Le style empire - Lhotel de Beauharnais a Paris
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1930. Hardcover. Tan boards with gilt lettering 18 pgs, plates. More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1930. Hardcover. Tan boards with gilt lettering 18 pgs, plates. More
Paris: C. Eggimann, (not identified). Hardcover. Oversized bound in green cloth, gilt spine lettering; 20 pp text followed by 80 plates. Text is in French. The Empire Style: The Hotel Beauharnais; Palace of the German Embassy in Paris. Includes photographs of architecture, furniture and interior decor of the German Embassy..... More
Paris: Chez F. Contet, 1913. Troisieme Edition. Hardcover. Oversized, green marble paper over boards, green cloth spine with gilt lettering, bw illustrated title page, (4) pp text with bw illustrations; plates numbered 1-40. Text is in French. The Old Hotels of Paris; The Temple and the Marsh. Volume II, Patterns..... More
Paris: Chez F. Contet, 1913. Quatrieme Edition. Hardcover. Oversized, green marble paper over boards, green cloth spine with gilt lettering, bw illustrated title page, (4) pp text with bw illustrations; plates numbered 1-40. Text is in French. The Old Hotels of Paris; The Temple and the Marsh. Volume I, Patterns..... More
Pisa, Italy: Presso Niccolo Capurro, 1815. Hardbound. Green library cloth with gilt title on spine and white call letters. viii, 223 pp. Text is in Italian. Gives historical details and descriptions of the following palaces and collections: Palazzo di Pitti; R. Villa del Poggio Imperiale; R. Villa del Poggioa Cajano;..... More
Boston, MA: Rogers and Manson, Publishers, 1900, circa. Hardbound. Tan boards with green cloth spine and 1/2 cover, with gilt embossed title. 52 pp., appx. 50 bw plates. No text to speak of, and a non-traditional title-page. More
Paris, France: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1904. Reproduction of 1775 edition. Hardcover. Blue library buckram; Approx. 150 pp.; 60 bw plates. Text in French; Drawings of decorative interiors designed by Juste-Francois Boucher, son of the French painter Francois Boucher. Alcoves, doorways, libraries, buffets, commodes, retables, wall panels and more. More
1980s. Softcover. White glossy wraps; Spiralbound; 26 pp.; No illustrations. Includes a brief biography of architect Ricardo Brofill and the formation of Taller de Arquitectura, a team of architects, engineers, philosophers, and other professionals; Lists the team's projects between 1962 and 1986; No author or publication information--probably compiled by a...... More
New York: The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1977. Softcover. Red ill. stapled wraps. 48 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. History of the seaside palace built for King George IV. With many illustrations of its Oriental-style architecture and decorative arts. A John Nash wonder. More
Dornach, Schweiz: Door Het Goetheanum, Freie Hochschule fur Geisteswissenschaft, 1961. Softcover. Purple illustrated wraps. 50 pp plus 30 BW plates. Text in Dutch. Biography of Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861 – 1925), Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist, featuring photos of the Goetheanum. More
Varallo, Italy: Riserva Naturale Speciale del Sacro Monte di Varallo, 2007. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 470 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw photos and reproductions. Text in Italian; Discusses in detail the Sacri Monti World Heritage Site, located in the Piedmont and Lombardy regions of northern Italy. They are..... More
Paris: La case d'art, 1964. Pamphlet. Light green wraps. [8] pages oblong 18 figure. Text in French. Introduction by Guido Marinell. Exhbition held December 1-30, 1964. More
Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1909. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt lettering. 142 pgs. Illustrations. More
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit and Co., 1889. Hardcover. Small, green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on front cover, gilt design on back. Brown decorative endpapers. 64 pp. 7 BW illustrations. Large fold-out map tipped inside back cover. A catalogue on aspects of the famous Bon Marche department store, including..... More
London: The National Trust, 1986. Softcover. Yellow wraps with color illustration and black lettering; 63 pp. with several bw illustrations. A guidebook/tour of the stately home, with a plan of the house and information about 15 of the rooms/areas of the property. Includes a Hoare family genealogy and section about..... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1925. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards; Black cloth with gilt titling at spine; Approx. 210 pp.; 200 bw plates. Includes a short introduction, "Terra Cotta Precedent in Italy: Its Adaptability to Modern Design." The rest of the book is plates with captions, some only..... More
Leipzig, Germany: Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag, 1929. Softcover. Blue paper with blue illus. paper dj.; 79 pp.; 80 bw photos and figures. Text in German; Photos of various towers, fountains, and monuments in Germany; Part of the "Blauen Bucher" series. More
London: John Tiranti & Co., 1931. Tiranti's complete edition, The Scopas Series. Hardcover. Brownish paper boards with cloth over spine. 105 bw plates, plus indexes, preface, and frontispiece. Lesser known edition. More
Raleigh: Student Publications of the School of Design, University of North Carolina, 1964. Paperback. Green wraps with no lettering or illustration; unpaginated; richly illustrated. This book is Number 1 of Volume 14 in the Series entitled "Student Publications of the School of Design, North Carolina State of the University of..... More
Helsinki: Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1978. Softcover. White wraps. 168 pp. 236 color and bw plates. Text in English. Survey of renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's buildings that incorporates his writings on the subject. Also illustrates some of his paintings and drawings. With essays by 4 additional authors. More
Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, SA, 2001. English ONLY. Softcover. Orange card wraps with color illustration and bw lettering. 207 pp. with bw images throughout. Text in ENGLISH ONLY! "The Good Life takes the reader on a tour of the houses that the 20th century has bequeathed to us, the aim..... More
London: John Tiranti & Co, 1928. Revised edition. Hardcover. Grey cloth. Foreword and table of contents followed by 64 bw plates. Oversize. Selection of reprint plates, drawing from Swan's works 1) The British Architect of the Builders Treasury of Staircases, 2) A Collection of Designs in Architecture, 3) Designs in..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1993. Softcover. Perfect-bound paper thesis with mylar cover in two parts; Part 1 (text) - 483 pp.; Part 2 (illustrations) - 275 pp. A thesis about the actual bank building itself. More
Dresden: Gilbers'sche Konigl. Hof-Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1880's. Hardcover. Oversized bound in 1/2 red leather and color illustrated paper over boards; spine has gilt lettering and five raised bands; top edge gilt, color illustrated end papers; 76 pp with bw illustrations, 69 bw plates, many are mounted. Text is in German. Bookplate inside..... More
New York: Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. black cloth boards; light blue illustrated dustjacket w/ white, black printing. 319 pgs w/ illustrations. In Classical Architecture Robert Adam traces the history of classical design to the present day and provides examples of virtually everyone of its applications. He shows how the style of..... More