SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS 50 BOOKS, PRINTS & ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR A VIRTUAL hong kong book fair December, 2020 Sophie schneideman rare books 1010 harrow road, Kensal green, London, nw10 5ns ssrbooks.com [email protected] 07909 963836 BRITISH BINDINGS & MANUSCRIPTS 1. COSWAY-STYLE PORTRAITS OF POETS. Collection of six Cosway-style portraits of Burns, Wordsworth, Ruskin, Longfellow, Whittier and Francis Bacon each in a straight-grain morocco case. Six miniature watercolour oval portraits of Burns, Wordsworth, Longfellow, Ruskin, Whittier and Francis Bacon each set in a handsome matching morocco case probably by Riviere of dark blue straight grain morocco with the portrait set behind glass in a setting of blue morocco with a gilt laurel wreath tooled around the oval and the initial of the poet at the base, blue watered silk doublures. An exquisite set. c.1912. £5600 2. [DOVES BINDERY]. RUSKIN, John. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Seventh edition in small form. 14 plates engraved by Cuff after John Ruskin’s drawings. Pp. xx, 440. 8vo., clearly bound by Doves Bindery but unsigned, original full very dark blue goatskin, spine with raised band and each panel with a gilt border and gilt lettering in one compartment and with the date 1898 at the bottom in Doves lettering, double gilt borders on turn-ins, all edges gilt. Expert repair to joints and some creasing to spine, slight offset from turnins to free endpapers, but otherwise a very handsome volume. Sunnyside, Orpington, George Allen. 1898. £950 Reputedly the copy belonging to Cobden-Sanderson’s son Richard hence why it is in an unsigned Doves binding. 3. EMBROIDERED BINDING. SHAKESPEARE, Willliam. The Sonnets of Shakespeare. Sm. thin 12mo. Pp. 237. In beautiful contemporary embroidered silk binding, probably by the Royal School of Needlework, with a central rose with a coronet and gilt thread borders, a bird, butterflies and a snail on the upper cover with beads and foliage, the spine has compartments each with a different embroidered flower, the back is decorated with embroidered grapes on the vine, all edges gilt. London, John Lane. 1902. £1200 Very elegantly bound for Hatchards 4. HOUSMAN, A.E. A Shropshire Lad. 12mo., bound in full rich dark blue morocco, elegantly tooled in gilt with central design ruled in double gilt fillet on both sides and double gilt border with circle tooling, spine in compartments with raised bands with double gilt birdes and circular tools, lettered in gilt, turn-ins with double gilt border and circle tools, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine slightly faded, otherwise a very handsome volume. London, Grant Richards. 1926. £380 A wonderful gift copy of Housman’s famous collection of poem which was taken to the trenches n World War I by so many men. Indeed WH Auden wrote how Housman so perfectly captured the sensibilities of young men with his descriptions of love, idealism and youth. Bound by one of the important London binderies, usually Zaehnsdorf, Riviere or Sangorski, for Hatchards in Piccadilly. A very attractive Art Deco binding 5. TENNYSON, Lord Alfred. Bound by H.T WOOD of London. The Holy Grail & Other Poems. Small 8vo., bound in full brown morocco with art deco design in black and light brown morocco, tan calf and gilding of borders, semi circles and geometric patterns, all edges gilt. Signed REN on the rear and with ‘bound by Wood, Rathbone Place, London’ in pencil on the ffep. Indeed it has many similarities to a Wood binding in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. London, Strahan & Co. 1870. £650 Henry Wood of London was known for its progressive designs. This is a very interesting Art Deco-style design. FRENCH BINDINGS, MANUSCRIPTS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS A sumptuous binding by the superb gilder Berthaux on poems about a love affair 6. BERTHAUX. GERALDY, Paul. LEPAPE, Georges. Toi et Moi [You and Me]. 34 illustrations by Georges Lepape. Pp. 165. 8vo., exquisitely bound by the excellent gilder H. Berthaux in full maroon morocco with blue morocco inlays and a inset gilt panel with onlaid pink morocco roses and green morocco leaves all tooled in gilt, gilt ruled borders and lettering on spine, inner dentelles with pink onlaid roses and gilt ruling, marbled endpapers, in a matching chemise and slipcase. In superb condition. Paris, Editions de l’Ile de France. 1947. £1200 Paul Geraldy’s beautiful, ‘naive’ poems following the course of a love affair first appeared in 1912. In an exquisite rose calf binding by Paul Bonet’s colleague and pre-eminent finisher Desmules 7. DESMULES, R. DE NERVAL, Gerard. CLOUZOT, Marianne. Sylvie. No. 550 of 750 copies. 20 original etchings by Marianne Clouzot with several wood cuts throughout the text by Gerard Angiolini. Thin 8vo., original rose calf binding by Rene Desmules dated 1972 with delicate dots and wave patterns with a catherine wheel-like device in the centre of each side all in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, white calf turnins and maroon suede doublures, all edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, housed int he original matching chemise and slipcase. In superb condition. Paris, Marcel Lubineau. 1944. £1600 Semi-autobiographical, Nerval’s story is of three lost loves. Proust style (in fact Proust was a great fan of the book), a paragraph in the newspaper causes the narrator to revisit his youth. The noble youth decides to leave his debauched life in Paris and return to the pure love of a peasant girl Sylvie...a timeless theme of the search for a purer time. He also loves a seductive actress in Paris and a beautiful noblewoman who dies in a convent. He loves all of them but there is no happy ending. Rene Desmules was a superb French binder, it is well known that he executed many of Paul Bonet’s binding designs. CHIMOT With an EXTRA erotic lithograph by Chimot 8. CHIMOT, Edouard. GERALDY, Paul. Toi et Moi [You and Me]. One of 214 copies on Velin d’Arches, specially made for this edition, (this no.175). 12 lithographs by Edouard Chimot with an extra erotic lithograph inserted loose. 4to., in the original wrappers, with the original chemise and slipcase. A little shaken, spine of chemise faded and slipcase worn at extremities, otherwise a very good copy. Paris, Francis Guillot. 1938. £600 Paul Geraldy’s beautiful, ‘naive’ poems following the course of a love affair first appeared in 1912. A joyously bawdy faux illuminated manuscript 9. COLLOT, Andre. VILLON, Francois. Ballades de Francois Villon. No.44 of only 300 copies on Montval paper. Illuminated with 10 amusingly erotic images by Andre Collot, plus initials and borders all vividly hand coloured with gilt highlights by Vairel, the text is printed after Gothic calligraphy. Pp. 55. 16mo., loose as issued in the original printed wrappers. Extremely good copy. Paris, Paul Cotinaud. 1932. £750 French painter, engraver and illustrator Andre Collot (1897-1976) illustrated over 30 books, earning praise for his erotic illustrations. A very scarce and delightful hand coloured book illustrating four of French fifteenth century poet Villon’s famous and excellent ballads DUFY Dramatic vine leaf binding on Dufy illustrated humorous wine promotional book 10. KIEFFER, Michel. DUFY, Raoul. DERYS, Gaston. Mon Docteur le Vin. Typography by A.M. Cassandre. 19 illustrations after watercolours by Raoul Dufy, covers after pencil drawing by Dufy. Folio, bound by Michel Kieffer in a remarkable binding of real autumn vine leaves on vellum highlighted in gilt over boards with red morocco edges, title in gilt on upper cover. In excellent condition. Paris, Draeger Frères. 1936. £2600 A fabulous binding on an excellent book describing all the benefits of wine from preventing obesity, giving vitamins, curing typhus, depression, appendicitis, diabestes and helping character and morals. It also claims that it is vital for writers, artists and sportsmen. 11. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. IMPRIMERIE MOTTEROZ. Livre d'Heures, Edite et Illustre par Mlle A. Rabeau. 112 pages of well executed hand-illumination given as a gift for the wedding in Tours Cathedral of Lucile and Raymond Nicot in 1909. The book was sold with the text and borders of each page printed. Subsequently the basic pages were all illuminated in colours and gold by the owners of the book. In this case, probably by Eugenie Nicot who was given the book by her mother in 1900. Two inscriptions at the end passes the book down the family in 1912 and 1946. 8vo., in a chestnut brown morocco Jansenist binding with elaborate watered silk endpapers and delicately decorated doublures with flowers of gilt and onlaid green and red morocco with gilt corners, elaborately gauffered gilt edges. An exquisite object. Paris, Imprimerie Motteroz. 1882. £2500 LE RICHE With 11 original signed drawings, sumptuously bound by Gruel - an extra illustrated super deluxe copy 12. LE RICHE, Henri. DE LA FONTAINE, Jean. Bound by GRUEL. Les Amours de Psiche et de Cupidon [The Loves of Psyche and Cupid]. One of only 10 super deluxe copies, this number 2, with three extra suites of all the etchings, one in full colour, one in black, with remarques or additional sketches at the bottom and one in sanguine also with remarques, this copy being even more special as it has 11 original drawings signed by the artist, Henri de Riches. 17 engravings by Henri Le Riche. Sm. folio, in a very handsome, luxurious binding by Gruel of full tan morocco with floral device in the centre of both covers and elaboate borders with tooled in gilt with onlaid red, green and olive morocco, spine in compartments with flower device in onlaid green and red morocco and giold tooling, lavish doublures of deep red calf with green morocco and gilt oriental style borders, gilt tooled edges, washed silk endpapers, all edges gilt.