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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FARINGTON, Susan Maria (illustrator).
The 104th Psalm. Illustrated by Susan...
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The Faringtons or Ffaringtons were an ancient...
£650
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PIECK, Henri C.
10 Dagen Die De Wereld Deden Wankelen.
Amsterdam, Skovino, 1927.
A rare lithograph of Pieck’s dramatic...
£300
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[LOO, Pieter van, (attributed).]
156 watercolours of flowers, plants, and...
[Holland, c. 1760–80].
A truly stunning collection of over...
£110000
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[COSTUME.]
6 Blätter Altenburger Trachten.
Altenburg, Schnuphase’sche Buchhandlung,...
Charming Altenburg costume plates, lacking...
£150
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[LEWIS, Wyndham.]
Agenda. Wyndham Lewis Special Issue.
[London, Poets and Painters Press (William...
A triple issue of Agenda devoted...
£75
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[FRIENDSHIP ALBUM.]
Album of poetry and prose with watercolour...
[London, c. 1824–1832.]
An attractive nineteenth-century album...
£1200
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LINDSETH, Jon A., and Alan TANNENBAUM, eds.
Alice in a World of Wonderlands: the Translations...
Newcastle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 2015.
This is the most extensive analysis ever...
£199
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OVIDIUS Naso, Publius.
Amatoria. Quorum indicem sequens continet...
Lyons, Sebastian Gryphius, 1554.
Attractive annotated copy of a successful...
£1850
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[HILLER, Johann Adam, editor].
Anecdoten zur Lebensgeschichte berühmter...
Leipzig, Lankisch, 1762.
Scarce first edition of Hiller’s two-volume...
£175
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DASSIER, Jean and Jacques-Antoine.
‘An Explanation of Dassier’s Medals...
London, c. 1795–1800.
An exceptionally fine illustrated manuscript,...
£6500
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GAWSWORTH, John.
Apes, Japes and Hitlerism, a Study and...
London, Unicorn Press, [1932].
First edition.
£50
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[ANTIQUARIAN]
Architectural Antiquities from the Sussex Coast.
[Sussex], July 21st – 10th August 1837.
An interesting and charming antiquarian...
£950
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BRADLEY Gertrude M., illustrator.
An archive of drawings for Just Forty...
[c. 1897].
Fifty-eight delightful preliminary pencil...
£850
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GRUBBE, Margaret Julia Maria.
Archive of drawings, watercolours, and...
England and Scotland, c. 1900 – 1960s.
A charming archive of the Suffolk artist...
£1500
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[PAPER TRADE.]
Arrest du conseil d’état du roi, portant...
[Besançon?, 1772?]
A seemingly unrecorded issue of this...
£175
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BURY, Stephen.
Artists’ books: the book as a work of...
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2015.
The history of artists’ involvement with...
£60
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DREYFUS, John.
Aspects of French Eighteenth Century Typography. ...
Cambridge, The Roxburghe Club, 1982.
A history of French type design in the...
£120
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RICKMAN, Thomas.
An attempt to discriminate the styles of...
London, [1819].
Second, much enlarged edition, of Rickman’s...
£275
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SMITH, William.
An authentic account of the life and memoirs...
London, for J. Jefferies, 1750.
The last account of William Smith, son...
£40
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DAVY, Sir Humphry.
Autograph letter, signed, to Charles Stuart,...
‘23 Grosvenor Street London’, 26 May 1821.
An unpublished letter in which Davy...
£750