Exhibition postcard: Elisabeth Wagner (4-29 April 1981)
by (WAGNER, Elisabeth)
Black & white photographic illus. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1981. Postcard invitation for Wagner’s 1981 show at Jürgen Wesseler’s Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst. Fine. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s firm Total-Designe. ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
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Handbuch der gesammten Mineralogie in technischer Beziehung…
by WALCHNER, Friedrich August
15 folding lithographed plates (three handcolored). xvi, 631, [1] pp.; xiv, 1104 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards (lower joint of Vol. I partly cracked but strong, minor foxing), spines gilt. Karlsruhe: C.T. Groos, 1829-32. First edition of one of the most extensive introductions to mineralogy and geology of the period. Walchner (1799-1865), was professor at the University of Freiburg and, in 1825, was appointed professor of mineralogy, geology, and chemistry at the Polytechnic of... Read More
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The Carpenter’s Treasure; a Collection of Designs for Temples, with their Plans, Gates, Doors, Rails, and Bridges, in the Gothic taste, With the Centres at Large, for Striking Gothic Curves And Mouldings; And some Specimens of Rails, in the Chinese Taste: forming a complete System for Rural Decorations…A New Edition
by WALLIS, N.
16 engraved plates. Title leaf. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers bound in later cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut. London: Printed for I. & J. Taylor, n.d. [but early 1790s]. First edition, later issue. Wallis (fl. 1771-73), who described himself as an architect, is known only as the author of three pattern-books. When the present book was first issued, it was accompanied by one leaf of Taylor ads. As copies were sold off over a period of many years, a new... Read More
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A Book of Ornaments in the Palmyrene Taste containing upwards of Sixty New Designs for Ceilings, Pannels, Pateras & Mouldings; with the Raffle Leaves at Large
by WALLIS, N., Architect
Twelve finely engraved leaves. Oblong 4to. London: I. Taylor, [plates dated Sept. 20. 1771]. [bound with]: —. The Complete Modern Joiner, or a Collection of Original Designs in the Present Taste, for Chimney-Pieces and Door-Cases, with their Mouldings and Enrichments at Large; Frizes, Tablets, Ornaments for Pilasters, Bases, Sub-Bases and Cornices for Rooms, &c. With a Table shewing the Proportion of Chimneys with their Entablatures, to Rooms of any Size…A New Edition. 36 finely engraved plates.... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Franz Erhard Walther: 28 Entwürfe 1962 (14 November-2 December 1972)
by (WALTHER, Franz Erhard)
Black & white photographic illus., details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1972. Postcard invitation to Walther’s 1972 show with Heiner Friedrich. In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938).
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Exhibition postcard: Franz Erhard Walther: 30 Elemente Für Einen Leeren Raum 1969-76 (28 January-26 February 1978)
by (WALTHER, Franz Erhard)
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1978. Postcard invitation for Walther’s 1978 exhibition at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven. In fine condition. ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
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Exhibition postcard: Franz Erhard Walther: Bodenstück + Zeichnungen (18 October-16 November 1975)
by (WALTHER, Franz Erhard)
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975. Postcard invitation to Walther’s second show with Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. In fine 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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Poster: Franz Erhard Walther: Bodenstück + Zeichnungen (18 October-16 November 1975)
by (WALTHER, Franz Erhard)
Square translucent paper poster (495 x 483 mm.), silkscreened in light blue & gold. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975. The scarce poster made by gallerist Jürgen Wesseler (1938-2023) for Walther’s second show at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst in Bremerhaven. The artist’s first presentation at this venue was in April-May 1973. In excellent condition. ❧ E. Kleimann, ed., 50 Jahre Avantgarde: Das Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven (2018), p. 34 (no.... Read More
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Exhibition postcard: Franz Erhard Walther (7 April-6 May 1984)
by (WALTHER, Franz Erhard)
Red & black illus. on recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1984. Postcard invitation for Walther’s 1984 show at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven. Fine. Mailed to Dr. Hermann Kern. ❧ Installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
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![Jie zi yuan hua zhuan 芥子園畫傳 [Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/961/403/1596403961.0.l.jpg)
Jie zi yuan hua zhuan 芥子園畫傳 [Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting]
by WANG, Gai 王槩 et al.
1782. Numerous five-color woodblock illus. Five juan in five vols. Large 8vo, new wrappers, new stitching. [China]: [1782]. The first series of this famous multicolor-printed painting manual. “There has been no other painting manual that has enjoyed wider circulation in China and Japan than the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting...in the past three centuries” (Gillian Yanzhuang Zhang, “Making a Canonical Work: A Cultural History of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, 1679-1949,” East... Read More
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![J. Yōka shōchi junjō 幼科證治準繩; Ch. You ke zheng zhi zhun sheng [Standard for Diagnosis & Treatment in Pediatrics]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/763/823/1614823763.0.l.jpg)
J. Yōka shōchi junjō 幼科證治準繩; Ch. You ke zheng zhi zhun sheng [Standard for Diagnosis & Treatment in Pediatrics]
by WANG, Kentang 王肯堂
Nine juan (kan) in nine vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers (a little worn), old stitching. [Kyoto]: Murakami Heirakuji 村上平樂寺, 1673. First edition to be printed in Japan of the section on pediatrics from the massive work Standard for Diagnosis & Treatment. Wang (ca. 1552-1638 or 1549-1631) wrote in the Preface to our book (dated 1607, Wanli 35; in trans.): Physicians call pediatrics the “mute specialty” on account of its difficulty. They are referring to... Read More
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![Dong du shi lüe 東都事略 [Abridged Events of the Eastern Metropolis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/820/110/1572110820.0.l.jpg)
Dong du shi lüe 東都事略 [Abridged Events of the Eastern Metropolis]
by WANG, Shang 王賞, & WANG, Cheng 王稱
Part of Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan si shi 宋遼金元四史 [Four Historiographical Works on the Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan]. 12 vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [China]: Saoye shanfang 埽 [read: 掃] 葉山房, [1798]. An edition of a history of the Northern Song (960-1127), originally part of a series of four historical works, as advertised on the title page. The “Eastern Metropolis” of the title refers to Kaifeng, capital of the Northern Song. Abridged Events... Read More
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![Yuyangshanren jing hua lu jian zhu 漁洋山人精華錄箋注 [Essential Selections by the Hermit of Yuyang Hill, with Notes & Commentary]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/654/562/1563562654.0.l.jpg)
Yuyangshanren jing hua lu jian zhu 漁洋山人精華錄箋注 [Essential Selections by the Hermit of Yuyang Hill, with Notes & Commentary]
by WANG, Shizhen 王士禛
Edited by Xu Huai 徐淮, with notes by Jin Rong 金榮. Full-page woodcut port. of the author. One introductory juan with biographical texts, 12 juan, & Supplement (bu 補) in 8 vols. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, new stitching. [China]: Fenghui Tang 鳳翽堂, after 1736. An early edition, with additions, of the poetry of “the early Qing scholars’ hero” Wang Shizhen (1634-1711) (Matteini, The Ghost in the City, 15). Wang — who took the literary name “Hermit... Read More
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![Song ta chun hua ge tie you xiang ben 宋拓淳化閣帖 [Model Books of Calligraphy from the Imperial Archives of the Chunhua Reign Period]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/477/384/1451384477.0.l.jpg)
Song ta chun hua ge tie you xiang ben 宋拓淳化閣帖 [Model Books of Calligraphy from the Imperial Archives of the Chunhua Reign Period]
by WANG, Zhu, editor
More than 400 collotypes. Ten vols. Small folio, orig. blue wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. From the colophon (in trans.): Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1924. A fine and very rare edition of the earliest calligraphy collection of China. “In 992, the third year of the Chunhua reign (990-995), by command of the Song dynasty Emperor Zhao Jiong (reigned 976-998), the Court Calligrapher Wang Zhu selected masterpieces of calligraphy in the imperial... Read More
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![He gong qi ju tu shuo 河工器具圖說 [Illustrations & Explanations of the Techniques of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/887/913/1669913887.0.l.jpg)
He gong qi ju tu shuo 河工器具圖說 [Illustrations & Explanations of the Techniques of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering]
by WANYAN, Linqing 完顏麟慶 (M.: WANGGIYAN Linking)
1836. 145 full-page woodcuts. Four juan bound in four vols. 8vo, later wrappers (some inoffensive worming in all vols.), stitched. Suzhou: Wu xue pu ju, Preface dated 1836. First edition of this richly illustrated book; it is rare on the market. “The first [Chinese] handbook specialized in technical knowledge about hydraulics (that we know of). It is an extremely valuable work because of the precise descriptions of each tool, the accompanying illustration and the attention given to... Read More
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Letters from His Excellency George Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S., and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M.P., containing an account of his Husbandry, with his Opinions on Various Questions in Agriculture; and Many Particulars of the Rural Economy of the United States
by WASHINGTON, George
128 pp. 8vo, cont. tree sheep (some browning due to the quality of the paper), red morocco lettering piece on spine. Alexandria: Printed by Cottom & Stewart, 1803. First collected edition and a very nice copy. The Young and Sinclair letters were originally published separately in 1801 and 1800, respectively. This is the first edition to contain both, published in Virginia within a few years of Washington’s death. These letters offer perhaps the best picture from his own... Read More
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Robert Watts: Artiststamps / 1961-1986 (3-29 February 1996)
by (WATTS, Robert)
Many illus. Unpaginated, perforated sheet of P. Gaglione stamps after Watts. 4to, transparent plastic sheets, black plastic spiral bound. San Francisco: Stamp Art Gallery, 1996. Scarce exhibition catalogue. From the introduction: “A complete collection of the artist postage stamp sheets produced by Fluxus artist Robert Watts was displayed at the Stamp Art Gallery…Robert Watts stands with Ray Johnson and Robert Filliou as one of the three precursors of the Mail Art Network. He is the first artist... Read More
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Exhibition card: Robert Watts (opens 6 May 1970)
by (WATTS, Robert)
Printed on one side. Card. Torino: Galleria Sperone, 1970. Card announcement for Watts’s only exhibition with Gian Enzo Sperone. Near fine. ❧ 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. I, p. 163 & Vol. II, p. 492.
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Leges Oscillationis oriundae si duo Corpora diversa celeritate oscillantia ita conjunguntur ut oscillare non possint nisi simul et synchronice exemplo illustratae Tuborum linguatorum. Dissertatio Physica..
by WEBER, Wilhelm
One folding engraved plate (some foxing) & seven printed tables (five in the text & two on a separate folding sheet). 2 p.l., 40 pp. Large 4to, orig. green patterned boards (some foxing). [Halle]: G. Haack, [1827]. First edition, and a very evocative association copy, of the rare Habilitationschrift by Wilhelm Weber (1804-91) on acoustics, specifically on the acoustic coupling of tongue and air cavity in reed organ pipes; his work in this area led, in a slightly... Read More
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Exhibition card: William Wegman: Drawings & Videotapes at Francoise Lambert & Claire Copley (n.d.)
by (WEGMAN, William)
Facsimile illus. to recto, details on verso. Los Angeles: n.d. Announcement card for Wegman’s solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Fine.
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Exhibition postcard: William Wegman Bei Konrad Fischer (14 January-10 February 1972)
by (WEGMAN, William)
Black & white photographic illus. to recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1972. Invitation to Wegman’s debut presentation with Konrad Fischer. Amusingly, the artist’s name is misspelled on the verso, and the extra “n” has been crossed out by hand. As recorded in Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer…, Wegman showed two works: Family Combination (1971) and Chip and Dip Set (1971). Fischer staged two more solo shows with Wegman, in 1979 and 1984. ... Read More
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Künstlerbücher, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 16.10 - 23.10.1981
by WEIERMAIR, Peter, curator
Many black & white illus. Ca. [106] pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, perfect-bound, title on spine. Frankfurt: 1981. A rare exhibition catalogue of artists’ books. It contains a country by country survey of artists’ books and their creators. This is an extremely useful resource for the early popularization of the genre. With contributions from Guy Schraenen, Tim Guest, Simon Cutts, Maurizio Nannucci, Leif Eriksson, John Armleder, Jiri Valoch, Jennifer Phipps, Printed Matter, and Marijan Susovski. In fine... Read More
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Marbled Papers. Being a Collection of Twenty-Two Contemporary Hand-Marbled Papers, showing a Variety of Patterns and Special Techniques
by WEIMANN, Christopher
22 marbled paper samples tipped-in. Large 4to, orig. half-morocco & boards. Los Angeles: [Printed by the Bird & Bull Press for] Dawson’s Book Shop, 1978. Limited to 200 copies printed on Ingres-Büttenpapier and signed by the author. Fine copy.
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![Posters: November 1965 - April 1986, Lawrence Weiner. Edited by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh. [The Nova Scotia Series Vol. XVII]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/323/943/1680943323.0.l.jpg)
Posters: November 1965 - April 1986, Lawrence Weiner. Edited by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh. [The Nova Scotia Series Vol. XVII]
by (WEINER, Lawrence)
Full-page color illus. throughout. 177, [1] p. Large 4to, green softcover, printed label to upper cover, title on spine (a bit sunned). Halifax: The Press of the Nova Scotia School of Art & Design; Toronto: Art Metropole, 1986. A fine association copy of this scarce and important reference book on Weiner’s posters, inscribed by Weiner to artist Michael Snow. This catalogue was designed by Weiner and contains an essay by Buchloh. In fine condition, inscribed... Read More
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Auf Ein Vernünftiges Ende Zu/Towards a Reasonable End
by WEINER, Lawrence
Four black & white illus. [30], [30] pp. 8vo, blank softcover, orig. pink pictorial dust-jacket (spine sunned). Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975. A signed Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021) artist’s book, published by Jürgen Wesseler’s exhibition space in Bremerhaven, Germany; edition of 700 copies. Presented in parallel German and English bound dos-à-dos, the book marked the artist’s second solo presentation with Wesseler. Illustrated with stills from a film by Larry Williams and Alice Weiner. Near fine; faint... Read More
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