![Arbeiter in U.S.A. [The Worker in the United States]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/027/793/1259793027.0.l.jpg)
Arbeiter in U.S.A. [The Worker in the United States]
by Dubreuil, Hyacinthe and Jan Tschichold, designer
Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, [1930]. Octavo (18.5 × 12.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 364 pp. Original photomontage and typographically illustrated wrappers by Jan Tschichold. Very minor soiling and edgewear. Ex-libris copy with rubber stamps to title page ("Karl Eidiner, Ingenieur"). Scarce work on American industry and laborers as seen from the perspective of a Frenchman, being the 1930 German edition of the 1929 original in French titled Standards - Le Travail Américain vu par un Ouvrier Français, detailing Dubreuil's own... Read More
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Les Églises Africaines a Deux Absides: Recherches Archéologiques sur la Liturgie Chrétienne en Afrique du Nord. I. Les Basiliques de Sbeitla, A Deux Sanctuaires Opposés (Basiliques I, II et IV). II. Inventaire des Monuments, Interprétation
by Duval, Noël
2 vols., XVII, 466, XVIII, 455 pp. text discussing the Byzantine remains found at the Northern African site, including discussions of burials, coins, and architecture, extensive scholarly notes, appendix, bibliography, indices, 639 text illustrations (some full-page) showing images from photographs and floor plans, 8 fold-out plates with maps of the site and floor plans of various basilicas. Small 4to. Cloth. Paris (Edition E. de Boccard) 1971-1973. (Recherches Archéologiques a Sbeitla, 1 & 2; Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et... Read More
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Recueil Historique de la Vie et des Ouvrages des Plus Célébres Architectes
by Félibien des Avaux, Jean Francois
(XIV), 249 pp. text by J. F. Félibien, the son of the early art historian André Félibien and a noted architect and architectural historian in his own right, presenting a systematic approach to the history of European architecture through the 14th century, heavily annotated throughout. 4to. Early calf, rubbed, spine chipped. Paris (Denys Mariette) 1696. Second edition, the first published in 1687. Félibien praised the Gothic style, which at the time was held in disrepute.
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Das Mithra-Heiligtum von Königshofen bei Strassburg
by Forrer, Robert
133 pp. annotated scholarly report summarizing archeological excavations at the temple of Mithras near Lauda-Königshofen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with detailed maps of the site, plans and elevations of the temple, photographs of statuary, reliefs, altarpieces and other artifacts, and transcriptions of wall texts, altogether including 85 text illustrations and 28 plates. A few light pencil annotations to page margins. Small 4to. Boards with original wrpps. affixed, front cover bearing previous owner's signature. Strasbourg (Strassburger Druckerei & Verlagsanstalt) 1915. (Mitteilungen... Read More
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Country Houses: The Work of Frank J. Forster A.I.A.
by Forster, Frank J.
4 pp. introductory text by Forster on the style of his work which he calls Norman Farmhouse, French Provincial, or Domestic Gothic, followed by list of plates and 183 full-page plates from photographs and woodcut drawings, including façades, floor plans, interior views, and sketches covering 16 private residences designed by Forster in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Texas, including entrance courts, stair towers, gables, balconies, sleeping porches, pigeon towers, conservatories, fireplaces, bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms,... Read More
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Marrons Sculptés
by Frondat, Napoléon Charles Louis de
26 hand-colored lithographic plates, comprised of title leaf and plates. numbered 1-15, 15bis, 16-24, depicting captioned caricatures of leading French politicians and military figures at the end of the Second Empire and the beginning of the Third Republic, including Adolphe Thiers, Jules Favre, Ernest Picard, Joseph Vinoy, August-Alexandre Ducrot, Louis Jules Trochu, François d'Orléans Prince of Joinville, Duc d'Aumale, Jules Dufaure, Nicolas Changarnier, Jules Simon, President Devienne of the French Courts, Pierre Bonaparte, Émile Olivier, and Henri d'Artois (Comte... Read More
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![Gorod: stikhi [The city: verses]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/186/460/1360460186.0.l.jpg)
Gorod: stikhi [The city: verses]
by Gontcharova, Natalia and Aleksandr N. Rubakin
Paris: [Aleksandr Rubakin], 1920. Octavo (25.5 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Nataliia Goncharova; [6], 54 pp. and nine leaves of plates. Illustrated with full-page lithographs and vignettes by Goncharova. A very good copy, with the usual light wear to the overlapping wrapper edges, but else bright and apparently unread. Reproduced entirely by lithography, the book combines Rubakin's poems, written in an elaborately stylized script, and Goncharova's full-page lithographs and vignettes (altogether 42 illustrations). The poems reflect Rubakin's... Read More
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Contribucio a la Historia dels Antichs Gremis del Arts y Oficis de la Ciutat de Barcelona. I. Agullers, Apotecaris, Argenters. II. Llibreters, Estampers
by Gonzalez Y Sugranes, Miquel
2 vols., XXXII, 454, XIII, 291 pp. text documenting the history of guilds in Barcelona, mainly during the 15th and 16th centuries, including the apothecaries, silver-makers and book sellers, list of members, transcriptions of documents, extensive scholarly notes, 19 plates. Slight foxing on opening pages, front and rear covers of first volume almost completely detached but present. Lg. 8vo. Wrpps. Barcelona (Libreria Antiga y Moderna de Salvador Babra) 1915-1918.
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Nouvelles Recherches Archéologiques à Begram (Ancienne Kapici) 1939-1940
by Hackin, J., J.-R. Hackin, J. Carl, & P. Hamelin
2 vols., XII, 355 pp. text on excavations and research in Afghanistan, ext. notes, catalogue of plaster reliefs, ivories, glass, bronzes, jewelry, etc., concordance table, text illus., 668 illus. on plates (1 in color). Sm. folio. Wrpps. Paris (Imprimerie Nationale) 1954. (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan. Rencontre de Trois Civilisations: Inde-Grèce-Chine). Rowland p. 39. In addition to the archeological report, there are papers by Philippe Stern on the ivories, Jeannine Auboyer on their iconography, and Otto... Read More
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![Borstrock: voor een ijstijdelijk moment in de aardse hel [Borstrock: for an ice age in earthly hell]. Unnumbered issue (all published?)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/362/566/1485566362.0.l.jpg)
Borstrock: voor een ijstijdelijk moment in de aardse hel [Borstrock: for an ice age in earthly hell]. Unnumbered issue (all published?)
by Hans v/d Tol, André van der Ree
Rotterdam, [1970]. Large quarto (36.3 × 25.7 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [20] pp. Illustrations, including a psychedelic centerfold. Old horizontal crease; some foxing to right edge of front wrapper; light creasing to upper edge; still about very good. Apparently all published of this Dutch Provo-affiliated journal. As of April 2022, KVK and OCLC only show copies in two Dutch institutional libraries.
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L.-L. Boilly, Peintre, Dessinateur et Lithographe; Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre, 1761-1845
by Harrisse, Henry
1898. Boilly. 230 pp. monograph on the genre painter, descriptive catalogue of over 1300 works incl. paintings exhibited at the Salons 1791-1824, notes, list of engravings, lithographs, etc., after Boilly, index, 30 illus. in the text and on plates. Some foxing throughout. 4to. Orig. printed wrpps., top of front cover quite rubbed. Paris (Soc. de la Propagation des Livres d'Art) 1898. Lucas p. 125. Freitag 1046.
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Spanisches Grün
by Hegewald, Andreas (graphics), & Uta Johanna (text)
20 leaves, printed recto and verso, presenting text by Uta Johanna (a pseudonym for Egmont Hesse) with facing reproductions of boldly executed drawings, printed in offset lithography, by Hegewald. 8vo. Orig. printed wrpps., very sl. soiled. Dresden (Leitwolfverlag) 1989. One of only 100 copies. Signed in pencil by both Johanna and Hegewald on colophon. (Henkel: Kunstlerbucher... B 43.2). A very rare publication carefully printed by the radically avant-garde East German publisher Leitwolfverlag, just prior to the reunification of Germany.... Read More
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Dégradé. Suivi de Théâtre des marionnettes, avec une composition de Jean Marembert
by Jausion, Jean
Paris: Éditions Réverberes, 1938. Octavo (21 ×13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; unpaginated (33 pp.) including a frontispiece after a drawing by Jean Marembert. Overall very good condition. Limited edition of 300 copies. Rare volume of poems published by the neo-Dadaist group Les Réverbères, which was founded in December 1937 by Michel Tapié, Jean Marembert, Jacques Office, Pierre Minne, and Henri Bernard, and which promoted Dadaist exhibitions, jazz concerts, stage performances, and published literary works. Among the exhibitors were: Louis... Read More
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![Sborníky undergroundu: Egonu Bondymu k 45. narozeninám invalidní sourozenci; & Ing. Petru Lamplovi k 45. narozeninám 1975. [Anthologies of the Underground: To Egon Bondy on his 45th Birthday: The Invalid Siblings; & To Petr Lampl on his 45th birthday.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/168/934/1668934168.0.l.jpg)
Sborníky undergroundu: Egonu Bondymu k 45. narozeninám invalidní sourozenci; & Ing. Petru Lamplovi k 45. narozeninám 1975. [Anthologies of the Underground: To Egon Bondy on his 45th Birthday: The Invalid Siblings; & To Petr Lampl on his 45th birthday.]
by Jirous, Ivan (MAGOR), editor
400-pp. typed and mimeographed volume, comprising two compiled works dedicated to Czech authors, with occasional pen edit marks. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches). Original black cloth, stamped "EE" at lower right corner of front cover. Very good condition. [Prague]: Edice Expedice, 1975. (Book 51 of the Edice Expedice series.). An anthology in two parts, compiled by poet and dissident Ivan Jirous (1944-2011) and transcribed and signed by Czech dissident and activist Olga Havlová (1933-1996), who was also... Read More
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Ikonografiia Bogomateri: sviazi grecheskoi i russkoi ikonopisi s'italianskoiu zhivopis'iu ranniago Vozrozhdeniia
by Kondakov, Nicodim (Nicolas Kondakoff)
216, VII pp. Cyrillic-language reference volume on iconography of the Virgin Mary in Greek and Russian church art and its connection to early Italian Renaissance painting, by the well-known Russian icon scholar. Scholarly notes with bibliographic information. Illustrated profusely throughout with close to 150 text illustrations, primarily reproductions from photographs. Handwritten ink notation "Baron de Baye" to title page and a second ink notation to secondary title page. 4to. Cloth-backed marbled boards, black morocco label with gilt title to... Read More
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Buhnentechnik der Gegenwart
by Kranich, Friedrich
2 vols., 370, 397 pp. text, notes, bibliography, indices, 644 text illus., 18 plates (many folding, some in color). 4to. Cloth, covers warped. Munich (Oldenbourg) 1929-1933. A most comprehensive work on modern stage technique and on the practical aspects of staging by the technical director of the Bayreuth festivals.
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Corpus Basilicarum Romae Christianarum: Le Basiliche Cristiane Antiche di Roma (Sec. IV-IX)
by Krautheimer, Richard, et al.
1937. 5 vols., XVIII, 323, XI, 327, XI, 309, XI, 322, IX, 298 pp. corpus in Italian, with an introduction, detailed description, and analysis of each church and available archeological material, copious notes, bibliographies and chronologies for each church, altogether 1176 text illus. from photographs, old drawings, etc., 102 folding and double-page plates from measured drawings. Sm. folio. Cloth. Vatican City (Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana/Institute of Fine Arts) 1937-1980. (Monumenti di Antichità Cristiana, Series 2, Vol. 2). Arntzen... Read More
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Zeichnungen Alter Meister in der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg. Italiener
by Hamburg. Hamburger Kunsthalle
Unpaginated (ca. 17 pp., printed recto only) preface and descriptive inventory by Gustav Pauli accompanying a presentation of 30 mat-mounted photogravures faithfully reproducing a selection of Italian old master drawings in the museum's holdings, including works by Bartolommeo, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Lippi, Piranesi, Raphael, Da Vinci, Zoppo, and others. Plates folio; text 4to. Items housed loose as issued in cloth-backed boards portfolio with cloth ties. Frankfurt (Prestel-Verlag) 1927. (Veröffentlichung der Prestel-Gesellschaft, 13). Limited edition, number 63 of 400. Chamberlin 2467.... Read More
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Kosetsusai Zohin Tenkan Zuroku
by Tokyo. Tokyo Bijutsu Kurabu; and: Osaka. Osaka Bijutsu Kurabu
Unpaginated auction catalogue, edited by Gyoho Naito and Sukeharu Ario, of some 250 works of traditional Japanese art and craftsmanship, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, calligraphy, decorative objects, and other items, from the fine collection put together by Baron Denzaburo Fujita in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, each item described in detail, all items shown on plates (some in color). Stout 4to. Illus. wrpps., tie-bound in the Japanese manner. Coming unbound. Tokyo/ Osaka 1934. Fujita was celebrated... Read More
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La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, Conservée à Oxford, Paris et Londres. Reproduction Intégrale du Manuscrit du XIIIe Siècle, Accompagnée de Planches Tirées de Bibles Similaires et d'une Notice. And: Etude sur la Bible Moralisée Illustrée
by Laborde, A. de
5 vols.: One vol. text (207 pp.), including detailed analytical essay, ext. notes with bibliographic material, indices, and 4 vols. containing 810 excellent plates (3 in colors and gold) reproducing all the illuminations. Large 4to and folio. Uniform boards portfolios. Paris 1911-1927. Privately printed for Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits à Peintures. The first and largest undertaking of the Society, the reproduction in toto of one of the most admirable productions of French miniature painters, which, in its... Read More
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Description des Nouveaux Jardins de la France et de ses Anciens Chateaux, Melée d'Observations sur la Vie de la Campagne et la Composition des Jardins
by Laborde, Alexandre de
226 pp. text, including a 56-page general introduction on landscape design, with descriptions in French, German, and English, notes, index, engraved half-title of a temple among trees, title with engraved vignette of the Porte de Coucy, and 92 engraved plates with 122 numbered views, together with three engraved maps, and eight additional small engraved images with movable elements that show the same place before and after its landscape transformation. Some minor brownstaining, especially to margins. Large folio. Contemporary boards,... Read More
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Sevres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle
by Laking, Guy Francis
XXXVII, 203 pp. catalogue of 371 pieces or sets of Sevres ceramics in the Royal collection, including detailed descriptions and artists, 63 full page, color plates. Lg. 4to. 1/4 leather with cloth. London (Bradburh, Agner & Co.) 1907.
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La Galleria dei Gonzaga Venduta all'Inghilterra nel 1627-28; Documenti degli Archivi di Mantova e Londra
by Luzio, Alessandro
Milan: L.F. Cogliati, 1913. Small 4to. Original embossed boards. IX, 324 pp., 50 illustrations on plates. The Duchy of Mantua was famous for its art collection, mainly due to the patronage of the ruling family, the Gonzagas. However, extravagant spending led to the Gonzaga family experiencing financial difficulties around 1627. After a series of negotiations, King Charles I purchased a significant portion of the art collection, comprised of hundreds of paintings and sculptures. Overnight, Britain had acquired a world-class... Read More
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Felsina Pittrice. Vite de' Pittori Bolognesi alla Maesta Christianissima di Luigi XIII..
by Malvasia, Carlo Cesare
2 vols., (XIV) 581, (II), 606 pp. text on the history of painting in northern Italy through the Baroque, index, numerous woodcut plates throughout showing portraits of artists, coats of arms, family trees, etc. Some very slight foxing, a few minor stains, and a few early notations in ink in margins. Large 8vo. Early vellum-backed boards, gilt details, very sl. rubbed at extremities. Bologna (Domenico Barbieri) 1678. Cicognara 23. First edition of this outstanding source for the history of... Read More
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I Gagini e la Scultura in Sicilia nei Secoli XV e XVI. Memorie Storiche e Documenti
by Marzo, Gioacchino di
Gagini. 2 vols., 831, X, 507 pp. text, transcriptions of 366 documents, ext. notes, indices. 4to. Recent cloth. Palermo (Giornale di Sicilia) 1880-1884. This copy lacks the 38 plates called for. The rare and thorough text covers and documents a considerable part of the history of Renaissance sculpture in Sicily. The author is the renowned historiographer of Sicilian painting and sculpture, much of which was periodically destroyed in earthquakes and other catastrophes.
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