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

Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measure 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 28 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

L’Edition D’Art H. Piazza, Paris, . Large folio containing twenty-four individual 10" x 13" color pastel portrait plates of famous French personages, by premier 18th century French portraitist Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788), each superbly reproduced in color lithograph on double-weight paper protected with its own guard tissue bearing the subject’s name in letterpress. Encased in the original marbled-board portfolio with linen tie and accompanied by the full-size six page booklet, printed on Rives paper, containing titles and biographical notes for each personage. Text in French. Includes portraits of Rousseau, Voltaire, Jean Restout, Mme. de Pompadour, Louis XV, opera singer Marie Fel, famed danseuse Mlle. de Camargo, Latour himself, and numerous other notables of 18th century French high society. No printed publication date (circa 1900). All prints sparkling and Fine. Portfolio case Very Good. A rare and beautiful item, with the only other copies on record in collections at… Read More

1880 William Hogarth ART English Political Satire Hudibras Rakes Progress Hannay

William Hogarth was one of the most famous English artists of the 18th-century and his satirical cartoons appeared in comic-strips and other printed works for decades. His most famous works were short series of sketches that told moral stories through the lens of political satire – 'A Harlot's Progress,' 'A Rake's Progress,' and 'Hudibras.'
All three of these famous works, along with the rest of Hogarth's portfolio, are included in this late 19th-century London Printing edition, along with an introductory essay by James Hannay.
Item number: #14599
Price: $599
HOGARTH, William
The complete works of William Hogarth: in a series of one hundred and fifty steel engravings, from the original pictures.
London: London Printing and Pub. Co., [1880]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
xviii, 201
o 151 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and… Read More

1841 Herculaneum & Pompeii ART Paintings Sculptures VESUVIUS 6v SET 718 PLATES!
Henri Roux and Louis Barre's "Herculanum and Pompeii" is a rare, fascinating 19th-century history of the antiquities of the Italian cities Herculaneum and Pompeii which were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79A.D. This work is devoted to the study of the paintings and bronze statues found in the ruins documenting each notable piece of art discovered.
This impressive set contains more than 700 illustrations – easily one of the most heavily 19th-century illustrated works of Vesuvian history.
Item number: #20092
Price: $950
BARRE, Louis; Henri Roux
Herculanum und Pompeji : Vollständige Sammlung der daselbst entdeckten, zum Theil noch unedirten Malereien, Mosaiken und Bronzen
Hamburg : Meissner, 1841.

Details:

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o 718 plates
· Language: German
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 6.75in (26cm x 17cm)
Our… Read More

1716 Art of Painting Fresnoy & Dryden ENGLISH Rubens Holbein Michelangelo 2in1

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy was a 17th-century French painter who is best-known for his literature on art and art history. His best written work was 'De Arte Graphica' – a collection of his poetic observations on fine art and painting – was part of his greater 'The Art of Painting". Fresnoy used this book to instruct art students and many of the remarks on art still hold value to artists and art historians today.
This rare and valuable 1716 English second Dryden edition was the first issue to feature Alexander Pope's poem 'To Mr. Jervas with Frensoy's [sic] Art of Painting' translated by Dryden which contains interesting references to Pope's famed 'The Rape of the Lock'.
Item number: #21002
Price: $599
DUFRESNOY, Charles Alphonse
The art of painting
London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1716.

Details:

·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o
Art of Painting – [16], lxviii, [4], 237, [1]
Includes engraved… Read More

Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measure 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 28 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

L’Edition D’Art H. Piazza, Paris, . Large folio containing twenty-four individual 10" x 13" color pastel portrait plates of famous French personages, by premier 18th century French portraitist Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788), each superbly reproduced in color lithograph on double-weight paper protected with its own guard tissue bearing the subject’s name in letterpress. Encased in the original marbled-board portfolio with linen tie and accompanied by the full-size six page booklet, printed on Rives paper, containing titles and biographical notes for each personage. Text in French. Includes portraits of Rousseau, Voltaire, Jean Restout, Mme. de Pompadour, Louis XV, opera singer Marie Fel, famed danseuse Mlle. de Camargo, Latour himself, and numerous other notables of 18th century French high society. No printed publication date (circa 1900). All prints sparkling and Fine. Portfolio case Very Good. A rare and beautiful item, with the only other copies on record in collections at… Read More

1880 William Hogarth ART English Political Satire Hudibras Rakes Progress Hannay

William Hogarth was one of the most famous English artists of the 18th-century and his satirical cartoons appeared in comic-strips and other printed works for decades. His most famous works were short series of sketches that told moral stories through the lens of political satire – 'A Harlot's Progress,' 'A Rake's Progress,' and 'Hudibras.'
All three of these famous works, along with the rest of Hogarth's portfolio, are included in this late 19th-century London Printing edition, along with an introductory essay by James Hannay.
Item number: #14599
Price: $599
HOGARTH, William
The complete works of William Hogarth: in a series of one hundred and fifty steel engravings, from the original pictures.
London: London Printing and Pub. Co., [1880]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
xviii, 201
o 151 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and… Read More

1841 Herculaneum & Pompeii ART Paintings Sculptures VESUVIUS 6v SET 718 PLATES!
Henri Roux and Louis Barre's "Herculanum and Pompeii" is a rare, fascinating 19th-century history of the antiquities of the Italian cities Herculaneum and Pompeii which were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79A.D. This work is devoted to the study of the paintings and bronze statues found in the ruins documenting each notable piece of art discovered.
This impressive set contains more than 700 illustrations – easily one of the most heavily 19th-century illustrated works of Vesuvian history.
Item number: #20092
Price: $950
BARRE, Louis; Henri Roux
Herculanum und Pompeji : Vollständige Sammlung der daselbst entdeckten, zum Theil noch unedirten Malereien, Mosaiken und Bronzen
Hamburg : Meissner, 1841.

Details:

·
Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
o 718 plates
· Language: German
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 6.75in (26cm x 17cm)
Our… Read More

1716 Art of Painting Fresnoy & Dryden ENGLISH Rubens Holbein Michelangelo 2in1

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy was a 17th-century French painter who is best-known for his literature on art and art history. His best written work was 'De Arte Graphica' – a collection of his poetic observations on fine art and painting – was part of his greater 'The Art of Painting". Fresnoy used this book to instruct art students and many of the remarks on art still hold value to artists and art historians today.
This rare and valuable 1716 English second Dryden edition was the first issue to feature Alexander Pope's poem 'To Mr. Jervas with Frensoy's [sic] Art of Painting' translated by Dryden which contains interesting references to Pope's famed 'The Rape of the Lock'.
Item number: #21002
Price: $599
DUFRESNOY, Charles Alphonse
The art of painting
London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1716.

Details:

·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o
Art of Painting – [16], lxviii, [4], 237, [1]
Includes engraved… Read More