Selections from Letterform Archive
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Letterform Archive has one of the world’s best collections of typographic history. With over 60,000 objects, there are hundreds of duplicates to be deaccessioned, and the nonprofit organization has reserved the rarest of these gems for its first-ever auction. Swann Galleries is honored present this offering of type specimens, periodicals, ephemera and books by giants of typographic design from the past two centuries.
1
Fournier le jeune.
Manuel Typographique, Utile au gens de Lettres, & a ceux qui exercent les differentes parties de l’Art de l’Imprimerie.
Paris: Imprime par l’Auteur & Chez Barbou, 1764.
12mos, approx 6¾ inches tall. Vol 1, engraved frontispiece, xxxii, 323, errata page, (4), 16 inserted folding etched plates at rear. Vol 2, frontis, title, xliv, (2), 306pp, including a few fold-out illustrations of music scores within text pages, one printed in black and red, later full polished calf, stamped in blind, lettered in gilt at spine, marbled endpapers, edges stained red (ex-library with blind stamps to title pages, and ink stamps to versos, stain to lower edge of Vol 1, moderate rubbing, dusting and mild damp stains to top edges, else very good). Written by, and featuring the type faces of Pierre-Simon Fournier (Fournier le Jeune).
2 volumes.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
2
[specimen book — enschede, j., lettergietery].
Proef van Letteren, Welk gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery.
[Presumably Haarlem], 1768.
Octavo, 16-page introduction, or manifesto of sorts, in script-styled font, portrait leaf, followed by a collection of type specimens, bound in contemporary speckled calf tooled in gilt with repeated floral decoration at corners and within 5 of the 6 spine compartments, raised bands, red morocco lettering piece to one compartment, marbled endpapers (library paper label at upper corner of front cover, covers worn, slightly sprung, a few stains, a hint of marginal foxing within, though largely clean, first signatures pushed forward, else a solid copy). Provenance: Lengthy inscription by RF Schierbeck (?), Amsterdam, 30 Sept, 1862 at front blank, Bookplate of a printing guild (Boekerij van de Federatie der Werkgevers Organisatien in het Boekdrukkers Bedrijf) which is adorned with dolphins and serpents, additional marginal ink stamp at title-page.
Estimate
$3,000 – $4,000
3
Assenio, d. francisco and mejorada.
Geometria de la Letra Romana Mayuscula y Minuscula…
Madrid: Andres Ramirez, 1780.
Octavo, 72 numbered pages, including full-page diagrams illustrating the correct proportions of Roman letters, 2 pages at rear, trimmed and rebound in modern marbled papered boards, refreshed endpapers (minor edgewear, ink stamp to upper margin of title-page, else very good).
Estimate
$700 – $1,000
4
[writing manual]. weber, johann gottfried.
Allgemein Univeisung der neuesten Schonschreibtunst…
Duisburg: Helmingschen Universitats Buchhandlung, (1784).
Small oblong quarto, illustrations of how to hold a pen, sizes of quills, and letter samples, in contemporary ¾ morocco and paste paper boards; quite worn, vertical crease across front board, lesser to rear, else good. Bookplates of Brom Ultrai and J. A. Dortmond to front paste-down.
Estimate
$400 – $600
5
Torio de la riva y herrero, torcuato (1759 - 1820).
Arte de Escribir por Reglas y con muestras, segun la Doctrina de los mejores Autores Antiquos y Modernos, Estrangeros y Nacionales, Acompanado de Unos Principios de Aritmetica, Gramatica, y Ortografia Castellana…
Madrid: Viuda de Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1802.
Octavo, engraved title, xxxi, (1), 445, (1), and 58 engraved plates, bound in contemporary limp vellum (soiling and wear to covers, paper split at front hinge, some signatures pushed forward, occasional soiling within, largely at beginning and end, else a very good copy), with an inscription to front free endpaper that reads “Este libro es para el uso de Antonio Herrero.” Housed in cloth clamshell box.
Estimate
$400 – $600
19th Century Specimen Books
6
[specimen book — alexander wilson & sons].
Specimen of Printing Types.
Glasgow: Alexander Wilson & Sons, 1819.
Early, 8 page letterpress type specimen, 10½x8 inches, 26.75x20.5 cm.
Estimate
$300 – $400
7
[specimen book — j. g. schelter & giesecke].
Proben J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, Erster Band.
Leipzig: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, 1899.
Quarto, 7¾x10¾ inches, 572 + 52pp., text both in modern and gothic German, with additional color chapter title leaves inserted, publisher’s blue cloth, front cover embossed and polychromatic pictorially stamped (front board bearing a crack and crease near top of right edge, rubbing, soiling, extremities frayed, shaken with title-page loose, else good).
Volume 1 only.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
8
Johnson, john.
Typographia, or the Printers’ Instructor…
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, etc., 1824.
Thick 16mos, approx 5 inches tall, Vol. 1 with portrait frontispiece, illustrated title-page, title-page, (viii), xii, 609 pages, (1), 10 page index. Vol 2, portrait frontispieces, illustrated title-page, title-page, ad leaf, 4 page table of contents, 663 numbered pages, example page, 10-page index, 2 page poem by Mr. Dodd, numerous type specimens, charts, diagrams within text pages, publisher’s brown cloth, paper label to spine (Vol. 1 rubbed, cloth frayed, label chipped, Vol. 2, shaken, front cover nearly detached, tears at spine, one through label, which has significant rubbing with loss, overall rubbing, edgewear with slight loss to spine ends, soiling, else a fair to good copy). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
2 volumes.
Estimate
$200 – $300
9
[specimen book — joh. enschedé en zonen].
Proeve van Letteren Eerste [& Tweede] Verlvoog.
Haarlem, 1830 and 1836.
Two folio volumes, 10 1/4 x 16 inches, vol. I: 20 unnumbered leaves, printed on laid paper, bound in publisher’s stiff paper boards; vol. II: 5 unnumbered leaves and one smaller-format sheet, all on wove paper, bound in publisher’s limp printed paper wrappers; contents of both volumes with specimens of type, vignettes, and ornaments; some large wood-engraved vignettes. Rare, OCLC lists two copies of vol. I, at the Library University of Amsterdam & Columbia University; vol. II only listed in one copy worldwide, also at Amsterdam.
Estimate
$400 – $600
10
[specimen book — joh. enschede en zonen].
Proebe van Drukletteren.
Haarlem, 1841.
Octavo, rebound with original front cover pasted down, a collection of font and border samples, and designs; a couple pages with fonts samples excised, dampstaining and spotting, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$1,000 – $1,500
11
[specimen book — n. tetterode].
Proeve van Letteren, van N. Tetterode, Lettergieter te Amsterdam, Tweed Gedeelte (Second Section).
Rotterdam, 1856. Drukkerij van.
Slim quarto, approx 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches tall, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt (only 1/3 of backstrip remains, rubbing, soiling, front hinge cracked, rear starting, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Printed by M. Wijt & Zonen.
Estimate
$400 – $600
12
[specimen book — c. derriey].
Gravure et Fonderie de C. Derriey: Specimen-Album.
Paris, 1862.
Folio, approx 12 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches, examples of decorations and layouts, not so focused on fonts, includes color printing, bound in publisher’s blue pebbled cloth ruled and decorated in blind at boards, decorated and lettered in gilt at spine, marbled endpapers; covers worn through at corners and spine ends with minor loss, tears along joints, rear hinge cracked, general moderate rubbing and soiling, less so within, else very good).
Estimate
$5,000 – $7,500
13
[specimen book — la fonderie a. bertrand].
Le Le Guide Indispensable des Imprimeurs, Papetiers, Brocheurs, Relieurs, & Doreurs. A. Bertrand… Tarif General des Ustensiles et Specimen des Caracters d’Imprimerie…
Paris: A. Bertrand, no date (ca. 1880).
Octavo, approx 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches tall, a collection of type specimens, publisher’s red cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt (rubbing, worming, spine cocked, front endpaper somewhat discolored, otherwise bright internally, very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
14
[specimen book — roos & junge].
Preis-Courant von Roos & Junge Schriftgiesserei.
Offenbach am Main, [n.d. c. 1880].
Large quarto, 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, chromolithographic title with metallic ink, other similarly printed display leaves and divisional titles, with type, ornaments, and vignettes illustrated throughout, bound in full contemporary brown cloth, ornately stamped in low relief and gilt binding by Hüber & Denck of Leipzig (binding shaken, tears to covering material, losses at head and tail; at least five leaves removed, other leaves cropped or with small sections cut out; most pages and gaps supplied in photocopy facsimile). Rare, OCLC locates only the Newberry Library copy.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
15
Grasset, eugene. gravure et impression par charles gillot. introduction et notes
Histoire des Quatre Fils Aymon.
Paris: H. Launette, 1883.
Quarto, approx 9 1/4 x 11 1/4(6), 224 numbered pages, (16), profusely illustrated with beautiful Art Nouveau color plates, decorations, and borders, by Grasset, printed in the “Gillotage” color method invented by Charles Gillot, publisher’s pictorial wrappers (spine with vertical splits, stitching becoming loose, minor bumps and wear to extremities, else very good, internally clean with vibrant color). Housed in cloth clamshell box. Ray, 357; Vicaire IV, page 142.
Edition of 100 copies on Japanese vellum.
Estimate
$500 – $750
16
[specimen book — international specimen exchange].
The Printers’ International Specimen Exchange: With an Introduction by the Editor of The Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Vol. VIII.
London: Office of the Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Field & Tuer, “The Leadenhall Press,” E.C., 1887.
Thick quarto, approx 9 x 11 inches tall, 9 pages of commentary and list of contributors, 369 leaves of specimens, widely varied print techniques, colors and inks, paper stock, etc., deckle edges, publisher’s full vellum, ruled and lettered in gilt, soiling and rubbing to covers, and less so to bulked edges, occasional marginal toning within, very occasional foxing, endpapers faded as well as some colored paper stock, else solid.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
17
[specimen book — fundicao de typos da imprensa nacional].
Provas da Fundicao de Typos da Imprensa Nacional.
Lisbon, 1888.
Quarto, approx 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches tall, type specimens from small to large, decorations at rear, bound in 20th century half-morocco and marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments, tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece to one compartment, foxing to renewed endpapers, very occasional foxing and minor soiling within, rubbing to edges, heaviest at corners and spine ends, else very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
18
[specimen book — fonderie turlot].
Spécimen Général.
Paris: Henri Chaix, gendre, et Cie., [n.d. c.1900].
Folio, 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, twelve parts in one volume, with divisional title pages for each part, advertising type, numbers, ornaments, and vignettes based on style, illustrated throughout, with depictions of different aspects of the type- and ornament-making process; including type for newspapers, posters, and mathematical imprints, in addition to foreign characters, display fonts, and hundreds of Art Nouveau vignettes; with a mimeographed letter from the Turlot firm inserted; bound in publisher’s green cloth, title stamped on title and spine, (shaken, chips to front board, corners rubbed, front joint starting, back board almost complete detached; without pages 5-8 in the third section), ex-libris Tholenaar with bookplate inside front board.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
19
[specimen book — schriftgiesserei julius klinkhardt].
Gesamt-Probe der Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt.
Leipzig and Wien: Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt, no date (1890).
Quarto, approx 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall, 496pp, a collection of type specimens and decorations, several folding illustrations printed on cheaper paper at rear, publisher’s brown cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt, decorative endpapers, marbled edges, both hinges cracked but holding, cloth over joints split and frayed, rubbing, soiling, cover slightly sprung, illustrations at rear with tears and toning, else good to very good. Company advertisement pasted-down at front free endpaper, a generic bookplate with “W. Kaiser, Bern” hand written and Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.
From the Tholenaar Collection.
Estimate
$300 – $400
20
[specimen book — british printers’ international specimen exchange].
The Printers’ International Specimen Exchange. Vol. XI.
London: Office of “The British Printer”, 1890.
Quarto, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, a collection of page lay-outs, printing technique samples, bound in 3/4 morocco and pebbled cloth, stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, heavy rubbing to covers, edges frayed, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
21
[specimen book — wilhelm woellmer].
Muster-Sammlung von Wilhelm Woellmer’s Schriftgiesserei und Messinglinienfabrik Stempelschneiderei.
Gravir -Anstalt Berlin, [1894].
Quarto, approx 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches tall, xvi, 407, (1), 8pp, fonts, borders, decorations on varied stock, mostly printed in black , bound in publisher’s polychrome pictorially stamped cloth by Mubel & Denck, decorative endpapers, edges marbled, bookplate advertising Hungarian representative in Budapest affixed to front paste-down (frays and tears along joints and corners, rubbing and soiling, front hinge cracked, else good to very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste down.
Estimate
$600 – $900
22
[specimen book — american type founders].
Dickinson Type Foundry/Dalton Phelps, (Boston, 1894).
Quarto, approx 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches tall, (lacks first page, presumably title-page), (14), 17-439pp, a collection of fonts, rebound in red library buckram lettered in gilt at spine, and in fresh endpapers (numerous cellotape repairs within, a few additional pages chipped at edges, moisture stain at fore-edge, mild rubbing to covers, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste down.
Estimate
$600 – $900
23
[mackellar, smiths and jordan foundry].
1796 - 1896, One Hundred Years: MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan Foundry.
Philadelphia, 1896.
Slim folio, approx 11 3/4 x 15 inches, 95pp, a history of the firm, maroon printed half-tone illustrations within text, on coated stock, title-page polychromatic, bound in publisher’s cream cloth, pictorially stamped in brown and gilt, decorative endpapers; somewhat shaken, spine ends chipped with loss, uneven toning, soiling and general wear to covers, chips to edges of endpapers, pages clean, a good copy. With detailed and illustrated descriptions of the typefounding process.
Estimate
$200 – $300
24
[specimen book — schelter & giesecke].
Rokoko-Ranken.
J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig, 1898.
Soft-bound type specimen book, 10 3/4 x7 1/4 inches, 27x18.5 cm.
Estimate
$150 – $200
Turn of the Century Specimen Books
25
[specimen book — bauer’schen giesserei].
Musterbuch der Bauer’schen Giesserei.
Frankfurt and Barcelona, 1900.
Quarto, approx 8 x 10 1/2 inches tall, 516 numbered pages, color inserted chapter leaves, a collection of numerous types and decorations with descriptive text in German, publisher’s brown buckram elaborately embossed in blind, lettered in gilt, a silver eagle within red diamond logo at center of front cover, recased in sympathetic buckram with original backstrip laid-down, which has since begun to peel, mild rubbing and soiling, a paragraph from page 75 has been excised, photo copies of text of both recto and verso of leaf laid-in, perhaps 2 preliminary pages excised at front, mild foxing to a few leaves, else very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$600 – $900
26
[specimen book — a. vanderborght & dumont].
Foderie & Gravure Typographiques A. Vanderborght & Dumont.
A. & F. Vanderborght, (1900).
Thick quarto, approx 9 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches tall, a collection of fonts ancient and modern, Ecritures Grecs & Gothiques Fantaisies, Signes, Divers, Lettrines, Initiales, Chiffres, Chapterheads printed on colored stock, bound in publisher’s quarter-black morocco and dark blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, decorative endpapers, cloth largely faded to charcoal, gilt dull, significant rubbing with small chips, bumps and frays to spine ends and corners, dusting and spots to bulked edges, one leaf loose, overall clean and solid internally, good or better. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
27
[specimen book — fonderie & g. peignot & fils, paris].
Album d’Applications des Nouvelles Créations Françaises.
Paris, 1901.
Small quarto, 11½ x 9 inches, illustrated with over 70 pages of Jugendstil type specimens printed in various inks. Introductory essay by F. Thibaudeau titled “Le Style Français en Typographie Moderne,” original printed boards, some edgewear and blistering; hinges reinforced. Ex-collection Dutch typophile Jan Tholenaar, with his bookplate.
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
28
[specimen book — fonderie g. peignot & fils].
Specimen General. Tome I: Materiel, Filets, Fantaisies Classiques et Modernes, Vignettes, Ornements. Tome II: Types de Journaux et de Labeurs, Caracteres d’Editions. Materiel d’Installation.
Paris: Creations Francaises en Typographie Moderne, 1900 (but varied dates from 1900-1903 within each section).
Quartos, approx 8 x 10 1/4 inches tall, several chapter sections separately paginated and bound within each volume, each section with it’s own color lithograph title-page, bearing the Fonderie G. Peignot et Fils imprint and 40 to 70pp each within volume 1, bearing many color lithograph pages, while volume 2 is traditionally paginated to 202 and less elaborately printed, with color chapter title-pages and frequent 2 color printing. Bound in publisher’s half-calf and papered boards decoratively stamped in gilt to volume 1 and in peach to the cover of volume 2, both spines with raised bands, stamped in blind, decorative endpapers (vol 1 shaken with front joint starting from top, a split near rear hinge within the final chapter, also bears heavy rubbing, and moderate soiling, else good, with only mild marginal toning within; vol 2 is brighter in appearance, still significant rubbing, tears to surface, on whole a good copy). Both with Tholenaar bookplates to front paste-downs, volume 2 with additional bookplate of Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, Uppsala at upper corner of front paste-down.
2 volumes.
Estimate
$400 – $600
29
[specimen book — schriftgiesserei genzch & heyse].
Proben von Schriften Initialen und Verzierungen.
Hamburg, 1902.
Thick octavo, xxiv, 536pp, inserted title leaves heading various chapters on color stock inserted, publisher’s green cloth pictorially stamped in black, edges stained red (shaken, front hinge cracked, two short vertical tears to center of spine, heavy rubbing to edges and joints, minor soiling, else good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$400 – $600
30
[specimen book — johan enschedé].
Ornamenten Hoofdlijsten en Sluitstukken.
Joh. Enschedé & Zonen, Haarlem, 1904.
Soft-bound type specimen book, 11 5/8 x 8 inches, 29.5 x 20 cm.
Estimate
$100 – $150
31
De vinne, theodore low, a.m.
1. A Treatise on… Plain Printing Types — 2. Treatise on Title-Pages — 3. Correct Composition (second edition) — 4. Modern Methods of Book Compostion.
New York: The Century Co., 1900, 1902, 1902, 1904.
12mo, approx 7 5/8 inches tall, illustrated, graphs, charts, etc. in publisher’s brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine with lettering pieces, top edges gilt (general visible rubbing to edges, lettering pieces a bit rubbed and faded, soiling, dusting to bulked edges, else solid, practice of typography a bit shaken, overall about very good copies).
4 titles from The Practice of Typography. 4 volumes.
Provenance: 1. Hal Marchbanks bookplate to front paste-down, “Jeseph F. Weiler… From Emily Connor” penned note. — 2. Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down. — Hal Marchbanks bookplate and pen notation “Joseph F. 3. Weiler from E.E.C. at front paste-down. — 4. “From the books of Crosby Gaige” label pasted down to front paste-down, “Bought at Auction - Joseph F. Weiler” in pen at top of front paste-down.
Estimate
$350 – $500
32
[specimen book — damon & peets].
Types and Borders, Ornaments and Brass Rules, Catalogue of Printing Machinery and Printers’ Supplies.
New York: Damon & Peets, no date.
Octavo, 592pp, publisher’s red cloth pictorially stamped in black, decorative endpapers, edges stained red, shaken, split after front free endpaper, covers frayed at spine ends and corners, which are bumped , soiling, else good. Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.
(1904 hand-written above imprint).
Estimate
$1,500 – $2,000
33
[specimen book — auriol, george].
Caractère Auriol Labeur.
Paris: G. Peignot & Fils,1904.
Quarto, 11 x 8 inches, 28 x 20.25 cm, original illustrated wrappers. 18pps.
Estimate
$100 – $150
34
[specimen book — keune, heinz].
Die Rose als Buchschmuck: Rosenzierat Serie 534 und 535.
Schelter & Giesecke, 1905.
Quarto, 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 28 x 22 cm, original pictorial wrappers, contains type specimen of decorative, floral elements.
Estimate
$150 – $250
35
[specimen book and trade catalogue — american line type].
American Line Type Book, Borders, Ornaments, Price List Printing Material and Machinery.
American Type Founders Co., 1906.
Thick quarto, approx 10 3/4 inches tall, xxx, 1181pp, illustrated with type specimens and engravings of available equipment, publisher’s red cloth, pictorially stamped in black decorative endpapers, edges stained red, errata slip tipped-in at front free endpapers, preliminaries shaken with pp xxvi-xxx loose, a few tears to edges, general edgewear, light dusting, else very good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$100 – $150
36
[specimen book — k. van leeuwen].
Letterboek voor den Teekenaarena Ambachtsman Door K. Van Leeuwen.
Amsterdam: G. Schreuders, [1907].
Oblong folio, approximately 14 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches, 4-page introduction, 54 loose sheets of fonts and designs; portfolio soiled and worn, contents with a few pencil marks, but largely fine. Bookplate of Papierhandel C. Piekart, Amsterdam.
Estimate
$100 – $150
37
[specimen book — stephenson, blake & co. and sir charles reed & sons].
Specimens of Point Line Type: Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules, Printing Material, Machinery.
London: Stephenson, Blake & Co., and Sir Charles Reed & Sons, [1907].
Quarto, publisher’s decorative polychromatic stamped cloth, contains type specimens and decorations manufactured at Sheffield Foundry; covers worn and soiled, hinges cracked but holding, else good. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$200 – $300
38
[specimen book — johan enschedé].
Ornament-Seriën, 1 Vervolg.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, 1908.
Quarto, 11 5/8 x 8 inches, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, 16 pages, original printed wrappers, ornamental type specimens throughout.
Estimate
$120 – $180
39
Keim, franz. illustrated by carl otto czeschka.
Die Nibelungen Dem Deutschen Volke.
Vienna and Leipzig: Gerlach and Wiedling, no date (1908).
Small octavo, 5 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 8 double-page illustrations heightened with gold and several small black-and-white vignettes, initials, head- and tailpieces throughout, publisher’s cloth-backed gray papered boards stamped in black, decorative endpapers; small recent label to upper corner of front cover, dampstains, slight bowing, else very good. Bookplates of F. Fey and Tholenaar to front paste-down. Number 22 in the series Gerlach’s Jugendbucherei.
Estimate
$400 – $600
40
[specimen book and trade catalogue — keystone products]
Catalogue and Specimen Book. Keystone Products, Consisting of Type, Material Furniture, Complete Line of Miscellaneous Supplies for Printers and Publishers. Machinery and Wood Goods.
Keystone Type Foundry, [Philadelphia], no date (ca. 1909).
Folio, approx 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches, (6), 649 numbered pages, two color illustrations of company HQ and satellite offices, numerous type samples and illustrations of machinery etc., rebound in green buckram-backed marbled papered boards with fresh gray-green endpapers (moderate wear and soiling, very good). Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.
Estimate
$400 – $600
41
[periodical — various designers/belgium]
Le Boeuf Illustré.
Brussels, 1903-1909.
Octavo, 12-20 pages, each including wrappers, staple-bound (a couple in tattered or separated wrappers, most very good). Tholenaar bookplate to verso of wrappers.
An incomplete run of 23 issues.
Estimate
$400 – $600
42
[specimen book — k. van leeuwen].
Moderne Randen / Krachtige Silhouette-Ornamenten.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem. 1909.
Quarto, 12 x 8 1/8 inches, 30.5 x 20.5 cm, ornamental border specimen book.
Estimate
$100 – $150
43
[specimen book — friedr. wolfrum & co.].
Modern Graphik, Serie I… Mercantile Originalarbeiten zum praktischen Gebrauch fur Lithographen. Buchdrucker und verwandte Gewerbe.
Wien and Leipzig, Fried. Wolfrum & Co., 1909.
Portfolio, approx 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches tall, containing 48 leaves of sample designs printed in color on coated stock, unbound in 3/4 cloth and pictorial printed paper portfolio, cloth tie (significant wear and soiling to portfolio, contents with only minor soiling and wear, mostly marginal, very good).
Estimate
$1,200 – $1,800
44
[specimen books —three 3 dutch printing catalogues].
Group of three Dutch Printing and Art of the Book Exhibition Catalogs.
Various sizes, the first two in publisher’s cloth and elaborately stamped, the third in original wrappers; all samples of printing design in varied color inks; all with wear, good to very good. Tholenaar bookplates to front paste-downs and verso of wrappers.
Catalogs van de Internationale Tentoonstelling der Vereeniging tot Bevordering van de Belangen van den Boekhandel, Amsterdam, 1892. — Cagalogues der Tentoonstelling van Hulpmiddelen voor den Boekhandel, 1881 — Nationale Tentoonstelling Boek… Amsterdam, 1910. All Dutch, 1881-1910. 3 Volumes,
Estimate
$250 – $350
45
[specimen book — wilhelm woellmer’s schriftgiesserei].
Wilhelm Woellmer’s Schriftgiesserei Berlin SW Hauptprobe der Schrifgiesserei und Messinglinien-Fabrik.
[Berlin, ca. 1910].
Quarto, approx 8 3/4 x 11 inches tall, xvi, 404pp, inserted chapter leaves printed on thick colored stock, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in gilt, 0covers worn, contents clean, endpapers and colored stock with minor fading, good to very good. Bookplate of Exel Kiorboe & Co., Copenhagen, to front free endpaper and Tholenaar bookplate to front pastedown.
Estimate
$800 – $1,200
