Arnoux, Francois

Merveilles de L'Autre Monde, Contenant Les Horribles Tourmens de L'Enfer; Les Admirables Ioyes Du Paradis; Auec le Moyen D'Euiter L'Un, & Acquerir L'Autre

Paris, Rouen, Chez Jean Boulley, dans la Court du Palais, Aux Approbation des Docteurs, 1617. . Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Penned by Francois Arnoux, Chanoine en l'Eglise Cathedrale de Riez, a cathedral associated for several centuries with the cathedral at Notre Dame. The title page contains three separate works, "Divise en trois Livres," Le tout recueilly des Ecritures Sainctes et Docteurs de l'Eglise. Published in 1617 by Rouen at the house of Jean Boulley, from the Court du Palais, with the approval of the doctors there, as it notes above en Francois. Three volumes in one, each with its own title page, though each with its own and different printer's device thereon, though all three published by Rouen, Chez Jean Boulley. The title page for the second volume reads Du Paradis Et De Ses Merveilles . . . , while the third volume reads Practique Spirituell Enseignant Le Moyen se Garder d'Offenser Dieu, pour euiter l'Enfer & Acquerir le Paradis. Paginated in quite complicated fashion, being [24], 155 pp., [1], 179] pp., [1], [4], 136 pp., [2]. Each of the three title pages feature a different quote from the Bible, including both Old and New Testament. The book is bound quite strikingly in full leather, perhaps from the 19th century (?), and with four raised bands on spine. Title in gilt on a red background. No copies of this edition appear in O.C.L.C., the earliest Rouen imprint being two years later, in 1619, but the earliest edition overall being a Lyon imprint, from 1614. From the personal library of Gershon Legman, and the front free endpaper reads "G. Legman 1960.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345219

Catalogue: Foreign Languages::French

Keywords: French language|Francois Arnoux|French literature|religion|medical science

Arnoux, Guy

Le Vitriol de Lune

Paris, Les Beaux Livres, 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, illustrated wraps, in French-fold, and covered further by glassine wraps from the publisher. 261 pp., deckled edges, This exemplar was one of 774 copies printed on papier de Rives, 53 pochoir illustrations by Guy Arnoux, including in-text, heads and initials. Absolutely radiant color. French language texts throughout.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351547

Catalogue: French history and culture

Keywords: Guy Arnoux pochoir French language Rives

Arp, Jean

Magnelli

Paris, La Galerie Rene Drouin, 1947. Special Limited Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Good looking, structurally sound copy of a gallery exhibition catalog compiled by Jean/Hans Arp, for a show held in Paris at La Galerie Rene Drouin. This is No. 136 of 750 copies printed. Quarto softcover format, at 63 pp., bound in stiff printed paper wrappers. White paper wrappers show a little discoloration. Internally quite fine. 24 full-page black-and- white plates displaying the work of this Italian Abstract Expressionist artist, Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971). Protected in stiff plastic wraps in gate-fold.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 348751

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Rene Drouin|Jean Arp

The Corcoran Gallery of Art

The 25th Biennial Exhibition 1957

Toledo, Ohio, Printed by the H.K. Press for The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Hermann Warner Williams, Jr. provides the Introduction to this biennial catalog produced by the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Simple tan printed wraps, staple-bound, replete with black-and-white illustrations, featuring the work of noted American painters who work in oil, including Childe Hassam, John Sloan, Albert Pinkham Ryder, William L. Metcalf, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, George Bellows, George Luks, John Stewart Curry, Bernard Carfiol, and many others. 35 pp., including inside rear flap.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 346481

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Corcoran Gallery of Art|contemporary art|modern art

Everson Museum Of Art

The 28th Ceramic National Exhibition; Fiction, Function, Figuration

Syracuse, New York, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 1993, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A sterling condition exhibition catalog bound handsomely in glossy pictorial wraps. Composed of "Preface" by Barbara Perry, Curator of Ceramics, Introduction by Ronald A. Kuchta, Juror statements by Ken Ferguson and Daniel Jacobs, Matthew Kangas, Marcia Y. Manhart, and others. Many score gorgeous black-and-white reproductions in 88 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348215

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Barbara Perry|ceramics|Rudy Autio|Martha Drexler Lynn|artist exhibit

The Corcoran Gallery of Art

34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting

Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bound in printed, illustrated wraps, and with a clean, unmarked interior, replete with fine reproductions and printed on high-gloss paper. Contributions to mid-century painting and sculpture, graced with a painting by Robert Indiana on front cover, artists from Anuszkiewicz and Bartlett to Walker and Wesselmann, including Berthot, De Kooning, Gilliam, Lindner, Le Witt, Motherwell, Olitski, Pearlstein, Tworkov and Warhol and others. [7], 8-96 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 347258

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: museum exhibit|art history|painters|paintings|gallery exhibit

Marlborough Gallery of Art

Adolph Gottlieb: Paintings 1971-1972

London, Marlborough Galleria of Art, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond furling to fore-edge, even less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Fine looking artist exhibit catalog for a show held in London in 1972 and featuring plentiful full-color plates printed on high-gloss paper and heavy card stock. Protected in plastic sleeve. Artist biography at front, one-man exhibits list, and list of public collections. Complete with a checklist of 16 oil and four acrylic paintings, and full-page color plates galore. 44 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 352818

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Adolph Gottlieb artist exhibit catalog Italian language

The Freer Gallery of Art

Ars Orientalis, Volume XI, 1979, the Arts of Islam and the East

Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution; Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Published jointly by The Freer Gallery of Art and the University of Michigan's Department of the History of Art in large quarto format, bound handsomely in beige cloth with brown lettering to covers and spine. 328 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Many black and white illus. Contains scholarly articles, excavation reports, bibliographies, book reviews and many illustrations. Texts are in various languages and most articles are illustrated. Articles such "Pigments Used in Japanese Paintings from the Protohistoric Period through the 19th Century," by Kazuo Yamasaki; "Yoshimichi Emoto: The Scroll Painting," by Kenzo Toishi; "A Pigment Census of Japanese Ukiyo-e Paintings in the Freer Gallery of Art," by Elisabeth West Fitzhugh.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345070

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Freer Gallery of Art|Oriental Art|art history|Asian Art history|Chinese art history|Korean Art History|Japanese Art History|ceramics|Islamic art|The Arts of Islam|lacquerware

The Freer Gallery of Art

Ars Orientalis, the Arts of Islam and the East, Volume VIII, 1970

Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution; Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Published jointly by The Freer Gallery of Art and the University of Michigan's Department of the History of Art in large quarto format, bound handsomely in beige cloth with brown lettering to covers and spine. 267 pp. and replete with scores of black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Contains scholarly articles, excavation reports, bibliographies, book reviews and other communications. Texts are in English but with captions and notes in various languages. Articles such "Medieval Ceramic Oil Lamps From Fustat," by Wladyslaw B. Kubiak, "A Sixteenth-Century Architectural Plan of Istanbul," by Walter B. Denny, and others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345071

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Freer Gallery of Art|Oriental Art|art history|Asian Art history|Chinese art history|Korean Art History|Japanese Art History|ceramics|Islamic art|The Arts of Islam|lacquerware|Istanbul|Pakistani art|temples|Hinduism|Buddhism

The Freer Gallery of Art

Ars Orientalis, the Arts of Islam and the East, Volume VII, 1968

Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution; Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Published jointly by The Freer Gallery of Art and the University of Michigan's Department of the History of Art in large quarto format, bound handsomely in beige cloth with brown lettering to covers and spine. 179 pp. and replete with scores of black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Contains scholarly articles, excavation reports, bibliographies, book reviews and other communications. Texts are in English but with captions and notes in various languages. Articles such "Ancillary Dating Materials From Fustat," by George T. Scanlon, "Al Khadr and Christian Icons," by D.R. Howell, and "Dionysiac Aspects of Kushan Art," by Martha L. Carter, and a Correction by James Carhill.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345072

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Freer Gallery of Art|Oriental Art|art history|Asian Art history|Chinese art history|Korean Art History|Japanese Art History|ceramics|Islamic art|Ottoman Empire|Christian iconography|Sassanian silver plates|Kushan Art|Ajanta|The Arts of Islam|lacquerwa

The Freer Gallery of Art

Ars Orientalis, the Arts of Islam and the East, Volume VI, 1966

Washington, D.C.; Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution; Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Published jointly by The Freer Gallery of Art and the University of Michigan's Department of the History of Art in large quarto format, bound handsomely in beige cloth with brown lettering to covers and spine. 179 pp. and replete with scores of black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Contains scholarly articles, excavation reports, bibliographies, book reviews and other communications. Texts are in English but with captions and notes in various languages. Articles such "Ancillary Dating Materials From Fustat," by George T. Scanlon, "Al Khadr and Christian Icons," by D.R. Howell, and "Dionysiac Aspects of Kushan Art," by Martha L. Carter, and a Correction by James Carhill.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345073

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Freer Gallery of Art|Oriental Art|art history|Asian Art history|Chinese art history|Korean Art History|Japanese Art History|ceramics|Islamic art|Ottoman Empire|Christian iconography|Sassanian silver plates|Kushan Art|Ajanta|The Arts of Islam|lacquerwa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Collection of Watches Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art of the City of New York by Mrs. George A. Hearn

, Privately Printed, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. As nice an exemplar of an ex-library copy as one can fine, and a horologist's dream, being graced with lovely reproductions of the collection of vintage and antiquarian watches of George A. Hearn, donated by his widow to the Long Island Historical Society, and then displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Printed at The Gilliss Press, a tall octavo format, measuring 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" in height and width, respectively. Photographs by Mr. Charles Balliard for this museum exhibit catalogue. Presentation copy bookplate inside front flap, another by the Long Island Historical Society, with a "discarded" ink-stamp over one of the two embossed stamps, the second being inside rear flap, with some abraded tips and light smudgings to endpapers, else clean and bright. Bound quite handsomely in marbled paper over boards, fine leather to tips and spine. 87 watches presented in 35 pp., with tissue-guards over some of the finer reproductions, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 351411

Catalogue: Cognition and Cognitive Sciences

Keywords: George A. Hearn watches horology the decorative arts

Annely Juda Fine Art

Dada Constructivism: The Janus Face of the Twenties

London, Catalogo della Mostra:Published by Annely Juda Fine Art, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. . Published in First Edition state, a fine-looking, important exhibition catalog, by Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1984. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Peach- and orange-colored illustrated wraps with black lettering to cover and spine. 120 pp. that have black-and-white illustrations. [6], 7-149 pp. Mostly in English with some articles having been translated into French. Includes essays by various authors about various Dadaism-related artists: Arp, Baader, Bergmann-Michel, Breton, Citroen, Cornell, Grosz, Hausmann, Hugnet, Janco, Joostens, Klee, Leger, Moholy-Nagy, Picabia, Schwitters, Picasso, Man Ray, Tauber-Arp, Vantongerloo, and others, in essays such as "Dada gives me intolerable 'malaise'," by Andrei B. Nakov; "Dada--Constructivism," by Dawn Ades; "Kurt Schwitters and Dada: Some preliminary remarks on a complex topic," by RIchard Sheppard, and others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 346804

Catalogue: Art and Artists

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Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd.

David Bomberg (1890-1957)

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., . First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Unpaginated, but roughly a dozen fine black-and-white illustrations, and a list of exhibitions of Bomberg's work, and then a list of other Marlborough exhibitions. Undated, but perhaps late '50s.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 346477

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: David Bomberg|English artists|English art history

Pennsylvania Museum of Art

Degas: 1834-1917

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers at spine head and foot, light sunning thereto, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Penned inscription at first free endpaper. 140 pp. Prefatory note by Paul Sachs, Introduction by Agnes Mongan, Acknowledgments, List of Lenders, and then a full catalogue and reproduction of well over 100 fine works by the French painting.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 346356

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Edgar Degas|artist exhibit