Search Results: Authors starting with N from Golden Legend, Inc.

Narazaki, Muneshige. The Japanese print: Its evolution and essence. New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1966. Folio. Cloth and jacket. 274pp. Illus. with 107 plates in color.

Published by Paul Cassirer at the Pan-Presse Ovidius Naso, Publius:Lehrbuch der Liebe. Deutsch von Ernst Hohenemser. With 8 Original-Lithographien von Max Slevogt. Berlin. Paul Cassirer, 1921. Folio. Original cloth-backed pigskin, sl. Worn. Copy #177 of 300 copies, thisis the 18th book of the Pan Presses. - Rumann 69 b; Feilchenfeld/Brandis 152 B; Sohn 473 - 480.Cassirer, Paul (1871-1926). German art dealer and publisher. He studied art history at Munich University, then moved to Berlin, where he played an important role in promoting contemporary art, both as a dealer and a publisher. In 1908 he founded the Verlag Paul Cassirer, which published belles-lettres, including Expressionist drama, and in 1910 he established the Pan-Presse, through which he encouraged artists to take up printmaking. These included Barlach, who illustrated his own plays with lithographs, and Chagall, who made his first etchings in 1922 as illustrations to his autobiography. Because of difficulties in trying to… Read More

Naville, Edouard. The Festival-Hall of Osorkon II. In the Great Temple of Bubastis (1887-1889)...Tenth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. With Forty Plates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1892. Large 4to. Cloth spine and boards with paper labels on upper cover and spine. viii, 40pp., plus 40 plates. This is a record of the reconstruction of the festival hall based on the documentation engraved on the walls of the building itself unearthed during the excavation of the great temple in 1885.

Newman, Albert W. Newman Catechism on Classical Dancing. Philadelphia: Newman Dance Publishing Co., 1922. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt. 163pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Contains the fundamental principles of the Birth of the Dance, a treatise on technique with definitions of French Terms, and the fundamentals of the Newman System of Dancing based upon the foundation of the French, Italian, Russian and Greek Schools.

Catharina Helena Stöber or Stöberin Augsburg, ca.1775 (Schuster 374). Etching with engraved text on laid paper; 230 x 166 mm (9 c x 6 ½ inches). A fine impression. This is a souvenir portrait of Catharina Helena Stöber, a little person who was only two foot four inches (ca. 70 cm)in height. She is shown posing jauntily on a tabletop wearing a dress with a low neckline, and an open overskirt with lace and ribbons, and a decorative hat.Catharina Helena Stöber was exhibited in fairs all over Germany. She toured from her teens well into middle age with her father Johann who managed the exhibition. Her exhibition is said to have been very popular and to have made a great deal of money. (Katritzky p.119 quoting Rudin, Lebenselixier, 72, 77,137.164). Stöber was known for her perfect proportions and for her elegant dress (as pictured here).There are at least three other images of her held at the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbütel, one of them by Nilson (a variation of our picturing the subject… Read More

Noris, Matteo, (1640-1708). Il Greco in Troia: festa teatrale rappresentata in Firenze per le nozze de' serenissimi sposi Ferdinando terzo principe di Toscana, e Violante Beatrice principessa di Baviera. Firenze: Nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1688. 8vo. [14], 96pp.; Ornaments, head & tailpieces. 19th century polished calf and marbled boards. Trimmed closely at top margin. A very good and clean copy. Three acts; half title--p. [1]; librettist's dedication, signed: Matteo Noris--p. [5]-[8]; foreword--p. [9]-[11]; scene descriptions--p. [13]-[14].  This is the libretto for a festival opera written for the marriage in Florence of Ferdinando de'Medici, Duke of Tuscany (1663-1713) and Violanta Beatrix, Princess of Bavaria (1673-1731). The scenes and setting changes are fully described. References: Kelly Wantanabe #1303; Folger Italian Plays. RISM notes "There were also a series of etchings of scenic designs (proof sheets)," which were issued separately 632; Sonneck, O.G.I. Librettos, p. 576… Read More

Noske, Margot. Afrikanische Masken: Achtundvierzig Aufnahmen. Baden-Baden: W. Klein, 1956. 15pp., 48pp. of black & white photographs, 4to. Boards, with pictorial dust jacket. Text in German. First edition.A collection of African tribal masks representing different regions of Africa and various ceremonial purposes such as death masks, dance masks, holy masks, etc., are reproduced here. Regions represented include Cameroon, Liberia, Dahomey, the Sudan, the Belgian Congo, Nigeria, and others.

Noverre, Jean George. Lettres sur la Danse et Sur les Ballets prededees d'une Vie de l'auteur par Andre Levinson. Paris: Ducharte & Van Buggenhoudt, 1922. Edition limited to 550 copies. 4to. Modern cloth. 242pp., with frontis and 24 plates. The text comprises fifteen letters of Noverre. Many of the illustrations are costumes and sets for 18th century productions.