(ca. 1840-1860). 5 x 7. An elegant card with a view of this girls' school in the medieval Flemish town of Coutray. This sizeable gated school is surrounded by formal plantings of trees and gardens. The view is enclosed in an elaborate foliate border chromolithographed in green, blue, pale red..... More

Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More

(ca. 1840-1860). 4 x 5 1/2. Seven different elaborate bronzes (clock, urn, candelabra) are displayed above a tapestry held up by cherubs. Champy, located behind the Grand Theatre in Brussels, was also the sole distributor for a manufacturer in Antwerp. Lithographed in pale blue, dusted with bronze & gold powders..... More

NY; Marchbanks Press, Fall 1923. The poster measures 17 x 11 1/2. The woodcut is 10 1/4 x 8 1/2. It depicts a mother and baby in Fall colors and Fall attire. The baby's hat is an acorn. The mother's is oak leaves. There is a dusty shadow across the..... 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

Koblenz, Germany, (ca. 1840-1860). 3 1/2 x 4 1/2. Lithographed in blue, dusted with bronze & gold powders, on pink porcelain paper. The card lists five sparkling German wines and the price per bottle. Light wear & soil. Removed from an album, with 7 bits of paper residue on reverse..... More