GERHARD & CO.:

[TRADE CATALOGUE] Neue farbige entwürfe für Treppenh. u. Wanddekorationen. (New coloured stencil patterns for staircases and wall decorations). Bielefeld, Obernstr. 44, ca 1910.

. Narrow 8vo. (13.7 x 23.9 cm) A lavish promotion catalogue with twelve coloured designs mounted on hard paper, loosely inserted in a publisher's paper chemise, chipped at spine ends. Decorated printed title label on front cover and printed price list inside front cover. Well-preserved catalogue with lovely designs in typical Art Nouveau style.

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Book number: 121429

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, design, art noveau, decoration, interior design, advertisement, promotion, publicity, trade, catalogue,

[PéRE CASTOR]. COEUR, FERDINAND:

Quinze Jeux sur Table. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1936.

. 4to (24 x 28 cm). Pp. 16 and six coloured card board sheets (two with the cut-out parts missing). The text describes different kinds of card games. Publisher's pictorial coloured wrappers. First edition.

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Book number: 120864

Catalogue: Art Nouveau

Keywords: Art Nouveau, france, french, frankrike, spel, barn, children, jeux, illustrated,

DEMIDOFF, PAUL GRIGORYEVICH & FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD:

[Two papers on Tatar (Tartar) antiquities read at the Society of Antiquaries, London]. London 1767.

. Comprises two papers: 1. Some Account of certain Tartarian Antiquities. In a letter from Paul Demidoff, Esquire, at Petersburg, to Mr. Peter Collinson, dated September 17, 1764. Read at the Society of Antiquaries, Feb. 5, 1767. 4to. Pp. 222-6. With a large folding engraved plate of Tatar sepulchres (burial chambers) and four engraved plates depicting various objects found in the graves.2.Observations on some Tartarian Antiquities, Described in the preceding Article. By Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. Read at the Society of Antiquaries. Feb. 26, 1767. 4to. Pp. 227-35. With two engraved plates depicting Tatar idols. Bound in modern quarter calf on marbled paper covered boards. Some minor browning. Paper is brittle, some tears at margins, and inner margins of the plates have been strengthened. First edition of these scarce papers on the tumuli or tombs of the Tatars. Demidoff's letter refers to the works of Strahlenberg and Bell and further describes the discoveries made by a Russian expedition sent out to open some of the tombs. The five plates are engraved from original drawings made during the expedition and published here for the first time. Forster's account is devoted to the writing and literature of the Tatars; various burial ceremonies; dating of the graves, etc. Paul Demidoff was a Russian traveller and patron of scientific education. Johann Forster was a German explorer and scientist.

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Book number: 100058

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, tartary, tartariet, tartarian, tatar, russia, russian, asia, asiatic, asien, travel, exploration, art, arts, illustration

DESHAIRS, LÉON:

Intérieurs en couleurs. Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Paris 1925. Paris. Albert Lévy, 1926 (1925).

. Folio (26 x 44 cm). Pp.12 and fifty coloured plates. Loosely laid, as issued, in publisher's coloured cardboard folder, cotton ties. Spine expertly restored. Impressive album with fifty interior decorations in Art Déco style. Rare to find complete. The illustrations are reproductions of works by Chauchet-Guilleré, P.P. Montagnac, Pierre Chareau, Maurice Dufrène, Léon Bouchet, and many more. Preface by Léon Deshairs, a renowned French art historian and writer. He was professor of art history at the École du Louvre and editor-in-chief of the magazine Art et Décoration in the 1920s."Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes" was a World's Fair held in Paris between April and October in 1925. It was designed by the French government to highlight the new Style Moderne (later Art Déco) of interior decoration, architecture and other decorative art from different parts of the world.

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Book number: 121252

Catalogue: Art Deco

Keywords: Art Deco, interior, art deco, architecture, decoration, interior decoration, exhibition, france, french,

DOMIN, ANDRÉ (Ill.) / GOURMONT, RÉMY DE:

Litanies de la Rose. Paris, René Kieffer, 1919.

. 12mo. Pp. 128. With 59 pochoir coloured illustrations by André Domin. Limited edition to 560 copies, of which 500 on vélin paper (no. 446). Original printed wrappers, lightly soiled, slightly chipped at foot of spine.Each page has a wide frame adorned with roses and stylised leaves on a golden background. The exquisite illustrations of women, representing different colours, correspond to a poem written on the opposite side. André Domin (1883-1962) was a French Art Déco artist who together with Marcel Genevrière founded the famous Maison Dominique in 1922. A delicate work with sublime illustrations in typical Art Déco style. Carteret, V, 96. Monod, I, 5618.

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Book number: 121230

Catalogue: Art Deco

Keywords: Art Deco, art deco, decoration, pochoir, design, woman, women, prose, poems, illustration,

FISCHER, RUTH:

[PORCELAIN PAINTING] Mönster för porslinsmålning (Pattern for porcelain painting). Stockholm, A. Bonnier, 1930.