London: Thames and Hudson, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 30.5 x 23 cm. More than 600 illustrations with 116 in color. List of Exhibitions, List of Almanacs and Illustrated Book Published By Fornasetti and Brief Chronology of Fornasetti's Life And Work. His "trompe l'oeil" architectural themes are inspiring. As..... More
Leipsig and Dresden: A.H. Payne, ca1870. First edition. Hardcover. 236 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Seventy three plates, most are hand-tinted. Glossarial Index. Also, contains a chapter on Staircases and handrails. A.H. Payne was an English engraver and illustrator who from 1838, lived in Leipzig. Perhaps hand-coloring was cheaper in..... More
New York: Geo. E. Woodward, [1869]. First edition. Hardcover. 26 pages in text, 100 lithographic plates, advertisements at end of text with twelve full-color lithographic samples of floor tiles. This volume contains full blown stick style for cottages, houses, an ice house, boat and bath house, schoolhouse,stable, French villa, church..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1919. Hardcover. 108 pages. 114 photographs: examples and American adaptations of the Dutch Colonial style. Ideal designs for small buildings. Most of the houses illustrated are in Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson Counties in NJ, and in Kings and Queens Counties, NY. ROOS 1627. Slight..... More
New York: Harper & Bros, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 318 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Thirty-two designs which include plans and elevations; plus 300 wood engravings. One full-color lithographic plate of color tile specimens. Interior contents with intermittent light toning, wear to backstrip extremities. HITCHCOCK 1304. KARPEL B239. "An important..... More
Paris: Charles Moreau, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Folios, 41 x 31 cm. 32 heliotype plates in each volume with multiple images per plate, many are Art Deco designs by Bigot, Binquet, Bourchard, Guenot, Lalique, Poisson, Seguin et al -- displaying a range of objects in glass, stone, metal, ceramics and..... More
New York: Basic Books, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 306 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Illustrated with photographs. Describes the ideals of this art form and traces its two hundred year old history. Extensive Notes and Index. More
Savannah: Beehive Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. 23.5 x 22 cm. Photographs and plans. Bibliography and Notes. As new copy. More