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ref. 2159As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor orig. 1612-1628. Pl. 39. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome. The Temple was built in 500BC on the site of an even older shrine dedicated to Saturn. It was reconstructed in 42BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus a Roman Consul who was an officer in Julius Caesars army during the conquest of Gaul. He installed the Treasury of the Roman Republic here where it remained until 28BC. It was destroyed by fire in 283AD but later rebuilt. All that remains today are eight columns and a part of the pediment which bears a Latin inscription. In English it reads: The Senate and the people of Rome restored what fire consumed. Saturn who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Kronos was the god of agriculture and the harvest or of life and death. Like Kronos he was represented as a hooded figure bearing a scythe. Because he was afraid of being overthrown he ate his all his children apart from Jupiter Neptune and Pluto whom for some reason he could not swallow. In time his fears became reality; he was overthrown by Jupiter who became the king of the Roman gods. unknown books
ref. 2167As published in a later edition of Antiquae Urbis Splendor orig. 1612-1628. Pl. 80. Engraving. Image: 7 X 9 ¼. Margins: 9 ¼ x 13 ½. Includes the legend below. In fine condition. Giacomo Lauro was a printmaker active in the map and view industry of mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Rome. unknown books
2003ref. 23520Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1851494464 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
2005ref. 41509NY:: Rizzoli. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0847826600 . Color photographs throughout. Second printing. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rizzoli, hardcover books
1997ref. 39539NY:: Hearst Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0688150969 . Color photographs by Keith Scott Morton throughout. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Hearst Books, hardcover books
1994ref. 38893New Haven:: Yale University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0300055781 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Yale University Press, hardcover books
2003ref. 36450Atglen:: Schiffer Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0764317261 . Color photographs by Richard Loper throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Schiffer Publishing, hardcover books
1995ref. 36001NY:: Abrams. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0810934639 . 748 illustrations including 181 color plates. Second edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abrams, hardcover books
2000ref. 34279Gloucester: Rockport Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1564966534 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Lower corners slightly bumped else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rockport Publishers hardcover books
1988ref. 25481Mesa: PDA Publishers Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0914886320 . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. Second printing of the second edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . PDA Publishers Corporation hardcover books
2000ref. 24775NY:: Monacelli Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1580930778 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Monacelli Press, hardcover books
2001ref. 23747Seattle: University of Washington Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0295981253 . Illustrated. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . University of Washington Press hardcover books
1999ref. 22560NY: Abrams. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0810943719 . 370 illustrations including 200 color plates. First edition. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abrams hardcover books
2002ref. 22625Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0262232162 . Illustrated. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
1995ref. 21996Bogota: Villegas Editores. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 9589393063 . Text is in Spansih. Color photographs throughout by Antonio Castaneda Buraglia. First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper initials on half-title page else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Villegas Editores hardcover books
2000ref. 20625NY: Abrams. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0810966913 . 111 color illustrations 100 line drawings. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Abrams hardcover books
1971ref. 037560MIT Press: 1971. 260 pages illustrated in b&w. "The increasing importance of industrialized building as the demand for housing accelerates and outstrips the capacity of traditional construction methods to provide it is highlighted by this book whose very publication should give new impetus to the industrialized building industry." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket prtotected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MIT Press: Hardcover
2026ref. x-0443298599Elsevier - Health Sciences Division 2026. Paperback. New. 514 pages. 5.98x1.21x9.02 inches. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division paperback
1979ref. 182119Beckenham: Bernard Sunley and Sons Limited 1979. First and only edition untraced among institutional libraries. This stylish brochure showcases the principal work undertaken by Sunley a major British construction and civil engineering company responsible for some of the most important building projects in Dubai Abu Dhabi and Qatar during the 1960s and 1970s. Company operations in the Middle East commenced in Dubai in 1969 with the 400-bed Rashid Hospital. The book opens with 26 colour plates devoted to Sunley's Middle East contracts including the Dubai International Trade and Exhibition Centre Dubai Hilton and Doha's Hamad Hospital. In Abu Dhabi the company constructed an extensive apartment block for the Abu Dhabi International Oil Company ADNOC the Medical Pavilion East Telephone Exchange and the striking BCCI headquarters architect Fitzroy Robinson and Partners. UK projects illustrated include residential commercial civic and government buildings terminals at Gatwick Airport and the Royal Thames Yacht Club. In 1979 Sunley won the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. Landscape quarto. Full-page photographic illustrations throughout in colour and black and white. Original brilliant greenish-yellow leatherette printed in black on the front cover. Bump to top corner of front cover endpapers toned: A very good copy. hardcover
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ref. 73534CBStuttgart Menges 2007. Oln. mit Schutzumschlag. Stuttgart, Menges 2007. unknown
1936ref. 136472Yorkshire: September 1936. York - that city of much longing A detailed travel journal illustrated with atmospheric images of churches abbeys cathedrals and the countryside of Yorkshire. Impressive views of Gothic landmarks such as Whitby and Fountains abbeys are accompanied by snapshots of the traveller's lodgings many from their window. The unnamed writer originated from Lowestoft and was accompanied by their father. They were evidently a keen explorer of English landmarks; they make several references to other trips - such as to Ely Salisbury and Shaftesbury - and comment on the differences between hotels and landscapes. The narrative is richly detailed comprising architectural technicalities including a hand-drawn plan of Rievaulx Abbey humorous asides "Fancy having Corinthian pillars in one's hall!" and charming encounters "I noticed a family on a tandem with the baby in a little side car". Some of the most evocative passages describe night: "Night has a peculiar glamour especially when the place is unknown. I lay and listened to a variety of church bells chiming the hours and always the deep low note of the minster a little late. I rose early and saw the minster from my window soft and beautiful in the early sun sunlight". The narrative describes the taking of the photographs: "Got up early and stole away to photograph. My tripod created great interest among the inhabitants of Whitby". Sixteen are of Rievaulx described as "a beautiful setting which makes pictures at all angles". The author was nevertheless blighted by the unpredictable photographic process describing their snaps at Aysgarth Falls as "as usual underexposed". The sites describe and photographed include York Minster Bootham Bar Selby Abbey St Mary's Church Whitby Caedmon Cross Helmsley Byland Abbey Newburgh Priory Ripon Cathedral Bolton Abbey and Lincoln Cathedral. Octavo. Comprising 70 gelatin silver photographs and 23 postcards affixed to grey paper stock interleaved with ruled paper lettered in manuscript. Postcards with printed captions photographs captioned in manuscript. Two photographs loosely inserted. Original grey wrappers. Covers lightly soiled photographs a little oxidised foxing to manuscript: in very good condition. unknown
1920ref. 192348Japan: 19th - early 20th century. With designs for lost carvings on Japan's most decorated shrine A vivid album collecting together drawings of bird carvings on the shrines at Nikko. Over 5000 sculptures many first carved in the 17th century adorn these buildings the most famous of which houses the first Tokugawa shogun's mausoleum. The caption on one of the designs states that the carving itself has since been destroyed and used to sit above a meeting spot. The shrines and temples of Nikko designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 encompass over 100 buildings decorated with hand-carved sculptures of dragons phoenixes birds and human figures. Those adorning Nikko Toshogu the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu were produced by master craftsmen brought in from across Japan. These included Hidari Jingoro a legendary sculptor who despite only having his left arm possessed a Pygmalion-like ability to produce lifelike carvings of people and animals. The deft illustrations in this album focus on the carvings of birds including songbirds sparrows magpies rainbow-tailed Chinese phoenixes and ducks. Three are captioned with a note saying that they stand above a general-purpose room goyojo while a fourth states that the original artwork no longer exists. 3 albums landscape quarto concertina-bound. With 35 hand-coloured illustrations 1 folding on Japanese paper mounted on white card 4 with manuscript captions. Original blue cloth front boards lettered in gilt. Contemporary manuscript numbering on 14 illustrations remains of excised bookplate on final page of one vol. Illustrations bright a little creased at corners binding rubbed and sunned square shadow on front boards of two albums: a very good example. hardcover
2016ref. 68730Gaspereau Press. Fine No dust jacket as issued. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Stiff clean book in illustrated boards; about new.; 10.75 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 240 pages; Holownia was honoured with the Governor General's Award for artistic achievement in 2025. . 2016. 1554471400 . Gaspereau Press hardcover
2018ref. 1-8494775413El Croquis 2018. Paperback. New. 280 pages. Spanish language. 13.07x9.76x0.71 inches. El Croquis paperback
