London: R. Ackermann, 1808-1810. leather_bound. iv, [2], 231; [6], vi, 239; [4], iv, 280, [6] pages. Folio, 35 x 29 cm. Contents leaf in the first state. The key plates, some in first, some are later. Plate water marks mostly early, primarily 1807 & 1808 in Vol. I. Wood engraved..... More
New York: Summit, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. More
New York: Macmillan, 1929. Arms, John Taylor. First edition. Hardcover. 179 pages. 29.5 x 22.5 cm. With fifty-one reproductions of etchings and drawings by John Taylor Arms. Reproductions are brilliant and with lettered tissue guards. Wide text margins, interior contents clean, fresh and bright. More
Paris: Charles Hirsch, 1906. Hardcover. 24.5 X 30 cm. Limited edition, copy 118 of 175 copies. De figuris Veneris is an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics, discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject. Each illustration with French text taken from classical authors including..... More
Ramat Gan: Massada Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 237 pages. Fifty illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Professor Barasch, founded theDepartment of the History of Art at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER K87. "A scholarly study of surviving Crusader sculpture in the Holy Land, some of which have been recently discovered." More
New York: Hudson Hills, 1981. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 321 pages. 159 plates, most in color. Foreword by John Held. Translated by R.E. Wolf. Index of Names. Limited edition, copy 560 of 2500. Ex-library with no interior marking. More
Toronto: McClellandand Stewart, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. Over 200 illustrations with more than half in color. Bibliography. Index. A panorama of Canadian art complemented with descriptions from contemporary travel literature, diaries and letters. A good survey of the topic. More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1921. Hardcover. 219 & 233 pages. 28 x 19.5 cm. Total of 200 plates, most with plans and drawings to scale. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER J167. "A standard work of French classical architecture." CHAMBERLAIN 846. LUCAS p53. Printed by the Chiswick Press, small owner label and..... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. More than 400 illustrations. Foreword by Perry T. Rathbone. Introduction by Henry T. Rossiter. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER L79. "Contains useful information for the study of 19th century American draughtsmen and watercolorists. Both volumes contain appendixes listing known artists represented, known sitters, places represented..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1988. First edition. Paperback. 143 pages. Foreword by Douglas Druick. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Bibliography. A representative selection of the group's printmaking activities from approximately 1888-1895. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. 381 pages. 31 x 26 cm. Eighty works featured herein. Provenance Index and Index. As new copy. More
London: Lutterworth Press, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 91 pages. Small 8vo,twenty-two plates and twenty-one line drawings in the text. Index. A plea for the rebuilding of bombed Puritan churches. More
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 163 pages. 246 illustrations some in color. Catalogue of Selected Drawings. Checklist of the Weinbrenner Collection at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.Bibliography. Concordance of Inventory Numbers. Weinbrenner was the first internationally important German architect of the 19th Century. More
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1976. Hardcover. 410 pages. Thirty-six black and white plates and fifty text figures, many are drawings to scale. Bibliography. Index. An in depth study of stone circles which flourished betweenthe middle of the Neolithic and Late Bronze Age from approximately 2500 to 1000 BC. More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Voluminously illustrated in black and white and color. Foreword by Perry T.Rathbone. This set is not only a catalogue of the holdings of the Boston Museum of Art, but also a comprehensive survey of the art of the tapestry,illustrated with examples..... More
New York: Architectural Book, 1929. Chamberlain, Samuel. First edition. 256 pages. Folio, 41 x 31. Copiously illustrated with sketches in pen, pencil and drypoint, and photographs by the author. Measured drawings by Louis Skidmore. Rubbin to lower corners and backstrip extremities. Non descript margin tone not affecting interior which is..... More
New York: Odyssey, 1965. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 384 pages. 312 illustrations, many in full-color. Glossary - Index. Bibliography. Maps. Translated by Jonathan Griffin. The author's purpose was "to bring to the fore certain facts that seem illuminating, such as the polarity of Padua and Urbino, the vogue for marquetry..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. First edition. 108 pages in text. Notes on The History of Cotton Printing Especially in England and America by Francis Morris. Ninety-twoblack and white and color plates. Bibliography. List of Centers of Cotton Printing in France 1760-1815. Index. Limited edition, one of 2000.ARNTZEN/RAINWATER..... More
London: John Murray, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 348 pages. Fifty-five plates. Index. CHAMBERLAIN 1044. "A general survey of the field, beginning with Benedetto Antelami." Ex-library, no external marking, backstrip chipped at extremities, bookplate. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 253 pp. 132 text figures and forty-five plates with many of the former large fold-outs. Bibliographies. Index. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXXIV. The author describes the defences and buildings of the outer bailey..... More
New York: Reinhold, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 228 pp. Preface by Le Corbusier. Voluminously illustrated in black and white and with color plates. Index. Le Corbusier notes, "Neither architecture nor urbanismhave as yet manifested themselves in terms of decisive and universally accepted realities." (Unlike painting and sculpture). Le Corbusier admires..... More
New York: Heye Foundation, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. Photography by Carmelo Guadagno. With 500 illustrations, some in full-color. Bibliography. The Museum of the American Indian, HeyeFoundation presented the contents herein as an exhibit and traveling show; therefore, monumental works of art were to bulky to be carried from..... More
Florence: 1988. Donatello. First edition. Paperback. 125 pages.Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Index. More
New York: Abrams, 1992. Verrocchio, Andrea del. First edition. Hardcover. 125 pages. Square 4to, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. The painter-sculptor-goldsmith Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. More
Amsterdam: 1989. Hardcover. 392 pages. 28.5 x 24.5 cm. Text in Dutch. Host of color and black and white plates presenting Dutch modern art artists. Index. More