URSS en Construction, La Republique Sovietique de Tchouvachie.
by DEINEKA. Z.
1936. DEINEKA, Z. URSS en Construction. La Republique Sovietique de Tchouvachie. (1936 #9). 36 pp. Folio, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1936. A fine copy of one of many monographic issues of this landmark periodical, devoted to Tchouvachia. As Martin Parr says "from 1930-1940 URSS en Construction employed the best Soviet photo-journalists and graphic designers. Amongst the photographers were Max Alpert, Arkadi Shaikhet, Georgi Zeima, Boris... Read More
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Die Lehre von der Beleuchtung und Schattirung : als Lehrmittel fu¨r Lehrer und Schu¨ler an Oberrealschulen, Industrie- und Gewerbeschulen und andern mittlern und ho¨hern gewerblichen und technischen Lehranstalten, sowie zum Selbststudium..
by DELABAR, Gangolf
1887. DELABAR, Gangolf. Die Lehre von der Beleuchtung und Schattirung: als Lehrmittel für Lehrer und Schüler an Oberrealschulen, Industrie- und Gewerbeschulen und andern mittlern und höhern gewerblichen und technischen Lehranstalten, sowie zum Selbststudium; mit einem Anhang: Das Wichtigste aus der Farbenlehre. 132 pp. text with 32 illustrations and 34 lithographic plates, of which 2 are hand-coloured and one is folding. Oblong 8vo, 188 x 141 mm, publisher's paper boards. Freiburg: Herder, 1887. A fine copy of... Read More
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Le Voyage d'Urien
by DENIS, MAURICE; GIDE, Andre; MAURICE DENIS
1893. DENIS, Maurice. Le Voyage d'Urien. By André Gide. 110 pp., illustrated with 29 lithographs in 2 colors by Maurice Denis. 4to, 200 x 192 mm., original wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, 1893. A fine copy of one of the few Nabis illustrated books, preserved in the original wrappers as issued, and not rebound, as is almost always the case. It is also free from the foxing that... Read More
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Third Grade Perspective comprising angular and oblique perspective, shadows and reflections. Specially prepared for the use of art students
by DENNIS, Henry J.
1879. DENNIS, Henry J. Third Grade Perspective comprising angular and oblique perspective, shadows and reflections. Specially prepared for the use of art students. 89 leaves with 69 plates, of which 9 are folding. Oblong 8vo., original red publisher's cloth boards, embossed and gilt, backed in black cloth. London: Balliere, Tindall & Cox, 1879. Second edition, the first published in 1877. An attractive and extremely rare work which served as a textbook... Read More
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Depero Futurista
by DEPERO, Fortunato; FORTUNATO DEPERO
1927. DEPERO, Fortunato. Depero Futurista. 118 ff., printed on various paper stocks, of which some are coloured; most versos blank. Illustrated with 28 halftone plates in text, 2 in colour. Line-block illustrations and typographic designs throughout, many printed in red and black. Oblong 4to, 245 x 322 mm., bound in flexible blue boards, printed in black and white, secured with massive metal bolts, as issued. Preserved in a black cloth box. Milano/ New York/ Paris/ Berlin: Edizione Italiana Dinamo... Read More
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Traite des apprets et specialement des tissu de coton blancs, teints et imprimes
by DEPIERRE, Joseph
1904. DEPIERRE, Joseph. Traite des apprets et specialement des tissu de coton blancs, teints et imprimes. iv, 642 pp, with 127 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 225 x 150 mm, publisher's cloth. Paris: Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Beranger, 1904. A solid copy of the third edition of one of the many dyeing manuals issued in the early part of the twentieth century. This one is noteworthy for how many of the 127 fabric samples are really attractive. ... Read More
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La Cassette de Plomb.
by DERAIN, ANDRE; Gabory, Georges; ANDRE DERAIN
1920. DERAIN, André and Georges GABORY. La Cassette De Plomb. 30 pp. With two etchings by Derain. 4to., original wrappers in a cloth folding case. Paris: (Éditions de la Galerie Simon), Imprimerie Francois Bernouard, 1920. A typical example of the elegant books published by Kahweiler. This one was originally published by Bernouard and then taken over by Kahnweiler after he started the Galerie Simon with his label affixed to the front... Read More
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Juraku Cho. 3 Volumes
by JAPANESE DESIGN
1934. JAPANESE DESIGN. Juraku Cho. 3 volumes, illustrated with a total of 90 colour and monochrome woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 270 x 390 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1934. A spectacular series of designs with superb colour woodblock plates, with each volume devoted to a different motif. Volume 1 is Ryu no maki, the dragon. Volume 2 is Hoo no maki, the phoenix, and Volume 3 is... Read More
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Gofuku Komon Mihon cho
by KIMONO DESIGNS
1870. KIMONO DESIGNS. Gofuku Komon Mihon cho. 836 mounted designs. Folio, 315 x 120 mm., contemporary wrappers, in a new chitsu case. N.p.: [ca. 1870-1890]. A stunning collection of original designs for kimonos with a manuscript title-page. Contrary to the usual collections of kimono designs which tend to dazzle with their opulent use of colour, these designs are all in black and white. A most unusual collection.
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Collection of Original Kimono Stencil Plates.
by KATAGAMI STENCIL DESIGNS
1880. KATAGAMI STENCIL DESIGNS. A Collection of Meiji Period Original Kimono Stencil Plates. With 20 stencil plates. Stencil paper was constructed from the bark of mulberry trees then treated with persimmon juice; the sheets measure ca. 220 x 400 mm., the largest measuring 350 x 450 mm. Each in individual mylar sleeves laid into an archival box. [Japan: Meiji Period, ca. 1868-1912]. A rare collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Japanese stencils, created expressly for decoration... Read More
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Za oboronu SSSR [i.e. For Defence of the USSR]
by SOVIET PROPAGANDA DESIGN
1928. SOVIET PROPAGANDA DESIGN. Za oboronu SSSR [For Defence of the USSR]. 48 pp., illustrated with 32 full page plates printed in red and black. Small folio, 275 x 200 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers illustrated by Czech artist P. Skala. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo AKHRR: Shkola FZU pri 1-i Obraztsovoi tipografii, 1928. A remarkable collection of Soviet imagery intended as instruction for decorating workers' clubs, reading huts and use during rallies. The illustrations include fully decorated interiors, concepts... Read More
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C'est les bottes de 7 lieues Cette phrase "Je me vois
by DESNOS,Robert; ANDRE MASSON
1926. MASSON, André. C'est les bottes de 7 lieues Cette phrase "Je me vois". By Robert Desnos. [13] ff., illustrated with 4 etchings by Masson. Folio, 423 x 328 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], 1926. A fine copy of the most beautiful of the books Kahnweiler published with Masson's illustrations, and the first book by Robert Desnos with illustrations. One of 90 copies on Arches signed... Read More
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World's best Tailors Trimmings.
by DETMER, BRUNER & MASON, Inc.; Tailor Trimmings
1925. DETMER, BRUNER & MASON, Inc. World's best Tailors Trimmings. Book No. 100 A. Complete assortment -- superior qualities -- lowest prices. [6], 28 pp., 30-62 leaves, 63-65 pp. containing 299 mounted silk, wool-blend, linen, muslin, felt, jacquard silk, and other fabrics, and advertisements printed in red. Oblong folio, 185 x 350 mm, bound in simulated black leather post binder. New York: Detmer, Bruner & Mason, Inc. ND [ca.1925]. A... Read More
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Catalogue of Artists' Materials and Architects' Supplies
by DEVOE & REYNOLDS Co.
1914. DEVOE & REYNOLDS Co. Catalogue of Artists' Materials and Architects' Supplies. 358 pp., illustrated throughout and with 5 colour plates. 4to, 230 x 150 mm., publisher's decorated cloth. New York: Devoe Reynolds & Co., 1914. A handsomely produced catalogue from what must be one of the earliest companies of its type in America, being able to trace its origins to 1754. The company was acquired by Celanese Corporation in 1964, and would appear to be no... Read More
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Priced Catalogue of Artists' Materials
by DEVOE, F. W. & RAYNOLDS, C. T., Co.
1900. DEVOE, F. W. & RAYNOLDS, C. T., Co. Priced Catalogue of Artists' Materials. 344pp. and 4 colour plates. 8vo. wrappers, but missing fron wrapper. in a new cloth folding box. New York: F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Co., 1900. An important catalogue of artist's materials from the renowned company of Devoe and Raynolds. The full title being Priced Catalogue of Artists' Materials: supplies for oil painting, pastel painting, sketching crayon drawing, gilding, interior decorations,... Read More
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La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage...
by Dezallier D'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph
1747. DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE. La Theorie, et la Pratique du Jardinage.[12], 482, [2] pp. With 49 engraved plates (mostly folding), plus several woodcut diagrams and illustrations. 4to, 266 x 196 mm., bound in contemporary French calf, spine gilt, red edges. Paris: chez Pierre-Jean Mariette, rue S. Jacques, aux Colonnes d'Hercules, 1747. A fine copy of the fourth edition in French (first published 1709), enlarged throughout, and containing a new treatise on flowers and orange trees. Dezallier's Theorie et... Read More
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Tapissier. [Tapestry-Weaving]
by Diderot.
1771. DIDEROT. Tapestry-weaving, in 3 parts: 7 pp., 45 plates, of which 11 are double-page. From vol. 8. Folio, bound in half terra-cotta morocco over salmon cloth boards, gilt. Tapissier, with a view of the Boutique, and the many products available therein, including curtains, bedspreads, upholstery, and so forth. With two additional suites, entitled Tapisserie de basse-lisse des Gobelins and Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins, which illustrate the practice of the... Read More
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The German Emigrants or Frederick Wohlgemuth's Voyage to California.
by Dietrich.
1852. GOLD RUSH TALE. The German Emigrants or Frederick Wohlgemuth's Voyage to California. Translated by Leopold Wray (pseud. for Clara de Chatelain). [2], 39, [1] pp. Hand-coloured frontispiece and 7 hand-coloured lithographs. 12mo., 170 x 110 mm, quarter red morocco over marbled boards. Guben: F. Fechner, [ca. 1852]. Rare First Edition of this poignant German literary travel account of a Prussian boy, Fred Wolgemuth, his family, and their emigration to... Read More
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La Quinta Triennale di Milano,
by Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d’Italia
1933. RIVISTA ILLUSTRATA DEL POPOLO D'ITALIA. La Quinta Triennale di Milano. 198 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, 334 x 26 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Milan: 1933. A monographic issue of this important magazine (Anno XI n. 8) dedicated to the Fifth Triennial of Milan, primarily devoted to architetcure, and with Illustrations of work by Campigli, Carrà, Casorati, De Chirico, Depero, Funi, Manzù, M. Marini, A. Martini, Nizzoli, Prampolini, Severini, Sironi e altri. Architetture... Read More
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Italia Imperiale
by POPOLO D'ITALIA
1937. FASCIST BOOK DESIGN. Italia Imperiale. [534] pp., illustrated throughout with photographs by Frederico Patellani, Stefano Bricarelli, Lucio Ridenti, and Bruno Stefani, and illustrations by Marcello Nizzoli, Mario Sironi, Bramante Buffoni, Ruggero Micaelles, Erberto Carboni, and Paolo Garretto. Folio, 450 x 380 mm., bound in publisher's gray and black decorated glossy boards with red, white and green lettering to cover, housed in a new cloth box. Milan: Popolo d'Italia, 1937. The rare, sought-after "Edizione Speciale Della Rivista... Read More
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Stirpium Historiae Pemptades sex Sive Libri XXX.
by DODOENS, Rembert
1616. DODOENS, Rembert. Stirpium historiae pemptades sex sive Libri XXX. [xvi], 872, [66] pp. Illustrated with an engraved allegorical title (included in pagination), ca. 1330 botanical woodcuts after Pieter van der Borcht. Folio, 348 x 214 mm, bound in contemporary Dutch dark brown calf, sides paneled with double gilt fillet, spine compartments similarly paneled and with gilt lozenge ornament, author's name gilt-lettered in second compartment. Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus, 1616. Definitive Edition of Dodoens'... Read More
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Les Baisers du Mois de Mai
by DORAT
1770. DORAT, Claude Joseph. Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai, poëme. 119 pp. Illustrated with engraved additional title-page, engraved title-vignette, engraved frontispiece, 22 vignettes and 22 culs-de-lampe, all after Charles Eisen. BOUND WITH: Supplément a l'édition des baisers... Imitations de poëtes latins. 47 pp. 8vo., 210 x 133 mm, bound by Riviere in early twentieth-century crushed red morocco, spine gilt with small tools, comb-marbled endpapers, a.e.g. La Haye & Paris:... Read More
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Le Nouveau Paris. Histoire de ses 20 arrondissements. Illustrations de
by DORE, Gustave; LABEDOLLIERE, Emile de
1860. DORE, Gustave and Emile de la BEDOLLIERE. Le Nouveau Paris. Histoire de ses 20 arrondissements. 440 pp., illustrated with a frontispiece and 66 wood-engravings by Doré throughout the text, plus 21 double-page coloured maps of the arrondissements designed by Desbuissons and engraved by Erhard. Large 8vo, 300 x 210 mm, in the original publisher's illustrated and printed wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Gustave Barba, [1860]. First edition, first issue with the address... Read More
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Histoire Pittoresque, Dramatique, et Caricaturale De La Sainte Russie.
by Dore, Gustave.; NYBF19; Sotain.; GUSTAVE DORE
1854. DORE, Gustave. Histoire Dramatique, Pittoresque et Caricaturale de la Sainte Russie, D'après les Chroniquers et Historiens Nestor, Nikan, Sylvestre, Karamsin, Segur, etc... [4], 207 pp. (printed on recto only), illustrated with 500 engraved illustrations by Gustave Doré cut onto woodblocks by Sotain. 4to, 290 x 195 mm., bound in contemporary brown quarter cloth over marbled boards, with the original front and rear wrappers preserved. Paris: [Lacour for] J. Bry Ainé, 1854. First edition, early issue.... Read More
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Les Contes Drolatiques
by DORE, Gustave; BALZAC, Honore; GUSTAVE DORE
1855. DORÉ, Gustave. Les Contes Drolatiques. By Honore de Balzac. 8vo., 205 x 130 mm, bound in nineteeenth century full crushed brown morocco, in a slipcase. Paris: Garnier Freres, [1873]. A superb copy of this Doré masterpiece with fine impressions of the engraving printed on Chine, and with "huitieme edition" on the title-page,. Gordon Ray called Doré'ss illustrations for the Contes Drolatiques "Doré's early masterpiece." The first illustrated edition was issued with 425... Read More
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