Sculpture from Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC

132 pp. text on Gothic sculpture of southern France, notes, bibliography, 36 plates. Some minor pencil annotations. 4to. Wrpps., spine rubbed. Paris (Henri Laurens) 1936.

X, 102 pp. text on later Gothic sculpture and painting of the Rhinelands and Hessia, notes, index, 68 plates (2 in color). 4to. New cloth. Frankfurt (J. Baer) 1910.

82 pp. monograph on Johann Baptist Straub, and his highly expressive Baroque sculptures located in the churches of Vienna, Munich, and elsewhere, lengthy notes, bibl., 129 illus. on plates showing documents, views and details of the figural groups and individual sculptures. 4to. Munich (Recht) 1922.

238 pp. inventory of art, architecture and other cultural artifacts, indices, inscriptions transcribed throughout, frontispiece, a few text illus. from plans, 220 fine plates from photographs showing textiles, polychrome ceramics, freestanding and architectural sculpture, paintings, churches, mosques, fortified structures, etc. 4to. Wrpps., a bit soiled. Lisbon (Academia Nacional de Belas Artes) 1947.

308 pp. text on Roman fountains, thoroughly annotated, bibliography, indices, 251 fine illus. on plates from photographs by Max Dellacher and from reproductions of old drawings and engravings. 4to. Orig. dec. cloth. Rome (Staderini) 1962. Second ed.

Campeny Estrany. At head of title-page: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Jorge. 51 pp. transcription of a lecture discussing the development of the style of the 19th century sculptor active in Barcelona, 30 plates. Tall 4to. Wrpps., cover foxed around edges. Barcelona (Gráfica Bachs) 1956.

346 pp. study of 17th century developments in the coastal town in the Marche region of Italy, including a compendium of essays on art, architecture, goverment, and religious and secular life, including essays, extensive annotation and documentation, bibliography, indices, and over 100 illustrations in the text and on plates (many in color) showing architecture, paintings and other artworks, documents,… Read more

Christian. 66 pp. text on the prolific 18th-century German sculptor, ext. notes incl. bibliographic references, chronological list of works, 80 nice plates. 4to. Cloth. Leipzig (Schluter) n.d. (circa 1940's).

XII, 221 pp. scholarly text (Dutch, with good French summary) on the origin and significance of steles in Aegean and Greek art, ext. notes, substantial bibliography. Large 8vo. Cloth. Amsterdam (Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers) 1942. (Allard Pierson Stichting. Archaeologisch-Historische Bijdragen, 9).

4 vols. in 6 parts: 247, 358, 116, 274, 354, 65 pp. detailed account of the excavations including catalogue of finds, notes, concordances, lists, hundreds of text illus. from photos, plans, and drawings, and 298 plates (9 color, 1 folding) showing photographic views of the site (some aerial) and recovered artifacts. 4to. Cloth. Paris (Librairie Orientaliste/Geuthner)… Read more

375 pp. ethnographic text on the Cameroon cultures, incl. material on social structure, ritual arts such as scarification, etc., with a catalogue of the collection of sculptures (wooden and metal), textiles, baskets, architectural elements, masks, personal ornaments, pipes and other utilitarian objects, smithery, etc., acquired by Gebauer and his family during their residence in Cameroon ca. 1930-50, hundreds of… Read more

Gagini. 2 vols., 831, X, 507 pp. text, transcriptions of 366 documents, ext. notes, indices. 4to. Recent cloth. Palermo (Giornale di Sicilia) 1880-1884. This copy lacks the 38 plates called for. The rare and thorough text covers and documents a considerable part of the history of Renaissance sculpture in Sicily. The author is the… Read more

Unpaginated (6) pp. title and introductory matter, including list of exhibited works, accompanying 57 plates (3 in superb color) showing excellent photographs of dramatic Noh masks, most from the collections of private individuals (mainly patriarchs of Noh acting families) and a few held by National museums. Folio. Paper-covered boards, tie-bound, covers sl. rubbed, housed in later cloth… Read more

2 vols., XIII, 140, XIII, 216 pp. corpus of bronze statuettes found in the Netherlands corresponding to the Roman division of the territory, maps, appendices, bibliography, hundreds of illus., often showing multiple views of the sculptures. Sm. 4to. Cloth. Groningen (J. B. Wolters) 1967-1969. (Scripta Archaeologica Goningana, 1-2). In Roman times the country was divided horizontally along the defense-line… Read more

89, 13 pp. text (in Japanese with English summary) and descriptions, 100 plates showing a fine collection of masks as used in Noh plays. Sm. 4to. Cloth, d.j. (chipped). Kyoto (Hinoki) 1954.

240 pp. catalogue, by Hans R. Weihrauch, of 295 works, appendix on bronzes in the Residenzmuseum, bibliography, index, all pieces illustrated. 4to. Dec. cloth. Munich (Bruckmann) 1956. (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Kataloge, XIII, 5).

207 pp. descriptive catalogue of the museum's collection of 466 Italian and Spanish Renaissance and Baroque sculptures (excluding bronzes), notes, bibl., all 466 illus. in the text, many with multiple views and details. Lg. 4to. Printed cloth. Berlin (Reimer) 1913. Ex-library copy (bookplate on endpaper). An ex-library copy in excellent condition.

257 pp. descriptive and critical catalogue, by Frida Schottmuller, of Spanish and Italian sculptures of the 15th through 18th centuries including pieces in marble, clay, ceramic, wood and stone, notes, indices, all works reproduced in the text. Last few pp. neatly repaired. Large 4to. Cloth. Berlin/Leipzig (De Gruyter) 1933. Second edition. (Bildwerke des Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums).

88, (16) pp. text on the sources, use, periods and types of ancient Gallic ceramic sculpture, including extensive description of the plates, text illustrations, 75 plates of fine tinted lithographs from drawings by Tudot of the varieties of sculptures, molds and inscriptions on tablets. 4to. 1/2 leather, edges worn. Paris (C. Rollin) 1860.

Pilgram. 119 pp. scholarly text on the works of the 15th-century Viennese sculptor and his contemporaries, careful notes, critical descriptions of 56 works, documentary appendices, indices, 210 good photographic illus. on plates (1 tipped in). Large 4to. Cloth. Vienna (Herold) 1951.