Five mounted black & white illus. (one loose). Eight unnumbered pages. Folio (270 x 210 mm.), printed pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Paris: ?1922].

Unrecorded in WorldCat; a rare Galerie Montaigne group exhibition catalogue, printed in an edition of 150 copies. André Foy (1886-1953) started as an illustrator for several humorous French newspapers and London’s Bystander magazine, as well as children’s books. He presented his works at a number of solo shows and several group shows, such as the Salon des Artistes Indépendants, the Salon de l’Araignée, the Salon d’Automne, and the Salon des Humoristes.

Hémard (1880-1961), a designer, draughtsman, and illustrator, is best known for his book illustration, featured in works by Rabelais, Brantôme, Restif de la Bretonne, Courteline, Villon, Molière, and Balzac, “where his light but always sympathetic talent was able to draw on the characters and situations.” More about From the upper cover]: Exposition de Dessins de André Foy et Joseph Hémard, Sculptures et...

Engraved frontis.; eight engraved vignettes and head- & tailpieces, 19 finely engraved plates (most folding) & some engravings in the text. 18 p.l., 254, [36] pp. of index & errata. Thick 8vo (160 x 105 mm.), late 18th-cent. marbled boards (extremities a little rubbed & worn). Dresden: [C. G. Nitzsche], 1765.

An important German edition of Bosse’s Traité des manières de graver en Taille douce (1st ed., in French: 1645), considerably augmented for the German audience. This work was translated and published by Carl Gottlieb Nitzsche from the 1745 Cochin edition. The Cochin edition was the first to promote etching with hard etching-ground (vernis dur), instead of the soft etching-ground... More about Die Kunst in Kupfer zu stechen, sowohl vermittelst des Aetzwassers als mit dem Grabstichel:...

2 p.l., iv, 80 pp. Small 8vo (150 x 100 mm.), cont. brown wrappers, stitched as issued (corners a trifle worn). [Paris]: L’Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, [1800].

The rare exhibition catalogue of paintings looted in Florence and Turin by Bonaparte’s army. This exhibition presented 147 works from the Italian, Flemish, German, and French schools. It included works by Albani, del Sarto, Caravaggio, Annibale and Agostino Carracci, Domenichino, Orazio Gentileschi, Giorgione, Guercino, Guido Reni, Mantegna, Michelangelo, Moroni, Veronese, Raphael, Sacchi, del Piombo, Tintoretto, Titian, the Brueghels, Dou, Holbein, Potter, Rembrandt, Rubens, both Teniers, Wouwerman, N. Poussin, etc., etc. Each painting is meticulously described... More about Notice des Principaux Tableaux recueillis en Italie, Par les Commissaires du Gouvernement...

2 p.l., iv, 108 pp. Small 8vo (152 x 100 mm.), cont. pink paste-paper boards (spine sunned), green morocco lettering-piece on spine. Paris: L’Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, 1796/97 [An 5].

First edition of this scarce exhibition catalogue, which records the items displayed for the first drawings exhibition held at the Musée central des Arts (now the Louvre). The exhibited items were nearly all drawn from the deposed Louis XVI’s collection and, in many cases, shown to the public for the first time, a detail that the Avertissement underscores.

“Though a handful of drawings had been displayed at the Luxembourg…the exhibition at the Musée central was the first to be devoted exclusively to them…From the three schools 415 drawings were chosen from a collection of more than 11,000…The intent of the exhibition was primarily didactic (…aspiring artists were given privileged access), and the administration even composed an exercise book for use in the gallery. Following the example of the recent Salon exhibition and in anticipation of the Grand Gallery, the drawings were arranged sequentially in schools and vertically according to size.”–A. McClellan, Inventing the Louvre: Art, Politics, and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris (1994), pp. 127-28. More about Notice des Dessins originaux, Cartons, Gouaches, Pastels, Emaux et Miniatures, du Musée central...

4, viii, 287 pp. 8vo, early 20th cent. black half-morocco (joints rubbed, a little dusty & browned throughout, final two leaves with some pale staining), spine gilt. [London: Mr. King’s et al., 1728].

The rare sale catalogue of the library and antiquities of John Woodward (1665-1728), professor of physic at Gresham College, London, who made important contributions to botany and the earth sciences (see D.S.B., XIV, pp. 500-03, for an account).

Woodward was one of the innovative collectors of his time. “Early on Woodward wrote out meticulous instructions for making observations and collections for natural history and antiquities in Brief Instructions... More about A Catalogue of the Library, Antiquities, &c. of the Late Learned Dr. Woodward, Fellow of the...

163 pp. 8vo, orig. upper printed wrapper (a little defective) bound in attractive modern marbled wrappers. Bremen: J.G. Heyse, 1836.

The rare sale catalogue — no copy in WorldCat — of the libraries of Roth (1757–1834), a highly regarded physician and botanist at Vegesack near Bremen, and Friedrich Ernst Müller (1792-1835), a pastor at Borgfeldt. Roth was an influential botanist who wrote a number of important works, including the “Epochemachendes Werk” (Hirsch) Tentamen Florae Germanicae (1788-1801). His botanical activities came to the attention of Goethe, who recommended Roth to a position at the botanical institute at the University of Jena.

Roth’s library was large (4940 lots) and important, containing many of the early and contemporary grand medical, botanical, and scientific publications. Müller’s library consisted of 814 lots. More about From the upper wrapper]: Verzeichniss einer Bücher-Sammlung aus dem Nachlasse des Herrn...

1 p.l., 109 pp. Small 8vo, attractive modern marbled wrappers. Berlin: 1815.

The very rare sale catalogue — Loh, Vol. 6, p. 102, locates no copy — of the fine scientific library of Meyer (1739-1811), owner of the Hof-Apotheke in Stettin. He studied chemistry in Berlin under J.H. Pott and A.S. Marggraf, and in 1764 he went to Uppsala University, where he studied botany with Linnaeus and possibly chemistry with J.G. Wallerius. In 1780 Meyer founded a distillery in Stettin to produce French-style brandy and liqueurs according to a process that he had developed in his apothecary shop.

This library of 2227 lots was an important collection of botanical, chemical, medical, and pharmaceutical texts, including all the works of “the chemical revolution.” More about Verzeichniss einer beträchtlichen, dem verstorbenen Hofapotheker Herrn Meyer in Stettin ehemals...

6 p.l., 182 numbered pages, 4 unnumbered leaves. 4to (216 x 173 mm.), cont. boards, new spine. On page 182: “Munich, 16 March 1818.”

A most interesting and apparently unpublished manuscript on horse diseases, their causes, diagnoses, and cures. The text is divided into ca. 100 paragraphs and is written in a neat German cursive script. Paragraph headings include “Of rages,” “Gland and goiter,” “Injuries to the tongue,” and “Equine epidemic.” Over 200 pharmaceutical recipes are given in Latin with German translations.

Nothing could be ascertained as to the author “Krimm” named on the title page. According to the preface, he seems to have been an experienced veterinary surgeon... More about Manuscript on paper in German entitled on second leaf “Abhandlung von verschiedenartigen...

32 pp. 8vo, attractive modern marbled wrappers. [Leipzig]: 1779.

Fritsch was one of the leading publishers and booksellers of Leipzig, with connections across Europe and Britain. The firm had been established in Leipzig by Thomas Fritsch (1666-1726). This unpriced catalogue lists about 800 titles, including many of the standard English books of the 18th century, a run of Baskervilles, some “racy” novels, science, history, and Greek and Roman classics.

Minor browning but a fine copy. Not in WorldCat or ESTC. More about Catalogue of English Books sold by Caspar Fritsch at Leipzig

1 p.l., 29 pp. Small 8vo, attractive modern marbled wrappers. [London]: 1816.

A very rare priced catalogue, listing about 500 titles, issued by one of the most important London booksellers of the time. The firm had two locations, joined by a bridge across the street between shops. Black apprenticed for his father from 1781 to 1789 and was succeeded by his son, Alexander. The firm continued until the middle of the 19th century.

Fine copy. More about Catalogue des Livres; Anglois, Classiques et Orientaux qui se trouvent chez James Black et fils...

Engraved frontis. port. of Jenner, engraved vignette on title, & four folding engraved plates, each finely hand-colored. 223, [2] pp. Large 4to, cont. vellum over boards (covers somewhat stained, upper hinge cracked but strong), spine gilt, red leather lettering piece on spine. Milan: Tipografia Mussi, 1809.

First edition. Sacco (1769-1836), was Italy’s first and most enthusiastic supporter of Jennerian vaccination and the first vaccinator in Lombardy, where smallpox was eliminated within three years. After Jenner’s own works, this is one of the most important early treatments of the subject and the first major Italian treatise on vaccination. It had an enormous effect in swaying... More about Trattato di Vaccinazione con Osservazioni sul Giavardo e Vajuolo Pecorino

3 p.l., 469 pp. 8vo, antique panelled calf. Dresden: C.S. Walther, 1777.

Part III of four sales of the duplicates and triplicates released for sale by the Kōnigliche (later Sächsische) Landes-Bibliothek of Dresden, one of the greatest of all German libraries, rich in the classics and in books bearing on the history and literary history of Germany, Poland, and France. The library was founded in the 16th century.

It is no wonder that an auction of the duplicates and triplicates was held. Amongst the donations made to the library in the previous decade were the private collections of Count... More about Catalogus Librorum, maximam partem exquisitissimorum, interque hos splendidissimorum Operum, quae...