Vellum printing bindings (3 risultati)
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Editore: [Printed by the University Press for] George D. Sproul, [New Rochelle], 1902
Da: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 3 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 16.716,74
EUR 8,67 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello270 x 210 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 3/8"). [50] leaves (last blank). SUMPTUOUS COBALT BLUE MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID TO AN ARABESQUE DESIGN BY TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET (stamp-signed on front doublure), covers framed in gilt and inlaid brown morocco blossoms, central panel of azure blue morocco outlined in brown morocco, large central medallion enc…losed in brown morocco and inlaid with an eight-pointed inlaid and gilt fleuron, each corner with tan and ivory morocco medallion with gilt "T" at center, outlined in brown morocco, the spaces between the medallions with curling gilt flourishes, raised bands, spine compartments with gilt lettering framed by sprays of gilt berries, SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES inlaid with darker blue squares containing an ivory morocco polygon , these forming a frame around a central taupe morocco panel with inlaid blue morocco flowers at corners, vellum free endleaves painted with a simple blue frame, small flowers at each corner, all edges gilt. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED BY ROSS TURNER, the title page and final page with heraldic emblems, and WITH 51 LOVELY INITIALS in a range of hues, 22 with delicate extensions. Printed entirely in majuscules on rectos only. A couple of small, faint water spots to upper board, with slight dulling (where someone tried to fix these?), naturally occurring variations in the grain and color of the vellum, otherwise A FINE COPY--the vellum creamy and smooth, the colors and gilt bright, and the binding lustrous. A bookmaking tour-de-force, this item is part of the remarkable St. Dunstan series of famous works of literature produced at the turn of the century in very strictly limited and particularly luxurious editions by publisher George Sproul. Named for the English bishop Dunstan (909-88), who was known for his skills as an illuminator, the St. Dunstan volumes were printed on vellum, illuminated by different artists, and then put into bindings of striking design executed by Trautz-Bauzonnet, one of the premier French binders of the period. While the physical properties of this volume announce themselves more emphatically than the text, the narrative here is from Tennyson's "Idylls of the King," a work, Day tells us, in which the legend of King Arthur is used "to establish the Victorian virtues of marital faithfulness, fair play, gentlemanly conduct, and useful action for self and society." "Guinevere" sets forth the consequences of marital infidelity, presenting a penitent queen, now withdrawn to a convent, groveling for Arthur to pardon her affair with Lancelot. Although the injured king grants her forgiveness, he does so with little grace, appearing to modern readers as "insufferably self-righteous." (Day) Reminiscent of the designs used in 15th century illuminated books, the painted initials in our volume are well executed and attractive, combining fluid shapes and consonant combinations of colors, and the binding is a singularly elaborate achievement. German-born binder Georges Trautz (1807-79) apprenticed in Heidelberg, Stuttgart, and Witemberg before arriving in Paris in 1803. There, he trained in ?dorure? with the skilled gilder Deb?s, learning to create intricate gilt designs on bindings. In 1833, he was hired as a doreur by Bauzonnet, the successor to the celebrated Purgold, and soon achieved acclaim for his beautifully gilded bindings. According to Michon, he was "the uncontested master of the luxury binding" in 19th century France, celebrated for his "sumptuous moroccos" and "dazzling gilt." His bindings were so sought after that the term "Trautzol?trie" was coined to describe the craze for his work. In 1869, he became the first bookbinder to be named a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The culmination (and termination) of the St. Dunstan books was a planned edition of 15 sets of the complete works of Dickens, projected to contain 130 large folio volumes?surely the most ambitious undertaking in the history of modern American fine printing. Five volumes only (comprising most of "Pic.
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Editore: Printed [by Robert Anderson] for Private Circulation, [Glasgow], 1882
Da: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 3 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 4179,18
EUR 8,67 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES. 195 x 122 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 7/8"). 1 p.l., x, 103, [1] pp.From George Bannatyne's manuscript compiled A.D. 1568. BEAUTIFUL CITRON CRUSHED MOROCCO, ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT, BY RAMAGE (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with six concentric frames--intricate filigree roll, pointillé-tooled floral vine, an…d alternating small ornaments--enclosing a central panel with cornerpieces semé with rows of fleurs-de-lys, large oval medallion at center radiating ornate fleurons, raised bands, spine compartments with large central medallion containing a vase of flowers, delicate tooling in corners, gilt titling, turn-ins framed by filigree roll and alternating small ornaments, brown and tan silk jacquard endleaves patterned in a Medieval motif, top edge gilt. Printer's device on title page, decorative woodcut initials and headpieces. Spines evenly sunned to a warm honey brown, corners lightly rubbed, short, faint scratch to lower board, but the binding virtually unworn and happily free of the splaying that plagues vellum books. Leaves lightly rumpled, but A VERY FINE COPY, the vellum leaves creamy, clean, and bright, and the binding glittering with gold. Printed on luxurious vellum and limited to just 50 copies (presumably for private circulation among friends of the printer), this is a lovely edition of 16th century poems by a mysterious author, believed to have been a poet and musician associated with the court of Mary, Queen of Scots. This work contains all 36 extant poems attributed to Scott (ca. 1520-82/3), including what is considered to be his most historically important work, "Ane New Yeir Gift to Quene Mary" (1562), written in support of the young Scottish queen caught between Catholic and Protestant agendas. His other poems consist largely of lyric verses on love and sexuality, which DNB describes as possessing "exceptional metrical variety and vernacular directness" with "a musician's ear for rhythm and melody." Scott's poems are known to us via the Bannatyne manuscript (now held in the National Library of Scotland), which ranks among the most important documents of Scottish Medieval literature. Written by George Bannatyne in 1568 during a period of confinement due to an outbreak of plague, it contains a mixture of both secular and religious material, including the sole extant copies of several texts. In the preface to the present work, the publisher notes that Scott's poetry has been faithfully reproduced from that manuscript, and thus, "for the first time, accurately printed." Very little is known regarding the life of Alexander Scott, but he seems to have been attached to the court of Mary Stuart through John Erskine, a guardian and counselor to the queen. Given the very limited number of copies made, it is not surprising that this work is extremely rare on the market.
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ORDINAIRE DE LA SAINTE MESSE. [with] CÉRÉMONIES DU MARIAGE. [and] PRIÈRES POUR LA COMMUNION
(VELLUM PRINTING). (BINDINGS - MODELLED). A HAND-PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK ON VELLUM IN FRENCH
Editore: Bouasse-Lebel et Marrin ca. 1909], [Paris, 1909
Da: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 3 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 6036,60
EUR 8,67 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello188 x 140 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 1/2"). 72 pp.; [1] leaf (miniature); XXXII pp. Tasteful contemporary olive green crushed morocco, each cover WITH A CENTRAL RECESSED PANEL OF MODELLED AND PAINTED LEATHER, that on the upper cover with a portrait of the Virgin Mary within an arched frame of acanthus leaves, that on the lower cover with th…e coat of arms of the Deburghgraeve family. With text and decorations lithographed, featuring decorative borders and initials throughout, those on 55 pages COLORED AND ILLUMINATED BY HAND, many of these in a Medieval or Renaissance style, others with Japanese or Greek motifs, with a small hand-painted miniature of the Crucifixion against a golden sky, and WITH A FULL-PAGE HAND-PAINTED MINIATURE showing the Flight into Egypt within a decorative border featuring vignettes of a peasant gathering wood and a knight in armor praying. With a hand-painted ribbon bookmark "Souvenir de ma 1ère Communion" dated 6 June 1909; carbon copy of a poem "A la Memoire de ma tres chere et regrettee cousine Mathilde Deburghgraeve-Canal" by Lucy Salze-Bouchet, dated February 1945 (this with short curving tear into one margin). Just the most trivial signs of wear, but A VERY FINE COPY, the vellum leaves quite clean and very bright, with shining decorations, and the binding lustrous and virtually unworn. Luxuriously lithographed on vellum, handsomely bound, and illuminated and painted by hand in vibrant colors, this charming prayer book was obviously treasured by its owners--the first of whom may have been a young lady who received it on the occasion of her First Communion. The text and decorations here have been reproduced lithographically from a manuscript of the period, being printed apparently by Bouasse-Lebel et Massin--a company specializing in devotional prints and books. (The firm's name appears in very small letters at various places in the volume.) Each leaf contains a different border design inspired by Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as well as artwork from around the world, in a pleasing pastiche of Western, Egyptian, Japanese, Indian, and Grecian motifs. Many of the borders have been hand-colored and present an array of distinct palettes, usually richly hued, which adds greatly to the book's appeal and the viewer's sense of discovery from page to page. The bespoke binding, featuring the Madonna in profile, beautifully modelled in leather, adds another element of luxury to the book. The coat of arms suggests that it was made for a member of the Deburghgraeve family, and the laid-in poem suggests that it remained with them through the death of the family's matriarch, Mathilde Deburghgraeve-Canal, in 1944. We know that Mathilde had three daughters all born around the turn of the century; based on the presence of a bookmark commemorating a First Communion in 1909, it is likely that the original recipient was among these three young ladies. Bouasse-Lebel was established in 1845 by Eulalie Bouasse-Lebel (1809-98) as a means of supporting herself and her children following the dissolution of her marriage. Though founded under difficult circumstances, Bouasse-Lebel became a very successful enterprise and even earned a papal commendation in 1871 for consistently excellent work. The company was highly regarded for the quality and delicacy of their productions, of which the present work is a choice example. Although individual religious cards printed by Bouasse-Lebel show up fairly frequently, far scarcer are complete books in the estimable condition seen here--particularly those with the kind of deluxe upgrades that make this particular item so desirable.
