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New York: Grossman, 1970. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Dine, Jim. Approximately 120 pages in text with poems by Ron Padgett and illustrations in black and white by Jim Dine. The first edition of 30 copies published by Cape Galliard Press, London was signed and numbered by Padgett and Dine, and contained an original signed print. Nice copy of an engaging artist's book. Owner inscription.

London: Leigh And Sotheby, 1808. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Very good. 327 pages. 4to, 29 x 23 cm. Two lithographs by Gainsborough, one in color, and a host of engravings. Index of the Names of the Painters. The author, an historical painter was employed by Boydell to make drawings from the old masters for his publications, and the Society of Antiquaries for the same purpose. "He published in 1808 (this title), intended as a supplement to Walpole; but in his facts he was too accurate to please his contemporaries, and consequently the work and its author were much decried." [see: BRYAN Vol.II, p.120]. Some age-toning, mostly in the margins, bookplate, boards slightly crinkled, modest rubbing to extremities.

New York: George Braziller, 1966. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good. 232 pages. Illustrated with drawings. Index. A sensible, sensitive and only reliable approach of checking the accuracy of the design plan.

New York: Walker, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.cloth and boards. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 415 pages. More than 650 photographs, plans, drawings and elevations. Building Index by geographical location and architect. This book presents the ideas and convictions of America's leading architects on the theory and practice of their art. Bibliography. KARPEL B670. "A useful work, especially for capsule summaries.

London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gray cloth. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 222 pp. Illustrated with ninety-six pages of photographic reproductions and numerous line drawings in the text. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I53. "An extended essay on the fundamental problem of monumentality in the art of the ancient Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete)." Small owner blind stamp.

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: Atheneum, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Origtwo-toned cloth. Very good in very good dust wrapper. 514 pp. 208 black and white illustrations. Index. This is the story of the growth of American arts from infancy to adulthood in the course of a century.

New York: Abrams, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper.. 336 pages. Small folio. Abundantly illustrated in color and black and white. Exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Articles by experts. Bibliography. Index.

London: Field & Tuer, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. full vellum lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 2 vols. Bartolozzi, Francesco. 211, 152 pp. Large 4to, thirteen plates, some in color. List of Bartolozzi Works, more than 2000 entries. Index in each volume. "His etchings in imitation of the drawings of the most eminent painters, admirably represent the spirits of the originals, and he was not less successful in the exquisitely finished plates he produced in the various styles he practiced." [see: BRYAN'S DICTIONARY, Vol.I, p.91]. FREITAG 440. Backstrips nicked at extremities, two small spots cover Vol.II, covers slightly soiled, uncut. Interior clean, fresh and tight with age-toning to first few and least leaves at outer margins.

London: R. Gutekunst, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary brown basket weave cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 41 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 155 on rag paper, signed by Wedmore and inscribed to The Burlington Club. 152 descriptive entries covering the years 1888-1903 of D.Y. Cameron's etchings. Internally clean and fresh, slight bump front cover fore-edge.

Paris: Cahiers d'Art, 1953. First edition. Original Wraps. Orig. royal blue cloth lettered in white. Very good in very good slightly rubbed dust wrapper. Fernand Leger. 16 pages in text. 31 x 24.5 cm. Seventeen tipped-in color lithographs by Leger, and 20 tipped-in collotype plates (drawings). Text in French. Bright, clean copy.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Hardcover. Orig. chocolate brown cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Friedrich, Caspar David. 299 pages, 32 x 27 cm. 193 illustrations with 150 in color. A landscape painter of the 19th century within the framework of European romanticism. Chronology. Bibliography. List Of Illustrations.

New York: Galahad, 1975. Boards. Orig. thick gray boards. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. Cezanne, Paul. 104 illustrations, fifty in color. Bibliography. Index.

Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beigecloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Charlot, Jean. 40 pages in text. 178illustrations, some in color. Acknowledgement by Inez Cumming. Introduction by Lamar Dodd. Commentary by Jean Charlot. Limited edition, one of 1250.

Leipzig: Theodor Weicher, 1901. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated tan cloth. Very good. Chodowiecki, Daniel. 30 pages in text. 27 x 20 cm. Twenty-eight pages of plates, usually four images per plate. Text in French. As illustrator Chodowiecki could not keep us with the demand for his work from booksellers and engravers. "He represents the feelings and affections, virtues and vices, just as he observed them around him, with singular acuteness. Not unfitly has he been spoken of a the great depictor of the morals of his day." [see: BRYAN Vol. p.291]. A host of his drawings are presented here. Light cover soiling, backstrip nicked at extremities.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Orig white cloth. Near fine. Lorrain, Claude. 33 pages in text. Illustrated in black and white and color. Bibliography. Presents works which span Lorrain's entire life, showing his depth and growth as an artist.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1965. 1st English edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 259 pp. Twenty-three colorplates and 133 illustrations in black and white. Translated by Jean Carroll and Sheila Hatton. Bibliography. Index. Wessel has compiled a comprehensive and penetrating study of Egyptian art at a time when paganism was ending and Christendom was preparing to assume sole mastery of the Roman Empire.

Cincinnati: North Light, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 144 pages. 23 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Index.

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 203 pages. 31 cm. More than 150 illustrations, some in color.

Roma: Leonardo - De Luca, 1991. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 373 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. 32 color plates and a 421 black and white photographs, all are printed on quality glossy stock. Seven chapters by scholars. Bibliography. Concordance. Index of Artists. Text in Italian.