About Ursus Books Ltd
Established in 1972, Ursus serves clients in New York and throughout the world. We offer a comprehensive selection of art reference books, superb copies of rare books in all fields, and decorative prints and watercolors.
Established in 19721stDibs seller since 2016
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Featured Pieces
Crab Print
By Mathurin Meheut
Located in New York, NY
Plate number 6, Etrille, Ebalia, Portune, from "Étude de la Mer" by Mathurin Meheut. Heliochrome print. Paris, Éditions Albert Levy, 1924.
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1920s Prints and Multiples
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Le Septieme Chant.
Located in New York, NY
MASSON, André. Le Septieme Chant. By Alain Jouffroy. Illustrated with 4 engravings by Masson. Folio, loose as issued in the original wrappers and linen-covered slipcase, preserve...
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1970s Surrealist More Art
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Piramidi
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
LEWITT, Sol. Piramidi. 10 lithographs, each 222 × 680 mm, in publisher's cardboard box, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Turin: Marco Noire Editore, 1986.
This stunning set of lithographs recall the splendid wall drawings of pyramids that the artist conceived of between 1985 and 1994. These consisted of floor to ceiling pyramids constructed of multiple facets, set against uniform backgrounds. Each work was drawn directly on the walls in successive layers of delicate ink washes, alternating in yellow, red, blue and gray. It is no accident that the results recall Renaissance frescoes since LeWitt first developed this technique after moving from New York to Spoleto, Italy in 1980. Unlke the wall drawings, many of which no longer exist, this set of lithographs bears lasting testimony to Lewitt's genius.
An immaculate copy in its original cardboard box. One of an edition of 400 copies, signed by Lewitt.
Barbara Krakower Gallery, Sol Lewitt Prints...
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1980s Prints and Multiples
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The Poems, Joan Mitchell plus 3 other Volumes Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. 1. John Ashbery. The Poems. With 4 prints by Joan Mitchell. 2. Frank O'Hara. Odes. With 4 prints by Michael Goldberg. 3. Kenneth Koch. Permanently. With 4 prints by Alfred Leslie. 4. James Schuyler...
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1960s More Art
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American White Pelican
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 422. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
Custom fr...
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1870s Animal Prints
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Common or Arctic Puffin
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
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1870s Animal Prints
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Trumpeter Swan. (Young).
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.
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1870s Animal Prints
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Flamingo Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving, hand-colored at publication, after the work of Mark Catesby by Johann Michael Seligmann from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel." Nuremberg:...
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Mid-18th Century Animal Prints
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Grizzly Bear
By After John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "The Quadrupeds of North America. Octavo Edition" by John James Audubon. Plate CXXXI. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1856.
Excellent ...
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1850s Animal Prints
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Mallard Duck after John James Audubon, Amsterdam Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Plate CCXXI, Mallard Duck, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolored pho...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Summer or Wood Duck after John James Audubon, Amsterdam Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Plate CCVI, Summer or Wood Duck, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolor...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Long-Billed Curlew after John James Audubon, Amsterdam Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Plate CCXXXI, Long-billed Curlew, posthumous reproduction after John James Audubon from The Birds of America, the Amsterdam Edition, printed in Amsterdam, 1971-73. Original multicolored photo-offset print. "G Schut and Zonen" watermark at lower edge of paper. A facsimile from the double-elephant folio...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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