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Walzel, Oskar
Vom Geistesleben alter und neuer Zeit. Aufsätze. Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage des Werkes 'Vom Geistesleben des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts'.
Lpzg, Insel 1922. 8°. 3 Bll., 551, (1) S. OHLwd. 2
Riferimento per il libraio : 19050AB
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Ananoff, Alexandre
François Boucher avec la collaboration de Daniel Wildenstein. Tome I (et II). (Peintures I et II).
Lausanne-Paris, La Bibliothèque des Arts 1976. 2 Bände. 2°. VII, (1), 415, (1) S., 3 Bll. (das letzte weiß); 2 Bll., 366 S., 2 Bll. OLwd mit OU im Transportschuber. Fast frisch.
Riferimento per il libraio : 27490AB
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Bouchot, Henri
La Lithographie. (Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen).
Paris, Ancienne Maison Quantin 1895. 8°. 296 S. HLdr der Zt mit Rückentitel in Gold. Kanten leicht berieben, Vorsatz etwas gebräunt. Teils leicht fleckig. (=Bibliothèque des Beaux-Arts).
Riferimento per il libraio : 53445AB
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Buchheim, Lothar-Günther
Otto Mueller. Leben und Werk. Mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Graphik Otto Muellers von Florian Karsch.
Feldafing, Buchheim 1963. 4°. 280, (16), 281-295 S. OLwd mit OU. Schutzumschlag und Schnitt geringf. stockfleckig. Schutzumschlag etwas angerändert.
Riferimento per il libraio : 27247AB
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Butor, Michel
Diego Giacometti. Photographien Jean Vincent. Aus dem Französischen von Helmut Scheffel.
Paris, Maeght 1985. Gr.4°. 182 S., 1 Bl. OLwd mit OU. Schutzumschlag mit unterlegtem Einriß und mit unterlegter Fehlstelle.
Riferimento per il libraio : 26764AB
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Descharnes, Robert
Die Eroberung des Irrationalen. Dali. Sein Werk - Sein Leben.
Köln, DuMont 1984. Gr.4°. 455 S. OLwd.
Riferimento per il libraio : 50400AB
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Dube, Wolf-Dieter
Der Expressionismus in Wort und Bild. Mit vielen - teils farbigen - Abbildungen.
Genf und Stgt, Skira/Klett-Cotta 1983. 4°. 170 S. OLwd mit OU, Schuber. Wie neu.
Riferimento per il libraio : 27878AB
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Dube-Heynig, Annemarie
E.L. Kirchner. Graphik. Mit 96 teils farbigenTafeln.
Mchn, Prestel 1961. 4°. 160 S. Illustr. OLwd mit OU. Schutzumschlag mit Licht- und kleinen Gebrauchsspuren; Name am Vorsatz.
Riferimento per il libraio : 26457AB
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Duval, Paul-Marie
Die Kelten. Mit 455 Abbildungen, davon 77 farbig.
Mchn, Beck 1978. 4°. 2 Bll., 342, (2) S., 3 Bll. mit zwei Faltkarten. OLwd mit OU. Laminierung des Schutzumschlages defekt. (=Universum der Kunst Band 25).
Riferimento per il libraio : 27768AB
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Fini, Leonor
Leonor Fini. Peintures.
(O.O.), Editions Michele Trickvel 1994. 2°. 131, (2) S. OLwd mit OU. 2 Bll. minimal angeschmutzt. Illustrationsverzeichnis (eine Seite) mit einigen farbigen Anstreichungen.
Riferimento per il libraio : 50272AB
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Fuchs, (Ernst)
über Ernst Fuchs. Bilder und Zeichnungen von 1945 - 1976. Mit einem einführenden Text von Marcel Brion. Herausgegeben von Richard P. Hartmann. (Vorzugsausgabe) mit einer numerierten und handsignierten Orig.-Radierung.
Mchn-Zürich, Piper und Mchn, Hartmann 1977. 4°. 230 S., 1 Bl. OLwd mit OU im Transportschuber. (=Klassiker der Neuzeit Band I).
Riferimento per il libraio : 26796AB
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Geismeier, Willi
Die Malerei der deutschen Romantik. Mit zahlr. Abbildungen.
Stgt, Kohlhammer 1984. 4°. 497 S. Illustr. OLwd mit OU, OSchuber. Schutzumschlag mit kl. hinterlegtem Einriß (etwas durchschlagend).
Riferimento per il libraio : 51966AB
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Hahn-Woernle, Birgit
Sebastian Stoskopff. Mit einem kritischen Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde. Mit 69 Farbtafeln und weiteren Abbildungen im Text, darunter einige farbige.
Stgt, Hatje 1996. 4°. 301 S., 1 Bl. OLwd mit OU. Schutzumschlag mit unbedeutenden Gebrauchsspuren; Name am Vorsatz.
Riferimento per il libraio : 26463AB
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Lichtenberg, G.C
W. Hogarth's Zeichnungen, nach den Originalen in Stahl gestochen. Mit der vollständigen Erklärung derselben von G.C. Lichtenberg, hrsgg. und fortgesetzt von F. Kottenkamp. Mit Portrait und 91 (von 92) Stahlstich-Tafeln.
Stuttgart, Literatur-Comptoir 1840. 4°. 5 Bll., XXIV, 994 S. Gepr. Lwd der Zt mit Rückentitel und -vergoldung. Minimal berieben. Wenige Bll. unbedeutend fleckig.
Riferimento per il libraio : 14299AB
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Huber, M[ichael]
Handbuch für Kunstliebhaber und Sammler über die vornehmsten Kupferstecher und ihre Werke. Vom Anfange dieser Kunst bis auf gegenwärtige Zeit. Chronologisch und in Schulen geordnet, nach der französischen Handschrift des Herrn M. Huber von C.C.H. Rost. Erster - (Vierter) Band (in 2 Bänden).
Zürich, Orell, Geßner, Füßli und Comp. 1796-99. 2 Bände. 8°. XL, 319, 399, (1) S.; 1 Bl., 355 S., 2 Bll. (das 1. weiß), 288 S. HLdr der Zt mit 2 farbigen Rückenschildern und floraler Rückenvergoldung. Etwas berieben. Name am Vorsatz. [2 Warenabbildungen]
Riferimento per il libraio : 28414AB
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Lostalot, Alfred de
La Gravure. Mit 3 Tafeln, davon eine chromolithographische, und 110 Abbildungen im Text.
Paris, Ancienne Maison Quantin 1886. 8°. 255, (1) S. HLdr der Zt mit Rückentitel in Gold. Kanten leicht berieben, Vorsatz etwas gebräunt. (=Bibliothèque des Beaux-Arts).
Riferimento per il libraio : 53447AB
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Propyläen Kunstgeschichte in achtzehn Bänden. (Und) 5 Supplement-Bände (sowie) Sonderband III (Geschichte der Photographie).
Bln, Propyläen Verlag 1967-83. Zus. 24 Bände. 4°. OLwd mit OU. Jeweils Name am Vorsatz, Schutzumschläge teils mit kl. Gebrauchsspuren. 1
Riferimento per il libraio : 26449AB
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Quinn, Edward
Picasso. Werke + Tage. Eine photographische Studie. - Text von Roland Penrose. Mit vielen - teils farbigen - Abbildungen.
Zürich, Manesse 1965. 4°. (N.p., ca 140 Bll.). Illustr. OHLwd mit Banderole und Folienschutzumschlag. Schutzumschlag mit kleinen Gebrauchsspuren.
Riferimento per il libraio : 25804AB
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Sivaramamurti, C
Indien. Kunst und Kultur. Mit über 1000 Illustrationen, darunter 180 vierfarbige Abbildungen auf Kunstdrucktafeln.
Freiburg- Basel- Wien, Herder 1975. 2°. 603 S. OLwd mit OU. (=Ars Antiqua).
Riferimento per il libraio : 5420AB
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Traeger, Jörg
Philipp Otto Runge und sein Werk. Monographie und kritischer Katalog.
Mchn, Prestel 1975. 4°. 555, (1) S. OLwd mit OU. (=Studien zur Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts, Sonderband <zugleich> Jahresgabe des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft 1976/77).
Riferimento per il libraio : 27329AB
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Rischbieter, Henning und Storch, Wolfgang
Art and the Stage in the 20th Century. Painters and Sculptors Work for the Theater. Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen, Abbildungen.
N.Y.-Greenwich, Graphic Society 1968. Qu.-gr.4°. 306 S. OLwd.
Riferimento per il libraio : 3064AB
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Riehl, Berthold
Bayerns Donautal. Tausend Jahre deutscher Kunst. Mit 72 Abb. auf 60 Tafeln.
München und Lpzg, Müller 1912. Gr.8°. XX, 466 S. OLwd. Etwas angestaubt; vorderes Innengelenk gelockert. Einige farbige Unterstreichungen.
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Verbeek, Albert
Die Niederrheinansichten Jan de Beyers. Mit 1 Farbtafel und 180 (teils ganzs.) Abbildungen.
Essen, Fredebeul & Koenen 1957. 4°. 166 S. OLwd. (=Die Kunstdenkmäler des Rheinlandes, Beiheft 5).
Riferimento per il libraio : 10782AB
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Bradford, Ernle
Die Griechischen Inseln. Ein Führer. Mit einigen - teils farbigen - Tafeln und einer farbigen Faltkarte.
Mchn, Prestel 1973. 3. Auflage. 8°. 406 S., 1 Bl. OLwd mit OU. Schutzumschlag mit kl. Einriß. 3
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Elbin, Günther
In Holland. Ein Führer. Mit mehreren, teils farbigen, Tafeln und einer Faltkarte.
Mchn, Prestel 1971. 8°. 362 S., 1 Bl. OLwd mit OU. Schutzumschlag etwas angerändert.
Riferimento per il libraio : 23182AB
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Waetzoldt, Wilhelm
Das Klassische Land. Wandlungen der Italiensehnsucht. Mit 146 Kupfertiefdrucken und 1 Farbtafel.
Lpzg, Seemann 1927. Gr.8°. 2 Bll., 315, (1) S. OLwd mit Rückenvergoldung und Deckelvignette. Einband und Fußschnitt etwas angestaubt.
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(Arts & crafts - Art nouveau - art deco).
Lotto di 6 cataloghi riguardanti le arti decorative europee da fine '800 ai primi decenni del '900 (mobili, tessuti, vetri artistici, argenteria, oreficeria, sculture da tavola, grafica ed affiches...). passati in asta negli anni settanta.
London, Sotheby's Belgravia, 1978-80, 6 opuscoli in-8, br., pp. da 40 a 70 ciascuno. Numerose ill. in b.n., alcune a col. e prezzi di stima.
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MUSEUM of Fine Artz. Boston.
(Milano), Mondadori, (1971), in-4, simil-pelle editoriale, titolo e fregi in oro al dorso, pp. 171, (3). Con numerose illustrazioni a colori. Collana “Musei del mondo” diretta Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti.
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BRANNER (John Casper)
A Bibliography of Clays and the Ceramic Arts.
Second Edition, revised, 451pp., ex-library, inner hinges shaken, orig. cloth. Contains 6,027 entries.
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PARKER (Thomas N.)
An Essay of the Construction, Hanging, and Fastening of Gates; Exemplified in Six Quarto Plates.
Second Edition, improved and enlarged, [vi],116,[1, advert & errata]pp., large paper, 6 folding engraved plates, contemporary ownership signatures to head of title, orig. boards (paper peeling), lacks spine but covers holding, uncut. First published in 1801 and fast became the standard work on the subject. Of this greatly enlarged second edition, an additional two engraved plates were added. It was deemed that this book should be printed on large paper so it was able to accommodate large format plates?this is noted in the advertisement following the title page.
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HOROLOGY.
Bibliographie G?n?rale de la Mesure du Temps suivie d'un essai de classification technique et g?ographique. Pr?face de Paul Ditisheim.
First edition, 352, [2]pp.,one of 150 copies, with the armorial bookplate of the University of London, a couple you small withdrawal stamps, orig. cloth.
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HELLER (David)
In Search of V.O.C. Glass.
First edition, 4to, 103pp., one of 300 de luxe numbered copies signed by the author, orig. cloth.
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LONDON MECHANICS' REGISTER.
The London Mechanics' Register. Vol. I, no. 1, November 1824 - no. 27, April 1825; Vol. II, no. 29, May 1825 - no. 55, October 1825.
2 vols., in one, xx, 432; xvi, 426, [iv]pp., without final leaf of index, engraved portrait frontispieces, illustrs., within the text, recent cloth.
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REGISTER OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Register of the Arts and Sciences. Volume the Third. Containing a Correct Account of several Hundred of The most Important and Interesting Inventions, Discoveries, and Processes. Illustrated with upwards of One Hundred and Sixty Engravings.
Volume 3 only, 9, [1], 384pp., engraved frontispieces (offset onto title-page), engravings throughout, cont. calf, upper cover detached.
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WEIMANN (Ingrid) & S?NMEZ (Nedim)
Christopher Weimann (1946-1988): A Tribute. With over 90 illustrations, 38 in color and 12 original samples made by Christopher Weimann.
4to (285 x 220 mm), 112pp., limited to 400 copies, this being one of 100 deluxe copies with 4 additional pieces (see below), numerous coloured plates, orig. cloth with slip-case. Number 67 of the deluxe edition which are numbered 1-100 and contains in additional to the 8 marbled papers 4 special pieces: a silkscreen-resist calligraphy "ebu", book cover from his Marbling in Miniature, flower in miniature and marbled and printed "applying color to the size" in miniature. This book about the American marbler Christopher Weimann not only presents a wide-ranging selection from 18-year career, but gives personal views of him and his work in textual contributions from several individuals. Numerous colour plates executed by one of the best printers in Germany and the original tipped-in pieces by Christopher Weimann give us a clear picture of his importance in the art of marbling.
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GLOVE MAKING.
Trefousse & Cie. Megisserie, Teinture, Manufacture de Gants / Trefousse & Co. Dressing, Dyeing & Manufacture of Gloves.
Oblong 4to (200 x 275 mm), 8pp., French and English title pages, 20 engraved views mounted (one or two with a few spots), each with a leaf of dual language text, endpapers browned and a little chipped, publisher's red morocco-backed pebble-grained cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover, head and foot of spine rubbed, light stain to lower board. A series of views detailing all of the stages involved in the production of kid gloves at the Trefousse works, Chaumont, including preparing the skins, cutting, sewing, dyeing, and finishing. Tr?fousse was one of the leading manufacturers, employed over 5000 people and cut out 1,750,000 pairs of gloves annually.
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HUNGARIAN POSTER. VISSY (G?bor)
Hungarotex [Textile Trade Company, Budapest].
Large A1 sheet (58 x 84 cm), original bold coloured lithograph, lightly creased, blank margins creased with a couple of chips (corners more so), small hole and abrasion to upper right corner of image. Hungarotex is one of the oldest Hungarian companies dealing with foreign trade in textile products, they have been operating under different names and organisational forms since 1946.
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HUNGARIAN POSTER. G?NCZI GEBHARDT (Tibor)
Hungray. Ibusz Hungarian Tourist Information Office, Budapest.
Large A1 sheet (57 x 80.5 cm), original bold coloured lithograph, lightly creased, corners torn away (lower left affecting imprint). A rare Hungarian Communist Era tourism poster.
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GLASS.
The Plate-Glass-Book, Consisting of the Following Authentic Tables. I. The Value of any Looking-Glass when finished and fit for framing. II. The Glass-House Table... III. The Price of Grinding, Polishing, Silvering, and Diamond-cutting... IV. The Value of a Looking-Glass when accidentally Broken... V. The several discounts made at the Glass-House... By a Glass-House Clerk.
Second edition, long tall 8vo (200 x 75 mm), xxv, [1], 170, [2], iv, 46, 46a-h, 47-74pp., 3 engravings including 2 illustrs of complete and broken glass, lightly washed in pale green, cont. sheep, neatly rebacked, plain spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt. First published in 1758, this rare work consists of numerous tables providing pricing and manufacturing techniques on a wide range of goods. In the first part, there is extensive information on the production of plate glass and mirrors, including instructions on grinding and polishing glass, repurposing mirrors, convex and concave mirrors, coloured glass, and other similar pursuits. Following these instructions are tables of prices and various measurements. The second part contains explanations of measurement calculations on a variety of goods and hardware. These explanations are accompanied by tables of prices and measurements. This book provides deep insight into the economic and manufacturing concerns of numerous trades during the mid-18th century, and the heavy taxes and excise duties on plate glass reflect how the price limited the use of plate glass. Provenance: James Hunter, 1770, ownership signatures on front free endpaper and on title-page; Jon Webster, old signature at foot of page with coloured woodcut. Duncan, Bibliography of Glass, 1024.
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SWAN (John)
Explanation of an Improved Mode of Tanning; laid down from Practical Results; Intended to Accompany the New Invented Barktrometer, which will be found an unerring guide to the True Art of Tanning.
First edition, 8vo (185 x 115 mm), iv, [2], [5]-143, [1]pp., copperplate frontispiece showing 'apparatus for ascertaining the real value of Bark', a little foxed and offset onto title, cont. calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked, morocco label to spine. John Swan, described on the title page as Mathematical Instrument Maker, of Granby-street, Leicester, and 20, Little Tower, London. The Barktrometer was used by tanners for ascertaining the density of tanning fluid. Ron, Bibliotheca Tinctoria, 1015.
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STOWE HOUSE.
The Ducal Estate of Stowe, Near Buckingham. The Historical Seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the Late Comte de Paris. Messrs. Jackson Stops will Sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate... On the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th.) will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion...
Folio (380 x 250 mm), 232, [4]pp., catalogue no. 300 of an unspecified limited number, 59 plates, 5 coloured maps and plans (2 folding),inner hinges split but holding, orig. cloth-backed boards, armorial coat of arms on upper cover, tear to upper joint, lightly rubbed otherwise a very good sound copy. The monumental auction catalogue of The ducal estate of Stowe, near Buckingham, containing some major works of art. The first day was devoted to the historic mansion and estate, the following days the contents of the mansion, including "heirloom pictures, tapestries and historic furniture, by the World's Greatest Masters, Superb Statuary and Metal Work, important collection of Rare China, Porcelain, an immense assortment of other Objets d'Art, the Contents of the Magnificent Library, fine collection of Historic Letters and Manuscripts, the Valuable Gold Plate, Carvings and Panellings by Grinling Gibbons, Famous Classic Temples and Other Buildings and Bridges luxuriously built to designs by famous architects." This catalogue presents historical contextualisation in its preface and sections on the arrangement of sale, order of sale and index, index and summary of the whole of the Stowe estate, conditions of sale, a lot listing for each day, as well as an area map and a well-preserved fold-out estate map in color. The plates offer views of the estate, its buildings, spaces, and the items within them. The auction was held over nineteen days and consists of some 3955 lots.
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WEST (Benjamin)
Description of the Picture, Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple, painted by Benjamin West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy, and now in the British Gallery, Pall Mall. From the Ph?nix Sunday and Monday newspaper, in which Weekly Critiques are given on the Paintings in the British Institution and the Royal Academy.
Second edition, considerably improved, 16pp., disbound. Published to accompany an exhibition. The picture was painted in aid of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
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BERNAL (Ralph)
Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Works of Art, from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, of that Distinguished Collector, Ralph Berrnal, Esq., Deceased; and also, of the Beautoful Decorative Furniture and Service of plate: Which (by order of the executors) Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at the Mansion... on Monday, March the 5th, 1855.
8vo (240 x 150 mm), 357, [1]pp., frontis., 33 plates, priced throughout in a neat cont. hand, orig. red embossed wave grain cloth, joints split but holding firm. An extensive catalogue of 4294 lots which realised ?70,954.
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CLERK (John, Lord Eldin)
Catalogue of the Extensive, Genuine, and Highly Valuable Collection of Pictures, late the property of the Hon. John Clerk of Eldin... works of... Raffaele, Titian, Proccacini, Tintoretto, Pordenone, Paduanino, Paulo and Alexander Veronese, Corregio, Parmigiano, Cigoli, Annibal Caracci, Guido, Garofolo, Nicolo and Gasper Poussin, Claude, Mignard, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Gerard Dow, Netscher, David Teniers, Isaac and Adrian Ostade, Schalken, Both, Carl Du Jardin, Adrian and William Van de Velde, Philip Wouvermans, Van der Neer, and other favourite painters...British artists, Wilkie, Stothard, Rev. J. Thomson, Runciman, Geddes, P. Nasmyth, &c. &c., also the superb and entire collection of engravings, painters' etchings, and original drawings by the greatest masters and a splendid and rare assemblage of ancient china, bronzes, terra-cottas, casts from the antique, coins, &c. &c. Which will be unreservedly sold by auction by Messrs Thomas Winstanley & Sons (of Liverpool), at no. 16, Picardy Place, Edinburgh, on Thursday the 14th day of March 1833, and thirteen following days, at one o'clock precisely each day, by order of the executors... [Edinburgh: Printed by J. Hutchison,] 1833. One of 50 privately printed large paper copies, [4], 2, [2], 103, [1, blank]pp., with half-title and limitation statement, engraved frontis., 5 engraved plates (one double-page). [Bound with:] [HOWELL (John)] A Concise and Accurate Account of the Accident that Occurred at the Sale of the late Lord Eldin's Pictures, on Saturday the 16th March, at 16, Picardy Place. By a Sufferer.
36, 11 [prices realised], [1, blank]pp., folding frontis., plan of 'State of the late Lord Eldin's Drawing-Rooms' and 'State, after the Accident'. 2 Works in one, 4to (250 x 160 mm), one of 50 large paper copies, cont. half green morocco, marbled boards, rubbed, spine tooled in gilt, a nice copy. The notorious sale of Scottish judge, Lord Eldin, which was held in his house. The floor of the room in which the sale was being held gave way, killing the banker Alexander Smith and injuring many. The account of the accident includes a list of those injured and those who escaped injury. The sale catalogue and the accompany account of the accident are extremely scarce are rarely appear in commerce. Provenance: Signature in ink of James Gibson-Craig who was one of the attendees at the sale. Lugt, 13236.
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FALCKE (David)
Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu, Formed by Mr. David Falcke, of New Bond Street, to whose excellent judgment and taste this country is indebted for the introduction of so many fine works of art, and who is about finally retiring from business: which will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson... on Monday, April 19, 1858, and Eighteen following Days.
4to (280 x 190 mm), 208pp., 30 lithographed plates (of which 3 are chromolithographed), some light spotting and browning to plates and title, cont. quarter roan, joints with some short splits to joints but holding firm, boards rubbed. An extensive catalogue of 3261 lots from the collection of fine art dealer David Falcke (1818-1866). The business was originally established by Jacob Falcke (1785-1846) in 1839 at 127 Wardour Street, London. His sons David and Isaac (1819-1909) joined the family firm after they traded from 92 New Bond Street.
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ROTHSCHILD (Victor)
Catalogue of the Magnificent Contents of 148 Piccadilly, W.1. Sold by order of Victor Rothschild, Esq. Comprising the superb Dutch and Flemish cabinet paintings, the valuable French XVIII century furniture, the fine carvings, crystal, glass, porcelain, cloisonn?, tapestries, chandeliers, and works of art... which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co.... on Monday the 19th of April 1937, and three following days.
4to (255 x 180 mm), 171, [1]pp., coloured frontis., 62 plates (some folding), orig. printed boards a little faded, lower joint split but holding firm, 791 lots. The Rothschild sale was one of the greatest pre-war Sotheby sales, the catalogue contains some fascinating illustrations of rooms as they were furnished before the dispersal.
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UZIELLI (Matthew)
Catalogue of the Various Works of Art Forming the Collection of Matthew Uzielli, Esq. of Hanover Lodge, Regent's Park, London.
First edition, 4to (250 x 150 mm), vi, 302, [2]pp., frontis., 14 plates, some intermittent foxing (especially to frontis., and title-page), orig. cloth, gilt, a.e.g. The privately printed catalogue compiled by J. C. Robinson, of the Fine Arts collection of Matthew Uzielli (1806-1860), consisting of 1026 items some described in detail. Uzielli was a partner in the merchant bankers' Charles Devaux and Co. They were involved in governement loans and railway finance. Uzielli was personally famous for his extensive art collection. It was housed at his home Hanover Lodge in Regent's Park, London. He was particularly keen on Italian Renaissance paintings and he was advised by J. C. Robinson, a curator at the National Gallery, on his fine art purchases. His collection was sold at Christie's after his death (on Friday 12 April 1861, and seven following days). Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Thomas George Baring, First Earl of Northbrook, 1826-1904.
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TURNER (Joseph Mallord William)
Turner's Picturesque Views in England and Wales Reproduced in Permanent Photography with Descriptive and Historical Illustrations. (Landscapes, Coast Scenery, Castles and Abbeys).
3 Vols., folio (370 x 275mm), 96 mounted plates, some light foxing, gutter percha perished and contents loose in each volume, orig. cloth, gilt, head and foot of spines a little frayed. This 3 Volume group is a new edition of Turner's work, first published in 1838, reproducing the views in "permanent photography," each accompanied by descriptive text. Provenance: Bookplate of Rowland V. and Elizabeth Barker.
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WHITTOCK (N.)
The Youth's New London Self-Instructing Drawing Book; Containing a Series of Progressive Lessons, Instructions for Drawing Rural Scenery, Architecture, The Human Figure, Animals, etc.
Oblong 8vo (140 x 210 mm), 108pp., 104 lithographed plates, first and last few leaves loose with margins slightly frayed, terminal leaf of text with a couple of closed tears, cont. embossed calf, rubbed, upper hinge detached.
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SPECIMENS OF BOOKBINDING.
Original bookbinder's sample, "Specimens of Bookbinding", representing the choice on offer to prospective customers, including calf and buckram bindings, morocco title labels in contrasting colours, raised bands, gilt tooling and lettering.
The board (300 x 320 mm) features four examples of spines (230 x 45 mm), the whole backed with marbled paper to represent the endpapers (corners rubbed), at the head of the board is a large black morocco label with a gilt boarder entitled "Specimens of Bookbindings", plus three additional separate models of spines. This has the appearance of being dated to the 1890's with the titles on the dummy samples being of Dickens novels and periodicals (i.e. Strand Magazine, Sunday at Home, etc.). However, the sample "Stand Magazine" is lettered Jan.-June 1921.
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