PICABIA, le peintre et l'aquafortiste
by Andre, Edouard; FRANCIS PICABIA
1908. ANDRE, Edouard. PICABIA, le peintre et l'aquafortiste. 32 pp., illustrated with 6 original etchings. 8vo., publisher's wrappers. Paris: E. Rey, 1908. This is the first book published on Picabia and contains 6 original etchings by him. These would appear to be a substantial part of Picabia's graphic work, since the book mentions that "the painter declines to harbor any ambition to be considered an etcher". A near-fine copy of this rare and important work, with... Read More
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Alphabet de la grande guerre, Alphabet of the Great War 1914 - 1916
by HELLÉ (André).
HELLÉ, André. Alphabet de la grande guerre. [Alphabet of the Great War 1914-1916]. Folio, 315 x 240 mm, publisher's illustrated boards. Paris-Nancy: Berger-Levrault, (1916). Colour lithographed covers, the first, under a calligraphic title in capital letters, depicting gunners behind a cannon, flags on the second, guards illustrated with flags. A title page and illustrated table of contents precede twenty-six boards each comprising a letter, a title, a central illustration in a black frame and a text as... Read More
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La Historia della Citta di Parma et de la Descrittione del fiume Parma
by ANGELI, Bonaventura, Ferrarese.; BONAVENTURA, Ange
1591. () ANGELI, Bonaventura. La Historia della Citta di Parma, et la Descrittione del fiume Parma...divisa in otto libri. [16], 783 (i.e., 795), [1]; [160] pp., illustrated with large woodcut historiated initials at the beginning of each chapter, ornamental head- and tailpieces, plus the printer's woodcut device on title-page and colophon (f. Ddd4v). 4to, 203 x 147 mm., bound by Le Gascon in contemporary French blonde calf, double-ruled in gilt, framing a central armorial device with the monogram... Read More
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Tableau ou Description de la Russie.
by ANONYMOUS
1813. ANONYMOUS. Tableau ou Description de la Russie. Avec les Moeurs, Usages, Coutumes, Religion de ses Divers Peuples. Orne de Jolies Figures. [4], 139, [1] pp., with 7 plates. 12mo, 130 x 80 mm., bound in half reddish calf over red marbled paper covered boards. Paris: Chez H. Nicole, Rue de Seine, 1813. A charming little book on various aspects of Russia, which is very rare, and would appear to be unrecorded, since we can find no... Read More
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Le Savant de huit ans suivi du Petit Coloriste
by ANONYMOUS
1830. ANONYMOUS. Le Savant de huit ans, suivi du Petit Coloriste. [iv], 96 pp., illustrated with 10 woodcuts, of which 6 are hand-coloured. Oblong 8vo, 92 x 114 mm., bound in contemporary sheep. Lille: Blocquel, [1830]. A charming little children's book on the practical aspects of arts and sciences. There are text illustrations of charts for drawing in proportion, printed music, and many definitions of arts and trades. The second half is taken up by an... Read More
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Progetto sul Foro Bonaparte che doveva Eseguirsi in Milano in 24 Gran Tavole.
by ANTOLINI, Giovanni Antonio
1814. ANTOLINI, Giovanni Antonio. Progetto sul Foro Bonaparte che doveva Eseguirsi in Milano in 24 Gran Tavole. Title-page and suite of twenty-four plates, comprising 14 magnificent double-page aquatint views printed in shades of sepia ink and 10 double-page engraved floor-plans and scaled architectural drawings. Large folio, 572 x 440 mm., bound in full contemporary Italian boards. Milan: Bettalli, [1814]. A splendid copy of these magnificent plates. These grand aquatint views document an imposing project that was never... Read More
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Algemeene Centrale Van Bouw -- Ameublement En Gemengde Vakken Van Belgie, Gewest Antwerpen
by Antwerp
1934. 173215 Algemeene Centrale Van Bouw -- Ameublement En Gemengde Vakken Van Belgie, Gewest Antwerpen. 48 pp. pofusely illustated in black, white and red, 14 b&w photographic images. 8vo, 212 x 146 mm., wraps. Antwerp, Van Arteveldestraat, 1934. A small, but rare book on the industrial furniture trades in interwar Belgium. While this book does not appear to be formally affiliated with the Vienna Method of illustration, the influence is unmistakable. the 14 pages of... Read More
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Urbanistica della Roma Mussoliniana-Urbanisme de la Rome de Mussolini - Staedtebau des Mussolinischen Rom- Town planning of Mussolinian Rome
by FASCIST ARCHITECTURE.
1936. FASCIST ARCHITECTURE. Urbanistica della Roma Mussoliniana-Urbanisme de la Rome de Mussolini - Staedtebau des Mussolinischen Rom- Town planning of Mussolinian Rome. Special issue of: Architettura : Rivista del sindacato nazionale fascista architetti. 102 pp. Profusely illustrated. Folio. Publishers wrappers. Rome: Fratelli Treves,1936. An important survey of town planning in Italy between the wars. OCLC lists Berkeley, National G\llery, Oxford and the Herziana. Grillo, Il Libro Fotografico Italiano 1931-1941.pp. 114-115.
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Kosho Gijutsu: Miyako no Sakigake
by ISHIDA Aritoshi
1883. ISHIDA Aritoshi. Kosho Gijutsu: Miyako no Sakigake. [Kyoto's Commercial and Industrial Enterprises]. 2 volumes. 350 ff., illustrated throughout with copperplate prints. 8vo, 110 x 145 mm, stab bound in publisher's original wrappers, preserved in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Ishida Gojiro, Meiji 16 [1883]. A splendid and charming piece of bookmaking, this work garnered significant attention as a comprehensive directory of Kyoto's commercial and industrial businesses during the Meiji era. Against the backdrop of Kyoto's... Read More
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Hayeri verabnakets’umy HSSH-its’ durs
by ARMENIA
1961. ARMENIA. Hayeri verabnakets'umy HSSH-its' durs. viii, 112 pp., illustrated with 97 full page maps and charts. Large 4to, bound in publisher's maroon cloth. Erevan: Haykakan SSRò Gitut'yunneri Akademia, 1961. This atlas presents an unusual and stunning example of avant-garde book design from what was then Soviet Armenia. Text in Russian. Waterstaining not affecting the plates.
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Hayeri verabnakets’umy HSSH-its’ durs
by ARMENIA
1961. ARMENIA. Hayeri verabnakets'umy HSSH-its' durs. viii, 112 pp., illustrated with 97 full page maps and charts. Large 4to, bound in publisher's maroon cloth. Erevan: Haykakan SSRò Gitut'yunneri Akademia, 1961. This atlas presents an unusual and stunning example of avant-garde book design from what was then Soviet Armenia. Text in Armenian.
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Statistisch Zakboek
by ARNTZ, Gerd.
1941. ARNTZ, Gerd. Statistisch Zakboek. (Isotype). 23 Volumes. 8vo, bound in publisher's wrappers. The Hague: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 1940 - 1966. This is a complete run of the volumes containing Arntz's contributions. The publication actually began in 1926. In 1940 Arntz was put in charge of graphic design at the Nederlandsche Stichting voor Statistiek, and he contributed to the Annual right up until 1966. In fine condition, but with slight wear to the... Read More
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Soviet Cinema
by Arossev, A. (ed.)
1936. AROSSEV, A. [ed.]. Soviet Cinema. 312 pp., illustrated throughout, plus 14 pp. of advertisements. 8vo, bound in publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards. Moscow: Voks, 1936. An unusually fine copy of this rare and fragile history of Soviet film with photomontages by Rodchenko and Stepanova. Published at the high watermark of state-controlled Soviet cinema and includes work by some of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the medium. The plate depicting Stalin's head in profile printed on... Read More
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Artist's Manuals. A Collection of 18 Titles in 44 Volumes
by JAPANESE ART
1881. JAPANESE ART. Artist's Manuals. A collection of 18 titles in 44 volumes. Various sizes, publisher's wrappers. Japan: Various publishers, 1881-1915. A remarkable collection of early Japanese manuals used for the instruction of painting, including some of the earliest examples of the genre. In the 1850s the Japanese government had established a school to study Western art and culture, and presumably these manuals are an outgrowth of that. Two of the volumes of Mohitsu shu gacho... Read More
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Hana tsutsumi.
by ASHIDA, Haruhisa
1911. ASHIDA, Haruhisa. Hana tsutsumi. [Wrapping flowers]. 27 leaves, illustrated with woodcut frontispiece, 20 colour woodcuts, and 16 black-and-white woodcuts. 8vo, 255 x 185 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Nihon Kado Enshukai Soka Kyodobu: Kado Enshuryu Seifu Iemoto Kansai Jimusho, 1911. A beautiful and unusual book on wrapping flowers (hana tsutsumi in Japanese). In his book Hana Tsutsumi, Mitsuko Kawata points to the Sendensho, a book on Ikebana published in... Read More
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An official guide to eastern Asia. Trans-continental connections between Europe and Asia.
by EAST ASIA
1913. EAST ASIA. An Official Guide to Eastern Asia. Trans-Continental Connections between Europe and Asia. Vol. I: Manchuria & Chosen. Vol. II: South-Western Japan. Vol. III: North-Eastern Japan. Vol. IV: China. Vol. V: East Indies. Five volumes. I: [2], LXXXVI, 350 pp., illustrated with 17 colour folding maps, 16 black and white photographic plates, plus a folding map in rear pastedown pocket. II: [2], CCIV, 370 pp., illustrated with a... Read More
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Cantic del Sol
by ASSISI, Francis; JOAN MIRO
1975. MIRO, Joan. Càntic del Sol. By Saint Francis of Assisi, translated into Spanish by Josep Carner, with a prologue by Marià Manent. 44 ff. With 35 etchings with aquatint, printed in colour, all after original designs by Joan Miró. Oblong folio, 367 x 516 mm, loose as issued in original yellow cloth chemise and slipcase bearing red embossed signature of Miró. Barcelona: Editorial Gustau Gili, 1975. "In 1975, Gustau Gili... Read More
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The Art of Chromolithography.
by Audsely, George Ashdown.
1883. AUDSELY, George Ashdown. The Art of Chromolithography popularly explained. [6], 24 pp. With 44 full-page chromolithographs. Folio, 418 x 290 mm, bound in original green cloth, embossed and gilt. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. First Edition of this extraordinary monograph on Chromolithography which depicts, in a series of 44 plates, separate impressions of all the lithograph stones employed, and all progressive printings of the same image in... Read More
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De Civitate Dei
by AUGUSTINE, Saint
1475. AUGUSTINE, Saint. De Civitate Dei. 305 ff. of 306 (missing final blank). [a-b8 c-z10 A-G10 H10 (-H10, final blank)], with three blanks (ff. 1, 16, 305). 46 lines, gothic type (2:84) printed double-column, roman headline (4:110). Folio, 286 x 202 mm, bound in contemporary Venetian calf over wooden boards paneled and tooled in blind using a large floral arabesque roll and a smaller interior roll of cords framing a central Islamic-style motif of five knotted lozenges; spine with... Read More
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Steel Horizons. Aviation Issue. Volume 2, Number 4
by AVIATION
1940. AVIATION. Steel Horizons. Aviation Issue. Volume 2, Number 4. 46 pp., illustrated throughout. Folio, bound in publisher's wrappers. Pittsburgh: Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, 1940. Given the subject matter, an unusual example of imaginative design, more of the kind one might have expected from Holland at the time.
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Sekai ryoko bankoku meisho zue. Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers round the World. Five volumes in seven, accompanied by a folding Map of the World in illustrated wrappers.. Illustrated with hundreds of woodcut illustrations
by AWOKI,T and J. SUSUKA.
1885. AWOKI, T. and J. SUSUKA. Sekai ryoko bankoku meisho zue. Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers round the World. Five volumes in seven. Illustrated with hundreds of woodcut illustrations including a volvelle, accompanied by a folding Map of the World in illustrated boards. 145 x 95 mm. each, bound in original publisher's cloth-backed illustrated paper over boards. Osaka: Sanyodo, 1885. A fine set of this scarce Japanese guide to the world which offers a magnificently eccentric vision... Read More
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Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshu.
by AYAO, Yamano
1930. AYAO, Yamano. Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshu. 48 pp., illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white illustrations and some photomontage. Folio, 300 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's boards in the original cardboard portfolio. Tokyo: Seibundo, 1930. A collection of designs by the important twentieth-century Japanese decorator/designer Yamana Ayao (1897-1980), the originator of the "Shiseido-style" during his long tenure as the cosmetic company's head designer. This particular portfolio is a compilation of his designs for the coffee... Read More
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The Theory of Colouring
by BACON,J
1872. BACON, J. The Theory of Colouring. Being an Analysis of the Principles of Contrast and Harmony in the Arrangement of Colours with Their Application to the Study of Nature and Hints on the Composition of Pictures. viii, 58 pp., illustrated with 6 colour plates, plus 48 pp. of advertisements for artists' materials. 8vo, 183 x 120 mm, bound in publisher's blue pebbled cloth stamped in blind, title gilt on front cover, a.e.g. London: George Rowney, 1872. ... Read More
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Spoorwegserie Nos. 1-4 (all published).
by BAKKER, Piet et.al
1941. BAKKER, Piet, et al. Spoorwegserie Nos. 1-4. 8vo, 235 x 153 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers. Netherlands: Nederlandsche Spoorwegen, ca. 1941. A complete set of these scarce wartime pamphlets published by the Dutch railways, whose design was strongly influenced by the work of Piet Zwart. The pamphlets are Seinwesen; Hoe Onstaat der Dienstregeling; De Nederlandsche Spoorwegen. Een Millionenbedrijf; and Wat Rijdt er Langs den Ijzerern Weg.
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Reales Exequias de la serenissima senora Da. Ysabel Farnecio, Princesa de Parma, y Reyna de las Espanas: celebradas en la Santa Iglesia Cathedral en la imperial Corte Mexicana, los Dias 27 y 28 de Febrero de 1767
by BALCARCEL Y FORMENTO, Domingo et al.
1767. BALCARCEL Y FORMENTO, Domingo et al. Reales Exequias de la serenissima senora Da. Ysabel Farnecio, Princesa de Parma, y Reyna de las Espanas: celebradas en la Santa Iglesia Cathedral en la imperial Corte Mexicana, los Dias 27 y 28 de Febrero de 1767. Title and 38 leaves, illustrated throughout. 8vo, modern 3/4 morocco. Mexico: En la imprenta de D. Phelipe de Zuniga, y Ontiveros, 1767. A fine copy of this extremely rare and beautiful example... Read More
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