Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture encompasses a broad sweep of material, from early works concerning architecture and architectural history, and books and manuscripts on the fine arts and aesthetics, antiquities and archaeology, to pattern and design books, and private press books and fine bindings. The department also handles original artwork, artistic archives, posters, and propaganda material.
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ALAI, Beatrice.
Le miniature Italiane del Kupferstichkabinett...
Florence, Edizioni Polistampa, 2019.
From the presentation leaf: ‘Bernard...
£75
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ALLOM, Thomas and George Newenham WRIGHT.
China in a series of views, displaying...
London, Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son,...
Later edition of this handsome work...
£1250
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[ALMANAC.]
Le Parnasse des dames.
Paris, Janet, [1814].
An attractive copy of Janet’s Parnasse...
£325
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[BERLIN.]
Verzeichnis der Werke lebender Künstler...
Berlin, Hofbuchdruckerei, 1860.
Exhibition catalogue of contemporary artists.
£45
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[BOLOGNA.]
Delle oggetti di belle arti nel famoso...
Bologna, ‘nella stamperia di San Tommaso...
First edition of this detailed description...
£275
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BUSTEED, Henry Elmsley.
The Serampore Portrait. Is it Madam Grand?
Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, & co., 1903.
First edition of a study probing the...
£125
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CARTARI, Vincenzo.
Le imagini con la spositione de i dei de...
Venice, per Francesco Marcolini, 1556.
First edition of Cartari’s influential...
£1100
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CELLINI, Benvenuto.
Vita di Benvenuto Cellini orefice e scultore...
‘Cologne’ [i.e. Florence],...
The counterfeit edition of Benvenuto...
£675
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CORBOULD, Henry (illustrator).
[Cover title:] Illustrations to Theodric,...
London, Edward Lacey, 1829.
Unrecorded, a suite of five engravings...
£650
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[COSTUME.]
6 Blätter Altenburger Trachten.
Altenburg, Schnuphase’sche Buchhandlung,...
Charming Altenburg costume plates, lacking...
£150
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COX, John Roalfe.
Horses in Accident and Disease: Notes and...
Edinburgh, George Waterston & Sons for...
First edition of an elegantly illustrated...
£70
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DASSIER, Jean and Jacques-Antoine.
‘An Explanation of Dassier’s Medals...
London, c. 1795-1800.
An exceptionally fine illustrated manuscript,...
£7500
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DIEDO, Antonio.
Sui Soffitti memoria.
Venice, Alvisopoli, 1838.
New edition, dedicated to Count Antonio...
£45
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DODGSON, Campbell (editor).
Woodcuts of the XV Century in the Department...
London, British Museum, 1934 [– 1935].
First edition, scarce, of Dodgson’s...
£750
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ERNST, Max.
Une Semaine de Bonté ou les sept éléments...
Paris, Éditions Jeanne Bucher, 1934.
First edition, no. 706 of 800 copies...
£4500
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FARINGTON, Susan Maria (illustrator).
The 104th Psalm. Illustrated by Susan Maria...
Lithographed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son,...
The Faringtons or Ffaringtons were an ancient...
£975
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FIORILLO, Johann Dominicus.
Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste, von...
Göttingen, bei Johann Georg Rosenbusch,...
First edition. Fiorillo began as a painter,...
£600
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GARGIULO, Raffaele.
Cenni sulla maniera di rinvenire i vasi...
Naples, Tipografia Virgilio, 1843.
Second, revised and enlarged edition...
£275
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GREEN, Benjamin.
Figures & Heads from the Originals of Louthenbourg...
[London,] 1773.
First edition, very rare, containing...
£3250
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GROSSI, G. B. Gennaro.
Le Belle Arti.
Naples, dalla tipografia del Giornale...
First edition in book form, reprinted from...
£150