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Expositions of Raphael's Bible. By the Author of "The Expositions of the Cartoons of Raphael," &c. ; illustrated with photographs by Dunmore .

SMITH, RICHARD HENRY . · 1868 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London: Arthur Miall, 18 Dundee Street, E.C, MDCCCLXVIII. [ 1868 ] . 0. First edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. pp.134./[4pp. - Adverts] . Green stippled cloth, over bevelled boards, with bright gilt ruled decoration. Smooth spine with gilt titles and smilar decorati...

Rodin. (Translated by Jessie Lemont and Hans Trausil).

RILKE, RAINER MARIA. · 1948 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: The Grey Walls Press Ltd, 1948. 0. Profile of the works of sculptor Auguste Rodin. Pp.62, b/w frontispiece + 30 futher b/w plates, toning to endpapers. Green cloth, gilt title to front, author's name to spine dulled, wear to lower front corner. G+.

Hundertwasser.

HOFMANN, WERNER. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Salzburg: Verlag Galerie Welz, 1976. 3853490336. 5th edition. "Hundertwasser has become known as the painter of spirals.." 17.3cms x 12.5cms. Pp.30(text), 48 colour plates. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

The Barbizon School. (Victoria and Albert Museum).

KAUFFMANN, C.M. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: HMSO, 1965. 0. 1st. ed.Small Picture Book No.4. "At a time when the Industrial Revolution was beginning to transform the face of France, a group of painters whose pime interest lay in the direct study from nature brought fame to a small village on the northern edge of ...

A Young Person's Guide to the Gallery.

NESBITT, JUDITH. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Leeds: Leeds City Council, 1988. 0901981354. "a guide to looking at works of art in Leeds City Art Gallery. It will help you stop and think about why the artists chose to make their paintings and sculptures as they did." Pp.36, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Pbk. VG.

Major Styles of Modern Art.

SHORE, WENDY. (EDITOR). · 1978 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Fort Lauderdale: Woodbine Books, 1978. 0934516022. Examples of art and artists from the first half of the twentieth century. 18cms x 14cms. Pp.30, 12 colour plates of various artists' work with accompanying biographical sketch and comment on each painting. Pbk. VG.

Symbolism and Surrealism.

SHORE, WENDY. (EDITOR). · 1978 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Shorewood Reproductions Inc, 1978. 0872300072. "The sources forthe art of the Symbolists included dreams, reveries, hallucinations, the realm of the bizarre, the grotesque and the fantastic.." 18cms x 14cms. Pp.30, 12 colour plates of various artists' work with accom...

Rembrandt and the Gospel.

VISSER 'T HOOFT, W.A. · 1957 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: SCM, 1957. First English edition. "At the beginning of his career Rembrandt was influenced by the theatrical art of the Coutner-Reformation and used the Bible merely as a storehouse of subjects to paint. Gradually, in the tragedies of his own life, Rembrandt developed ...

Polish Contemporary Sculpture.

KOTKOWSKA-BAREJA, HANNA. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Warsaw: Interpress, 1974. A selection of Polish sculptors with examples of their work. 24cms x 22cms. Pp.157, b/w photo illustrations throughout, colour photos of sculptures to endpapers. Fawn cloth, d/w slightly rubbed. VG/VG.

Early Christian and Byzantine Art.

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: HMSO,1955. 3rd imp. Small Picture Book series No.14. 28 b/w plates illustrating artefacts of early Christian and Byzantine art. Pbk, slightly rubbed. VG.

The Decorative Arts in the Service of the Church. (with 46 illustrations).

UNWIN, FRANCIS SYDNEY. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London: A.R.Mowbray & Co,1912. 0. 1st imp. The Arts of the Church series. 15.5cms x 11cms. Pp.16/198, 46 b/w plates including 2 drawings by the author. Red cloth, gilt decorated title to front, gilt title to spine, spine a little dulled with wear to top and tail. G+.

Daumier and His Contemporaries: Robert Douwma Catalogue 32.

DOUWMA, ROBERT. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Robert Douwma Prints and Maps, 1988. Art catalogue of French caricatures. Pp.44, many b/w illustrations. Stiff card covers with colour illustration by Daumier. VG.

The Artist and the Book in France. The 20th century Livre d'artiste.

STRACHAN, W.J. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,080)

London: Peter Owen, 1969. 1st ed. "The author traces the early origin of the genre, examines its history and development ..and discusses and illustrates the work of more than a hundred artists.." 29.5cms x 22cms. Pp.368, 8 colour plates, 181 b/w plates. Dark blue cloth with gi...

Bruegel.

GIBSON, WALTER S. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Thames & Hudson, 1977. 0500181594. 1st ed. "Professor Gibson shows us Bruegel as an artist eminently of his time, satisfying an urban society's pleasure in moralizing tales and proverbs, rooted in the rich, bourgeois, brilliant Antwerp of the Flemish Renaissance." Pp.2...

Paintings from the Mauritshuis in the Johan de Witthuis.(Translated by Michael Hoyle.)

SLUIJTER-SEIJFFERT, NICOLETTE. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Den Haag: Hans Bockting gvn, 1982. 1st ed. "This guidebook ..not only describes the paintings on display, but also traces the history of the collection and of the Johan de Witthuis itself.". 27cms. x 20cms. Pp.79, b/w illustrations throughout. Pbk. VG.

Transformation: Paintings with Poems by 20th Century Women Poets.

MORLAND, SUSAN. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hereford; Wild Caret, 1990. 0951504800. 1st ed. "In Transformation, Sue Morland has created a series of paintings to be seen beside poems by 20th century women poets.She combines post-expressionism, poetry and feminism in a personal manifesto." Pp. 55, colour and b/w illustrat...

Medieval Glass at All Souls College.

HUTCHINSON, F.E. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Faber and Faber, 1949. 1st ed. A history and description, based on the notes of G.M.Rushforth. Pp.67, 31 b/w plates to rear, colour frontis. + 1 other colour plate, uneven toing to endpapers. Maroon cloth, d/w edges chipped. G+/G+.

Miniature dei corali per il Duomo di Siena.

CARLI, ENZO. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Italy: I.F.I. - Firenze, 1991. 1st ed. Pp. 40, Italian text, many beautiful colour illustrations. P/b. VG.

Canada in the Nineteenth Century: The Bert and Barbara Stitt Family Collection.

ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON. · 1984 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Ontario:Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1984. 1st ed. "Bert and Barbara Stitt's donation of some three hundred Canadian works, mostly 19th century Canadian watercolours and drawings, to the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton.." 21.5cms x 28cms. Pp.100, cut-out window...

Russian Folk Arts.

PRONIN, ALEXANDER & BARBARA. · 0 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

South Brunswick & New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, nd. nd. "Russian Folk Arts presents a historical survey of twelve major folk art handicrafts of European Russia .." 32cms. x 24cms. Pp. 192, over 200 colour & b/w illustrations. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w ha...