[Rarebooks] FS; BOOK ARTS

[Norman Kane]

[ENGRAVING].  SUITE OF LOOSE PLATES BY TANNER ET AL FROM COPIES OF WINTERBOTHAM’S “HISTORICAL  … VIEW OF THE U.S.A. …”  N.Y., 1796. Comprises  **TOBACCO PLANT, 2, IN COLOR **PLAN OF LYSTRA, KY., 2 **PLAN OF FRANKLINVILLE, KY., 2 **THIGHBONE & TUSK OF THE MAMMOTH, 2 **VIEW OF OHIOPYLE FALLS IN PENNA. **FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY IN THE MISSISSIPPI. **PORTRAITS OF FRANKLIN (2, ONE WITH CORNER STAIN), WASHINGTON & PENN.  (THE TOBACCO PLATES ARE SURELY AMONG THE EARLIEST COLOR PLATES IN AN AMERICAN BOOK.)



HARTHAN.  BOOKBINDING.    Victoria & Albert Museum, 1961. Orig. cloth, v.g. Many plates.



PRIME.  COLONIAL CRAFTSMEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.  1925.  4to, orig. pictorial wraps, light wear. Illus. throughout.  (Reproductions of old newspaper advts. Engraving, music type printing, &c.)



SPELMAN, KEN.  CATALOGUE 4. THE ARTIST’S COMPANION. THREE CENTURIES OF DRAWING BOOKS & MANUALS OF INSTRUCTION.  York, n.d., [ca. 1985.]  Orig. wraps, v.g.  Illus.



HARPER.  EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS IN CANADA. Toronto, (1981). 4to, xv, 376 pp. Orig. cloth, v.g.



NASH.  PIONEER PRINTING AT DARTMOUTH, WITH A CHECK-LIST OF DRESDEN IMPRINTS. 1941. Orig. cloth-backed boards, v.g. 1 OF 200 COPIES ONLY. Alexander Davidson, Jr.’s copy (Librarian & Secy. Of the Grolier Club, &c.)  Facsimile illustrations. 



WINSHIP.  PRINTING IN THE 15th CENTURY.  1940.  Orig. cloth, v.g., in dust wrapper.  Illus. 



GASKELL.  A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FOULIS PRESS. 1964. Orig. cloth in d.w., v.g. 420pp.



THE BUSINESS PRINTER. July/Aug., 1936. A VISIT TO CHRISTOPHE PLANTIN’S WORKSHOP. Orig. wraps, good.  Illus.



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