Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

72 c   (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOK.) SOMM, HENRY. Berline de l’Émigré ou Jamais trop tard pour bien faire: Comédie en 1 Acte. extra - illustrated with original ink , pencil , and watercolor drawings by somm , comprising frontispiece and 44 interior illustrations, some full-page, many head- and tail-pieces, many initialed or Signed, originals surrounding some small printed text vignettes. Printed on Japan paper. Thin 8vo, 3 / 4 gilt-lettered red morocco over patterned boards, by Champs, Paris, some rubbing. Paris: En Vente au Chat Noir, 1885   [600/900] number 16 of only 50 copies on japan paper , a presentation copy for publisher and bookseller roldolphe salis from Somm and Charles de Sivry, initialed by Somm. A beautiful and elegant little publication, printed for the premiere of the play on Christmas Day, 1885. 73 c   (NEEDLEWORK / CHRISTINE SLUTER / DUTCH WOMEN ARTISTS.) Verzalemling van Nieuwe en Elegante Breiwerken. 5 lithographed plates and 4 small loose supplied lace swatches. [1], 68 pages. Small 12mo, 19th-century blue cloth over marbled boards; manuscript correction to page 57, scattered light creasing, a few minor worm holes (affecting two letters of text on pg 20), samples a bit loose but intact, contents otherwise clean and bright. Amsterdam: J. D. Gertner, 1843   [400/600] first edition of a scarce women ’ s pattern book for knitting and lacemaking . While three copies of the second and fourth editions (1844-45) are held in Dutch and American institutions, no copy of this edition can be traced. The examples in the book are supplied by a follower of the instructions offered, which includes various stitches and designs. Considered to be the among the earliest, if not the first, book on the subject. 72 73