European Artists

London: London: Schott and Co. 1877, 1877 Decorative Cloth. Very Good. First Thus. Theatre. Owner's Name. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. English words to Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen in the alliterative verse of the original 351 pgs, grey/gilt boards slight soiled,rubbed, spine bumped, scarce tight copy 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Owner's Name. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

Athens: VATA s.a. , 1981. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and very clean outside, just a few marks to the back panel of the jacket. Just light wear to the edges of the jacket. This copy signed and inscribed on the title page by Omiros and dated August 1983. It also contains an original sanguine drawing, signed, and bound in at the end of the plate section. (There is a note typed on the title page, after it was typeset, indicating this). The drawing is in a light red wash and appears to be an image of Christ. (Protected with a glassine sheet as tissue guard laid in). Introduction by Omiros. 395 color plates + original drawing. Brief biographical sketch. 14" high X 10" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Artist.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Bilbao, Spain : Editorial La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca , 1978. This is a very good hardcover copy in an about very good dust jacket. The jacket has a little wear around the edges. This copy signed and briefly inscribed by Nasser Ovissi and with a drawing by him on the half-title page. Text in Spanish and English. 69 plates, 64 in color, 5 in black and white. Exhibition history. 13" high X 9" wide, 83 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Artist.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1959. First edition. Fine/near fine. Fine condition in a clear protective dustjacket. Edited by Patience Empson with an introduction by Thomas Balston.

Atlantic Monthly / Little Brown, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and inscribed by Man Ray with an original drawing of his trademark floating eye and face. This copy is inscribed on the half title to Frank Goodman, 'one of the last of the old-time Broadway press agents, a star handler and headline hustler' (New York Times). The drawing and inscription are on the half title. The inscription, which is bordered by and incorporates the drawing, reads 'For Mr. Frank Goodman Man Ray April 2, 1963'. The floating eye is above Ray's signature, and the nose and mouth extend beneath the inscription. CONDITION: Nice copy in the original black cloth in gilt and copper, in first issue jacket complete with $7.95 price (slight surface wear to jacket with wrinkle at top; book has been recased with new endpapers; some light staining to top and bottom edges of text). Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky 1890-1976), American painter, photographer, and conceptual artist active in France, a leading… Read More

mit beiträgen von Gerhard Auer, Max Imdahl And Hanna Hohl.A 1st ed. near fine paperback with creased spine, text as new. Association copy author to Prof. Friedrich Einhoff (image_2) Friedrich Einhoff gehört seit den 1960er Jahren als Maler und Zeichner sowie als prägender Lehrer jüngerer Künstler an der Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften zu den wichtigen Persönlichkeiten der Hamburger Kunstszene.Notice: This item ships from Hamburg, Germany.Notice: Has increased shipping cost due to weight (800gr.). Look up "Shipping terms".

Boston / New York: Atlantic Monthly Press / The Pace Gallery, 1986. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Reproductions from the sketchbooks of Picasso, including 6 complete sketchbooks.

Paris, Félix Hermet, no date (but mid 19th c.), 190 x 274mm, pp. (26); orig. half cloth, gilt lettering on front board. The complete album as issued by the publisher. - Small word by Hermet, mainly on this publication, and ten orig. lithographs by Isabey, printed (recto only) on Bristol paper, which is an excellent paper for lithographic printing. These ten lithos are part of the 13 which Isabey provided for "Croquis par divers artistes", first published by Rittner and Osterwald aîné (Paris), and by Charles Tilt, London, ca. 1830. The stones then moved to Danlos who resold them again to Félix Hermet, who made the album here offered. - Germain Hédiard (Delteil 1906), the lithographs described at pages 31-34 (3th, 4th, and/or 5th state); Atherton Curtis 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21. - Slight rubbing at edges and corners of the cover; a few very faint foxing spots in the first plate; very good condition thus for this very rare album. - Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) himself paid little… Read More

1729 ART 1ed Lives of DUTCH Painters by Weyerman Erasmus PP Rubens Brugghen
Jacob Campo Weyerman was an 18th-century Dutch painter who is known for his writings and histories of Dutch art. His most important work was 'Lives of Dutch Painters' in which he collected and published numerous biographical sketches. This volume was published in 1729 in The Hague and includes portrait engravings to accompany many of the articles. Notable artists featured in this volume include:
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Paul Peter Rubens
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
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Frans and Dirck Hals
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Hendrick ter Brugghen
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And many, many others
Item number: #18113
Price: $750
WEYERMAN, Jacob Campo
De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen, met een uytbreyding over de schilder-konst der ouden
Gravenhage : de wed. E. Boucquet, H. Scheurleer, F. Boucquet, en J. de Jongh, 1729.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages;
o [12], 412, [6]
o 11 full-page plates, 1 folding… Read More

Berkely and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968. Two volume set. First editions. Hard covers in original cloth and dust jackets. Published Berkely and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968, first printings. Folio, 10" x 13", Volume One - Catalog: xi+477pp; Volume Two - Plates: unpaginated, illustrated with 1,244 plates. Teal cloth with gilt titles. Roethlisberger's monumental work bringing together the entire corpus of authentic Lorrain' drawings, three-quarters of which are reproduced for the first time. A fine, set, clean, bright, unmarked in very good dust jackets with some edgewear, light soiling. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Very Good. Folio.

Dublin: Vitrum / Links for Publishing, 1998. Signed on the half-title page by Lino Tagliapietra. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Rare signed. Ours appears to be the only signed copy online.

San German, Puerto Rico: Inter American University, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 192pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Rare first issue of this important little magazine featuring a stellar roster of contributors, including Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray as well as Beat notables including Burroughs (Schottlaender C13), Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. Unmarked copy with significant bumps and some general wear.

New York: Harper and Row, 1976. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Green cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Good copy of a suite of 24 finely hand-coloured lithographs depicting the people of the worldComplete with all 24 illustrations by Felix Fossey and Auguste Leloir, richly hand-coloured figures on sepia-tinted backgrounds (it was also issued in sepia only)The plates depict people from five continents, with 11 from Europe, three of Asia, three of Africa, three of America and three of Oceania. Frontispiece shows the dispersion of people from the Tower of Babel. The plates show traditional inhabitants of the regions: flamenco dancers in Spain, kilted highlanders in Britain, Berbers and Arabs in Algeria, Sami people in Norway, etc. The backgrounds are atmospheric locations such as street markets, a Chinese palace courtyard with pagoda, Indian temples, Dutch windmills, Senatskaia Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, etc. Many of the scenes include fascinating vignettes. A lazaroni (leper) prostrating himself on the ground in Italy, aborigines in Australia examining flotsam from a European shipwreck, a man from… Read More

Suite of 2 frontispieces and 61 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's History of England, Scotland and Ireland 1713-1730.

All portraits by Dutch Baroque master Adriaen van der Werff.

Copperplates engraved by Pieter Stevens van Gunst and others including Gerard Valck, Cornelis Vermeulen, Nicholas Pitaut, Benedict Audran, Jean Audran, Charles Simonneau, Pierre Drevet, Etienne Desrochers and Willem van der Gouwen.

Allegorical frontispiece (by Bernard Picart) and 28 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande, Reinier Leers, Amsterdam, 1713.

Allegorical frontispiece and 33 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande, Johann Covens and Cornelis Mortier, Amsterdam, 1730.

Plates mostly by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, and others including Gerard Valck, Cornelis Vermeulen, Nicholas Pitaut, Benedict Audran, Jean Audran, Charles Simonneau, Pierre Drevet, and Etienne Desrochers.

A sumptuous collection of oval portraits in decorative Baroque frames… Read More