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
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 75 pages. Fourteen illustrations. Index. An early work and critical review of the Japanese colour-print artists. 2nd copy ex-library. More
Ramat Gan: Massada Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 237 pp. 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
New York: Bennett Book Studio, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. 8vo, includes American books having at least three colored plates (including frontispiece) when and as issued by the publisher, dated not earlier than 1800 or later than 1900. Children's books and books with tinted plates are omitted. Chronological Index..... More
Paris: Quatre Chemins, 1949. First edition. Paperback. 106 pages. Illusrated in black and white and with one color lithograph. Limited edition, copy 262 of 1000. Confessions of a painter, art critic, collector and dealer. 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
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1956. Antonello Da Messina. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 24 pages in text, six test illustrations and 51 tipped-in color plates of good technical fidelity. FREITAG 201. 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
New York: McBride, Nast, 1914. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 238 pp. Royal 8vo, 109 illustrations. Index. CHAMBERLAIN 835. "One of the first of the limited number of books on this subject in English." LUCAS p.50. Ex-library with no external markings, slight nicks to backstrip extremities. 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
NY: Odyssey, 1965. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 384 pp. 312 illustrations, many in full-color. Glossary - Index. Bibliography. Maps. Translated by Jonathan Griffin. The author'spurpose was "to bring to the fore certain facts that seem illuminating, such as the polarity of Padua and Urbino, the vogue for marquetry, the innovationsin..... More
London: Macmillan, 1911. Ruskin, John. First edition. Hardcover. 540 & 615 pp. 8vo, five illustrations. Index. Written by a pupil of Ruskin's who also prepared the monumental "library edition." Ruskin'smastery of prose is unsurpassed. Ex-library, no exterior markings, backstrip chipped at extremities. More
London: Seeley & Co., 1893. Hardcover. 388 pp. 8vo, 236 illustrations. Edited by Walter Armstrong. Ex-library, chipped at backstrip head. 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: 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.Square 4to, 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. Thepainter-sculptor-goldsmith Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. More