36)CONTINENTAL LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS,36)CONTINENTAL LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS, LEATHER & MORE(lot of 36) Continental library shelf books, 20th c., some with gilt embossed covers and spines, marbleized boards and leather binding, including: ten volumes by G. Duhamel, some with slight loss to spine and binding, largest: approx 8.75"h, 6.5"w, 2.25"d; 30.75lbs total
PORTFOLIO, AFTER MAURICE DE VLAMINCKPORTFOLIO, AFTER MAURICE DE VLAMINCK After Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958), "Notre Pain Quotidien," 1963, portfolio of twelve (12) pochoir facimilies with accompanying text by Georges Duhamel, printed by Daniel Jacomet, published by Aux Depens d'un Amateur, Paris, edition X/XI, sheets (overall/each): 21"h x 16.75"w, overall (with portfolio case): 21.75"h x 17.25"w. Provenance: Gifted by noted French printer Daniel Jacomet to the owner of Paris Art Gallery (San Francisco, CA); then to Private Collection (Berkeley, CA).
AFTER DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, (6) HAND-COLOREDAFTER DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, (6) HAND-COLORED PRINTS After Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (French, 1700-1782), likely 20th c., black line prints on laid paper, each hand-painted including the backgrounds, matted and framed under glass, 19"h x 13.75"w (sheet), 14.5"h x 10.5"w (sight), 22.25"h x 17.25"w (frames)
8 PC FRUIT ENGRAVINGS, TRAITE DES ARBRES8 PC FRUIT ENGRAVINGS, TRAITE DES ARBRES FRUITIERS Catherine Haussard (French, 1746-1791). Set of eight hand colored botanical engravings from Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau's (French, 1700-1782) "Traite Des Arbres Fruitiers" -circa 1770. Framed as a set. Approx. 21.75" x 20" (frame), 11" x 9" (sigh)
FRENCH ART DECO PERIOD LITTERATURE BOOKS,FRENCH ART DECO PERIOD LITTERATURE BOOKS, 12 French Litterature, set of twelve bound volumes from the 'Le Livre De Demain' collection edited by Artheme Fayard & Compagnie, Paris, 1920's, including works by Henri Duvernois, Gustave Flaubert, Sem, Henri de Montherlant, Georges Duhamel, Edmond Jaloux, Marc Elder, Jean Martet, Louis Barthou, Octave Aubry, Francois Mauriac, Auguste Bailly, Jean Cocteau, Colette, Corthis, Georges Imann, Binet-Valmer, Louis Bertrand, Maurice Maeterlinck, Marcel Prevost, all with wood cut illustrations by known artists.9.5" H x 7.5" W.
RAOUL DUFY, (3) ILLUSTRATED VOLUMESRAOUL DUFY, (3) ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES Includes: Georges Duhamel. Elegies. Camille Bloch, 1920, with woodcut ornaments, #14/120, 12.5"h x 9"w; with, Guillaume Apollinaire. Le Poete Assassine. Se Trouve au sans Pareil, 1926, #87/450, 36 lithographs, 11.5"h x 9.25"w; and, Marcelle Berr de Turique. Raoul Dufy. Librairie Floury, 1930, #47 of 200 on "papier du Japan", 6 etchings, 10.25"h x 8"w