Paris: Ch. Massin, 1920. First edition. Loose leaf portfolio. Elephant Folio (18 x 13"). 4pp. Original brown quarter-cloth over beautiful decorative paper-covered boards with black lettering on illustrated tan label of cover and three string-ties. Publisher's device on title page. Splendid rare pattern book featuring impressive oriental ornament designs by the..... More
Paris: Librairie Renouard - Henri Laurens Editeur, ND (ca 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (11 x 14 1/2"). [4]pp (Text), 20 loose leaves (Pochoir Plates), as issued. Original half tan cloth over paper covered portfolio, with title label pasted on front cover. String ties. Splendid collection of 20 hand-colored Art..... More
Wien (Vienna): Carl Graeser, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (18 1/2 x 13"). [1] leaf (Title and List of Content), 30 loose plates, as issued. Original quarter red cloth over printed paper covered portfolio, with red and black lettering to front cover. String ties. Publisher's device on front cover and..... More
Paris: Charles Moreau / Armand Guérinet, Editeur - Librairie d'Art Décoratif, ND (ca 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 2 leaves (Text), 32 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original quarter burgundy cloth over paper covered portfolio, with decorative title label on front cover. Publisher's logo on title. Striking collection of 32 chromolithographic..... More
Plauen I.V: F. C. Schulz & Co., (1913). First edition. Hardcover. Three-quarter cloth over decorative paper-covered boards elephant portfolio with ties. 20 chromolithographs showing early 20th century German decorative ornamentation in the Gothic style by Alfons Peerboom (1882-1958). Heavy age wear, staining and abrasions on boards. Lower quarter of front..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Heinrich Keller, 1905. Hardcover. Ex-library. Folio. 113,[24pp. Gray cloth with lettering in white on cover and spine. Frontispiece. Rare work on the history of the Automaton Clock up to the 18th century. Part II of the book focuses on the clocks in the possession of the Bavarian..... More
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1893-1911. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Striking collection of 37 chromolithographic plates (including 7 double plates) published by the Italian magazine of Decorative and Industrial art "Arte Italiana Decorativa e Industriale" between 1893 and 1911. Depicted in these striking plates are: The Portinari Chapel, a Renaissance chapel..... More
Paris: Huquier, nd (1900). Later printing. Hardcover. Folio. Original calf with elaborate gold tooling and gilt lettering on spine. All gilt edges. Marbled endpapers with dentelles. Impressive work divided into 12 parts, each containing 6 plates including an engraved title-page with special subtitle. Compared to the original edition described in..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 10pp (Plates' captions). 80 plates. Original illustrated orange cloth portfolio with black lettering on cover and spine. Collection of color designs with captions for wallpaper, gift wrap, murals, enamel, ceramics, tiles, textiles, walls, furniture, lacquer, and other purposes from European..... More
Paris: Soyer, 1811. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5"). xii, 211, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [4], 290pp (Vol. 2) (Text volumes), clxxxii (182, ie 191) leaves (Plates). Contemporary half spotted calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Millin's collection of monuments to be..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 3/4"). XIX, [1], 311, [1]pp. Uncut. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative head-..... More
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. li (i), 193 (1)pp., cxxv plates. Original three quarter Morocco over burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. "The present catalogue deals with the carved ivories of post-classical..... More
London: Edward Goldston, 1928. First English language edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 1/4 x 10 1/4"). XII, 105, [1]pp (Text), 114 leaves (Plates). Black cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Splendidly illustrated with 114 photogravure plates depicting figures found in tombs dating from the Han to the T'ang..... More
London: W. Griggs, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 101-124pp. & 22 plates and 2 plans. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Historiated initials and decorative endpieces. Illustrated with chromolithographs, duo-tone & b/w plates showing Indian textiles, woodwork, metalwork, ceramics as well as two identical ground plans of the Indian..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing co. inc., n.d. Hardcover. [10] plus 50 b/w plates resting in original 3/4 cloth over paper covered boards, with green title-label laid on front cover. String ties. Fascinating work complete in itself. Some abrasion on portfolio with closed tears and some chipping on spine. Title-label..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868. Ring_bound. Folio. [(1) 28pp., (1) 101 leaves (plates). Stitched blue leather ring binder portfolio with handwritten label on cover. Title page printed in red an black with publisher's device plus chromolithographic title page. All text pages and plates are expertly separated and placed into plastic portfolio..... More
Self published, ND. Softcover. Oblong quarto. 28pp. Original printed wraps. Rare sales catalog of the Julius Schloss company profusely illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of photo-engraved jewelry, watches, medallions, gold items, porcelain portraits for monuments, pocket mirrors, brooches, pendants, rings, cufflinks, watch chains, etc. Text in German, English, French Spanish..... More
Paris: Firmin-Didot & Cie, 1888. Third edition. Ring_bound. Folio. (2) 60, 100pp, 100 chromolithographic color plates. Stitched brown leather ring binder portfolio with handwritten label on cover. Title page printed in red an black with publisher's device. All text pages and plates are separated and placed into plastic portfolio sleeves..... More
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New York: NP, 1935, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Square quarto. 7pp. + 17plates. Half green leather over green buckram boards, gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Marbled endpapers. The book is a unique binding of the complete checklist of the Limoges enamel holdings of the Frick Collection, printed in..... More
New York: Hessling & Spielmeyer, ca. 1890. First American edition. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio (18 5/8 x 13 1/2"). (1) 35 plates. Original string-bound three-quarter red cloth over gray boards; label with black lettering pasted to cover. Title plate with publisher's device. Roman numeral I penciled in front of printed..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Folio. [4], 25, [1]pp (text), 112 leaves (plates). Original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Chromolithographic title page. "The Grammar of Ornament" is by any standards a remarkable book. When it was first published..... More
Budpest: National Museum of Hungary, 1879. Hardcover. Folio. Portfolio. Preface booklet (8pp.) in German, followed by table of contents (in Hungarian, German and French) and 37 (of 40) numbered loose color plates, with plates no. 13, 15 and 19 missing. Illustrated title paste-on over green cloth binding. Work on ornaments..... More
Colorado Springs: Out West Co., 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto (13 x 24 3/4") bound at top edge. 2 leaves, 86pp. (pp. 43–56 folding, 57–86 threefold. Original bolted orange-brown cloth with large lithographic plate laid into debossed frame. First leaf with foreword and information about the author with framed..... More
Berlin: Max Spielmeyer, ca. 1890. First edition. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio (18 5/8 x 13 1/2"). (1) 35 plates. Original string-bound three-quarter red cloth over gray boards with black lettering and publisher's device on cover; two labels with black lettering pasted to cover, on top of each other. Title plate..... More
München: Hirmer Verlag, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 303, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with hundreds of striking b/w and color photographic reproductions depicting 19th and 20th century beads, this catalogue was published to accompany an exhibition entitled 40.000 Perlen - der einen Lust, der anderen Last (40,000 Beads -..... More