Search Results: European Art from Marc Sena Carrel

Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1927. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Riccio, Andrea. Andrea Briosco, AKA Riccio [1470-1532]. Dies ist nicht eine zweisprachige Ausgabe. Text in Deutsch, nicht in Englisch. Erste Ausgabe. This is not a bilingual edition. Text in German only, not in English. Presumed first printing of the first edition. Printed and presumed bound in Austria. Foreword dated November 1926. Heavy-duty buckram binding, Oxford blue with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, with fairly sharp corners. The binding is impressively clean. 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Text block firmly bound in. 504 numbered pages. Heavy, semi-glossy coated stock. There are 586 duotone plates, several full-page. The Chapter One page with two tears repaired with transparent tape. One tear about 2 inches, the other much shorter. Else the book appears free of noticeable demerits. A clean copy, and rather tight. Respectfully read. A Very… Read More

Moscow, Russia (USSR): Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1956. First Edition Thus . Buckram. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Kazakova, M. F.. Arkhitekturnye al'bomy M.F. Kazakova. Al'bomy partikuliarnykh stroenii: Zhilye Zdaniia Moskova SVIII Veka (Architectural Album of M.F. Kazakova) Text entirely in Russian Cyrillic. Printed in the USSR. Ivory buckram binding, with black- and gilt-stamped lettering and decoration to the spine. Moderately bumped spine head and tail and corners. Folio. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Text block tightly bound in. Top edge tinted a gray-blue. 324 numbered pages, including about 28 pages of text at the front, and at the end are notes, an index and a bibliography. Hundreds of B&W photographs and drawings and building plans, all on coated stock. Plus numerous full-page and fold-out multi-tone plates by Kazakova, all on heavy beige stock. All pages of this book appear to be exceptionally clean. No foxing or off-setting. The pages still fairly… Read More

Milan, Italy: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1994. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Questa non è una edizione bilingue. Testo in inglese solo, non in italiano. Stampato in Italia. Le tavole a colori sono state stampate in Italia. This is the English language edition, not the Italian language edition. First edition, first printing, July 1994. This is copy no. 620 of an unstated limitation, probably not exceeding 1,000. Printed and bound in Italy. Gorgeous black silk or silk-like cloth, with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the front board and to the spine. Also with a pristine color paper illustration to the front board. Unbumped spine head and tail, with sharp corners. The binding is impressively clean. 12 x 12 inches. Text block firmly bound in. With 164 numbered pages, including numerous full-page, full-color plates. Also with several B&W illustrations. Text pages on cream-colored matte stock, plates on heavy-weight, glossy black… Read More

London, England: The British Museum, 1818. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Offered are four volumes [called "parts"] of an eleven-volume set, published serially between 1812 and 1861, and depicting classical marbles in the collection of The British Museum. Vol. III, 1818; Vol. IV, 1820; Vol. V, 1826; Vol. XI, 1861. These are not reproductions or facsimiles. Vol. IV with the watermark "Turkey Mills 1819," Vol. V with the watermark "Turkey Mills 1825," and Vol. XI with the watermark "J. Whatman 1860." 12.25 x 9.5 inches. Printed for The British Museum by G. and W. Nicol; J. Murray; Longman; et al. Primary text in English, with occasional notes in Latin and Greek. Light brownish-green plain paper-covered hardboards, with simple paper title labels on the spines and front covers. Vol. III with evident chipping/losses along the spine. Vol. XI with moderately bumped corners. Bindings generally very clean. Text blocks… Read More

Lodz, Poland: Correspondance des Arts II, 1987. First Edition . Cloth. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Eidrigevicius, Stasys. Dies ist die Nummer 33 von einer limitierten Auflage von 100 Exemplaren nur plus Kopien I-X für den Autor, so angegeben. Dies ist eine zweisprachige Ausgabe in polnischer und in deutscher Sprache. Übersetzt ins Deutsche von Karl Dedecius. Der Künstler ist Stasys Eidrigevicius. Acht graphiken Wurden mit der technik von Kupferstich und Aquatinta und eine mit der Siebdrucktechnik gemacht. This is no. 33 of a limited edition of 100 copies only, plus copies I-X for the author, so stated. This is a bilingual edition in Polish and in German. Translated into German by Karl Dedecius. The artist is Stasys Eidrigevicius. Complete in a three-part custom portfolio plus slipcase. 12.25 x 9.75 inches. The left side of the portfolio with 9 poems in the original Polish bound in, the center with 8 original etchings bound in, and the right side with 9 poems in German… Read More

Roma, Italia: La Libreria dello Stato, 1939. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Questa non è una edizione bilingue. Testo in italiano solo, non in inglese. Stampato nelle Officine dell'Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, a Roma, 1938, XVI E.F. [Epoca Fascista, sedicesimo anno]. A cura del Reale Istituto d'Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte sotto gli auspici del Governatorato di Roma. CXXIII tavole. Le pagine portano la filigrana della casa editrice, La Libreria dello Stato, ovviamente influenzato dalla emblema che rappresenta il Partito Nazionale Fascista. Questo libro è molto scarsa in qualsiasi condizione. This is not a bilingual edition. Text in Italian only, not in English. Limitation unstated but unlikely to have exceeded 1,000 folio copies. Large folio, 14 x 10 inches. Later full green buckram, heavy-duty binding, with the original buckram backstrip neatly laid down along the spine. Backstrip with titling and ruling in a… Read More

London, England: E. Gambart & Co., 1848. First Edition . Half-Leather. Good Minus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Landseer, Edwin. Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry [1802- 73]. India paper etchings by Landseer, England's most famous animal painter/etcher. A number of the etchings are signed [initialled] by the artist. "Proof before the number at top right hand corner." Lacking a title page or text pages. Undoubtedly a first edition by Gambart, no date stated but published in 1848. This marks the first time when these prints were published in collated form by anyone. No limitation statement, but Allibone states that 100 copies issued in 1848. Contemporary medium brown half leather, with boards of marbled paper. Hubbed spine with gilt-stamped title. The binding is quite worn, there are large losses at the spine head and tail, and the joints are split. A.E.G. Volume about 19 x 13 inches, and containing 17 copper-plate etchings by Landseer. The prints were created between 1822… Read More

Los Altos Hills, CA: Anderson-Lovelace, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Designed at the Red Gull Press, London, and production was directed by Anderson-Lovelace. Printed at the Stinehour Press, Vermont, on Monadnock Dulcet paper. Presumed first and only printing of the first edition. Brown cloth spine with handmade [?] paper-covered hardboards. Pristine paper title label to the front board. Unbumped spine head and tail, with sharp corners. 11 x 8.5 inches. Text block firmly bound in. xvi and 256 pages. With numerous B&W illustrations, some full-page, and a few plates in color. An immaculate copy, and very tight. Almost certainly unread. This is a gorgeous copy in Fine condition. Fairly scarce in any condition.

Cambridge, MA: The University Press, Cambridge, 1905. First Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presumed first and only printing of the first edition. An association copy owned and inscribed by the author [but not of this book] William Stanley Parker. Two parts bound in one volume: 1) The Museum Commission in Europe; 2) Report on Plans Presented to the Building Committee. NOT ex-library. No remainder marks. Approximately 9.25 x 6 inches. Bound in three-quarter green morocco, the leather color mostly rubbed back to medium brown, with gilt rules to the boards and with marbled paper boards in green and brown shades, with the same patterned paper on the pastedowns and FEPs. Hubbed spine with faded gilt-stamped lettering. Gently bumped spine head, with moderately bumped and abraded corners. Binding generally unsoiled and attractive. T.E.G. Text paper with Westminster watermark. With 126 numbered pages followed by 87 numbered pages of B&W… Read More

Moscow, Russia (USSR): Iskysstro, 1985. Presumed First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Russian Glass of the XVIII Century. Presumed first printing. Published 1985. This book is entirely in Russian. It is not a bilingual edition. Gorgeous off-white cloth binding, with crisp gilt-stamped lettering to the front board and to the spine. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. 245 numbered pages, including notes and bibliography. Heavy coated stock with 148 full-page color plates. Unbumped spine head and tail, with sharp corners. An immensely clean copy, and very tight. Either unread or very gently read. Lovely pictorial DJ, unclipped. Just a hint of rubbing to the DJ. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. Scarce in any condition.

Geneva, Switzerland: Pierre Cailler, 1967. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. van Dongen, Kees. Kees Van Dongen [1877-1968]. Sometimes spelled van Dongen. Ce n'est pas une édition bilingue. Texte en français uniquement, pas en anglais. Tirage justifié limité apparemment à 200 exemplaires. Sur papier par la maison Jean Rochat. Photographies Ivan Bettex. Avec ill. en noir et colour. 31 x 24 cm. This is not a bilingual edition. Text in French only, not in English. Apparently limited to 200 numbered copies but there is no limitation number stamped on the colophon page. Published November 30, 1967. Presumed first printing. Set in type in Switzerland. Printed and presumed bound in Switzerland. Beige linen [or linen-like] cloth binding, with crisp black-stamped lettering to the front board. Unbumped spine head and tail, with sharp corners. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Text block firmly bound in. 327 numbered pages… Read More