L'auteur, le Comte F. U. Wrangel, chambellan, s'est rendu dans différents pays de l'Europe en vue d'obtenir des personnes princières l'autorisation de publier leurs portraits. Sa demande a rencontré partout l'accueil le plus favorable. Non seulement le Comte Wrangel a obtenu personnellement l'autorisation écrite de reproduire les portraits formant la présente collection, mais en outre la majeure partie de ces photographies lui a été gracieusement présentée par les augustes personnages eux-mêmes : or, dans plus d'un cas, il eût été absolument impossible de se les procurer par une autre voie. Les autres portraits ont été approuvés par eux dans la plupart des cas. Les photographes qui ont exécuté ces portraits en ont également autorisé la reproduction. Le texte, qui est dû à la plume si autorisée de M. le Comte Wrangel, se compose: 1o d'un aperçu succinct du développement historique de chaque maison actuellement ou autrefois souveraine ; 2o d'un tableau des rapports de parenté qui relient tous les membres vivants de chaque maison. L'illustration de l'ouvrage a été confiée à un artiste éminent, M. Agi Lindegren, Architecte du château royal de Drottningholm. Il s'est acquitté de sa tâche délicate de la façon la plus heureuse. En 45 planches entières environ, il a reproduit les principaux palais de résidence ou châteaux de plaisance des souverains, avec leurs armoiries, etc. De plus, il a orné l'ouvrage d'environ 450 vignettes, de grandeur variée, représentant divers emblèmes, des motifs tirés des armes ou des insignes d'ordres, etc. et formant un ensemble de renseignements importants au point de vue héraldique. En un mot, on n'a rien négligé pour que cet ouvrage de luxe, si éminemment intéressant par son objet, répondît à tous les égards à son but. L'ouvrage, qui se publie simultanément en français et en allemand, comprendra 750 à 800 pages et formera 2 tomes, dont le premier est en rente. Le second tome paraitra sans le courant de l'année 1899. 327 ITINERARIUM, das ist historiche beschreibung, weilund Herrn Georgen von Ehingen raisens nach der Ritterschafft vor 150 Jaren in X underschidliche Königreich verbracht, etc. portraits of royal and illustrious personages, including that of James King of Scotland Augsburg, 1600 CUSTODIS (D.) Icones. Decem illustr. Baronum et Fuggerorum gente, fine portraits of the Fugger family, D. Custodis sculp. et ex. Ant. 1592 (unknown to Brunet) and 104 other portraits of illustrious persons of the XVIth century, engraved by D. Custos, PROOFS WITHOUT LETTERPRESS on the backs, IN VERY FINE CONDITION, with large margins, interleaved, in the original vellum 1592, etc. 14 10 0 This volume sold in Sotheby's rooms, February 14th, 1888, for £21. 10s. 0 16 0 ottery: 328 BRONGNIART (A.) Traité des Arts Céramiques ou des Poteries, considérées dans leur histoire, leur pratique, et leur théorie, 2 vols. 8vo. and 4to. atlas containing 60 plates of various kinds of pottery from the most ancient to modern times, machinery, potters' marks, etc. Paris, 1844 329 the same, second edition, 2 vols. 8vo. and 1 vol. oblong 4to. hf. bd. Paris, 1854 330 DELANGE. RECUEIL DE FAÏENCES ITALIENNES DES XV, XVI, ET XVII SIÈCLES, par C. DELANGE et C. BORNEMAN, texte par Darcel et H. Delange, impl. folio, 100 fine plates in colours, in 10 parts, sd. £7.10s; or, 1 vol. hf. morocco Paris, 1826-69 10 0 0 Most of the objects represented in this beautiful work are not only priceless, but are locked up in museums and not likely to occur for sale. The amateur of these choice works of art, however, can easily content himself with their resemblance, given in a marvellous manner, in these plates. A most useful handbook to China Collectors. 331 GULLAND (W. G.) Chinese Porcelain, with notes by LARKIN, 8vo. One of 250 numbered copies. 333 M. L. SOLON, Author of "The Art of the Old English Potter." The ANCIENT ART STONE-WARE of the Low COUNTRIES and GERMANY, or Grès de Flandres and Steinzung." 66 Its principal varieties and the places where it was manufactured 1 1 0 090 1 1 0 Pottery, continued: during the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, 2 vols. impl. 4to. with 25 Privately printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press, 1892 Only 300 copies were printed for Subscribers at £5. 5s each; to non-Subscribers The Author's work "The Old English Potter," 1 vol. folio, cost Subscribers £5. 58, The above, "The; Art Stone-ware of the Low Countries and Germany," 2 vols. folio, forms a compan on to "The Old English Potter," will soon be equally rare, and sell at an advanced price. 334 OLD WEDGWOOD. The Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work, in colour and relief, invented and produced by JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, F.R.S., etc., at Etruria, in Staffordshire, 1760-1794. With 67 full-page illustrations in the colour of the Originals, and smaller wood-blocks. Biographical and descriptive chapters, a list of marks used at Etruria and explanatory text to each object illustrated, by FREDERICK RATHBONE, 1 vol. impl. folio, with 67 coloured plates, cloth, getting scarce 1898 10 10 0 335 WORCESTER CHINA, a Record of the Work of 45 years, 1852-1897, by R. W. BINNS, 8vo. with 32 plates of fine specimens of Worcester Porcelain, parchment binding 1897 1 1 0 Of the 250 copies printed, only a few remain for sale. This volume may be considered a Supplement to the Author's "Century of Potting in the City of Worcester, 8vo. 1865," "The illustrations are reproduced from photographs of the pieces themselves, which have been selected for the purpose, from a vast number of examples equally fine, and the endeavour has been made to render the collection as representative as possible." 336 [R. B.] Occasional Reflections upon several subjects whereto is premis'd a discourse about such kind of thoughts, 12mo. original calf 1669 This volume consists of a series of entertaining essays on every conceivable subject, such as Fishing with a counterfeit fly," "The Magnetical Needle of a SunDyal," "Upon Roses and Tulips," etc. etc. 337 RACINE (Jean) Theatre, orné de VIGNETTES, gravées à l'eau-forte sur les dessins d' Ernest Hillemacher, par Fred. Hillemacher, 4 vols. 8vo. with very pretty vignettes, blue morocco extra, gilt edges Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873 338 RADIRUNGEN herausgegeben von der GESELLSCHAFT für RADIRKUNST zu WEIMAR, royal folio, 29 fine Etchings by A. Brendel, G. Koken, W. Linnig, E. Weichberger, etc., in two portfolios Weimar, 1880-81 Issued under the patronage of the Grand Duke of Saxony. 0 12 0 4 4 0 1 11 6 339 RAFFALLE. FRANCO de AMICIS. Raffaello Sanzio e la Scoperta di un suo Quadro. Roy. 4to. with 7 large reproductions; sd. Amsterdam, 1898 0 8 0 340 REMBRANDT. ŒUVRE COMPLET, decrit et catalogué par M. Eugène Dutuit, et reproduit a l'aide des procédés de l'héliogravure par M. Charreyre. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes du Maitre; accompagné de leur reproduction en fac-similé de la grandeur des originaux au nombre de 360 environ, précédé d'une introduction sur la Vie de Rembrandt et l'appréciation de ses Euvres, avec Supplément, contenant un catalogue historique et descriptif avec 25 planches; 18 portfolios, imperial 4to. (14 and 15 atlas folio) Paris, 1881-5 12 0 Partie 10 contenient: "Sujets libres et figures Académiques"; quelques numéros des planches n'ont pas été produites. Prix de souscription 600 francs. 341 REMBRANDT. The same, a SPECIAL SET with Etchings in two states, "Papier de HOLLANDE," and "Papier de JAPON," 40 parts and Supplement in 35 portfolios, impl. 4to. (Nos. 14 and 15 in Atlas folio), also "Catalogue Historique" (subscription price, 1200 francs), quite complete, as described Paris, 1881-5 25 0 Complete sets like the above rarely occur in the market. £ s. d. Rome: 342 MIRABILIA Urbis Romae, nova recognita, 16mo. woodcuts, bds. Romae, 1550 343 Les MARAVILLES DE ROME; pelerinages, esglises, corps saincts et lieux dignes avecques les idulgêces et remissios qlz. acquiret, 16mo. lit. goth. arms of France on title, cut of Romulus and Remus on reverse, arms of Tuscany, and 8 fine full-page woodcuts (top plain margin of title cut off), old calf gilt 1 16 0 Imprimées a Romme par Maistre Estienne Guillery de Loregne, 1519 12 12 0 344 PIRANESI (G. B. and C. F.). OPERE. A COLLECTION of the superb CONTENTS: Vedute di Roma, 132 plates, 2 vols.-Antichità Romane, 4 vols.- A thoroughly genuine collection (in the original binding) including the Vedute di 1888 346 RUSKIN (John) Notes on his Collection of Drawings by the late J. M. W. TURNER, exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Galleries, 4to. 35 plates, hf. bound, gilt top 1878 347 SAINTE-BEUVE. EUVRES. 36 vols., 12mo., half calf gilt 1857-75 CONTENTS:-Causeries du Lundi. 15 vols. 1857-62-Portraits Littéraires. 3 vols. 1862-64--Nouveaux Lundis. 13 vols. 1864-70-Souvenirs et Indiscretions. 1872Premiers Lundis. 3 vols. 1874-75-C. A. Sainte-Beuve, sa vie et ses œuvres, par le Vte d'Haussonville. 348 SAINTE-BEUVE. Port-Royal. 3 vols., 8vo., crimson morocco extra, gilt Sauvageot Collection: 349 MUSÉE IMPERIAL du Louvre : Collection Sauvageot, dessinée et gravée a l'eauforte par E. LIÈVRE, accompagnée d'une Texte historique et descriptif par A. Sauzay, 2 vols. large folio, 120 plates, India Proofs, half morocco, uncut 350 Paris, 1863 the same, 2 vols. large folio, India Proofs, olive morocco, gilt edges, bound by Holloway 1863 The magnificent collection of Works of Art of the Renaissance period, formed by Sauvageot, is here figured and described. Made half a century back, when amateurs paid no attention to such precious relics, it is a museum of the choicest objects, and by means of Lièvre's beautiful etchings is rendered accessible to lovers of art. 1 SHARPE (R. BOWDLER). MONOGRAPH of the PARADISEIDE, or Birds of Paradise, and PTILONORHYNCHIDE, or Bower-Birds. Pts. VII-VIII (completing the work), impl. folio, with 19 coloured plates; bds. (pub. £6.68) 1897-98 2 SMITH (John) Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, with Biographical Notices of the Artists, and a copious description of their principal Pictures, also the price at which they have been sold, complete with the Supplement; 9 vols. royal 8vo. portraits 076 1 16 0 7 10 0 1 16 0 5 10 0 6 10 0 4 4 0 1829-42 25 0 0 uth Kensington Museum: 1863 0 7 6 South Kensington Museum, continued : 354 IVORIES. Description of the Ivories, Ancient and Medieval in the South Kensington Museum, by W. MASKELL, royal 8vo., LARGE PAPER, with 24 fine photographs, numerous woodcuts, and 15 additional photographs; half green morocco, uncut 1872 355 WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS. Descriptive Catalogue of the historical collection of Water-Colour Paintings in the South Kensington Museum, with an introductory notice by S. Redgrave, royal 8vo., with 21 chromolithographs and etchings; half morocco Spanish Works: £ s. d 22 ( 1876 0 10 ( 356 LAPIDARIO DEL REY D. ALFONSO X codice orginal [reproducido en foto-litografia, con prologo de José Fernandez Montaña], roy. 4to. an exact facsimile of the MS., 264 pp. with all the MINIATURES (of which there are some hundreds) reproduced in their proper colours; hf. bd. Madrid, 1881 The original MS. is in the Escurial. It was translated into Castilian from Arabic sources in the years 1276-1279, by order of Alfonso the Wise, and contains a description of the virtues of Stones, of which 360 are treated. The writing and the miniatures are beautiful examples of thirteenth century art of very high order; and the text is a philological monument showing the Castilian language in its earliest polished state. The MS. was in the sixteenth century in the possession of Diego de Mendoza, and after his death came into the hands of Philip II, who put it in the Escurial. The artistic reproduction was done by Don Antonio Selfa. 2 16 ( 357 CARDERERA Y SOLANO. Iconografia Española, coleccion de Retratos, Estatuas, Mausoléos, y demas Monumentos inéditos, de Reyes, Reinas, Grandes Capitanes, Escritores, y otros personages celebre; de la nacion, desde el siglio XI hasta el XVII, copiados de los originales; con texto biografico y descriptivo, en Español y Francés, 2 vols. royal folio, 92 fine plates of Portraits, Sculptures, Bas-reliefs, etc., taken from original Paintings and Sculptural Monuments, nine of which are beautifully illuminated in gold and colours, half morocco, gilt tops, uncut Madrid, 1855-64 5 5 1855-64 10 0 358 359 the same, Grand Paper Vélin, hf. bd. uncut the same, a magnificent copy in maroon morocco super-extra, joints, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf 1855-64 16 0 Spain, and probably One of the most magnificent books on the Art-Monuments of "His great work, the‘Iconografia Española,' published in 1855 and 1864, contains 360 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE: MONUMENTOS ARQUITECTONICOS DE ESPAÑA, publicados a expensas del Estado bajo de la direccion de una Comision Especial creada por el Ministerio de Fomento. Parts I to LXXXIX (all published), atlas folio, with 279 Spanish Works, continued : 361 fine large plates, of which 78 are beautifully printed in COLOURS, One of the grandest works ever published on the Architecture and the Architec- Sporting Books: 362 SAGE (Dean) The Ristigouche, and its Salmon Fishing: with a chapter on Angling Literature, impl. 4to. one of 105 copies, with brilliant proof impressions of the etchings, and other illustrations, uncut Edinb. 1888 31 10 0 77 66 363 "THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND," by AUGUSTUS GRIMBLE. ones. 2. The marches and extent of each fishery. 3. Positions of fords, foot and carriage bridges. 4. Duration of net and rod season and the best months for salmon and grilse. 5. Length of rod required and regulations as to use of gaff and landing net. 6. The right size and patterns of flies to use, and dressings of any special local 7. How each fishery is let and to whom to apply. 8. Lures, other than the fly, that may be used with advantage on rivers where bait fishing is recognized. 9. Names and addresses of head fishermen on well known reaches. 10. The numbers and names of all pools on each water, the length of time required to fish it, and notes on any pools requiring special casting. 11. Whether trousers, stockings, or neither are required. 12. The river habits of fish at different seasons, with some remarks on the 1898 Report issued by the Fishery Board for Scotland on "Investigations of the Life History of Salmon." 13. The number of nets at the mouth, with names and addresses of owners and renters. 14. Most suitable weather, best size of water, and how long remaining in order after a flood. 15. Various ways of packing fish and some hints thereon. 16. Record catches and remarkable angling incidents. 17. Average take to rod and net, and average size of salmon and grilse. 18. Sea trout flies and sizes. 19. Rivers capable of improvements, with suggestions for carrying them out and so increasing the supply of salmon for food and sport, while augmenting alike the values of net and rod fishing. 20. Mention of historical, traditional and legendary events not generally known, that have taken place on the banks of rivers. The subscription for the set of the four books is £10. 10s, but single copies can be subscribed for pro rata, and should you wish your name to be plated on my list, kindly let me know. 364 JESSE (E.) An Angler's Rambles, sm. 8vo. cloth 1836 365 MARKHAM (Gervase) Markham's Master-Peece, containing all 000 036 2 16 0 |