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2022ref. 2339659New York: Simon Spotlight 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x2x9. First edition. Box split along top corner otherwise a nice set. 2022 Hard Cover. Now airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount! Start a new holiday tradition and celebrate what makes each child unique with this giftable boxed set that comes with a timeless picture book and a lovable huggable plush. Reindeer in Here celebrates that being different is normal. This holiday legend from long long ago is a very special story that children should know. A kind and true reindeer with one antler small miraculously changed Christmas once and for all. At holiday time a special little reindeer with mismatched antlers shows up as an early gift from Santa to stay with each child and go on daily adventures with them. The reindeer learns the child's true Christmas wishes and makes sure Santa does as well all the while encouraging the child to celebrate their own differences. It's a new holiday tradition the whole family will love! Simon Spotlight hardcover books
1981ref. 580306New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof of first American edition. Printed wrappers. Spine toned with a couple small soil spots on rear wrap very good. Publisher's material stapled to interior cover. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2022ref. 214858Osprey Publishing 2022-05-23. paperback. Very Good. 7x0x9. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Osprey Publishing paperback books
1964ref. 56902London: Chatto and Windus 1964. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 233pp index. Very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that has some minor loss at the head of the spine and top of the rear panel. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1947ref. 428756London: Collins 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second edition. 47 1pp. Illustrated from color and black & white photographic plates. Light wear on the bottom edge with offsetting on the end papers near fine in a near fine dust jacket with sunning on the spine and wear on the spine ends. A title in the Britain in Pictures series. Collins hardcover books
1953ref. 17344New York: Exposition Press. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1953. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . moderate shelfwear light fading to cloth at edges light discoloration in gutters; jacket a little edgeworn spine is browned with some minor staining a few tiny nicks here and there. The author a native of Dunlap Kansas and a then-resident of Lyons Kansas about 110 miles to the west in case you were wondering novelizes his experience at military school -- by all accounts the sort of thing you never quite get over although it doesn't necessarily obligate you to write a book about it -- to present a "vivid and authentic account of . the hazing the maneuvers the sports the youthful rebellion and all the other countless facets of cadet life." Like many vanity-romans-a-clef the author effectively anonymizes the actual locations of the action -- his protagonist hails from "Centerville" but the description of the town doesn't match Centerville Kansas and attends "Sterling Military Academy in Longmont Missouri." There never has been either a military school or a Missouri town by those names near as I can tell. The novel is set mostly during 1934 and 1935 and although the locus is primarily the doings at the school itself there are at least some references to what was going in Depression-era America and a visiting lecturer even speaks of the rise of Hitler. There's also a kind of amusing passage in which the protagonist takes a girl to see the movie LIMEHOUSE BLUES Paramount 1934 which he dismisses as "a morbid piece with many sordid undesirable scenes." All in all it presents a pretty balmy picture of life in a military academy -- even the "hazing" referenced above doesn't amount to much more than a sergeant who yells a bit and calls the cadets "the sorriest bunch of recruits I've ever seen." It does kind of leave you wondering though if the author -- especially since the book was published smack-dab in the middle of the McCarthy Era -- quite knew what he was doing when he named his protagonist "John Reed." . Exposition Press hardcover books
1971ref. 63944New York: Harper 1971. hardcover. very good/very good-. xiv 434 pages 8vo black cloth d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped tear upper front cover. New York: Harper & Row 1971. First edition. A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper. Harper unknown books
1997ref. 149360Detroit MI: Solidarity 1997. Pamphlet. 14p. wraps staples just starting to rust else very good condition 8x11 inches. Solidarity unknown books
1994ref. 13478Glasgow Scotland: Adam McLean/Hermetic Research Series 1994. First Edition/Limited Editions. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition/Limited Editions. Hardcover. The author Adam McLean is a well known authority on and enthusiast for alchemical texts and symbolism the editor and publisher of over 100 books on alchemical and hermetic ideas. Based in the UK he has been writing and researching alchemical and hermetic literature for many years. Between 1978 and 1992 he edited the Hermetic Journal and during those years he also began publishing the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks the important series of fifty five editions of key source texts of the hermetic tradition. From 1990 through 2002 he was supported by the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica to undertake research into hermetic texts. This enabled him to devote much of his time to research and projects making alchemical ideas available to people. In 1995 when the internet became more widely available he began to construct the alchemy web site in order to make alchemical ideas more accessible to the wider community. It is now recognised as the most important internet resource on alchemy."--Adam McLean. A handsome copy. From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir alchemist artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work The Emerald Tablet a series of Alchemical 'Zines Alchemical Meditations Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy. Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form - alchemical results or talismans. Light shelfwear else near fine. 8vo. 140pp. Bound in faux red leather with gilt spine title red papers. Former owner library stamp. Limited to 300 in each edition of which this is number 34. Signed and dated by author. Adam McLean/Hermetic Research Series hardcover books
2002ref. 13485Edinburgh: Adam McLean 2002. First Edition First Printing. Poster. Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Poster. The scroll is an English alchemical manuscript and is among the earliest alchemical works that incorporate allegorical imagery and text. It dates from the middle to late 15th century 1450-1500. 21 examples have survived and the earliest is in Oxford. It predates the well known Splendor solis illustrations. It has not yet been conclusively established that it was the work of George Ripley but his name has always been associated with this scroll. In the first few months of 2002 I worked on making a facsimile of this famous work basing it upon three of the best known and earliest versions of the scroll. I redrew and coloured the images. Most of the surviving scrolls are in poor condition and the colouring has consequently faded so making this facsimile provided the opportunity of recreating the scroll in its original vivid colours. I also have used my modern version of the text on the scroll.--Adam McLean. Scarce early example of Adam McLean's brilliant facsimile reinterpretation. Printed on one continuous sheet. From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir alchemist artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work The Emerald Tablet a series of Alchemical 'Zines Alchemical Meditations Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy. Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form - alchemical results or talismans. Light shelfwear rolled in very good condition. 6 feet unrolled. Illus. b/w. Full color printed on semigloss cardstock. Former owner library stamp. Adam McLean unknown books
2003ref. 13459Glasgow Scotland: Adam McLean/Hermetic Research Series 2003. First Edition/Limited Editions. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition/Limited Editions. Original Wraps. This collection includes: The Green Lion: Three Dialogues by Jacques Tesson 2003. Signed no. 48. The Philosophers' Stone by Georg Ernst Stahl" Signed no. 51. The Book of Cratès 2002. Unsigned. Thomas Charnock's Alchemical Letter to Queen Elizabeth 2002. Unsigned. Sendivogius: A Treatise on Salt by Michael Sendivogius 2002. Unsigned. Compounds of Compounds by Albertus Magnus 2003. Unsigned. The creator of the alchemy web site Adam McLean is a well known authority on and enthusiast for alchemical texts and symbolism the editor and publisher of over 100 books on alchemical and hermetic ideas. Based in the UK he has been writing and researching alchemical and hermetic literature for many years. Between 1978 and 1992 he edited the Hermetic Journal and during those years he also began publishing the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks the important series of fifty five editions of key source texts of the hermetic tradition. From 1990 through 2002 he was supported by the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica to undertake research into hermetic texts. This enabled him to devote much of his time to research and projects making alchemical ideas available to people. In 1995 when the internet became more widely available he began to construct the alchemy web site in order to make alchemical ideas more accessible to the wider community. It is now recognised as the most important internet resource on alchemy."--Adam McLean From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir alchemist artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work The Emerald Tablet a series of Alchemical 'Zines Alchemical Meditations Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy. He has presented seminars and workshops around the world on various aspects of the alchemy. Khepri Press was started in 2014 as a place to organize and distribute his work. It is a very small press dedicated to alchemical book arts. Some of this work is publishable and others may exist only in manuscript or object form - alchemical results or talismans. Light shelfwear else near fine. Glossy color wrappers. 8vo. var. pg. Illus. b/w. 5 volume set. Former owner library stamp. Limited to 300 in each edition that are handnumbered. Adam McLean/Hermetic Research Series unknown books
2014ref. 13270New Haven CT: Yale University Press 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks on p.20: "I too." Dr. Sacks often wrote conversations with the author and reactions in the margins. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Near fine. Red cloth. 8vo. 178pp.index. Illus. b/w. All underlining emphasis and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Yale University Press hardcover books
1991ref. 11569Duarte CA: Hope Press 1991. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Inscription on tp. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo. 152pp. Mounted bookplate on endpapers. Hope Press unknown books
1992ref. 11544Silver Spring MD: Hope Press 1992. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Foreword by OS. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy paper wraps. 8vo. 206pp. Hope Press unknown books
1880ref. 187917Dresden: Gilbers'sche Konigl. Hof-Verlagsbuchhandlung 1880. Hardcover. VG- shelfwear to boards front end paper loose age toning overall chipping to page edges for the last approx 10 pages of plates not affecting plates. Oversized bound in 1/2 red leather and color illustrated paper over boards; spine has gilt lettering and five raised bands; top edge gilt color illustrated end papers; 76 pp with bw illustrations 69 bw plates many are mounted. Text is in German. Bookplate inside front cover belonging to Ogden Codman American architect. Saxon mansions and locksmiths; represented in views floor plans situation plans and an explanatory text. Gilbers'sche Konigl. Hof-Verlagsbuchhandlung hardcover books
1900ref. 188087London: E. Thezard 1900. Hardcover. VG- light shelfwear to boards; a few plates and text are missing as noted above. Light age toning; pages are otherwise clean and clear. Oversized 3/4 red and green portfolio boards with gilt lettering; tan ribbon closures; 6 pp of text missing pages 5-8 followed by 7 plates missing plate IV; 8 pp; 8 plates; 2 pp; 8 plates; 4 pp; 7 plates missing plate V; 4 pp; 6 plates missing plate VI and VII; 6 pp; 8 plates; 1 pp; 8 plates; 1 pp; 8 plates; 1 pp; 8 plates; 8 plates; 3 pp; 25 plates. Dual text in French and English. Vol. 1. pt. 1. The Seat of the Duke of Northumberland at Sion ; pt. 2. The Villa of Earl Mansfield at Kenwood ; pt. 3. The Seat of the Earl of Bute at Luton Park ; pt. 4. Public buildings ; pt. 5. Designs for the King and Queen and the Princess Dowager of Wales. Originally printed for the authors and sold by P. Elmsly 1778-1822. E. Thezard hardcover books
2002ref. 38908London: Tony Butcher 2002. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/100. Large quarto. 134pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Book housed in its matching publisher's slipcase. An original 9 1/2 x 7 1/2" silver gelatin print resting at pocket on inside of front cover. Half-title blind-stamped and hand-signed by the author. Tony Butcher showcases his photographs of the black male nude in this stunning limited edition book. Butcher's photographs glorify the black male. They are a celebration of texture the smoothness of skin and the warmth of the flesh. The choice of the subject creates images bursting with physical energy. One of 100 numbered copies of which this is No. 20. Slipcase binding interior and original photograph in very good condition. Tony Butcher hardcover books
2005ref. TB32080New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2005. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in 1/4 black paper and dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block. In a near fine unclipped unusual wrap-around dust jacket with four folds depicting a major naval battle. There is light rubbing to two of the folds and to the ends of the spine area. 341 pages including an index bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of color plates from earlier works of art. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1937ref. 1529New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1937. 8vo. 220 x 155 mm. 8 ¾ x 6 inches. 167 pp. with twenty-nine separate leaves containing thirty-seven b&w illustrations. Publishers' dark red cloth over boards with black lettering on the spine; illustrated endpapers with a seventeenth-century map of Europe; fore-edges deckled; top and bottom edges cut smooth; illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Book is Fine: spine is very slightly skewed but otherwise the book itself is in excellent condition with the text block clean. Jacket is Good: chipping at the top and bottom edges; minor fading soiling and shelf wear. Overall a bright copy. First Edition. Richard S. Lambert 1894-1981 was an English biographer historian and broadcaster who wrote on a wide range of subjects throughout his long career from children's novels to studies on propaganda. It was his suggestion to emulate the journeys taken by seventeenth and eighteenth century aristocrats in their grand tours through Europe alongside a host of notable writers. Not least of which were the early female rights advocate Mona Wilson and celebrated war poet Edmund Blunden. Each writer was tasked with describing a section of the voyage beginning and ending in London with stops throughout France Switzerland Germany and the Low Countries. The result is not only a pleasurable travelogue but also a compelling narrative history of the concept of the grand tour itself. . E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown books
1645ref. MEE1127Schlesswig: Bey Jacob zur Glocken. Jm Jahr 1645-1647. 1645. Large 4to. 13 ff. 546 i.e. 536 pp. 1 f. 42 pp. 6 ff. With full-page engraved half title 10 double-page engraved plates 11 full-pages engraved plates 60 text figures engr. head and tail pieces initial letters. Title with vignette "Allah" in Arabic script. First edition of Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Reise 1645-7. This is an important and widely-read seventeenth century account of travels through Russia and Persia and into India and the Far East. The maps include the large folding plan of the Volga plus the Baltic regions Muscovy Persia Asia China etc. In addition to the OLEARIUS book this HAND-COLORED DOUBLE-PAGE ENGRAVED MAP depicting Adam Olearius' Olschlager route from the atlas of Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638. The map is fully hand-colored in a contemporary hand. The map is entitled: Nova et Accurata Wolgae Fluminis olim Rha dicti deline atio Auctore Adamo Oleario. / Illustrissimo Domino Dno. Benedicto Bagge de Berga Sneco haec Geographica fluminis Wolgae descriptio humillime offertur. Amsterdam Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios et Moses Pitt. Double-page 1680. 570x650 mm. Contains 3 cartouches the map was originally issued by Jan Jansson Nieuwen atlas of 1658. "The first edition of Olearius' account of his travels was published in 1647 in Schleswig under the title Offt begehrte Beschreibung der newen orientalischen Rejse so durch Gelegenheit einer Holsteinischen Legation an d. Konig in Persien geschehen. An extended and restructured edition appeared in 1656: Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung der Muscowitischen und Persischen Reyse so durch gelegenheit einer Holsteinischern Gesandschafft an den russischen Zaar und Konig in Persien geschehen reprint with a commentary by D. Lohmeier Tubingen 1971. The Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung is divided into six "books" of which the fourth treats the mission's route up to Isfahan with detailed descriptions of Ardabil Qazvin Qom Kasan and their stay at the Safavid court. Book five is an encyclopedic description of Persia covering aspects such as geography fauna and flora political institutions manners customs and clothing Safavid history education language and script trade and religion. The return journey from Isfahan is the subject of book six. Amongst the numerous ethnographic observations mention should be made of Olearius' depiction of the Asura ceremonies and other Shi'ite rituals including the recitation of a "Machtelnamae" and the celebration of Ali's designation as the Prophet's successor "Chummekater;" p. 435ff. 456ff. Of interest for the history of printing is the regular insertion of Persian and Turkish quotations in the original script serving as a model for the later account by Engelbert Kaempfer. The copper plate illustrations are of particular value especially his detailed city views and the portrait of Shah afi. Modern scholars such as Strack Emerson and Brancaforte have presented different views on the question of Olearius' objectivity and the extent to which he was affected by contemporary assumptions Strack; Brancaforte; Emerson. "Olearius provided the first comprehensive description of Persia since antiquity but his achievements appear less significant when compared with the far broader range and experience of later travelers who wrote after him in the course of the 17 century" Lohmeier p. 59. Still all later travelogues are heavily indebted to him and his work can be studied as a starting point for the genre. His outstanding contribution to the cartography of Persia is his Nova Delineatio Persiae et Confiniorvm veteri longe accurator edita Anno 1655 the first realistic map of Iran that in particular corrects the location and form of the Caspian Sea." – Encyclopedia Iranica. Olearius "Born in 1599 with the German name Ohlschlegel later Olschlager Olearius studied theology mathematics astronomy and geography at the University of Leipzig. After various teaching assignments in 1633 he entered the service of Frederick III 1597-1659 ruler of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. As secretary and counselor he took part in the diplomatic missions to Russia and Persia that were aimed at negotiating a new direct trade route for Persian silk. After the initial consent of the Tsar the embassy set out for Persia in 1635. Taking the route through Moscow and following the Volga to Astrakhan they entered Persia after crossing the Caspian Sea at Sama-i. There the delegation had to wait for three months before they were allowed to proceed. Olearius used the time to acquire a basic knowledge of Persian and Arabic. Their route then took them from Ardabil Qazvin and Kasan to Isfahan the capital. After a stay of several months the mission returned without concrete results by a similar route this time passing through Rast. Olearius continued his service in Gottorp as court mathematician and principal of the extensive court library and collections Kunstkammer. He was deeply engaged in the baroque literary scene of his time and achieved wide international recognition. He died in 1671 and was buried in Schleswig Lohmeier." – Encyclopedia Iranica. REFERENCES: Wing CD-ROM 1996 O269; ESTC RLIN R021580. FULL TITLE: Offt begehrte Beschreibung Der Newen Orientalischen Rejse So durch Gelegenheit einer Holsteinischen Legation an den Konig in Persien geschehen. Worinnen Derer Orter vnd Lander durch welche die Reise gangen als furnemblich Russland Tartarien vnd Persien sampt jhrer Einwohner Natur Leben vnd Wesen fleissig beschrieben vnd mit vielen Kupfferstucken so nach dem Leben gestellet gezieret. Jtem Ein Schreiben des Wol Edeln rc. Johan Albrecht Von Mandelslo worinnen dessen OstIndianische Reise uber den Oceanum enthalten. Zusampt eines kurtzen Berichts von jetzigem Zustand des eussersten Orientalischen Konig Reiches Tzina. Durch M. Adamum Olearium Ascanium Saxonem Furstl: Schlesswig-Holsteinischen Hoff-mathemat. . Mit Rom. Kays. Maj. vnd Churfl. Durchl. zu Sachsen privilegijs auff 10 Jahr bey Verlust Tausend Thlr. nicht nachszudrucken. . Bey Jacob zur Glocken. Jm Jahr [1645]-1647. hardcover books
1971ref. 88716San Diego: Surrey House 1971. Paperback. 188p. ads very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS6908. Teen hitchhiker on the road to Hollywood. Early HIS69. Surrey House paperback books
2016ref. CNAP107aSan Francisco: The Arion Press 2016. Hardcover. New. Chagoya Enrique. 12 by 8-1/4 inches 152 numbered pages by coincidence the same number of pages as the first edition for the text and ten unnumbered signatures for the prints consisting of a sheet folded at the fore-edge with die-cut windows and a folded tab to tip into the sewing section and an inserted sheet of Japanese handmade paper making three leaves which adds six "pages" for a total of 212 pages. The paper is Italian mouldmade Magnani Ingres laid. The Japanese paper for the prints is handmade Arokaji koso washi. The type printed by letterpress is Kennerley Old Style designed by Frederic W. Goudy composed and cast in Monotype with handset type for display. The binding is Smyth-sewn with handsewn silk endbands with a three-piece cloth cover green on the sides and blue on the spine foil stamped on the sides with roundels designed by Enrique Chagoya and stamped on the spine with titling. The book is presented in a slipcase in an edition of 300 copies for sale. Each book is signed by the artist. Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Páramo" is a monument of Mexican literature and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Juan Rulfo was a photographer and a fiction writer known for his two books "El Llano en Llamas" a collection of short stories published in 1953 and the 1955 novel "Pedro Páramo". He was born in Apulco in the Mexican state of Jalisco in 1918 and died in Mexico City in 1986. Gabriel García Márquez said he felt blocked as a novelist after his first four books and that it was only his life-changing discovery of "Pedro Páramo" in 1961 that allowed the composition of his masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Marquez noted that all of Rulfo's published writing put together "add up to no more than 300 pages; but that is almost as many and I believe they are as durable as the pages that have come down to us from Sophocles". Enrique Chagoya has made ten color prints for the book. They are highly unusual in that they are printed on both sides of thin translucent handmade Japanese paper of a tan-brown color. On the front recto are portraits of Mexicans from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries printed in a dark blue with background imagery printed in green on the other side. As Chagoya has written in his artist statement for the book "The drawings are not an illustration of 'Pedro Páramo' because the story does not need illustrations. It is more like a visual duet and instrument playing a counterpoint parallel to the novel." ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover books
1774ref. 5385London 1774. Engraving by J. Zucchi. A fine architectural engraving of the interior of Kenwood House in Hampstead London re-modelled in 1761-1773 and now home to the Iveagh Bequest picture collection. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57 Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam and the greatest single factor other than his own talent in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return the brothers launched their career by building the Adelphi from the Thames to the Strand in London which although not a commercial success at the time included one of London's most cherished buildings the Adelphi Theatre. Together the Adam brothers designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England including such bastions of English architecture as Kenwood House Keddlestone Manor and Syon House. To the interiors of their English country houses the Adams brought wonderful ornamental elements in niches lunettes festoons and reliefs. Their classically designed buildings were so numerous in London that they changed the prevailing feel of the city and established their brand of neo-Classicism as the model of elegance and importance. It is asserted that the brothers originated the concept of the uniform facade attached to the typical English row house an architectural device that distinguishes London buildings. This monumental contribution is evidenced in the Adams' designs for Portland Place and Fitzroy Square and these were used as architectural models for the whole city. The brothers brought their talents into other areas by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing a treatise of design entitled 'Works in Architecture'. The work was published in three volumes over an extended span of time beginning in 1773 with the final volume being published posthumously in 1822. Cf. Brunet I.47; cf. Lowndes I p.8; DNB; Wilton-Ely The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. unknown books
1775ref. 17574London 1775. Engraving by P. Begbie. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed just outside the platemark on the left margin. An elegant engraving depicting various furnishings designed by Robert and James Adam including decorative clocks an ornamental knocker and two elaborate hanging lights. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57 Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam and the greatest single factor other than his own talent in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return the brothers launched their career by building the Adelphi from the Thames to the Strand in London which although not a commercial success at the time included one of London's most cherished buildings the Adlephi Theatre. Together the Adam brothers designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England including such bastions of English architecture as Kenwood House Keddlestone Manor and Syon House. To the interiors of their English country houses the Adams brought wonderful ornamental elements in niches lunettes festoons and reliefs. Their classically designed buildings were so numerous in London that they changed the prevailing feel of the city and established their brand of neo-Classicism as the model of elegance and importance. It is asserted that the brothers originated the concept of the uniform facade attached to the typical English row house an architectural device that distinguishes London buildings. This monumental contribution is evidenced in the Adams' designs for Portland Place and Fitzroy Square and these were used as architectural models for the whole city. The brothers brought their talents into other areas by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing a treatise of design entitled 'Works in Architecture'. The work was published in three volumes over an extended span of time beginning in 1773 with the final volume being published posthumously in 1822. Cf. Brunet I.47; cf. Lowndes I p.8; DNB; Wilton-Ely The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. unknown books
1775ref. 17118London 1775. Engraving by T. Vivares. In excellent condition with the exception of some paper discolouration in the bottom right corner of the sheet. A fine architectural engraving of a part of the vast Adelphi development in London; the largest project undertaken by the Adam brothers. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57 Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam and the greatest single factor other than his own talent in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return the brothers launched their career by building the Adelphi from the Thames to the Strand in London which although not a commercial success at the time included one of London's most cherished buildings the Adelphi Theatre. Together the Adam brothers designed and built some of the most famous buildings in England including such bastions of English architecture as Kenwood House Keddlestone Manor and Syon House. To the interiors of their English country houses the Adams brought wonderful ornamental elements in niches lunettes festoons and reliefs. Their classically designed buildings were so numerous in London that they changed the prevailing feel of the city and established their brand of neo-Classicism as the model of elegance and importance. It is asserted that the brothers originated the concept of the uniform facade attached to the typical English row house an architectural device that distinguishes London buildings. This monumental contribution is evidenced in the Adams' designs for Portland Place and Fitzroy Square and these were used as architectural models for the whole city. The brothers brought their talents into other areas by designing furniture to complement their beautiful interiors and by creating and publishing a treatise of design entitled 'Works in Architecture'. The work was published in three volumes over an extended span of time beginning in 1773 with the final volume being published posthumously in 1822. Cf. Brunet I.47; cf. Lowndes I p.8; DNB; Wilton-Ely The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. unknown books
