Search Results: Titles starting with M from The Bookpress, Ltd.

VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus. M. VITRVVII VIRI SVAE PROFESSIONIS PERITISSIMI, DE ARCHITECTVRA LIBRI. Argentorati (Strassbourg:) Knobloch for Georgium Machaeropiceum, 1543. Small 4to. Contemporary sheep. (52), 96; 99-262, (52) pages, with 91 woodcut illustrations. First edition printed in Germany. [BAL, 3495; Fowler, 401]. The first German printing of Vitruvius was edited by Walter Hermann Ryff, a Strassbourg physician, mineralogist and mathematician. The majority of the ninety-one woodcut illustrations are based on Cesariano's Como edition of 152 A few others are copied from Giocondo's edition as well as the fourth book of Serlio. Ryff later translated Vitruvius into German. Neatly rebacked, some light waterstaining to the area around the lower tip of some pages; edges and tips of boards chipped, still a very good copy of an important early edition Vitruvius.

(THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART) HULTEN, K.G. Pontus. THE MACHINE, AS SEEN AT THE END OF THE MECHANICAL AGE. New York: 1968. 4to. Embossed aluminum covers. 218 pages. First edition. An exotic exhibition catalogue reviewing and commenting on artistic views of machinery from the time of Leonardo da Vinci to the modern period, concentrat on the twentieth century. The wide range of artists represented include Duchamp, Robert Breer, Bellmer, Man Ray, Picabia and many others. Well illustrated with hundreds of half-tone reproductions of artworks shown. A ve good, bright copy of an interesting philosophical discussion.

(SIMPSON) MADAME COOLEY SIMPSON'S SCIENTIFIC TAILOR SYSTEM FOR CUTTING LADIE MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S GARMENTS. Cleveland: Simpson, 1892. 8vo. Wrappers. 12 pages, 8 plates. First edition. Several marks in blue pencil in the text else a nice copy.

(LAFAYETTE) WRIGHT, Constance. MADAME DE LAFAYETTE. New York: Henry Holt, (1959). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. viii, 280 pages, (8) plates. First edition. Edges of leaves browned, some spotting to covers, else a good copy in a sunne dust jacket.

(LAFAYETTE) WRIGHT, Constance. MADAME DE LAFAYETTE. New York: Henry Holt, (1959). 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. viii, 280 pages, (8) plates. First edition. Edges of leaves browned, else very good in a sunned dust jacket.

(DELLA FRANCESCA) MAESTRI DEL COLORE, PIERO DELLA FRANCESCO. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, (1956). Folio. Printed wrappers. (iv) pages, 12 plates. First edition. Being "fascicolo n. 4". Wrappers rubbed, else very good.

ANTIQUES. THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, Volumes 49-50, 1946. (New York: 1946). Small folio. Cloth. 392 pages; 416 pages. Being a bound set of Antiques magazines for the year 1946. Well illustrated. Withdrawn from the Yale University School of Fine Arts. Covers rubbed, else very good.

JOHN CAIUS BOOKS. MAGIC, THE OCCULT & PSEUDO-SCIENCES. San Francisco: 1992. 8vo. Wrappers. Catalogue Two, with 115 items listed. Very good.

THORNDIKE, Joseph J. Jr. THE MAGNIFICENT BUILDERS AND THEIR DREAM HOUSES. New York: American Heritage, 1978. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. 352 pages. First edition. Very good in torn dust jacket.

HALFPENNY, William. MAGNUM IN PARVO: OR THE MARROW OF ARCHITECTURE. New York: Benjamin Bloom, 1968. 4to. Cloth. (40) pages. A reprint of the 1728 original. Bookplate. Very good.

(MAGRITTE) TORCZYNER, Harry. MAGRITTE, IDEAS AND IMAGES. New York: Abrams, 1977. Square folio. Cloth, dust jacket. 277 pages, with 52 illustrations, 90 of which are in color. First edition. [Freitag, 5893.] A well-illustrated study, with original drawings along-side the finished imag and quotations from his letters about the works. Fine. (15339).

HOBSON, G.D. MAIOLI, CANEVARI AND OTHERS. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. 4to. Cloth. xvi, 178 pages, 64 plates. Fi edition. With six color plates, this is a well-illustrated history of bookbindings, chiefly from the sixteenth century. The book is part of the "Monographs on Bookbinding" series. Spine sunned and chipped, else very good.

NANAVATI, J.M., and M.A. Dhaky. THE MAITRAKA AND THE SAINDHAVA TEMPLES OF GUJARAT. Ascona: Artibus Asiae, 1969. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket, protective slipcase. 8 (1) pages, 71 illustrations on plates. First edition. An examination of the architectural styles which developed in the Kathiawar peninsula of southwest Gujarat under two local dynasties, from the mid sixth century to the mid tenth; illustrated. Fine.

AMRAM, David. THE MAKERS OF HEBREW BOOKS IN ITALY. London: Holland Press, 1963. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. xx, 417 pages. While focusing on Hebrew books, this landmark study provides a comprehensive review of printing in Italy from the beginning through the mid-1800s. Bibliography, index, and many illustrations.

(BROWN PAPER CO.,L.L.). MAKERS OF THE STANDARD LINEN LEDGER AND RECORD PAPER Adams, Massachusetts, 1887. 8vo. Red morocco. (viii) pages, 22 plates. A defective copy, but still a paper catalogue of much value based on what is there, with 22 examples of quality linen paper from 20 pounds to 100 pounds. leaf of letterpress at the end discusses the organisation of the company, its equipment, and products.

ADAMS, Henry. THE MAKING OF A HISTORY, THE LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS TO HENRY VIGNAUD AND CHARLES SCRIBNER, 1879-1913. Boston: (Massachusetts Historical Society,) 1959. 8vo. Boards. 70 pages. Reprint from the Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings. Fine.

(LOWRY) WOOLMER, J. Howard. MALCOLM LOWRY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Revere: Woolmer, 1983. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. 183 pages. First edition. Fine; a presentation copy by Woolmer.

MALLETT, Daniel Trowbridge. MALLETT'S INDEX OF ARTISTS. Two volumes. New York: Peter Smith, 1948. 4to. Cloth. xxxiv, 493 pages; xxxviii, 319 page Second edition. [Arntzen, E44]. A reprint of the 1935 edition. Some minor wear to cover, else very good.

KEPPLER, Victor. MAN + CAMERA. New York: Hastings House, (1970.) Folio. Boards. Very good.

MAN AND HIS WORLD INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS EXHIBITION.... N.P.: (National Gallery of Canada), 1967. Small 4to. Wrappers. Frontispiece, xviii, 398 pages. First edition. Exhibition catalogue, with a foreword by Pierre Dupuy. Covers worn, else ver good.