Medieval & Renaissance Studies Books

Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1967. Intro. + 172 b&w plates. Stiff light blue paper wraps, gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, lightly stamped, little actual wear, never circulated.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1906. Two volumes, complete. Blue cloth, ruled, decorated and letterd in black on front panels, lettered in gilt on spine panels, top edges in gilt. viii,240 + [vi],231 pp., illus. w/ 10 full page sepia plates per volume (20 total), with tissue guards, + numerous figures, drawings, plans set into text. Sumptuous survey of Romanesque and Gothic cathedral architecture in the British Isles. Both volumes modestly rubbed along edges and joints, at corners and spine extremities, lightly soiled with a few light surface marks. Hinges are starting in both volumes but firm. Printed on heavy coated "art paper" stock. In Vol. 1, pp. 231-240 show the effects of moisture damage, with surface paper adhesion partially obscuring the bottom several lines of text and/or illustrations on pp. 232-239. Interiors are otherwise intact, showing only light foxing on and proximate to plates. Otherwise a very presentable set, presenting at VG+ to Near Fine. CONTENTS: (1) Canterbury, York, St. Paul's, Durham, Winchester, Norwich, Lincoln, Salisbury, Peterborough, Ely, Wells, Exeter, Chichester, Rochester; (2) Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, Chester, Carlisle, Bath, Oxford, Ripon, St. Albans, Manchester, Liverpool, Truro, Newcastle, Southwell, Wakefield, Southwark, Birmingham, St. German's, St. David's, Llandaff, St. Asaph, Bangor. Index.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. Periodical, illus. wraps. Light wear. CONTENTS: "Four 15th-Century Crucifixions" (McKendry); "Rubens and the Woodcuts of Christoffel Jegher" (Myers); "Monuments on Paper" (Byrne); "Original Portraits, etc." (Karpinski). Tipped in is a photocopy of a three-page manuscript letter signed by A. Hyatt Mayor, recently retired Curator of the Department of Prints, to whom this issue was dedicated, commending the staff on its scholarship and the quality of its publication. This copy is from the collection of Janet S. Byrne, who contributed one of the four articles contained herein.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Excalibur Books, 1978. 128 pp., fully illus. w/ color, b&w plates. As issued; slight shelf wear to dust jacket.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1975. xii + 130 pp., 22 b&w plates. Moderate lean, lightly toned original illus. wraps.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Sirrocco/Confidential Concepts, 2003. 1st English language edition. 125 masterpieces of engraving from the 15th and 16th centuries. As issued, light shop wear to real panel of dust jacket.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931. Exhibition catalog. 121 pp. + numerous b&w plates, 539 catalogued objects. Original wraps, chipped along edges and at corners, partially split binding (best considered as binding copy). Minor loss or creasing of some top edge corners.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1967. Intro. + 172 b&w plates. Stiff light blue paper wraps, gilt lettering. Binding is moderately cocked, otherwise clean. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942. 56 of 60 plates (lacking #s 16, 32, 33, 34, and title leaf providing publication information), each measuring approx. 10.5" x 14", housed in original unbound portfolio case. Light blue paper covered boards, cloth back strip, paper titlel label, silk ribbon closure. Front board detached but present. Ex-library, with soiled case showing typical library markings. Plate #1 shows perforation stamp; all others (55 of 59) are clean and unmarked. Undated, ca. 1942. Quite scarce. Exterior presents as Good; plates (contents) solid Near Fine. Artists included here: Aspertini, Bartolommeo, Bassano, Canaletto, Carracci, Castiglione, Correggio, Garbo, Giorgione, Guardi, Guercino, da Vinci, Filippino Lippi, Maratti, Michelangelo, Parentino, Piazzetta, Piranesi, Pontormo, Primaticcio, Rosa, Sesto, Tiepolo, Titian, Verrocchio, several unknowns.. First Edition. Unbound. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1967. Intro. + 172 b&w plates. Stiff light blue paper wraps, gilt lettering. Slightly soiled covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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London, Paris and New York: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1884. Light blue cloth, elaborately stamped in black and gilt, bevelled edges, text block edged in gilt. Moderate overall shelf/handling wear, moderately soiled covers, toned spine panel. Both spine extremities chipped with minor loss. Binding slightly shaken but holding, generally clean text block with only occasional light soiling. xx,272 pp.,illus. with engravings reproduced both full page and set into text. Vintage gift inscription (dated 1884) on front blank. Includes Canterbury, York, Durham, St. Paul's, Winchester, Norwich, Lincoln, Lichfield, Hereford, Worcester, Oxford, Salisbury, Ripon, Chichester, St. Albans, Rochester, Bath, Wells, Peterborough, Chester, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Bristol, Carlisle, Manchester, Liverpool, Truro, Newcastle, Southwell, Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's, Llandaff, St. German's. Acceptable reading/reference copy, complete and intact, . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. Periodical, illus. wraps. Light wear. CONTENTS: "Four 15th-Century Crucifixions" (McKendry); "Rubens and the Woodcuts of Christoffel Jegher" (Myers); "Monuments on Paper" (Byrne); "Original Portraits, etc." (Karpinski). This copy is from the collection of Janet S. Byrne, later Curator of the Department of Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who contributed one of the four articles.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1940. Exhibition catalogue, 1940, MoMA. 64 pp., black stiff paper wraps w/ front panel color tip-on, illus. w/ color + b&w plates. Additions/corrections sheet tipped in. Light wear to edges. 40,000 copies printed.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1947. Periodical, illus. wraps. Light wear. This copy is from the collection of Janet S. Byrne, later Curator of the Department of Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who contributed one of the four articles. CONTENTS: "The Rape of the Sabine Women by Nicolas Poussin" (Costello); "Roman Baroque Bronzes" (Phillips); "Prints of Medical Interest" (Byrne); "The History of a Collection" (Gardner).. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Deaccessioned from noncirculating art museum reference library, lightly stamped, minimal wear. Oblong format. 55 full page b&w plates, each accompanied by full description. Exhibition catalogue.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. Periodical, illus. wraps. Light wear. CONTENTS: "Four 15th-Century Crucifixions" (McKendry); "Rubens and the Woodcuts of Christoffel Jegher" (Myers); "Monuments on Paper" (Byrne); "Original Portraits, etc." (Karpinski). Part Two, published separately, constitutes a posthumous memorial to James J. Rorimer, who had several curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art prior to assuming duties as Director of The Cloisters from 1949 until his death in 1966.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: The Heritage Press, 1957. xx + 348 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Dark blue cloth, gilt stamped spine. Slightly rubbed extremities, very slight tear at head of spine. No slipcase.. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Samuel Chamberlain (Photographs). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd., 1929. 1st "Cheap Edition," Sept. 1929; originally issued 1924. Violet cloth, lettered in gilt, spine panel decorated in gilt (modestly sunned). Bottom corners/edges of both panels are modestly spotted, with a bit of fading toward all edges. Bottom corners slightly exposed, slightly chipped at base of spine. vii,111 pp., illustrated with 16 lovely color tinted plates with captioned tissue guards, 15 line drawings set into text. . First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Alden. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Park Lane, 1984. 304 pp., with 428 illustrations, including 41 in full color, illus. endpapers. Lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities, slight shelf wear to dust jacket.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wim Swaan (photographs). Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 176 pp., endpaper maps, illus. w/ 270+ color, b&w plates, including more than 100 in color. Red cloth, decorated in gilt. Lightly foxed text block edges, light shelf wear to dust jacket.. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Macmillan, 1929. xv,179 pp., illus. w/ 51 reproductions of etchings and drawings by J. T. Arms. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, neatly rebound in red patterned library cloth, with edges slightly trimmed. Quite functional reading/reference copy, with all plates and guards intact, clean interior beyond library marks.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by John Taylor Arms. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995. xi,193 pp. Several marginal notations and text bracketings through p. 24, otherwise clean and presenting as issued.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Paris and Grenoble: B. Arthaud, 1955. 100 heliogravures en noir, 8 photographies en couleurs des vitraux de la cathedrale. Edition Exceptionnelle, Avril 1955. Printed stiff paper wraps, modest lean. Dust jacket shows modest shelf wear, some tape repair near base of spine. 89 pp., illus. Rear colophon has date of Jan. 1952, but a publisher's slip tipped onto title pg. shows the April 1955 date.. Original Wraps. VG+/VG+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Greystone Press, 1965. Burgundy paper over boards, gilt, virtually as issued, with library stamp on title pg. and light glue residue on rear flyleaf. Dust jacket shows light shelf/edge wear with a few miniscule closed tears.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Harper Torchbooks/Harper & Row, 1961. Light shelf/edge wear. Square, uncreased binding. xii,365 pp. Short closed tear with minor loss along bottom rear edge.. First Thus. Soft Cover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1937. Apparent 1st edition, with no additional printings indicated. Blue-gray cloth, accented and lettered in silver foil. Rubbed at corners and spine extremities, slightly darkened along inner hinges. Technically ex-library, but barely circulated and lightly marked/stamped. xi,106 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Chicago, IL: Stanford University Press, 1958. 1970 ptg. Slight edge wear, virtually as issued. ix,162 pp.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: The Historical Association, 1964. 1964 reprint. Nominally ex-library, lightly marked, noncirculating. 27 pp.. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons/B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1940. 1st edition: Summer 1940. Dark orange cloth, lettered in black, with modest shelf wear, sunned spine panel. Former owner book plate on front pastedown, signature and date on front flyleaf. viii,136 pp., illus. w/ 164 photographs (most b&w, some color), color frontis. Occasional slight interior foxing. Lacks dust jacket.. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. 199 pp., illus. endpapers, illus. w/ b&w photographs. As issued. Light shelf wear to dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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