England in the Fifteenth Century.
London: George Bell, 1888. viii + 337pp., 8vo, cloth; lightly worn, corners bumped. London: George Bell and Sons, 1888. A very good copy. More
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Complaint and Reform in England, 1436-1714: Fifty Writings of the Time on Politics, Religion, Society, Economics, Architecture, Science, and Education.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. xviii+925pp. Very thick 8vo, red boards. New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. Worn hinge with ownership stamp on endpapers, still a very good(-) copy. Includes contemporary government writings and decrees as well as text by Sir John Fortescue, Simon Fish, Thomas Lupset, John Foxe, John Shute, Sir Thomas Smith, Peter Wentworth, Robert Hitchcock, Richard Hakluyt, Queen Elizabeth, Cardinal William Allen, Robert Beale, Peter Lowe, Nicholas Breton, Sir Henry Wotton, Thomas Powell, WIlliam Laud, Sir..... More
The Art of Wen Cheng-ming (1470-1559)
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1976. With an essay by Anne De Coursey Clapp and contributions by several authors. More than 60 works reproduced in black and white. xiii + 244pp., tall 4to, printed pictorial wrappers; lightly rubbed and with small tears lower front corner. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1976). A very good copy. More
Romola
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. Illustrated in black and white, lettered tissue guards. 2 volumes, thick 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards (very slight rubbing to extremities), spines (sunned), elaborately gilt stamped with raised bands, marbled endpapers (small abrasion to back attached endpaper in vol. 1). Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. A very good(+) set. More
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 658 pages. Very thick heavy 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York and New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, (2004). Near fine. More
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 658 pages. Very thick heavy 4to, cloth, dust wrapper. New York and New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, (2004). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran Charioteer
Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1981. 274 pages. 8vo, cream cloth, d.w. Los Angeles: University of California Press, (1981). A fine copy in a near fine wrapper. More
Platonic Theology, Volumes I-III - Books I-XVII.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. Three volumes. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. Near fine copies with very neat penciling to just several pages--underlining and faint ticks in margins; in very good(+) wrappers, sunned spines. More
Painting of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1985. 2 volumes. Profusely illustrated with 700 black and white images. One volume of text and one of plates. Large heavy 8vos, attractively designed pictorial peach color cloth with female nudes. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1985. Fine copies. Revised edition. More
Masaccio
New York: Smithmark Publishers, 1998. With many illustrations, mostly in color. 133pp. Short, slim 4to, black boards with mounted color illustration, d.w. slightly faded toward cover edges. New York: Smithmark Publishers, (1998). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. From the Master Artists Library. More
Early Netherlandish Painting from Van Eyck to Bruegel
London: Phaidon, 1956. Illustrated with b/w and color plates throughout. 425 pages. Short thick 4to, natural cloth, d.w. London: Phaidon, 1956. First English Edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. A very good(+) copy, light discoloration to cloth; in a very good(-) wrapper, sunned with large tears in upper edge/head. More
Eine Neue Quelle Zur Italienischen Orgelmusik des Cinquecento
Munich: Schneider, 1982. Illustrated. 4to, blue cloth. (Munich): Hans Schneider, 1982. Near Fine. Munchner Editionen zur Musikgeschichte. More
The Great Experiment: Russian Art 1863-1922.
New York: Abrams, 1962. With 257 illustrations, including 24 mounted color plates. 327pp. Large square 4to, reddish cloth (lightly rubbed), d.w. (New York: Abrams, 1962). First edition. The first book to examine the Russian contribution to the modern movement in art and architecture. Owner'sname on fly leaf. More
Mantegna and Painting as Historical Narrative.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Black & white illustrations, 301pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. (slightly faded). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1992). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust jacket. More
Mural Painting in Italy; Volume One: The 15th Century. Volume Two: The 16th Century
Turin: Istituto Bancario, 1996. TWO VOLUMES. Beautifully illustrated in color. 243pp. and 251pp., 4to, cloth, d.w., board slipcase. Torino: Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, (1996 & 1997). A fine set in fine dust wrappers. Essays by various authors. More
The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance
New York: Atheneum, 1994. Illustrated in black and white. xx + 648 pages, thick 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Atheneum, 1994. First American edition. A fine copy. More
Chronicles of the Age of Chivalry; The Plantagenet Dynasty from the Magna Carta to the Black Death
New York: Crescent Books, 1995. Profusely illustrated in color. 320 pages, 4to, white pictorial boards, matching dust wrapper. New York: Crescent Books, 1995. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Cely Letters 1472 -1488
London: Early English Text Society, 1975. Illustrated with black and white facsimile reproductions of the letters. 365 pages, 8vo, brown decoratively gilt stamped cloth, dust wrapper. London: Early English Text Society, 1975. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Central European Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library
New York: Pierpont Morgan, 1958. Numerous black & white illustrations and several in full color. 4to, blue cloth, gilt device on front cover, black board slipcase, bumped & edgeworn. New York: Pierpont Motgan Library, 1958. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good slipcase. More
Michelangelo.
New York: Abrams, 1984. Illustrations by Michelangelo throughout, mostly in color. Slim 4to, beige cloth, d.w. (totally intact but wavy).New York: Abrams, (1984) A fine copy in very good dust wrapper. More
Donatello: Prophet of Modern Vision.
New York: Abrams. Photographs by David Finn. Packed with 430 illustrations, including 193 in color, some folding or mounted. 482pp. Very thick heavy folio, gray cloth , d.w. New York: Abrams, (no date, 1972). A very good copy in good dust wrapper. A comprehensive and lavish work on Italy's greatest Early Renaissance sculptor. More
How They Lived: An Anthology of Original Accounts Written Before 1485
Basil Blackwell: Oxford, 1962. Illustrated in black and white. Oxford, 1962. 356 pages, 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper (wrapper worn, chipped, and creased). A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper. Selection of passages from first hand accounts. More
Creative Copies: Interpretative Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso.
New York: The Drawing Center, 1988. With many b/w illustrations. 243 pages. Small 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: The Drawing Center, 1988. Ownership inkstamp on endpaper, else a fine copy. Published by the Drawing Center, in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name. 9 April - 23 July 1988. More
Giovanni Bellini E I Belliniani
Venice: Neri Pozza, 1962. 2 volumes. Volume I: 384pp with 24 color plates and Volume II, 766pp and 886 black & white illustrations. Tall thick 4to, green cloth d.w. (chipped). Venice: Neri Pozza, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). A catalogue of the works of Giovanni Bellini, the Bellini workshop, his contemporaries and followers. Arntzen R 57. Freitag 713. More