JAMES CUMMINS bookseller catalogue 114 Illustrated Books, Fine Bindings & Works on China and India Paper james cummins bookseller catalogue 114 Illustrated Books, Fine Bindings & Works on China and India Paper To place your order, call, write, e-mail or fax: james cummins bookseller 699 Madison Avenue, New York City, 10065 Telephone (212) 688-6441 Fax (212) 688-6192 e-mail: [email protected] jamescumminsbookseller.com hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 – 6:00, Saturday 10:00 – 5:00 Members A.B.A.A., I.L.A.B. front cover: item 92 inside covers: item 69 rear cover: item 66 terms of payment: All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are returnable within 10 days for any reason. All books are shipped UPS (please provide a street address) unless otherwise requested. Overseas orders should specify a shipping preference. All postage is extra. New clients are requested to send remittance with orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa. 1 india paper proof copy [ARNAULT, Antoine-Vincent]. Les Souvenirs et les Regrets 2 du Vieil Amateur Dramatique; ou, Lettres d’un Oncle à son Neveu BATTY, Captain Robert. Welsh Scenery. From Drawings by sur l’Ancien Théatre Français. 36 hand-colored engraved plates Captain Batty. 35 engraved plates on india paper by Edward of theatrical costume. viii, 214, [2] pp. 8vo, Paris: Charles Finden after Batty. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. Froment, Libraire, quai des Augustins, No. 37, 1829. First 4to, London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1823. First edi- edition. Contemporary citron straight-grained morocco tion. Near-contemporary quarter morocco and cloth sides, attractively gilt by Hering & Muller, rue Coquenard, No. 18, “Percival” stamped in gilt at foot of spine, a.e.g. Bumping gilt-stamped on spine and with their ticket on the front free to corners, spine slightly faded, marginal foxing on plate 28, endpaper. Light spotting on covers, occasional light offsetting otherwise fine. from plates, minor foxing, in morocco-tipped marbled paper- $750 over-boards slipcase. Carteret III, pp. 37-38. $1,500 3 BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de. Proof engravings to Oeuvres de Béranger and Ma Biographie. 77 steel-engraved proofs before letters on india paper, mounted to thick paper, after Charlet, De Lemud, Johannot, Daubigny, Pauquet, Jacques, Lange, Pinguilly, De Rudder and Raffet. Folio, [Paris: Perrotin, 1847; 1850]. Slightly later half red morocco and marbled boards, by V[ictor] Champs, t.e.g. Foxing to mounts throughout, rarely affecting the images. $750 4 [BEWICK, Thomas, et al]. Bound volume of proof wood engravings to Scripture Illustrated. Frontispiece and 80 wood- cuts (2 per page), designed by W.M. Craig and cut by Bewick, C. and J. Nesbit, Branston, Austin, Clennell, Hole, Lee, et al. 8vo, [London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1807]. Bound in contemporary full navy straight-grained morocco, covers tooled in gilt with outer roll borders and central ruled panel, flat spine gilt and divided in six compartments, a.e.g. Light rubbing to covers, else fine. Hugo 225. A handsome volume of proofs of 81 of the 94 wood engrav- ings for Scripture Illustrated (London, 1807). Three of the illustrations — nos. 48, 49 & 51 — were cut by Bewick. With an autograph note from a British Museum curator identify- ing the work for which these cuts were made. $1,250 2 | james cummins bookseller bound for louis philippe i 6 5 (BINDING, Cathedral) A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, (BINDING, Armorial) Beattie, William. La Suisse Pittoresque Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture. Frontispiece, steel … Traduit de l’Anglais par L. de Bauclas. 2 engraved titles and engravings to text. 3 vols. 8vo, Oxford: John Henry Parker, 106 engraved plates after W. H. Bartlett. 2 vols. 4to, London: 1840. Third edition, enlarged. Dark purple morocco, covers George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1836. First edition in French. blocked in gilt to a cathedral design, spine in five compart- Full green contemporary morocco, a.e.g. Front covers with ments with raised bands, a.e.g., Dutch gilt endpapers, light gilt-stamped crown and monogram (“L.P.”) of Louis Philippe rubbing to joints, near fine. I. Faint scuff across vol. II cover, else fine. Later 19th-century $1,500 gift inscription on first blank. Olivier 2499/6. Louis Philippe I (1773-1850) was the last king of France. $1,750 catalogue 114 | 7 (BINDING, Comte de Caumont) Commonplace book of original drawings, engrav- ings and transcribed poetry. Numerous engravings, mostly 18th-century portraits of royalty, some hand-colored, 10 original watercolors (3 x 2-H in.) in the style of Henry Corbould, and one additional watercolor portrait (8-G x 6-H in.) of a young woman. 4to, ca. 1803-1814. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers gilt-tooled with a wide roll border, gilt-ruled frame with corner decorations made up from small tools, spine gilt in six compartments, a.e.g., by Comte de Caumont (ticket on verso of ffep). Light scuffing to edge of covers, glue burn to engravings, some en- gravings loose. Ramsden, London Bookbinders, p. 48; for other de Caumont bindings cf. Oldaker, no. 30; Maggs 1075 II, no. 264; Maggs 1212 II, no. 186. Provenance: John Collins, Devizes (bookplate); Samuel Muir (bookplate); “C.S.” (bookplate, loose). A fine binding from the shop of the French-born Auguste Marie, Comte de Cau- mont, dating from his period at 1 Frith Street, which he occupied from 1803-1814. It is generally accepted that de Caumont was not himself a binder, but rather managed the shop, tended to customers and kept accounts. He hired some of the great Lon- don binders of the day, including Cordeval and Kalthoeber. $4,000 4 | james cummins bookseller 8 9 (BINDING, English) A Theologico-Controversistical Conference (BINDING, English) Carte-de-visite photographic album Held at the Hague, the 2nd of June 1785, Between an English Lu- with portraits of Queen Victoria, her Prime Ministers, and theran, Scotch Calvinist and Dutch Rabeen … Frontispiece. 237, foreign heads of state. 35 albumen carte-de-visite photo- [1]; [4], 101-305, [1] pp. 8vo, London: Printed for the Author, graphs set in an album. 4to, [London]: Bound in green peb- 1785. Contemporary red morocco, covers gilt-tooled with bled morocco, covers with black – and silver-ruled borders, outer Greek key roll surrounding floral and vase dentelle set into an Indian carved and inlaid boxwood binding, metal tools, central wheel tool surrounded by floral tools, flat spine clasps and catches, by Aspery of London, some loss to spine with black morocco lettering and volume number labels, the ends and a few spots of loss to inlay. rest gilt with repeating floral and vase tools. Light wear to $,000 extremities, small piece from one spine label, vol. I frontis- piece diagram mostly lacking, bookplate. ESTC T177181 (2 copies); OCLC 316766664 (1 copy). A scarce Protestant dialogue in an attractive neo-Classical binding of the period. $1,500 catalogue 114 | 5 10 (BINDING, English) Manuscript music album. [50] pp of manuscript hymns, responses and chants with four-part vocals and organ accompa- niment. Oblong 4to, [Thame, Ox- fordshire: n.d., ca. 1830s]. Full black morocco, covers blind-stamped and tooled in gold to a panel design with wide rolls, stamped with the initials “S.E.W.” on the front cover and “W” with a crown on the rear cover. Prov- enance: Sophia Elizabeth Wykehanm, 1st Baroness Wenman of Thame Park (her monogram in gilt on the binding). A musical notebook beautifully bound in the Regency style, belonging to Sophia Elizabeth Wykehanm, 1st Bar- oness Wenman of Thame Park (1790- 1870). She was an early love interest of the future King William IV — when he later ascended the throne he revived the title of Baroness Wenman. $1,000 11 (BINDING, English) [Ridley, James]. The Tales of the Genii: or, the Delight- ful Lessons of Homar the Son of Asmar. Translated from the Persian, by Sir Charles Morell. 14 engraved plates af- ter William Craig. 2 vols. 8vo, London: Printed for James Wallis, Paternoster By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, 1805. New edition. Contemporary full straight-grained red morocco, cover gilt with a Greek key border surround- ing a small gilt-stamped stag, a.e.g., by Mayor & Huntly of Bath, with their ticket. Fine. Not in Spawn & Kinsella. Modeled on the Arabian Nights, these tales were written by James Ridley un- der the pseudonym of Charles Morell. In a fine binding by Mayor & Huntly of Bath. Ramsden lists a Mayor in Liv- erpool and a Huntly in Bristol. $1,000 6 | james cummins bookseller 12 (BINDING, French) L’Ardèche, P.-M. Laurent de. Histoire de L’Empereur Napoléon. Frontispiece and woodcuts to text through- out. 802 pp. 4to, Paris: J.-J. Dubochet et C[i] e, 1839. Full contemporary straight-grained citron-brown morocco, covers gilt-stamped with a large “N” and eagle emblem sur- rounded by large floral sprays and volutes, a.e.g., green moiré endpapers. Spine lightly faded, else fine. In a morocco-tipped crim- son cloth open-faced slipcase. $1,400 embossed american binding 13 (BINDING, Gaskill) Cowper, William. The Works of Cowper and Thomson … Fron- tispiece. x, 404; xxxvi, 133 pp. 8vo, Philadel- phia: Gregg & Elliot, No. 9 North Fourth Street, 1841. Bound in full black morocco, covers and spine embossed in blind to an all-over scrollwork, floral and scallop-shell design, a.e.g., by Benjamin Gaskill (signed at head of spine in blind, “Gaskill, Phila.”). Light rubbing to corners, else fine. Maser 43a-b (for binding). A fine embossed binding by Benjamin Gaskill of Philadelphia.