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Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. Illustrated in color and in black and white. vii, 279 pages. Square 4to, printed pictorial boards, d.w. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, (2005). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Art of the Renaissance in Northern Europe: Its Relation to the Contemporary Spiritual and Intellectual Movements.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947. With 80 b/w illustrations. 174 pages of text. 8vo, black cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947. Second printing. A very good(+) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Der Maler Albrecht Altdorfer.
Vienna: 1943. 4 color plates, 107 black-and-white plates. 54pp. of text. 4to, cloth-backed boards., d.w. Wien, (1943). More
Studies in the English Renaissance Drama.
1961. 368pp. 8vo, cloth, lightly chipped d.w. London: Peter Owen, (1961). Very Good. More
Famous Italian Cities: Florence, Rome, Venice
Secaucus: Chartwell, 1978. With color photos throughout. 191 pages. Folio, blue cloth, d.w. (Secaucus): Chartwell, (1978). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper, lightly sunned with a large scuff and minor paper loss to front panel. More
Malerei der Renaissance in Italien: Die Malerei der Fruh-und Hochrenaissance in Oberitalien
Athenaion, 1927. 13 mounted plates, 10 color. 274 pages, 4to, gilt pictorial blue cloth. Wildpark-Potsdam, 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. History of Early and High Renaissance painting in Northern Italy. In Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft, "one of the most scholarly series ...written by recognized authorities and containing bibliographies". Chamberlin 444. Lucas, p. 82. More
Botticelli
Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1960. Text in French. Color and black & white reproductions throughout. 64 pages. Slim 4to, cream boards, pictorial d.w. (edgeworn). Paris: Librairie Larousse, (1960). Signature and inscription by Berence at the half-title page. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Part of the series, "Les Plus Grands Peintres" More
A Short Introduction to Anatomy (Isagogae Breves)
New York: Kraus, 1969. Translated with an Introduction and Historical Notes by L. R. Lind. Anatomical Notes by Paul G. Roofe. Illustrated. xi + 228pp., 8vo, red cloth. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. A fine copy. More
Die Italienischen Maler der Renaissance.
Zurich: Phaidon, 1952. Aus d. Englischen Uebertragen von Robert West. 16 mounted color plates, 400 other illustrations. 516pp. Tall 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. (Zurich): Phaidon, (1952). Very good (+) in a dust soiled dust wrapper. More
Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: The Venetian School. A List of the Principal Artists and their Works with an Index of Places.
London: Phaidon, 1957. 2 volumes. Mounted color frontispiece in each volume plus 1333 black & white plates. Short thick 4tos, tan cloth, dust wrappers. (London: Phaidon Press, 1957). Very good. Ex-library copies with the usual markings (bookplates; call numbers on wrappers; envelope at rear); light discoloration on feet of spines and discoloration from old cellotape on endpapers and covers. More
Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: The Venetian School. A List of the Principal Artists and their Works with an Index of Places.
London: Phaidon, 1957. 2 volumes. Mounted color frontispiece in each volume plus 1333 black & white plates. Short thick 4to, tan cloth, d.w. (wrapper spines sunned and with a few spots on 1st volume). London: Phaidon Press, 1957). First edition. Fine copies in very good dust wrappers. More
Les Peintres Italiens de la Renaissance; Venice, Florence, L'Italie du Centre, L'Italie du Nord
Paris: J. Schiffrin, 1926. In French. Four volumes. Extensively illustrated with black and white plates. 99, 114, 148, and 199 pages + indexes. 12mos, paper wrappers with brittle wax protective covers; previous owner's book plates included in three of the four volumes, some notations in pencil throughout. Paris: J. Schiffrin, (1926). A very good copy. More
The Study and Criticism of Italian Art.
London: Bell, 1902. Black & white illustrations, rubricated title pages. 2 volumes, tall 8vo, green cloth (slightly different shades; neat repair at head of second volume). London: George Bell, 1902 and 1903. Very good. More
Gli Strumenti musicali nei dipinti della Galleria degi Uffizi
Torino: Edizioni Radio Italiana, 1952. With b/w illustrations throughout. Text in Italian. 177pp. 8vo, printed wrappers. Torino: Edizioni Radio Italiana, 1952. A good copy. More
The Courts of the Italian Renaissance.
New York: Facts on File, 1986. Numerous illustrations, mostly in color. 280 pages. Square 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Facts on File, (1986). First American edition. Fine. More
Abbigliamento E Costume Nella Pittura Italiana: Rinascimento
Rome: Carlo Bestetti, 1962. Hundreds of illustrations, many full page, several folding, primarily in black-and-white, but many in color as well. 368 pages, pictorial cloth; large dampstain to rear cover, last 20 or so pages wrinkled in the margins. Roma: Carlo Bestetti, (1962). A very good copy. With the bookplate of Hilary Knight, author of the Eloise series. More
Theories of Scientific Method: The Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century
Seattle: University Of Wash. Press, 1960. 346 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, dust wrapper. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1960. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Prose and Poetry of the Continental Renaissance in Translation.
New York: David McKay, 1968. Includes translated works by Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Montaigne, among others. 1083 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: David McKay, 1968. Second edition, reprint. A very good(-) copy -- partially faded price stamp on fly, some dog-earing to lower corners of first several pages, light handwriting present in first couple hundred pages (occasional underlining and some marginalia); in a good dust wrapper, sunned and slightly soiled, edgeworn with chipping to foot. More
A History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800.
London: Bell, 1897. Profusely illustrated. 2 Volumes, 4to, two-toned cloth, uncut edges, top edges gilt. London: George Bell, 1897. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
The Decameron, or Ten Days Entertainment
London: J. Wright, 1804. Translated from the Italian. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and title vignettes. 2 volumes. 8vos, full tan calf, ornately gilt stamped spines with red and green leather labels, gilt stamped dentelles, marbled endpapers (Head of spine of vol 2 rubbed, crazing to front cover of vol 2 and slightly affecting back cover of volume 1. Two red pen lines on verso of the half title page. Some very light foxing confined to a handful of..... More
Florentine Sculptors of the Renaissance.
London: Methuen, 1928. Frontispiece, 104 plates. 258 pages. Tall thick 8vo, green cloth. London: Methuen and Co., 1908. 2nd edition, revised and corrected. Spine evenly sunned and foxing to page edges, still about very good. More
The Eternal City: Roman Images in the Modern World
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, 1987. Illustrated. xiv + 286 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (1987). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Paolo Uccello
New York: Abrams, 1994. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 376 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w. (New York): Abrams, (1994). A very good(+) copy, slightly cocked; wrapper is very good(-) intact but wavy. More
Leonardo: Discovering the Life of Leonard da Vinci.
Translated by Sian Reynolds. Illustrated, 493pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y. Edward Burlingame, 1991. Near fine in very good, price clipped, dust jacket. More