London: J. Barnard & Son, no date, circa 1860. Hardcover. Includes: Heraldry, and Heraldic Painting: with a Complete Elucidation of the Laws, Usages, and Practice of Heraldry; and a Dictionary of Its Charges, Figures, and Language by Clifford, W.H.; J.C. Whimper (editor and illustrator). London: J. Barnard & Son, no date. 4 pages of ads, color frontis, 56 pages plus 8 pages of ads. A Manual of Illumination on Paper and Vellum by Bradley, J.W. and T.G. Goodwin. Revised and illustrated by J.J. Laing. London: Windsor & Newton, no date. Nineteenth Edition. 100 pages plus "index of illustrations" plates. A Guide to Animal Drawing for the Use of Landscape Painters by Charles H. Weingall. London: George Rowney & Co., 1868. Seventh edition. 50 pages plus plates of animals (horses, cows, deer, geese, rabbits, dogs, a cat, and more). All works have been trimmed and bound together in an "Emerson Binder" with internal clips and threaded needles intact. The boards are three-quarter black leather over pebbled black cloth. Gilt title, author, and volume on spine read: "Illumination Etc., IV, Kurtz." Presumably this was one of many works bound in a similar style by the previous owner, Charles M. Kurtz of New York. His bookplate, penned name, and stamp of gold skull and crossbones with - perhaps fraternity symbols? of Phi Delta Kappa surrounding it - on the front pastedown. His name also appears on preliminary leaves of several of the bound in books, along with different addresses and dates. A few sheets of lined notebook paper proceed the books. A hand written table of contents is present on the first page. Even toning to interior. Offsetting from leather turn-ins to to first and last few pages. Clean and bright overall. All pages including plates have been trimmed, in some cases affecting the edges of images or plate numbers. Chipping to cormers of several pages. Chalres McMeen Kurtz (1855 - 1909) was an American art critic, author, and museum curator. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City when he was using these books (based on the date of 1876 being written on the verso of the frontis of the heraldry book). Kurtz was involved with several major art exhibitions including the World's Columbian Exposition and Paris Exposition of 1900. ART/032323. Very Good. More

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868. Hardcover. Second Issue. Preceded by a short account of the Origin of the Alphabet, and of the successive methods of recording events before the invention of printing. Includes chapters on ancient writing methods, the earliest Roman records, manuscript and block books from the middle ages, the origin (in the West) of moveable type, Gutenberg, Fust and Schoiffher, the printing press in Italy and South of Europe, Printing in France, Printing in Flanders and Holland, Spain and Portugal, the advent of the press in England, illustrations of the art of printing, and more. Illustrated with 100 fac-similies in photolithography, all plates are present but are not bound in numerical order. Bound in three-quarter brown leather over grey pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Ex-library with an embossed stamp to the title page and a sticker to the spine. Wear and rubbing to joines, edges of boards, and corners. Bumping to corners. Large scuff to rear board. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Previous owner's signature in pen to front free endpaper. Clean and bright overall with toning to margins, occasional spots of foxing, and occasional smudge marks to margins. Folio. 216 pages plus plates. BOB/020623. Very Good. More

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1875. Hardcover. With 19 chromolithographs by K. Kellerhoven and over 400 black and white wood engravings. Paul Lacroix (1806 - 1884) was a French author and bibliophile who worked in the Imperial Library of the Arsenal, Paris when researching the arts included in this volume. First issued in French, this is a later edition translated into English. Bound in red suede over red pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt title and decoration to spine and front board. Three inch split to leather along top of front joint. Soiling to boards including dampstaining along bottom edges, wear and fraying to edges of boards, and heavy rubbing and scuffing to spine and hinges. Minor toning to pages. Foxing to some pages including tissue guards. Dampstaining to bottom margins of most pages. Still an attractive book with wonderful illustrations, despite noted wear. Size: small quarto. 548 pages. ART/020223. Very Good. More

Paris: Bibliothèque des Arts / Foundation Wildenstein, 1987. Hardcover. Folio. with 328 illustrations, 70 in color. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Dampstaining to front board and spine. Bow to front board. Dampstaining and cockling to pages along the top margins. Foxing to top fore-edge. Clean and bright overall with many illustrations. In beige dust jacket with black title to spine panel and red title to front panel. Dampstaining to dust jacket, discoloration to top front edge, and wear to edges. IN FRENCH. 511 pages. ILL/020623. Very Good / Very Good. More