1899. They have beer reworked, revised and colored by Rackham, plus new designs were added. Interior very bright and sharp with wide text margins. Decorated endpapers. Back cover stained at margins, Orig. white cloth, the four cloth ties intact. Very good. $1,100.00

[AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE]

27. Radford, William A.

Radford's Portfolio of Details Of Building Construction.

Chicago: The Radford Architectural Company, 1911. First edition. 200 pages. Small folio, 31 x 23.5 cm. 185 full page drawings and each plate with descriptive text. Index. A bright, very fresh copy with text and images almost as new. Slight fade to backstrip lettering, rubbing to backstrip foot. Orig. light brown illustrated cloth with front cover lettering in blue. Near fine. $150.00

[LITERATURE]

28. Rogers, Bruce (Designer).

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 180 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. With an Introduction written for this edition by Edith Wharton. This edition designed by Bruce Rogers. Limited edition, one of 2000 copies. WHARTON 165. Sharp, bright copy, rubbing to backstrip extremities. Owner inscription free front endpaper. Orig. brown cloth and beige boards, paper spine label. Very good. $50.00

[BOOK ARTS]

29. Schmied, Francois Louis.

Catalogue Des Livres De F.-L. Schmied Exposes En Mars 1927 Chez Arnold Seligmann Rey And Co. Suivi Du Catalogue General Des Livres De F.-L. Schmied Imprimes Et Sous Presses Au 28 Fevrier 1927.

Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1927. First edition. 101 pages. 30 1/2 x 23 1/2 cm. Forty-two plates with tissue guards reproduce Schmied's original compositions with accompanying text and a bibliographic chronicle of his work . This work created for exhibition at Arnold Seligmann Rey & Co. in New York, and with an essay by J.C. Mardus. Introduction presents a letter to Schmied from Louis Barthou of the Academie Francaise. Limited edition, one of 300 copies. Wear to backstrip, light dust soiling to covers. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good. $775.00

[AMERICAN FICTION]

30. Tarkington, Booth.

The Gentleman from Indiana.

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First edition. 384 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. Tarkington's first novel and first edition/first state with "eye" and "so pretty" on p.245 and "brain" of Zeus on p.342. Also, in the earliest binding with the ear of corn on the spine pointing up. Ownership signature dated the year of publication. Tarkington, a Midwestern regionalist set much of his fiction in his native Indiana. BROCCOLI & CLARK p.369. Clean, fresh copy, tiny front cover spot. Orig. green cloth stamped in red and tan, spine gilt lettered. Teg green. Near fine in very good lined brown cloth chemise, and housed in a near fine brown morocco slipcase, spine sunned. $425.00

[ARCHITECTURE]

31. Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus.

Di Architecttura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto: e conle figure a soui luo.....

Venice: Zoppino, 1535. Folio, 27.3 x 18 cm, [AA-BB6,A-O6]. Reprint of the Francesco Lucio Durantino version originally published, Venice, 1524. Title in red and black within fine decorative woodcut border, and illustrated with a plethora of wood-engraved illustrations. "The title in black and red is within an elaborate border containing horsemen, armor and with a bust within wreath at top. Text in Italian translated from the Latin. Besides the nude male figure in two superimposed positions with arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square (the fundamental geometric patterns of the cosmic order) there are other illustrations that include geometrical and astronomical diagrams, plans and building elevations. Plus columns and finely detailed scenes of machinery including hydraulic devices and military machine's. An illustrated post incunable edition of this classic Roman treatise. Vitruvius' "De architectura libri decem (Ten books on Architecture) is the only complete treatise on architecture and related arts to survive from classical antiquity. It remains the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped architecture from the Renaissance to the present. [see: FOWLER p.314]. ADAMSV-916. BRUNET Vol.V, p.1330. MORTIMER/HARVARD. ITALIAN BOOKS II, 545. UNIVERSAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ART, Vol.II, p.2080. Slight nick backstrip foot. Late 18th or early 19th century half sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt ruled with black leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. $3,950.00

[BOOK ARTS/LITERATURE]

32. Westmacott, Charles Molloy [Bernard Blackmantle].

The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Bank Of Society, Being Portraits Of The Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious, Drawn From The Life By Bernard Blackmantle.

London: Sherwood, Jones, 1825-1826. First edition. 412, 399 pages. 24 x 15 cm. 71 hand-colored aquatints with tissue guards, of which 67 are by Robert Cruikshank, 2 by Rowlandson and one each by T. Wageman and G.M. Brightly; full page woodcut [Five Principal Orders of Society], and 74 woodcuts in the text, of these 23 are by Rowlandson, the others by Cruikshank, Wageman and Huges. With first issue points -- plate at p.389 in Vol. I misdated 1284 and p.222 in Vol. 2 blank. CBEL Vol. 14, p. 225. " The English Spy, both in text and in illustrations, is sometimes as coarse as ever was Smollet in word or Gillray in drawing, it contains many lively representations of life, high and low, gives much curious information about real people still recongisable under their fictitious names [including Charles Kemble, Macready, Grimaldi, Mme. Vestris, Mathews and Wallack, and also George IV and his mistress] , and preserves many tales of a past age." Further, CBEL notes this work was considered an offshoot of "Life in London," and that Westmacott "appears to have been a blackmailer; but was a spirited and amusing writer." Purportedly, Westmacott received a horsewhipping from Charles Kemble three years after this work was published. ABBEY LIFE 325. TOOLEY 504. Elegantly bound by W. Root & Son. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, elaborate cover border panel gilt motifs frame inner four corner floral designs in gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Exceptionally clean, bright set; plates and text, Vol. I covers rehinged. Early 20th century full brick crushed morocco. Teg. Two vols. Fine. $1,695.00