Three volumes of satirical epigrams (of four published total), 28, 60, and 63 pp., respectively, by the Estonian teacher, journalist, and writer, taking aim at the literary, cultural, and political establishments within Estonia and throughout Europe, with a wide range of subjects and personalities addressed including Benito Mussolini and Adolf... More
Unpaginated (ca. 130 pp.) compendium of photographs of nudes in various positions, situations, and poses, playfully arrayed on the page, giving the work a very spontaneous and light-hearted feel, brief essay by Eiichi Uchida, profile of the young Araki, brief biographical notes, hundreds of photographic illustrations throughout. 4to. Illus. wrpps... More
A complete set of four volumes (68, 95, 93, 83) of the Catalan albums produced as source books for Trochut typefaces, displaying advancements in modern typography and typographical design, each volume containing some short introductory text in Spanish and French, followed by countless examples of graphic typefaces as used in... More
61 invitation cards and posters of various sizes, ranging from approx. 6" x 6" to 15 3/4" x 11 13/16", to the notorious annual costume ball (1892-1966) produced by and for students from the four divisions of the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving), each... More
Album containing 60 original photographic prints by Baldus, each print approx. 8 1/2" x 11", mounted on heavy stock measuring approx. 12 1/2" x 17", each print with stamped caption, hand printed number (presumably a stock number), and signature of the artist beneath the mount, with images showing streets, panoramas... More
1957. 7 vols.: Venetian School. 2 vols., XIV, 206 pp. text, 46 pp. topographical index, 1336 illustrations on plates (2 plates in color); Florentine School. 2 vols., XIV, 222 pp. text, 39 pp. topographical index, 1480 illustrations on plates (2 plates in color); and: Central Italian and North Italian Schools... More
Collection of altogether 22 pieces of ephemera related to Fluxus artist Bazon Brock, including a leaflet “La Garde Meurt et Ne Se Rend Pas”(Donnerstagsmanifest 1962), a partial leaflet “Ihr Tauben Fliegt” (Donnerstagsmanifest 1961, torn along bottom edge), a poster “Vergoldung der Umwelt” (1962), a manifest from Galerie 207 in Amsterdam... More
Set of stencil-cut cardstock pieces to assemble a model of a celestial globe, comprised of rings and hoops representing the equator, the tropics, and other celestial circles, the pieces labeled in Spanish, with original publisher's printed envelope containing a diagram of the assembled globe, instructions for assembly, and a list... More
A single 25 pp. issue of the limited-circulation art and literary journal (the 5th of a total of 12 issues), published by a core group of mostly Portuguese artists, containing poetry by Luiz de Macedo and Pedro Tamen, a photograph by Denise Colomb, and original serigraphs by Manolo Millares, João... More
Tschernykov. 102 pp. text (in Russian, with title pp. in Russian, German, French, & English) by Chernikhov in collaboration with D. Kopanitzin & E. Pavlova, documenting Chernikhov's search for new and imaginative architectural forms and images which combined spatial and graphical elements of architecture, list of plates. Profusely illustrated throughout... More
(iv), 76, (iv) pp. annotated history and detailed architectural description of the ancient Greek ruins at Paestum (Poseidonia in Greek) by the French neoclassical architect, with intro., list of subscribers, and table of contents, illus. by 14 engraved plates, one folding, incl. elevations, facades, plans, and detailed stylistic studies. A.... More
At head of title-page: K.K. Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut. 71 pp. text discussing the reconstruction of the Early Christian remains in the city now located in modern-day Croatia, including descriptions of the basilicas and other structures, 158 text illustrations (some full-page), showing reconstructions, floor plans, ornamental details, etc., 3 plates (1... More
2 vols., 245 pp. text, extensive notes with bibliographical material, lists of vases, numerous indices, concordances, and 149 fine photographic plates, many with multiple images. Large 4to. Orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and sunned. Berlin (Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt) 1927. The scarce basic work on floral and other abstract designs on Greek vases... More
vi, 340 pp. overview of the ground-breaking exhibition featuring works by international masters and minor practitioners of the then prevalent Art Nouveau aesthetic, with texts on exhibited works, buildings at the exposition, artists and architects, approx. 400 fine illustrations throughout (several in color) showing architecture and a wide array of... More
Collection of 73 sheets of black cardstock forming a file of ideas, with glued-down papers containing collage, montage, and 129 typed "pieces" from the important Fluxus artist covering the years 1958-1964, each sheet of cardstock reading "you can put each piece as a way of action for the rest of... More
The French version of Nicholas II's coronation album, with 396 pp. of text, including a survey of the coronations of Nicholas's predecessors and a detailed description of the activities leading up to the coronation, illustrated throughout with portraits, facsimiles, reproductions of engravings, and decorative initials, followed by an unpag. supplement... More
I. Half-title, engraved title with vignette, full-page engraved portrait of Alexandre Ier, (II pp.) foreword, IV pp. introduction, (I p.) list of plates, 40 pp. detailed text, with annotations, including description of the monument, its design, methods of quarrying and carving including details of sculptural technique, the transport of the... More
I. Unpaginated notebook containing 70 leaves, each 10 1/2" x 8", each page with a drawing on recto only by Penck, all done in either red or blue marker or black felt-tip pen, including a series of circles, hieroglyphic notations in the artist's early style, doodles, figurative images, and several... More
Portfolio of six original lithographs printed in colors by Pol Rab, with brief preface by RIP, of the "Célèbres Chiens Modernes" Ric and Rac, a pair of famous French cartoon terriers, the artwork aimed at adults, with one image depicting the two dogs looking up a woman's skirt. The lithographs... More
A complete set of 15 chapters in 15 fascicules, 242 pp. total, of the treatise developed using the "Simons-Hustead Theory of Color Mathematics", in order to provide information on the source, use, and effect of various colors, each chapter covering a different topic. Very few scattered illustrations and diagrams. 8vo... More
(4), 24 pp. poem (in Swedish) by the noted poet and activist Lasse Söderberg with typography and original graphic works, some full-page, by Gianni Bertini, including Söderberg's French translation transcribed in Bertini's hand and 7 supplemental plates, one double page, the entire volume printed in color silkscreen. Minor toning with... More
2 unnumbered leaves including engraved title page and author's preface, followed by 24 engraved plates showing floor plans and exterior designs for six different German homes, varying in grandeur, each building represented by floor plans of the first and second floors, a view of the façade, and an elevation or... More
7 vols. bound in 15 parts, comprising a complete set of the monumental catalogue of manuscripts in the Austrian National Library, copiously annotated, with bibliographic references throughout, each volume containing its own registers and indexes, profusely illustrated with collotype reproductions of manuscript texts and illuminations, some in color. Large 4to... More
Supplements nos. 2, 5, and 6 (of 6 total) published by "Der Architekt" between 1895 and 1900 (20, 20, and 44 pp.), supplement no. 6 edited by Paul Roller, each volume profusely illustrated with black-and-white, tinted, and full-color plates depicting designs by architects working in the Wagnerschule including Alois Hackl... More
2 continuously paginated vols., 359 pp., providing an annotated scholarly account of the political career of John III, "the Pitiless," bishop of Liège from 1389 to 1418 and duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut from 1418 until his assassination by poisoning in 1425, including bibliographic notes, an... More
