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Geerlings, Gerald K.
Metal Crafts in Architecture
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition in the original publishers' binding of olive green cloth with decorations and title in black on the front cover, and black cloth spine, titled in gilt. Back cover has light fading and faint stain. Completely clean inside. This copy belonged to a landscape architect at UC Berkeley and has his small neat bookplate from the period on the inside front cover. 277 black & white illustrations, including 1 small color plate, (a drawing) tipped-in. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 202 pages. A very nice copy of the original edition, not the reprint. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Montgomery, Florence M.
Textiles in America 1650-1870
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket of the first edition of this standard work. Completely clean inside and out. Stated first edition of Montgomery's exhaustive dictionary of American textiles from 1650 through 1870. Bibliography. Color plate section + hundreds of black & white illustrations. 10" high X 9" wide, 412 pages. A beautiful copy of the first edition. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Baecker, Carlernst and Dieter Haas
Die anderen Nürnberger. Technisches Spielzeug aus der "Guten alten Zeit" Band 2
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's orange boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 2 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, airplanes, cars, trucks and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. 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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Christ, Hans
Ludwigsburger Porzellanfiguren
This is a very good hardcover copy with light wear. A little light soil to the covers, but very clean inside, just one previous owner, collector, bookplate, and a small gallery handstamp beneath that. Lower cover corners show some wear. Text in German. 120 black & white plates displaying 162 pieces of porcelain. Pages of facsimile maker and designer marks. Chronology of the factory (1758-1824). 11" high X 8" wide, 45 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Baecker, Carlernst and Dieter Haas
Die anderen Nürnberger. Technisches Spielzeug aus der "Guten alten Zeit" Band 3
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's blue boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 3 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, boats, cars, trucks, planes, military equipment and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Baecker, Carlernst and Dieter Haas
Die anderen Nürnberger. Technisches Spielzeug aus der "Guten alten Zeit" Band 5
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's purple boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Slight tear (repaired) to lower edge of spine. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 5 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, boats, cars, trucks, planes, dolls and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Huillard, Paul
La faience en Bourgogne Auxerroise depuis 1725 environs pendant la Révolution et jusqu'en 1870.
This is a very good softcover copy in the original printed and illustrated wrappers with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine uncreased, binding firm. Text in French. A standard work on French faience from the Bourgogne Auxerroise region. Bibliography. Hundreds of illustrations in black & white, also a number of color plates. Detailed information on makers. 9" high X 7" wide, 229 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
The Michael Roberts Collection of Architectural and Garden Ornament
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots or illustrations. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in England on the premises of Michael Roberts establishment in Ashurst, Kent on September 27, 2004. The auction consisted of Michael Roberts' collection of architectural and garden ornament. Michael Roberts was one of the leading dealers of this material along with colleagues like Crowther, Seago and Gifford Meade. 575 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized list laid in. 11" high X 8" wide, 297 pages.
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Marshall, Howard Wight
American Folk Architecture: A Selected Bibliography
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm. Introduction by Marshall. The bibliography contains hundreds of books, periodicals and other forms of field documentation of folk architecture. Not illustrated. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 79 pages.
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Schinkel, Karl Friedrich
1781-1841 Schinkel L'architetto del Principe
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine faintly creased, binding firm. Text in Italian. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Museo Correr and at the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Campidoglio in Rome during the spring of 1982. Essays by a number of scholars including Luciano Semerani, Augusto Romano Burelli, Oswald Zoeggeler, and Gottfried Riemann. 164 works in the exhibition. All illustrated, some in color. Extensive notes for the works. 12" high X 8" wide, 185 pages.
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Christie's
Important 20th Century Decorative Arts Including Works By the Tiffany Studios
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in New York on December 14, 1991. Sale code: "IRIBE-7388". Selected bibliography. Over 50 of the lots are lamps by Tiffany Studios. 262 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 161 pages.
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Wooley & Wallis
A Silver Reference Library, Spoons, Flatware and Cutlery, Silver and Collectors' Items Including a Private Collection
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased binding firm. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Wooley & Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire on January 26, 2006. The auction consisted of silver items and a reference library of books and pamphlets and catalogs on silver. The reference library portion contained about 230 lots. Total sale 1349 lots. Most illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 117 pages.
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Rosu, Georgeta
Cahle
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Romanian with summaries in English and French. This is a history of 18th and 19th century Rumanian terracotta tiles and their decoration. Glossary. Bibliography. Hundreds of illustrations in color and black & white. 11" high X 10" wide, 263 pages.
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Archer, John H.G.
Art and Architecture in Victorian Manchester
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This collection of essays by on Victorian architecture in Manchester is edited by John Archer. Illustrated in black & white throughout. 10" high X 7" wide, 290 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ayrton, Michael
Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original gray and dark brown cloth, ruled and titled in gilt. Top of spine chipped. Completely clean inside and out. 239 black & white photographs and drawings. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 196 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lenygon, Francis
Decoration in England from 1640 to 1760
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark red cloth covers with gilt title on the spine. Front cover embossed with an elaborate device. Spine lightly sunned. Slight foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner initials on front endpaper. Otherwise very clean throughout. 322 superb black & white plates. 14" high X 11" wide, 276 pages.
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Sotheby's
Importante Orfevrerie Europeenne Provenant de la Collection Diane
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Spine not creased, binding firm. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French and English (the essay sections). This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in Geneva on November 16, 2005. Sale code: GE0509 - 'AUGUSTE'. The sale consisted of important European silver from the Diane Collection. 124 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. A number of the pieces designed by Henry Auguste. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 131 pages.
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The Newark Museum
Classical America 1815-1845
This is a very good softcover copy. Covers clean, binding firm. Completely clean inside, very clean outside, but a few small faint marks. This landmark exhibition spawned a number of other exhibitions concerned with neo-classical taste and design in America over the next several decades. Curated by Berry Tracy and William Gerdts. 295 works in the exhibition. Bibliography. Over 150 illustrations of the decorative arts pieces in the exhibition and over 30 illustrations of paintings and sculpture in the fine arts section of the exhibition. 10" high X 8" wide, 212 pages. 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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Gruber, Alain
Gebrauchssilber des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
This is a fine cloth copy in a fine dust jacket and fine publisher's slipcase with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This is the German edition of Alain Gruber's work: L'Argenterie de Maison, du XVIe au XIXe Siecle, published simultaneously in Fribourg by Office du Livre in 1982. There are 409 illustrations, many in color. Bibliography. 5 pages of maker marks. 11" high X 10" wide, 304 pages. A beautiful copy.
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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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Snyder, Tricia and Gil and Paul A. Goudy
Zoar Furniture 1817-1898 A Preliminary Study
This is a very good softcover copy in black & white pictorial card covers and black plastic spiral binding with only light wear. Completely clean inside and outside. Slight crease to the top edge of the front cover near the spine. This study traces the development of furniture made in the village of Zoar, Ohio at the Zoar Cabinet Shop during the 19th century. 163 black & white photographic plates. Selected bibliography. Brief introductory text. 11" high X 9" wide, 128 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Exceptionnel Ensemble d'Orfevrerie Par Antoine-Sebastien Durant
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in Paris on December 18, 2002. The sale consisted of a large collection of 18th century French silver designed by Antoine-Sebastien Durant. Outstanding Rococo Louis XV silver collection. 136 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Several appendices including reproductions of historical documents pertaining to the provenance of the collection, reactions to these designs by Durant's contemporaries, etc. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 87 pages.
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Fasola, Giusta Nicco
La Fontana di Perugia
This is an about very good softcover copy in the original printed wrappers with light wear. Very clean outside, just some toning to the back cover and spine. Very clean inside. Text in Italian. Bottom right and top left corners bumped. This book relates the history of the restoration of the Perugia Fountain during 1948-49. The fountain was created during the 13th century and was a major work with many carved stone statues, relief panels and a bronze statue or group at the top. 102 black & white photographic plates. 11 1/2" high X 9" wide, 78 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Düriegl, Günter
Burgersinn und Aufbegehren. Biedermeier und Vormarz in Wien 1815-1848
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This massive catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Vienna, at the Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien, during the winter of 1987 through the early summer of 1988. The exhibition was assembled by a team of scholars and it examined all aspects of Biedermeier art. Sections on painting, prints and drawings, decorative arts and furniture design, music, architecture, interior design, etc. Chronology of the period. Hundreds of illustrations in color and black & white. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 690 pages.
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Delfini, Gabriella et al.
Fabbriche Romane del Primo '500 Cinque Secoli di Restauri
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. No markings inside, except for a short blacked out name on the front endpaper. Text in Italian. Essays by Gabriella Delfini, Ruggero Pentrella, Stefano Filippi, Mariasanta Valenti, Luciano Garella, and Gabriella Marchetti. Illustrated in black & white with many plans, drawings, photographs and engravings. 9" high X 8" wide, 407 pages. Bibliography.
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Sotheby's
Catalogo della Rinomata Raccolta di Importanti Maioliche Italiane venduta per incario del proprietario Signor Guy G.Hannaford
This is a very good hardcover copy in the typical light green paper covered boards, the front cover printed with the full information about the title and date of the sale. Virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to text or plates. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in the Palazzo Capponi, in Florence, Italy on October 17th, 1969. The sale was of the Guy G. Hannaford collection of Italian majolica. 136 lots in the sale. Color frontispiece and several color plates, the rest of the objects illustrated in black & white. Prices realized sheets included. 10" high X 7" wide, 141 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Chierici, Gino
Il Restauro della Chiesa di S. Maria di Donnaregina a Napoli
This is a good hardcover reference copy in the original heavy blue cloth covers printed in gilt. Covers are dusty, gilt titles faded, also there was apparently an emblem attached to the shield-shaped embossed area on the front cover, the emblem no longer present. Some foxing to preliminaries, and occasionally throughout (minimal), a few pages roughly handled. Rusty paper-clip marks to the preliminaries. Also a tiny "withdrawn PML' stamp to the bottom of the copyright page, so possibly ex-private collection, no other ownership marks whatsoever inside or outside. Overall still a very good reference copy of a very scarce work, detailing the restoration of the Neapolitan church S. Maria di Donnaregina. Text in Italian. 120 black & white photo plates. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 297 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Stirling, A. M.W.
William de Morgan and His Wife
This is a very good hardcover copy in blue cloth boards, title in gilt on the spine. Very clean inside and out. Illustrated in black & white with many drawings by de Morgan and photographs of Morgan and his works. 9 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 403 pages.
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Olivier Couteau-Begarie
Papiers Peints Anciens. Provenant Des Plus Celebres Collections Ou Trouves in Situ Archives Follot Sur Les Fabricants Du XVIIIe et XIXe Siecle
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. The top right corner of the front cover abnd front endpaper creased. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in Paris on May 31, 2006. Introduction by Xavier Petitcol. 245 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 63 pages.
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Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
American Church Silver
This is an about very good hardcover copy in the original light gray printed paper-covered boards with faint staining and toning outside. Very clean inside. Introduction by George M.Curtis. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition "American Church Silver of the 17th and 18th Centuries with a few Pieces of Domestic Plate" held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from July to December, 1911. 1033 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in black & white photographs by William Stone. All photographic plates with printed tissue guards. 34 page list of American silversmiths. Pages of unidentified marks. 10" high X 7" wide, 163 pages.
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Ciscato, Giuseppe
Il Ferro Battuto
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian (56 pages). This is a survey of Italian wrought-iron work and includes both older and more modern designs. There are over 500 photographs, both in color and black & white of gates, fencing, grills, doors, signage, clocks, bed frames, candleabra, lighting fixtures, torcheres, balcony railings, window grills, floral arrangements, animal designs, religious artifacts, fireplace equipment, etc. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 430 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Muraro, Michelangelo
Les Villas De La Venetie
This is an about very good softcover copy in the original printed and decorated tan paper wrappers with some wear. The tan wrapper is chipped along the edge of the spine and at the top of the spine. Very clean inside and out. Signed and briefly inscribed by Muraro on the front endpaper. Text in French. 186 black & white illustrations including photographs of building exteriors and interiors, plans, prints, etc. Bibliography. Also essays by a dozen scholars on the architecture and the decoration of these villas. 8 1/2" high X 6" wide, 191 pages.
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Tarozzi, Fiorenza and Carmen Ravanelli Guidotta
The Imola Ceramics Co-Operative. Over a Century's Experience & One Hundred and Twenty Years of Ceramics. 2 Volume Set
This is a fine hardcover set in a fine hardshell slipcase with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. The first volume by Fiorenza Tarozzi, is titled "Over a Century's Experience" and the second volume, by Carmen Guidotta, is titled "One Hundred and Twenty Years of Ceramics". Inventory of works and hallmarks. 397 illustrations of Imola's ceramics, most of them in color. (Also photographs of the range of Imola signatures and marks). Illustrated List of Certificates, Awards and Headed Papers. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 118 & 357 pages. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Nance, E. Morton
The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition. Some foxing to the preliminaries, endpapers and the page-edges. This book was printed on a very soft paper and so has attracted some foxing. Previously owned by the collector of 18th century English porcelain and pottery, Margaret Davison Black, and with her signature on the front endpaper. Foreword by R.L.Hobson. 145 black & white plates. Errata slip tipped-in. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 579 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gans, M.H.and Th. M. Duyvene De Wit-Klinkhamer
Zilver. Geschiedenis Van Het Nederlandse
This is an about very good hardcover copy in a good dust jacket with light wear. Very clean inside. Light faint stains to the jacket, and a piece missing from the top of the spine. Signed and inscribed by M.H.Gans on the front endpaper. Text in Dutch. Covers the 16th through the 19th centuries of Dutch silver production. Bibliography. 144 black & white plates. 9 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 112 text pages + plates.
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Weiser, Frederick S.
Fraktur. Pennsylvania German Folk Art
This is a very good hardcover copy in blue gray cloth covers with the title in gilt on the cover and spine. One tiny flaw: a scratch to the bottom of the spine. Completely clean inside and out. No marks anywhere. Published at Christmas, 1973 and with the publisher's complimentary card laid in. This is a limited edition of 850 copies. Illustrated throughout in color with many examples of Fraktur, Pennsylvania German folk art drawings. 9" high X 11" wide, 103 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Decour
Collection A. Decour. Premiere Partie
This is a very good softcover copy in the original printed wrappers with just light cover wear. Very clean inside, light toning outside, a brief bibliographic reference on the front cover. This is a sale catalog for an auction of 16th through 19th century architectural and decorative arts drawings. This catalog offers the first part of the sale only. 304 lots in the sale. A number reproduced in sepia toned illustrations. 11" high X 7" wide, 53 pages.
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Moldenke, Charles E.
The New York Obelisk. With a Preliminary Sketch of the History Erection, Uses, and Signification of Obelisks
This is a very good hardcover copy, in orange cloth boards, with a printed paper label on the spine. Covers soiled, spine and front endpaper strengthened. Corners worn. Very clean inside. This is number 5 of the 150 large paper copies limited edition. Illustrated throughout in black & white with maps, engravings, symbols and charts. Glossary. 11" high X 8" wide, 202 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kris, Ernst
Meister und Meisterwerke der Steinschneidekunst in der Italienischen Renaissance
This is a fine hardcover copy in blue cloth covers printed in gilt, with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This is the 1979 1 volume reprint of the 1929 2 volume original. A massive survey of Italian Renaissance carved stone decorative arts. Includes cameos, rock crystal vases, chalices, etc. 200 beautifully printed black & white plates. 11 1/2" high X 9" wide, 202 pages. Bibliography. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rotondi, Pasquale
The Ducal Palace of Urbino
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and very clean outside, a little light soil to rear panel of jacket. Still the major work on the Ducal palace of Urbino with an exhaustive examination of the famous 15th century Italian palace. Rotondi has prepared this English version in a smaller format of his 1950 work on the Urbino Palace in 2 volumes published in Italy by the Istituto Statale d'Arte per il Libro in Urbino. 410 plates, mostly in black & white, but some color, including many site maps and plans showing the different phases of the building's construction. 10" high X 7 1/2" wide, 111 text pages + plates. 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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Narjoux, Felix
Notes De Voyage d'un Architecte dans Le Nord-Ouest de L'Europe
This is a good hardcover copy in brown marbled paper-covered boards and brown leather spine. Spine is worn with light stain, but has raised bands and gilt decorations. Corners worn. Heavy marbled paper endpapers. Top edge gilt. Text in French. Very clean inside. 214 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 7" wide, 456 pages.
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Jeno, Rados
Hungarian Altars Magyar Oltarok
This is a very good hardcover copy in olive green paper-covered boards, and linen cloth spine, both printed and decorated in dark brown. Completely clean inside and out. Brief text in English, Italian, French, German and Hungarian. The main lengthy essay is in Hungarian only. 168 black & white plates. Bibliography. 12" high X 8 1/2" wide, 93 text pages + plates.
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Grigiene, J.and A. Berman
Lietuviu Liaudies Menas
This is a very good hardcover copy in gray cloth boards printed in black with only light wear. No marks to the outside, just a trace of wear to spine tips and corners. Completely clean inside. Text in Russian and Lithuanian. This is one of a series of several volumes produced by these two editors on old Russian artifacts and folk art. This volume is on old Lithuanian jewellery and ironwork. The works are from the 2nd through the 15th centuries. 601 pieces illustrated in black & white with occasional color plates. The color plates are drawings, sometimes showing the typical manner of dress for a Lithuanian of the period with the particular fashion accessory. The photographs are all in black & white. Extensive list of captions for the plates. 12" high X 9" wide, 358 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Meeks, Carroll
Italian Architecture 1750-1914
This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. The jacket has a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel, and a little rubbing to the edge of the spine, and is price-clipped, otherwise fine. Fine reference for the various theories of architecture from the mid 18th century through the Italian art nouveau. Bibliography. Appendices: Chronological list of publications 1700-1800; Visitors to Italy in the Eighteenth Century. 266 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 8" wide, 546 pages. A beautiful copy of this essential reference.
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Ducharne, E.and P. Vialettes
Manuel de L'Orfevre
This is an about very good hardcover copy with some wear. It is bound in red cloth and darker red faux leather, and ruled and titled in gilt. Very clean outside. Inside some foxing and also some pencil emendations to the text (several dates added for example). Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with several pages of maker marks (poincons), tables, etc. 7" high X 5" wide, 380 pages.
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Hofmann,Friedrich
Altes Bayerisches Porzellan
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark blue cloth ruled in blind and gilt and titled in gilt. Very clean outside, almost no marks to covers. Clean inside, printed on thin acidic paper, the edges of which have browned. Text in German. 2273 works catalogued here. 25 black & white plates. 8" high X 6" wide, 276 text pages + plates.
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Zastrow, Oleg
Museo D'arti Applicate Smalti
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. Brochure with summaries in English, Spanish, French and German laid in. 231 illlustrations in color and black & white. 10" square, 187 pages.
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Migeon, Gaston
Les Arts du Tissu
This is a very good hardcover copy with only light wear. Bound in rust-colored later cloth with a black and gilt title label on the spine. Covers dusty. Previous owner name from the period on the half-title page. Otherwise clean throughout. Text in French. 175 black & white illustrations. 10 1/2" high X 7" wide, 416 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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