French School: Design Proposal 20 Rue De La Charbonniere
NP: NP, ND. Archirtectural Drawing framed: 19 5/8 x 16 inches, watercolor and ink on paper. Small nicks to frame. More
NP: NP, ND. Archirtectural Drawing framed: 19 5/8 x 16 inches, watercolor and ink on paper. Small nicks to frame. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 510 pages. Index. Illustrated with charts, graphs and drawings. More
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott & Francis Griffiths, ca 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 117 pages. 26 x 20 cm. 235 illustrations. A thorough review -- ornament which has a foliage basis, and the anthemion, the acanthus and the miscellaneous ornaments of foliage derivation of the Classic and Gothic schools are..... More
New York: Braziller, 1969. 1st American edition. Hardcover. With a Note by Misha Black. More than seventy-five black and whiteillustrations. References. Index. An analysis of the nature of design, and the role of design teams in industry, communications and architecture. The problems and prospects of teamwork in design. More
New York: Rizzoli, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 254 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. Feature 24 of the best examples of work by this firm located in Connecticut, New York, Virginia and Florida, and restoration of six New York town houses. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1969. First edition. Spiral Bound. Landscape folio, 45 x 61 cm. Introduction and Notes to the Plates by Ludwig Glaeser. 31 full page plates in color and black and white. " All the drawings in this selection represent projects, since with few exceptions only..... More
Boston: L .C. Page, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 400 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Eighty illustrations, plans, and diagrams by Blanche McManus. Appendices: Architectural Divisions of France. Index.. Bright, fresh copy. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1869. Hardcover. 162 pages 27 x 17.5 cm. Fifty-six steel engraved plates. A monumentally popular manual and the author's first work which went through countless editions. This edition with additional material -- "An Introduction to Isometrical Drawing, And An Essay On Linear Perspective And Shadows."..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. 30 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates on glossy stock cover the palaces of European and Asian splendor. More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 40 pages in text. 4to, ninety-one pages of illustrations. Bibliography. Index. The volume deals with the art of monumental sculpture, as illustrated in the monuments of York Minster, and in the parish churches of the City and nieghborhood -- from Gothic to Victorian..... More
London: William Mackenzie, ca.1880. First edition. Hardcover. 27.5 x 22,5 cm. 240 color lithographed plates, and with the seventh volume:Fac-Simile of Autographs of Subscribers, published by A. Clarke: London, 1880. This elaborately decorated book depicts the country seats, homes and estates of various British nobles and gentlemen, as well as..... More
London: Winchester Publications Ltd, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 114 pages. More than seventy photographs by A.W. Kerr. Glossary of Architectural and Ecclesiastical Terms.age. More
New York: John Wiley, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 282 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. 27 color plates and host of black and white illustrations in the text. Directory of Lighting Manufacturers. Bibliography. Hints on lighting harmony of plants, sculptures, paths, stairways, facades, fountains and waterfalls. More
London: Iliffe, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 241 pages. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans. Glossary. Index. The book is an anttempt to analyze the problem of radioactivity and its necessary restrictions, while conscious of its benefits, both real and potential. More
Koln: Konneman, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 497 pages. Folio, 463 illustrations, 438 in color. Index of Names, Places and Subjects. A meticulously detailed survey of nearly eighty villas in the province of the Veneto -- many are Palladian. The arrangement is chronological. The color photographs, excellent. English text. More
Np: Np, February 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Group of nine original hand-colored ink drawings, each titled and drawn to scale, signed and dated by E. Mutinelli -- the plates in sequential order are noted -- Cantine, Piano-terra, 1mo Piano, 2do Piano, Sottetetto, Sezione AB, Sezionne..... More
New York: Library of Columbia College, 1895. First edition. leather_bound. 1189 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Printed by DeVinne in a Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. Introduction by George W. Baker, William R. Ware and Russell Sturgis. An important compendium and still useful bibliography. Bookplate. Corners worn, rubbing to..... More
New York: John Wiley, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 173 pages. 24 x 16 cm. An attempt to towards framing a rigorous theory of standardization in the face of the swift changes in building styles and construction methods. Illustrated with charts and photographs. Index. Small portion at dust wrapper rear cover..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 442 pages. 21 x 15 cm. 214 black and white illustrations. Translated by John Peto. A survey with sketches of contemporary architecture in Holland, Germany and Denmark presented to the French public. Beveled edges, front cover, backstrip slightly chipped at extremities..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824-1825. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 25 x 16 cm. Ninety-eight plates on India paper. Scattered. marginal plate toning. text generally clean, offsetting to Vol.II title and frontispiece. A review of English church architecture including screens, fonts and monuments. "The churches more fully..... More
Milan: Edizioni di Comunita, 1963. Nervi, Pier Luigi. First Italian edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. Landscape 4to, 22 x 28 cm. Text in Italian. Abundantly illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans to scale. Index. This book continues the author's develop of the international modernism approach; includes many photographs taken during the..... More
Paris: Audot, 1844. First edition. Boards. 104 pages in text. 18.5 x 22.5 cm. Twenty-one lithographic plates, one a large foldout (Greenhouse of the Botanical Garden at the University of Louvain), and containing eighty-eight individual illustrations of plats and greenhouses (design details of interior and exterior views). Some drawings to..... More
New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1960. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Unpaginated. 25.5 x 20 cm. Host of black and white illustrations and large fold-out. FLW essay, "An Experiment In The Third Dimension," plus his original statements on his concept of the Guggenheim Museum. More
New York: New York World's Fair 1939 Inc., 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 34 pages in text. Elephant folio, 62 x 49 cm. Grover Whalen's stunning promotional piece for the forthcoming New York World's Fair, handsomely printed by Lord and Thomas with wide text margins on high quality stock. Host of..... More
New York: Bicknell & Comstock, ca1877. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Small folio, 23.5 x 10 3/4 inches. May sound dramatic, but an almost as new copy, entire contents clean and fresh as are the covers. Plates printed recto only. Corner arabesques. More