LATOUR, CHARLOTTE DE (15 resultados)

Condición: new.

Olschki, Firenze, 2011, 8vo (cm. 24 x 17) brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. x-139 con 12 tavole a colori, illustrate da Pancrace Bessa, fuori testo. Traduzione di Giuseppina Garufi. Introduzione di Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi e Luigi Zangheri.

In-16mo (cm. 14,5) di pp. (4), XVI, 352 e 8 di pubblicità. Frs. inc. con vignetta e 14 graziosissime tavv. disegnate dal Bessa e inc. da Victor in finissima coloritura orig. a tempera, particolarmente bella l?ultima tav. con 16 diversi fiori in miniatura. Bella leg. coeva in p. pelle firmata Westley-London, pti e dso interamente impressi con motivi floreali a secco, filetti in oro, dentelle interne, tagli dorati. Dso rimontato con usure e lievi perdite. Antica firma all'occhietto. Internamente ottimo esemplare. Quarta edizione. Pritzel, 521 (ediz. del 1840). Nissen, 1143. Plesch, p. 698. Brunet, III, p. 875 (ediz. del 1820) attribuisce questo lavoro a M. L. Aimé-Martin. Querard (II, 674) dice che la presente opera è erroneamente attribuita a Martin.ID: CW_16860.

From the Tsarskoe-Selo palace library --- Language of flowers and fortune-telling games in the Russian imperial library: a great example of this lovely book, in very attractive condition and without the foxing usually found. Complete with its hand-coloured plates. The entertaining game of cartomancy, which interprets "the language of flowers", is illustrated with six plates of 36 hand-coloured flowers and two plates listing their names. Players "create" their own bouquets by selecting flowers from the list, each carrying a specific meaningsuch as the jonquil symbolising infidelityto foresee challenges and triumphs in love and romance. This edition concludes with a fully engraved calendar for the year 1826. "A proper present for a young lady or a suitable addition to the family's collection of volumes sitting conspicuously on the "centre table" in the parlor" (Seaton), Oracles de Flore was first published in 1816 and is often attributed to Charles-François-Paul Delanglard, although we found an alternative attribution to Latour, who published other similar works. It gained great popularity, inspiring numerous other 19th-century romantic and prophetic floral games which explored the symbolic meanings of flowers. Generally joyful and frivolous, such floral divination books also "represent aspects of thought on the relationship between nature and man, and attitudes towards the study of nature itself" (Seaton). Provenance: Bibliothèque de Tsarskoe Selo (black ink stamp with imperial double-headed eagle to upper fly-leaf). Physical description:Duodecimo (11.5 x 7.4 cm). Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, 152 pp. and [4] pp. fully engraved recto-verso with calendar, with 8 engraved plates, incl. 6 with original hand-colouring and their protecting tissue guards. Original turquoise glazed boards, plain flat spine, all edges gilt, kept in the original green glazed slipcase with gild decorations and lettering to 'spine'. Condition:Slipcase and covers minimally rubbed, very lightly faded; rare very minor foxing inside, small closed tear to one plate, an excellent, fresh example. Bibliography:Seaton, Beverly. "French Flower Books of the Early Nineteenth Century." Nineteenth-Century French Studies, vol. 11, no. 1/2, 1982, pp. 6071.

Duodecimo 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches- very handsomely leather bound in full period calf, gilt and blind embossed, all edges gilt. Half title, hand coloured frontispiece, engraved title with hand coloured vignette, xvi, 299 pages and 13 FINE HAND COLOURED PLATES- being the 12 months of the year and a descriptive plate. The plates and the title are line and stipple coloured by hand, designed by Bessa and engraved by Victor. Small stain to the title and one or two minor spots but a good copy in a handsome binding. No reference to an edition is mentioned but the text is on early 19th paper. Bibliography Dunthorne no 34. Pancrace Bessa (1772-1846) was a French natural history artist, best known for his botanical illustrations. Bessa was a student of the great engraver Gerard van Spaendonck and worked alongside Pierre-Joseph Redouté, some of whose influence shows in Bessa's detailed and delicate treatment of his subjects.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1870 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 245 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 245.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1862 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 253 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 253.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1825 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 439 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 439.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1830 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 344 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 344 Language: French.

Paris, Ador Libraire Editeur, 1835. Petit in-12, 268 pp., plein veau marron, joliment estampé à froid sur les plats avec double filet doré en encadrement, dos délicatement orné, tranches dorées sur carmin (petits frottements aux coins et aux mors, rares rousseurs). 12 gravures coloriées à la main, sous serpente (complet). Charmant exemplaire, sous une jolie petite relire romantique.* Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte sur rendez-vous.