Joan Miro Lithographs Volume I by Leiris, Michael and Fernand Mourlot - 1972

Spain Arte Ediciones. 1992. Original gilt decorated and lettered green cloth. Thick 4tos. Illustrated with full page colour reproductions. In dustwrapper, As New.

1687 RARE John Smith ART of Oil Painting Painters English Horology GOLD
'The Art of Painting' is a rare 17th-century treatise on painting with oils by English clockmaker John Smith. This work was an immensely popular work throughout the end of the 17th-century into the mid-1700s. In fact, it went through a number of editions through the end of Smith's lifetime.

While the title would suggest this is merely a work from an artistic view, it covers a variety of topics including how to work with gold and silver gilding. Other topics include
How to mix oils
Achieving correct color
Oil paint preservation
Proper use of tools
Item number: #5322
Price: $950
SMITH, John
The art of painting in oyl : wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery, containing the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing, and working of oyl-colours : the whole treatise being so full compleat, and so exactly fitted to the meanest capacity, that all persons whatsoever, may be able by these… Read More

1690 Nicolas de FER French Fortification Atlas Military Illustrated Star Forts

Nicolas de Fer was a 17th-century French cartographer known for his abundance of artistic illustrations. One of his most popular atlases was his 'Introduction to Fortification'. This work is an illustrated treatise on military forts and weapons and the varieties used by the French military and royalty. Printed in 1690, this edition includes views of star forts, hexagonal forts, and various designs of fortification architecture.

Item number: #8286
Price: $950
DE FER, Nicolas
Introduction a la fortification : dediée a Monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne
A Paris : Chez l'autheur dans l'Isle du Palais sur le quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere royale, [1690].

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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~9.75in X 13in (24.5cm x 32.5cm)
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1791 Bernardin Saint-Pierre Etudes of Nature Paul & Virginia Illustrated Botany

A rare, late 18th-century printing of the works of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre – a set that includes his most famous novel 'Paul et Virginie.' Other works include 'Etudes of Nature' and 'Arcadia.' This French collection features four fine engravings depicting seeds, plants, flowers, and a hemispherical view of the earth.

Item number: #9187
Price: $750
SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin de
Études de la nature,

Paris : Didot, 1791.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o 4 folding plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 8.5cm)
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1727 Dutch Wars Belgium Bello Belgico Strada MAPS Battles Habsburg Flanders 2v

Famiano Strada, a Jesuit professor of rhetoric, is chiefly remembered for his famous account of the Dutch War. 'De Bello Belgico' was Strada's most famous work, a work in which Strada describes in detail the battles between Spanish troops of Parma and the Dutch armies under William of Orange.
This 1727 edition was translated by du Ryer and includes impressive folding maps.

Item number: #11716
Price: $599
STRADA, Famiano
Histoire de la guerre des Pais-Bas.
Bruxelles : Chez Simon T'Serstevens, 1727.
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Vol. I – [30], 381, [35]
11 engraved plates
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Vol. III – [22], 425, [47]
14 engraved plates
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1877. First edition. Quarterbound red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, raised bans with gilt rules, gilt titles,top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines and boards rubbed, extremities worn with loss of paper to the corners of two boards, some minor splits at the hinges, scattered foxing, bindings tight, leaves crisp, overall a very good set.. 332 pp.; viii, 350 pp.; xiv, 294 pp.; xi, 351 pp., plates (6). Illustrated with 32 copper-plate and 1212 wood engravings, some colored. Folio (36 cm). "Noveaux melanges d'archeologie, d'histoire, et de litterature sur le moyen-age" was preceded nearly two decades earlier by the equally valuable "Melanges d'archeologie" also containing four quarto volumes of illustrated dissertations on gold and silver church-plate, enameled ware, carved ivories, tapestries, bas-reliefs, and paintings belonging to the Carlovingian and Romanesque periods (ninth to twelfth century). Contains: 1: Curiosities mysterieuses 2: Ivoires,… Read More

Paris: A. Ferroud, Benezit-Constant, Harry C. Dickens. Good+. 1891. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Bound in a special leather binding, raised bands with gilt titles. Gilt floral & foliage decorated panels. Both covers have triple ruled gilt border. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles & marbled endpapers. Limited edition, #27/50 copies printed on heavy stock pages "papier du Japon". Text tight, clean without foxing and intact. B/W etching illustrations. French text. Front joint-hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Art; B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 163 pages .

München.: Kurt Wolff., 1920. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folio. original card covers, uncut. Contains original lithograph by Georg Ehrlich "Tröstung";and original woodcuts by Erich Häckel " Mädchenkopf" and Frans Masareel "Buisnessman". Covers a little rubbed and stained, the marginal staining running into the end-papers.

London: printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, 1768. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. Fine. First Edition of the first standard guide on print collecting in England. Crown 8vo (171 x 102mm): [2],iv,4,[2],249,[13]pp (pp. 44-45 and 81-96 misnumbered 45-46 and 77-92, respectively; this copy, as most, wanting the 17 plates). Rebound to style by Fitterer in marbled paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover—a splendid presentation. Copper-engraved book plate of Rev. W[illiam]. T[homas]. Bree (1786-1863), vicar of All Saints' church in Allesley, reaffixed to front paste-down. An excellent copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. Barbier, pp. 24-27. Lowndes II 895. Published anonymously (Gilpin's authorship was only revealed with the third edition, in 1781), reaching a fifth edition in 1802. On the continent this essay's influence spread through German, French, and Dutch translations. Gilpin's "aim, as the… Read More

Very good in stiff boards with plastic comb binding designed by the artist.Lecture given at the University of Oslo. Illustrated. One of 350 copies, numbered and signed by Pannaggi. Presentation to Professor Reginald Issacs who was a longtime friend of Walter Gropius and wrote the definitive biography of the architect.Pannaggi was an Italian painter & architect of the Futurist movement and was later associated with the Bauhaus. Laid in are 3 postcards depicting Pannaggi's work as well as a printed clipping description of a modernist house in Norway. Scarce signed copy of this monograph and a nice association copy.