Beuningen, Daniel George and D. Hannema

Catalogue of the D.G. Van Beuningen Collection

Rotterdam, AD. Donker, 1949. Hardcover. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 214 pp , 247 plates (several in color). Foreword by Max J. Friedländer. A large catalogue of the collection of art from D.G. Van Beuningen. Includes indexes of artists, literature, exhibitions, and collections. VG (scuffs & scratches to cloth; worn area to upper cover edge. light foxing to text block, light age toning to end pages, otherwise pages are clean) An unread copy from old publisher stock.

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Book number: 176905

Catalogue: Collections - European Art

Keywords: European Art Collections ; Beuningen Collection ; ; European Art Collections

Bianco Lo, Anna and Shinsuke Watanabe

Rubens and the Birth of the Baroque

Tokyo, Japan, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018. Hardcover. slim, blue boards w/ gold printing. 291 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. pictorial dustjacket w/ reflective gilt printing. primarily Japanese text. Beautifully illustrated; 70 wonderful color plates. Closing section of has English translations of essays. Exhibition held October 16 through January 20 2019. Near Fine (instances of light rubbing to board edges, corners; small bump & crease to lower corner) .

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Book number: 188513

Catalogue: European Art

Keywords: European Art, Rubens, Baroque Art ; Baroque Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art

Bibliotheque nationale

Au Temps Des Precieuses: Les Salons Litteraires Au Xviie Siecle

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1968. Softcover. glossy white wraps w/ illustration & black printing. 93 pgs w/ bw printing. In French. Nicely illustrated with over 314 annotated items. Good+. scuffs, scratches & light foxing to covers. spine creased. pgs toned.

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Book number: 177620

Catalogue: Collections - European Art

Keywords: ; Bibliotheque Nationale ; ;

Biermann, Georg

Die Miniaturen-Sammlung Seiner Koniglichen Hoheit Des Grossherzogs Ernst Ludwig Von Hessen Und Bei Rhein

(not identified), Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1917. 334/350. Hardcover. Oversized and bound in 3/4 red leather and light pink paper boards, 4 raised spine bands with gilt lettering; top edge gilt; viii, 38 pp + 148 plates with 457 illustrations in bw and color. Each plate has a descriptive guard sheet. Text is in German. This is numbered 334 of an edition of 350. This catalog was published on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and the Rhine. VG- (overall bumping, soiling and shelfwear to boards, light foxing spots to text block. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Binding is tight.) .

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Book number: 187576

Catalogue: Collections - European Art

Keywords: European Collections ; Ludwig Collection ; ; European Collections

Biermann, Georg and Albert Brinckmann

Die Miniaturen-Sammlung Seiner Koniglichen Hoheit Des Grossherzogs Ernst Ludwig Von Hessen Und Bei Rhein

(not identified), Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1917. 334/350. Hardcover. Oversized and bound in white paper boards with stamped gilt design on front cover; top edge gilt; viii, 38 pp + 148 plates with 457 illustrations in bw and color. Each plate has a descriptive guard sheet. Text is in German. This is numbered 95 of an edition of 350. This catalog was published on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and the Rhine. Good (heavy soiling and wear to covers, spine missing but binding is secure, ex-gallery stamp inside front covers, plates are clean and bright) .

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Book number: 190198

Catalogue: Collections - European Art

Keywords: European Collections ; Ludwig Collection ; ; European Collections

Bihalji-Merin, Oto

Maske Sveta: Preobrazavanje, Skrivanje, Zacaravanje

Beograd, Vuk Karadzic, Ljubljana, Mladinska knjiga, 1970. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering, color illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, 73 pp plus unnumbered pages of color and bw plates. Written in Croatian. Includes bibliographical references. "Masks of the World. Transformation, hiding, enchantment. VG+/VG+ .

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Book number: 175360

Catalogue: European Art

Keywords: European Art ; Masks ; ;

Bijl, Arnoud and Marlies Kleiterp

Classic Wraps: Artists, Italy and the Esthetic Ideals of the 18th Century

Amsterdam, Netherlands, Hermitage Amsterdam, 2018. Softcover. black wraps w/ white illustration, copper printing & embossed printing. 207 pgs w/ color illustrations. Vibrantly illustrated. Numerous essays. Text in English. VG (light edge-wear, light rubbing to corners. bump/rub to lower spine; spine creased at opening textblock) .

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Book number: 188289

Catalogue: European Art

Keywords: European Art, Italian Art ; Italian Art ; ;

Billington, James H and Larry E. Sullivan

Vision of a Collector: The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Library of Congress

Washington, D. C. Library of Congress, 1991. Hardcover. green & black cloth w/ spine title plate. 427 pgs w/ 100 color & bw plates. 99 essays on the various pieces within the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A nice, bright copy. VG+ (faint sunning to upper board edges. small shelf-wear/scuff to lower pg edges) .

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Book number: 188410

Catalogue: Collections - European Art

Keywords: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection ; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection ; ;

Bing, Siegfried

Collection Bing. Catalogue Des Tableaux Modernes; Oeuvres de Besnard, Cottet, Thaulow, Brangwyn, Maurice Denis, Duez, Ibels, Johanson, le Sidaner, Henri Martin, Osbert, Ten Cate, Vallotton, Angrand, Cavallo Peduzzi, Conder, Couturier, Georges de Feure, Degouve de Nuneques, Forain, H. Guerard, Jules Jacquemand, Leheutre, Maxime Maufra, Mellerie, René Ménard, Nonell, Charles Pepper, Rippl Ronai, Shannon, Paul Signac, Vincent Van Gogh, Jeanniot, Maurin, Rops, Toulouse Lautrec, Van Rysselberghe

Paris, (not identified), 1900. Hardcover. Oversized and bound in 3/4 brown leather and green cloth boards, five raised bands on spine with gilt tooling and lettering;all edge gilt; green and brown marble illustrated end papers; 116 pp, 18 leaves of plates with protective guard sheets. Text is in French. "Sale of which will take place at Hotel Drouto on Thursday, May 17" translated from title page. The private collection of Siegfried Bing, a German-French art dealer. VG (bumping and scuffing to boards, several pages are dog eared along bottom; lightly age toned as expected but text and plates are otherwise very clean and clear. Bookplate of previous owner, George J. Gould, inside front cover.) .

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Book number: 187574

Catalogue: European Art

Keywords: European Art ; Bing Collection ; ; Collections - European Art

Binyon, Laurence; Vanessa Bell; Paul Nash and Seiichi Taki

Catalogue of the Loan Collection of English Water-Colour Drawings Held at the Institute of Art Research, Ueno, Tokyo, October 10-24th, 1929

Tokyo, Privately printed for the Binyon Reception Committee, 1929. 3/200. Softcover. Oversized black cloth portfolio with Japanese text on an off-white title block with two clasps. Inside portfolio is the softcover book in tan cloth with gilt design, white title block with black lettering and white string bindings; black Japanese lettering frontispiece, XVIII, 13 pp, 54 plates. Printed in edition of 200 numbered copies, this being number 3. Contents: Two poems [in Japanese characters and English] / Baron Kishichiro Okura -- Preface / The Binyon Reception Committee -- Foreword / John Tilley -- Note / Seiichi Taki -- English water-colour drawings / Laurence Binyon -- Catalogue -- Plates. "Foreword" by John Tilley. "Note" by Seiichi Taki. Good- (light scuffing to portfolio, dampstaining to top left corner of front cover, pages prior to plate XXIX have light age toning but are otherwise clean. Starting at plate XXX through end of book including rear cover is dampstaining to top 4 inches of pages and cover) .

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Book number: 191194

Catalogue: General European Art

Keywords: General European Art ; Watercolor Painting ; ;

Blackburn, Henry (editor)

Academy Sketches: Containing Nearly 200 Illustrtions Drawn by the Artists from Various Exhibitions

London, England, W. H. Allen & Company, 1883. Softcover. Gray wraps with black and red lettering, 160 + 44 pp, illustrated in black and white. Contains sketches of paintings in the Royal Academy and shown in various exhibitions in 1883. VG (overall shelfwear and tanning to wraps and pages, but VG for age) .

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Book number: 175307

Catalogue: European Art

Keywords: European Art; British Art; 19th Century ; Royal Academy ; British Art ; 19th Century Annual Exhibitions - Other

Blanc, Charles and Paul Mantz

Histoire Des Peintres de Toutes Les Ecoles; Ecole Florentine

Paris, Librairie Renouard, 1876. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 burgundy leather and marble paper over boards; 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering; marble illustrated end papers; XX, pagination varies throughout; bw illustrations. Volume 9 of a 14 volume set; Ecole Florentine. Text is in French. The history of painters from all schools. Good+ (shelfwear to boards mainly to leather; bookplate inside front cover; writing behind title page. Light age toning but pages are otherwise clean.) .

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Book number: 188056

Catalogue: European Art

Keywords: European Art ; Painting History ; ;

Blanc, Charles; W. Burger; Marius Chaumelin and Auguste Demmin

Histoire Des Peintres de Toutes Les Ecoles; Ecole Venitienne

Paris, Vve. J. Renouard, 1877. Hardcover. Bound in half red leather boards and red and white marble paper boards, 5 raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, color illustrated end papers, original yellow paper covers bound in, various paginations throughout, bw plates throughout. Text in French. History of Painters of All Schools; Venetian School. This is the 14th volume of a 14 volume set. Good (scuffing and shelfwear to covers, front cover loose, leather spine torn with pieces missing, light foxing spots throughout, bookplate of architect, Ogden Codman, Jr. insdie front cover) .

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Book number: 191676

Catalogue: General European Art

Keywords: General European Art ; Painting History; Artists Portraits ; ;

Blanc, Charles and J.E. Reed

The Masterpieces of Italian Art Illustrated: Being a Biographical History of Art in Italy from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Volume II

Philadelphia, Gebbie & Co, 1880. Hardcover. Oversized 3/4 burgundy leather and cloth boards; 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering; marble illustrated end papers; unpaginated, 50 plates, 80 pages. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf with descriptive text and guard sheet. Volume 2 only of a 2 volume set. Text is in English. Includes a list of photogravures and wood engravings. Index of painters is included in the rear. Good+ (boards have heavy shelfwear, leather spine torn almost completely off, front cover is loose, binding is secure and plates are still very clean and clear. The rear pages numbered 23-30 are crinkled and torn along the bottom edge not affecting any of the text or engravings.) .

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Book number: 189029

Catalogue: General European Art

Keywords: General European Art ; Italian Sculpture: Italian Painting ; ;

Blistene, Bernard and Marc Dachy, et al.

Busy Going Crazy: Collection Sylvio Perlstein

Paris, France, Fage / La Maison Rouge, 2006. Softcover. black & red illustrated wraps, white & black spine printing. 160 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. text primarily French. Closing section has partial English translation of opening essays, but does include the forward, introduction, interview with Mr. Perlstein and an essay. Interior clean and remains tightly bound. From the reference library of an international auction house. VG- (ex-auction house library w/ stamps to opening pg & ID to back cover edge. edge-wear to covers. corners rubbed. spine ends rubbed. back cover at ID has ink smear from discard mark) .

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Book number: 187141

Catalogue: Collections - European Art

Keywords: Collection Sylvio Perlstein, Sylvio Perlstein ; Collection Sylvio Perlstein ; ;