Paris: Galerie du Luxembourg, 1973. Softcover. Color illustrated black wraps. 127 pp., many bw and some color illustrations. Catalogue entirely in French, but the Introductory essay is in French and English. Profusely illustrated with an insightful essay. More
The Hague: A. Aardewerk Antiquair Juwelier, 2017. Hardcover. Slate cloth boards with silver lettering. 71 pp. Over 35 color and BW illustrations. The fifth catalogue in the series "10 for TEFAF." Showcases 10 beautiful works in this collection, including a kettle, a bread basket, a diamond, and a snuffbox. More
Rotterdam: Museum Boymans, 1954. Softcover. Grey wraps with bw illus. and black lettering. 60 pp. followed by 24 bw plates. Text in Dutch. 253 works from the A.J.G. Verster collection of tin items, described and with a list of the 24 plates. Introduction by J.C. Ebbinge Wubben and brief essay..... More
Paris: Editions d'Art, no date given (circa 1930). Hardcover. Grey paper over boards; Portfolio with black cloth enclosure; 32 bw plates. Oversized. Text in French; Includes wonderful examples of Art Deco ironwork by Edgar Brandt, Richard Desvallieres, Fred Perret, Jean Prouve, Charles Piguet, Raymond Subes, Schenck & Ses Fils, Nics..... More
München: Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, 1973. Hardcover. Black cloth with gold decoration on front cover, black & illus. dust jacket, 192 pp., 400+ BW illus. Text is in German. Looks at metal hardware and locks as found on old furniture from the 15th-19th centuries. With an historical essay, plus..... More
Winterthur, Delaware: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. Cinnamon cloth/oblong boards. Illustrated copper dj with black spine. 472 pp. with 322 items pictured in bw and 17 color plates. The first ever catalogue of a major collection of copper and its alloys. Organized by function into..... More
New York, New York: Dover, 1983. Softcover. Bw photographic card wraps with white lettering. 202 pp.; 324 bw figures. Includes examples of wrought iron architectural ornamentation from Italy, Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, England, Germany, and America, in photos and drawings. Well illustrated. More
London: Trustees of the Royal Armouries, 1986. Softcover. Pictorial wraps, stapled, 64 pp., colorful illus. A copy of the official tour booklet to the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London. But there may be no need to make the trip if you've got this book to look at instead..... More
New Albany: Sotheby's Publications, 1985. Hardcover. Dark green cloth, gilt letters on spine, light green & illus. dust jacket, 359 pp., 300+ BW plates. Begins with a narrative that offers "a concise outline of Etruscan history taking into account the political and social conditions which were the background for the..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1971. Softcover. Light gray and illus. paper wraps, 199 pp., 152 BW plates or figures, map. Expands upon the work done by Merhart in 1941. "The significants of helmets ... may be judged by their rarity in comparison with swords..... More
London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1897. Hardcover. Brown buckram, cloth-reinforced hinges, [xxxii] [144] 82 pp, 72 bw plates - each with tissue protector, color triptych fold-out frontispiece. Introdution by J. Starkie Gardener, essay on enamels by Alfred Higgins. Very heavy and large. Tissue covers contain information for each respective bw..... More
Augsburg: ohann Melchior Lotte, 1795. Hardcover. Original paper-covered boards and paper-covered spine. An elaborate and extremely early publication on ornamental ironwork or metalwork. There are 6 sections to the book, each with a few pages of descripotive text keyed into the accompanying plates. Each section has 4 engraved copper plate..... More
London: Alec Tiranti Ltd., 1964. Hardcover. Black cloth, tan ill DJ. 88 pp. 483 bw drawings. This was the first book written in English about those useful domestic implements that once formed so important as part of household equipment. The work is divided into six sections: the hearth and fireplace;..... More
Boston / London: The Medici Society, (no date provided). Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt titling; Top edges gilt; 211 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. This was the first book written in English about those useful domestic implements that once formed so important as part of household equipment. The work is divided..... More
Santo Domingo de Silos, Spain: Abadia de Slios, 2016. Hardcover. White cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, white & color illus. dust jacket, 351 pp., many color and BW illus., one fold-out. Text is in Spanish. Presents artwork and designs crafted by medieval goldsmiths of Silos, Spain. Offers..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Levy, 1925. Boards. Brown portfolio boards, brown cloth spine, silver lettering. 58 bw loose plates. Text in French. Introduction with plate list is followed by all 58 plates, many with more than one image. All are of modern ironwork examples by many of europe's greatest designers and..... More
Paris: Biblioteque de la Gazette Des Beaux-arts, J. Rouam, 1892, circa. Hardcover. Prined paper boards. 144 pp. 200 black and white illustrations. Text in French. The arts of metal- metalwork, jewelry, ironwork, bronze. More
Paris: Librarie des Imprimeries Reunies, 1861-1892. Hardbound. Green library buckram with gilt lettering on spine, 82pp, 80 BW plates. An "encyclopedia" of bronze art works. The entirety of L'Art Pour Tous was published as a series, and this is a compilation of several issues together, though not in any specific..... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1991. Hardcover. Tan cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt decoration on front cover; 198 pp., 66+ BW illus, some color plates. Title on spine: Medieval Objects - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A single volume of at least a three-volume set "devoted..... More
Milan: Electa, 1995. Paperback. Teal, orange and red wraps with black, white and orange lettering. 115 pp. Illustrations. Text in Italian, English, German, and French. Includes bibliographical references. More
Milan, Italy: Ulrico Hoepli / E. Weyhe, 1929. Hardcover. green cloth with gilt printing & title plate. marbled pastedowns. 29 pgs w/ 316 pgs of illustrations. Pages edges tanned w/ occasional smudging; free of notations & marginalia. Back cover fly-leaf has a pencil sketch of architectural forms by a knowledgeable..... More
Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 1981. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 106 pp.; 36 color and bw figures. Text in German. Features the collection of armor from Schloss Ambras (Ambras Castle) in Innsbruck, Austria. Extensive text. More
Fondazione Heydar Aliyev, 2012. Hardcover. Navy paper on boards with sky blue title block, color illustration, gilt lettering. 65 pp. Approx 50 color plates. Beni Gulturali dell'Azerbaigian. Text in Italian. More
Leigh-On-Sea, England: F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd., 1937. Hardbound. Light brown cloth with gilt embossed title and design. 101pp. 139 plates including bw photographs and line drawings. A vital and important reference, here available in the original edition for an attractive price. Profusely illustrated in bw, a delight to peruse. More
Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1928. Paperback. Grey card wraps with charcoal lettering. Turquoise inside of covers (or else covers are very faded and should be turquoise). 303 pp. text, interspersed with 70 bw plates with tissue guards. Volume II only. Beautiful bw plates of clocks, jewelry, drinking vessels, statues..... More
