281. Holland – Wijngaerde, Frans van den. (1614 – 1679).

A Collection of Battle Scenes from Famiano Strada’s De Thien eerste Boecken der Nederlandtsche Oorloge.

Original Engravings. Antwerp, Ian Cnobbaert, 1646. Plate Size: 32 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 34 cm x 29 cm. In very good condition with only minor traces of browning to outer margins.

282. [Holmes, Charles] Rutherston, Albert.

Sir Charles Holmes.

London, Ernest Benn, 1924. Quarto. Portrait-Frontispiece, 31 pages text plus 35 plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Contemporary British Artists]

283. [Holzer, Jenny] Waldman, Diane.

Jenny Holzer.

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : H.N. Abrams, [1989]. 26 x 28cm. 116 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

284. Horological Illustration of the 18th century – [Scanavacca, Bartolomeo] Horologium / Orologio / Horology.

Original, 18th century italian manuscript on how to build a vertical clock with sound: “Come si Dissegni in practica un Orologio Verticale Italiano a suonodella Campana secondo le regole del Scanavacca” [Translates: “How to Draw an Italian Vertical Clock with the sound of the Bell in practice according to the rules of [Bartologmeo] Scanavacca”].

Italy, c.1750. A4. 22 pages with text, diagrams or drawings (partly in colour). Original Softcover Folder with original manuscript papers and drawings inside. Majority of the pages with damages and some with loss of text to outer margins. Extremely rare and interesting manuscript, also dealing with “Orologi a Sole Guili”.

285. Hsingyuan, Tsao / Naizheng, Zhu.

Transforming Pictures – A contemporary (Re)presenting of Traditional Thoughts. [Including the essays: A Hundred Years of Oil Painting in China / Understanding and Transforming of Being / Transforming Things into Mindimage / Meaning Beyond Image / Visualizing the Poetic Statement / Transforming Oil Painting(s) / With Transcriptions from the Preparation Workshop / Remarks on Translation].

Bilingual Edition in English / Chinese. Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 2009. Quarto (25.5 cm x 29 cm). 250 pages with illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

286. Hubbard, Elbert.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers – Aristotle. Written by Elbert Hubbard and done into a book by The Roycrofters, at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, MCMIV.

New York, The Roycrofters, 1904. 15.5 cm x 20 cm. 22 pages. A variety of advertisements for Roycroft products and services at the beginning and end of publication. Original Softcover. Hand stiched with silk. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition of this fragile publication / Only minor signs of external wear. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers (Vol. XIV. March, 1904. No.3)].

287. Huebler, Douglas.

“Crocodile Tears” – (Brief fictions re-sounding from the proposal in Variable Piece #70: 1971 “to photographically document the existence of everyone alive.”).

First Edition. Buffalo / New York, CEPA Gallery, 1985. Quarto (22.5 cm x 27.7 cm). 40 unnumbered pages. Original, illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes the original purchase-receipt.

288. Hughes, Robert.

American Visions. The Epic History of Art in America.

London, The Harvill Press, 1997. 4°. IX, 635 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Rare in this excellent condition.

289. Humphreys, Ian.

Selected Paintings 2007 – 2017 [One of 200 copies with an original, signed lithograph of “Bach Elegy Study 5”].

Limited Edition. Reading, Trafalgar Press, [2017]. Quarto (31 cm wide x 28.6 cm). 83 pages with numerous illustrations of Paintings in Colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket (with a cover-photograph of Ian Humphreys by John Minihan). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

290. Hunt, John Dixon.

The Pre-Raphaelite Imagination, 1848-1900.

Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1968. 15 cm x 22 cm. XV, 262 pages, including images. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight browning of pages and spotting of page edges. Clean inside with solid binding.

291. Hunting – Blome, Richard. (1635-1705).

Hunting Treats of Bloodhound, Hounds, Dogs, Four Footed Beasts, Wild Bore, Hare, Wolfe, Fox, Badger, Otter, Beaver etc. / Their Breeding, Feeding, Keeping, Entring and Ordering.

Original copper engraving (hand-coloured). Cambridge, c. 1710. 41 x 21 cm. Minor lesions to left outer margins. Small defect to left side of the engraving. A stunning example of Blome’s famous Hunting Treats in beautiful handcolouring. Beautifully framed.

292. Hutchinson, Bruce.

Canada. A Year of the Land.

Ottawa, Queen’s Printer, 1969. 39.6 cm x 32.3 cm. 269 pages. With many full colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover. Comes in presentation slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

293. Illustration of 19th century street cries in – Fournel, Victor [Maurice Nalet].

Les Cris de Paris, Types et Physionomies D’Autrefois [Painted Binding]. Ouvrage accompagné de 72 gravures.

Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1888. Octavo. 221, [2] pages [illustrations supplémentaires incluses] / Inter-leaved with some uncalled for, additional illustrations on street-cries and information (interleaved newspaper clipping from 19th century france (″Un Flaneur”/″La derniere ravaudeuse”). Brochure originaux imprimés dans une reliure privée du 19e siècle à couverture rigide / Reliure peinte avec illustration de “marchand de poisson”. / Original printed wrappers in private 19th-century Hardcover / Quarter pigskin-binding over marbled paper-covered boards with spine titled in ink and ink-illustration of “marchand de poisson” to lower spine. De la bibliothèque de l’architecte français Maurice Nalet / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of french architect Maurice Nalet to pastedown.

294. Illustrations for The Odyssey – Rössing, Karl.

Interessante Sammlung von originalen Briefen des Österreichischen Autors Karl Rössing and den künstlerischer Leiter der Bauerschen Gießerei, Dr. Konrad Bauer. Die detaillierten Briefe geben Aufschluss zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Publikation “Bilder zur Odyssee”, welche im Jahr 1955 in Frankfurt herausgegeben wurde. Karl Rössing spricht mit Bauer zum Thema Korrekturen im Satz, Einbanddecken, Mäander, Papierauswahl, Tondruck, Einbandgestaltung, Autorenexemplaren, Ausstellung in Braunschweig, Rezensionsverweigerung von Benno Reiffenberg, Verwendung des Buchs als Geschenk an den Bundespraesidenten (damals Theodor Heuss), “ganz einfach deshalb weil er ein fuer Kunstdinge aufgeschlossener Mensch ist”, etc. etc. Der Sammlung liegt eine originale Tuschzeichnung über Bleistift, sowie ein Probedruck des Titelholzstichs bei. Die fertige Buchausgabe liegt ausserdem hier im Originalschuber vor.

Stuttgart / Frankfurt, Prof.Karl Rössing / Der Goldene Brunnen / Bauersche Gießerei, 1950-1957. Octavo. 9 Briefe, davon einige auch umseitig oder zweiseitig. Zusammen 14 Seiten auf 10 Blatt plus eine Tuschzeichnung und Probedruck des Titelholzschnitts. Das fertige Buch in original Hardcover im Schuber. Sehr guter Zustand. Bedeutende Dokumentation zur Buchproduktion und enger Zusammenarbeit zwischen Illustrator.

295. [Inisfada / Genevieve Garvan Brady / William J. Babington Macaulay] American Art Association.

Antique Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Other Art Property – Including four famous Gothic Tapestries and a Superb Sixteenth Century Ispahan Carpet – Collection of Genevieve Garvan Brady [Mrs. William J. Babington Macaulay]. [With a large amount of ephemera, newspaper-clippings with reports on the auction, admission-tickets etc.]. With chapters on Linen and Lace / Porcelain / Japanese Carved Ivories / Tsuba and Lacquer Boxes / French, Spanish and Italian Renaissance Furniture and Decorations / Garden Furniture / Lists also famous artwork like James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s “Lady Archibald Campbell, as Orlando” / etc. etc. Public Sale on the Premises INISFADA – Manhasset – Long Island.

Manhasset, American Art Association, 1937. 20,5 x 29 cm. 555 pages – Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover. Excellent, firm condition with minor signs of external wear. The full auction catalogue from this May 1937 sale of 2115 lots from the estate of Genevieve Garvan Brady (1879-1938), at one time married to Nicholas Frederic Brady (1878-1930) and then to Irish Diplomat William J. Babington Macaulay.

296. Innes, Jocasta.

Scandinavian Painted Decor. Photography by David George.

London, Cassell, 1995. 21.5 cm x 28 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 256 pages. With colour illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Close to new condition.

297. Institut Francais de Francfort.

“Les buvards de Francine” – Werbung der 50er Jahre auf Löschblättern.

Frankfurt, Institut Francais de Francfort, 1991. 8°. 31 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand.

298. [Ireland, Patrick / Brian O’Doherty,] Lippard, Lucy R.

Patrick Ireland – Drawings 1965-1985.

Washington, D.C., Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Quarto (23 cm wide x 23 cm high). 63 pages / With illustrations (some color). Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

299. Irish Society of Botanical Arts.

EireAnnach [Éireannach] – Celebrating Native Plants of Ireland. Botanical Art Worldwide 2018.

Dublin, ISBA, 2018. Quarto (21 cm wide x 29.5 cm high). 136 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Unusually excellent. close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

300. Istanbul – Aveline, Pierre.

Constantinople – Ville de Romanie et de l’Empire des Turcs.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Paris, Jean, [c.1710]. Plate Size: 51.5 cm x 34.5 cm. Frame Size: 64 cm x 50.5 cm. In very good, actually remarkable condition. Very minor traces of browning only. Generous margins. In a stunning modern frame. Price includes international shipping per courier.