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London: John Murray, 1841. New Edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth front cover lavishly illustrated in gilt borders and arabesques. Teg. Near fine. Jones, Owen. Unpaginated, approx. 200 pages in text. Four full-page chromolithograph illustrations with borders, colored titles, and ornamental vignettes [all are color lithographs] designed by Owen Jones. Numerous text illustrations from drawings by William Allan, David… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: R & T. Desilver, 1812. First American edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf. Near fine. 2 vols. 352, 256 pages. 18 x 11 cm. A variety of curious and interesting particulars, relative to painting, sculpture and architecture. The author Thomas Nugent was an erudite Irish historian and travel writer. The English edition was published in 1772. Elegant… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Phinney & Co., Buffalo, 1854. Second edition. Hardcover. Contemporary full red morocco front cover decorated and lettered in gilt. Very good. 123 pages. 27.5 x 22 cm. Forty two plates. Plates and text generally clean, wide text margins. Glossary of Technical Terms. The author attacks the conventional architecture of the day. Lacks free front endpaper, rubbing… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary quarter black roan and midnight blue speckled boards Very good. Lafever, Minard. 139 pages in text. 27 x 18 cm. Forty-eight engraved plates. The rare first edition. This monograph consists of a section entitled "Architectural History" extracted from Elmes's DICTIONARY, a glossary of names and terms used… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth front cover decorated in gilt. Fine. 238 pages. 29 x 21.5 cm. 86 black and white plates. The Romanesque period in Spain a fusion of French, Oriental and native influences of architecture in the Middle Ages. Index.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. First edition. Ex-library. Maroon buckram. Very good. 108 pages in text. Notes on The History of Cotton Printing Especially in England and America by Francis Morris. Ninety-twoblack and white and color plates. Bibliography. List of Centers of Cotton Printing in France 1760-1815. Index. Limited edition, one of 2000.ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P670. "An important… Saber más sobre este artículo

London & New York: Frederick Warned And Company & Scribner, Welford And Company, 1870. Hardcover. Quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Very good. Lear, Edward. Unpaginated. 25 x 22.5 cm. Host of color plated by Edmund Evans printed recto or verso only. Two owner inscriptions free front endpaper one dated 1876. Some small repairs, plates bright and clean.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Geo. E. Woodward, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown publisher's cloth. Very good. 26 pages in text, 100 lithographic plates, advertisements at end of text with twelve full-color lithographic samples of floor tiles. This volume contains full blown stick style for cottages, houses, an ice house, boat and bath house, schoolhouse,stable, French villa, church, miscellaneous details… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1852. Hardcover. Orig. green publisher's cloth decorated in blind, front cover chairs in gilt. Very good. 484 pages. 24 x 15 cm. This edition, 15th thousand not noted by HITCHCOCK .327. illustrations, many tinted, many full page plates with plans to scale. KARPEL B223. "One of the most important and influential mid-nineteenth-century… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J & T Boydell, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Very good. Kauffman, Angelica. Sepia stipple engraved on wove paper, plate 35.5 x 30 cm., total margin 41 x 35 cm. Sir Joshua Reynolds was one of her staunchest allies. As a woman and history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century considering history painting… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: S. Watts, 1793. Stiff Wraps. Good. Kauffman, Angelica. Sepia stipple engraved mounted on board. 27.5 x 20 cm. Margins 5 x 4 cm. Sir Joshua Reynolds was one of her staunchest allies. As a woman and history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century considering history painting was the elite and most… Saber más sobre este artículo

London & Paris: J.Thane & Chez Hannan et Potonant, 1785. Stiff Wraps. Very good. Kauffman, Angelica. Color stipple engraved on wove paper, plate 29 x 24 cm., total margin 51 x 38 cm. Sir Joshua Reynolds was one of her staunchest allies. As a woman and history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Braziller, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 2 vols. in one. More than100 illustrations. Subject Index. Index of Names. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I527. "Exceptional for illustrations. Focuses on a branch of art in each period asrepresentative of the aesthetic achievement of the period." LUCAS p. 25.

Bangkok: Princess Chumbhotof Nagara Svarga, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth rubbed. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 24 pages in text. Thirty-three plates, some in color, and a plan to scale of the Lacquer Pavilion at Suan Pakkad Palace. The story of the restoration of the Lacquer Pavillion which may date from the reign of King… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth. Very good in lightly soiled dust wrapper. 312 black and white illustrations. Index. Large sections of the book are devoted to product design -- lights, cookers, food-mixers, clocks -- and another large section isdevoted to tools, instruments, office equipment and transport. Ex-library.

New York: Braziller, 1973. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth spine decorated in gilt. Fine in very good, nicked slipcase. 247 pages. 29.5 x 21 cm. Excellent color reproductions of this Book of Hours. 127 color plates. Translated from the French by Katherine W. Carson. Bibliography. Bright, fresh copy.

New York: Braziller, 1972. Hardcover. Orig. faux navy leather decorated in gilt. Fine in near fine slipcase. 262 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Excellent color reproductions of this Book of Hours commissioned by Glangeleazzo Visconti, born in 1351. Bibliography. Bright, fresh copy.

London: George Bell & Sons, 1921. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Teg. Very good. 2 vols. 219 & 233 pages. 28 x 19.5 cm. Total of 200 plates, most with plans and drawings to scale. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER J167. "A standard work of French classical architecture." CHAMBERLAIN 846. LUCAS p53. Printed by the Chiswick Press, small owner label and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Pantheon, 1947. First edition. Orig. black cloth. Near fine. 268 pages in text. 153 black and whiteplates. Bibliography. Index to Text and Illustrations. Chronological Table. CHAMBERLAIN 531. "Based on the author's earlier work, `Monuments Of The Early Church,' but does not entirely supersede the first work....." LUCAS p32.

New York: Castle Books, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Bookplate.Orig. cloth and boards. Near fine in slightly chipped dust wrapper. 271 pages. Illustrated with photographs of interior and exterior views. A tribute to the preservation movement and a warning to maintain vigilance: to protect the remaining historical landmark buildings.