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Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books Catalogue 51 52 Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books Sibyllegatan 50A 114 43 Stockholm, Sweden +46 (0)8 667 65 07 [email protected] www.durietzrarebooks.com Vat. reg. no. se 556633-8413 Member of ILAB and SVAF Cover: 2. Printed by EO Grafiska 2018. Design and photo by Lars Paulsrud. 1. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (Ill.) Costumes et vues de la Chine + Vues de la Chine et de la Tartarie. Gravées en taille-douce par Simon, d’après les dessins de W. Alexander. Two volumes. Paris, Nepveu, 1815. € 2 800 16mo. Pp. 77; (iv), 62. Some leaves in second volume mis- bound but text is complete. With 54 coloured aquatint plates, of which 28 double page and 4 folding. Contempo- rary red paper-covered boards ruled in gilt, red calf spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Partly with some foxing to the text but the plates are clean and bright. First edition of a very charming and attractive work on China with the most wonderful illustrations engraved after William Alexander, a British artist. Illustrated with por- traits of emperors, mandarins, ladies and soldiers from dif- ferent regions. Other illustrations depict palaces, temples, fortresses, the Great Wall, military posts, barges, pheas- ants, arms, audiences, etc. William Alexander (1767–1816) travelled to China as draughtsman with Lord Macartney’s embassy to the Emperor 1792–94. Colas 74. Cordier BS 1859. Cf. Lipperheide 1528. 2. [ART NOUVEAU / JUGEND] Meubles – Referenzen. Saison 1903/1904. [A custom- er book with original upholstery patterns painted in gouache]. Germany 1903–4. € 4 500 A folder comprising 51 mounted plates with original designs for furniture fabrics executed in lavish gouache colours, all in typical Jugend style. The motifs are clearly inspired by natural forms and structures, particularly the curved lines of flowers and plants. The pattern sizes vary from 30–36 cm x 38–53 cm. Bound in original half cloth boards, spine with some damage, paper label titled “Meubles Referenzen. Sai- son 1903/1904” pasted on upper cover. We assume that this unique design catalogue was used by a furniture store or upholsterer who provided products made to order. The beautiful colourful patterns are preserved in an exceptional condition. An impressive and very rare sur- vival of a customer book of this kind. 3. [AVANT-GARDE THEATRE] rubbed. Housed in matching folder. Bound with the origi- MOUSSINAC, LÉON nal printed wrappers. Tendances nouvelles du théatre choix de décors, cos- First edition, limited to 615 copies, this is no. 151. A spec- tumes, détails de mise en scène utilisés dans les repré- tacular work devoted to the avant-garde theatre in Europe, Russia and United States. Illustrated with numerous pic- sentations les plus originales de ces quinze dernières tures of costumes, set designs, staging details etc. used in années. Précédé de remarques sur les récentes re- the most ground-breaking performances of the previous fif- cherches de l’art du théatre. Paris, Les éditions Albert teen years. Includes photographic illustrations and brightly Lévy, 1931. € 1 800 coloured pochoir images. Designers include Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Alexander Rodchenko, Alexandra Exter, Folio (38 x 28 cm). Pp. 35. With 124 heliotype plates print- Enrico Prampolini, Norman Bel Geddes, Laszlo Moholy- ed on one side only, most with multiple images. 37 fully or Nagy and directors Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator, partly coloured with pochoir technique in the studio of J. Max Reinhardt, and many more. A wonderful copy of a Saude. Modern half calf on marbled paper boards, lightly substantial work. Cf Colas, 2145 bis. 4 4 4. BAKHUIZEN VAN DEN BRINK-OZINGA, Scriptures are Printing at the Mission Press, Seramp- CORNELIUS ore. London, printed by J. Haddon, … sold by Button Comment élaborer des projets de decoration à plat, & Son [and others], 1815. € 1 600 à exécuter au pochoir, au batik, etc. Dessins de G.J. Pp. 40. With four plates “Fac-simile of specimens of the ver- Van Lerven, Directeur de l’École des Arts et Métiers à sions of the Sacred Scriptures, in the Eastern languages” and one large folding map “Illustrative of the Baptist Mis- Arnhem. Apeldoorn (Pays-Bas), Talens & Zoon, 1928. sionary Stations”. As issued, uncut and partly unopened, in € 850 original blue printed wrappers, spine with some loss. Copy 4to. Text booklet with pp. 24 (including title on front cover of John Lawson. and last leaf blank) + plate volume with 24 plates, mostly The work starts with brief descriptions of the twenty-one in coloured pochoir. Original decorated paper boards, cloth mission stations followed by a “Brief account of the trans- spine, extremities lightly rubbed. A delightful Art Deco lations and printing the Scriptures at Serampore, to June work on the technique of pochoir and batik illustrated with 1814”. At end a list of books which had been distributed brightly coloured patterns after drawings by Geerard Johan from the Serampore Printing office. The Serampore Mis- Lerven. A Dutch edition was published in the same year. sion Press was established in 1800 by William Carey and other British Baptist missionaries for the initial purpose 5. [BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY / of publishing translations of scripture. See Löwendahl SERAMPORE PRESS] for comments regarding the printing of Chinese versions. Brief View of the Baptist Missions and Translations, Löwendahl 1698. with Specimens of Various Languages, in which the 6 7 8 BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY (MRS. BISHOP) (1831–1904) Pp. xxiv, 398; xiv, 383 + adv. 32. With two frontispieces, one Popular British lady traveller and the first woman to folding coloured map and 40 text illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial cloth, printed in black and gold, with some very become a member of the Royal Geographical Society in light wear to top of spines and rear cover of second vol- 1892. ume. Bookplate. (Carl August Ehrensvärd, Swedish Chief of Army). Old ownership signature. In a few places some Isabella Bird did not begin her travelling career until insignificant staining but overall a very clean and fine copy. rather late in life having been occupied earlier with the Fourth edition which is a reprint of the first (1880). Isa- care of her parents. Suffering from depression and from bella travelled extensively Japan. She went north of Nikko a spinal complaint, she was recommended to travel by into remoter parts where she was the first European to be her doctor. Travel became an addiction, leading to jour- seen. She accurately describes the inner life of Japan and the characters and habits of the people in a country which neys all over the world. Published at home and abroad, had long been closed to the outside world. Her work also in- her books became immensely popular and were reprint- cludes an interesting account of the Aino of Hokkaido, the ed many times over. Robinson p. 82–3. northernmost island of Japan. Cordier BJ 631. Theakstone p. 23. 6. BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY 8. BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY A Lady’s life in the Rocky Mountains. Third edition. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither. New London, John Murray, 1880. € 190 York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1883. € 380 Small 8vo. Pp. xii, 296. With 7 full page plates. Publisher’s Pp. xvi, 483, (2) adv. With one folding map, ten full page decorated blue cloth, spine faded. Old inscription on half woodcut illustrations and six textual illustrations. Pub- title. Isabella visited the Rocky Mountains in the winter lisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, small nick to front of 1873 on her way back to England from the Sandwich Is- edge. Old ownership inscription. Inner hinges cracked but lands. She travelled from San Francisco alone by horse to binding still firm. First American edition (first British 1883). Lake Tahoe, the Rocky Mountains and Colorado. Robinson This work contains Bird’s letters from her journey to the Far p. 82. East in 1879. She visited the Malay Peninsula, Canton, Sin- gapore and Saigon. Cordier BI 1471. Robinson pp. 81–3. 7. BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. An Account of Travels in 9. BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo Among the Tibetans. London, The Religious Tract So- and the Shrines of Nikko and Ise. Two volumes. Lon- ciety, & New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1894. don, John Murray, 1881. € 480 € 400 Small 8vo. Pp. 159. With 21 woodcut illustrations (of which Pp. xii, (ii), 410, (2); viii, (ii), 365, (2). With two frontispiec- 13 full page) by Edward Whymper. Publisher’s green cloth es, one folding coloured map and numerous illustrations with gilt illustration, spine faded. First edition. Isabella throughout the text, of which 73 full page. Publisher’s deco- travelled from Srinagar to Ladakh via Zoji-la, Leh, Sassir- rated gilt cloth, u. e. g., others untrimmed, lightly rubbed la, Depsang and the Karakorum in 1889. Yakushi (1984) at extremities. First American edition. This narrative deals B169. with her travels in China in 1897 along the Yangtze River from Shanghai visiting Hangzhou (Zhejiang province), 10. BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY Yichang (Hubei), Wan Hsien (Hebei), Nanjing (Kiangsu), Korea and her Neighbours. A Narrative of Travel, with and several places in Sichuan province. Her book is based an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and present po- on her letters and diary notes, and the illustrations are mainly taken from her own photographs. A lovely copy. sition of the Country. Two volumes. London, J. Mur- Cordier BS 355. Yakushi (1984) B170. ray, 1898. € 1 000 Pp. xx, 261; x, 321. With two folding coloured maps, 23 12. BIRD, ISABELLA LUCY full-page plates and many textual illustrations. Publisher’s Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan. Including a Sum- decorated cloth, printed in red and gilt.