I. Erster Bericht über die vom Alterthumsverein Kempten (a. V.) vorgenommenen Ausgrabungen Römischer Baureste auf dem Lindenberge bie Kempten. II. Zweiter Bericht über die vom Allgäuer Alterthumsverein (a. V.) in Kempten vorgenommenen Ausgrabungen Römischer Baureste auf dem Lindenberge bei Kempten
by Ullrich, August
2 vols. bound in 1, 45, 17 pp. text discussing Roman remains excavated in Kempten, extensive scholarly notes, 31 plates, some photo lithographs (some color), 4 fold-out showing drawings of finds, floor plans and site plans. Small ink notes on title-page. Sm. 4to. 1/2 cloth and boards, edges worn. Kempten (Ulterhumsvereins) 1888.
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Provo special, nos. 1 (marche anti a.) and no. 2 (militariste) (all published)
by Valles, J. and General Janssens, editors
Brussels, 1966. Octavos (21.5 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched xeroxed and offset-printed self-wrappers; 8 and 12 pp. of images. Very good copies. Complete run of these fully illustrated issues of cartoons, similar in style to those in "God, Nederland en Oranje." Most images signed "KK". As of August 2019, KVK, OCLC only show the holdings at Yale in North America.
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Graficheskie kompozitsii [Graphic compositions]
by Vekstein, Leonid
Small volume of movement study drawings in a Constructivist and Cubist-influenced style. Oblong octavo (6 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches). Original printed wrappers. Light browning, minor soiling to covers, small areas of wear and loss along edges and spine, some staining near staples, light scattered spotting to interior, overall very good. Leningrad: n.p., 1929. Little is known about the artist who created these images. However, there is a three-page introduction that precedes the 48 figure studies titled "Synthesis of... Read More
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8 Pin-Up Farbakte, 1968-1969, von Jo. Vennekamp in Holzschnittmanier
by Vennekamp, Johannes
Portfolio with 8 original color woodcut prints (each approx. 15" x 22") by Vennekamp, in his own original Pop style with Surrealist undertones, showing erotic imagery in bold, densely colored and compositionally striking formats, including stylized abstractions of genitalia, playfully seductive vignettes, the integration of numbers and letters into the layout, segmented divisions within compositions, etc. Large oblong folio. Contents loose as issued in orig. flexible boards portfolio, with graphically arresting typography on front and rear covers, flaps, etc.... Read More
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Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Illuminierten Handschriften in Österreich. Neue Folge: Die Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Nationalbibliothek in Wien. Vols. I through VII. (Complete second series). (Also numbered continuously with the first series as Vol. VIII, parts 1-7)
by Vienna. Zweiten Kunsthistorisches Instituts der Universität Wien & Osterreichisches Institut fur Geschichtsforschung. Schlosser, Julius & Hermann Julius Hermann, eds
7 vols. bound in 15 parts, comprising a complete set of the monumental catalogue of manuscripts in the Austrian National Library, copiously annotated, with bibliographic references throughout, each volume containing its own registers and indexes, profusely illustrated with collotype reproductions of manuscript texts and illuminations, some in color. Large 4to. Near uniform binding in brown cloth, save for vol. I in tan cloth, with brown title badge on spine. Leipzig (K. W. Hiersemann) 1923-1938. Arntzen/Rainwater M 11. First edition.... Read More
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The Flippant Ball-Feel
by Villa, Emilio
Piacenza: Stampa Gi-Bi, 1973. Octavo (21.3 x 15 cm). Original printed and illustrated side-stapled wrappers; 22 pp. Some light soiling and damp-staining to covers, overall about very good. Limited edition of 600 copies. Emilio Villa's "Flippant Ball-Feel" text was composed and published on the occasion of the "Flippers Chimeri" by Corrado Costa and William Xerra, exhibited in the contemporary gallery of the Mana Market Hall in Rome. Villa (1914-2003) was a poet, visual artist, art critic, and translator. A... Read More
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Drzwi Gnieznienskie
by Walickiego, Michala
3 vols. IX, 226, 450, 153 pp. study of the architecture and ornamentation of medieval church doorways in Gniezno, Poland, incl. discussion of metal-work, Christian symbolism, and conservative analyses, with bibliographic notes, summaries in Russian and French, index, and over 500 illus. in text and on plates (1 fold-out). 4to. Cloth. Wroclaw (Zaklad Imienia Ossolinskich Wydawnictwo) 1956. (Panstwowy Instytut Sztuki).
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Schweizer Exlibris bis zum Jahre 1900
by Wegmann, Agnes
2 vols., VIII, 403, XII, 432 pp. inventory of over 8000 Swiss bookplates from the late medieval period to around 1900, brief introductory material, indices of artists, initials, monograms, mottos, heraldry, etc., bibliography, glossary, 135 photographic plates, 38 plates showing heraldric outlines. 4to. Cloth. Zurich (Schweizer Bibliophilen Gesellschaft) 1933-1937. One of 600 copies.
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Einblattholzschnitte des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts von den Originalstocken Gedruckt
by Weil, Ernst
Unpag. (8 pp.) booklet with title, introductory text, and descriptions, accompanying 11 woodcuts printed from original old woodblocks in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett, the Germanische Museum in Nuremberg, and the Maihingen Collection, mounted on 9 leaves with passepartouts. Folio. Boards portfolio, front cover damaged. Munich (Munchner Drucke) 1925. One of only 110 copies.
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The Next Call
by Werkman, Hendrik
Werkman. 75 pp. text (in Dutch and English) of the the avant-garde writings of Werkman from September 1923 to November 1926, biographical chronology, notes, bibliography, 22 text illus. incl. 2 photo-portraits, accompanied by 10 color facsimiles of the 9 printed "Next Call" pamphlets and one manifesto. Text fasc. (4to., Illus. wrpps.) and facsimiles (different sizes) loose as issued in cardboard portfolio (sm. folio). Utrecht (Reflex) 1978. One of 750 copies.
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Baalbek. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen in den Jahren 1898 bis 1905
by Wiegand, Theodor, ed
4 vols. (3 parts) bound in 3, X, 130, XIV, 151, X, 147 pp. text, bibliographical introd., notes, indices, altogether 505 text illus., 228 fine plates (2 in color) from measured drawings and detailed photographs. Small folio. Cloth. Berlin (De Gruyter) 1973 (reprint of the 1921-1925 edition). The complete official publication on the important German excavations and explorations at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains, covering ancient Heliopolis, temples of Dionysus and other divinities, the Christian basilica, as well... Read More
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A Compleat Body of Divinity in Two Hundred and Fifty Expository Lectures on the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, Wherein the Doctrines of the Christian Religion are unfolded, their Truth confirm'd, their Excellence display'd, their Usefulness improv'd; contrary Errors & Vices refuted & expos'd, Objections answer'd, Controversies settled, Cases of Conscience resolv'd; and a great Light thereby reflected on the present Age
by Willard, Rev. Samuel
914 pp. volume comprising a posthumous publication of sermons by Reverend Samuel Willard, an early American-born Boston minister who served as the pastor of the Old South Church and Vice President of Harvard College, some pages misnumbered, complete as issued. Small folio. Contemporary leather with raised spine, abrasions, soiling, edgewear, some splitting along spine, some slight toning and foxing scattered throughout. Lacking engraved frontispiece portrait. Boston (Green and Kneeland for Eliot and Henchman) 1726. The preface to the work... Read More
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Les Gravures de Jean de Bavière, Prince-Èvêque de Liége, Comte de Hollande, 1390-1425
by Wittert, Adrien [Z.Z.]
2 continuously paginated vols., 359 pp., providing an annotated scholarly account of the political career of John III, "the Pitiless," bishop of Liège from 1389 to 1418 and duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut from 1418 until his assassination by poisoning in 1425, including bibliographic notes, an appendix notes and sources, illustrated with 24 photogravures reproducing significant paintings, prints and maps from the era, including works by Van Eyck, Israel Van Meckenen, Schauflein, Lucas de Leyde,... Read More
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