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Hargrave, Catherine Perry
A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition in red cloth with title printed in gilt on the spine. Very clean inside and out. Back hinge repaired, bump to top corner of text block, small moisture stain to top edge of text block. The standard work on the subject with extensive bibliographical listings, and hundreds of color plates (with captions printed on tissue guards) and black & white illustrations of playing cards. Illustrates the history of playing cards beginning with the earliest cards ever found, which come from Provence, France, and date to around 1440. Folio, 12" high X 9" wide, 468 pages. Foreign postage will be extra for this large heavy book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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de Bosque, Andree
Artistes Italiens en Espagne du XIVme Siecle Aux Rois Catholiques
This is a very good hardcover copy in light gray linen cloth covers with light soil to the covers. Completely clean inside. No dust jacket. Text in French. Illustrated with hundreds of black & white photographs + 20 color plates tipped in. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 493 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Piccinino, Bianca Maria
Pancaldi 1888
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This is not the briefer centennial book issued by Pancaldi in 1988. This book has a section on the 1990's, so it must be 10 years or so later. This book is also a history of the company but it has 100 black & white photographs, including a few drawings of the shoes that Pancaldi has produced for over a century now and that it is world famous for. The photographs are arranged chronologically to show the changes in shoe styles and tastes through the years. Also some photos of the company officials, workrooms, etc. Text by Bianca Maria Piccinino. Tall slender folio, 14" high X 10" wide, 55 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Romanini, Angiola Maria
L'Architettura Gotica in Lombardia
This is a very good 2 volume hardcover set in very good dust jackets. The jackets are complete and fronts clean, back panels have light soil. Now in mylar protectors. Completely clean inside. Text in Italian. 258 black & white plates. 12" high X 9" wide, xix, 526 and 327 pages. A beautiful set. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ivanoff, Nicola
Palladio
This is a very good hardcover copy with very little wear. No dust jacket but front panel from jacket laid in. Very clean inside and out. Text in Italian. 24 color plates + 102 black & white illustrations. 10" high X 7" wide, 171 pages + plates and illustrations. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gregori Mina et al.
Pittura del Cinquecento a Brescia
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. With contributions by: Mina Gregori, Valerio Guazzoni, Bruno Passamani, Chiara Parisio, Franco Saba, and Giovanni Testori. Illustrated in color with 164 full-page plates, including 99 color plates + 49 illustrations in black & white in the text. 12" high X 11" wide, 308 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Giulio Bolaffi Editore
Catalogo Internazionale Bolaffi D'arte Moderna N. 2
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear, in a very good hardshell slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Lower text corner bumped. Text in Italian, English, French and German. Illusdtrated throughout in black & white. 11" high X 10" wide, 246 pages. Massive reference on contemporary artists, ca. 1974. Heavy item, foreign shipping extra.
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Sotheby's
The Benevento Collection
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on May 5, 2010. Sale code: L10409 "CORONELLI". The sale consisted of the Benevento Collection (71 lots) of important maps and atlases. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 88 pages.
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Aa. Vv.
FAENZA. Bollettino del Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza. Anno LXXVIII No. 1-2 1992
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's printed and decorated tan wrappers. This is the 1992, No. 1-2 issue. Foreword by Gian Carlo Bojani. Essays by S. Gelichi, P.A. Mariaux, A. Bettini, J. Triolo, Graziella Berti ans A. Mingotti. Illustrated with 20 plates, mostly color. 10" high X 7" wide, 128 pages.
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Darragon, Eric
Manierisme en Crise. Le Christ en gloire de Rosso Fiorentino a Citta di Castello 1528-1530
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Stiff green paper covers and heavy clear mylar wrapper. Prefaces by Jean Leymarie and Andre Chastel. Text in French. This is a study of the Italian mannerist painter, Rosso Fiorentino, and particularly his painting, Le Christ en gloire at Citta di Castello, Italy. Note on the restauration of Citta di Castello by Umberto Baldini. 4 color plates + 57 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 141 pages.
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Quittenbaum
Murano Glas Auktion 88 B
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Quittenbaum on Febuary 9, 2010. Auction number 88 B. The sale consisted entirely of modern Italian glass. 315 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Text in German. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 142 pages.
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Marcenaro, Caterina
Pittori Genovesi a Genova Nel '600 e Nel '700
This is a near fine hardcover copy in illustrated boards with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Palazzo Bianco in Genoa during the fall of 1969. Exhibition and catalog supervised by Caterina Marcenaro. The exhibition explored 16th and 17th century Genoese painting. 146 works catalogued and illustrated. Most illustrations in black & white, some in color. Bibliography. 9" high X 7" wide, 367 pages.
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Venturi, A.
Storia dell'arte Italiana VII. La Pittura del Quattrocento Parte IV.
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in 3/4 tan cloth and black and orange and black patterned paper-covered boards, and black leather spine label, letters in gilt. Front and back hinges repaired with tape. Completely clean inside, light toning outside. Text in Italian. Massive survey of Italian Quattrocento painting. This is Part 4 of the four volumes on the Quattrocento. Indices of artists, place names. 817 illustrations in black & white. 10" high X 8" wide, 1153 pages. Heavy volume, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Martinelli, Valentino
Scultura Italiana dal Manierismo al Rococo
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Standard survey of Italian sculpture. This volume covers Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo Italian sculpture. 136 photographic plates in color and black & white. 14" high X 10" wide, 245 pages.
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Quittenbaum
Modernes Glas Modernes Design Auktion 57
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Quittenbaum's in Munich on February 6, 2006. Sale number: Auktion 57. The sale consisted of half modern glass and half other modern design. The glass section had 249 lots. 162 lots of Italian glass. 37 lots of Leerdam. 50 lots of Scandinavian glass. All lots illustrated in color. Text in German. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 166 pages.
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Christie's
Collection Anna et Alessandro Pron, Design Italien
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on May 27, 2008. Sale number: 5544. The sale consisted of the Anna and Alessandro Pron Collection of modern Italian design. Text in English and French. Brief essay by Johanna Grawunder. 66 lots in the sale. All lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Several fold-outs. Biographical sketches and photos of each of the designers at the end. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 136 pages.
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Taborelli, Giorgio and Vittorio Fagone
Italian Design Form, Project and Production
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket and a very good black slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Useful survey of Italian design. Texts and contributions by two dozen leading Italian designers including: Achille Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Ugo La Pietra, Alessandro Mendini, Bruno Munari, Arnaldo Pomodoro and Ettore Sottsass. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 139 pages.
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Ballardini, Doda and Federico Quatrini
Protagonisti della Ceramica Moderna
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, English and French. This is one of the more important surveys of modern Italian ceramics. It includes many of the leading Italian ceramists, such as Arturo Martini, Tullio D'albisola, Giovanni Battista De Salvo, Nanni Servettaz, Lucio Fontana, Agenore Fabbri, Salvatore Fancello, Aligi Sassu, Giacomo Manzu, Pietro Melandri, Uberto Zannoni, Carlo Zauli, Guido Gambone, and Fausto Melotti. It also includes many more Italian ceramists less well known outside of Italy. One of the most comprehensive surveys of the wide range of styles in Post-War Italian ceramics. 31 artists and each has a double page spread, some several pages, with a number of photographs of the ceramics, about half in color. Glossary. 12" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Brusatin, Manlio and Enzo Di Martino
Franco Batacchi Opere 1965 1990
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Signed and inscribed by the artist, Franco Batacchi, to a prominent Italian journalist, on the front endpaper. Completely clean throughout. Circular blindstamp and number from an Italian institute in New York on the title page. Text in Italian. Illustrated with color plates of Batacchi's work and black & white photographs of the artist and friends, colleagues. Chronology. 12" high X 8" wide, 79 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Wannenes
Arti Decorativi e Design Del XX Secolo / Decorative Arts and 20th Century Design
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Wannenes in Genoa, Italy on March 30, 2009. The sale consisted of all Italian design from early 20th century pieces to late. Lots of lighting and furniture. Some glass and ceramics, but mostly lighting and furniture. 488 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 205 pages.
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Del Bravo, Carlo
Scultura Senese del Quattrocento
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark blue cloth covers, title in gilt on the spine, publisher's name at base of spine, with only light wear. Very clean inside and out, just a few tan spots to the soft acidic paper on the preliminaries. Text in Italian. 400 black & white photo illustrations printed on glossy sheet paper stock. Bibliography. Index of places. Index of names. 11" high X 8" wide, 136 text pages + illustrations. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Collection Anna et Alessandro Pron, Design Italien
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on May 27, 2008. Sale number: 5544. The sale consisted of the Anna and Alessandro Pron Collection of modern Italian design. Text in English and French. Brief essay by Johanna Grawunder. 66 lots in the sale. All lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Several fold-outs. Biographical sketches and photos of each of the designers at the end. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 136 pages.
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Carli, Enzo
La Scultura Lignea Italiana
This is a very good hardcover copy in tan paper covered boards with large gilt titles. Slight even toning to covers, completely clean inside. Text in Italian. This massive survey covers 12th through 16th century Italian carved wood sculpture. 90 tipped in color plates + 131 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 289 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Panepinto, Nicolo
Grande Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Contemporanei
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in orange cloth with title in gilt on the spine. This copy came from some kind of private or public collection, and has one mark that indicates this status: a number at the base of the spine, like a Dewey decimal number. Otherwise completely clean throughout, no other marks, cards, etc. Text in Italian. Massive compilation of thousands of post-war Italian artists. Thousands of black & white illustrations of paintings, drawings and sculpture. illustrations on every page. The entries are arranged alphabetically and consist of artist name, dates, place of birth, exhibition activity, educational background, public and private collections, bibliography. An essential reference especially for less well known post-war Italian artists. 12" high X 8" wide, 1231 pages. Will require extra postage, the book weighs 10 pounds - 4.5 kilos before being packed. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Chompret, J.
Repertoire de la Majolique Italienne
This is a very good two volume set of the original edition with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out, some light browning to the edges of the soft text pages, occasional offsetting from the color plates visible on facing text pages. Light wear to edges of spine of the plate volume. All text in French. Color plates tipped on to front boards. Text volume: vii, 227 pages + 13 color plates. Various indices: lists of faience artists, place names. Bibliography. Plate volume: 140 black & white photographic plates, with images printed in photogravure. 1100 pieces of majolica illustrated. This is a limited edition of 500 sets. This set is number 14. A beautiful set of the first edition. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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La Crisi Delle Sale Cinematografiche in Italia
This is a very good hardcover copy in red boards with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Light scuffing to covers. Text in Italian. This is a study of the 'crisis' in cinema, with a focus on the L'Odeon in Milan. Illustrated with black & white photographs of the Odeon, charts, maps showing traffic patterns etc, of the Odeon's district, elevations, interior photographs of the hall. 12" square, 58 pages.
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D'Onofrio, Cesare
Le Fontane Di Roma
This is a near fine hardcover copy in blue cloth with gilt fountain device and title on the front cover and spine labels still bright, in a very good hardshell slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Slipcase has light wear. Text in Italian. This copy has the often missing pamphlet "Translation of text accompanying figures" in German and English laid-in. 251 magnificent black & white plates. The laid-in pamphlet translates the notes to these plates. Extensive bibliography. A classic in near fine condition. Folio, 12" high X 10" wide, 306 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Mariacher, Giovanni
Arte a Venezia. Dal Medioevo al Settecento
This is a very good softcover copy with a glossy color dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Venetian art, from the medieval period through the settecento. Includes painting, sculpture, miniatures, textiles, ivories, gold and silver work, and other decorative arts. 16 color plates and many black & white photos show the range of Venetian art. 150 objects in the show, many with quite extensive entries. 11 page bibliography. A beautiful copy.
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Mostra Del Barocco Piemontese 3 Volume Set
This is a very good complete 3 volume set of this massive exhibition on Piemontese baroque architecture, set design, painting, sculpture, and furniture and decorative arts held in Torino, Italy from June through November of 1963. All volumes in original publisher's illustrated wrappers. Corners of volumes 1 & 3 bumped. Very clean inside and out, (one short neat name inside vol.1 on front endpaper). Text in Italian. Volume 1: Architettura e Scenografia, first section: Architettura, xix, 87 text pages + 201 plates, second section: Scenografia, 56 text pages + 66 plates. Volume 2: Pittura, Scultura, Arazzi, first section: Pittura, 128 text pages + 227 plates, second section: Scultura, 59 text pages + 86 plates, third section: Arazzi, 28 text pages + 30 plates. Volume 3: Mobili e Intagli, Tessuti e Recami, Maioliche, Porcellane, Argenti, Libri e Rilegature, Monete e Medaglie. First section: Mobili e Intagli, 27 text pages + 412 plates, second section: Tessuti e Ricami, 16 text pages + 27 plates, third section: Maioliche, 7 text pages + 47 plates, fourth section: Porcellane, 8 text pages + 56 plates, fifth section: Argenti, 32 text pages + 71 plates, sixth section: Libri e Rilegature, 28 text pages + 17 plates, seventh section: Monete e Medaglie, 44 text pages + 20 plates. Most plates in black & white, but generally at least one or two color plates per section, sometimes more. Appendices on Casa di Caccia, and Palazzo Reale. Massive documentation of the Piemontese Baroque. 9" high X 7" wide. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Cagli,Corrado and Alfonso Gatto
L'Opera di Corrado Cagli
This is a very good softcover copy in the original stiff pictorial card covers and red cloth spine with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Signed and briefly inscribed by Corrado Cagli on the front endpaper and dated Rome, 1972. Text in Italian. This was a major retrospective for Corrado Cagli, held at the Palazzo Strozzi in Firenze, Italy from January 15 through February 28, 1972. Corrado Cagli (1910 - 1976) was born in Ancona but grew up in Rome. Illustrated in black & white throughout with several hundred reproductions of Cagli's paintings and drawings. Introductory essay by Carlo Ragghianti. Many statements by Cagli's Italian contemporaries including Ernesto Rogers, Massimo Bontempelli, poet Charles Olsen, Giuseppe Marchiori, Renato Guttuso, Giovanni Carandente, Raffaele Carrieri, Aldo Palazzeschi, Enrico Crispolti, Franco Russoli, Rafael Alberti, Giuseppe Ungaretti, among others. 11" high X 8" wide, 46 text pages + 606 black & white plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Johansen, P.
Renaissance Entwicklung Der Kunstlerischen Probleme in Florenz-Rom Von Donatello Bis Michelangelo
This is an about very good softcover copy in stiff white printed wrappers with light wear to the covers. Completely clean inside. Most pages uncut. Text in German. 284 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 8" wide, 396 pages.
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Bottari, Stefano
La Natura Morta Italiana
This is a near fine softcover copy of this important exhibition catalog and major reference for Italian still life painting, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and just a few light tiny marks to the outside rear cover, otherwise a fine copy. Text in Italian. This exhibition was held at the Palazzo Reale in Naples in 1964. 371 paintings in the exhibition. Descriptive catalog with short biographical sketches for each artist. Bibliography. Index of the artists, over 150 artists represented. Hundreds of black & white illustrations + a number of color plates. 4to, 10" high X 6" wide, 158 pages of text, indices and notes + plate section. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ferrari, Giulio
Il Legno e La Mobilia nell' Arte Italiana
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in the original green smooth cloth with a black and gilt title label on the front cover, title in gilt on the spine. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to covers. This is the 2nd enlarged edition. Text in Italian. 350 black & white plates, including 6 color plates. This large survey covers several centuries of Italian carved wood furniture and decorative sculpture as used in interior design. An indispensable reference for the history of Italian furniture. 12" high X 9" wide, 381 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Cagliostro, Rosa Maria
Le Architetture di Camillo Autore
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white with over 130 photographs, plans and reproductions of drawings. Monograph on Italian modernist architect Camillo Autore (1882- 1936). Extensive bibliography. List of works. 10" high X 8" wide, 123 pages.
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National Terra Cotta Society
Terra Cotta of the Italian Renaissance
This is a beautiful survey of the best examples of Italian Renaissance architecture which use terra cotta decoration. Includes work by:Donatello, Brunelleschi, Filarete, Alberti, Bramante, Dolcebuono, Michaelangelo and Luca della Robbia, among others. Illustrated in black & white with 200 full-page plates. This copy was an office copy of the well-known New York architectural firm:Starrett and Van Vleck, the architects of many important early modernist buildings of the 1920's and 30's particularly in New York. There is an embossed blindstamp, the size of a quarter, on the title-page lower corner, but much more interestingly there is one of the Starrett and Van Vleck bookplates tipped-in on the inside of the front cover. About the size of a pack of cigarettes, and reminiscent of Rockwell Kent's work, it depicts a modern skyscraper, (think Gotham style, or Hugh Ferriss, with setbacks), against a much lower skyline. Many copies for sale on the net, but this one is unique. In good shape in the usual brown paper-covered boards, with gilt titles, black cloth spine with a small painted number at the bottom. Generally clean inside and outside, edges slightly abraded, and definitely used, by a very busy high profile firm. 12 1/2" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Aloi, Roberto
Vetri d'Oggi. (Glass of Today) Esempi Di Decorazione Moderna Di Tutto Il Mondo.
This is a near fine softcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has just minor wear to the edges, 1 tiny chip from the back panel top edge. The book itself inside is fine, no flaws. This is one of the most elusive of the volumes in the famous "Esempi" series. It was put together in the early 1950's and is a survey of the very best in modern glass design. It covers glass design from Europe, Scandinavia, and America. Text in English, French, German and Italian. 337 illustrations with numerous color plates. Large 4to, 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 173 pages. This is very good copy of a very scarce title. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Liverani, Giuseppe
Five Centuries of Italian Majolica
This is a good reference copy of Liverani's classic study of Italian majolica, from about the 8th or 9th century to the late 18th century. With all 83 tipped-in plates and the frontis. Also 52 black & white illustrations in the text. This is a good copy in the polished vellum boards, but the back board has been stained a brownish color, and this is also on the bottom page-edges in drops here and there. But other than this, the book is fine inside, completely clean text and very fresh plates. Binding nice and tight. Folio size, 12" high X 9.5" wide, 258 pages.
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Petit, Jean
Enrico Baj Catalogue of the graphic work and multiples. Catalogue de l'oeuvre Graphique et Des Multiples Volume I: 1952-1970; Vol. II: 1970-1973
This is a fine two volume hardcover set in fine dustjackets with virtually no wear, in publishers cardboard slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and French. Text by Jean Petit. Illustrated in color and black & white. Catalogue raisonne of Baj's graphic work. 11" square. No dates on books but Volume 1 published in 1970 and Volume 2 published in 1973. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Apollinaire, Guillaume
L'Oeuvre du divin Arétin. 2 Volumes
This is a very good hardcover copy of this two volume set, both volumes bound in one. Softcovers bound in. The binding is simple brown cloth boards, the spine ruled and titled in gilt. Very clean inside and out, but a few pages have paper-clip marks to the top edges. Endpapers a little browned. Text in French. Apollinaire's translations and commentary on 16th century Italian poet Pietro Aretino. 9" high X 5" wide, 228 & 268 pages.
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San Marco
Fotografie Artisti Italiani da una Collezione Veneziana
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out, no marks to lots or illustrations. This is a sale catalog for an auction of photographs held at San Marco in Venice, Italy on June 8, 2008. The first half of the sale, lots 1 through 108 were from a single owner private collection in Venice of modern Italian photographs (1940-2007). The cover is illustrated with one of these photographs, a work by Paola Ventura, showing a clown standing on a chair holding a bouquet of flowers on a snowy street. All lots illustrated in color or black & white. 200 lots in the sale. No prices realized sheet. 12" high X 9" wide.
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Donizetti
La Favorite Opera En Quatre Actes
This is a very good hardcover copy bound beautifully in half leather and marbled boards, gray leather spine label, title in gilt. Bound in dark red leather and 19th century marbled paper in dark red, pale blues and grays, gold and cream colors. Just light rubbing to edges. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Frontispiece and illustrations by Ch. Clerice in black & white. Complete text and music for Donizetti's four act opera 'La Favorite'. 11" high X 8" wide, 268 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Burckhardt, Jacob
Il Cicerone Guida al godimento delle opere d'arte in Italia
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Light scratches to jacket. Text in Italian. 238 illustrations in black & white. 8" high X 5" wide, 1231 pages + illustrations.
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Bucarelli, Palma
Gaetano Previati 1852-1920 Mostra Antologica
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publishers wrappers with dust jacket with color illustration. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm, spine not creased. Text in Italian. This catalog was prapared to accompany the exhibition at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara in the summer of 1969. Essays by Palma Bucarelli, Fortunato Bellonzi, Maurizio Calvesi, and Renato Barilli. 62 paintings and 218 drawings in the exhibition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Examples of Gaetano Previati's letters. 10" high X 7" wide.
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Rewald, John
Giacomo Manzu
This is a very good hardcover copy in beige cloth covers, printed in black with Manzu's name in script on the front board and in sans serif on the spine.TEXT IN GERMAN. No dust jacket. This book is probably an x-library copy, however there are just three marks: a small abraded area (2" X 4") inside the front cover, perhaps a bookplate; and a bit of residue on the spine at the bottom, maybe from a number; and lastly a small handstamp to the copyright page ("Fine Arts"). Otherwise the book is very clean inside and out. No other marks at all. 181 full-page black & white plates + 35 black & white and color illustrations in the text + full-page b/w photograph of Manzu as frontispiece. Bibliography. Biographical sketch. 12" high X 9" wide, 327 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'arte 28
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This is Volume 28 in the series published by the Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Essays by 10 scholars, taken from their presentations at a conference at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on May 3-4, 2003. The conference was titled 'Venezia, la IV Crociata e le arti'. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 12" high X 8" wide, 515 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Villien, Bruno
Visconti
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Very clean inside and out, jacket rear panel is stuck at the edge to inside rear board. Text in French. Fine study of Luchino Visconti's major films and operas. Illustrated throughout in black & white with some color. 12" high X 10" wide, 251. Index. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Moskowitz, Anita Fiderer
The Sculpture of Andrea and Nino Pisano
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has some wear around the edges (minor). Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated with 350 black & white plates. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 241 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Important Italian Maiolica from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections Parts 1 & 2
This is a very good two volume hardcover set in very good dust jackets. Completely clean inside and out. These are sale catalogs prepared for two auctions held in New York at Christies: the first on January 13, 1993 (Sale code: SACKLER-7590), and the second on June 1, 1994 (Sale code: SACKLER II- 7944). Essay by Cyril Humphries. 64 lots in the first sale and 55 lots in the second sale. All lots illustrated with color photographs. Prices realized sheet for Part 2 only. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 87 & 67 pages. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bortolotto, Angelica Alvera and Giovanni Mariacher
Ceramiche nel Friuli Occidentale
This is a very good softcover copy in stiff black pictorial card covers. Very clean inside and out, save for two tiny marks next to individual entries, and for each a sheet in English laid in noting further details about the piece. These two sheets were paper-clipped in, and so have left little indentations to the top edges of the pages. Text in Italian. Introduction by Giovanni Mariacher. Catalog and exhibition curated by Angelica Alvaro Bortolotto. Additional contributions by Maurizio Lucchetta. 18th, 19th and 20th century ceramics from Friuli are the subject of this catalog. 291 works catalogued here. 35 color plates, + 291 black & white illustrations. 17 pages of maker marks. Bibliography. 10" high X 7" wide, 365 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bossaglia, Rossana
James Riviere. Gioielli tra Arte e Design
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and Italian. Texts by Rossana Bossaglia, Bruno Munari, Claudio Cerritelli, Alessandro Quattordio and Marina Robbiani. James Riviere is a jewelry designer who has won numerous prizes, such as the Premio 1st at the 1972 Triennale di Milano. In the 1980's he formed a partnership with Bruno Munari and Luigi Veronesi to make jewelry. Virtually a catalog raisonne of Riviere's work. Profusely illustrated in color and some black & white. Chronology. 13" high X 10" wide, 117 pages.
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