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

Berlin, 1884. 11 x 17. 64 leaves mounted on hinges: title, introduction, 62 plates in black, red & black, or mullti-colored. Publisher's pebble grained calf gilt, gilded endpapers, all edges gilt. Tips worn, light wear,; closed tear in lower margin of last plate, else contents fine. Specimens from the height... 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