Bratislava: Odborné učilišťe štátnych pracovných záloh číslo 15, 1955. Large octavo (25 × 17 cm). Original embossed beige cloth; ca. 200 leaves of text to rectos. Title beginning to detach; else very good. Scarce and very appealing Slovak typographic specimen book, published by a state-run trade school in Bratislava, evidently..... More

Prague: S.V.U. Mánes, 1934. Octavo (20 × 13.8 cm). Original printed light pink wrappers, pictorial dust jacket illustrated with a drawing by Toyen; 180, [2] pp. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper; the wrapper with dust-soiling and small nicks to upper edges and spine extremities. First Czech..... More

(lii), 186 pp. architectural treatise on the three Greek orders and other basic architectural and construction details such as windows and doors couched in a self-promotional work intended to present Antoine as an original architectural theorist, illustrating his treatise with the designs of his own projects, including the façade of..... More

St. Petersburg: Proletkul’t, 1919. Octavo (21 × 14.5 cm). Original illustrated, staple-stitched wrappers; 37, [2] pp. Wrappers very lightly chipped; paper restoration to spine extremities and wrapper edges. Still about very good. Fifth edition of the debut collection of poetry by one of the early members of Petrograd (St. Petersburg)..... More

VIII, 90 pp. text concerning the ruins, monuments, reliefs and sculptures of ancient Rome, including 128 engravings, several depicting architectural plans, on 73 numbered plates executed by Dominico Montagu after drawings by Barbault, a former student and later rival of Piranesi. Some extremely minor scattered soiling or toning. Large folio..... More

Moscow: Gosudarstennoe sel’skokhoziaistvennoe izdatel’stvo “Novaia derevnia”, 1929. Small octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 31, [1] pp. Illustrated with sixteen drawings and photographs. About very good. First and only edition of this pamphlet, not found in KVK or OCLC, which introduces the method of constructing fire-proof roofing..... More

Beyaert. 2 vols., titles and lists of contents, 240 excellent plates from engravings by Joseph and Franz Neirynck showing plans, elevations, and views of the Belgian architect's works, incl. many superb details of architectural ornament. Folio. Cloth-backed boards. Brussels (Lyon-Claesen) 1880-1892. Placzek I, p. 206. A rare set documenting the..... More

Two volumes, 180, 152 pp. total, published in conjunction with the International Congress of Architects held in Budapest in 1930, the first volume collecting essays and lectures on historical and contemporary design with a special focus on 20th century architecture in Central Europe and especially Hungary, the second volume published..... More

Prague: [Architektura ČSR], 1946. Octavo (20.8 × 14.8 cm). Original card wrappers in photo-illustrated dust wrapper; 57, [2] pp. Unattributed photo-illustrated cover. Very good. First edition of this work by Czech psychoanalyst, philosopher, art theoretician, and writer Bohuslav Brouk, one of the first promoters of Freud’s work in Czechoslovakia. He..... More

At head of title: Akademiia Nauk SSSR: Archiv. 372 pp. study of the history and development of architectural ensembles, or arrangements of buildings and complexes in spatial contexts, in Russia with particular attention to those in St. Petersburg, detailed scholarly notes, ext. bibliography, 86 illustrations in the text and on..... More

3 pp. biographical introduction by P.M. Martini, 101 nice annotated plates from photographs showing interior and exterior architectural views. Lg. 4to. All loose as issued, guard tissues chipped at edges, in dec. cloth portf., sl. soiled. Milan (Bestetti e Tumminelli) n.d. (ca. 1913). A testament to the vision of a...... More

Sangallo. 3 vols., LV, 404, 433, 416 pp. history of the family of Florentine Renaissance architects and artists, including Giuliano, the Antonios and Battista, their works and their relations with the Medicis and the Popes, index, bibliography, numerous illustrations and plans. Some foxing throughout. 4to. 3/4 leather and boards, a...... More

Unpag. volume containing 98 nighttime photographs of illuminated historical and cultural monuments and landmarks throughout France and Francophone Northern Africa, produced on the occasion of a promotional campaign organized by Mazda in conjunction with the 1937 Exposition Universelle focused on art and technology, with two short text passages, index, map..... More