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A Vanished World - Signed -
Roman Vishniac, Elie Wiesel
1983 - Farrar, New York - First Edition
‘One picture is worth a thousand words – or is it? In most cases, I would say: no, a poet’s word is worth at least a thousand pictures. But then I would have to admit that Roman Vishniac is a special case.
This astonishing man’s eyes seem to pierce our memory, to sift its shadows. We are afraid to follow him, but we do, even so. Who can resist the lure of the past?’ – Elie Wiesel, from the foreword.
A fine first edition, signed with a large flourish to the front ‘Roman / Edith Vishniac 1985’ Produced for the exhibition of the same name, in large format with 180 photographs, many of which had never been published before.
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1983 - Farrar, New York - First Edition
‘One picture is worth a thousand words – or is it? In most cases, I would say: no, a poet’s word is worth at least a thousand pictures. But then I would have to admit that Roman Vishniac is a special case.This astonishing man’s eyes seem to pierce our memory, to sift its shadows. We are afraid to follow him, but we do, even so. Who can resist the lure of the past?’ – Elie Wiesel, from the foreword.
A fine first edition, signed with a large flourish to the front ‘Roman / Edith Vishniac 1985’ Produced for the exhibition of the same name, in large format with 180 photographs, many of which had never been published before.
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Price HK$ 4,000
Antiquitates Culinariae -
Rev. Richard Warner
1791 - Printed for R. Blamire, London - First Edition
First edition of this large and important work, ‘one of the first signs of scholarship being applied to the history of early English cookery, a development which occurred in the last three decades of the Eighteenth century’ [Maclean].
Illustrated with an engraved title-page, the magnificent double-page terracotta aquatint plate of 'A Peacock Feast', a single-page terracotta aquatint plate of 'A Saxon Entertainment', and an engraved tailpiece on page lvii.
The double-page plate present here was removed from unsold copies after Warner lost the case to Carter over copyright infringement [Maclean].
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Price HK$ 3,200
1791 - Printed for R. Blamire, London - First Edition
First edition of this large and important work, ‘one of the first signs of scholarship being applied to the history of early English cookery, a development which occurred in the last three decades of the Eighteenth century’ [Maclean].Illustrated with an engraved title-page, the magnificent double-page terracotta aquatint plate of 'A Peacock Feast', a single-page terracotta aquatint plate of 'A Saxon Entertainment', and an engraved tailpiece on page lvii.
The double-page plate present here was removed from unsold copies after Warner lost the case to Carter over copyright infringement [Maclean].
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Price HK$ 3,200