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
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
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: 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
London: James Tassie, 1791. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. lxxiv, (2) 496, 497-800, 12, 50, 13 (2)pp. lvii (i) plates. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece engraving. Catalogue Raisonné of Pierres Gravées & Co. taken from the most celebrated cabinets in Europe and cast in coloured pastes... More
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
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
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
Ellwangen: Selbstverlag des Verfassera, 1871. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Half leather over decorative paper boards with decorative handwritten cover label. General age wear, loose stitching on some pages, otherwise very good.Text in German. Hundreds of b&w designs, two in color. A rare work on Greek and Moorish design motifs. 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
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
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
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: 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
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
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Folio. [4], 25, [1]pp (text), 100 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
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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
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
Paris: Ch. Juliot, ND (ca 1885). Second edition. Hardcover. Folio. [2], 44 columns (22pp,), 50 loose plates; as issued, [2], 53-84 columns (16pp.), [2]pp, 50 loose plates, as issued. Original printed paper covered boards portfolio with string ties. Spine rebacked. André Jacob Roubo was a French cabinetmaker and author. The... More
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 300, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with title pasted to spine and mounted illustration on front cover. Illustrated with 269 color and monochrome photographic reproductions, numerous b/w drawings and 2 folded maps, this handsome volume is a study of the... More