2 pp. introductory text by G. B. Milani, 66 fine plates showing beautiful architectural renderings and ground plans of expansive and occasionally opulent palazzi of refinement and elegance, most with observation towers, some with terraces and other outdoor spaces, a few incorporating some Art Nouveau details. Sm. folio. Orig. dec..... More
1686. (24), 456, (36) pp. detailed text on artworks in hundreds of Roman churches and palazzi, each building getting its own entry ranging from a paragraph or two to several pages, and including works by Caracci, Mantegna, Gozzoli, Carlo Fontana, Cortese, Domenichino, Borromini, Guido Reni, da Vinci, Lorenzo Lotti, Michelangelo..... More
![Tōkyō kangyō hakurankai jimu hōkoku jōkan [Tokyo Industrial Exposition Report, Vol. 1]....](/pictures/thumb/50219_001.jpg?v=1580326967)
331 pp. volume representing the first part of a two-part govermental report on the 1907 Tokyo Industrial Exposition, covering the overall operations and organization of the exposition including maps and plans for the arrangement of the pavilions within Ueno Park, and interior plans describing the use of the pavilions and..... More
5 vols., 424, 572, 383, 527, 421 pp. account of 19th century artistic development in western Germany, particularly in and around Cologne, notes, lists, brief biographies, indices, thoroughly illus. in the text and on plates from plans, drawings, paintings, photographic views of architecture, monuments, etc. 4to. Cloth, illus. d.j. Dusseldorf..... More
Prague: Orbis, 1949. Octavo (21 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Zdeněk Rossmann; 149, [3] pp. Very good; tiny nick to lower overlapping edge and two small stains; in protective mylar. A late, but striking design by Zdeněk Rossmann for this title on the Soviet banking system. The title..... More
506 pp. festschrift compiled for Prof. M.D. Ozinga, comprised of articles on various architectural topics, primarily in Dutch, but also including at least one article in Italian, French, German, and English, with bibliographic notes, bibliography of Ozinga's works, and dozens of illus. in text showing architectural plans, views, ornament, and..... More
3 vols. IX, 226, 450, 153 pp. study of the architecture and ornamentation of medieval church doorways in Gniezno, Poland, incl. discussion of metal-work, Christian symbolism, and conservative analyses, with bibliographic notes, summaries in Russian and French, index, and over 500 illus. in text and on plates (1 fold-out). 4to..... More
![Wybrane wérše [Selected poems].; Ludowe wydani. Óndra Łysohorsky, i. e. Erwin Goj...](/pictures/thumb/P5674_1.jpg?v=1587551525)
Olomouc: Index, 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 13.3 cm). Original printed wrappers; 34, [2] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author to the Czech poet Jiří Taufer. Very good. Scarce work by this Silesian poet, who became famous for defending the rights of speakers of the so-called Lach dialects, a group..... More
Budapest: Magyar Müvészeti Tanács, 1947–1948. Quartos (30 × 24 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 41 to 68 pp. per issue. Numerous full-page illustrations, including some in color. About very good; light wear to edges of wrappers. Complete run of this significant Hungarian post-war journal of modern and avant-garde art and culture..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo izobrazitel'nogo iskusstva, 1954. Quarto (29 × 22 cm). Original cloth over boards; 152 pp. A photo-album of the “definitive” 1954 version of The All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (today known as VDNKh; Vystavka Dostizhenii Narodnogo Khoziaistva), which re-opened in grand Stalinist style shortly after the leader’s death. The album..... More
Kiev: Izdatel’stvo Akademii Arkhitektury Ukrains’koi SSR, 1952. Oblong quarto (23 × 30 cm). Original green card boards, embossed title to front board; 108 pp. and [10] leaves of plates, as well as numerous illustrations from photographs and drawings in the text, some in color. Boards lightly discolored and scuffed to..... More
![Architektur von Olbrich [Architecture by Olbrich]. Complete set of six portfolios of plates....](/pictures/thumb/50939_004.jpg?v=1622818909)
Berlin: Verlegt bei Ernst Wasmuth, [1901-1914]. Imperial folios (50 × 33 cm). Original gilt embossed quarter cloth portfolios with one introductory leaf, 6 title leaves, and 445 (of 450) leaves of plates. The present set is nearly complete, lacking only 5 leaves: series II, nos. 17-18 and series III, nos..... More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Vsesoiuznoi Akademii arkhitektury, 1937. Quarto (35 × 26.5 cm). Maroon cloth boards; gilt title to front board; 159 pp. Five leaves of plates, including four in color and one folding leaf. Illustrated with over 200 additional drawings in the text. Boards discolored and lightly worn; else about very..... More
![Proekty rabochikh zhilishch [Projects of workers' housing]. Projekte der Arbeiterwohnungen....](/pictures/thumb/50121_001.jpg?v=1615996563)
Moscow: Tsentral'nyi bank kommunal'nogo khoziaistva i zhilishchnogo stroitel'stva, 1929. Quarto (32.5 × 26 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 264 pp. 82 leaves of plates and numerous additional drawings in the text. Wrappers professionally reattached; owner inscription to ffep; else very good. Rare monumental work on large-scale workers' housing projects in the..... More
Moscow-Leningrad; Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. Oblong octavo (16.5 × 23 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 36 pp. of text followed by 37 pp. of illustrations. Very good. First and only edition. Combining traditional embroidery methods with contemporary designs of bridges and airplanes, this guide to decorative embroidery is intended for Soviet “home..... More