Arti decorative e design

Phili ou Par-delà le bien et le mal. Paris, édition de la Guirlande, 1921.

HERMANT, ABEL / BRUNELLESCHI, UMBERTO (Ill.): · 1900 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€3,000.00 ($3,306.62 | £2,502.44 | ¥528,088)

4to. Pp. 156. With twelve pochoir engraved plates by Brunelleschi, protected by tissue guards. Ninety-three colour vignettes in the text. As issued, loose in original printed wrappers. Housed in a specially made box. Limited edition of 275, of which 250 on vergé d'Arches, this...

La Porcelaine Tendre de Sèvres. Avec une notice historique. Paris. Maison Quantin, (1889) - 1891.

GARNIER, ÉDOUARD: · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Royal folio. Pp. 31, table pp. 4, and fifty chromolithographic plates by Gillot reproducing 250 watercolour motifs based on the originals, heightened with gold. As issued, loose in original printed portfolio, new cloth spine, cotton ties (one new), extremities rubbed and with ...

Album des célébrités contemporaine publié par Lefèvre-Utile Nantes [Title on front cover]. Nantes about 1905.

[LEFÈVRE-UTILE / ART NOUVEAU ALBUM / ] · 1900 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€800.00 ($881.77 | £667.32 | ¥140,823)

Oblong 4to. (36.5 x 27 cm) Lvs. (11) With 48 inserted embossed chromolithograph autograph cards of famous actors, composers, authors, etc. placed in Art Nouveau decorated frames. One sheet with content. Last two leaves titled "Biscuites Levèvre-Utile" missing eight cards. Bou...

Rings. Garrard, Jewellers to the Crown (24, Ablemarle Street, London W1). Paris, Draeger, ca 1935.

GARRARD [JEWELLERY TRADE CATALOGUE]: · 1735 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,200.00 ($1,322.65 | £1,000.97 | ¥211,235)

4to. Pp. (12) and two blank leaves. Text in English. With five plates, of which three in colour and two in b/w monochrome. Original white paperboard wrappers, blind-pressed illustrating two fingers with rings and title printed in black on front cover, black silk cord. Label of...

La porcelaine de la manufacture d'état. Moscou 1922.

GOLLERBACH, ERIKH F.: · 1917 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)

Large 4to. Pp. 56 + eight leaves, each with tipped-in colour plate. Many b/w illustrations in the text. Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, spine with five raised bands and title labels, lightly rubbed. Bookplate. Old inscription on front endpaper. Original printed wrapp...

[SWEDISH ABC PLATES] / [Thirty-two school plates with illustrations for each letter A - Ö]. Stockholm, Norstedt's, Esselte, (1946).

LINDMAN, MAJ (Illustrator): · 1886 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

A charming collection of lithographed colour illustrations, each representing a character of the Swedish alphabet. A few more plates (four?) were issued devoted to phonemes, not present here. Size 32 x 45 cm. The pictures are printed in vivid colours on thin paper and pasted o...

[PORCELAIN PAINTING] Mönster för porslinsmålning (Pattern for porcelain painting). Stockholm, A. Bonnier, 1930.

FISCHER, RUTH: · 1894 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

A folder with 24 coloured plates depicting many striking Art Deco patterns. Complete. Size: 30 x 22.5 cm. Housed in original paper wrappers printed in colours, some tears along edges. Small marginal crease to two plates but overall the collection is in lovely condition. Ruth H...

Magyar népi hímzések (Hungarian Folk Embroideries). I: A Cifraszür (The Ornamental Shepherd's Cloak) (all publ.). Budapest, Jószsef Kertész, 1930.

GYÖRFFY, ISTVÁN [HUNGARIAN FOLKLORE]: · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)

Pp. 223. With 168 plates, of which 80 are b/w and 88 coloured plates pasted in, and two hundred illustrations in the text. The coloured plates have printed captions in Hungarian and German. Some browning to the paper. Some coloured plates (nos 29-36) are bound upside down. Hal...

Illustrated catalogue of the Very Notable Collection of Carl Robert Lamm, Näsby Castle (near Stockholm), Sweden. New York, 1923.

[LAMM, CARL ROBERT]: · 1856 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

Large 8vo. pp. (xvi), 412, (1). With many illustrations. Original printed wrappers bound in somewhat later half morocco on marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, u.e.g., lightly rubbed. Bookplate (Axel Rydén J:or). Impressive catalogue of Carl Robert Lamm's art co...

Legedage (Playdays). København 1969.

[CHILDREN BOOK / MODERN ART]. HEERUP, HENRY: · 1907 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€4,800.00 ($5,290.59 | £4,003.90 | ¥844,940)

Royal folio. Size: 62.5 x 57.4 cm. Album including preface (one page) and eight brightly coloured lithographs mounted in passe-partout. Signed and numbered by Heerup. Publisher's half cloth portfolio with colour decorated boards, original ties. First edition, number 75 of 100 ...

: [Wallpaper sample catalogue]. Stockholm, Hasse W. Tullberg, 1924.

TEKKO & SALUBRA · 1901 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

A striking pamphlet (19 x 24 cm) promoting wallpapers from the sophisticated German company Tekko & Salubra. Swedish text. The catalogue comprises six pages of text (loosely inserted), ten colour wallpaper samples, of which five silk samples in metallic tone, eleven more illus...

A pupil's work comprising 73 designs for rugs and furniture fabrics. No date or place, but Sweden, ca 1941.

[SWEDISH RYA CARPET DESIGNS]. · 1880 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€800.00 ($881.77 | £667.32 | ¥140,823)

A collection containing 73 beautiful designs, most of which are painted with water colours on paper, a few b/w printed, pasted on strong paper. The size of the designs varies but most are about 12-17 cm x 20-25 cm. The weaving designs are meant for carpets such as Rya, Rollaka...

[A collection of 26 water colour drawings depicting costumes for the pasticcio "Walzer aud Wien"]. About 1930-6.

[COSTUMES FOR "WALZER AUS WIEN" / THEATERKUNST HERMANN J. KAUFMANN]. · 1930 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)

Comprises 26 plates (26 x 22 cm) with 31 costume drawings painted in water colours with notes and numbers in pencil. The notes refer to the operetta characters and possibly Swedish artists who were famous at that time. A label "Theaterkunst Hermann J. Kaufmann" pasted on the r...

[AVANT-GARDE THEATRE]. Tendances nouvelles du théatre choix de décors, costumes, détails de mise en scène utilisés dans les représentations les plus originales de ces quinze dernières années. Précédé de remarques sur les récentes recherches de l'art du théatre. Paris, Les éditions Albert Lévy, 1931.

MOUSSINAC, LÉON: · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Folio (38 x 28 cm). Pp. 35. With 124 heliotype plates printed on one side only, most with multiple images. 37 fully or partly coloured with pochoir technique in the studio of J. Saude. Recased in modern half calf on marbled paper boards, lightly rubbed. Housed in matching fold...

[FELICITATION WEDDING]. [Hand written and hand painted congratulations letter to the bride and groom]. Glasbo, 1841.

LARSDOTTER, JOHANNA: · 1841 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.54 | ¥44,007)

Size: 42 x 34 cm. A very charming and attractive Swedish congratulations letter written in a neat hand, decorated with lovely hand painted flowers in various colours and with a pair of turtle-doves at the top. Signed "Johanna Larsdotter i Glasbo år 1841". With some minor tears.

DAY'S. On Monday, November 22nd, 1880, and Every Evening. Birmingham 1880.

[VICTORIAN PLAYBILL - CONCERT, BIRMINGHAM]. · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€550.00 ($606.21 | £458.78 | ¥96,816)

Single leaf advertising playbill. Size: 75.5 x 24.8 cm. Printed in red, yellow and black on card board. A well-preserved playbill announcing a performance at the Concert Hall in Smallbrook street in Birmingham: "The great Witty Watty Walton will make his first appearance in Bi...

Koronghi Lippich, Elek Költeményei. 1880-1902. Kriesch Aladár és Nagy Sándor Rajzaival. [Budapest], Pallas, 1903.

LIPPICH, ELEK KORONGHI: · 1862 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€900.00 ($991.99 | £750.73 | ¥158,426)

Small 4to. Size: 17.5 x 21 cm. Pp. 307, (1). With numerous illustrations and text printed within decorated borders in various colours. Publisher's pictorial burgundy cloth, upper cover and spine printed in gilt, lightly rubbed. Floral endpapers. Old ownership stamp. First ed...

Le coeur à gaz: costumes de Sonia Delaunay. [Paris], Jacques Damase, [1977].

TZARA, TRISTAN / DELAUNAY, SONIA (Ills.): · 1923 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€5,800.00 ($6,392.80 | £4,838.04 | ¥1,020,970)

Narrow folio portfolio. Size: 21 x 45 cm. As issued on heavy paper. With 51 numbered pages printed on recto only on (17) folded sheets + 2 pages and one blank. Comprises the text of the play "Le coeur à gaz" by Dadaist writer Tristan Tzara. Accompanied by twelve lithographs by...

Vorbilder zur Schildermalerei. Muster: Blätter, Moderner, Firmenschilder, Etiquetten und Kartuschen [Title on cover]. Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1907).

MAIER, HERMANN: · 1883 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

Oblong 4to. Size: 22 x 30 cm. With 24 plates, loose as issued in original clothbacked paper portfolio with green ornamental design and red and black lettering. Minor loss of paper of inner joint. A rare and attractive collection of designs for commercial signboards etc. The il...

Labyrint-spelet. (Labyrinth board game). Stockholm, Adolf Johnsons förlag, Central-tryckeriet, 1903.

Labyrint-spelet. [SWEDISH BOARD GAME]. · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€220.00 ($242.49 | £183.51 | ¥38,726)

Colour printed sheet (72 x 62 cm). Printed in green, black and orange. Rules and instructions printed outside the labyrinth. Original envelope with a coloured lithograph pasted on front cover. A Swedish game in the form of a labyrinth. The players have to get through the maze ...