Painting a War: The Military Artist

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1 LA GUERRE. RACONTÉE PAR L’IMAGE D’APRÈS LES SCULPTEURS, les graveurs et les peintres. Paris, Hachette, 1903.

Thick crown quarto. Pp. iv, 414. Fine tinted aquatint heliogravure frontispiece, protected by tissue guard. Title printed in red and black; illustrated with engraved vignette within ornamental gilt frame. Plus 19 fine, tinted aquatint heliogravure plates, all printed on heavy paper within plate mark. With over 400 halftone photo-plates throughout, many of which are full-page. Photographic head- and tail-pieces. List of illustrations. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, bound in quarter cloth. A very good ex-lib copy (stamp, labels, punches on spine; amall label removed from verso of title-page leaving a blemish).

- - First edition. Lavishly illustrated. A visual celebration, documenting in hundreds of fine images the history of war and warfare. The hand-printed aquatint photogravure plates in this edition are worth pursuing in particular.
€ 145 --



2 BARTELS, J. A. C. [Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht]. Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht, 1858-1933. Amsterdam, De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1986.

4to. Pp. 128. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which full-page, reproducing original paintings and drawings. Notes bibliography. Hardcover, original blue cloth, lettered in gilt, spine gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket (this very good). Book in fine condition (Small private ownership stamp to paste-down). Excellent copy.

First edition. Monograph and study of this noted Dutch military artist.
€ 38 --



3 BENARY, A. Illustrated by H. Skarbina. Bilderbuch vom deutschen Heer. Leipzig, Franz Schneider, 1935.

Crown octavo. Pp. (28). With illustrated title in colour, one halftone headpiece, 13 full-page colour plates; one-page appendix “Die Pflichten des deutschen Soldaten.” Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original illustrated boards, glazed, very slightly soiled, spine head rubbed. In a very good condition, fine condition internally.

- - First edition, first printing, 1st to 10th Thousand. A charming small collection of lovingly painted plates, depicting the German army at the eve of the Second World War. Troops of various units in exercise, drills and maneuvers are painted with great sympathy and care for detail.
€ 80 --



4 CHABERT, Philippe. [Alphonse De Neuville]. Alphonse De Neuville: L’épopée de la défaite. [Peintres témoins de l’histoire]. Paris, Copernic, 1979.

Square crown 4to. Pp. 79. Set in two columns. With 49 colour plates, many of which full- or double-page. Many halftone illustrations. Chronology, concordance. Hardcover, original white boards, lettered in black, with pictorial dust-jacket. Both are in fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. Monograph and study of this noted French military artist.
€ 35 --



5 DINCKLAGE-CAMPE, Friedrich Freiherr von. Illustrations by C. Becker, Fr. Gehrke, H. Kuechler, W. Stöwer, E. Thiel, W. Zimmer. Die liebe schöne Leutnantszeit. Schilderungen aus Heer und Flotte. Berlin Leipzig Wien & Stuttgart, Bong, n.d. (1899).

Royal quarto. Two parts in one volume. Paginated consecutively. Pp. (iv), 116; 117-249, (2). Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome illustrations, many of which are full- or double-page. Hardcover, bound in the original attractive publisher’s maroon cloth, designed by E. Doepler, bound by the firm H. Sperling, Berlin, upper board richly gilt decorated and heightened with pink and black dyes, spine gilt, lower board blind panelled, elaborate gilt decorated endpapers by E. Doepler, all edges gilt. In overall fine condition. Save for minor blemished to cloth and to occasional leaf, an excellent copy.

- - First edition. A beautiful rendition of military life, army and navy, exquisitely produced. The plates, by various artists, are the result of using compound metal line blocks. Using a a complicated and delicate process, now obsolete, which was invented in the early 1850’s by Firmin Gillot, the line block could be created by transfer, freeing the draughtsman from the restricting discipline of the graver used in wood-engraving. This book is distinguished by the early addition of colour to this method, using multiple blocks, coloured by mechanical tints, to produce the rich, dense, chromatic plates whose quality surpasses that of their contemporaries.
€ 225 --



6 HOLTZMAN, Avi. With essays by Frits Gierstberg and William L. Fox. The War Trilogy. [Autograph Copy]. Reno, Nevada Museum of Art, 1997.

BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Large oblong 8vo. Pp. 47. Photographic work. With 25 full-page colour plates (inc. cover), and 53 thumbnail halftone images. Pictorial stiff wrappers, stapled as issued.

Autograph copy, signed by the artist. First edition. Exhibition catalogue, published to coincide with the first exhibition of The War Trilogy in its North American and European tour between 1997 and 2000. With an introduction by Steven S. High, Director of the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, and two essays: “No Neutral Ground: The Political Landscapes of Avi Holtzman,” by Frits Gierstberg, Curator at the National Institute for Photography in the Netherlands, and “Frames of Conflict,” by William L. Fox, poet and arts writer based in LA, California. As the work of some of the New Topographic photographers in America of the 70s, Holtzman’s uninflected long look at the Israeli landscape tends to neutralize the mythic and high romantic connotations of “the holy land”, forcing the viewer to confront the insidious power of politics over nature and history over beauty. It is a powerful, general condemnation of the war’s consequences - the complete militarization of the land. Holtzman’s camera, charting the geography of destruction, has captured a painful insight into how the very land itself has become a victim of war. The 53 photographs of The War Trilogy consist the most in-depth single artist representation in the Altered Landscape Collection, a premier repository for contemporary photographs on the environment. “...We place Holtzman’s work next to that of other photographers in the collection - the ‘Bravo 20’ photographs by [Richard] Misrach, the ‘Nuclear Landscapes’ of Peter Goin, and Lewis Baltz’s deadpan coverage of the rural West’s transformation into rootless suburbia - and it’s clear that we need the view through all these different frames in order to understand where we live.” - William L. Fox. OCLC 38859085, locating 9 copies; in George Eastman House, University of California Berkeley, Smithsonian Institution, Ringling Museum of Art, Wellesley College, University of New Mexico, Virginia Museum Library, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, National Art Library Victoria & Albert Museum. KVK adds a copy in Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark.
€ 45 --



7 HUMBERT, Jean. [Edouard Detaille]. Edouard Detaille: L’Héroïsme d’un siècle. [Peintres témoins de l’histoire]. Paris, Copernic, 1979.

Square crown 4to. Pp. 95. Set in two columns. With 64 colour plates, many of which full- or double-page. Many halftone illustrations. Chronology, notes, bibliography, biography, concordance. Hardcover, original white boards, lettered in red, with pictorial dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy.

First edition. Monograph and study of this noted French military artist. Publisher’s colour leaflet, announcing the publication of this book and “Alphonse de Neuville,” its companion to the series “Les peintres témoins de l’histoire”, is loosely inserted.
€ 95 --



8 LACROIX, Paul. L’armée depuis le moyen age jusqu’a la révolution. Étude illustrée. [L’ancienne France]. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1887.

Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 288. Fine chromolithographed frontispiece, protected by tissue guard. With 165 engraved illustrations, many full-page, throughout the text. Tail-pieces. Title-page printed in red and black. Hardcover, original richly decorated red cloth (moderately marked), blind- and gilt stamped. All edges gilt. Very good condition. (Small private ownership stamp.) Nice copy.

A thorough study of the evolvement of weaponry, armour, and battle tactics, accompanied by a charming collection of illustrations.
€ 85 --



9 LACROIX, Paul. L’armée depuis le moyen age jusqu’a la révolution. Étude illustrée. [L’ancienne France]. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1887.

Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 288. Fine chromolithograph frontispiece, protected by tissue guard. With 165 engraved illustrations, many full-page, through the text. Tail-pieces. Half-title and title-page printed in red and black. Hardcover, contemporary richly decorated crimson quarter morocco and blind-panelled pebbled cloth over boards; spine in compartments between raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, white silken endpapers. In about fine condition. (Some sporadic spotting.) A very handsome copy.

A thorough study of the evolvement of weaponry, armour, and battle tactics, accompanied by a charming collection of illustrations.
€ 105 --



10 LIEBE, Georg. Der Soldat in der deutschen Vergangenheit. Mit einhundertdreiundachtzig Abbildungen und Beilagen nach den Originalen aus dem 15.-18. Jahrhundert. (Monographien zur deutschen Kulturgeschichte). Leipzig, Diederichs, 1899.

Crown quarto. Unpaginated. Set in two columns in Gothic type. Profusely illustrated throughout with 138 letterpress reproductions, many of which are full- and double-page, of 15th to 18th-century original engravings and woodcuts. Some halftone plates; typographical ornaments to each page. Hardcover, original three-quarter crimson cloth over decorated marbled boards, cover gilt-embossed, gilt label to spine, marbled endpapers with decorated gutters, all edges black. In fine condition (pen scribble to cover). Excellent copy.

First edition. Depicts almost every imaginable aspect of military life. A visual and typographical feast.
€ 82 --



11 LIEDEL, Oscar. Foreword by Richard Dupierreux. Oorlog en bezetting, gezien door Oscar Liedel [SIGNED COPY]. Brussel, Rozez, 1947.

Original portfolio case with 30 colour plates after Oscar Liedel, loosely inserted as issued. Each plate tipped-in onto a 39 x 56 cm Arches Paper sheet, folded to folio size. Each plate within embossed plate mark. Each sheet bears a trade watermark. Printed with text and illustrated in brown ink by Liedel on recto, numbered on verso. Title sheet printed in brown and red with an illustration by Liedel; signed limitation page on verso. With a two-page preface by Richard Dupierreux. Contents sheet with a large illustration by Liedel on recto. Inner casing envelope titled in red. Spine titled in red. With red silken tab. Overall in a very good condition. All plates are in exceptionally fine condition, crisp and bright. Case bit soiled/rubbed; edges neatly strengthened by professional hand.

First edition. Deluxe, limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 146. SIGNED COPY: this copy is signed, in ink, both by the author and by the publisher on the limitation page. Scarce.
€ 345 --



12 MARCUS, Henri. [Victor Huen]. Victor Huen: Peintre Militaire Alsacien, 1874-1939: Sa vie, son oeuvre. Paris, Berger Levrault, 1949.

Crown quarto. Pp. 63. Portrait frontispiece. With numerous monochrome photographic illustrations, many of which are full-page. Catalogue, references. Original wrappers, cover lettered in red. In a very good condition (faint dampmark to blank margin of few leaves; upper cover soiled).

- - The first part chronicles Huen’s life, and a nice collection of family pictures provide the necessary visual reference. The second part, “Son Oeuvre,” is dedicated to his work and achievements. The reproductions of his paintings are superb, printed in silver-tinted ink. Scarce.
€ 220 --



13 MENPES, Mortimer. Transcribed by Dorothy Menpes. War Impressions: Being a Record in Colour. [DE LUXE LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED]. London, Black, 1901.

Crown quarto. Pp. 254. Plus 99 colour plates bound in, each has a tissue guard with a printed caption. Plus double-page sketch map bound at rear. With six facsimile letters. Text printed on fine, roughly trimmed woven paper with very broad margins around. Some yet unopened leaves. Hardcover, original pale grey cloth lettered in gilt within light green decorative border, spine gilt, some wear to spine ends, top edge gilt, part of text block loose as gutta-percha rubber cement perished. A remarkably clean interior with all plates in a superb state of preservation.

- - First edition. A copy of the De Luxe Edition, limited to 350 copies, of which this is number 106. Signed by the author. Bookplate “Lé auerhaan”. Mendelssohn I, 1008.
€ 275 --



14 MONTORGUEIL, G. (Texte). Aquarelles de JOB [Jean Onfroy de Breville]. Murat. Murat a l’auberge paternelle; l’Engagé volontaire; Le cavalier d’Aboukir; Le beau-frère de Napoléon; Le roi de Naples; La garde-robe d’un héros; Un roi en haillons; Le drame du pizzo. Paris, Hachette, (1903).

Oblong crown quarto. Unpaginated. With 40 full-page fine colour chromotypograph plates by JOB, printed by Firmin-Didot of Paris. Title page printed in copper-brown and black; vignette illustration to title. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s quarter cloth over boards, a full-size plate nicely set within gilt frame on upper board, boards bit soiled, gilt title, corner-tips bit chafed. In about fine condition. A lovely copy in a very strong and tight binding, with a spotless set of plates, superbly reproduced and overall very fresh.

- - First edition of this format. Rare. OCLC records just one copy (Stanford University) of this 1903 edition. Joachim Murat (1767-1815), one of Napoleon’s best marshals. Married Napoleon’s youngest sister Caroline in 1800. Was at the head of Napoleon’s armies during the invasion of Spain in 1807 and was made King of Naples the following year. Commanded the cavalry during the invasion of Russia and the whole of the Grande Armée after Napoleon’s departure. After Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815, Murat was executed, allegedly saying to the firing squad: “Spare my face, aim at the heart”. The total of individual illustrations in this book, including cover, sums up to 43 (one plate is double-page; one plate depicts 4 individual illustrations). Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the superb illustrations in this book, and indeed in all Montorgueil and Job’s print productions, are not chromolithographs. At the end of the 19th century the term “chromotypograph”, implying colour printed from raised metal, as type is, was used for colour prints which made use of metal relief blocks. It is indeed the process used in this book; the colour plates were printed from etched metal blocks, a relief method rather than planographic.
€ 1250 --



15 MONTORGUEIL, Georges. Imagé par JOB [J. O. de Breville]. La Cantinière. (France, Son Histoire). Paris, Felix Juven, n.d.

Folio. Unpaginated. Title-page printed in red and black. Elaborately illustrated initial and head-piece. Richly illustrated throughout with chromotypograph plates of fine quality, many of which are full-page, some double-page. Printed on heavy paper. Hardcover, original pictorial cloth. All edges coloured red. In fine condition. Excellent copy indeed, remarkably well preserved.

A fine example of a charming classic, Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf. Printed by Paul Dupont, Paris. Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the superb illustrations in this book, and indeed in all Montorgueil and Job’s print productions, are not chromolithographs. At the end of the 19th century the term “chromotypograph”, implying colour printed from raised metal, as type is, was used for colour prints which made use of metal relief blocks. It is indeed the process used in this book; the colour plates were printed from etched metal blocks, a relief method rather than planographic.
€ 275 --



16 MONTORGUEIL, Georges. Imagé par JOB [J. O. de Breville]. La Cantinière. France, Son Histoire. Paris, Charavay, Mantoux, Martin, n.d.

Folio. Unpaginated. Title-page printed in red and black. Elaborately illustrated initial and head-piece. Richly illustrated throughout with splendid chromotypograph plates of fine quality, many of which are full-page, some double-page. Printed on heavy paper. Hardcover, original pictorial cloth. All edges coloured red. Fair copy. (Spine worn, inner hinges split/strengthened; binding loose, marginal tear- or two neatly mended.) Overall internally clean and complete; plates and illustrations are in a very good condition.

- - The plates in this particular edition, printed by E. Charaire, Paris, are worth pursuing. They are remarkably richer in tone, and have a fuller body than those in the other editions. Variations of colour are well expressed, and even minute shifts in hues scale and density are very well visible, something which can not be truly said of the result of other printers’ efforts to reproduce this work. Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the superb illustrations in this book, and indeed in all Montorgueil and Job’s print productions, are not chromolithographs. At the end of the 19th century the term “chromotypograph”, implying colour printed from raised metal, as type is, was used for colour prints which made use of metal relief blocks. It is indeed the process used in this book; the colour plates were printed from etched metal blocks, a relief method rather than planographic. A rather used copy of a charming classic, and priced accordingly.
€ 135 --



17 MONTORGUEIL, Georges. Imagé par JOB [J. O. de Breville]. Les trois couleurs. France, son Histoire. Paris, Charavay, Martin, n.d.

Folio. Unpaginated. Title-page printed in red, blue, and black. Handsome letterpress device to title. Richly illustrated throughout with chromotypograph plates of fine quality, many of which are full- or double-page. Printed on heavy paper. Hardcover, original elaborately decorated cloth, printed in red, green, blue, and white on silver, gilt blocked, spine gilt, lower board ornamentally blocked in blind. All edges coloured red. In exceptionally fine condition. Excellent copy indeed, remarkably well preserved.

- - A fine example of a charming classic, Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf. Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the superb illustrations in this book, and indeed in all Montorgueil and Job’s print productions, are not chromolithographs. At the end of the 19th century the term “chromotypograph”, implying colour printed from raised metal, as type is, was used for colour prints which made use of metal relief blocks. It is indeed the process used in this book; the colour plates were printed from etched metal blocks, a relief method rather than planographic.
€ 280 --



18 MONTORGUEIL, Georges. Imagé par JOB [J. O. de Breville]. Napoléon. Paris, Boivin, 1921.

Folio. Pp. iv, 80. Fine device to title. Elaborately illustrated initial and head-piece. With 32 full-page and four double-page splendid chromotypograph plates of fine quality, tipped-in. Hardcover, original pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. In good condition. (Cloth on spine partly worn, cover bit soiled; some paper stubs a bit worn at bottom; short split to fold of a double-plate at bottom.) Else fine, clean copy with a beautiful set of plates.

- - A fine example of a charming classic. Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the superb illustrations in this book, and indeed in all Montorgueil and Job’s print productions, are not chromolithographs. At the end of the 19th century the term “chromotypograph”, implying colour printed from raised metal, as type is, was used for colour prints which made use of metal relief blocks. It is indeed the process used in this book; the colour plates were printed from etched metal blocks, a relief method rather than planographic.
€ 520 --



19 MONTORGUEIL, Georges. Imagé par JOB [J. O. de Breville]. Gustave Toudouze, Maurice Leloir. Louis XI. [ADDED:] Le Roy (Roi) Soleil. [TWO VOLUMES]. Paris, Boivin, 1905.

Folio. Pp. iv, 78, (2). Handsome coloured vignette to title-page. Elaborately illustrated initial and coloured end-piece to preface. With 32 full-page (inc. one large vignette) and 4 double-page chromotypograph plates of fine quality, tipped-in. Printed on heavy paper, some marginal rubbing spots to last leaf well-away from text; some paper stubs bit worn at bottom as common with this kind of binding. Hardcover, original pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, extremities bit rubbed, lower board bit dull, abrasion mark to upper board. In a very good condition, fine plates.

- - TO THIS WE ADD A COMPLIMENTARY COPY: Gustave Toudouze, Maurice Leloir: “Le Roy Soleil”. (Paris, Ancienne Libraririe Furne, Combet & Cie, Editeurs, 1904.) First edition. Folio, Pp. 92. With numerous, superbly printed colour chromotypograph plates after Maurice Leloir, printed by Firmin-Didot. Colour title-page, half-title present, text ornaments. Hardcover, bound in the original pictorial cloth, gilt edges, binding is damaged. Generally poor but with the wonderful plates in overall fine condition. A complimentary copy.
€ 250 --



20 PARQUIN, Capitaine. Illustrations by F. de Myrbach, H. Dupray, Walker, L. Sergent, Marius Roy. Récits de guerre: Souvenirs du Capitaine Parquin, 1803-1814. Paris, Boussod, Valadon, 1892.

Folio. Pp. viii, 168. Plus numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page, printed on different paper, bound in. Profusely illustrated throughout with text illustrations. Title printed in red and black; fine publisher’s device. Hardcover, bound in the original, richly decorated crimson cloth, lettered and illustrated in gilt and green, spine decorated, gilt, some wear to ends, top edge gilt. In a very good condition. Overall a very nice copy.

- - Rare volume in the original publisher’s binding. Provenance: Major General F. J. van Lier’s copy, with his entry and signature to front flyleaf.
€ 285 --



21 PARQUIN, Capitaine. Illustrations by F. de Myrbach, H. Dupray, Walker, L. Sergent, Marius Roy. Récits de guerre: Souvenirs du Capitaine Parquin, 1803-1814. Paris, Boussod, Valadon, 1892.

Folio. Pp. viii, 168. Plus numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page, printed on different paper. Profusely illustrated throughout with text illustrations. Fine publisher’s device to title, title printed in red and black. Hardcover, contemporary three-quarter crimson calf and marbled boards, spine gilt direct with 5 raised bands, light discoloured patch, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. In about fine condition. A very handsome copy, with interior in exceptionally fine state of preservation, bright and fresh.

€ 215 --



22 ROBICHON, François. Préface du prince Napoléon Murat. [JOB; J. O. de Breville]. JOB ou l’Histoire illustrée. Paris, Herscher, 1984.

Folio. Pp. 159. Portrait frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page. Catalogues, biography, bibliography, index. Hardcover, original creme cloth titled in red, spine red, with pictorial dust-jacket (this near fine). In fine condition (minor mark to flyleaf). Excellent copy, beautifully well-preserved.

First edition. An excellent companion and an oeuvre raison of this gifted illustrator.
€ 80 --



23 RÖCHLING, Carl, and Richard Knötel. Text by Hermann Müller-Bohn. Friedrich der Grosse. Dem Deutschen Volke geschildert in bildlichen Darstellungen... Berlin, Kittel, n.d.

Oblong crown 4to. Pp. (14). With 51 full-page colour plates, each with accompanied text on the preceding verso. Hardcover, original illustrated cloth. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.

Reprint of the first 1901 edition.
€ 85 --



24 SEIPEL, Wilfried (Hrsg.) Der Kriegszug Kaiser Karls V. gegen Tunis. Kartons und Tapisserien. Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum; Milano, Skira, 2000.

BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. 139. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous colour plates, many of which are full- or double-page. Text illustrations. Pictorial card wrappers with full-size flaps. Brand new.

- - ISBN 3854970137 ISBN 3 85497 013 7
€ 29 --



25 SIERKSMA, Kl. L’Histoire fixee en drapeaux. Un choix représentatif de 12 tableaux de pavillons sélectionnés entre 1500 et 1900. / Geschichte-dokumentiert in Flaggentafeln. Eine repräsentative Auswahl von 12 Flaggentafeln, die zwischen 1500 und 1900 erschienen sind. / History Captured in Flags. A Representative Selection of 12 Flag Charts Published Between 1500 and 1900. Bussum, De Boer Maritiem; Oldenburg, Gerhard Stalling; Milano, U. Mursia, (1974).

Oversized portfolio. Contains 12 single-sheet colour and line plates, each measuring 70 x 55 cm; plus one blank sheet. Includes 8 pp. explanatory text on 2 sheets folded to imperial folio. Hardcover, original publisher’s portfolio, green cloth over boards, gilt decorated, leatherette spine. In fine condition. Excellent copy, all 12 charts are crisp and beautifully preserved.

- - First edition. Copy no. 40 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. The original charts, drawn on parchments, engraved on copper, or lithographed by the contemporary artists were used for reproduction. The 12 sheets are of approximately the same size as the originals. Scarce. KVK locates a copy in the National Library of the Netherlands, two copies in Union Catalog of Canada, and three copies in Germany (National Library, Union Catalog North Rhine-Westphalia, Union Catalog Bavaria). ISBN 9022819981 379791149 17997
€ 240 --



26 UHLITZSCH, Joachim. Der Soldat in der bildenden Kunst: 15. bis 20. Jahrhundert. Berlin, Militärverlag der DDR, 1987.

Royal 4to. Pp. 335. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full-page, and text illustrations. Illustrated biographies of artists, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, original decorated brown cloth, spine gilt, with dust-jacket (this with tear neatly mended, else very good). In fine condition. Excellent, bright copy.

- - First edition. Excellent survey of the representation of war in the fine art. Of particular interest is the choice and methodology of the East German editors. With technique and measurements of the original art works. To this we add: “Export Information” 1979, 1980. Book catalogues of Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Original illustrated wrappers.
€ 30 --



27 WEIJER, Joost van de. [Marten Toonder]. Marten Toonder, tekenaar in oorlogstijd. Amsterdam, Verzetsmuseum, 1994.

Quarto. Pp. 120. Numerous full-page plates; text illustrations. Stiff wrappers. A brand new copy in mint condition.

- - First edition. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name in the Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam in 1994.
€ 70 --



28 ZOBELTITZ, H. C. von (Editor). Paintings by Fritz Koch-Gotha. Das Deutsche Heer im bunten und im grauen Rock. Berlin, Franke, (1935).

Crown quarto. Pp. 271. Colour plate frontispiece. Plus 3 other colour plates, all reproducing paintings by Koch-Gotha, and 32 (helio)gravure plates, printed in tinted ink on different paper. With numerous pen-and-ink illustrations to the text, musical notes, illustrated initials, tail-piece. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, original illustrated grey cloth. In a very good condition. (Binding spotted, lower board soiled.) Overall a nice copy.

- - First edition. A celebration of military life in beautiful colour plates, gravures, and drawings.
€ 48 --

 

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