Furniture History, the Journal of the Furniture History Society by Journal of the Furniture History Society - 1965

London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, R. Ackermann, J. Harding, J. Taylor 1815. 4to. Colour aquatint frontis, title, xviii, 96 pp + 50 plain aquatint plates. Not in Abbey. Brown called himself "architect and professor of perspective" dedicated his book to Soane, and seems to have been a friend of Soane's draughtsman Gandy. He exhibited at the Royal Academy 1804-1828, showing a design for Regent's park in 1812 and military buildings for the Gold Coast in 1818. Re-spined in brown calf with decorative panels with red morrocco title panel. Slight transference to the verso of some of the plates, but the pages are generally clean. edges a little wavy, and boards very rubbed. . Very Good. Half Calf. First Edition. 1815.

Rome: Desclee, Lefebvre & C., 1903. Testo only. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and boards. Published Rome: Desclee, Lefebvre & C., 1903. Folio, 12" x 16", xix+549pp., illustrated with 54 reproductions within the text. Text in Italian. Libro Primo, Libro Secondo, Supplemento Primo, Supplemento Secondo. Splitting to the outer cloth along the hinges, some scuffing to rear cover, light foxing along front edge of portion of page block, else very good. Text clean, bright, unmarked, binding tight. Not ex-library. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Folio.

SIGNED by Watts, Hefner, Larry Flynt, Bunny Yeager, and Dita von Teese in black ink to ffp and title page. Black paper with gilt particulars to spine. Dust jacket protected in mylar. Both color and black and white illustrations in sections throughout text. These signatures were collected by the previous owner who attended a performance by von Teese, an exhibition opening at the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale for Bunny Yeager, at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble signing event for Hefner and Watts (December 16, 2008; flyer included), and at a signing event at Books & Books in Coral Gables for Flynt (June 3, 2011). ix, 529 pp. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

NEW ~ Richly-illustrated, high-quality publications in Spanish documenting the traveling art exhibition "Great Masters of Iberoamerican Folk Art: The Fomento Cultural Banamex Collection." The collection includes some 450 artisans from 22 countries in Latin America--representing cultural expressions in ceramics, textiles, metals, and other materials, of the highest aesthetic and technical standards, produced within diverse social contexts. A three-volume set plus the Directorio de artesanos. Each of the three large tomos are hardcover with sewn binding in a slip cover box. The Directorio de artesanos is a separate hard cover book. ISBN: tomo I, 9786077612568; tomo II, 9786077612605; tomo III, 9786077612902. OCLC 934189293. New oversize volumes in publisher's original plastic wrap. En espanol / Spanish text. Gorgeous reference work for museum and university libraries. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weighs ~30 lbs. (roughly 7" linear shelf space), which will incur additional international… Read More

1803 1ed ART of Raphael Italian Renaissance Painting Landon 4v SET 463 PLATES!
Charles Paul London was an early 19th-century French painter best-known, however, for his writings on art history and eminent painters. One such work was 'Life and Works of Most Famous Painters'
– a collection of impressive tomes on the most famous artists. These four tomes from the early 19th-century first edition focuses on the life and work of Raphael, perhaps the most important Italian painter of the Renaissance. It contains hundreds of illustrations of the sketches and art of Raphael.
Item number: #18778
Price: $950
LANDON, Charles Paul

Vies et œuvres des peintres les plus célèbres de toutes les écoles : recueil classique
Paris : Chez l'auteur, an XI, 1803-1805. First edition.

Details:
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Collation: 4 volumes
o Vol. I – 40, [2]
Plates 1-124
o Vol. II – [4]
Plates 125-236
o Vol. III – [4]
Plates 237-349
o Vol. IV – [4], 34
Plates 351-475
o 463 engravings!
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Language:… Read More

London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, R. Ackermann, J. Harding, J. Taylor 1815. 4to. Colour aquatint frontis, title, xviii, 96 pp + 50 plain aquatint plates. Not in Abbey. Brown called himself "architect and professor of perspective" dedicated his book to Soane, and seems to have been a friend of Soane's draughtsman Gandy. He exhibited at the Royal Academy 1804-1828, showing a design for Regent's park in 1812 and military buildings for the Gold Coast in 1818. Re-spined in brown calf with decorative panels with red morrocco title panel. Slight transference to the verso of some of the plates, but the pages are generally clean. edges a little wavy, and boards very rubbed. . Very Good. Half Calf. First Edition. 1815.

Rome: Desclee, Lefebvre & C., 1903. Testo only. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and boards. Published Rome: Desclee, Lefebvre & C., 1903. Folio, 12" x 16", xix+549pp., illustrated with 54 reproductions within the text. Text in Italian. Libro Primo, Libro Secondo, Supplemento Primo, Supplemento Secondo. Splitting to the outer cloth along the hinges, some scuffing to rear cover, light foxing along front edge of portion of page block, else very good. Text clean, bright, unmarked, binding tight. Not ex-library. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Folio.

SIGNED by Watts, Hefner, Larry Flynt, Bunny Yeager, and Dita von Teese in black ink to ffp and title page. Black paper with gilt particulars to spine. Dust jacket protected in mylar. Both color and black and white illustrations in sections throughout text. These signatures were collected by the previous owner who attended a performance by von Teese, an exhibition opening at the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale for Bunny Yeager, at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble signing event for Hefner and Watts (December 16, 2008; flyer included), and at a signing event at Books & Books in Coral Gables for Flynt (June 3, 2011). ix, 529 pp. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

NEW ~ Richly-illustrated, high-quality publications in Spanish documenting the traveling art exhibition "Great Masters of Iberoamerican Folk Art: The Fomento Cultural Banamex Collection." The collection includes some 450 artisans from 22 countries in Latin America--representing cultural expressions in ceramics, textiles, metals, and other materials, of the highest aesthetic and technical standards, produced within diverse social contexts. A three-volume set plus the Directorio de artesanos. Each of the three large tomos are hardcover with sewn binding in a slip cover box. The Directorio de artesanos is a separate hard cover book. ISBN: tomo I, 9786077612568; tomo II, 9786077612605; tomo III, 9786077612902. OCLC 934189293. New oversize volumes in publisher's original plastic wrap. En espanol / Spanish text. Gorgeous reference work for museum and university libraries. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weighs ~30 lbs. (roughly 7" linear shelf space), which will incur additional international… Read More

1803 1ed ART of Raphael Italian Renaissance Painting Landon 4v SET 463 PLATES!
Charles Paul London was an early 19th-century French painter best-known, however, for his writings on art history and eminent painters. One such work was 'Life and Works of Most Famous Painters'
– a collection of impressive tomes on the most famous artists. These four tomes from the early 19th-century first edition focuses on the life and work of Raphael, perhaps the most important Italian painter of the Renaissance. It contains hundreds of illustrations of the sketches and art of Raphael.
Item number: #18778
Price: $950
LANDON, Charles Paul

Vies et œuvres des peintres les plus célèbres de toutes les écoles : recueil classique
Paris : Chez l'auteur, an XI, 1803-1805. First edition.

Details:
·
Collation: 4 volumes
o Vol. I – 40, [2]
Plates 1-124
o Vol. II – [4]
Plates 125-236
o Vol. III – [4]
Plates 237-349
o Vol. IV – [4], 34
Plates 351-475
o 463 engravings!
·
Language:… Read More