Joan Miro Lithographs Volume IV 1969 - 1972 by Calas, Nicolas and Elena - 1981

This is an outstanding pencil drawing of a young Fanny Ruschenberger that not only had a fine pen writing hand at the age of 10 but also had the budding artist's eye. The figure of the man, smoking a pipe and looking out at the harbor at the sail boat was her father. The work is simply stunning. Fanny Ruschenberger born May 27, 1844 died March 3, 1883. She wrote six diaries. The manuscript diary of Fanny Ruschenberger 1858-1881 is located at the University of Pennsylvania. Fanny Ruschenberger of Philadelphia was the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia physician, William Samuel Ruschenberger (1807-1895); she was an unmarried sewing teacher. Volume 1 of her diaries is a copybook record of church attendance, family visits and activities, social and cultural events, local and regional trips, and her teaching experience. Her diary and works are considered to be an important window into the social lives of the times. Dr. William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (4 September 1807 in Cumberland County, New… Read More

Martinus Nijhoff, Haag, 1915; First Edition; octavo; red cloth, gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. Seven volumes, comprised of volumes I thru VI plus the supplemental volume VII, each with its own index at the front and containing, throughout the set, 38 full-page b&w illustration plates and over 300 reproductions of the artists’ signatures. Lacks volume VIII, the overall indexing register. Foremost reference source on 16th-18th century Dutch and Flemish artists, painstakingly compiled and published sequentially between the years 1915-1922 by prodigy Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), director of the Mauritshuis Royal Art Gallery at the Hague from 1889-1909 and world-renowned authority on 17th century Dutch/ Flemish art. Bound in the original publisher’s red cloth boards with gilt titles and seal on the front. All volumes in Very Good Plus condition, clean, crisp, bright, bindings tight, sound, and square, corners sharp. A legendary reference in exceptional condition. (See Mary W.… Read More

Collections Baur-Genève, Switzerland, 1972 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket); 24 x 29 cm; 2.3 Kg; 266 pages (introduction of 22 pages followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption).; OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 188.; Signs of wear in the dust jacket, with some yellowing on spine and some peeling of the laminated layer of the dust jacket on the top and bottom of the spine and also on the top of the front and back cover. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover. The outside text block shows some yellowing. The interior is in very good condition, apart from an old bookseller sticker glued to the front free endpaper and a tiny mark on the bottom right of one page (bent in the past).; When the… Read More

Cellulose inset cover medallion of Bernhardt as La Princesse Lointaine (after Mucha) enveloped by poppies on wood-veneered boards. Twenty-eight fin-de-siecle celebrities, each in photograph (by Nadar, Boyer, et al.) surrounded by colored art nouveau motifs (by Habert-Dys, Orazi and Fraikin) and facsimiles of autographed script. Included are Victorien Sardou, Sarah Bernhardt, François Coppée, Mme Edmond Adam, Anatole France, Mme la Duchesse D'Uzès, Jules Lemaître, Mme Réjane, Jules Claretie, Mme Segond-Weber, Jean Richepin, Marthe Brandès, Coquelin aîné, Jeanne Granier, Jules Massenet, Aïno Ackté, Mounet-Sully, Jane Hading, J-L.Gérôme, Jane Hatto, Antonin Mercié, Marie Delna, Luc-Olivier Merson, Sibyl-Sanderson, F.-A. Bartholdi, Carrère-Xanrof, Alfred Capus & Ranavalo Manjaka III (the ex-queen of Madagascar). Also contains fourteen stunning hors-texte chromolithographed Leonetto Cappiello caricatures of Sarah Bernhardt, Francois Coppee, Jules Lemaitre, Madame Rejane,… Read More

Random House, Inc., New York and Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1987 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text with captions in Chinese.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket as issued, gilt top edges of the external text block). 3 volumes in slipcase..; 29 x 39.5 x 14 cm; 11 kg.; Used books with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Tiny wear marks on the hardcover cloth front cover of volume 2 and 3. Overall in very good condition.; Comprise 3 volumes: Volume I: Text (281 pages), Volume 2: Painting (369 pages) and Volume III: Calligraphy (399 pages).; Research and translation by Keith Itoh and Lawrence Wu with Jean Schmitt and Caron Smith. Introductory commentary by James C. Y. Watt.; "The publication of this book is the culmination of decades of collecting and study by the author. Over the years, I have had the privilege of watching the collection grow and have enjoyed many evenings of viewing and discussion. I will remember the occasions when a new… Read More

New York : Knapp Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Elephant folio, 36 x 55 cm. Unnumbered copy of 750. Contemporary 3/4 red leather. Rubbing, minor chipping. Splitting to joints. Plates clean. Comprises 8 pages of introductory text followed by 27 bifolia with commentary on second page and color relief half-tone of carpet on facing third page.<br> Charles Tyson Yerkes, the infamous banker who was responsible for building a large part of Chicago's transit system, had visions of an elaborate catalogue of hand-painted reproductions illustrating the finer examples of oriental carpets in his collection. His death in 1905 prevented the project from being finished, and in 1910, when the bulk of his estate was to be sold, this catalogue was published. BMC XXVII, 697.196

1697 1ed Art of GLASS & Glassware Blancourt Alchemy Philosopher's Stone Mirrors
'The Art of Glassware' by Jean Haudieguer de Blancourt is one of the most important and earliest treatises on glass making. First published in 1697, this book covers glass blowing, art with glass, manufacturing glass, crystal, pearls, precious stones, and porcelain; as well as techniques on preparing paints using metals, herbs, and flowers. Other important topics discussed in this work include how to make precious stones, maintenance of enamel, glass eyeballs, mirrors and mirror making, and numerous references to alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone.

This rare first edition features impressive engravings depicting glassmaking tools and furnaces. English editions were published in 1699.

Item number: #6335
Price: $950
BLANCOURT, Jean Haudieguer de
De l'Art de la Verrerie. Où l'on apprend à faire le Verre, le Cristal, & l'email. La maniere de faire les perles, les Pierres précieuses, la Porcelaine, & les Miroirs. La… Read More

New York: Monacelli Press, 1995. Signed on the title page by Rem Koolhaas. First edition / First printing. Black and yellow ink over metallic cloth. Light wear, near fine. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

Vibrant unsigned oil done in the style of the Hudson River School artists. Depicts sunset over a lake with three sailboats on the water as well as houses and buildings on the opposite shoreline. Frame: 44 x 34.25 inches; Window: 37.5 x 27.75 inches; Canvas: 38.25 x 28.25 inches.

Very good copy of the second edition of John Kay's idiosyncratic portraits of celebrities and eccentrics in Georgian Edinburgh.With 358 (of 360) engraved copperplates bound in four volumes. (Plates 84, Right Hon. Charles Hope, and 108, Robert Craig Esq., in Volume 2 apparently never bound in.)With many amusing caricatures of late eighteenth century Edinburgh society, including economist Adam Smith, aeronaut Vincent Lunardi, riding master Angelo Tremamundo, philosopher Thomas Paine, author William Smellie, engraver Andrew Bell, actress Sarah Siddons, golfer Alexander McKellar, apothecary Mortar Willie, anatomist John Barclay, idiots and aristocrats, giants and little people, volunteer soldiers, lawyers, judges, chimney sweeps, sedan-chairmen, and scenes of cockfighting, cudgelling, election violence, transvestitism and ballooning. The appendix has portraits of Toussaint Louverture, John Kay himself, William Wallace, John Knox, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots, George III,… Read More