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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[TAYLOR, John.]
The Column called the Monument, described,...
Bryan … for Samuel Arnott, Keeper of...
Third edition (first 1787) of this guidebook...
£350
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‘TELL’, pseud. [i.e. Jacob EPSTEIN].
A rude Book.
Hartford, Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1926.
First edition, one of 500 copies printed...
£350
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[THE BOOK COLLECTOR.]
A special Number to commemorate the 150th...
The Book Collector, 1997.
A collection of essays together recounting...
£25
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THEOCRITUS et al.
Theocriti aliorumque poetarum Idyllia....
[Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1579.
An outstanding volume uniting the Estienne...
£9000
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UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION.
The Tariff. A Bibliography. A select list...
Washington, U. S. Government Printing...
First edition of a prodigiously comprehensive...
£200
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[UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.]
Subscription list for repairs to the College...
[Oxford, c. 1860].
A printed appeal from University College,...
£50
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VERTOGRADOV.
За антиимпериалистическую солидарность, мир и прогресс!...
Moscow, Izdatelstvo Plakat, 1975.
A dramatic manifestation of the Soviet...
£250
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VILLA, Antonio, and Giovanni Battista VILLA.
Dispositio systematica conchyliarum terrestrium...
Milan, ex typis Borroni et Scotti, 1841.
First edition of this catalogue of molluscs...
£275
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[VILLAMENA, Francesco.]
A fan leaf drawing of a street fight in Rome.
[Italy, late eighteenth century.]
A fine fan leaf drawing, Italian school,...
£2200
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VOLOSHIN, Maksimilian Aleksandrovich.
O Repine [On Repin] …
Moscow, “Ole-Lukoie”, 1913.
First edition thus: three pieces written...
£450
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[WALLET.]
Wallet with manuscript and printed waste.
France, c. 1790.
An attractive late eighteenth-century wallet...
£950
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[WALLPAPER.]
A substantial album of printed wallpaper...
France, 1923–24.
A delightful sample album of French wallpapers...
£4750
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[WALLPAPER BINDING.]
‘Chassereau des Biens et Rentes deves...
Hainaut, 1750–1773.
A manuscript account book compiled by Joseph...
£3500
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[WANG Gai 王概, WANG Shi 王蓍, and WANG Nie 王臬.]
[芥子園畫譜 Jieziyuan huapu; ‘The...
[China], s.n., (prefaces:) Qianlong renyin...
A handsome set comprising the third and...
£10000
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[WHISTLER, Rex.] Brian North LEE.
The Bookplate Design of Rex Whistler.
[Pinner,] Private Libraries Association...
First edition, one of 350 copies with a...
£350
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WISE, Francis.
A Letter to Dr Mead concerning some Antiquities...
Oxford, Printed for Thomas Wood … 1738
First editions. A Letter to Dr Mead...
£350
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山下 富吉 YAMASHITA Takayoshi.
青島寫真帖 Souvenir Tsingtao.
Tsingtao, Showa 16, [1941].
A Japanese souvenir of Tsingtao (Qingdao)...
£300
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YAMAZAKI Kane’ichirō 山崎 鋆一郎.
满洲の展望 [Manshū no tenbō, i.e....
Dalian, Kane’ichirō Yamazaki for Kinjirō...
A highly illustrated photobook on Manchuria...
£650
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ZACHARIÄ, Just Friedrich Wilhelm.
Les quatre parties du jour, poëme traduit...
Paris, J. B. G. Musier fils, 1769.
First edition in French of this proto-Romantic...
£1500