•  Martin & Walter, II, 17050.   Removed from a nonce volume. Half-title with paper shelving label in lower inner corner and pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Pages faintly age-toned, otherwise clean.  (30873)

The monograph's originalcolor-painted beaux-arts wrappers are bound in at the front and back here, including the spine in front (rubbed and faded, hinting at original splendor). The title-page is printed in red and black. An extensive index appears at the end.

Binding: Three-quarter evergreen morocco bordered with gilt fillets over bubble gum and mint marbled paper boards; spine with raised bands, gilt-framed compartments containing author, title, date, and appropriate devices in gilt; endpapers matching marbled boards and top edge gilt.

•  For J. Jacquemart, see: The Nineteenth Century, Vol. IX, pp. 681–90.   Leather lightly scuffed at extremities and sunned to a woody green on spine and upper front cover; offsetting from turn-ins onto endpapers. Mild to (occasionally) moderate foxing throughout and old water damage on a few leaves only.  (30132)

    Some of both the voyages and the maps make their first published appearances here—among them the New England map depicting the Maryland and Virginia coastlines, engraved by R. Michault after one contained in Richard Blome’s Description of the Island of Jamaica, part of which work appears here translated into French. Altogether, a volume notable both for its strong African and North American content and for the aesthetic appeal of its plates and pleasingly ornamented typography.

Sabin 36944; Alden & Landis 674/159; Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection 68; Baer, 17th-Century Maryland, 78. Recent 17th-century style mottled calf with covers framed in a gilt roll and double-panelled in gilt fillets with gilt-stamped corner fleurons,; spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels and gilt-stamped decorative devices. Several pages (not including title) and the versos of a few plates stamped by a now-defunct institution. Paper slightly embrittled. Light waterstaining to a number of leaves and plates, mostly in margins; the first map with two repairs. One leaf (blank?) prior to Colonies Angloises excised; lacking the folding map of the Nile. A good copy, in a handsome binding of recent vintage and contemporaneous style. (8746)

•  Bock-Weiss, Matisse: A Guide to Research, 120.   Publisher's paper wrappers, color-printed as above; cream paper darkened, front wrapper lightly spotted, corners and spine extremities mildly rubbed, slipcase lacking. First half of volume with gentle creasing to pages; two leaves with inner margins browned from laid-in plant matter. Very evocative of Matisse's accomplishments and milieu.  (33592)

This is the 40-page variant (Martin and Walter note a 35-page printing), with a warning on the final page regarding pirated, incorrect versions of the piece.

•  Martin & Walter, III, 18722 (variant ed.).   Removed from a nonce volume, first signature separated. Title-page with paper shelving label in lower corner, touching one letter of publication line, and with pencilled monogram in upper outer corner; also with short tear from lower margin, not touching text. Pages age-toned and lightly spotted; shouldernotes (only) occasionally shaved and price reduced for this reason.  (30826)

Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three U.S. institutional holdings of this particular Instruction.

•  Martin & Walter 19033.   Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with paper shelving label, touching the first few letters of the publication line, and with inked numeral and pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Page edges untrimmed; pages slightly age-toned.  (30825)

•  Publisher's cloth, without glassine dust-wrapper and with top edge just a little darkened; unworn and otherwise clean. Insert present as noted, a bit browned or age-toned at lower left edge.  (34768)

Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only two U.S. institutional holdings of this 1671 edition, one of which was deaccessioned and is in fact this copy.

•  Contemporary mottled sheep framed in blind double fillets, recently rebacked with complementary calf, spine with raised bands and blind-tooled compartment decorations; edges and extremities rubbed, sides with old scuffs. Title-page and first text page with institutional perforation-stamp, title-page also with pencilled annotation as above, first text page with rubber-stamped numerals in lower margin, no other markings. Pages clean.  (31049)

•  ESTC T52110. Removed from a nonce volume and now in a Mylar folder. Edges untrimmed. Sewing all but gone, with a number of leaves separated. Title-page with early inked inscription in lower margin, chips to inner margin, dust-soiling, and old taped tear from outer margin; old repair at inner margin of last two leaves with loss of a few letters. A bit of interior foxing/spotting.  (7746)

WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only seven U.S. institutional holdings.

•  Martin & Walter 8746.   Folded as issued, never bound, edges uncut. Title-page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner, red-pencilled annotation in upper inner corner, and pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. A few instances of light spotting.  (30941)

Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three U.S. institutional holdings.

•  Removed from a nonce volume. First page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner, barely touching one letter of text, and with pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Pages trimmed closely, in one instance touching a few letters without loss of sense. Mild waterstaining across lower and outer portions, pages otherwise crisp and clean.  (30837)

Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three U.S. institutional holdings.

•  Simply sewn, edges untrimmed; spine with small split, sewing loosening. Title-page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner and pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Minor age-toning and offsetting; final leaf with paper flaw resulting in shortening of upper outer corner.  (30909)

Uncommon:  WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three U.S. libraries reporting ownership.

•  Saricks, I, 385.   Removed from a nonce volume, title-page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner, pencilled monogram in upper outer corner and that latter corner curled. Pages age-toned with some dust-soiled; last few leaves with crumpled edges or creased/dog-eared corners.  (36788)

•  Contemporary quarter green sheep in imitation of morocco over paper-covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; joints and edges slightly rubbed, spine showing very faint traces of a now-absent label. Front pastedown with private collector’s 19th-century bookplate and with institutional rubber-stamp (no other markings). Half-title with chip to outer margin; pages and plates clean and fresh.  (19332)

A title-page joins the images as part of aleporello enclosed in a petite brass case resembling a book. Joan's likeness appears on the case's front with the words “Jehanne d'Arc” within a frame of fleurs de lis and under the heading “vive labeur.” Some lilies, a sword within a crown, and two fleurs de lis appear on the back below the dates “1412–1431.” A small hole on the spine suggests the work was originally part of a necklace as opposed to simply a decorative collectible.

•  Bronze'y brass lightly dust-stained, barely noticeable wear on folds. A precious little bibliokeepsake.  (36817)

•  Contemporary quarter black morocco with paper-covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped title and gilt-stamped compartment decorations; bindings clean and solid with only very minimal edge and corner wear. Front pastedowns and free endpapers each with institutional rubber-stamp (no other markings). Pages slightly age-toned; a few leaves unopened. Handsome.  (19294)

Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only four U.S. institutional holdings of this first edition.

•  This ed. not in Martin & Walter (cf. IV 2: 8376).   Sewn, never bound; title-page with affixed paper shelving label in lower inner corner, not touching text, and with pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Page edges untrimmed and somewhat ragged; top edges mostly unopened; dust-soiling to outer leaves and untrimmed edges, with corners of a good many untriummed leaves turned in. A nice copy.  (36785).

Uncommon: WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only two U.S. institutional holdings.

•  Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with affixed paper shelving label in lower inner corner and pencilled monogram in upper outer portion. Pages age-toned with a few light spots.  (30814)

The volume is uncommon: WorldCat locates only eight U.S. institutional holdings.

•  Cohen & de Ricci 643–44; Barbier, III, 1022; Sander 1212; Gumuchian, Livres de l'enfance (1931), 3775.   Contemporary mottled calf, spine with two gilt-stamped leather title-labels, raised bands, and gilt-stamped pomegranate motifs in compartments; spine and edges rubbed, joints partially refurbished. French-swirl marbled endpapers, all page edges marbled, original silk bookmark still attached and present. Pages gently age-toned with a very few spots of light staining. An uncommon and appealing volume.  (37214)

Provenance:  The title-page bears “Ex libris Romanet” inked in an early hand.

•  Barbier, III, 1026; Jones 82; Cioranescu 40953.   Contemporary mottled calf framed in single blind fillet, sympathetically rebacked with gilt-stamped red leather title-label, raised bands blind-ruled, and blind-stamped floral motifs in compartments; binding moderately but not unappealingly worn overall, boards slightly sprung, joints and extremities refurbished, front hinge (inside) cracked but holding. Title-page inscription as above. First three leaves with waterstaining in upper outer margin and resulting small loss to edge of title-page, central signatures with waterstaining at inner margins and three leaves there repaired, other pages with scattered light stains and smudges, one leaf with short tear from outer margin not extending into text., and faults not nearly so distressing as that recital suggests they might be. A solid, very readable first edition from an author deserving of scholarly attention.  (37211)

Binding: Contemporary treed calf, spine gilt extra with badge of a thistle in compartments; red leather labels. Marbled endpapers. All edges red.

Provenance: Small booklabel of William Salloch on rear pastedown.

•  Schweiger, Handbuch der classischen Bibliographie, II, 568. Cohen & DeRicci, Livres à gravure du XVIII siècle, 662. Not in Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700–1914. Binding as above, gilt somewhat dimmed; some chipping of leather to corners and spine tips, and endpapers rubbed. Internally generally clean, with some browning from turn-ins and a few spots of soiling. Bookplate on front pastedowns.  (7576)

Binding: Contemporary treed calf, spines gilt extra with red labels and covers gilt-framed; gilt edges and gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers in a French shell pattern. All edges gilt.

Provenance: Small booklabel of William Salloch on rear pastedown.

•  Schweiger, Handbuch der classischen Bibliographie, II, 568. Cohen & DeRicci, Livres à gravure du XVIII siècle, 662. Not in Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700–1914. Leather on spines and edges of covers dry and chipped; joints open, but sewing holding. Some closed tears to endpapers and front free endpaper of vol. I partially detached; paper generally clean with occasional spots of light browning or foxing. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Plates clean and charming.  (7555)