Small humorous and pseudo-erotic 48 pp. flipbook with drawings of a woman seated atop her husband's back while he lays face down on a bed, beating him with a slipper while he kicks and flails. 3.7 x 7.1 cm. Original paper wrpps., a small tear to front cover where it..... More
Group of twelve mid-19th century hand-colored engraved illustrated phenakistoscope discs on cardstock (four double-sided), seven bearing figural illustrations and the other five with geometric or botanical designs, together with a cast iron phenakistoscope, an early optical illusion or animation device, the discs meant to be placed on the phenakistoscope and..... More
Large handcolored lithographed star map in the style of a planisphere, designed by Frank and drawn by Joseph Kaiser, depicting constellations from the North Pole to the 40th latitude, with overlaid volvelle-type component to rotate in order to match up the month, day, and time shown in concentric circles around..... More
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. More
Vienna: Urania, 1959. A rare poster documenting the short-lived collaboration between the three modern Austrian artists, in the form of a manifesto concering the establishment of a ‘universal academy of all creative fields', mixing typescript and mechanically reproduced handwritten lettering and corrections, consisting of two sheets joined together. Many fold..... More
Wien und Leipzig: Gerlach & Co., [1900–1902]. Quarto (25.5 × 30 cm). Oblong portfolio housing thirty chromolithographed plates, including title, with monochrome design to versos. The portfolio (often damaged or lacking entirely) only with the most minor wear and scratches; the plates very good or better. One of the most..... More
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. More
Vienna: Wilhelm Melzer, 1909. Oblong octavo (14.7 × 17 cm). Original white leather with gold, red, and black armorial stamping; all edges gilt; [2] pp., title, 1 pp. poem by Harmann Hangoo, followed by 11 fine chromolithographic plates showing an illustrated score by Haydn and scenes commemorating events in Vienna..... More
Willibald Hamburger. At head of title page: Neue Werkkunst. XIV pp. introduction to a presentation of 16 plates showing photographs, plans and drawings of works by the architect located in Bad Kreuznach, including private residences, commercial buildings, schools. Sm. 4to. Cloth, cover slightly faded. Berlin/Leipzig/Vienna (Friedrich Ernst Hübsch) 1930... More
VIII, 278 pp. crit. catalogue, by Leo Planiscig, of 495 bronze statues, busts, and reliefs, all illustrated, bibliography, index of artists. Corners of some pp. bumped. 4to. Cloth-backed bds., extremities worn. Vienna (Schroll) 1924. (Publikationen aus den Sammlungen fur Plastik und Kunstgewerbe, IV). The catalogue of the rich collection is..... More
7 vols. bound in 15 parts, comprising a complete set of the monumental catalogue of manuscripts in the Austrian National Library, copiously annotated, with bibliographic references throughout, each volume containing its own registers and indexes, profusely illustrated with collotype reproductions of manuscript texts and illuminations, some in color. Large 4to..... More
126 pp. volume documenting a year's literary and visual art contributions from the landmark artistic movement, the volume edited by Max Mell, with literary contributions by Peter Altenberg, Franz Blei, Max Brod, Franz Theodor Czokor, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Arthur Roessler, and with graphic contributions from Josef..... More