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Four plates of floor plans of Longford Castle. 60 pp. 8vo, orig. tan printed wrappers. [London: Chiswick Press]; "To be Obtained from the Housekeeper, Longford Castle," 1910. "Third edition, edited and revised by William Barclay Squire, F.S.A."; this is the most complete record of the collection. Radnor (1868-1903), was a prominent Conservative politician and his mother Helen Matilda Chaplin (1846-1929) helped compile this catalogue. The collection began with the father-son pair of Sir Jacob de Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (1694-1761), and William, 2nd Viscount and later 1st Earl of Radnor (1725-76). The former purchased more than 100 pictures, including works by Holbein, Moroni, and Poussin. Some of the paintings featured in this catalogue now reside in the National Gallery, London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Poussin's The Adoration of the Golden Calf also went to the National Gallery in 1945, while his The Crossing of the Red Sea resides in the… Read More

Printed on one side. Card. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1974. Announcement card for Lambert's 1974 presentation of painter Tomas Rajlich (b. 1940). Near fine.

Black & white photographic illus. to recto. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Paris: Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, 1975. A mailed copy of this postcard invitation to Rauschenberg's 1975 show in Paris with Ileana Sonnabend. The recto photograph depicts the artist's "muse wall" in his studio where he pinned up images that he liked (with thanks to Lawrence Voytek for this information). Near fine. Mailed to the great Dutch collectors Martin & Mia Visser.

Photographic black & white illus. to recto, details on verso. Large pictorial postcard, mailed. Napoli: Lucio Amelio - Modern Art Agency, 1974. Postcard invitation for the artist's 1974 solo show in Naples. In fine condition. Mailed to Peter van Beveren.

Illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 1979.<br /> <P> Scarce postcard invitation from Konrad Fischer Galerie. Near fine; small loss to the head of the recto. Mailed to Heidi & Dieter Witte.<br /> <P> ❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 160.

Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard. Basel: Rolf Preisig, 1978. Postcard invitation to Raussmüller's 1978 show at Preisig's gallery. Fine.

Six folding engraved plates. 1 p.l., xvi, 322 pp.; 1 p.l., 238 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. marbled boards, orange & pale blue lettering pieces on spines. Lausanne: J. Mourer, 1789. First edition. Razoumovsky (1759-1837), a wealthy Russian aristocrat, spent most of his life in Switzerland, Austria, and Italy and wrote many noteworthy works on geological and mineralogical subjects (see Zittel, pp. 91 & 119). "Very scarce...First and only edition of an illustrated account of the fauna and geology of the Swiss Jura, in the vicinity of Neuchâtel, Murten and Biel, northwest of Bern...The first volume describes the fauna according to the Linnean system. The second includes a geological description with notes on mining, minerals, fossils etc. The illustrations cover zoology (especially reptiles), entomology and geology (including fossils)."-Schuh, Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography, 1469 to 1920, 4045. Fine and attractive set. &#10087; Poggendorff, II, 578-79.

Black & white illus. on recto. details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1969. Postcard invitation to the artist's debut exhibition with Konrad Fischer. This collaboration was consequential for Rückriem (b. 1938) and his career, he developed formative relationships with the gallery's other artists such as Andre, LeWitt, and Long. "[Rückriem] met Carl Andre through Kasper König...Andre had had the first exhibition at Konrad Fischer's new gallery at the end of 1967. Rückriem was deeply impressed by Andre's work, and he decided to change his artistic approach. Where before he had been using wood and band iron for his sculptures, now he preferred stone blocks taken directly from the quarry...Through König and Andre, Rückriem also got in touch with Konrad Fischer. In December 1969, he presented his new stone sculptures..."-Cloud & Crystal: The Dorothee and Konrad Fischer Collection (2016 exhib. booklet), p. 64. In fine condition. Mailed to Mr. & Mrs. Karl… Read More

Square poster (500 x 478 mm.), silkscreened. Bremerhaven: 1973. Rare poster produced by gallerist Jürgen Wesseler (1938-2023) for Rückriem's second exhibition at the Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst in Bremerhaven. In fine condition. ❧ E. Kleimann, ed., 50 Jahre Avantgarde: Das Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven (2018), p. 26 (no. 20).

Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1971. Postcard invitation to Rückriem's second exhibition with Fischer, the first occurred December 1969-January 1970. The recto illustration reproduces the artist's sketch for the show's sculptural installation. Very good; spotting and minor crease. Mailed to art world lawyer Jerald (Jerry) Ordover (1927-2008). ❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 57.

Written throughout in a neat hand. Hundreds of brush & ink illus. throughout, many with color washes & metallic pigments. Ca. 800 folding leaves. Ten vols. Large 8vo (298 x 210 mm.), An important and extremely extensive manuscript on the reconstruction and restoration of the Emperor's Residence and other buildings of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Portions of the palace complex, along with many artworks, had been destroyed or were badly damaged in the great Kyoto fire of May 1854. This palace was prone to fires, having been destroyed and rebuilt eight times, six of them during the 250-year-long peace of the Edo period. Following the 1854 fire, an administrative agency to oversee this reconstruction was created in Kyoto at the beginning of the Ansei era, with Asano Nagayoshi (1816-80) as director. He was a painter and former pupil of Tsubaki Chinzan. A high-ranking retainer of the shogunate, he served as City Magistrate of Kyoto. Our manuscript amounts to the official report of the works. Our finely… Read More

Illus. throughout. [32] pp. (incl. wrappers). Stuttgart: ca. 1974-75.<br /> <P> A very rare publisher's catalogue created by Albrecht D.'s Reflection Press, which was founded in 1968. This chaotically designed catalogue offers books, multiples, paintings, collages, and mail art. Many of the listings are illustrated. <br /> <P> In fine condition.<br /> <P> ❧ Not in A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013).

Four vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [China]: Long shi 龍氏, 1884. [with]: GU, Zhenfu 顧震福. Xiao xue gou chen xu bian 小學鉤沈續編 [A Continuation to "Philological Sources Pulled from the Deep"]. Four vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. Zhouzhi 盩厔, Shaanxi: Lu Pi 路伾, 1892. First editions. "At the age of eight sui, one enters into the study of philology." Thus begins the Zhou li 周禮 [Rites of Zhou], one of the canonical Confucian texts. The term translated as philology here, xiaoxue 小學, literally means the "lesser learning," as reflected in its use to indicate a curriculum of study for children. By the late imperial period, however, the "lesser learning" did not mean the course of study for youngsters so much as the study of the classics by means of investigation into their graphs, their meaning, and their pronunciation. Philological Sources Pulled from the Deep built on earlier literacy primers compiled with a pedagogical intent, beginning… Read More

Printed with movable type. 12 vols. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, orig. stitching. Kunming: Zhonghua shuju, 1940. First edition, set in movable type imitating Song typography, of this collection of writings on arias (qu 曲), a "large corpus of lyric and dramatic songs which ripened in the poetry and dramas of the Yüan and early Ming dynasties." Most of the metrical models for arias "emerged at a time when popular songs flourished and cultural influences from non-Han peoples were abundant. Jurchen music, songs, and dances were popular and the vocabulary of the Han dialects was fertilized by a considerable number of Jurchen and Mongol words and expressions...These explosions of popular songs in the streets and taverns, among actors, entertainers and their patrons, occurred independently in various regional centers and eventually spread throughout Chinese urban society" (The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Vol. 1, 349-50). In 1921, the bibliographer Chen Naiqian 陳乃乾… Read More

Black & white illus. throughout (one folding). Unpaginated. 12mo, printed softcover. Berlin: 1971.<br /> <P> Exhibition catalogue (5-31 March 1971) printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Includes pictures of works by Beuys, Brecht, Darboven, Dibbets, Filliou, Graham, LeWitt, Manzoni, Panamarenko, Palermo, Polke, Richter, Rot, Ruhm, Vautier, Voss, Vostell, etc.<br /> <P> Fine copy.<br /> <P> ❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), pp. 66 & 466.

Black & white illus. throughout. [32] leaves. 12mo, printed wrappers. New York & Berlin: 1976.<br /> <P> One of 1000 copies printed. A profusely illustrated catalogue for the exhibition organized by René Block at his SoHo gallery for the three artists. Each artist with many pictures of their work, short essay, and exhibition history.<br /> <P> Fine.<br /> <P> ❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte und Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), p. 471.

Black & white illus. Card. Berlin: 1971. Announcement card for the Duchamp exhibition hosted by René Block in 1971. Fine. ❧ M. Babias, B. Eusterschulte, & S. Rollig, eds., René Block, Ich kenne kein Weekend. Ausstellungsprojekte, Texte un Dokumente seit 1964 (2015), pp. 67 & 466.

Printed on one side. Card. Berlin: 1971. Announcement card for Filliou's 1971 show with René Block. Fine.

Printed on one side. Card. Berlin: 1970. Announcement card for Kaprow's performance at René Block's gallery. Fine.

Black & white illus. Card. Berlin: 1974. Announcement card for Richter's 1974 show with René Block. Fine.