Germany: NP, ca. 1900/1910. Hardcover. Large quartos. 12.5x9" and 12x9". Two albums in leatherette bindings with gilt ruling on the spines. One in brown with gilt-stamped designs on the cover, and other other in textured green boards with a gilt-stamped design and ruling on the front cover. The unique albums... More about Two Unique Albums of Jewelry Designs
London: NP, ND (ca 1930). Original document. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. [118] leaves. Original 3/4 brown morocco over decorative cloth. This unique album contains 253 pieces of mounted cardboards onto bound-in cream leaves, with hand-painted or drawn designs for a variety of fine jewelry manufactured by T&J Perry Jewellers located at... More about Jewelery Design Book from T&J Perry Jewellers London
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 about Vorlagen für Galanterie-Drechsler. Entwürfe für Gegenstände aus Elfenbein, Bein, Perlmutter,...
Paris: Librairie Renouard - Henri Laurens Editeur, ND (ca 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (11 x 14 1/2"). [4]pp (Text), 20 loose leaves (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 Nouveau... More about Application de la forme à l'espace à décorer : Vingt planches en couleurs
London: B. T. Batsford, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (4)pp., 40/40 plates. Original illustrated light green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated title page. A collection of forty colored lithographs printed in facsimile of the original drawings accompanied by studies of detail from each subject... More about Decorative Flower Studies for the Use of Artists, Designers, Students, and Others
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 about Nouveaux Documents Décoratifs en Couleurs: Ornements, Fleurs, Oiseaux, Panneaux, Tentures, Bordures
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 about Modernisierte Ornamentik in Anlehnung and den gotischen Stil
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 about Die Geschichte der Rädeuhr unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Uhren des Bayerischen...
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 about Arte Italiana Decorativa e Industriale: Anno III-XII, XV, XVIII, XX (1893-1911
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 about Oeuvres de Gille Marie Oppenort. 2ème recueil. Frises, panneaux, pendules, pilastres,...
Nuremberg: Conrad Geiger, 1838–1855. First edition. Hardcover. Unsigned inscription on front free endpaper: "With the best of good wishes from old pals in remembrance of old days at Nottingham Place. Large Quarto. (blank) 8, 6pp., 48 plates, 8, 6pp., 48 plates, 8, 6pp., 48 plates, 6, 6pp., 56 plates. Bound... More about Collection of Architectural Ornaments of the Middle-Ages in the Byzantine and Gothic Style. (Carl...
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 about Dekorative Vorbilder: Farbige Meisterwerke aus alter und neuer Zeit - Jahrgang XXIX
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 about Galerie mythologique: recueil de monuments pour servir à l'étude de la mythologie, de...
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 about History of the Fan
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 about Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings...
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 about Chinese Tomb Figures. A Study in the Beliefs and Folklore of Ancient China
New York: Ashland Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio. (xxi) [2] 742pp. In original publisher's cardboard box. Illustrated black dust jacket with white lettering on covers and spine. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled endpapers. The work is a detailed and comprehensive study of the... More about Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds, An Illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection
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 about The Journal of Indian Art (Articles and plates from Issues No. 13(?) & No. 14
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 about English interior woodwork of the XVI, XVII, & XVIIIth centuries; a series of the best and...
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 about The Grammar of Ornament
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 about Julius Schloss & Co., Frankfurt a. Main. Fabrik von Semi-Emaille-Schmuck, Uhrketten,...
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 about L'Ornement Polychrome: Cent Planches en Couleurs Or et Argent Contenant Environ 2,000 Motifs de...
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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 about The Frick Collection: Limoges Enamles, Checklist [BOUND TOGETHER WITH] 17 Original Photographs
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London: Streeter & Co. Ltd., [1898]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 61, [3]pp. Original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on front cover. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Undated but 1898 (see below). This handsome catalog contains fascinating essays on 31 individual gem stones, as well as on heraldry, and the hardness... More about Gems: Streeter & Co. Ltd. [Catalog No. 101
Ellwangen: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Half leather over decorative paper boards with decorative handwritten cover label, protected in modern mylar. Work exemplifying various ways of linear ornamentation, predominantly meant for self-study but useful for school classes as well, introducing aids to arrive at new combinations... More about Das gradlinige Ornament