161. [Firestone, Evan R. Davis, John / Prown, Jules David / Stella, Frank ].

American Art – Summer 1996 Issue [with the essay by Evan Firestone: The Death of Moby Dick – Vincent Desiderio’s ‘The Progress of Self Love’].

Smithsonian Institution, 1996. Quarto. 85 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

162. Fitzgibbon, Margaret.

Fitzgibbon – One That Always Remains – With an Essay by Aidan Dunne (″Human Ties”).

Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, 1992. Octavo. 32 pages including a photograph and short-biography of the aartist to the rear of the publication. Wih several image sof sculpture and art by Margaret Fitzgibbon. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed and inscribed by the artist in September 1992.

163. Florence / Pisa – Carocci, G. et al.

Collection of six stunning, early 19th-century gouache-aquatints of Florence and Pisa including a rare segment showing a Funerary Procession in front of Giotto’s Campanile, part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. These very able and fantastically hand-coloured, original artworks, represent the peak of high-quality souvenirs for the European Traveller on their Grand Tour. [Loggia dei Lanzi / Cattedrale di Firenze / Piazza S. Trinita / Campanile Della Cattedrale di Firenze / Ponte S. Trinita / Campanile Di Pisa].

Original Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence / Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate Sizes vary: 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Original Gouache-Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence/Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate-Sizes vary: c. 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: c. 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Besides some smaller damages to the Ponte S. Trinita-artwork in very good, actually stunning, condition. Clean, crisp and brightly coloured. All of these artworks are beautifully framed and the price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS – courier.

164. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Brabazon, Wallop [Rath House, Drogheda] / Cooper, William / [Provenance: William Le Fanu]

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with suggestions for the working of a Fishing Company. Illustrated by William Cooper. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. [With 21 Plates]

Original First Edition. Dublin / London / Derby, James McGlashan / Simpkin, Marshall & Co. / Richardson and Sons, 1848. Octavo. Folded Frontispiece, X, 111 pages with 21 plates (original Lithographs often large folding). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth, embossed with gilt lettering to cover. Excellent condition of one of the rarest books on the History of irish commercial fishing and suggestions for professionalizing irish fishing industry in the 19th century. This book comes from the library of irish engineer William Le Fanu, with his bookplate to the pastedown and a stamp “Board of Public Works” to the dedication-page. The books interior with all the lithographic illustrations in very good condition. Occasional foxing only. Extremely rare; very scarce publication ! This is a superior example of this book; with all illustrations in place and in excellent condition.

165. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – [Connemara / Fly Fishing in 19th century Ireland] Anonymus [Bowden-Smith, Richard].

Fly Fishing in Salt & Fresh Water. With Six Plates, representing artificial Flies, etc. [Handcoloured]. [With a special chapter on Flyfishing in Connemara – Fly-Fishing Lough Ina, near Clifden, in Bertraghboy Bay, at the Skyard Rocks, at Deer Island and off the Isle of Mweenish and the Isle of Arran].

First and only edition. London, John van Voorst, 1851. Octavo. VIII, 74, (1) pages plus VI plates (including the frontispiece) of which V plates are beautifully handcoloured. Hardcover / Original publisher’s blindstamped cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With some fraying to two pages. Unbelievably rare edition with the excellent handcoloured plates in fresh colours and overall excellent condition.

166. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Houghton, Rev. W.

British Fresh Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F.Lydon and numerous Engravings.

London / Edinburgh and Dublin, William Mackenzie, (1879). Folio. XXVI, 204 pages with 41 stunning full-page lithographs in colour. Wonderful, recent half leather binding with new endpapers applied. Excellent condition. Extraordinarily beautiful publication with quite some romance applied to the pages juxtaposed to the colourful illustrations. Here we find the localities where one was able to catch the illustrated fish, beautifully depicted by skillful 19th century artists.

167. Forsyth, Ilene H.

The Throne of Wisdom – Wood sculptures of the Madonna in Romanesque France.

Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1972. XVIII, 226 s., 32 pl. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of american crime-writer Sheila Connolly with her name neatly on endpaper.

168. Foster, Michael, and Macklin, Thomas. [translators].

The Cimabue Crucifix.

London, The Royal Academy, c 1980. 22.5 cm x 26 cm. 138 pages. With 110 illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes a corresponding newspaper-clipping about the Cimabue Crucifix.

169. Fountain, Robert / Coward, Malcolm (illustrator) / Whitcombe, Susie (illustrator).

The Art of the Traditional Circus: A History of the Circus and its Artists.

Askham, Palette Press, 2011. 27.5 cm x 21 cm. VIII, 216 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition. Signed by the author Robert Fountain on the titlepage.

170. Fox Hunting – Sartorius, John Nost / Peltro, J. / Neagle, J. (1759-1828).

Hunting – Plate III – At Fault.

Original hand-coloured engraving. London, John Deeley, [c.1790]. Plate Size: 61 cm x 46.5 cm. Frame Size: 77 cm x 63 cm. In very good condition. Some minor traces of browning and paper imperfections to outer margins only.

171. Fox Hunting – Sartorius, John Nost / Peltro, J. / Neagle, J. (1759-1828).

Hunting – Plate IV – The Death.

Original hand-coloured engraving. London, John Deeley, [c.1790]. Plate Size: 61 cm x 46.5 cm. Frame Size: 77 cm x 63 cm. In very good- condition. Minor abrasion with slight tear to upper part of engraving.

172. France – Asselineau, Léon-Auguste. (1808 – 1889).

Èglise de St Germain-L’Auxerrois, À Paris / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27.4 cm x 24 cm. Sheet Size: 35 cm x 26.4 cm. Original lithograph. Excellent condition

173. France – Asselineau, Léon-Auguste. (1808 – 1889).

Intèrieur De St. Ètienne Du Mont À Paris / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27.3 cm x 24 cm. Sheet Size: 35 cm x 26.4 cm. Original lithograph. Excellent condition.

174. France – Asselineau, Léon-Auguste. (1808 – 1889).

La Maison Carée, À Nîmes / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27.4 cm x 24 cm. Sheet Size: 35 cm x 26.4 cm. Original lithograph. Very good condition with slight amounts of browning to outer margins only.

175. France – Maurice.

Costumes des Bressannes / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [c.1860]. Plate Size: 20 cm x 30 cm. Sheet Size: 26.4 cm x 35 cm. Original lithograph. Excellent condition.

176. France – Mercereau, Charles. (1822 – 1864).

Le Pas de Roland, pres de Combo, (Environs de Bayonne) / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27 cm x 22 cm. Sheet Size: 34.6 cm x 26.3cm. Original lithograph. Excellent condition.

177. Francis, Peter.

Irish Ceramics at Churchill. With a Foreword by Toby Barnard.

Tralee, Churchill House Press, 2017. Quarto (22 cm wide x 24 cm high). 183 pages with illustrations throughout the Volume. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

178. [Frömel, Gerda].

Gerda Frömel – A Retrospective. [ Irish Museum of Modern Art 10 April – 5 July, 2015].

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2015. Octavo. 124 pages. Illustrated throughout. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare book now !

179. FUNDAÇÃO BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO.

22 Bienal Internacional de São Paulo – “SALAS ESPECIAIS”.

Sao Paulo, Fundacio Bienal de Sao Paulo, 1994. Large – Quarto (31 cm wide x 31 cm high). 478 pages / Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. The heavy bookblock slightly detached from the binding. Still overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

180. Gaelic Fairy Tale Illustrations – [Mac Liammoír, Micheál] Ó Floinn, Tomás / Proinsias Mac Cana.

Scéalaíocht na Ríthe – [Stories of the Kings]. Tomás Ó Floinn agus Proinsias Mac Cana. A chuir in Eagar. Micheál Mac Liammoír a Mhaisigh.

Baile Átha Cliath, Saírséal & Dill, 1956. 18.1cm. 220, [4] pages. Including 6 plates with beautiful, tipped-in illustrations and their often missing, lettered tissue-guards. Hardcover. / Original, illustrated blue publisher’s cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / An underestimated publication with all illustrations in place. While the book was also published in softcover-cardboard, the first edition in Hardcover, which we offer here, is the much better version.