Arte de Escribir por Reglas y sin Muestras, establecido de Orden superior en los Reales Sitios de San Ildefonso y Valsain despues de haberse experimentado en ambos la utilidad de su enseñanza, y sus ventajas respecto del Metodo usado hasta ahora en las escuelas de primeras Letras
by [ANDUAGA Y GARIMBERTI, José de]
53 fine plates on 30 sheets. 2 p.l., xxxix, 99, [4] pp. 4to, cont. Spanish green morocco, cover with gilt fillets round sides, flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, characteristic Spanish marbled endpapers, a.e.g. [Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1781]. First edition — and a superb copy in contemporary Spanish green morocco — of one of the most beautiful and influential of the Spanish writing books; this work and that of Palomares,... Read More
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Considerationi sopra la Forza di alcune Ragioni Fisicomattematiche, addote dal M.R.P. Gio. Battista Riccioli…nel suo Almagesto Nuovo & Astronomia Riformata contro il Sistema Copernicano. Espresse in Due Dialoghi…
by ANGELI, Stefano degli
Woodcut diagrams in the text. 4 p.l. (final leaf a blank), 134 pp. Small 4to, cont. vellum over boards. Venice: B. Bruni, 1667. [bound with]: —. Seconde Considerationi sopra la Forza dell’Argomento Fisicomattematico…contra il Moto Diurno della Terra… Woodcut diagrams in the text. 4 p.l., 111 pp. Small 4to. Padua: M. Bolzetta de Cadorini, 1668. [bound with]: —. Terze considerationi sopra Una Lettera del…Gio: Alfonso Borelli…scritta da Questi in replica di alcune Dottrine incidentemente tocche…... Read More
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![KALLYE HUICH’AN or Gallye huichan 簡禮彙纂 [Compilation of Rites for the Bamboo Slips]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/365/815/1494815365.0.l.jpg)
KALLYE HUICH’AN or Gallye huichan 簡禮彙纂 [Compilation of Rites for the Bamboo Slips]
by ANON
1, 6, 11, 47 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. yellow patterned wrappers (wrappers a little soiled), orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Korea: 1870s]. A rare anonymous manual for the general education of writers of classical Chinese from late Chosŏn Korea. The term “bamboo slips” originally referred to the material supports of writing in antiquity. In classical Chinese usage of later ages — and in this title — the phrase was used metonymically in... Read More
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![Inpō yashi betsuroku 隱峰野史別錄 [K. Ŭnbong yasa pyŏllŏk; Unofficial History of the Japanese War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/212/841/1701841212.0.l.jpg)
Inpō yashi betsuroku 隱峰野史別錄 [K. Ŭnbong yasa pyŏllŏk; Unofficial History of the Japanese War]
by AN, Pang-jun 안방준, J. 安邦俊
33.5 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers (a little rubbed), orig. title-slip on upper cover, new stitching. [Edo]: Uonisai 有乎爾齋, title-page: 1849; at end of text: 1850. First edition to be printed in Japan (first printed in Korea in 1663) of this personal history of the Japanese invasion of Korea (the Imjin War) at the end of the 16th century. An (1573-1654), a native of Chuksan, south of Seoul, had a significant leadership role during the... Read More
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Poster: Giovanni Anselmo (5-30 April 1975)
by (ANSELMO, Giovanni)
Thick paper poster (495 x 480 mm.), silk-screened text in black, black & white offset-printed illus. pasted to center. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975. Poster made by gallerist and art collector Jürgen Wesseler (1938-2023) for Anselmo’s first show in Bremerhaven. A sheet of paper with three photographs of the artist’s series Particolare is affixed to the center of the poster between the silk-screened text. Near fine; three small and closed 6-10 mm. tears... Read More
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Exhibition card: Giovanni Anselmo: Particolare di Inifinito (18 June 1975)
by (ANSELMO, Giovanni)
Printed on one side. Card. Torino: Gian Enzo Sperone, 1975. Invitation card to Anselmo’s second solo show of 1975 with Sperone’s gallery. In fine condition. ❧ A. Minola, M.C. Mundici, F. Poli, M.T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, p. 493.
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Exhibition postcard: Giovanni Anselmo (5-30 April 1975)
by (ANSELMO, Giovanni)
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975. Postcard invitation for Anselmo’s debut with Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery in Bremerhaven. Three photographs of the artist’s work are on the recto. In excellent condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer Wim Crouwel (1928-2019). ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
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Exhibition card: Giovanni Anselmo: Particolare del Tutto (opens 28 May 1975)
by (ANSELMO, Giovanni)
Printed on one side. Card. Torino: Gian Enzo Sperone, 1975. Invitation card to the first of three solo exhibitions with Sperone that Anselmo had in 1975. In fine condition. ❧ A. Minola, M.C. Mundici, F. Poli, M.T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, pp. 245 (installation photographs) & 493.
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Exhibition card: Giovanni Anselmo: Particolari Visibili e Misurabili di Infinito come Scritta Ingrandita (opens 21 October 1975)
by (ANSELMO, Giovanni)
Printed on one side. Fine paper card. Rome: Gian Enzo Sperone, 1975. Invitation card to the third and final solo Anselmo (b. 1934) exhibition held by Sperone, in Rome. In fine condition. ❧ A. Minola, M.C. Mundici, F. Poli, M.T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, p. 493.
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Catalogue 130 Art & Avant Garde: invitation cards / documents / periodicals / catalogues etcetera
by ANTIQUARIAAT ANDRÉ SWERTZ, bookseller
Several black & white illus. Unpaginated. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Utrecht: n.d. Nice bookseller catalogue focused on books and ephemera in modern art (167 listings). We find materials by Acconci, Boltanski, Broodthaers, Brouwn, Buren, Flavin, Kosuth, Long, Panamarenko, Schoonhoven, etc. Also presents numerous rare exhibition catalogues. Fine; a few pen annotations in the margins.
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Catalogue 131, Modern Art(ists) (a selection of mainly smaller publications)
by ANTIQUARIAAT ANDRÉ SWERTZ, bookseller
Unpaginated. Small 8vo, printed yellow wrappers, staple-bound. Utrecht: n.d. Bookseller's catalogue offering 536 art books. Near fine.
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Catalogue 153, Artists of All Countries outside the Netherlands
by ANTIQUARIAAT ANDRÉ SWERTZ, bookseller
Unpaginated. Small 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Utrecht: [ca. 2003]. Bookseller catalogue listing 1641 items with prices. Fine, with customer's invoice laid-in.
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Exhibition postcard: Stephen Antonakos: Four Incomplete Square Neons (17 September-14 October 1974)
by (ANTONAKOS, Stephen)
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Houston: Cusack Gallery, 1974. Postcard invitation to the 1974 Antonakos exhibition at Barbara Cusack’s gallery. Near fine. Mailed to photographer Eve Sonneman.
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La Biblioteca Aprosiana, Passatempo Autunnale di Cornelio Aspasio Antivigilmi. Trà Vagabondi di Tabbia detto l'Aggirato
by APROSIO, Angelico
Frontis. containing a scene of a library (outer margin carefully strengthened on verso). L (incl. the frontis.), [10], 336, 387-733 pp. 12mo, cont. vellum over boards. Bologna: Manolessi, 1673. First edition of the very rare catalogue of the books donated by Aprosio to the library which was to bear his name. "Angelo Aprosio of Ventimiglia was in correspondence with most of the learned men of his day, and they sent him many books to read. Aprosio's catalogue of... Read More
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Announcement card: Diagramme von Shusaku Arakawa (4-23 February 1965)
by (ARAKAWA, Shusaku)
Large card. Illus. on recto, text on verso. Düsseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1965. Card announcing Arakawa’s third show with Galerie Schmela. Fine.
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Exhibition postcard: Arakawa: Sketches for an Anatomy of the Signified or If : Part I, Drawings 1972 - 1975 (opens 4 December 1975)
by (ARAKAWA, Shusaku)
Printed on one side. Postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1975. Postcard invitation for Arakawa’s 1975 exhibition with Yvon Lambert. Fine. Mailed to curator Frits Keers.
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Folded announcement card: Diagramme von Shusaku Arakawa (4 April-4 May 1966)
by (ARAKAWA, Shusaku)
Two black &. white illus. Düsseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1966. Scarce card for Arakawa’s show with Galeria Schmela in 1966. Fine.
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Folded announcement card: Diagramme von Shusaku Arakawa (24 January-13 February 1964)
by (ARAKAWA, Shusaku)
Two black & white illus. Düsseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1964. Announcement card for Arakawa’s second exhibition with Galerie Schmela. The front of the card is a reproduction of a telegram sent by the artist to the gallery. Includes a brief biography of the artist. Near fine.
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Annette Messager: Livres d’Artistes et Catalogues
by ARCHIVES LIBRAIRIE, bookseller
A few black & white illus. Unpaginated. Tall 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: [1995]. Scarce bookseller’s catalogue issued by Jean-Dominique Carré, this one is devoted to the books and exhibition catalogues of Annette Messager (b. 1943). 62 items are offered, including unique works and books that were printed in very small editions. An essential reference work for publications by or about Messager. Near fine; faint creasing to the wrappers. WorldCat records two copies.
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Monumenta Omnia Mathematica, quae extant…ex traditione…Francici Maurolici
by ARCHIMEDES
Woodcut printer’s device on title, numerous woodcut illus. in the text, & a woodcut vignette on verso of final leaf. Title printed in red & black. 4 p.l., 296 pp. Folio, cont. vellum over boards (first four leaves with some light browning & staining). Palermo: C. Hesperi, 1685. First edition of Maurolico’s important edition of Archimedes’ works, based upon an earlier partial edition by Borelli (Messina: 1670-72), which was almost completely lost. Maurolico’s edition was largely... Read More
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![Shūki sanpō 拾璣算法 [Computational Methods for Picking Up Pearls]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/267/234/1609234267.0.l.jpg)
Shūki sanpō 拾璣算法 [Computational Methods for Picking Up Pearls]
by ARIMA, Yoriyuki 有馬頼徸, using the name TOYOTA, Fumikage 豐田文景
Numerous woodcut illustrations. Five vols. Large 8vo, orig. semi-stiff patterned wrappers with orig. title-slips, new stitching. Edo, Kyoto, & Osaka: Suharaya mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, 1769. First edition of this influential book of mathematics, which inspired a number of commentaries and derivative works. Arima (1714-83) was the lord of Kurume domain in present-day Fukuoka prefecture on Kyushu. He was a patron of scholarship, and for the education of his samurai, he invited Confucian scholars, calendrical experts, and... Read More
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![Schilderijen en tekeningen, armando [15 November-8 December 1969]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/967/100/1503100967.0.l.jpg)
Schilderijen en tekeningen, armando [15 November-8 December 1969]
by (ARMANDO)
[6] leaves, printed on rectos only. 4to, blue color-printed wrappers, stapled. Utrecht: Utrechtse Kring, 1969. Very rare Armando (1929-2018) exhibition catalogue, we find no example outside of the Netherlands. With text contributions by Carel Blotkamp, Hans Sleutelaar, and Henk Peeters. Begins with a list of the artist’s paintings and exhibitions. In fine condition.
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Staff Rooms, Ultima Arabia (S.F. for Taos)
by ARMLEDER, John M.
Black & white illus. [16] pp. 12mo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Reykjavik & Geneva: 1982-3. Rare artists’ book made by John M. Armleder with Steingrimur Eyfjord Kristmundsson and Dieter Schwarz, one of 175 numbered copies. In excellent condition.
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![Illustrated manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Ha mono shū” 葉物集 [“Flower Arrangements, Gathered Information”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/021/477/1702477021.0.l.jpg)
Illustrated manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Ha mono shū” 葉物集 [“Flower Arrangements, Gathered Information”]
by FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
56 fine brush, ink, and gray-wash drawings in the text. 24.5 folding leaves. 8vo (276 x 196 mm.), orig. semi-stiff yellow patterned wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: late Edo. Zeshinken 是心軒 (1734–80), scholar monk, was a master of ikebana 生け花 (flower arrangement) and created a school — the Shōgetsudō koryū 松月堂古流 — devoted to this art (which still exists and thrives). He devised a seika 生花 form based on a belief in five elements called Godai 五大 (地大... Read More
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![amsterdam, 1.5.1971, bij art & project te verkrijgen boeken, tijdschriften en catalogi [books, magazines and catalogues available at art & project]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/435/612/1605612435.0.l.jpg)
amsterdam, 1.5.1971, bij art & project te verkrijgen boeken, tijdschriften en catalogi [books, magazines and catalogues available at art & project]
by ART & PROJECT, bookseller
A4 letterhead, printed on both sides, folded for mailing, postmarked. Amsterdam: May 1971. The very rare first booklist sent out by the Art & Project gallery. Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren, founders of the space, had formed Art & Project not only as a traditional gallery but more as an “information center” purveying the latest printed matter related to contemporary art. In the early ‘70s there were a small handful of galleries and stores that... Read More
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