Pannaggi by Ivo Pannaggi - 1962

Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measure 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 28 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Kodansha, Tokyo , 1968 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text with table of contents, list of plates and captions of each plate also in english.; Hardcover (white vellum with gilt lettering on spine covered by the dust jacket. In slipcase); 36.3 x 26.3 cm, 2.100 Kg, 184 pages, with colour and black and white plates (each volume); Used books with signs of wear, namely on the slipcases. Some of the dust jacket spines are: slightly faded, chipped, show wrinkles and tears. The interior is in good condition. Each of the slip cases has a sticker with the volume number in the spine, which helps to identify the volume number when the books are in a shelf, as the volume number appears in the front cover.; This 1965-1971 edition set consists of 36 volumes showing illustrations of the main works of art, such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, etc. from the following museums: Volume 1: Musée du Louvre (I of II); Volume 2: Musée du Louvre (II of II); Volume 3: British Museum (I of II); Volume 4:… Read More

Heirloom & Howard Limited, England, 2003 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover leather bound in red morocco with dust jacket in slipcase (LIMITED EDITION of 200 COPIES); 23.5 x 30.3 cm; 4.316 Kg; 904 pages with 1,880 colour illustrations, 1,500 armorial services described; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; Foreword by Peter Ll. Gwynn-Jones, CVO, Garter Principal King of Arms.; In 1974 Faber & Faber published Chinese Armorial Porcelain which has remained the most comprehensive book on the subject. At that time David Howard did not anticipate the need for a second volume; however, continued research has resulted in this book which illustrates 1,380 services not illustrated in Volume I, in addition to the 160 services which formed the addendum to that volume. The material in Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II is almost entirely additional to the first volume, containing a new introduction and four new chapters on aspects of the China Trade. All the appendices are revised and… Read More

Random House, Inc., New York and Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1987 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text with captions in Chinese.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket as issued, gilt top edges of the external text block). 3 volumes in slipcase..; 29 x 39.5 x 14 cm; 11 kg.; Used books with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Tiny wear marks on the hardcover cloth front cover of volume 2 and 3. Overall in very good condition.; Comprise 3 volumes: Volume I: Text (281 pages), Volume 2: Painting (369 pages) and Volume III: Calligraphy (399 pages).; Research and translation by Keith Itoh and Lawrence Wu with Jean Schmitt and Caron Smith. Introductory commentary by James C. Y. Watt.; "The publication of this book is the culmination of decades of collecting and study by the author. Over the years, I have had the privilege of watching the collection grow and have enjoyed many evenings of viewing and discussion. I will remember the occasions when a new… Read More

Heirloom & Howard Limited, England, 2003 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover dark blue buckram with dust jacket in slipcase; 22.9 x 29.3 cm; 4.313 Kg; 904 pages with 1,880 colour illustrations, 1,500 armorial services described; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; Foreword by Peter Ll. Gwynn-Jones, CVO, Garter Principal King of Arms.; In 1974 Faber & Faber published Chinese Armorial Porcelain which has remained the most comprehensive book on the subject. At that time David Howard did not anticipate the need for a second volume; however, continued research has resulted in this book which illustrates 1,380 services not illustrated in Volume I, in addition to the 160 services which formed the addendum to that volume. The material in Chinese Armorial Porcelain Volume II is almost entirely additional to the first volume, containing a new introduction and four new chapters on aspects of the China Trade. All the appendices are revised and extended and the index of mottoes and index of… Read More

Milano: Dalla tipografia dell'autore, 1824. First edition. Modern quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards. Leather attached a bit awkwardly at spine ends, marbled boards rubbed and worn, edges of front board discolored from old tape removal, but binding solid, edges nicked on a few leaves, scattered foxing mainly affecting the margins, plates sharp, colors bright, a quite useful copy.. [x], [3]-224 pp., + 31 (ie 32) col. plates. Illus. with 32 plates incl. 1 engraved plan, 31 aquatints of which 7 are nicely hand-colored + handcolored engraved title page. Folio (41 cm). Plate 4* and 4 unnumbered pages inserted after p. 40. To illustrate this volume with aquatints, Ferrario chose many fine Milanese artists and engravers including V. Rainieri, Bramati, G. Alluisetti, D.K. Bonatti, Giuseppe Castellini, and A. Biasoli. Aside from the later two, the most prominent was the highly regarded theatrical set designer Alessandro Sanquirico (1774-1849) who produced 3 plates, one of the nave of the… Read More

Paris: A. Ferroud, Benezit-Constant, Harry C. Dickens. Good+. 1891. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Bound in a special leather binding, raised bands with gilt titles. Gilt floral & foliage decorated panels. Both covers have triple ruled gilt border. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles & marbled endpapers. Limited edition, #27/50 copies printed on heavy stock pages "papier du Japon". Text tight, clean without foxing and intact. B/W etching illustrations. French text. Front joint-hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Art; B/W Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 163 pages .

Frederick Etchells & Hugh MacDonald, 'The Haslewood Books' series, London, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, of which 450 numbered copies were produced (this being #263). 4to. 79pp. Gilt lettered and decorated cloth. Printed at the Curwen Press on J.W.Zanders hand-made paper with the copper plates, subsequently destroyed. With a four-page introduction by Bernard Windeler, who also provides a short introduction to each plate and hand-coloured most of the engravings. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Some fading to the publisher's orange cloth at the upper and lower boards and with a short crease to the head of the backstrip. A tiny touch of non-invasive spotting to the pastedowns and to occasional leaves. A very good copy of a superb production. No dust wrapper, as issued, but lacking the slipcase..

1929, n. Good+. Nice tight copy 1st edition 1st printing (See photos slight spotting

Complete set of 110 engraved plates (of 108) with ink library stamps in the plate.Victorian re-issue of the Duke of Marlborough's Gemmarum antiquarum delectus, first published in 1783. The plates were drawn by Giovanni Battista Cipriani and stipple engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.The images record a selection of the carved gemstones in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. The cameos and intaglios show portraits of Roman emperors, Greek philosophers, gods and goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology. This volume corresponds exactly to the copy scanned at the Internet Archive.Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), was an Italian engraver who specialized in the delicate toning effects of stipple engraving. After moving to London in 1784, he became Engraver to the King (George III).Ex-Denver Library with ink stamps on all plates inside the plate marks, a few in the image, and catalog numbers on rear. The blue cloth portfolio is in three pieces and in need of repair. Heavy book will… Read More