478 pp. compendium of 28 papers (in English, French, and German) by numerous noted scholars and edited by S. van der Woude, most on various aspects of 16th-century bibliography, culture, letters, and science, with some on 15th- and 17th-century topics, extensive notes, num. text illus., 72 fine plates. Sm. 4to..... More
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..... More
LXIX, XCIX, 729 pp. survey of 17th- and 18th-century German art, incl. essays by Biermann, Adolf Feulner, Albert Brinckmann, and Anton Kippenberg, indices of the artists and their works with brief biographical data and descriptions, 1326 illus., and 32 fine heliogravure plates showing paintings, pastels, drawings, miniatures, sculpture, silhouettes, and..... More
Poussin. 271 pp. catalogue, including the sculptures and lost and wrongly attributed paintings, extensive bibliography, indices, 248 illus. on plates, with: Nicolas Poussin. The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. 2 vols., XXIV, 431, XX, 27 pp. papers, notes, appendices of documents, letters, contemporary criticism, etc., bibliography, list..... More
8 vols. bound in 4. XVIII, 328, XII, 411, XII, 372, VII, 386, XVI, 393, XII, 459, XX, 452, XX, 412, 180 pp. text summarizing almost nine thousand pieces of source material for the study of 17th century France, including documents from an astonishingly wide variety of sources, indices. 8vo..... More
Unpaginated (circa 9 pp.) introduction to a presentation of 15 title pages and opening pages of Virgil's works published between 1469 and 1789 (some plates in color). Folio. Plates loose as issued in cloth portfolio, cover rubbed, small note in pencil and stamp inside front cover. Berlin (Reichsdruckerei) 1930... More
Brief introductory text on the Bridgewater House Collection of Pictures followed by 120 full-page plates reproducing artwork in the Bridgewater House collection, each plate accompanied by a brief contextual caption and each artist represented by a thorough biography. Oversized folio. Full leather with raised spine, edgewear, abrasions, some small splitting..... More
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..... More
Rubens. CVIII pp. introductory text, 458 pp. transcriptions of documents relating to the activities of one of the leading Flemish art dealers and connoisseurs of the 17th century, notes, index, 17 plates. Large 8vo. Wrpps. Antwerp (Sikkel) 1949. (Bronnen voor de Geschiedenis van de Vlaamsche Kunst V). Arntzen H 204..... More
(10), 1040 pp. description of France, revised and enlarged by the author's son, François Du Chesne, arranged by provinces, (25) pp. index. Some moderate staining and toning throughout, some spots of damp-staining to title page and approximately first 30 pages. 8vo. Vellum. Light soiling, vellum has stiffened and volume no..... More
XI, 583 pp. texts of early French comedies, with biographical sketches of the playwrights, introd., notes, 20 color plates repr. drawings by Maurice Sand and H. Allouard of some of the characters in their costumes. Sm. 4to. 3/4 leather, corners and edge somewhat rubbed. Paris (Laplace, Sanchez) n.d. (ca. 1871)..... More
2 vols., 331, 422 pp. text consisting of memoirs written during the Sun King's minority, supposedly written by François, duc de La Rochefoucauld and Edme de La Châtre, comte de Naucay, though at least the former repudiated his connection with the text, notes. Note in ink on title-pages, title-page of..... More
17 pp. commentary, 88 plates of photos of views and interiors of 17th and 18th cen. churches and abbeys in Switzerland and southern Germany, some plans. Folio. Boards portfolio. Leipzig (Barmgartner's) 1907. More
2 vols., 501 pp. critical catalogue, by Matias Diaz Padron, of the collection's paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and their Flemish contemporaries, all with thorough bibliogr. documentation, bibliography, list of corrected attributions, indices, 335 pp. plate volume incl. list of plates and numerous illus. on 320 plates. Large 8vo. Cloth..... More
Elsheimer. 194 pp. study and crit. catalogue of drawings and attributions, with special attention to the distinction between Elsheimer's and Hendrick Goudt's drawings, notes, bibliography, all drawings, authentic, attributed, and attributed to Goudt, illustrated on fine plates. Large 4to. Cloth. Berlin (Deutscher Verein fur Kunstwissenschaft) 1966. (Denkmaler Deutscher Kunst). Chamberlin..... More
IX, 132 pp. catalogue to the exhibition by Emile Dacier and P. Ratouis de Limay of pastels by French artists of the 17th-18th centuries, including works by La Tour, Nanteuil, Vivien, Perronneau and Chardin, 96 plates of mostly portraits. 4to. Wrpps. Paris (G. van Oest) 1927. One of 800 copies..... More
525 pp. scholarly survey of Ligurian painting in the first half of the seventeenth century, including material on the work of Giovanni Battista Paggi, Domenico Fiasella, Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Gioachhino Assereto and Orazio de Ferrari, substantial annotation, general bibliography and bibliographies of individual artists, indices, 425 illus. on plates..... More
Carpioni. 169 pp. monograph on the Italian painter (1613-1679) based in Vicenza, detailed and fully documented catalogue raisonné of paintings and engravings (documented, attributed, wrongly attributed, etc.), concordances, locations of works, extensive notes, bibliography, indices, 209 illustrations on plates (5 in color). 8vo. Cloth. Venice (Alfieri) 1961. Freitag 1731... More
XXIV, 104 pp. catalogue of 467 entries for manuscripts and letters by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, 17th century French clergyman, orator, monarchist and tutor to Louis XV, 14 plates of facsimiles. 4to. Wrpps. Paris (Emile-Paul Frères/Henri Darel) 1932. More
Carracci. 2 vols., XIV, 183, 123 pp. monograph on the Italian Baroque painter (1560-1609), notes, catalogue raisonné, bibliography, indices, 477 illustrations in the text and on plates (10 color). Complimentary article attached to front end-paper. 4to. Cloth, tear to dust jacket of first volume. London (Phaidon) 1971. (Kress Foundation Studies..... More
24 pp. text on a selection of drawings for stage designs from the 17th to 19th centuries, including designs by the Bibienas, Juvarra, Galliari, Belotto, Pian and Schinkel, introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor, bibliography, 99 plates. 4to. Cloth, d.j. with slight tears. New York (H. Bittner) 1950. More
Liss. XIV, 190 pp. monograph on the German Baroque master (1597-1630) and his extensive and important activity in Venice, bibliogr. notes, index, 75 text illustrations, 57 plates (1 in color). Large 4to. Cloth. Berlin (Deutscher Verein fur Kunstwissenschaft) 1940. (Denkmaler Deutscher Kunst). Chamberlin 2406. Freitag 7181... More
Meester Constbeldthouwer. 579 pp. monograph on the Baroque sculptor, critical catalogue of works, notes, documents, lengthy bibl., index, 209 illus. on plates showing sculptures, preliminary drawings, sketches, etc. Lg. 8vo. Cloth. Brussels (Paleis der Academien) 1949. (Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie Voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie....... More
XIV, 366 pp. biographical dictionary of Haarlem artists, and on the painters' guild of that city, heavily annotated and documented, 7 supplemental plates of signatures and genealogical tables of the Hals, Ostade, and Suyderhoef families. 8vo. Boards, spine chipped, cover nearly detached. Haarlem/ The Hague (Bohn/ Nijhoff) 1870. Revised and..... More