Exhibition card: Robert Rymann Bei Konrad Fischer (11 November-12 December 1969)
by (RYMAN, Robert)
Black & white photographic illus. to recto. Large pictorial card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1969. Exhibition announcement for Ryman’s second show with the gallery. The photograph depicts the artist’s Prototypes (1969). Ryman presented 14 fiberglass paintings for this exhibition. Fine. ❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 27.
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Exhibition postcard: Robert Ryman: Bilder (21 November-17 December [1968])
by (RYMAN, Robert)
Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, [1968]. Postcard invitation to the artist’s second exhibition in Europe and first with Fischer’s gallery. Ryman’s first European show, with Galerie Heiner Friedrich (19 November-December 10), began two days before the present one. The Fischer exhibition presented the artist’s Classico series (nos. 1-6). The illustration shows a detail of J. Green (1968). “Konrad Fischer and the Munich-based gallerist Heiner Friedrich, at whose gallery Konrad Lueg had had a solo... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Robert Ryman: Paintings and Etchings (21 April-9 May 1973)
by (RYMAN, Robert)
Printed on both sides. Postcard. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1973. Postcard invitation to Ryman’s second solo exhibition with John Weber. In excellent condition.
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![Renmon ruijukyō shakuroku [or] Renmon ruiju kyōjakuroku 蓮門類聚経籍錄 [Comprehensive List of Books & Sutra in the Ryorenji Temple]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/043/109/1317109043.0.l.jpg)
Renmon ruijukyō shakuroku [or] Renmon ruiju kyōjakuroku 蓮門類聚経籍錄 [Comprehensive List of Books & Sutra in the Ryorenji Temple]
by RYORENJI (formerly NAKANISHI), Mon’no & UGAI, Tetsujo, comps
58; 67 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. yellow wrappers (wrappers somewhat discolored), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto?: Preface dated 1862. An early and rare edition, greatly enlarged by Tetsujō Ugai 鵜飼徹定, of this comprehensive bibliography of writings of the Buddhist sect Jodo Shinshu (also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism). It is today the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan. This catalogue, which amounts to a... Read More
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Archdeacon Francis Wrangham 1769-1842
by SADLEIR, Michael
Plates & facsimiles. xi, 103, [1] pp. Small 4to, orig. black wrappers (split at joint to upper wrapper), printed paper label on upper cover, uncut. [Oxford]: Printed at the Oxford University Press for the Author, 1937. First edition, one of the special issue of twelve copies, six of which were printed on green paper and six on grey paper (our copy is on grey paper). There was a regular issue printed in rather larger numbers for the Bibliographical... Read More
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Ketsugon jitsuron [Mirror Illuminating the Provisional and the Real]
by SAICHO
1617. 10 columns per page; 20 characters per column. 30 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. brown wrappers, cont. manuscript title label on upper cover, new stitching. Mount Hiei, outside of Kyoto: Enryakuji monastery complex, ca. 1617-18. First edition of this rare and important text (no copy in WorldCat, Kawase, or NIJL), printed with movable wooden type. This is an uncommon example of an Eizan-ban, “editions published at the Enryakuji monastery complex on Mount Hiei outside Kyoto. There were... Read More
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Manuscript on paper, entitled “Saigyō hōshi kashū” 西行法師家集 [“The Personal Collection of the Buddhist Priest Saigyō”] (ascribed title)
by SAIGYŌ 西行
46 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: [early Edo period]. A collection of poetry by “one of the most influential figures of the Japanese court poetry tradition” (Burton Watson, trans., Saigyō: Poems of a Mountain Home [Columbia: 1991], p. 2). These poems were written at a time of social unrest and political change, when the imperial system of rule that had characterized the Heian period was superseded by the rule of warrior... Read More
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St. Foine Improved, a Discourse shewing the Utility and Benefit which England hath and may receive by the Grasse called St. Foine, and answering the Objections urged against it. Being useful for all Ingenious Men. Written by a Person of Honour lately deceased
by (SAINFOIN)
1 p.l., 20 pp. Small 4to, attractive half-calf & marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, several lower edges uncut. London: S. & B. G[riffin] for N. Brooke, 1671. First edition and a nice copy. This work has been attributed by many to Sir John Pettus (ca. 1613-85), natural philosopher and politician, but this is probably erroneous. Sainfoin is a highly nutritious plant, which served as an important forage for livestock. “A most interesting... Read More
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St. Foine Improved: a Discourse shewing the Utility and Benefit which England hath and may receive by the Grasse called St. Foine, and answering the Objections urged against it. Being useful for all Ingenious Men. Written by a Person of Honour lately deceased
by (SAINFOIN)
Title within ruled border. 1 p.l., 20 pp., one blank leaf. Small 4to, attractive antique calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: S. & B. G[riffin] for N. Brooke, 1674. Second edition. This work has been attributed by many to Sir John Pettus (ca. 1613-85), natural philosopher and politician, but this is probably erroneous. Sainfoin is a highly nutritious plant, which served as an important forage for livestock. “A most interesting little book…whoever wrote... Read More
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Books on Books
by SAINT LOUBERT BIÉ, Jérôme
Many full-bleed black & white illus. throughout. 260 pp. (incl. wrappers). 12mo (160 x 117 mm.), orig. printed semi-stiff wrappers, pictorial flaps, perfect-bound. Paris: C. Daviet-Thery, September 2011. An exhibition catalogue mostly unrelated to the exhibition for which it was published. This volume originates from Christoph Schifferli’s show Books on Books (2009) which he curated at the invitation of gallerist Christophe Daviet-Thery. He displayed 26 artists’ books that concern books and their representation. Daviet-Thery then commissioned book designer... Read More
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GWANRYONGSA SAJEOKG 觀龍寺事蹟 [History of Gwanryongsa Temple]
by GWANRYONGSA SAJEOKG
9; 6 folding leaves. Two parts in one. Small folio (365 x 256 mm.), orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [Ch’angnyeŏng] 昌寧: [1734]. First edition, and rare, of the History of Guwanryongsa Temple, with a unique laid-in manuscript “Sangryangmun” composed on the occasion of the temple’s 1821 renovation. “The History of the Changnyeong Gwagryongsa Temple records the entire history of the construction and renovation of the Gwanryongsa Temple…containing detailed descriptions of the origins and history of Gwanryongsa... Read More
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Collection of 22 notebook reports regarding production levels of sake in Higashine village in Yamagata Prefecture
by SAKE MANUFACTURING IN YAMAGATA PREFECTURE 山形県, LATE EDO
Yamagata Prefecture: 1819-68. Ushu province (today’s Yamagata Prefecture) has a long tradition of making sake. The region has abundant fresh water, and the climate is well-suited for growing sake rice. This archive of 22 manuscript reports was produced for local tax collectors by two sake manufacturers in Higashine village, Murayama, Ushu province: Genshirō 源四郎 (20 reports) and Hachizaemon 八左衛門 (two reports). Neither is in business today. Sake was a heavily regulated industry in Edo Japan... Read More
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale, Dont l’exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l’intention de Sa Majeste, par M. Le Marquis de Marigny…
by (PARIS SALON)
Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title. 46, [2] pp. 12mo (157 x 98 mm.), 19th-cent. blue morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: Herissant pere, 1769. Scarce Salon livret, from the library of prominent museum curator comte L. Clément de Ris (1820-82). Ca. 92 artists exhibited 259 paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings, etc. We note the participation of Boucher, Vien, Lagrenée, Vanloo, Chardin, De la Tour, Vernet, Baudoin, Leprince, Robert, Amand, Lépicié, Huet, Greuze, Hall, Le Bas, Tardieu, Wille, etc.,... Read More
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale…
by (PARIS SALON)
Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title. 60 pp. 12mo (172 x 103 mm.), 20th-cent. half-green morocco over marbled boards (by Blanchetière), spine ornately gilt, t.e.g, with cont. decorative wrappers bound-in. Paris: l’Imprimerie des Bâtimens du Roi & de l’Académie Royale de Peinture, 1789. Scarce 18th-century Salon livret; WorldCat records only three examples in North America. Ca. 117 artists participated and presented a total of 335 works. The artists present for this year’s Salon included Rameau, Vallayer-Coster (pp. 13-14),... Read More
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures, et Gravures de Messieurs de l’Academie Royale, Dont l’Exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l’intention de sa Majesté, par M. le Marquis de Marigny…dans le grand Salon du Louvre, pour l’année 1763
by (PARIS SALON)
Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title & two woodcut head-pieces. 40 pp. 12mo (160 x 96 mm.), late 19th-cent. green morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: J. T. Herissant, 1763. A scarce mid-18th century livret for the Paris Salon, from the library of museum curator comte L. Clément de Ris (1820-82), with his dated ownership inscriptions (“1864”) to the first blank leaf and the title-page. These ephemeral publications were distributed at the Salons and have become exceedingly scarce... Read More
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Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture et Dessins, Sculpture, Architecture et Gravure, Exposés au Muséum central des Arts…le 1er. Thermidor, an VI de la République française
by (PARIS SALON)
2 p.l., 100 pp. 12mo (160 x 98 mm.), 19th cent. patterned cloth, leather lettering-piece on spine, cont. paste-paper wrappers bound-in. Paris: L’Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts , An VI [i.e. 1798]. Scarce Revolutionary-era Salon livret; WorldCat locates just three examples in North American libraries. Some sources date this Salon as taking place in 1797, as does the text of the lettering-piece on our volume. In very good condition; foxing throughout. ❧ Documenting the Salon:... Read More
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale…
by (PARIS SALON)
Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title. 59 pp. 12mo (164 x 98 mm.), 20th-cent. green morocco-backed marbled boards (by Blanchetière), spine ornately gilt, t.e.g. Paris: l’Imprimerie des Bâtimens du Roi & de l’Académie Royale de Peinture, 1787. Scarce livret produced for the 1787 Salon in Paris. Ca. 115 artists exhibited 327 paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings, etc. The exhibition presented the work of Brenet, Suvée, Vernet, Weyler, Callet, Vigée-Lebrun (pp. 19-20), Labille-Guiard (pp. 21-22), David, Wertmuller, Peyron, Perrin, Hall,... Read More
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Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure, Dessins, Modèles, &c. Exposés dans le Grand Sallon du Museum au Louvre, Par les Artistes de la France, sur l’Invitation de la Commission Exécutive de l’Instruction Publique, Au Mois Vendemiaire, An quatrième de la République Française
by (PARIS SALON)
96 pp. 12mo (157 x 93 mm.), 19th-cent. green sheep maroquiné-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: veuve Hérissant, [1795]. An uncommon Salon livret from the Revolutionary period; WorldCat records only two examples in North America, the National Gallery of Art Library also has one. This copy was once part of the library of comte L. Clément de Ris (1820-82), a prominent museum curator who amassed one of the finest collections of art exhibition catalogues. With entries for... Read More
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale, Dont l’exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l’intention de Sa Majeste, par M. le Comte de la Billarderie d’Angiviller…
by (PARIS SALON)
Woodcut coat-of-arms & woodcut headpiece. 56 pp. & one leaf of ms. Early 19th-cent. marbled semi-stiff wrappers (149 x 95 mm.), leather lettering-piece on spine. Paris: veuve Herissant, 1781. Scarce livret for the 1781 Paris Salon, with a manuscript addendum detailing eight more works that were displayed. Ca. 87 artists exhibited at least 318 paintings, sculptures, engravings, drawings, etc. Artists such as Doyen, Brenet, Taraval, Vernet, Renou, Casanova, Guerin, Robert, Huet, Vallayer-Coster, Wailly, Pérignon, Suvée, Callet, Parrocel,... Read More
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Archive of documents concerning the manufacture of salt in the town of Oguni in today’s Yamagata Prefecture
by YAMAJIO 山塩 MOUNTAIN SALT
Two formats (190 x 152 mm. & 150 x 365 mm.). [Oguni machi, Kotamagawa 小国町小玉川]: 1865-67. This archive describes the manufacture and regulation of yamajio mountain salt in the town of Oguni machi, on the Tama River in the mountainous area of Yamagata Prefecture, north of Niigata. The onsen springs of the town are rich in minerals and were used to manufacture salt for local and regional inhabitants. Today, there are very few producers of mountain salt,... Read More
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Della Pittura: Imitazione di Wittgenstein / On Painting: In the Style of Wittgenstein /Über die Malerei: Im Stile Wittgensteins
by SALVO
One black & white illus. 226 pp. Thick 8vo, printed softcover, title on spine. Torino: S. Mangione; Cologne: Paul Maenz, 1986. First edition, one of 1500 copies. A trilingual publication of Salvatore Mangione’s analytical essay about painting. From the upper flap: “Salvo’s treatise…is above all a call for a more sensitive, more thoughtful judgment of art. Though himself a member of the international avant-garde, he recommends a certain scepticism toward the present scene with its ready-made theories... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 15 November [1975])
by (SALVO)
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Cologne: Paul Maenz, [1975]. Postcard invitation to Salvo’s 1975 show with Maenz, with a party invitation attached by sticker. In fine condition. ❧ Gerd de Vries, ed., Eine Avantgarde-Galerie und die Kunst der Zeit: Paul Maenz Köln, 1970 – 1980 – 1990, p. 254.
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Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 8 June [1974])
by (SALVO)
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Cologne: Paul Maenz, [1974]. Postcard invitation to Salvo’s 1974 solo show with Paul Maenz, in Cologne. Fine. ❧ Gerd de Vries, ed., Eine Avantgarde-Galerie und die Kunst der Zeit: Paul Maenz Köln, 1970 – 1980 – 1990, p. 254.
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Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 5 October 1984)
by (SALVO)
1984. Printed in red on recto, details to verso. Postcard, mailed. Milan: Galleria Toselli, 1984. Postcard invitation to Salvo’s 1984 show with Toselli. In fine condition. Mailed to Van Abbemuseum director Rudi Fuchs.
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Exhibition postcard: Salvo (opens 9 March [1974])
by (SALVO)
Printed on both sides. Postcard. Brussels: Paul Maenz, [1974]. Postcard invitation to Salvo’s 1974 solo exhibition at Maenz’s Brussels gallery. Fine. ❧ Gerd de Vries, ed., Eine Avantgarde-Galerie und die Kunst der Zeit: Paul Maenz Köln, 1970 – 1980 – 1990, p. 254.
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