THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK
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J.J. GRANDVILLE, Les Fleures Animées, Paris 1857. 2 volumes |
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JOST AMMAN , The History of the Bible, woodcuts 1565. Remounted. |
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(Dance of Death) La grande danse Macabre des Hommes et des Femmes, précedée du dict des trois mors et des ... et de la complaincte de l'ame dampnée. Baillieu, Paris, 1862 |
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THEODORE DE BRY (engraver) for BOISSARD, Janus Jacobus. parnassvs cum imaginibus mvsarvm Deorumqz praesidium Hippocrenes. Frankfurt-ad-Main, Impressa autem sumptibus Viduae & filiorum Theodori de Bry, 1601.. |
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GIOVANNI DELLA PORTA , La Fisonomia dell'huomo...1652. 1668 edition |
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BARTOLOMEO MEDUNA , Vita Della Gloriosa Vergine Maria ...1631 with decorative initials and woodcuts, from the Library of William Beckford. |
TRAVEL AND TOPOGRAPHY
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WILLIAM BRADFORD,SKETCHES... IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, aquatints, 1809/10 |
| VESUVIUS ERUPTING, AN ALBUM OF DRAWINGS 1631 - 1822 |
| BERTOTTI-SCAMOZZI, Ottavio.Il Forestiere Istruito delle cose piu rare d=i Architecture e di alcune pitture della citta' di Vincenza dialogo di ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi dedicato al Nob. Sig. Marchese Mario Capra. Vicenza, Stamperia di Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, 1761 |
TITLEPAGES
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MOREL DE RUPEMPRE Les Secrets de La Generation. Paris 1831 |
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Titlepage to Rosarium Philosophorum, Frankfurt 1550, philosophers debate the Lapis Philosophorum |
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Actes Made in the Parliament, 1537 |
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Sirtori Della Cavalleria, German edition 1614, design by Giorgio Basta |
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BARTHOLOMEUS ANHORN Bartholomaeus Anhorn Magiologia, das ist: Christlicher Bericht von dem Aberglauben und Zauberen. Basel 1675 |
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SIR JOHN MELTON , Astrologaster, or the Figure-Caster, London 1620 |
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John Howard, On the Principal Lazarettos of Europe, Warrington 1789 |
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OTTO VON PASSAU Die Vier und zwenzig alten 1508 - The 24 Elders or the Golden Throne of Loving Souls |
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DE DIEU,the first edition of the Apocalypse in Syriac, first Polyglot printing of Revelations. |
PICTURES OF INFORMATION
| JAMES PIGOT, A Complete Alphabet of Cyphers Reversed and Inverted c1705 |
| CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS (intro) , Tafel um den Logarithmen ...von Herrn v.Weidbach... mit eimen vorwarte von Hofrauth Gauss.. Copenhagen 1829, |
MANUALS OF DESIGN
| W.&G. AUDSLEY, Polychromatic Decoration, Sotheran 1882 |
| PUGIN, A.W., Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume, compiled from ancient authorities and examples London: 1844 first edition |
TYPOGRAPHY AND THE BOOK
| ANTHONY SCOLOKER, The iust reckoynge or accompt of the whole number of the yeares from the beginning of the world unto this present year of 1547 |
SALES OF DISTINCTION
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BIBLIOTHEQUE MUSIQUALE... DE M.A.FARRANC, Paris 1866 |
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15TH CENTURY EDITIONS, DE BOUTOURLIN.FLORENCE, 1780 |
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LIBRARY OF P.A.HANROTT, LONDON 1833 |
SINGLE IMAGES
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a double page spread from an Alchemical Manuscript |
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pamphlet cover, D.E.Swaffield, Work for a Million Unemployed c1910 |
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woodcut of a printing press at work, textual reference to Fra.Savonarola |
This is a personal selection of the visual glories contained within the Rare Books and Special Collections in the Jubilee Library, Brighton. Dr. Chris Mullen, 2011 |