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Antiquity Explained and Represented in Sculptures, Vol IV, by the Learned Father Montfaucon, Translated by David Humphreys, Printed by J. Tonson & J. Watts, 1721
First published in Paris in 1719, this is David Humphrey's 1721 translation of this work by Father Bernard de Montfaucon. This folio size volume is...
View full detailsNineteenth Century Art, D.S. MacColl, Glasgow, 1902
A substantial, and high quality, volume on Nineteenth century art "With Illustrations from Pictures and Objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of ...
View full detailsThe Dürer Society, Eighth Series; complete Folio with 29 backed sheets of prints, 1905 (elephant folio size)
An impressive complete folio of 'elephant folio' proportions, with 29 Plates of Dürer's work. A complete folio like this is a rare survivor, as the...
View full detailsArchival Ephemera for the Edinburgh International Festival, from the 1st Festival in 1947, to 1955.
Following the end of World War II, in a period of austerity and rationing, the Edinburgh Festival aimed to bring people together via the Arts. From...
View full detailsDuveen; A Life in Art, Meryle Secrest, 2004. William St Clair's copy.
A fascinating biography of Joseph Duveen, first Baron Duveen (1869-1939). He was a British art dealer, and one of the world's most influential figu...
View full detailsDialogues on the Acropolis; Scholars and Experts Talk on the History, Restoration and the Acropolis Museum, 2010
Dialogues on the Acropolis; Scholars and Experts Talk on the History, Restoration and the Acropolis Museum. This is a book based on the transcripti...
View full detailsJohn Singer Sargent; The Early Portraits, Complete Paintings Volume I, Richard Ormond & Elaine Kilmurray, Paul Mellon, 1988
A lovely copy of the first volume of the definitive catalogue raisonne of the works in oil, water-colour and pastel of John Singer Sargent. John Si...
View full detailsPortraits by Ingres; Image of an Epoch, Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York... 1999
Exhibition catalogue detailing the work of French neo-classical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). The exhibition took place at the ...
View full detailsA Collection of early 20th century Vintage Travel Guides to Greece, 1903-1949
An interesting snapshot into early 20th Century tourism to Greece with this collection of 9 pamphlets and books, dating from 1903-1949. Condition v...
View full detailsWallis & Wallis; Catalogue of Antique Arms and Armour, Militaria, Etc, including Coins and Military Medals; 10 bound Auction Catalogues 245-253, 1979
Wallis & Wallis; Catalogues of Antique Arms and Armour, Militaria, Etc, including Coins and Military Medals; 10 bound Auction Catalogues, 1979....
View full detailsThe Megalithic European, Julian Cope, 2004, Signed First edition
The Megalithic European; The 21st century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe, by Julian Cope. A very personal journey across Europe by Julian Cope, fo...
View full detailsThe Modern Antiquarian, Julian Cope, 1998, First edition
The Modern Antiquarian; A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric Sites, by Julian Cope. S...
View full detailsMiniature Painters British and Foreign, J.J. Foster, Signed Edition Royale, No. 13/45. 1903.
Miniature Painters British and Foreign, With Some Account of Those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated by Numerous Exam...
View full detailsWilliam St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his published work on the subject.
William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his publish...
View full detailsMen of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, Photographed by Lock and Whitfield, Thompson Cooper, 1876-1881. Chiswick Press.
Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, La...
View full detailsSouvenir Album of the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow, 1911, T. & R. Annan
Souvenir Album of the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, Glasgow, 1911. Published by T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1911, Gl...
View full detailsA Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art, Royal Academy, Burlington House, 1930, 2 Vols
A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art, held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, January-March 193...
View full detailsExpositions Internationales; Paris 1937, New-York, 1939, Arts et Metiers Graphiques, Paris
Expositions Internationales; Paris 1937, New-York, 1939. Articles by Maurice Barret, André Beucler, Gisèle Freund, Jean Selz, Georges-Henri Rivière...
View full detailsWorshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens, Nikolaos and Alan Shapiro, 2008
Worshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. Edited by Nikolaos and Alan Shapiro. This catalogue issued in conjunction with the exhib...
View full detailsA Short Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum (Elgin Collection), 1958
A Short Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum (Elgin Collection). Preface by Bernard Ashmole. SOLD Provenance; from the li...
View full detailsThe Cambridge Companion to Fiction in the Romantic Period, Richard Maxwell and Katie Trumpener, 2008
The Cambridge Companion to Fiction in the Romantic Period. Edited by Richard Maxwell and Katie Trumpener, (both Yale University). Provenance; from ...
View full detailsFrancis Edwards Catalogue; Classified Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Maps, Views, &c. Relating to Asia, c. 1910
Francis Edwards Catalogue: Classified Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Maps, Views, &c. Relating to Asia; The Asiatic Continet: Geography, Histor...
View full detailsThe Rene Fribourg Collection, Sotheby & Co, 1963, 4 Volume Set
The Rene Fribourg Collection, Sotheby & Co. From the Collection of the Late Rene Fribourg of 11 East 84th Street, New York City. A Set of 4 auc...
View full detailsEuropean Porcelain, Mina Bacci, Cameo series
European Porcelain, by Mina Bacci, Translated from the Italian original by Adeline Hartcup. Cameo series. Published by Paul Hamlyn (Feltham, Middle...
View full detailsAthenes; Trente Planches en Couleur d'apres les Tableaux de Paul Bret, Camille Mauclair, Paris, 1935 (1946 Printing)
Athenes; Trente Planches en Couleur d'apres les Tableaux de Paul Bret. Ornementations du Peintre. By Camille Mauclair. Provenance; from the library...
View full detailsGreek Sculpture; An Exploration, Andrew Stewart, Yale University Press, 2 Volume Set, 1990
Greek Sculpture; An Exploration, by Andrew Stewart. 2 Volume set complete: Volume I: Text; Volume II; Plates. SOLD Provenance; from the library of ...
View full detailsA Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, F.N. Pryce, Vol. I, Part I, 1928
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Vol. I, Part I, 1928, by F.N. Pryce, M.A., F.S.A., Assis...
View full detailsA Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, A.H. Smith, Vol. III, 1904
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, A.H. Smith, M.A., Assistant in the Department of Greek a...
View full detailsA Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, A.H. Smith, Vol. I, 1892
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, A.H. Smith, M.A., Assistant in the Department of Greek a...
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The Byron Journal, Large Collection from Sir William St. Clair, 1973-2017. 36 Issues.
The Byron Journal; Large Collection from Sir William St. Clair, 1973-2017. A group of 36 issues of the journal (to which William St Clair has contr...
View full detailsStanley Kubrick's Napoleon; The Greatest Movie Never Made, Alison Castle, 2011
Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon; The Greatest Movie Never Made, by Alison Castle. SOLD Published by Taschen, Koln, Germany, 2011. First edition thus. Th...
View full detailsSessizligin Yankisi; Ahmet Ertug; Echoes of Silence - A Photographic Exhibition of Libraries and Opera Houses
Sessizligin Yankisi; Ahmet Ertug; Echoes of Silence - A Photographic Exhibition of Libraries and Opera Houses. Photographs by Ahmet Ertug. Text by ...
View full detailsA Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Dutch Art, Royal Academy, Burlington House, 1929
A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Dutch Art, held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, January-March 1929....
View full detailsA Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art, Royal Academy, Burlington House, 1930
A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art, held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, January-March 193...
View full detailsMasters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting, Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition Guide, 1984
Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting, Philadelphia Museum of Art Exhibition Guide. The exhibition was held in 3 locations; Philadelp...
View full detailsThe National Gallery of Ireland; Illustrated Summary of Prints and Sculpture, Adrian Le Harivel, 1988
The National Gallery of Ireland; Illustrated Summary of Prints and Sculpture. Edited by Adrian Le Harivel. Compiled by Susan Dillon, Frances Gilles...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of Italian Art of the Seventeenth Century, 1925
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of Italian Art of the Seventeenth Century. Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1925. ...
View full detailsItalian Drawings Exhibited at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, 1930
Italian Drawings Exhibited at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, 1930. Published by The Oxford University Press, London, and The Executiv...
View full detailsFlemish & Belgian Art, 1300-1900, At The Exhibition Burlington House, London, 1927. Numbered, limited edition.
Flemish & Belgian Art, 1300-1900; Thirty Four Reproductions in Colour and Sixty in Photogravure from the Exhibition Organized by the Anglo-Belg...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; French Art of the Eighteenth Century, 1914
Burlington Fine Arts Club; French Art of the Eighteenth Century. Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1914. First edition. ...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Gothic Art in Europe (c. 1200 – c. 1500), 1936
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Gothic Art in Europe (c. 1200 – c. 1500). SOLD Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine A...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; 1920 Catalogue of an Exhibition of Florentine Painting Before 1500
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Florentine Painting Before 1500. Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, Lond...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Florentine Painting Before 1500, 1920
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Florentine Painting Before 1500. Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, Lond...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Art in the Dark Ages in Europe, 1930
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Art in the Dark Ages in Europe (Circa 400 - 1,00 A.D.). Privately Printed for the Burlingt...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, 1923
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory. Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1923. Firs...
View full detailsBurlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of a Collection of Drawings by John Robert Cozens, 1923
Burlington Fine Arts Club; Catalogue of a Collection of Drawings by John Robert Cozens, with some Decorative Furniture and Other Objects of Art. Pr...
View full detailsThe Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods, William Chaffers, 1909
The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods, selected from his larger work, entitled "The Keramic Gallery". With 350...
View full detailsBritish Museum; Guide to the Exhibited Manuscripts Part I; Autographs and Documents, 1928
British Museum; Guide to the Exhibited Manuscripts Part I; Autographs and Documents; Illustrative Chiefly of English History and Literature. Exhibi...
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