RUDIMENTS OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE, CONTAINING AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE FIVE ORDERS, WITH THEIR PROPORTIONS AND EXAMPLES OF EACH FROM ANTIQUES/ ALSO, EXTRACTS FROM VITRUVIUS, PLINY, ETC. RELATIVE TO THE BUILDINGS OF THE ANCIENTS... by J. Taylor - 1810

Philadelphia: Centaur Press. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine has been taped with black binding tape. ; This edition is limited to 150 copies, each being numbered and signed by the artist. 95 copies are for sale, the rest having been privately distributed among friends. This is copy number 30 for Josef Geson. ; B&W Illustrations; 54 pages; Signed by Author .

Princeton, New Jersey 1991-2. LIMITED EDITION - #417, with Limitation Slip laid-in. Contents include Nobel Laureate CAMILO JOSE CELA, unexhibited premier ILLUSTRATIONS BY PABLO PICASSO, a review of ERNEST HEMINGWAY (reprinted by permission of New Directions), and more. 96pp on fine glossy paper, in stiff wraps, with cover illustration by Picassso. IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with curl to lower edge, due to improper shelving. In a protective mylar sleeve.

Milano: Giuseppe Bernardoni, 1853. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dark red half-morocco, leather label stamped in gilt to front cover, ornate gilt spine, marbled edges and marbled endpapers. A description of the architecture of the Carthusian monastery of Pavia. Seventy copper engravings, eight of which are double spreads. Heavy wear to corners and along the spine on front panel, stains to fore and top edge (not affecting the plates), scattered foxing throughout. A good copy. ; Folio.

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

London: W. M. Thompson, 1882. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Walton, Elijah. The illustrations are particularly attractive to alpine enthusiasts since they include mountain backgrounds by the famous alpine artist. Very scarce. 5th edition (same contents & size as first edition but different colored binding), 335mm tall x 241mm, viii + 12 chromolithograph plates each mounted on thick stock paper (blank verso), each followed by a page of descriptive text (blank versos), each chromolithograph page is preceded by a thin blank protective page. Complete with all pages and plates. NOT ex-library, previous owner name penned to the first blank protective page (blank page before first illustrated plate). AEG, original blue cloth covers, rebacked with new navy cloth spine with gilt lettering (Walton's books almost always fall apart and need rebacking), new EPs, highly gilt decorated patterns front cover, matching patterns in blind on rear cover,… 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

1857 Lincolnshire Architecture Society Illustrated Cathedrals Heraldry Britain

In the second half of the 19th-century, there was an increased interest in archaeology and architecture amongst everyday readers. Numerous meetings and lectures were given through the Lincolnshire Architectural Society, and the contents of these meetings were published under the title 'Reports and Papers'.
This enormous 8-volume set includes impressive, folding engravings of iconic churches and cathedrals along with heraldic arms and noble family trees.
Item number: #10375
Price: $950
TROLLOPE, Edward
Architectural Societies reports & papers
Lincolnshire: Architectural Society of the Diocese of Lincoln, 1857-1875.

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1796 1st ed History of Worcester England Britain Antiquities Architecture Coins

Valentine Green was an 18th-century British publisher who is known for his impressive engravings of iconic English locations and antiquities. His most memorable work was his book on the history Worcester, a book filled with views of churches, coins, and English architecture.
This fine 1796 first edition is two volumes bound as one, in large tome and includes 26 full-page and folding engraved plates throughout!

Item number: #10553
Price: $599
GREEN, Valentine
The History and Antiquities of the City and Suburbs of Worcester
London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co, 1796. First edition.

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o Vol. I – xviii, 300, [4]
16 engraved plates
o Vol. II – 114, clv, [5]
10 engraved plates
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1790 Five Orders Architecture VIGNOLA Italian ART Michelangelo RARE French ed

The most successful architectural textbook ever written!

A rare printing of Vignola's 'Five Orders of Architecture' Giacomo da Vignola was perhaps the most important 16th-century architects. Originally printed in 1562, 'Regola,' as it is often called, was successful mainly due to its effectiveness in teaching. It was designed to aid builders and designers in the realization of their architectural projects. It focuses on all five of the major orders (or styles) of architecture – Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Roman. (Fabrizio)
This 18th-century French edition includes 84 impressive architectural engravings and features a short treatise on stone cutting and carpentry, as well as lessons on the work of Vignola by Claude Delagardette.
Item number: #14634
Price: $950
VIGNOLA, Giacomo Barozzi da
Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture
Paris : Chez Jean, rue de Beauvais, [ca.1790].
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