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ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN. 7 titles:
13 – 23 June 2023, 12:00 EDT
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ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN.
7 titles:
1. Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, Containing an Historical.... London: J. Taylor, 1810. 8vo. 11 engraved plates. Contemporary boards. Worn, original paper spine label worn but legible, front starting, ownership signature dated 1819, later bookplate on front paste-down. Fourth, enlarged edition, with a rare 12-page list of Taylor's architectural books bound in. Five editions appeared between 1789 and 1821 attesting to the passion for classical architecture.
2. FURIETTI, GIUSEPPE ALESSANDRO. De musivis. Rome: Jo. Mariam Salvioni, 1752. 4to. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, 6 engraved plates (4 folding). Contemporary quarter vellum and boards, gilt lettering on spine. Fundamental history of mosaics from antiquity to the 18th century.
3. COLASANTI, ARDUINO. Le fontane d'Italia. Milan and Rome: Bestetti & Tumminelli, 1926. 306 photographic illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, black lettering pieces printed in gilt. Spine sunned, slightly rubbed, minor toning. Number 658 of an unstated limitation.
4. CONTET, F. Interieurs Directiore et Empire. Recueil de dessins originaux.... Paris: F. Contet, 1932. Folio. 24 color plates of Directoire and Empire furniture and interiors in neo-classical style. Publisher's portfolio of quarter cloth and marbled boards, large applied cover labels, cloth ties. Minor toning.
5. MOSES, HENRY. A Collection of Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods.... London: J. Taylor, [1814]. 4to. 151 engraved plates, 10 hand-colored. 19th century tan morocco gilt. Rubbed.
6. [WREN, CHRISTOPHER.] Sir Christopher Wren, A.D. 1632-1723. Bicentenary Memorial Volume.... London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. Numerous photographic illustrations, including 13 color plates. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Spine sunned, light edgewear and toning.
7. WATSON, F.J.B. The Wrightsman Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. 5 volumes. Folio. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Publisher's cloth and pictorial dust jackets, slipcases. Light wear, small split to corner of one jacket. Catalogue raisonée of a spectacular collection of 18th-century furniture.
1. Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, Containing an Historical.... London: J. Taylor, 1810. 8vo. 11 engraved plates. Contemporary boards. Worn, original paper spine label worn but legible, front starting, ownership signature dated 1819, later bookplate on front paste-down. Fourth, enlarged edition, with a rare 12-page list of Taylor's architectural books bound in. Five editions appeared between 1789 and 1821 attesting to the passion for classical architecture.
2. FURIETTI, GIUSEPPE ALESSANDRO. De musivis. Rome: Jo. Mariam Salvioni, 1752. 4to. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, 6 engraved plates (4 folding). Contemporary quarter vellum and boards, gilt lettering on spine. Fundamental history of mosaics from antiquity to the 18th century.
3. COLASANTI, ARDUINO. Le fontane d'Italia. Milan and Rome: Bestetti & Tumminelli, 1926. 306 photographic illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, black lettering pieces printed in gilt. Spine sunned, slightly rubbed, minor toning. Number 658 of an unstated limitation.
4. CONTET, F. Interieurs Directiore et Empire. Recueil de dessins originaux.... Paris: F. Contet, 1932. Folio. 24 color plates of Directoire and Empire furniture and interiors in neo-classical style. Publisher's portfolio of quarter cloth and marbled boards, large applied cover labels, cloth ties. Minor toning.
5. MOSES, HENRY. A Collection of Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods.... London: J. Taylor, [1814]. 4to. 151 engraved plates, 10 hand-colored. 19th century tan morocco gilt. Rubbed.
6. [WREN, CHRISTOPHER.] Sir Christopher Wren, A.D. 1632-1723. Bicentenary Memorial Volume.... London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. Numerous photographic illustrations, including 13 color plates. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Spine sunned, light edgewear and toning.
7. WATSON, F.J.B. The Wrightsman Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. 5 volumes. Folio. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Publisher's cloth and pictorial dust jackets, slipcases. Light wear, small split to corner of one jacket. Catalogue raisonée of a spectacular collection of 18th-century furniture.