[London]: for the Author, 1764. First edition. Modern full morocco. Large folio (53.0 by 38.0 cm). iv, [7, subscribers' list], [1, blank], 33, [1, blank] pp; 53 (of 54) leaves, comprising 60 (of 61) engraved plates (7 double-suite, 6 folding), each numbered according to the descriptive list on pp. 19-33..... More
Venice: The Giolito Press [Giovanni II & Giovanni Paolo Giolito de Ferrara], 1590. First edition. Modern vellum. Small folio (27.3 by 18.7 cm). Signatures: a-c2, A-Z2, AA-NN2 (= 78 leaves). [xii], 143, [1, blank] pp. Title set within elaborate woodcut historiated borders; full- and half-page woodcut illustrations, plans, and diagrams..... More
Paris: for Jacques Gazeau (by the widow and heirs of Jean Barbé), 1547. Folio (36.8 by 25 cm). Signatures: A4, [2nd series:] A-C6 D5, [3rd series:] A-2C6 (= 183 leaves; blank 2C6); [27], 155, [1, blank] ff. Title with large woodcut portrait vignette (repeated beneath colophon); More than 150 woodcut..... More
Venice: Francesco de Franceschi and Johann Criegher, 1567. First Latin edition. Vellum. Folio (29.8 by 20 cm.). Signatures: a6 b4 A-2G6 2H8 (= 198 leaves); [20], 375, [1, printer's device] pp. More than 120 woodcut illustrations, plans, and diagrams throughout; initials. Contemporary vellum (lightly soiled), yapp edges. A few light..... More
Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1684. Second, revised edition. Contemporary Calf. Folio (40.6 by 27.9 cm.) Collation: [pi]1 a2 e2 i2 o2 A-4Y2 4Z4 (-4Z4; = 194 leaves ). [18], 354, [16] pp; engraved hors texte half-title; 68 numbered engraved plates (some double-suite) in text; woodcut diagrams throughout. Contemporary marbled calf..... More
Paris: Edme Martin, 1650. First edition. Two parts, folio (41.9 by 28.25 cm). 62 leaves. [12], 109, [1, blank], [2, glossary of terms] pp. Added engraved title, with portrait of the author; 40 full-page engraved plates; engraved headpieces, initials. Contemporary calf (some wear at extremities), gilt borders; spine with raised..... More
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux - Arts, [1907-1909]. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio (21 3/8 x 14 3/4"). XXVIII, 46, [2]pp (Text). C (100) loose leaves (Plates), as issued (Vol. 1); [4]pp, CI-CC (101-200) loose leaves (Plates), as issued (Vol. 2). Original half olive cloth over decorative paper covered boards..... More
Paris: Pierre Daret, 1648. Second, augmented edition. Contemporary vellum. Folio (43.5 by 28.2 cm.) [6: title, engraved frontispiece, dedication, reader's preface], 7 (descriptive text); 41 (of 48) full-page engraved plates, numbered in five sequences. Contemporary vellum (lightly soiled; traces of old paper label at spine); edges stained crimson. Minor erosion..... More
Paris: A. Morel, 1869-1872. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (17 3/4 x 13 1/2"). Vol. 1: [4], 56pp (Text), lxxxi (81) leaves (Plates); Vol. 2: [4], 120pp (Text), cxvii (117) leaves (Plates); Vol. 3: [4], 74pp (Text), xcviii (98) leaves (Plates); Vol. 4: [4], 166 (i.e. 168)pp (Text), cv (105) leaves..... More
Leiden-Köln: E. J. Brill, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxiii, 539pp, xv, 367 illustrations. Original light green cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Publisher's device on title page. Printed errata leaf laid into both volumes. "... this book aims to provide..... More
Changsha: Yuelu Publishing House, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 38, 758pp. Several thousand text illustrations and diagrams; double suite folding color panomora (recto and verso), 63 color photo plates, 131 monochrome photo plates. Publisher’s light brown leather, with darker brown stamped lettering; map vignette at rear cover. Covers scuffed..... More
New Haven; London; Oxford: Yale University Press, 1915. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/750. Folio. 20 loose pages (text), 244 loose leaves (plates), as issued. Original red cloth portfolio with gold lettering on spine. Portfolio containing a tan paper covered chemise. Publisher's logo on title page. Remarkable work in which are..... More
Miyashiro: Nippon Institute of Technology, Research Mission, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (6)pp., 44 plates, (8) 154 (4)pp., 19 architectural plans and drawings, 2 of them folding. Original orange cloth with black lettering on cover and spine in original glassine dustjacket, housed in publisher's card box with green printed labels..... More
Miyashiro: Nippon Institute of Technology, Research Mission, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (6)pp., 44 plates, (4) 120 (4)pp., 24 architectural plans and drawings, 6 of them folding. Original orange cloth with black lettering on cover and spine in original glassine dustjacket, housed in publisher's card box with printed orange labels..... More
London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, Holborn, 1794. Second edition, much enlarged. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xvi, 117pp., 10 plates. Bound in three-quarter light brown leather over decorative black cloth, gilt ruling on covers and gilt lettering and tooling on spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and..... More
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Stuttgart: Wilhelm Meyer-Ilschen, 1913. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). XIVpp (Text), 32 leaves (Plates). Original decorative yellow wrappers. An exhaustive architectural survey of 18th and 19th century Wurtemberg castles in Rococo and Classicism style. This work is lavishly illustrated with 37 photogravures (including 27 full-page) documenting..... More
Mexico: Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas; Imprenta Universitaria, 1955; 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 29, [1]pp + 159, [3]pp. Full spotted calf with gold lettering and borders on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Original wrappers bound in for the two volumes. First page of "La decoracion simbolica de..... More
Cambridge: Published by the Museum, 1913. Softcover. Folio. xxii,[1],285,[28]pp. Original printed wraps. Illustrated with 280 in-text b/w reproductions of drawings of Maya art as well as b/w reproductions of photographs on 29 plates showing various Maya architecture. Includes b/w fold-out map in rear, as issued. Staining, age wear, scuffing, tears..... More
Lancaster, California: Labyrinthos, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xviii, 350, xii, [1] 320, xi, [4] 382pp. Original bright red cloth with gilt-stamped Mayan imagery on cover, black lettering and gilt ruling on spine. Black , anthracite, and gray endpapers. Illustrated double title pages. Extensive list of figures and tables at..... More
Washington, D.C. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1946. Leaves (15 3/4" x 13") only, no binding. Cut-out title-page (14" x 8 1/2"). Authoritative work on Mayan architecture by Tatiana Proskouriakoff drawn during her trip in 1939-40 to Copan, Chichen Itza and the the cities of the Puuc. The plates by Proskouriakoff..... More
Jerusalem: Imprimerie des PP. Franciscains, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (23.3 by 16.4 cm). 6, [2], 288 pp., profusely illustrated with 114 b/w photo-reproductions, maps, and figures in the French Language text. With bibliography, table of biblical references, and index. Dark brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt. Faintest rubbing..... More
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1994. Softcover. Sm. 4to. 456pp. Original printed blue wrappers. General architectural history of Jerusalem from the Chalcolithic period (Copper Age) to the early stages of the Ottoman Empire. Front cover slightly creased and stained. Minor rubbing on head and tail of spine, otherwise very good condition..... More
Innsbruck: Wagner'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1887. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (2), 72, v. Three-quarter blue cloth over blue marbled paper words. Description and comparison between the Temples of Solomon and Herod. Includes five foldout architectural drawings. Text in German. Spine chipped. Title-page strengthened. Age-toning to leaves. Lightly embrowned. Foxing to rear pages..... More
México: Imprenta Universitaria, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 115, [5]pp (text), 90pp (plates). Full red morocco with gold-stamped decorative borders on covers and gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Half-title page inscribed and signed by Francisco de la Maza. This fascinating study of the interior of convents..... More
Dijon, Bostan: Venot, Marshall Jones, 1928. Softcover. 4to. 219pp. Followed by 36 numbered plates. Illustrated wrappers in glassine jacket. Archeological and historical work on Roman art in the Bourgogne region. Written by Charles Oursel (1876-1967), conservator of the Bibliotheque de Dijon. With a preface by renowned Harvard medievalist architectural historian..... More