The Precious Legacy Judaic Treasures From The Czechoslovak State Collections
New York: Summit, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. More
New York: Summit, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. 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
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: 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 pp. 4to, 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: Crown, 1948. Hardcover. 750 pages. 24.5 x 17 cm. Illustrated with reproductions of the paintings and drawings of the artist in color and duotone. List of Illustrations. Index. Laid-in an ALS from Pach to Clarence Cramer of Philadelphia, a member of the Poor Richard Club dated 3/29/48. 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
Paris: Bachelier, Libraire, 1825-1826. First edition. leather_bound. 20 x 13 cm. Forty-three engraved folding plates. Primarily devoted to mathematics and mechanics as related to the industrial arts, the text contains a number of sections devoted to architecture and perspective. The work was popular going through many editions, and widely translated..... More
Paris: H. Floury, 1904. Whistler, James M. First edition. Hardcover. 209 pages. 18 gravures hors texte, and with an abundance of additional illustrations. Written one year after Whistler's death, Duret sounds his critical acclaim, "the supreme gift of creating works alive by their profundity and beautiful by their form." A...... More
New York: MOMA, 1978. Matisse, Henri. First edition. Hardcover. 232 pages. 130 illustrations with thirty-four in color and 144 reference illustrations. With additional texts by William S. Lieberman and Riva Castleman. More
Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 122 black and white plates each with descriptive text. Bibliography. List of Tribes. The art of tribes in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Upper Volta, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, etc., with the main center being Nigeria. Text in French. Excellent photographs. More
Milan: Associazione fra le Casse di RisparmioItaliane, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 56 pages in text, forty black and white illustrations in the text and twenty-four superior color plates, 10 1/2" x 14 1/2". Text in Italian. More