Filippo Brunelleschi
London: Pall Mall Press, 2012. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 400 pages : illustrations, plans. Originally published: Milan : Electra Architecture, 1976./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index. More
London: Pall Mall Press, 2012. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 400 pages : illustrations, plans. Originally published: Milan : Electra Architecture, 1976./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index. More
London: Bloomsbury Books, 1987. fourth impression. Hardbound. Navy blue cloth, gold lettering, illus. dj; 244 pp. with 181 bw plates and 60 color plates. Contains examples of portraits, buildings, furnishings, ornamentation; with chronology and maps locating buildings and monuments designed by Robert Adams, "unquestionably Scotland's most famous architect and one..... More
New York: Musuem of Modern Art, 2012. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards, color-photographic dust jacket with red and white lettering. 270 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Plans. Photo is of a previous copy in our collection; copy is not shrink-wrapped. Henri Labrouste is one of the few nineteenth-century architects consistently lionized as..... More
Paris: Gallimard / Electa, 1996. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 258 pp.; 199 color and bw plates and figures. Text in French; Accompanied an exhibition at the Chateau du Blois; Contains 52 writings about the architect by various authors; Beautifully illustrated with drawings and photos. More
New York: Rizzoli, 1988. Softcover. Beige paper wraps with color illustration; matching dj with cut-out showing illustration on front cover; 334 pp. with color and bw illustrations throughout. Essays by the four authors about Ambasz the man and architect, followed by illustrations and extensive descriptions of several of Ambasz's designs..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver lettering on front and spine, color illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, 308 pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English; Translation of: Gaudi, l'home i l'obra. This illustrated biography of Antonio Gaudi explores how his work came..... More
New York: Benjamin Blom Inc., 1971. Hardcover. purple cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book xiii, 156 pgs. Pages bright. A facsimile of 1711 Parma edition. Introduction of Diane M. Kelder. More
London, England: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1979. Softcover. tan pictorial wrappers w/ blue printing. 130 pgs w/ bw & select color illustrations. A wonderfully illustrated history of Steiner's endeavors building The Goetheanum's. More
Basel; Boston: Stuttgart:Birkhauser, 1979. Hardcover. White paper over boards; illustrated in color and bw, with black, pink and white lettering. 111pp. Richly illustrated in color and bw. Text in German and English; "This pictorial account of Courtyard House architecture in China and its significance for today is divided into two..... More
Basel/Boston: Birkhäuser, 1999. Hardcover. Black textured boards with white lettering on spine. Black textured dust jacket with white lettering. 191 pp, profusely illustrated in large, bw illustrations. Text in English and German. Werner Blaser introduces the reader in this book to Werner Sobek's work and his professional career. He describes..... More
Paris / London: Rene Julliard / A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1958. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards. xiv, 162 pages : illustrations, 67 plates. Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156). More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Hardcover. Blue boads, illustrated dj. xix, 192 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index. More
London: Batsford, 1912. Reimpression with Corrections. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, bw frontispiece of Lichfield Cathedral, top edge gilt, burgundy silk ribbon page marker, xxii, 782 pp. in two volumes, bw illustrations, plates, plans, diagrams. "First Published November 1905. Reprinted 1906. Reimpression with..... More
Milan: Electa, 1986. Softcover. Plain grey wraps; Grey illus. dj.; 283 pp.; 279 bw figures. Text in Italian; An in-depth look at the life and work of Leon Battista Alberti; Part of the "Documenti di architettura" series. More
Rome: Edizioni Del Tritone, 1969. Hardcover. peach cloth boards w/ gilt emblen & gilt spine printing. approx. 420 pgs w/ text & bw & color prints. In Italian. This is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated edition of Victor Horta's work, one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. More
New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1994. First. Hardcover. Charcoal grey cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 335 pp.; 292 bw and color figures. Issues from textblock and opening hinge appear to be related to the spine top bruise; possibly from a drop. Traces the career of Andrea Palladio, including..... More
Paris, France: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1904. Reproduction of 1775 edition. Hardcover. Oversized, bound in 3/4 burgundy leather and burgundy cloth boards; 4 text 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..... More
Paris, France: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1904. Reproduction of 1775 edition. Hardcover. 3/4 vellow portfolio with light colored marbled covers.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..... More
Rome: Istituto di Fondamenti dell'Architettura, 1977-1978. Softcover. 2 vols. Tan paper wraps, 287, 275 pp., no illus. Text is in Italian. An annotated bibliography of the life and works of Italian Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), from the time of his life to the year 1976. With addtiional appendices and..... More
London: Zwemmer, 1977. Hardcover. Navy boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy white and illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. xxvii, 222 pp. BW illustrations. "Carlo Fontana (1638-1714) was the chief papal architect at the turn of the 18th century, the Italian counterpart to Sir Christopher Wren and Hardouin Mansart, and..... More
London: Lund Humphries London, 1978. Softcover. Black & color illus. wraps. 139 pp. Profuse color and bw illus. Issued in conjunction with several 1978-1979 exhibitions showcasing the creativity of English architect and designer Charles Francis Annesley Voysey. Includes examples of his architecture, furniture, pattern design, and metalwork. With essays by..... More
Chelmsford, England: Essexy Record Office, 1991. Softcover. glossy pictorial wraps w/ black & light-orange printing. 204 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Illustrated throughout. More
Marseille, France: Parenthéses, 1990. Softcover. Glossy illustrated card wraps. 119 pages : illustrations, plans. Text in French. Part of series: Monographies d'architecture. Includes bibliographical references (page 117). More