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Acquaforte, firmata e datata in lastra in alto a sinistra all’interno del soggetto. Oltre l’immagine in alto a destra numero 470, in basso “A. Piccinni pinx. et sc,” titolo e “V.ve A. Cadart Edit. Imp. 56 B.ard Haussmann. Paris”. Questa lastra fu pubblicata su L’Illustration Nouvelle, album edito dalla Maison Cadart nel marzo del 1879. Impressione eccellente con leggero effetto di tono, carta vergata. Ottimo stato di conservazione. Ampi margini oltre la battuta del rame. Il soggetto è riconducibile ad un gruppo di lavori appartenenti alle prime acqueforti di invenzione realizzate dall’artista, tutte hanno per soggetti personaggi e situazioni colti durante il soggiorno romano. In questa stampa vediamo rappresentati dodici spettatori a teatro che si sporgono dalla balconata per osservare meglio la rappresentazione. Grazie a potenti giochi chiaroscurali emergono dallo sfondo scuro e i loro volti indagati minuziosamente sono illuminati dalle luci teatrali della ribalta. Le luci imbiancano anche i due pilastri con capitelli che spezzano l’andamento lineare e prospettico volto a sinistra della superficie della balconata. Proprio l’effetto di luce e il punto di osservazione da sotto in su trasforma i volti in una serie di maschere il che suggerisce un’analisi psicologica dei “tipi da teatro”. Il Piccinni tra gli artisti europei fautori della rinascita dell’acquaforte originale. Sperimentatore delle nuove possibilità legate al mezzo fotografico è tra i primi in Italia a impiegare la fotoincisione tra il 1874 ed il 1886. I temi affrontati da Piccinni dimostrano l’attenzione costante verso i gesti più semplici della quotidianità della vita, gli individui vengono rappresentati come modelli di categorie sociali. Etching, signed and dated in plate at upper left in the image. Beyond image in upper right corner number 470, below lettered "A. Piccinni pinx. et sc," the title and "V.ve A. Cadart Edit. Imp. 56 B.ard Haussmann. Paris." This plate was published in L'Illustration Nouvelle, an album edited by Maison Cadart in March 1879. Excellent impression with slight toning effect, printed on laid paper. Very good condition. Wide margins beyond the platemark. The subject can be traced back to a group of works belonging to the first etchings of invention made by the artist, all have for subjects characters and situations captured during his stay in Rome. In this print we see twelve spectators at the theater who lean out from the balcony to better observe the representation. Thanks to powerful chiaroscuro effects they emerge from the dark background and their meticulously studied faces are illuminated by the theatrical lights of the limelight. The lights also whitewash the two pillars with capitals that break the linear and perspective trend facing left of the surface of the balcony. Just the effect of light and the point of observation from below up turns the faces into a series of masks suggesting a psychological analysis of the "theater types". Piccinni was one of the European artists who were responsible for the rebirth of the original etching. Experimenter of the new possibilities related to the photographic medium, he is among the first in Italy to use the photoengraving between 1874 and 1886. The themes addressed by Piccinni show the constant attention to the simplest gestures of everyday life, individuals are represented as models of social categories. A. Petrucci, “A. Piccinni incisore”, 1931; G. Bassi “Antonio Piccinni”, Fasano di Puglia 1978; F. Fiorani G. Scaloni, “Antonio Piccinni incisore”, Roma 2005, 1.13.a, pag.75
Pages 294-388 pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Captain's Baby - a respected officer of the Australian Steam Navigation Company takes a little urchin under his protection, leading to humorous difficulties; A Journey into Arabistan - photo-illustrated account of a journey through a little-known part of Persia; The Quest of the Peso-La-Ki - the romantic story of a hidden Western Navajo silver mine, sought for vainly by daring prospectors for over a century; Tight Corners (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures from West and Central Africa; The Girl-Man - a young woman aged 23 tires of an unhappy marriage and sinks her identity and sex to reappear as a man named Frank Duffy and wander the United States for three years - until she is discovered by a policeman and a court orders her to 'go back to the skirts'; Icebergs - interesting photo-illustrated article by Lacey Amy; Dodging Death - in Australia, Sydney Wright falls from a building under construction, only to be saved by landing on telegraph wires (per cover illustration); A wife on an Indian coffee plantation cures her husband of constantly 'talking shop'; Milly's Hobby; Europe's "Wild West" - photo-illustrated article on the great Hungarian Hortobagy; "The Doctor" - in Ceylon Gunner Duncan is tragically burned to death; Our Travels in Safari-Land (part III) - Mrs. Fred Maturin (Edith Cecil-Porch) describes her ambitious journey through British East Africa; The Missing Ship - in 1897 the American clipper T.F. Oakes and her crew were considered lost, but miraculously saved by the crew of the "Kasbek"; Interesting photo of the grave of a British Columbia Indian chief in a hit above stumps; Photo of a Burmese boy 'undergoing the operation of tattooing', with brief write-up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
455 pages plus section of black and white plates. "As a prelude to her analysis of modern art in France, Italy, Russia, Holland, and America, author provides a history of the popularization of the n-dimensional and non-Euclidean geometries during the nineteenth century. In particular, discusses writers who developed the philosophical and mystical implications of higher spatial dimensions and traces their influence on the major art movements of the period. The fourth dimension and non-Euclidean geometry captured the imagination of the contemporary public. This lost tradition of spatial concepts, as resurrected and presented here, supplies a critical and long-neglected element in the history of twentieth-century art." - from back cover. Prior owner's name atop first blank leaf. Average external wear and soiling. Binding tight and square. A sound copy of this important work. Book
223 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photography. "A lively, provocative visual history of the way men dress in our time... Examines the twelve social roles adopted by men in this century, tracing many of the fashions (and fashion leaders) that have helped shape them. The roles include the Worker, Cowboy, Rebel, Military Man, Sportsman, Hunter, Businessman, Joe College, Man About Town, Dandy, and the Jock and Nerd... Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York." - from dust jacket. Book fresh, clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A wonderful copy. Book
322 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. A detailed history of the district with a particularly detailed treatment of local family histories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. A quality copy of this precious genealogical reference. Book
429 pages. Index. "This, the first full-length biography of E.E. Barnard, tells the remarkable tale of endurance and achievement of one of the leading astronomers of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century... Barnard scoured the heavens endlessly, leaving an astonishing legacy of observations - of planets, satellites, comets, double stars, bright and dark nebulae, and globular clusters - that make him one of the greatest observers of all time." - from preliminary page. Usual library markings. Average wear. Some lean to spine. A sound working copy. Book
hardcover with dusjacket, 2 vols, 946 pages.Size:175 x 260 mm Illustrations:450 b/w. Language(s):English. ISBN 9781912554867. One remarkable feature of European culture as it developed in the Renaissance was the accommodation it made with ancient paganism. The classical gods and their legends were allegorised, transformed into symbolic figures or emblematic scenes that might accord with Christian morality. At the same time a secular space was created in art for the depiction of the most popular myths, above all the love stories recounted by the ancient poets. These stories were not only attractive in themselves; they offered the opportunity to depict nude figures in narrative action, which the example of antiquity held forth as the highest goal for painting. Rubens was one of the greatest creators of classical allegory; he was also a supreme interpreter of the classical stories. No painter was so at home in the literature of the Greeks and Romans. When he painted for pleasure, which, increasingly in the course of his life, he felt able to do, he used pagan myth to express and celebrate themes of love, beauty and the creative forces of nature, often in wonderfully idiosyncratic ways. At the same time, as a Christian committed to the ideals of the Catholic Reformation, Rubens respected the restrictions generally placed on the depiction of pagan tales. Most of his mythological paintings were made for private settings, for display within houses (including his own) or in the galleries of princes, noblemen and prelates. It is happy accident of history that these splendid paintings are now widely visible in the great museums of the world.
Very Good English Original bdg. HC. 15 volumes set. Demy 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). 335 p.; 301 p.; 320 p.; 320 p.; 336 p.; 335 p.; 335 p.; 320 p.; 320 p.; 302 p.; 320 p.; 320 p.; 320 p.; 319 p.; 304 p. In Turkish. Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the seventeenth century of Evliya Chelebi. 1969 - 1970. Evliya Celebi seyahatnamesi. 15 volumes set. Translator: Zuhuri Danisman.
New English Original bdg. HC. In publisher's special slip-case. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In Persian with English preface and bilingual title on cover. 323 p., color ills. Mirror of heart: The complete works of Maestro Mohammad Bagher Aghamiri.= Majmû'ah-i âsâr-i ustâd Muhammad Bâqir Âqâ'mîrî "Buzurg". Introduction by Hadi Sayf, Jalal Shabahangi. Aghamiri was born in Daryasogand, Bijar, 1950. He achieved a literature diploma from Tehran's Technical School in 1971, B.A. in painting from University of Art in 1983, MA. in Graphic from College of Fine Arts, Tehran University and Doctorate degree in Iranian and Islamic Painting from high Council of Culture and Arts of Islamic Republic of Iran. The Mirror of the Heart is an excellent collection of his paintings printed as a work of art.
112 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Red-Shafted Flicker by Fenwick Lansdowne; Colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Classy one-page colour ad for James Richardson & Sons celebrates their 100th anniversary; Half-page colour ad for GE electric blankets; "We don't have to put up with rock 'n' roll"; Beverley Baxter column talks about Lord Altrincham; Nice one-page colour ad for RCA Victor hi-fi products; Joseph Tucker's Triumphant Retreat from the Twentieth Century - he lives in the log cabin he built in Kuroki, Saskatchewan 46 years ago - great photo-illustrated article; Rosa Tremblay and her Seven Sets of Twins! - photo-illustrated article; The Dance of the Bells (short story); What Kind of Man Was Herbert Norman? - did the brilliant diplomat take his own life? - photo-illustrated article; Hangover at the OK Coral - what would happen if Hollywood stars really drank that much alcohol?; Seven gorgeous colour pages of bird illustrations by Fenwick Lansdowne; The Comedian Who Made the House of Commons - Photo-illustrated article on John Pratt; William Lawrence and his wonderful windjammer; The Unseen World of Taste and Smell; Vintage NCR one-page colour ad features supermarket checkout with huge old cash register; Lovely colour-photo two-page ad for Del Monte canned foods; Eight-page colour celebration of the 100th anniversary of the House of Seagram; Eva-Lis Wuorio describes her most memorable meal; Nice one-page colour-photo Caterpillar ad features Manitoba's Highway 1E before and after it was modernized; Nostalgic colour-photo Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank ad shows classic teller scene with glass barrier along counter; Colour-photo one-page Canadian Club ad features Charles Fidani who snatches ribbons (rosettes) from the forelock of charging bulls in Saliers, France (The Ribbon Game); Attractive one-page ad for Philips Styline TVs; One-page ad for Dictaphone shows executive speaking into microphone in his impressive office; Nice colour-photo Old Vienna beer ad shows man reaching for tray; Pilkington Glass colour-photo ad with scene in home of E.C. Vandervoort, Kingston, Ontario; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Simmons Hide-A-Beds; One-page colour-photo ad for Youngstown Kitchens; Trans-Canada Air Lines one-page ad shows Venice scene; Crown & Anchor beer ad features colour photo of golf scene; Vintage colour-photo Samsonite luggage ad features beautiful Miss Canada 1957, Joan May Fitzpatrick; Vintage one-page A.V. Roe ad entitled "Belgium Chooses the Avro CF-100", with two photos; Back cover colour Coke ad with illustration in Germany's Black Forest; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon title page. "The first documented and eyewitness account of Canada's only cruiser in World War Two and her part in the Pacific War." - subtitle. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos, illustrations and maps. Glossary, bibliography and index. xii, 282 pages. Includes list of crew members as of December 15, 1944. Map endpapers. Two custom bookmarks laid-in. Prior owner's armorial bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. COOKE [3e] p.85. Book
160 pages. Chronology. Text in English. A most engaging review of the illustrious first hundred years of business of Groupe Zodiac/ The Zodiac Group. Gloriously illustrated in colour and black and white with archival photos and illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this dynamic corporate history. Book
Hardcover with dusjackets 778 pages ., 161 b/w ill. + 99 colour ill., 180 x 265 mm, Languages: English. fine condition ISBN 9781912554232. Rubens Decius Mus Cycle is in many ways a first. It provides the earliest example of work for the medium of tapestry, and so illustrates the artist's approach to the challenges presented by a narrative sequence of images. The woven versions, like the corresponding set of six paintings preserved in the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein since 1692, represent the heroic death of the Roman Consul Decius Mus, following Livy?s account of how he sacrificed himself to the gods to procure victory for Rome. Rubens stages the episodes of this dramatic story with characteristic ingenuity, producing images with a powerful visual impact and narrative force. To recreate Livy?s story with Roman authenticity, Rubens drew on a wide range of sources, including not only classical texts but the growing antiquarian literature of his age, as well as archaeological evidence that he had studied in person while in Italy. The Decius Mus Cycle thus forms Rubens?s first large-scale manifestation of the reception of antiquity. At the same time it reveals the inspiration of Italian Renaissance traditions. Begun in 1617, the Decius Mus Cycle belongs to a particularly intense and productive phase of Rubens?s career. Many altarpieces and other large-scale compositions were also realised in this period, which made the participation of an extensive workshop essential. Together with the preparatory modelli, the paintings of the Decius Mus Cycle testify to the interaction of master and assistants, providing clearer documentation than was previously available of Rubens?s creative process. Technical examination undertaken specifically for the present volume ? including full-surface analysis using X-ray and infrared reflectography ? has resolved many puzzles and will provide future researchers with a wealth of new information. Review ?What remains beyond doubt or debate is the enormous value of this two-volume addition to the Corpus Rubenianum and to future Rubens scholarship. It is as heroic as the story ? and cycle ? it treats so magisterially: Rubens-worthy!? (Charles Scribner III, in Historians of Netherlandish Art, July 2020)
New English Original full leather binding. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish and facsimile in Persian. 2 volumes set: (1000 p.; 682 p.). Mesnevî-i ma'nevî. Very heavy set. Extra shipping fee will be requested. FAcsimile and transcription of manuscript 171 no. in Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi, Halet Efendi. SUFISM Mesnevi Mevlevi order Sufism Tasavvuf Turkish - Persian literature 13th Century Classical Eastern texts.
Cloth bound with dusjacket, as new !! 1999. in 4to. 600 pp. of text, 468 illustrations, including 32 color plates. ISBN 9070288966. The monograph of Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (1562-1638) is presented as an adherent of sixteenth-century artistic theory, in particular as taught by Karel van Mander in the so-called Haarlem academy. According to this erudite Flemish immigrant, Dutch artists were shamefully backward with respect to mastery in rendering the nude, the great accomplishment of the modern Italian masters. He must have viewed the art of his younger friend - who had taken his advice and overcome these shortcomings by pursuing a lengthy period of intense study 'from life' - as the ultimate fulfilment of his ambition to elevate Dutch history painting to the level of Italian art. Eight chapters are dedicated to the biography of Cornelis Cornelisz, his triple training as an artist, his artistic development, his training of pupils, his influence on the art of his time, his reputation among contemporaries, and the appreciation of his art through the centuries. A ninth, concluding chapter treats the iconographical aspects of two exceptional commissions which the artist received from the Amsterdam poet Hendrick Laurensz Spieghel, and the programmatic underpinnings of his greatest performance, the decoration of the Prinsenhof in Haarlem. Six appendixes contain original transcriptions of seventy-five documents concerning the artist and his family, including the unique list of art left by Cornelis Cornelisz, as well as other relevant sources. Five catalogues list the complete oeuvre of Cornelis Cornelisz, which comprises 303 paintings, either preserved or known from contemporary sources, a mere thirteen drawings, seven works in oil on paper, five models for prints, and twenty-three prints after his inventions.The catalogues are ordered iconographically, whereas the thirty-two colour plates and 365 plates in black and white are arranged in chronological order.Extensive indexes enhance the accessibility and usefulness of the volume.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Very sunned spine with top inch missing. Very clean very tight pages with slightly marked green paper and faux vellum boards and rubbing to corners. Dusty untrimmed page edges. 328pp. Five plays from unknown Early English Dramatists (Fourth Series) - Appius and Virginia from 1575, The Marriage of Wit and Science from 1570, Grim the Collier of Croydon from 1662, Common Conditions (date unknown) and The Marriage of Wit and Wisdom from 1579. Plus a note-book and word-list at the end. Extremely scarce first edition.
Signed by author 'J LL Thomas' to frontispiece. Pen work raised showing this to be a genuine signature. Prize inscription to front end paper. No other marks. Clear gilt lettering to front and spine. Tissue guarded frontispice of the author. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked sunned boards, well sunned spine, dusty page edges, slight foxing and very minor bumping to upper front corner. Large fold-out map at rear with minor tear and slight creasing, otherwise in very good condition. 266pp. Covers the author's journey and the people and places across Canada to the North Pacific, Yokohama, Kamakura & Enoshima, the Hakone Hills, Tokyo, Nikko, The Tokaido Line, Kobe & neighbourhood, the Sanyo Line, Shikoku and the return. Very early explorore access to Japan . Extremeley scarce signed copy.
Xilografia a due legni, 1908, priva di firma. Impressione eccellente su carta avorio liscia. Ottimo stato di conservazione. Ampi margini oltre la linea marginale. Nel primo decennio del 1900, De Carolis dedica molta attenzione alla rievocazione di temi popolari, legati in particolare alle raffigurazioni di marine, così come testimonia questa stampa. L'utilizzo di più colori e quindi di un numero maggiore di legni ben si adatta alla vivacità di questi soggetti. Dopo l'adesione nel '96 al gruppo romano In arte libertas, creato dal paesista Nino Costa, dal 1901 insegna ornato in accademia nella Firenze dei maestri del Rinascimento, del "terribile" Michelangelo, del Böcklin dell'Isola dei morti. Comincia ad ornare libri per D'Annunzio e Pascoli e dal 1903 elabora fregi e d articoli per la rivista "Leonardo" fondata con Papini e Prezzolini. Fra le rigogliose figurazioni per la Francesca da Rimini (1902), le rusticane de La figlia di Iorio (1904), le lapidarie del Notturno del "Vate" (1917-21), le stampe marinaresche esprimono un'autonoma poetica. Il varo, L'argano, Il timone, La foce, Le arche - xilografie eseguite fra il 1904 e il 1908, mentre in Europa esplodono primi fenomeni d'avanguardia - denotano un lirismo contemplativo invischiato nel ristagno simbolista che connota la situazione italiana all'avvio del secolo. Ma al di là dei convenzionali significati latenti, quelli manifesti aprono - pur aderendo al fervore estetico del giapponismo fin-de-siècle - un discorso etnografico che si fa via via più urgente, teso a documentare l'irripetibile patrimonio che la "novella civiltà livellatrice" viene annientando. L'appello del 1920 (L'arte popolare, in "La Fionda", Roma) riscuote entusiastiche risposte, stimolando una sensibilità che nel 1923 porta all'istituzione del Regio Museo di etnografia italiana, dal 1956 Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni popolari. Woodcut, 1908, printed from two blocks. Excellent impression, printed on ivory paper, wide margins, good condition. De Carolis was an artistic polymath, working as a painter (in particular of murals), interior designer, decorator, xylographer (wood engraver), illustrator and photographer, and is probably the best known exponent of Art Nouveau in Italy. His talent and originality was quickly recognised by two of the greatest Italian writers and poets of the day, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Giovanni Pascoli, and he became their preferred illustrator. Among his most popular works were many illustrations for Gabriele d'Annunzio's novels (Il Notturno, La figlia di Jorio) and Giovanni Pascoli‘s books of poems. In the first decade of the 1900s, De Carolis devoted a great deal of attention to the evocation of popular themes, linked in particular to representations of seascapes, as this print testifies. The use of more colors and therefore a greater number of woods is well suited to the liveliness of these subjects. After joining in '96 the Roman group In arte libertas, created by the landscape painter Nino Costa, from 1901 he taught ornament in the academy in Florence of the Renaissance masters, of the "terrible" Michelangelo, of Böcklin of the Isle of the Dead. He began to decorate books for D'Annunzio and Pascoli and since 1903 elaborates friezes and articles for the magazine "Leonardo" founded with Papini and Prezzolini. Among the luxuriant figurations for the Francesca da Rimini (1902), the rusticane of The daughter of Iorio (1904), the lapidarie of the Nocturne of the "Vate" (1917-21), the prints marinaresche express an autonomous poetic. Il varo, L'argano, Il timone, La foce, Le arche - woodcuts made between 1904 and 1908, while the first avant-garde phenomena were exploding in Europe - denote a contemplative lyricism caught up in the symbolist stagnation that characterized the Italian situation at the beginning of the century. But beyond the conventional latent meanings, the manifest ones open - while adhering to the aesthetic fervor of Japanism fin-de-siècle - an ethnographic discourse that becomes more and more urgent, aimed at documenting the unique heritage that the "new leveling civilization" is annihilating. The appeal of 1920 (L'arte popolare, in "La Fionda", Rome) received an enthusiastic response, stimulating a sensitivity that in 1923 led to the establishment of the Royal Museum of Italian Ethnography, since 1956 the National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.
Xilografia a due legni, 1908, priva di firma. Impressione eccellente su carta avorio liscia. Ottimo stato di conservazione. Ampi margini oltre la linea marginale. Nel primo decennio del 1900, De Carolis dedica molta attenzione alla rievocazione di temi popolari, legati in particolare alle raffigurazioni di marine, così come testimonia questa stampa. L'utilizzo di più colori e quindi di un numero maggiore di legni ben si adatta alla vivacità di questi soggetti. Dopo l'adesione nel '96 al gruppo romano In arte libertas, creato dal paesista Nino Costa, dal 1901 insegna ornato in accademia nella Firenze dei maestri del Rinascimento, del "terribile" Michelangelo, del Böcklin dell'Isola dei morti. Comincia ad ornare libri per D'Annunzio e Pascoli e dal 1903 elabora fregi e d articoli per la rivista "Leonardo" fondata con Papini e Prezzolini. Fra le rigogliose figurazioni per la Francesca da Rimini (1902), le rusticane de La figlia di Iorio (1904), le lapidarie del Notturno del "Vate" (1917-21), le stampe marinaresche esprimono un'autonoma poetica. Il varo, L'argano, Il timone, La foce, Le arche - xilografie eseguite fra il 1904 e il 1908, mentre in Europa esplodono primi fenomeni d'avanguardia - denotano un lirismo contemplativo invischiato nel ristagno simbolista che connota la situazione italiana all'avvio del secolo. Ma al di là dei convenzionali significati latenti, quelli manifesti aprono - pur aderendo al fervore estetico del giapponismo fin-de-siècle - un discorso etnografico che si fa via via più urgente, teso a documentare l'irripetibile patrimonio che la "novella civiltà livellatrice" viene annientando. L'appello del 1920 (L'arte popolare, in "La Fionda", Roma) riscuote entusiastiche risposte, stimolando una sensibilità che nel 1923 porta all'istituzione del Regio Museo di etnografia italiana, dal 1956 Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni popolari. Woodcut printed from two blocks. Excellent impression, printed on ivory paper, wide margins, good condition. De Carolis was an artistic polymath, working as a painter (in particular of murals), interior designer, decorator, xylographer (wood engraver), illustrator and photographer, and is probably the best known exponent of Art Nouveau in Italy. His talent and originality was quickly recognised by two of the greatest Italian writers and poets of the day, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Giovanni Pascoli, and he became their preferred illustrator. Among his most popular works were many illustrations for Gabriele d'Annunzio's novels (Il Notturno, La figlia di Jorio) and Giovanni Pascoli‘s books of poems. In the first decade of the 1900s, De Carolis devoted a great deal of attention to the evocation of popular themes, linked in particular to representations of seascapes, as this print testifies. The use of more colors and therefore a greater number of woods is well suited to the liveliness of these subjects. After joining in '96 the Roman group In arte libertas, created by the landscape painter Nino Costa, from 1901 he taught ornament in the academy in Florence of the Renaissance masters, of the "terrible" Michelangelo, of Böcklin of the Isle of the Dead. He began to decorate books for D'Annunzio and Pascoli and since 1903 elaborates friezes and articles for the magazine "Leonardo" founded with Papini and Prezzolini. Among the luxuriant figurations for the Francesca da Rimini (1902), the rusticane of The daughter of Iorio (1904), the lapidarie of the Nocturne of the "Vate" (1917-21), the prints marinaresche express an autonomous poetic. Il varo, L'argano, Il timone, La foce, Le arche - woodcuts made between 1904 and 1908, while the first avant-garde phenomena were exploding in Europe - denote a contemplative lyricism caught up in the symbolist stagnation that characterized the Italian situation at the beginning of the century. But beyond the conventional latent meanings, the manifest ones open - while adhering to the aesthetic fervor of Japanism fin-de-siècle - an ethnographic discourse that becomes more and more urgent, aimed at documenting the unique heritage that the "new leveling civilization" is annihilating. The appeal of 1920 (L'arte popolare, in "La Fionda", Rome) received an enthusiastic response, stimulating a sensitivity that in 1923 led to the establishment of the Royal Museum of Italian Ethnography, since 1956 the National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.
Hardcover with dusjacket, 4to. 350 pp., 360 plates and ills. ( 60 in color). .fine condition! ISBN 9783923641604. Flamische Maler im Umkreis der grossen Meister, Band 10
IN 4. REL TOILE EDIT AVEC JAQ [BE]. 238 PP. ENV 500 ILL DONT QQS EN COULEURS. [BE]
New Persian Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Persian with bilingual titles in English and Persian. 2 volumes set: ([208], 1187 p.; 1188-2222, [16] pp.), some b/w plates at the end of second volume. All articles with their Latinized transcriptions.
Twelve Volumes. Engraved illustrations. All edges marbled. Slightly age stained. 12mo. Original full cloth bindings, decorated in blind. Gilt lettered spines. Slight loss at head and tail of spines. Hardbound. A large collection of English plays. Each work bound with an individual title page, and sometimes an engraved frontispiece. Pagination not continuous. Fascinating collection of early nineteenth century plays. A very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W56