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Scenery design for the Royal theatre at Naples View picture(s) 41 CANNA, Pasquale. (Scene del real teatro di S. Carlo). Raccolta di designi alla Sacra Real Maestà Donna Maria Cristina Borbone Regina di Spagna ed delle Indie. (Naples, 1830). Large oblong folio. Contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt, with title label pasted down on front cover. 18 beautiful handcoloured lithographs all depicting original scenic designs, each mounted on black paper and embossed in a gold brocade border. The caption below each lithograph is handwritten in fluid gold. 19 leaves (1 with pastedown dedication and 18 with lithographs). Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Costumes  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first edition of a famous and extraordinary illustrated book on perspective View picture(s) 42 CAU(L)S, Salomon de. La perspective avec la raison, des ombres et miroirs. London, Jan Norbon, 1612. Folio. Contemporary dark brown calf with gilt border along the edges. Richly engraved allegorical perspectival title, 16 etched perspectival diagrams and illustrations in text, one double-page engraving of a classical portico with frescoes with mythological scenes and six allegorical statues, and 63 full-page engravings of perspectival drawings and designs, including illustrations of an ingenious perspectival instrument, a fortified city, a guitar in perspective, a corinthian capital, a garden design, a 17th century interior, and a complex and transparant polygon; nr. 12 pasted over a wrongly placed nr. 17 which is also printed in its proper place, two engravings pasted in; several interesting woodcut head- and tailpieces. (4, 54 (9 quires of 6 lvs.), 12) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A who is who of British portrait engravers View picture(s) 43 CAULFIELD, James. Calcographiana: the printsellers chronicle and collectors guide to the knowledge and value of engraved British portraits. London, G. Smeeton, 1814. 8vo. Contemporary boards with paper title label pasted on spine.. Engraved portrait of the author after  a drawing by Walton, engraved by Cooper, title printed in red and black. VIII, 163, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Engravings  Printing  Printing & Publishing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Sumptuous ornament series by the interior decorator of Marie Antoinette View picture(s) 44 CAUVET, G.P. Recueil d'Ornemens à l'Usage des Jeunes Artistes qui se Destinent à la Décoration des Bâtimens. Paris, the Author, 1777. Large folio. 19th-century red morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt triple fillet borders on sides and gilt triple fillet inner panel with gilt flowered ornaments at the four corners, richly gilt. inner dentelles, g.e. (DAVID). With richly engraved frontispiece including portrait, engraved title including large armorial ornament, full-page engraved dedication including richly engraved allegorical headpiece, and 133 fine ornamental designs on 104 engraved plates, 44 full-page, on 72 leaves, 50 engraved in crayon manner, 6 printed in red. 76 lvs., incl. printed privilege leaf. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Engravings  Modelbooks  Ornaments  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With plates after Rembrandt View picture(s) 45 CAYLUS, COMTE DE. Histoire de Joseph, accompagneée de dix figures, rélatives aux principaux evenemens de la fils de ce fils du patriarche Jacob, et gravées sur les modèles du fameux Reimbrandt. Amsterdam, Jean Neaulme, 1757. Small folio. Contemporary boards with ms title on frontcover. With title printed in red and black, several woodcut borders and head- and tailpieces, and 10 full-page engraved plates after drawings by Rembrandt illustrating the story of Joseph. (26) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Children's Books  Religion  Rembrandt  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Emblematic view on the eucharist View picture(s) 46 CHESNEAU, Augustin. Orpheus eucharisticus. Sive deus absconditus humanitatis illecebris illustriores mundi partes ad se pertrahens, ultroneas arcanae maiestatis adoratrices. Opus novum. In varias historicum emblematum aeneis tabulis incisorum centurias distinctum, quae strictâ, solutâque oratione explanantur, adiectis authorum fontibus ex quibus eruuntur. Tomus primus. Primam centuriam complectens. Paris, Florentin Lambert, 1657. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt title and date on richly gilt spine, triple gilt fillets on sides, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. Engraved printer's vignette on title, engraved headpiece at the beginning of the first chapter, 6 folding engraved maps, folding engraved plate depicting geometrical figures, and large folding table with calculations for the position of the sun and the moon. 699, (28) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Emblem Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A plea for the excellence of Florentine modern painting and manierism View picture(s) 47 CIOCCHI, GIO.M. La Pittura in Parnaso. Florence, Michele nestenus, 1725. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt with red title-label, with blind-stamped triple fillet borders on sides, richly gilt inner borders, red mottled edges. XXIV, 310 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aesthetics  Art General  Drawing & Painting  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare discourse on the art of drawing and painting with 24 beautifully engraved plates View picture(s) 48 COLOMBINA, Gasparo. Discorso distinto in quatro capitoli; nel primo de quali si discorre. Del disegno, e modi di essercitarsi in esso. Nel secondo. Della Pittura, e qual deve esser il buon pittore. Nel terzo. De' modi di colorire, e sue distintioni. Nel quarto, et ultimo. Con quali lineamenti il dissegnatore, e con quali colori il pittore deve spiegare gli affetti principali, si naturali, come accidentali nell'huomo, secondo l'arte della fisionomia. Padova, Pietro Paulo Tozzi, 1623. Sm folio. Later wrappers. With a large printer's device on title, interesting engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, 24 beautifully engraved full-page plates of sketches of different parts of the human body. (18) pp of text, 25 lvs with the plates. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Drawing & Painting  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The 'Architecte du Roi' on perspective View picture(s) 49 COURTONNE, Jean. Traité de la perspective pratique, avec des remarques sur l'architecture, suivies de quelques edifices considerables mis en perspective, & de l'invention de l'auteur. Ouvrage très-utile aux amateurs de l'architecture & de la peinture. Paris, Jacques Vincent, 1725. Folio. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, with red morocco label lettered in gold, red painted edges. With engraved frontispiece of a domed pavillion, engraved head-piece to the dedicaton including the dedictee's (le duc dÁntin) arms, numerous illustriations and figures on perspective on 19 folding plates, a full-page engraved plan and a double-page view of a pyramide by G.J.B. Scotin Major after design by the author, and 12 double-page plans and perspective views of large buildings by Antoine Aveline, (Claude?) Lucas and G.J.B. Scotin after designs by the author. (16), 1-94, 97-116, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Engravings  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Presenting a large variety of secret recipes and techniques in the field of the decorative arts View picture(s) 50 CRÖKER, J.M. Der wohl anführende Mahler, welcher curiöse Liebhaber lehret, wie man sich zur Mahlerey zubereiten, mit Oel-Farben umgehen, Gründe, Fürnisse und andere dazu nöthige Sachen verfertigen, die Gemählde geschickt auszieren, vergülden, versilbern, accurat lacquiren, und saubere Kupffer-Stiche ausarbeiten solle. Diesem ist noch beygefüget Ein Kunst-Cabinet rarer und geheim gehaltener Erfindungen. Alles aus eigener Erfahrung aufgezeichnet. Neueste Auflage, mit einem vollständigen Register. Jena, Bey Dorotheen Rosinen Crökerin, 1764. Sm.8vo. Modern boards. With engraved allegorical frontispiece by Krügner after Hoffmann, and numerous woodcut figures and illustrations in text. (16), 530, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Art General  Drawing & Painting  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Classic in building vaults View picture(s) 51 DERAND, François. L'architecture des voûtes, ou l'art des traits, et coupe des voûtes: traite tres-utile et necessaire a tous architectes, maîtres massons, appareilleurs, tailleurs de pierre, et generalement a tous ceux qui se meslent de l'architecture, même militaire. Troisième édition revue et corrigée, avec toutes les figures gravées en tailles douces. Paris, Duchesne, 1755. Large folio. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt. Title in black and red, numerous perspectival illustrations, figures and diagrams on 82 full-page engraved plates in text. (18), 205 (=206), (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Jan van Orley II View picture(s) 52 ELANDT, H. De Wonderbare en Heilsame Geboorte; Benevens de voornaamste Wonderdaden, Van onsen Eenigen Middelaar Jesus Christus. By uitnementheid çierlijk afgebeeld door de rijke inventie van den vermaarden Schilder J. VAN ORLEY. In 't Koper ge-etst, en met Verklaringen opgehelderd. Amsterdam, Andries van Damme, 1700. Oblong folio. Contemp. half calf. Series of 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. frontispiece, all showing scenes from the Life of Jesus Christ, finely etched by Hendrik Elandt after designs by Jan van Orley II. (4), 12 pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fountains of Rome illustrated View picture(s) 53 FALDA, Giovanni Battista. Der römischen Fontanen wahre Abbildung wie solche so wohl auf offentlichen Plätzen und Palatien als auch Frescada Tivoli und denen Lust-Gärten mit ihren Prospecten der Zeit allda zu ersehen sind. Nuremberg, Christian Sigmund Froberg for Sandrart, 1685. Folio. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and gilt with title-label. Woodcut on title, 2 engravings and 2 woodcuts in text and 42 numbered engraved plates (40 double-page and plates XIIII and XV full-page) of fountains and gardens, allegorical head-pieces and initials. 11 (+1 blank) pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Fountains  Gardens  Horticulture  Italy  Rome  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare early catalogue of the famous Liechtenstein collection of paintings View picture(s) 54 FANTI, Vincenzio. Descrizzione completa di tutto cio che ritrovasi nella galleria di pittura e scultura di Giuseppe Wenceslao del s.r.i. principe regnante della casa di Lichtenstein. Dove chiara apparisce tanto la spiegazione de' pensieri di tutti gli autore, quanto il pregio delle storie, e delle favole che ne' quadri si trovano espresse unitamente al compendio delle vite degl' istessi pittori. Vienna, Giovanni Tommaso de Trattnern, 1767. 4to. Contemporary half calf, red mottled edges. With large folding allegorical frontispiece showing a monument to art, finely designed large headpiece of a woman painting with little naked children measuring, drawing and painting at her feet, and 4 fine engraved large tailpieces of cherubs playing with a large swan between leaves and reed on a pedestal, of a cock on a open book with a quill in his beak, of ornamental musical instruments, and of a child sitting on a pile of books, a heap of papers at his feet, writing and holding the staff of Aesculapius, all engraved by J. Schmutzer after designs by the author, Vincenzio Fanti. (6), 16, (92), 144, (16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Collections  Drawing & Painting  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A famous series of etchings of fishes View picture(s) 55 FLAMEN, Albert. Icones diversorum piscium tum maris tum amnium, ad  vivum delineati, et in aes ab eodem artifitiose incisi. Figures de plusieurs sortes de poissons tant de la mer, que de l'eau douce. Desseignez et gravez sur le naturel. Paris, Van Merlen, 1664. 2 parts in 1 vol. Oblong 4to. Contemporary strong vellum, blind-stamped, red-stippled edges. With 68 finely engraved plates on freshwater and sea fish, divided into 6 series, the first an introductory series consisting of an engraved general title set within a border of entwined fish, engraved dedication leaf to the Marquis D'Illiers with his coat-of-arms against a sea-scape with fishing boats and a series of 6 fine engraved plates of still-lifes with fish, followed by two series of 12 fine engraved plates each, showing freshwater fish, all plates with titles underneath, the first series headed by an engraved half-title, dedicated to Monsieur Fouquet, set within a richly designed border with fish and snakes, and the second series headed by an engraved half-title showing a river view, followed again by three series of 12 fine engraved plates each, showing sea fish, all plates with titles underneath, the first series headed by an engraved half-title, dedicated to Guillaume Tronson with his coat-of-arms, and set within a richly designed border of sea monsters, the second series headed by an engraved half-title with a sea-scape and a border of entwined sea fish and snakes, and  the third series headed by an engraved half-title, dedicated  again to Guillaume Tronson with a view of fish in the sea and a large monogram in centre, all plates and fish vividly designed after nature and engraved by Albert Flamen. 68 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Fishing  Ichthyology  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A fine collection of architectural ornaments and devices by the Paris architect View picture(s) 56 FOSSE, J.CH. DE LA Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, ou Attributs Hieroglyphiques, Compées & arrangées de maniere qu' ils peuvent servir à toutes sortes de Décoration, puisqu'on est le maitre de les appliquer egalement à des Fontaines, Pyramides, Cheminées, dessus de Portes, Bordures, Medaillons, Trophées, Vases, Frises, Tombeaux, Pendules, etc. Nieuwe Historische Beeldspraak, of Hieroglyphische Merkbeelden, Betreklyk op verscheide Natien, hunne Geschiedenissen en Godsdiensten, gelyk ook op verschillende zaaken, tot de Wysbegeerte, Fabel-  en Dichtkunde behoorende: Alles in die orde geschikt, dat men dezelve kan gebruiken tot bouwkunstige Vercierzelen, Fontynen, Pronknaalden en Schoorsteenen, Ornamenten, Medaillons, Tropheën, Vazen, Tombes, Pendules, enz. Amsterdam, C.S. Roos; A. Fokke, (ca. 1780). 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Modern half vellum. With 2 fine engraved allegorical frontispieces and 103 full-page engraved plates with allegorical ornaments, devices and attributes by J. de Witt Jansz. (4), 39, (1) pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Drawing & Painting  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Scenes from the life of Henry IV in the San Lorenzo, Florence View picture(s) 57 GIRALDI, Giuliano. Esequie d'Arrigo Quarto Christianissimo Re di Francia, e di Navarra celebrate in Firenze dal Serenissimo  Don Cosimo II Granduca di Toscana. Firenze, Bartolommeo Sermartelli 'e fratelli', 1610. Sm. folio. Only the spine (calf, lettered in gold) present, covers gone; preserved in a box: half black leather with title on spine lettered in gold. With engraved coat-of-arms of Henry IV (and Navarre) on title, 26 fine numbered etchings in the text (ca. 12 x 16 cm) by Alovisio Rosaccio, numerous fine woodcut initials, including several historiated, and woodcut head- and tail-pieces. 51, (1 blank) pp.; collation: A-N2. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Provenance  Splendid Ceremonies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most popular Dutch manuals on painting, drawing and colouring of the 17th century View picture(s) 58 GOEREE, Willem. Inleydingh tot de practijck der al-gemene schilder-konst, waer in, neffens de heerlijckheyt en nuttigheydt der selve, kortelijck wert aengewesen: wat dingen tot grondige verstaeningh der schilder-konst behoorde geweten te zijn ... Dienende tot een voorlooper van een ander werck, daer in de practijck-regelen der schilder-konst, bestaende in teycken-kunde, bouw-kunde, doorsicht-kunde, mensch-kunde, ordineringh en coloreeringh volkomen sal geleert werden. Middelburg, Willem Goeree, 1670. 8vo. Full contemporary vellum. With engraved frontispiece. (16), 133, (2) pp., including the last blank. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Drawing & Painting  Dutch  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The ancient rings, seals, stones and coins of a famous 16th century collector View picture(s) 59 GORLAEUS, ABR. Dactyliotheca, Seu Annulorum sigillarium quorum apud Prscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus. E Ferro Aere Argento & Auro Promptuarium. Acc. variarum Gemmarum quibus antiquitas in Sigillando uti Solita. (Delft, the author, 1601). 4to. Contemp. limp vellum, remnants of ties. With engraved allegorical title, full-page portrait of the author by Jacques de Gheyn with a 8-line verse by Hugo Grotius calligraphed underneath, and 196 numbered illustrations of ancient rings and their designs for use of seals, often cut in a cameo set in the ring, on 101 full-page engraved plates, and 148 numbered designs in separate stones for use of seals on 37 full-page engraved plates. (32), 16, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Classical Antiquity  Collections  Gemology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Ideas for (re)decorating your garden(s) View picture(s) 60 GROHMANN, J.G. Recueil de dessins d'une execution peu dispendieuse contenans des plans des petites maisons de campagne, petits pavillons de jardins, temples, hermitages, chaumieres, monumens, obélisques, ruines, portails, portes, grilles, bancs des jardins, chaises, volieres, gondoles, ponts, etc. Ouvrage interessant pour cette classe d'amateurs, qui sans faire de grandes dépenses, sont pourtant bien aises d'embellir leurs jardins d'ornemens nouveaux et pleins de goût. Première edition Italienne avec des additions de bâtimens du meilleur goût. Venice, Joseph Remondini et Fils, 1805. 4to. 19th century green marbled boards, blue sprinkled edges. Engraved title and 37 engraved plates with numerous designs of maisonettes, pavillions, chapels, bridges, fountains, monuments, temples, gondolas, obelisks, gates, entrances, gazebos, garden-houses, garden-chairs and tables. 38 leaves. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Architecture  Art General  Gardens  Ornaments  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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