247 CONSTABLE (John) English Landscape, Nos. 1 to 5, and two extra parts, 7 parts, oblong folio, INDIA PROOFS, 34 beautiful plates of Landscape characteristic of English Scenery, engraved by Lucas, (subscription price, £21.) £15. 1830 Very few impressions were taken of the India Proofs; even copies in the ordinary Proof state are rare now. 248 CCNSTABLE (John) R.A. Memoirs composed chiefly from his Letters, by C. R. Leslie, LARGE PAPER, impl. 4to. portrait and 22 mezzotinto engravings from his best pictures, by Lucas, on INDIA PAPER, (pub. £12. 128), half morocco, £5. 5s 1843 249 CORREGGIO (Antonio Allegri, called) Works at Parma, from the celebrated engravings by Paolo Toschi, with notices by L. Fagan, royal folio, 22 plates reproduced in permament photography by S. Thompson, hf. red. morocco, £5. 58. Costume: 1873 All the masterpieces of Correggio are at Parma, and the above work gives therefore a complete view of his genius. The photographs are very finely executed, and have all the spirit and admirable effect of the rare originals. 250 BALDINI Calceus antiquus et mysticus, 12mo, with many plates of Boots and Shoes-Migronus de Caliga Veterum, edidit Nilant, plates; in 1 vol. 12mo. frontispiece, numerous curious plates, vellum, 8s 6d Lugd. Batav. 1711 251 BOUCARD (F. de) Usi e Costumi di Napoli, royal 8vo. 50 coloured plates of Neapolitan Costume, half bound morocco, 258 Napoli, 1853 252 Ceylonese Costume: SILVAF's (Hippolyte) Collection of the different Costumes in the Island of Ceylon, 11 original coloured drawings of men and women, 3 autograph letters attached, in 1 vol. folio, hf. calf, £2. 28 Ceylon, 1839 253 COSTUMES DU DIRECTOIRE, tirés des Merveilleuses, dessins de MM. E. Lacoste et Draner, d'après les estampes du temps, folio, 20 fine etchings by A. Guillaumot, fils. in a wrapper, 18s Paris, n.d. 1874 254 HEFNER, COSTUME DU MOYEN-AGE CHRÉTIEN d'après des monuments contemporains par I. H. de Hefner-Alteneck, complete, 4 vols. impl. 4to. consisting of 420 beautiful coloured plates, in the style of the original miniatures from which the designs have been made, with descriptive text in French (pub. at 1400 francs, cost of binding £16, total £72) sumptuously and carefully whole bound red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford, £50. Franckf. 1840-50 255 the same work, plain plates, 3 vols. impl. 4to. hf. morocco, £12. 12s 1840-50 This is the most important and trustworthy of all the works that exist on the interesting subject of Medieval Costume. The ideas of most people in this respect, are very vague, being derived from pretty picture-books of fancy figures, in which nothing like precision or scientific treatment is ever met with. Indeed, Hefner's work may almost be called the only safe guide in this branch of Archæology, which ought to be so attractive to the painter and to the general student of history and manners. 256 HELYOT (P.) Histoire des ORDRES MONASTIQUES Religieux et Militaires, et des Congregations de l'un et de l'autre Sexe, 8 vols. 4to. 806 numerous plates of Costume, &c. old gilt calf, £7. 10s Paris, 1714-19 257 HEMPEL, Sitten, Gebräuche, Trachten, Mundart, etc. der Altenburgischen Bauern, 8vo, 10 coloured plates of Costume, sd. 58 Altenburg 1839 The people are of Wendish origin; their dialect is a German patois. 258 HOLLAR (Wenc.) Theatrum Mulierum, s. Varieta atque Differentia Habituum Foeminei Sexus, diversarum Europa Nationum hodierno tempore vulgò in usu, 12mo, good impressions of 36 (of 48) beautiful engravings, calf extra gilt, borders, £2. 12s 6d London, 1643 Costume-continued. 259 JACQUEMIN, Iconographie Méthodique du Costume du IVe au XIXe Siècle (315-1815). Collection gravée a l'eau forte d'après des Documents authentiques et Inédits par RAPHAEL JACQUEMIN avec Introduction et table méthodique, 200 plates containing upwards of 400 figures, royal folio, £5. 58 260 Paris n. d. another copy, THE PLATES COLOURED, in portfolio, £8. 158. Paris, n. d. 261 LACROIX (Paul) COSTUMES HISTORIQUES de la FRANCE,avec une Introduction sur la "Vie privée des Français," et une Appendice "Recueil Curieux sur le Costume," together 10 vols. 8vo. 640 exquisitely coloured plates, heightened with gold and silver, hf. bd. morocco, gilt tops, £8. 158 Paris, (1840-45) This extremely interesting and valuable work shows the dress of all classes of the French people from the King to the lower orders for a space of 1350 years. It includes Portraits of celebrated characters in the appropriate costume of their day, and in fact is an epitome of Montfaucon with the additional advantage of colour, and a continuation since his time. Lacy's copy in similar state to the present sold recently for £8. 2s 6d. 262 PETIT COURRIER DES DAMES, Journal des Modes, from May 1831 to February 1839, being from No. 25 of vol. XX. to No. 12 of vol. XXXV., in 15 vols. 8vo. and roy. 8vo. and 3 additional vols. of plates (issued for 1842-47, but without Text), roy. and imp. 8vo, together 18 vols. upwards of one thousand coloured plates, hf. calf, £2. 16s 1831-39 One volume has been bound without regard to order; a gap occurs here and there, and the missing leaves are found in another volume. No imperfection is known. 263 ROCCHEGGIANI, Raccolta di 200 Tavole rappresentanti i Costumi degli Antichi, tratti dagli monumenti, 2 vols. in folio, 200 very finely engraved plates of Bas-Reliefs, Vases, Ornaments, and other objects of Art, with text, old calf, £3. 58 Roma, 1804 A most useful series of plates, of interest to the Classical Archeologist and to the practical Artist. 264 SPANISH COSTUME, royal 4to, 100 coloured lithographs after drawings by White, by Langlumé, the descriptions in Spanish and French, hf. calf gilt, £5. cir. 1805-12 265 COSTUMES SUISSES, publiés par Lory et Moritz, 55 beautifully coloured plates, mounted as drawings, green morocco extra, with borders of gold, gilt edges, by C. Lewis, from Mr. Bernal's library, £6. 108 Neuchatel, 1824 266 STEWART (J.) Plocacosmos, or the Whole Art of Hair Dressing, royal 8vo. half calf, uncut, 18s 1782 267 VECELLIO, COSTUMES Anciens et Modernes. Habiti Antichi et Moderni di tutto il Mondo, par C. Vecellio, suivis d'un Essai sur la Gravure sur Bois, par M. A. F. Didot, 2 vols, 8vo, 513 illustrations of Costume, surrounded by elegant woodcut borders, 2 vols. 8vo. sd. 288; or, half morocco extra, 368 8vo. Paris, 1859 268 CRUIKSHANK (George) Comic Almanacks from 1836-1845, in 2 vols. 12mo. containing 240 plates and many woodcuts of exceedingly laughable designs, hf. calf, not uniform, rare, 30s 269 the same, 1843-46, 1 vol. 12mo. cloth, 20s 1836-45 1843-46 270 CRUIKSHANK. A descriptive Catalogue of the Works of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, with a List of Books illustrated by him, chiefly compiled by G. W. REID, with an Essay on his genius and works by E. BELL, 3 vols. impl. 4to. 313 illustrations on India paper from the original coppers, hf. morocco, £12. 128 1871 Only 135 copies printed. Immediate application is necessary to secure a copy. These volumes contain a complete list, chronologically arranged, of the various works of this celebrated artist, extending over a period of fifty-seven years (from 1803 to 1870). Each design is described and any specialty noted, and information as to its origin is given where it is interesting. 271 Cyphers. SYMPSON, a new Book of Cyphers, wherein the whole Alphabet (twice over) is variously changed and interwoven, consisting of 100 plates of ornamental capitals, and 2 of crowns and shields, 8vo. calf neat, date cut off, 10s (1710?) 272 DANCE OF DEATH exhibited in elegant Engravings on wood, with Dissertation by F. Douce on the several representations of it, 8vo. 54 facsimile woodcuts, cloth, 278 1833 273 DANSE MACABRE. Chorea ab eximio Macabro versibus Alemanicis edita et a Petro Desrey Trecacio quodam Oratore nuper emendata, sm. folio, PRINTED ON VELLUM, a facsimile reproduction of the original edition, with its numerous fine engravings, £6. 6s Parisiis, 1490 (cir. 1860) 274 LANGLOIS, Essai historique, et pittoresque sur les Danses des Morts, suivi d'une lettre par M. C. Leber, 2 vols. in 1, thick 8vo, portrait and 54 full-page woodcut engravings, and numerous vignettes, hf. cf. 36s Rouen, 1852 275 DAVID, Recueil des ANTIQUITÉS D'HERCULANUM avec des Explications par Sylvain Maréchal, 12 vols. 4to. containing 864 engravings of ETRUSCAN and GREEK ART, forming a complete Picture of Life among the Ancients, hf. calf, uncut, £6. 6s Paris, 1780-1803 This fine work was published at 1200 francs. 276 DAVID, ANTIQUITES ETRUSQUES, Grecques et Romaines, ou les beaux Vases, Etrusques Grecs et Romains, avec leurs explications par d'Hancarville, 5 vols. 4to. about 350 curious engravings, coloured, hf. calf, uncut, £2. 16s Paris, 1787-88 277 DESTAILLEUR (H.) Notices sur quelques Artistes Français, Architectes, Dessinateurs, Graveurs du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, 8vo. sd. 8s Both are uniform LARGE PAPER copies. Paris, 1873 Including the Bibliography of the works of Lepautre, Androuet du Cerceau, Jousse, J. and D. Marot, Berain, Boule, Cotte and others. 278 DEVILLE (Achille) Histoire de l'Art de la VERRERIE dans l'Antiquité, royal 4to, 112 plates in colours, containing about 100 designs of various objects of Art and Virtu, hf. bd. crimson morocco, £3. 12s Paris 1873 The only extensive work on the History of Glass, with illustrations ever published. Mr. Felix SLADE's privately printed Catalogue, one volume folio, cannot be procured except at the extravagant price of £42. The collection comprised in this volume includes the Origin of Glass Manufacture, the Art of Glass making in Asia, in Egypt, in Italy, and in Rome, Flexible Glass, Drinking Glasses, Inscriptions on Vessels, Imitations of Cameos and Precious Stones, Lachrymatories, chiefly from the Roman Catacombs, Cinerary Urns, and Beads, included in about four hundred specimens of Antique Glass which have been handed down to the present time. 279 DIDRON, Iconographie chrétienne: Histoire de Dieu, 4to. hf. bd. 18s Paris, 1843 Bound with it are: Wyatt's Sculpture in Ivory, 1856, no plates; Scharf's Picture in Gloucester Cathedral, 1856; plates of the Last Judgment. 280 Dilettanti Society: IONIAN ANTIQUITIES, edited by Chandler, Revett, and Pars, 3 vols. impl. folio, 174 fine plates with descriptive letterpress, £4. 48 1769-97-1840 281 SPECIMENS OF ANTIENT SCULPTURE, Ægyptian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman, vol. I. royal folio, 75 plates of very beautiful specimens of ancient statuary, very fine copy, in calf extra, £5. 5s 1809 A bargain as the complete book is worth about £15. 15s. Anyone wishing to gain a knowledge of the wonderful perfection attained by the ancients in sculpture, or the student desirous of instructing himself in the purest and most elevated school of Art cannot do better than buy this volume. 282 SPECIMENS of ANCIENT SCULPTURE, Ægyptian. Etruscan, Greek, and Roman, selected from different Collections in Great Britain, by the Society of Dilettanti. With an Inquiry into the Symbolical Lan guage of Ancient Art and Mythology, by R. Payne Knight, 2 vols. royal folio, 133 beautiful engravings (pub. at £39. 8s) bds. uncut, £15. 15s 1809-35 Of Vol. II. very few copies were printed, only for the members of the Dilettanti Society. 283 THE UNEDITED ANTIQUITIES OF ATTICA, by the Society of Dilettanti, impl. folio, numerous plates, bds. £2. 28 1817 Contents:-Eleusis, the Propylaea, the Inner Vestibules, The Temple of Ceres, Temple of Diana-Propylaea, Temple of Nemesis, and the Temple of Minerva-Sunias. Dore's Works: 284 CERVANTES, l'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche; traduction de Viardot, avec les dessins de Doré, gravés par Pisan, 2 vols. folio, with about 120 large and extremely spirited plates, a number of vignettes and tail-pieces in the text, very good impressions, cloth, £4. 58 Paris, 1863 These plates, designed in the peculiar but very attractive style of Gustave Doré, give very forcible representations of some of the most striking thoughts of Cervantes. 284*IL PURGATORIO DI DANTE ALIGHIERI, colle figure di G. Doré, atlas 4to. plates, (sells £4. 4s) red cloth, £2. 10s Parigi, 1868 285 DUCHESNE, aîné. Essai sur les Nielles gravures des Orfévres Florentins du XVe Siècle, large 8vo. Exemplaire Unique, sur papier de Tilleul, tiré pour M. le Marquis de Chateaugiron, autograph letter of the author attached, plates, half morocco, £2. 2s 285 Paris, 1826 Another state, 4to. plates of Niellos, LARGE DUTCH PAPER, on which only 6 copies taken off, £3. 38 Paris, 1826 286 DELAROCHE (P.) Euvre, reproduit en Photographie par Bingham, accmpagné d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages par H. Delaborde et du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre par T. Goddé, 2 vols. impl. folio, 86 fine photographs, hf. morocco, coats of arms on the sides, £14. 158 Paris, 1858 Very rare, only a few copies ever came into the market. 286*DENON, MONUMENTS DES ARTS du Dessin, chez les peuples tant anciens que modernes, recueillis par le baron Vivant Denon, ancien directeurgénéral des Musées de France, pour servir à l'histoire des arts, lithographiés par ses soins et sous ses yeux, décrits et expliqués par AmauryDuval, 4 vols. atlas folio, with 315 fine large plates, some in tints (pub. at 600 francs) hf. morocco, top edges gilt, £12. 168 Paris, 1829 A morocco copy was priced, 1847, £28.; half morocco, £18. 188. Denon's Catalogue of his own extraordinary collection of Antiquities, Curiosities, Paintings, Drawings, and Works of Art. It was printed at his private expense, and only given away in presents. Copies have been sold abroad for large sums, and but few have reached this country. Brunet, in speaking of this fine work, says, "Recueil intéressant, tiré à 250 exemplaires seulement. Le premier volume est specialement consacré à l'histoire des Arts du Dessin chez les differens peuples du monde; les trois autres se rapportent à l'Histoire de la Peinture en Europe, depuis l'epoque de la renaissance des Arts." 1652 287 DU JARDIN (Karel) EAUX-FORTES, folio, THE PERFECT SERIES of highly spirited Etchings, and three fine plates, after Du Jardin, from the Choiseul Cabinet added, neatly mounted and ruled, hf. bd. russia, rare, £5. "Karel du Jardin has left us about fifty-two admirable etchings of landscapes, figures, and animals; they are executed with uncommon taste and spirit; his point is extremely playful, yet determined, and manifests the hand of the great painter."Bryan. "Son dessein est de bon goût, correct et spirituel; ses productions sont aussi recherchées que difficiles à acquérir.”—Decamps. 288 DÜRER (A.) Quatre livres de la proportion des parties et pourtraicts des corps humains, traduicts de langue Latine par L. Meigret, sm. folio, numerous woodcuts, red morocco extra, gilt edges by Lortic, £3. 10s Arnhem, 1613 289 DU SOMMER ARD (A.) les Arts au Moyen Age, Texte, tome Ier. 8vo. sd. £1. 10: Paris, 1831 This volume contains the Historical Account of the Hotel de Cluny. 290 DUPLESSIS (Georges) les Ventes de Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes et Objets d'Art, au XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (1611-1800) 8vo. sd. 6s Paris, 1874 For whoever wishes to study attentively the works of an artist or to gain information upon a picture, or a work of art which he believes unique, the study of catalogues is of great importance. This thin volume, of which only a small number of copies are printed, will greatly aid such persons in their researches. 291 EASTLAKE (Sir C. L.) Materials for a History of Oil Painting, 8vo. cloth, 1847 168 292 EISEN (C.) Recueil de plusieurs Sujets agréables, tirés de diverses pieces de Littérature Moderne, royal 8vo. frontispiece and 48 fine plates, half morocco, £4. Paris, n. d. Emblems: EARLY impressions. The latter issue has 52 plates. Paris, 1629 293 ALCIATI (A.) Emblemata, cum Claudii Minois notis, thick 12mo. with numerous curious woodcuts, old calf gilt, 10s Lugduni, 1600 294 BALESDENS (J.) Chartiludium Logicæ, seu Logica Poetica, vel Memorativa Murner, 12mo, curious woodcuts, calf, £3. 38 295 WHITNEY'S (G.) Emblemes, and other devises, 2 parts, sm. 4to, woodcuts, wanting title, last two preliminary leaves, and 18 leaves of text, in 1 vol. hf. bd. 258 Leyden, 1586 296 Embroidery. The Woman of Samaria, a curious specimen of old tapestry needlework, size 28 by 15 inches, framed and glazed, £4. 48. Engravings: Very beautiful and valuable collections from the Library of ADMIRAL D'AETH. 297 BRUIN (Nicolas de) Euvre de: a complete Series of all the engraved Works of this eminent Dutch Painter, consisting of 185 Pieces, most of the plates of a large size, folded, including several representations of the Creation, Scripture Pieces, Historical Events, with all the Figures in the rich Costume of the time, the Seasons, Landscapes, Forest Scenery, Animal Studies, Costume, etc. engraved by Beusecom and others, old calf, gilt edges, £28. Amsterdam, 1575-1600 298 RECUEIL DE PETITES ESTAMPES. A Collection of 330 rare Engravings, including many by CALLOT, DELLA BELLA, A. COLLAFRT, V. SOLIS, H. BROSAMER, M. LAURON, HANS BEHAM, S. LE CLERC, S. DE LAUNE, ANNIBALE CARACCI, R. LA FAGE, M. Coxis, C. VISSCHER, H. ALDERGREVER, NANTEUIL, AUDRAN, and other eminent artists, folio, mounted in a portfolio, with leaves, calf, gilt leaves, £21. 299 WATTEAU'S Engravings: 3 charming engravings after this inimitable painter, viz.-1. Les Amusemens de Cythere, engraved by SURUgue, fair margin.-II. Le Lorgneur, Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. de Julliene, engraved by G. SCOTIN, fair margin.-III. Bon Voyage, engraved by Audran, cut close.-All three most brilliant original impressions, in a portfolio from the Royal Gallery, £10. 108 300 AN OLD VOLUME, LETTERED, RECUEIL D'ESTAMPES MODERNES. A Collection of 55 fine and rare Engravings, including full-length Portrait |