Boston: Printed and published for the author, 1854. 20 1/2 x 26 1/2. 16 pages + one-page index + 6 full size color plates. One chromolithograph is from a drawing by Allen; the other 5 are from drawings by Sharp. Recent boards with linen spine; facsimile of original title label... More

Paris, B. Charles Mathieu, 1858. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2. (12), 149, (13) pages chromolithographed throughout. Cherry morocco richly gilt in a dentelle pattern, by Petit; spine & turn-ins gilt, silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Slightest touch of wear to raised bands, a fine copy. An exquisite book. Text pages... More

Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Co, 1921. Two vols. 8 1/2 x 13. 28 text pages, 2 plates engraved by Rudolph Ruzicka showing unbalanced and balanced color, and 19 folding color-printed specimens demonstrating color combinations. Cloth-backed boards, printed cover label. Light wear to extremities, rusty paper clip mark inside front cover. Volume... More

Meriden & NY, 1892. 10 1/2/ x 13 1/2. (iii), frontis of the extensive factory in Meriden, pages 1-70, 101-150, 201-224, 301-342--as issued. These are also the page numbers in the Contents and the Index. Gilt and stamped cloth, worn along edges and at extremities. Stain on front floral endpapers... More

NY: William T. Comstock, 1882. First edition. 11 1/2 x 9. 16 double column text pages + 20 double spreads consisting of the color plate and a facing page with a detailed analysis of the color scheme (with tissue guards) + (12) pages of advertisements. Green cloth gilt, rebacked with... More

Cleveland, (1927). 8 1/4 x 11. 195 pages, about half of which are plates. The plates face a page of diagrams with descriptive details. Pagination includes 5 pages of mounted specimens: 28 specimens of interior finishes (marbling, wood grain) and 32 color chips. Inset inside rear cover are 8 metal... More

(Oxford, 1984). 7 x 10 1/2. 25 pages, including two tipped-in original specimens of nature- and color-printing, from The Octavo Ferns (a very large fern in green) and The British Seaweeds (a large seaweed in red). Quarter morocco & Japanese paper boards. Upper tips lightly bumped, but fine. No. 12... More