ABBILDUNG UND BESCHREIBUNG DER MODERNSTEN FORMEN FÜR KUNSTLER UND HANDWERKER. by MATTHAEY, CARL - 1831, 1832, 1835, 1835.

Vinegia: Vincenzo Vaugris. [Architettura-Prima edizione] (cm.16,5) ottima piena pergamena sec. XVIII. Titolo calligrafato al dorso.-- cc. 12 nn., (di cui l' ultima bianca), cc. 248, c. 1 con la marca tipografica. La dedica del traduttore Pietro Lauro Modenese è a Bonifacio Bevilacqua. prima edizione in qualsiasi lingua moderna e prima traduzione italiana di questo capolavoro dell' architettura rinascimentale. L' Editio Princeps del " De Re Aedificatoria " apparve nel 1485 a Firenze e ripropone in dieci libri la struttura del testo di Vitruvio. I primi tre libri riguardano il progetto e l' esecuzione; nel 4° e 5° si esaminano le grandi opere come città, ponti ecc. Nell' 8° e 9° si gtratta dell' apparato ornamentale, nel 10° si tratta di restauro e idraulica. Opera fondamentale non solo per l' architettura ma anche per il pensiero rinascimentale nel suo insieme. Qualche lieve traccia di polvere alla prima e ultima carta, altrimenti… Read More

A fine archive of three original drawings by the English "mouth artist" John Carter, two letters by his biographer, a copy of the revised edition of Carter's Memoir, and related materials. A fine collection of three original drawings by John Carter (31 July 1815 - 2 June 1850), an English mouth artist, together with a memoir and two autograph letters discussing Carter's work by William James Dampier, Carter's first biographer. The collection also includes a heliotype after a drawing by Carter as well as a list of subscribers to Dampier's memoir. The small collection was apparently presented by Dampier to one of his friends. Original drawings by carter are rare, as most "of his work, now widely dispersed and probably unrecognized, is of course only known from nineteenth century reproductions" (Trevor Disley) John Carter was born in Coggeshall, Essex, "of humble parents", as Dampier notes. At school "he showed a disposition to scribble the figure of a man, a horse, or a bird, upon his desk or copy… Read More

Roma: Antonio de Rossi, 1730. First Edition — Primera edición. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 250x190mm. (9¾x7½").. Roma, Antonio de Rossi, 1730-1736. 2 volúmenes. En 4º (250 x 190)mm. -I: (24), 330, (6) pp. -II: (16), 560, (6) pp. Portadillas y portadas en ambos volúmenes impresas en rojo y negro. Numerosas iniciales grabadas en madera. Encuadernación de la época en holandesa piel color oliva con puntas, tejuelo en las lomeras y decoración dorada. Primera edición de este apreciado trabajo que contiene una biografía de artistas italianos desde el siglo XVII, excluyendo a las personas vivas, siendo Bernini la única omisión notable. La primera gran obra de la historiografía artística italiana del siglo dieciocho. Hay un cambio interesante de énfasis entre el primer y el segundo volumen. En el primero, Pascoli alaba la modernidad y el genio y admira la fecundidad del siglo XVII, mientras que en el segundo advierte sobre los peligros de la imaginación y recomienda seguir a los antiguos. El… Read More

Berlin: Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, 1889. SCARCE with both volumes present and complete. A two volume set, Vol. I published 1889, Volume II, 1896. In original publisher's quarter cloth spine over paper covered boards, complete with ribbon ties. The portfolios Very Good, Vol. I boards soiling and showing some wear Vol. II small tears with small holes to cloth at spine, light wear to edges of boards, some plates with dampstain bottom margins not affecting plate images,. Complete with 12 pages text Vol. I and 15 pages of text Vol. II, with 160 chromolithograph plates total, 80 per volume. Internally quite lovely, the plates with brown tissue guards, a few tissue guards missing or creased. A stunning set of plates. . First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Rare complete set of this monumental study of PompeiiComplete with 150 chromolithographic plates in elephant-folio size of wall paintings, statues, figures, furniture, graffiti, plaster-casts of bodies and views of ruins from ancient Pompeii.Originally published in five parts with 30 plates in each.Lithographed by D. Capri after G. Discanno, A de Simone, V. Mollame, V. Loria, S. de Stefani, A. Carelli, A. Magliano, and directed by Antonio Niccolini. Text by Antonio Sogliano, in Italian, German, English and French.Antonio Sogliano (1854-1942) was an Italian archaeologist. From 1906 to 1929, he was professor of the antiquities of Pompeii at the University of Naples Federico II.Antonio Niccolini was grandson of the architect and scenic designer Antonio Niccolini Sr. (1772-1850). Antonio Jr. also published the final two volumes of Fausto and Felice Niccolini's monumental book on the interior design of Pompeii, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (Houses and monuments of Pompeii), 1854-1897, after the… Read More

NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Frank Lloyd Wright. 2nd printing thus, sm. sq. 4to, maroon cloth, vg+ (shelfrub bottom edge, light bump at bottom of spine, sm. spot on top edge) in an exceptional near fine dj with the $6.00 price. This light gray dj is lightly sunned on the spine; it has been archivally restored, that is, professionally de-acidified, so that it will never darken again. Exceptionally bright and clean text pages. SIGNED in full on the title page (in the red square) by Frank Lloyd Wright and dated Nov. 9, 1948. 561 pp. This is the first complete edition of this book, with an entire section, 'Form', not in the 1932 Longman's edition.

Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery, 2002. Book. Illus. by Hughes, E.J.. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by E.J. Hughes upon title page. 226 pages. Index of works. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Oblong 11" x 12". "Lavishly illustrated with 100 full colour and 25 black-and-white reproductions of prints, drawings and paintings, this is the first full-scale volume to honour the artistic life and work of E.J. Hughes from the start of his long career in the 1930s to the present... His unique talent for depicting the landscape in a way that both he and viewers believe it should be, rather than the way it actually is, enables us to experience and understand place and nature in new and deeper ways." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A marvelous gift for any devotee of E.J. Hughes and his… Read More

Kodansha International Ltd, Tokyo, 1980 Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued. In splicase.); Used books. The 11 volume set is in good condition with minor scuffs and signs of wear in the slipcases and hardcover cloths. The spines are slightly faded as usual (volume 11 - Metropolitan Museum is slightly more faded then the other volumes). Volume 5 (British Museum) and volume 9 (Freer Gallery of Art) show minor wear marks on the top of the slipcase. Far Eastern Ceramics is in very good condition showing minor signs of shelf wear, namely some marks on the front and back cover. The ribbon bookmark is slightly scuffed on the bottom. The interior of all volumes is as new.; A milestone in international ceramic documentation, this series is a brilliant presentation of the oriental ceramics collections of the world's major museums. Originally published by Kodansha in 1975 as a limited deluxe 12 volume set, this critically acclaimed and now scarce masterpiece… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Boldly Signed by Rem Koolhaas on a large sheet (6" x 8") of archival Arches paper, laid into the book First edition / First printing. Pink paper-covered boards. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with light wear to the edges, an outstanding copy of a scarce title. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

Beautifully signature-bound in publisher's raw tan linen; front board & spine decoratively lettered; decorative endpapers. Generally, a very good or better set with signature satiric & anarchistic illustrations. One of the most important illustrated radical periodicals. Artists include but are not limited to: A. Roubille, Gustave-Henri Jossot, Konrad-Wagner, Valery Muller, Hermann-Paul, Leonetto Cappiello, Jules Cheret, Juan Gris, Jules-Alexandre Grun, Jossot, Frantisek Kupka, Paul Iribe, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Orazi, Adrien Barrere, Poulbot, H. G. Ibels, Kees van Dongen, Armand Gallo, Ricardo Flores, and many others. Being a periodical that did not shy away from less attractive topics, they covered such topics as crime, economy, leisure and travel, politics, current events, international relations, religion, health and even the Press itself. Color and black and white illustrations copiously throughout. Vol. 1, 2, and 9: front board and spine are beginning to detach but are still sturdy. 10 1/4… Read More