Ancient & Classical Art
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Ancient & Classical Art Books & Ephemera
Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar - Vol. 1
by Dreyfus, Renée ; Ellen Schraudolph (Edited by)
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 1996. 120 pages; 56 illustrated and catalogued panels and fragments; b&w text illustrations; bibliography. The items travelled from Germany for exhibition in San Francisco and The Met in New York in exchange for conservation work by the two museums.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.
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NZ$27.19
A LOST ART REDISCOVERED
by Gerstel, Sharon E. J. and Julie A. Lauffenburger [edited by ]
Baltimore: The Walters art Museum, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Fine. First edition. Paperback. 11'' x 8 1/2''. 318pp. with index. A fully illustrated catalogue of all known tiles produced in the region of Constantinople.
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NZ$144.45
Arts Antiques de l'Asie Occidentale á Partir du IVe Millenaire avant J.C. et les Origines des Motifs de la Céramique Islamique Archaique
by Rozantal, A., et al
394 pp. scholarly study of ancient Middle Eastern artworks, incl. Sumerian, Cappadocian, Persian and Babylonian items, and their influence on later motifs in Islamic pottery, contributions by numerous noted scholars, ext. notes, bibliography, list, map, 524 plates from drawings after objects and decorative motifs, 30 plates from photographs. 4to. New cloth. Nice (Mathieu) 1948.
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NZ$1,614.43
The Search for Alexander: An Exhibition . (with the Supplement to the Catalogue)
by Yalouris, Nicholas; Manolis Andronikos; Katerina Rhomiopoulou; [et al]
Boston: New York Graphic Society with The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sciences, 1980. 192 pages; essays; 173 objects illustrated and described; illustrations in color and b&w. Loosely inserted is the Supplement to the Catalogue, which includes more than 60 objects that were displyed in New York, but not in Washington.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.
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NZ$25.49
Collection de Figurines en Argile: Oeuvres premieres de l'Art Gaulois avec les Noms des Ceramistes qui Les ont Executees: Recueillies, Dessinées & Décrites
by Tudot, Edmond
88, (16) pp. text on the sources, use, periods and types of ancient Gallic ceramic sculpture, including extensive description of the plates, text illustrations, 75 plates of fine tinted lithographs from drawings by Tudot of the varieties of sculptures, molds and inscriptions on tablets. 4to. 1/2 leather, edges worn. Paris (C. Rollin) 1860.
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NZ$1,486.98
Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou, Recueïl des Plus Beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine Qui Existent Encore. Dessinés par Monsieur Barbault Peintre Ancien Pensionnaire du Roy a Rome, et Gravés en 128 Planches avec Leur Explication
by Barbault, Jean
VIII, 90 pp. text concerning the ruins, monuments, reliefs and sculptures of ancient Rome, including 128 engravings, several depicting architectural plans, on 73 numbered plates executed by Dominico Montagu after drawings by Barbault, a former student and later rival of Piranesi. Some extremely minor scattered soiling or toning. Large folio. Full-leather, marbled, hand-tooled and gilt binding; spine with six raised bands. Some old worm damage along spine, minor rubbing and abrasions, especially to...
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NZ$25,491.00
THE IMAGE OF THE BLACK IN WESTERN ART
by Bindman, David; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (editors)
London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. Quarto. 11.25 x 10.25" 391pp. Incl. index. Profusely illustrated in color.
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NZ$144.45
I. Erster Bericht über die vom Alterthumsverein Kempten (a. V.) vorgenommenen Ausgrabungen Römischer Baureste auf dem Lindenberge bie Kempten. II. Zweiter Bericht über die vom Allgäuer Alterthumsverein (a. V.) in Kempten vorgenommenen Ausgrabungen Römischer Baureste auf dem Lindenberge bei Kempten
by Ullrich, August
2 vols. bound in 1, 45, 17 pp. text discussing Roman remains excavated in Kempten, extensive scholarly notes, 31 plates, some photo lithographs (some color), 4 fold-out showing drawings of finds, floor plans and site plans. Small ink notes on title-page. Sm. 4to. 1/2 cloth and boards, edges worn. Kempten (Ulterhumsvereins) 1888.
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NZ$1,104.61
Rediscovering Ancient Greece: Greek Pottery, a culture captured in clay
by Phoca, Ionna E.; Panos D. Valavanis
Athens: Kedros, 1992. 64 pages; color illustrated throughout. How made; how distributed; made for whom; pottery illustrations described.v. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to.
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NZ$42.48
A MANUAL OF EGYPTIAN POTTERY. Volume 1: Fayum A-Lower Egyptian Culture
by Wodzinska, Anna
Boston, MA: AERA Ancient Egypt Research Associates. Softcover. Near fine. Softcover. Quarto. Spiral-bound with tabbed sections. 200pp.Text, illustrated with line drawings plus 8 color plates at rear. One bumped corner.
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NZ$59.48
Island of Isis: Philae, Temple of the Nile
by MacQuitty, William
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. 192 pages; b&w and colr illustrations. The history, rescue and reconstruction of the temple after it was covered by the Aswan Dam.. First Edition. Paper covered boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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NZ$10.20
Transformations in Hellenistic Art
by Hadzi, Martha Leeb
South Hadley, Massachusetts: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1983. 57 pages; 24 works illustrated in color or b&w. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue.
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NZ$20.39
Egyptian Tomb Paintings
by Davies, Nina M
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1958. 24 pages; 10 color plates with full descriptive entries. The book clean, slightlly out-of-flat; the dustjacket chipped in one corner. First Edition. Stiff Card Boards. Very Good/Good. Large 4to.
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NZ$20.39
CATALOGUE OF TERRACOTTAS, Cypriote, Greek, Etrusco-Italian and Roman
by Breitenstein, Niels
Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1941. Portfolio. Very good. Portfolio. Portfolio. Soft cover book 106pp. text. 135 loose plates illustrating 972 pieces in black & white. Descriptive catalogue is toned on edges; plates are quite nice. Front panel of folding portfolio "hanging on by a thread". Covers darkened; ties present but worn. Plates fine; Book very good; Folding portfolio, poor.
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NZ$254.91
Greek Art of the Aegean Islands
by Various
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979. 238 pages; 191 illustrations, color and b&w. "An exhibition sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Greece complemented by a loan from the Musée du Louvre." Metalwork, bronze, clay, marble: all manner of objects 4th millennium B.C. to 4th century B.C. Clean and tight; the spine worn at the tail.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.
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NZ$30.59
Scavi di Ostia. VII. I Capitelli
296 pp. text edited by Patrizio Pensabene describing over seven hundred column capitals, including discussions about the various techniques employed in their creation, materials, motifs, etc., extensive scholarly notes, indices, hundreds of photographic illustrations and line drawing recreations on 107 plates. Large 4to. Cloth. Rome (Libreria dello Stato) 1973. One of 750 copies.
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NZ$892.19
Egyptian Art in the Days of the Pharaohs - 3100-320 BC
by Aldred, Cyril
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1985. 252 pages; 199 illustrations, including 20 color. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 8vo.
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NZ$20.39
Die Münzbildnisse von Maximinus bis Carinus
by Delbrueck, Richard
X, 240 pp. scholarly work concerning portraits of emperors on Roman currency, including bibliography, illustrated with images of hundreds of coins on 32 plates. 4to. Red cloth with embossed text on front board. Berlin (Gebr. Mann) 1940. (Archäologisches Institut des Deutschen Reiches: Das Römische Herrscherbild, III. Abteilungen, Band. 2). This work is focused primarily on the Gordian dynasty, from 235 to 285 AD, covering the emperors Maximinus, Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, Balbinus, Gordian II,...
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NZ$2,294.19
The Art of Crete and Early Greece - The Prelude to Greek Art
by Matz, Friedrich
New York: Greystone Press, 1962. 258 pages; 59 color illustrations; many b&w illustrations. The area around the Aegean Sea from the Stone Age to the frist century B.C. The beginning of occidental art and the lead to understand Greek art of the Classical Era. Clean throughout; tight binding. Dustjacket has a small chip. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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NZ$15.29
Das Mithra-Heiligtum von Königshofen bei Strassburg
by Forrer, Robert
133 pp. annotated scholarly report summarizing archeological excavations at the temple of Mithras near Lauda-Königshofen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with detailed maps of the site, plans and elevations of the temple, photographs of statuary, reliefs, altarpieces and other artifacts, and transcriptions of wall texts, altogether including 85 text illustrations and 28 plates. A few light pencil annotations to page margins. Small 4to. Boards with original wrpps. affixed, front cover bearing previous...
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NZ$764.73
Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period, a handbook
by Boardman, John
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. 252 pages; 481 illustrations. Occasional highlighting and pencilled notes, mostly of illustration captions. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 8vo.
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NZ$13.60
![Materialy po arkheologii khristianskago Egipta. Matériaux pour servir àl'archéologie de l'Egypte chrétienne [Materials on the archaeology of Christian Egypt]. One text volume and one volume of photographic plates, housed in printed slipcase (all published)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/706/195/1550195706.0.b.jpg)
Materialy po arkheologii khristianskago Egipta. Matériaux pour servir àl'archéologie de l'Egypte chrétienne [Materials on the archaeology of Christian Egypt]. One text volume and one volume of photographic plates, housed in printed slipcase (all published)
by Bok, V[ladimir] G[eorgievich]
St. Petersburg: self-published (Tip. E. Thiele), 1901. Oblong folios (27 × 36.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; [8], 94 pp. With one hundred illustrations in the text, including plans, drawings, and mostly photographs. With thirty-three leaves of photographic plates in a separate printed slipcase. Wrappers of text volume dust-soiled; light soil to corners of first two leaves; the slipcase worn; first plate toned; else about very good. Vladimir Georgievich Bok (1850-1899) was a Russian archaeologist and...
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NZ$2,549.10
Alt-Peru und Seine Kunst
by Anton, Ferdinand
Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1962. 127 pages text with illustrations followed by the catalogue illustrating 163 items, including pots, clay figures, textiles, jewelry in b&w and color. Maps. Clean throughout; last three pages, including plate #163 and Contents are creased. Previous owner's large rubber stamp on the title page German text.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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NZ$84.97
LES GUTTI ET LES ASKOI A RELIEFS ETRUSQUE ET APULIENS ESSAI DE CLASSIFICATION ET DE TYPOLOGIE - Two Volume Set
by Jentel, Marie-Odile
Quebec / Leyde: Les Presses De L'Universite Laval / E. J. Brill. Fine. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Tome I: Text. Tome II: Planches. Leyde, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill Hardcover. 476pp, 73 plates and 2 maps. Two large quarto volumes in original publishers blue buckram bindings with gilt lettering.. xviii, 476, [2]; (xiv), (75), [1, blank] pp. Volume II is the plates volume, with 256 figures on 73 plates plus two maps at rear. Fine set, as issued without dustjackets.; Experience the...
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NZ$84.87
Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism
by Pandermalis, Dimitrios
New York: Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2004. 151 pages; essays; numerous objects illustrated in color: medallions, jewelry, sculpture, coins, bronzeware, weapons, ceramic pots.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Large 4to.
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NZ$42.48
