Dominion Of The Eye: Urbanism, Art And Power In Early Modern Florence
Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Softcover. glossy black illustrated wrappers w/ printing. 358 pgs w/ bw illustrations. A nice, bright copy. More
Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Softcover. glossy black illustrated wrappers w/ printing. 358 pgs w/ bw illustrations. A nice, bright copy. More
Rome, Italy: L'Erma Di Bretschneider, 1979. Softcover. white & aqua pictorial wraps. 149 pgs w/ bw illustrations & 15 bw plates. Text In Italian. contents as follows: Guido A. Mansuelli - Genesis and development of the honorary arch in the numismatic documentation / Marina Pensa - The urban situation of..... More
Venice, Italy: Lampato Editore, 1831. Hardcover. green boards w/ green leather spine, gilt decoration. book xvi, 183 pgs w/ tables, figures. No illustrations/plates; only tables. Pages 55/56 missing, empty page in its place. More
New York, New York: Harper and Row, 1962. First Harper Torchbook edition. Softcover. BW pictorial wraps; 275 pp.; 9 bw figures; 44 bw plates. More
Boston, MA: Heliotype Printing, 1892-1894. Hardbound. 3/4 red leather with marbled covers and endpapers. Part 1 (1892): 40 plates, no text. Part 2 (1894): 40 plates, no text. Part 3 (1894): 40 plates, no text. A beautiful set of the three volumes comprising Series 1, which appears to be the..... More
London: J. Taylor, 1808. The Third Edition. Hardcover. Three-quarters marbled boards with dark green leather spine and corners, gilt letters and decorations on spine, 176 pp. + 12 BW plates (one, a fold-out). A gathering of a variety of essays and elements regarding gothic architecture. The list of cathedrals and..... More
London, England: Sir John Soane's Museum, 1999. Softcover. tan pictorial wrappers w/ black & white printing. 79 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. A wonderful exhibition examining the romanticism of historical, architectureal ruins. Includes various essays and John Sloan's 'Crude Hints Towards The History Of My House.'. More
Madison, Wisc. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. Hardcover. Cream-colored cloth, blue & pictorial dust jacket, 225 pp., 142 BW illus. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. The first book "to focus specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture. Webb provides extensive information about the chronology and interpretation of figural..... More
London, England: William Mort Thompson, 1854-1855. Hardcover. Oversized brown cloth boards with blind stamped lettering and illustration; bw illustrated frontispiece; 18 pp of text, 25 bw plates (plus the frontispiece). This is volume 2 only, Towers. Includes a list of plates and subjects. More
Hamburg, Germany: Verlag Dr. Kovac, 1999. Softcover. blue & red wraps w/ illustration & white printing. book xiv, 377 pgs w/ 10 plates of illustrations. Text in German. The thermal baths as a building type spread very early in the provinces of the Roman Empire and were available not only..... More
Prague: Artia, 1955. Hardcover. Pale beige cloth with gilt lettering. Bw photographic dj. 36 pp. text plus 307 bw plates. Covers many castles and mansions in 12 regions throughout Bohemia and Moravia. Includes a map of State castles and mansions in the Czech area, a catalogue of the castles and..... More
Milan, Italy: Electa, 1992. Softcover. blue textured wraps. 163 pgs w/ bw illustrations. textured grey illustrated jacket w/ black printing; blue spine. Euro pencil price on endpaper. Very tightly bound; likely unread. Text in Italian. Illustrated throughout. More
Wroclaw: Zaklad Imienia Ossolinskich, 1956. Hardcover. Tan cloth/flexible boards; black, illus. DJ. 150+ pp. Numerous bw plates. Volume I only. Text in Polish. The Gniezno Doors grace the cathedral in the town of the same name and date back to the 12th century. They are made of bronze and first..... More
New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. green cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 242 pgs w/ bw plates, illustrations. glossy greey pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. More
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; vii; 150 bw plates. Made up almost entirely of full-page plates; Features photos of Georgian facades, doorways, ironwork, and more from locations all over England, including London, Bath, Rye, Farnham, Basingstoke, St. Albans, Hertford, and more. More
Japan: Shogakukan, 2001. Hardcover. Lavender cloth, black ill. DJ. 486 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Text in Japanese. Survey of Art Nouveau and Art Deco in Europe. Large section on architecture; also includes decorative arts, commercial art and the fine arts. More
New York: Excalibur Books, 1978. Hardcover. Black cloth, pictorial DJ. 384 pp. Profuse bw and color ills. Featues some of England's most stunning castles, cathedrals and renowned gardens. More
Cortona, Italy: Grafiche Calosci, 1973. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 122 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. Text in Italian. Study of church architecture of Casentino. More
Milan: Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, 2002. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 113 pp. + 21 bw plates. Text in Italian. More
Germany: B. Kuhlen Verlag, 1961. Hardcover. Off-white cloth. 140 pp. + 142 bw plates. Text in German. More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1969. Hardcover. Black boards. 76 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton Univery Press, 1990. Hardcover. grey cloth w/ gilt spine printing. 304 pgs w/ bw illustrations. grey dustjacket w/ cover illustration & printing. Shelf-wear/black scuffs to lower-texblock fore-edge. Pages edge-toned, but clean. A nice, affordable reading copy. More
Warsaw, Poland: Wilanow Palace Museum, 2009. Hardcover. Color illus. dj., matching paper over boards; 273 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Text in English; Includes twenty-three essays by various authors, including "Dutch Arcadia: Amsterdam and Villa Culture" by Freek Schmidt, "The Baroque Villa of Canon Antonio Pontons in Valencia"..... More
Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996. Hardcover. Black cloth, pictorial DJ. 180 pp. Numerous bw plates. Addresses the fundamental themes of the architectural and intellectual tradition of the villa, the diversity of its design, location and use, and the problems of definition and typology (from the DJ). More
London: Aurum Press, 2011. Hardcover. Dark salmon colored cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown & color illus. dust jacket, 192 pp., 150+ color & BW illus. A "lively and incisive survey of many of Britain's most important country houses. From country cottage to elaborate mansion, they reflect the ideals and..... More