Doughty John Thomas (9 results)
Published by J & T Doughty, 1830
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Philadelphia: John and Thomas Doughty, 1830-1833. 3 vols in 2. Quarto (11 1/8"x 9", 283mm x 230mm). First edition. With 56 lithographed plates: 54 hand-colored and 2 uncolored plates. (pl. 5 in vol. 2 and pl. 7 in vol. 3). Engraved frontispiece of Charles Wilson Peale by J. B. Longac…re after Rembrandt Peale in vol. 1. Engraved frontispiece of William Bartram in vol. 2. All plates in volume 1 after Thomas Doughty and remaining plates by various artists. Many wood-engraved text illustrations. Bound in brown half morocco over marbled boards. Gilt title and volume to second and fourth panels on the spine with five raised bands. Both volumes housed in a custom quarter brown morocco slipcase with folding chemises. Spines rubbed and boards scraped. Heavy staining to vol. 1, but plates intact. Foxing throughout both vols. Front pastedown starting. Tissue guards. Country pursuits have long been the traditional occupation of a gentleman. In some regards, this is universal: hunting, cultivation, games and so forth. What the American sportsman adds, especially in the early XIXc, is the sense of exploration and wildness that comes from the vast expanse of the continent. The Doughtys Thomas (17931856) was the father of the Hudson River School, though a Philadelphian gathered anything having to do with the great outdoors, from glossaries to botanical and ornithological publications, to cultivation guides and home- and land-owner's tips, right through to tales of hunting and fishing. Initially issued monthly, the popularity of the venture (and doubtless old sheets as well) led to this issue in book form. Bennett calls volume III "perhaps the most difficult of all American sport item to find." The work is distinguished as the first major publication in America illustrated with hand-colored lithographic plates. For the next thirty years, this was the prime means of disseminating color images in America; although chromolithography would be developed a few years after the present work, it would not be used widely till after the Civil War. Bookplates of Thomas B. Wilson (res non verba/facts not words). From the library of Laird U. Park, Jr. (from his sale Sotheby's New York, 29 November 2000, lot 79) The Park Library was devoted principally to the history of Philadelphia and to Benjamin Franklin in particular. Although some books were collected by Irene Dearnley Park, the majority were gathered by her son, the Philadelphia businessman Laird U. Park, Jr. Bennett p. 35, Henderson p. 37, Howes D433, Reese American Color Plate Books 12.
More imagesPublished by J & T Doughty, 1830
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Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good condition overall. Uniformly bound with leather spines and corners over cloth boards, five raised bands to spine, lettered in gilt on spines; bookplates to endpapers. Title pages foxed, some pages browned or foxed, some of the engraved plates heavily foxed. The color plat…es exhibit no or only light foxing, and are generally excellent. Volumes 1 & 2 measure 11-1/4" x 9-1/4?, volume 3 measures 12-1/2" x 10? Although the first two volumes are presumably trimmed, the margins are still respectable, and these volumes measure slightly larger than other bound copies we have seen. 54 colored plates plus 3 engraved plate illustrations, 2 engraved frontis portraits, 3 engraved title pages. Collation: Volume 1: frontis engraving, engraved title page, color plates 1-11, 15, 12-14, 16-24, engraved plate after page 126. The misplacement of plate 15 is due to pages 169-72 being misbound after page 132. Volume 2: frontis engraving, engraved title page, color plates 1-4, 6-24. Plate 5 is not colored; plate 11 is labelled ?12? and plate 13 is labelled ?14.? Volume 3: engraved title page, color plates 1-6, 8. Plate 7 is not colored, plate 2 is labelled ?1.? Front and rear covers of all four issues bound in at rear. It appears that Volume 3 was discovered incomplete. There is a pencil note on the front endpaper which says that several illustrations are missing. The rear endpaper has a catalog clipping tipped in, an ink note of purchase date, and an ink note saying ?Bound by Alfred Smith and Co., Philadelphia 1915,? along with a few pencil notes of prices. An important combination of American printing and art, this is one of the first color-plate books to be produced in America, and helped establish lithography as ?the? process of illustration. Issued separately, the first volume was the result of the brothers John and Thomas Doughty. Partway through the second volume, however, Thomas moved to Boston to pursue a career as a painter. He would become the first artist to paint in the Hudson River School style and was a major influence in nineteenth century American Art. John Doughty continued with the end of the second volume and half of the third volume before the project failed, probably in part because the quality of the prints declines after the departure of Thomas. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
More imagesPublished by Philadelphia: J. & T. Doughty, 1830-1834., 1834
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Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.Arader Galleries - AraderNYC
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes in 28 ORIGINAL PARTS, of 30 (11 x 9 inches and 12 4/8 x 10 inches). 3 engraved vignette title-pages, one for each volume, engraved portraits of Charles Wilson Peale and William Bartram, 49 engraved plates, 47 with original hand-colour (of a total of 56 plates) (lacking parts IX and X f…rom Volume II, lacking plates from part I, and the Wild Swan from part VIII of volume I, some occasionally heavy browning and dampstaining). Original alternately ochre, beige, grey and blue printed paper wrappers (some heavy staining to about 3 parts, last part lower wrapper detached and frayed). Provenance: with the contemporary alternately pencilled and ink ownership inscription of George Cadwallader, 299 Chestnut Street, [?Philadelphia]. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, in any condition, only one other example in original parts has been offered at auction, that we can find: Sotheby's, Sporting Books from the Collection of the late Lindley Eberstadt, May 22nd, 1985. "The Doughtys' "Cabinet" is an odd amalgam of natural history, sporting accounts, travel narratives, and practical advice for the countryman. This was the first major book issued in the United States to be illustrated with hand-coloured lithographic plates, preceded only by three minor books in the 1820s. It marks the beginning of the dominance of lithography in book illustration, although the process had been commercially viable in America for a decade" (Reese). Thomas Doughty, one of America's greatest landscape painters "apparently taught himself how to paint, and around 1816 he painted his first landscapes. It was also at this time that he listed his occupation as "painter" in the Philadelphia register, among the first American artists to do so. He was an avid hunter and fisherman whose intense love of nature inspired him to capture the serenity and joy he experienced in the wooded hills and along the quiet streams of the Northeast" (Britt Steen Zuñiga for DNB). Bennett, page 35; Henderson, page 37;Howes D433; Reese, American Color Plate Books 12.
More imagesPublished by J. & T. Doughty, Philadelphia, 1830
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Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.Thorn Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition. Volume I. 4to. vii,[1],298,[2];pp., plus 24 hand-colored lithographic plates, and uncolored engraved portrait of Charles Willson Peale. Engraved title page. Contemporary calf boards, rebacked to style in matching leather, and with the original spine laid-in. Text is…brown and spotted, the plates less so with very good coloring. Several pages have been expertly remargined at the fore edge (no loss) else this is a very good copy. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1832. Very rare and among the first American books to be illustrated with lithographic plates. The Cabinet of Natural History was started by brothers Thomas and John Doughty in Philadelphia. It was issued in monthly parts and ran from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834 However, despite its relatively short life, it left behind an important legacy: Bennett calls it the "first major sport print color plate book produced in America," the text includes firsthand accounts of hunting expeditions of all kinds and are among the earliest of their kind. The plates include the "first colored sporting prints made in America" (Henderson), and most importantly the work includes a significant number of original lithographs by one of the great names in 19th-century American art. The first volume (made up of twelve parts ) was certainly the work of both Doughty brothers, with virtually all the plates being the work of Thomas. "Artistically, Vol. 1 is much the most important, for it contains the original plates by Thos. Doughty, famous painter and founding father of the Hudson River School" - Bennett. Indeed the plates in the later volumes are from a multitude of hands and sources. "The coloured plates are important - being the first coloured sporting prints made in America. There is only one earlier American book with coloured plates that I know of, and that is a treatise on Medical Botany - published in Philadelphia in 1817. Many of these coloured plates of animals and birds are charming, the colouring is soft, correct as to details, and all are well drawn" - Gee.
More imagesPublished by J. & T. Doughty, Philadelphia, 1833
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. First edition. Three uncolored steel-engraved titles with vignettes, two uncolored steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, and fifty-seven plates (three uncolored, the others being hand colored lithographs after Thomas Doughty [23], M.E.D. Brown [16], J.G. Clonney [8] and others). vii,[1],298,[2]; vii,[3],292; 96pp…. Text in two columns. 3 vols. 4to. "A mine of information on contemporary sport and natural history" (Phillips). A landmark of American sporting publication, issued in parts by the brothers Thomas and John Doughty. Subscriptions dwindled after Thomas departed for Boston, and the publication ceased with the 4th part of vol. III. "This was the first major book issued in the United States to be illustrated with hand-colored lithographic plates, preceded only by three minor books in the 1820s . an amalgam of natural history, sporting accounts, travel narratives, and practical advice for the countryman" (Reese) A rare complete set of the "American Field Sports" in exceptionally fine condition, with all the plates in their first states, none of the usual spotting or browning and including twenty-three original lithographs by Thomas Doughty, the founding father of the Hudson River School. The Cabinet of Natural History "an amalgam of natural history, sporting accounts, travel narratives, and practical advice for the countryman" (Reese), was started by brothers Thomas and John Doughty in Philadelphia. It was issued in monthly parts and ran from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834 when it ceased publication. The first volume (made up of twelve parts ) was certainly the work of both Doughty brothers, with virtually all the plates being the work of Thomas, but by the time the third part of the second volume had been issued, the partnership had been broken up. Thomas had moved to Boston to pursue his career as a painter, and as of May 17, 1832, John Doughty was the sole proprietor. Evidently Thomas' input was sorely missed, and by mid-summer John was advising his subscribers that unless the level of support improved he would have to discontinue the publication. In the end the periodical continued for almost another year, with some excellent images from artists such as M.E.D. Brown and James Goodwyn Clooney, before John Doughty's prediction was fulfilled and the publication came to an abrupt halt with Part IV of the third volume. However, despite its relatively short life, The Cabinet of Natural History left behind an important legacy: Bennett calls it the "first major sport print color plate book produced in America," the text includes first-hand accounts of hunting expeditions of all kinds and are amongst the earliest of their kind (some of which were reprinted by the Derrydale Press in 1928), the plates include the "first colored sporting prints made in America" (Henderson), and most importantly the work includes a significant number of original lithographs by one of the great names in 19th-century American art. "Of all the predecessors to [Thomas] Cole and his followers, the single artist who could most reasonably claim Cole's mantle as the founder of the [Hudson River] school is the appealing figure of Thomas Doughty, who at one juncture was hailed as 'the all-American Claude Lorrain'.he was the leading landscape painter in Boston, traveled in England and France, and lived in New York City, Newburgh, and western New York.Doughty traveled extensively throughout the northeastern United States, painting rivers, mountains, and woods interiors that are memorable for their mood, tonality, and quality of light.[Tuckerman wrote] of his woodland landscapes, that 'there was often a cool, vivid tone, a true execution, and especially a genuine American character to them'" - Howat. As a painter Doughty "holds a place unique among artists of this country as having 'initiated the American discovery of the American landscape'" (Looney). His importance as a print maker has yet to be fully recognized or adequately defined for though "there are many prints to which Doughty's name is attached as artist only, there are only a few for which he was initially completely responsible.These are the 23 lithographs made specifically for Volume I of.The Cabinet of Natural History.To these may the added 4 views published separately in 1832 whose subjects are unrelated to the Cabinet" (op. cit.). Doughty initially trained as a leather currier but by 1820 was listing himself in the Philadelphia City Directory as a landscape painter. "He was restless.energetic.gifted.[and] was popular almost from the start. People obviously liked his vision of a benevolent natural world.He exhibited frequently in Philadelphia and elsewhere.he was collected - he was, in a word, a success" (op. cit.). His work was engraved for use in various publications from the early 1820s onwards, but his "major contribution to the world of printmaking, however, lies not in the 40-odd illustrations taken from his paintings and drawings but rather in the plates he himself made for [the present work]" (op. cit). American lithography was still in its infancy when the Doughtys began their periodical, and it is not clear where Thomas learned the art. ".He proved himself an able practitioner in the plates of Volume I of the Cabinet, which are important as the first sporting prints in color made in America" (op. cit.). This volume also has the distinction of being the first major book of any kind with colored lithographic plates printed in America. There were two earlier minor works but "their lithographic illustrations, being chiefly diagrams, have not the same artistic quality as those of the Cabinet of 1830 with its studies of birds and animals in natural settings and dramatic landscapes. Moreover, the Cabinet was widely distributed, and the first eight issues at least were a popular success. In this way, introducing the colored lithograph to a wide audience, it made an important contribution to the development of American lithography.1830 was thus c.
More imagesPublished by J. & T. Doughty 1830-1833, Philadelphia, 1830
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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Three quarto volumes (27.75cm); full polished tan calf bound by Bennett, spines in six compartments, with five raised bands, maroon and hunter green leather title labels, decorations stamped in gilt within the compartments, with double-ruled gilt-tooled borders and corner pieces on covers; marbled endpapers with g…ilt dentelles; all edges gilt; Vol.I: engraved title page, [3],4-298,[299-300],viii, with a black & white portrait of Charles Wilson Peale and 24 hand-colored plates; Vol.II: engraved title page, [1]-292,x, with a black & white portrait of William Bartram and 24 plates (23 hand-colored, 1 black & white); Vol.III: engraved title page, [1]-96pp, with 8 plates (7 hand-colored, 1 black & white). Minute wear to a few spine bands; all volumes show some degree of offsetting from plates onto opposing or preceding pages; faint foxing to engraved title pages in each volume; a few very faint cup ring marks on verso of one plate in Vol.1 (at p.24); similar ring marks to pp.165-168 in Vol.2, with scattered foxing to a few terminal leaves; old tide-marks to edges of the first dozen or so pages in Vol.3, with p.3-4 professionally and skilfully remargined, and some scattered foxing to several other text pages; Near Fine. "The Doughtys' Cabinet is an odd amalgam of natural history, sporting accounts, travel narratives, and practical advice for the countryman. This was the first major book issued in the United States to be illustrated with hand-colored lithographic plates, preceded only by three minor books in the 1820s. It marks the beginning of the dominance of lithography in book illustration, although the process has been commercially viable in America for a decade. The plates in the first volume are by Thomas Doughty, well known as a Hudson River School painter, who executed the drawings on the lithographic stones" (Reese, Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books 12). HOWES D-433; PHILLIPS, p.69. 89255.
More imagesPublished by J. & T. Doughty, Philadelphia, 1833
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portraits of Charles Wilson Peale and William Bartram and engraved titles to each volume, Engraved plate in Vol III, "Death of the Fox". With 54 hand-colored lithographs. vii, [i], 298, [2, Index] ; vii, [i], 292, [2]; 96 pp. 3 vols. 4to. "A mine of information on contemporary…sport and natural history" (Phillips). A landmark of American sporting publication, issued in parts by the brothers Thomas and John Doughty. Subscriptions dwindled after Thomas departed for Boston, and the publication ceased with the 4th part of vol. III. Connett published a selection of articles, Some Early American Hunters (1928) as one of the early Derrydale Press titles. "This was the first major book issued in the United States to be illustrated with hand-colored lithographic plates, preceded only by three minor books in the 1820s . an amalgam of natural history, sporting accounts, travel narratives, and practical advice for the countryman" (Reese). Complete set with good American sporting provenance, from the library of Samuel B. Webb, a Vanderbilt descendant. Phillips p. 69; Reese, American Color Plate Books, #12; Gee, Early American Sporting Books, pp.48-49; Henderson p.37; Howes D433: Litchfield 19; Bennett 35; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 117. Robert F. Looney, "Thomas Doughty, Printmaker" in Philadelphia Printmaking (West Chester, 1976), pp.130-48 Twentieth century quarter calf and Cockerel paper over boards. Sporting book labels of Samuel B. Webb. Very minor spotting to text leaves (two gatherings of vol. II quite toned); in vol. II the Wild Turkey plate is present and skillfully colored. Superficial rubbing to boards. Fine set with distinguished provenance Engraved frontispiece portraits of Charles Wilson Peale and William Bartram and engraved titles to each volume, Engraved plate in Vol III, "Death of the Fox". With 54 hand-colored lithographs. vii, [i], 298, [2, Index] ; vii, [i], 292, [2]; 96 pp. 3 vols. 4to.
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Contact seller5-star sellerDOUGHTY, John and Thomas. The Cabinet of Natural History, and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Phila.: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-1832. 1st eds. 2 Vols. 4tos. vii,[1],298, [2,index]; vii,[i],292,[2,index]pp. Portrait frontises, engraved title vignettes, illus., 48 plates (all but one hand-colored). Original full calf rebac…ked in period-style morocco raised spine bands, gilt decorated compartments, red spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled end papers. Very old waterstaining to margins not affecting text, some very light foxing, else a very good set. HOWES D-433. Reese, American Color Plate Books, 12. Bennett, p. 35. McGrath, p. 187. Gee, pp. 48-49. The first major book with colored sporting prints to be issued in the United States. "Artistically, Vol. I is much the more important, for it contains the original plates by Thos. Doughty, famous painter and founding-father of the Hudson River School"--Bennett. The Cabinet was issued in monthly parts and collected in 3 vols. "The publication ceased with Part 4 of Volume 3, and the abbreviated volume is perhaps the most difficult of all American sport items to find"--Bennett. "The colored prints are important--being the first colored sporting prints made in America. Many of these colored plates of animals and birds are charming, the coloring is soft, correct as to details, and all are well drawn"--Gee.
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Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDOUGHTY, John and Thomas. The Cabinet of Natural History, and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Phila.: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-1832. 1st eds. 2 Vols. 4to. vii, [i], [ii], 298, [2, index]; vii, [1], 292, [2, index] pp. Portrait frontises., engraved title vignettes, illus., 48 hand-colored plates. Period-style 3/4-calf an…d marbled boards, gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels, gilt rules on spine, T.e.gs. Portrait frontis. in Vol. One professionally restored, else a very good or better set. HOWES D-433. Reese, American Color Plate Books, 12. Bennett, p. 35. McGrath, p. 187. Gee, pp. 48-49. The first major book with colored sporting prints to be issued in the United States. "Artistically, Vol. I is much the most important, for it contains the original plates by Thos. Doughty, famous painter and founding-father of the Hudson River School"--Bennett. The Cabinet was issued in monthly parts and collected in 3 vols. "The publication ceased with Part 4 of Volume 3, and the abbreviated volume is perhaps the most difficult of all American sport items to find"--Bennett. "the colored plates are important--being the first colored sporting prints made in America. . Many of these colored plates of animals and birds are charming, the coloring is soft, correct as to details, and all are well drawn"--Gee.
