Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

314 314 c   TAYLOR, CHARLES, engraver. The Cabinet of Genius Containing Frontispieces and Characters Adapted to the Most Popular Poems. 3 engraved titles, 90 stipple-engraved plates (including 10 views). 3 volumes. Small 4to, 9x7 1 / 2 inches, contemporary worn marbled paper covered boards, rebacked; uncut; scattered light foxing and dampstaining, occasional tears and small losses. London, 1787 [300/500] 315 c   (THEATER DESIGN.) Diderot, Denis;and Jean le Rond d’Alembert.12 pages and 80 full-page and folding engraved plates of theater architecture and stage machinery from Diderot’s Encyclopedie. Folio, 17x11 inches, modern cloth boards; uncut with deckle edges, occasional light dampstaining. Paris, circa 1770 [250/350] 315 316 c   (THEATER — JAPANESE.) Tsukioka Kogyo. Noh Ga Taikan. Title-page and 50 full-page color woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 10x14 inches, bound concertina-format in original patterned silk-covered boards with printed paper label to upper cover, minor wear; occasional light foxing, strengthening or re-joining of several plates along folds. Japan, circa 1900 [800/1,200] Beautiful album of colored plates picturing exquisitely costumed actors performing scenes from Japanese Noh plays.