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Fournier, Pierre Simon. Manuel
Typographique. Tome I
[-II]. Paris, the Author, J. Barbou,
1764/1766. Two volumes,
8vo, pp. [iv] two frontispieces,
xxxii, 323, [1], [4], and 8 folding
engraved plates; [iv] frontispiece
and title, xliv, [ii], 306,
and 8 folding engraved plates;
contemporary full calf, spine
decoratively gilt; a fine copy,
with engraved book-plate to
front pastedown. CHF 6000.–
First edition, a fine copy, of Fournier’s
masterpiece, a magnificent type
specimen, which is regarded as ‹the
most important book on French eighteenth century
typography› (Birrell & Garnett 37). – Audin, 55,56;
Bigmore & Wyman I p. 228; Birrell & Garnett 37.
Le Blon, Jacques-Christophe. L’Art d’imprimer
les Tableaux. Paris, P.G. Mercier, et al, 1756.
8vo, pp. xi, [1] blank; vi, [2], [xiii]–xxv, [26]-
180, with one hand-coloured sepia mezzotint
and two folding plates, bound without the final
Privilege du Roy; contemporary full calf,
gilt. CHF 10 000.–
Second edition of Le Blon’s landmark introduction
to the three colour process of printing mezzotints,
generally regarded as the foundation of modern
colour printing – and the first edition to include
practical information on the printing process. –
Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 67; Franklin, p. 40; J.M.
Friedman, 13.
Bosse, Abraham. Traité des Manières à graver
en taille douce sur l’Airain, par le Moyen des
Eaux Fortes & des Vernis durs & mols. Paris,
[Aubouin & Clousier] paste-over label: Paris,
Claude Jombert, 1701. 8vo pp., [iv] engraved
title & frontispiece, pp. [viii], 70, [2] with 18
engraved plates; contemporary full calf, spine
gilt. CHF 4000.–
First LeClerc edition of Bosse’s manual of etching,
engraving and printing. Bosse’s treatise (first
published in 1645) was aimed both at the professional
engraver and at the amateur and is extensively
illustrated, with detailed engravings based on
Bosse’s own designs. – See Bigmore-Wyman, I, 72;
Cicognara 254; see En Français dans le Texte, 92;
for LeClerc see Thieme/Becker XXII, p. 523.
[Smith, Joseph.] Bibliotheca
Smithiana, seu Catalogus librorum
D. Josephi Smithii angli per
cognomina authorum dispositus.
Venice, Jo. Baptist Pasquali,
1755. Two parts in two volumes,
4to, pp. [viii], xliii, [1] blank, 520;
348 [vere] 352, [4]; contemporary
calf-backed paste-paper
boards; gilt. CHF 4500.–
First complete edition of Smith’s library
catalogue, listing the superb
collection of more than 12000 titles
formed by Joseph Smith (1682–
1770), British Consul at Venice,
which in 1765 was sold in its entirety
to George III, and thus became the ‹nucleus›
of the British Library. – Brunet, c. 125; De Ricci, pp.
54 ff; Taylor, Book Catalogues, pp. 261 ff..
Hofmann, Friedrich G. Neues Verzeichnis und
Muster-Charte des Meubles-Magazin von Friedrich
Gottlieb Hofmann. Leipzig, [printed for
the author], 1795. Folio (365 × 235 mm), pp. 8
(including engraved title-page), and 36 engraved
plates; contemporary marbled boards,
a fine copy. CHF 13 500.–
First edition of the very rare second furniture
pattern book and trade catalogue of the Leipzig
cabinetmaker, following on from his earlier ‹Abbildungen
der vornehmsten Tischlerarbeiten›. A
wide variety of designs are illustrated, such as a
daybed, armchair, sofa, wash table with fold-out
bidet, secrétaires with concealed drawers etc.
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