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[ARCHITECTURE]Livre Rare Book

Vue perspective d’une superbe Edifice, composé de plusieurs ordres d’architecture, dont le modèle représenté sur un Théâtre serait admirable, le tout nouvellement inventé et gravé par M. Mariesche.

[ART] [SURREALISM - GREAT BRITAIN] London Surrealist ExhibitionBiblio.com

The International Surrealist Exhibition - Thursday June 11th to Saturday July 4th 1936 Signed by Nine of the Artists

193653024London: New Burlington Galleries / Women's Printing Society Ltd 1936. First Edition. Slim octavo 24cm; pictorial wrappers saddle-stitched; 311pp. French gallerist and art dealer Pierre Loeb's copy with "Exemplaire de Pierre Loeb" in red ink on title page by E.L.T. Mesens along with his signature and those of the following individuals associated with the exhibition directly beneath: Shiela Legge André Breton Jacqueline B. Jacqueline Lamba Breton's wife Roland Penrose David Gascoyne Humphrey Jennings Hans Arp and George Reavey. Light external wear and dust-soil wrappers starting to pull away from staples with some scattered discoloration to rear wrapper; a few very light pencil marks in-text else contents quite fresh; Very Good. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Well-preserved catalog of the first Surrealist art exhibition in England organized by artist Roland Penrose and poet David Gascoyne and held at the New Burlington Galleries from June 11th - July 4th 1936. A ground-breaking event described alternately as chaotic indecent and inspiring the organizers assembled nearly 400 paintings and sculptures by 71 Surrealist artists including Hans Arp Jacqueline B. Hans Bellmer Constantin Brancusi Alexander Calder Salvador Dali Marcel Duchamp Alberto Giacometti René Magritte Joan Miró Paul Nash Pablo Picasso Man Ray Yves Tanguy and others. The three-week event was a true spectacle involving Dalí delivering a lecture and nearly passing out while wearing a full deep-sea diving suit Sheila Legge's performance as "The Phantom of Sex Appeal" in Trafalgar Square and poet Dylan Thomas circulating among the guests at the opening offering them cups of boiled string. In addition to listing all 392 works in the exhibit the catalog features a cover illustration by Max Ernst an English-language preface by André Breton translated by Gascoyne and an introduction by Herbert Read. A significant copy signed by several artists and presented to French gallerist Pierre Loeb one of the great champions of Surrealism. On its own a somewhat elusive catalog rarely seen with such a collection of signatures the auction record showing the last such copies for sale in 1976 George Hugnet's copy signed by nine and 1973 Suzanne Malherbe and Claude Cahun's copy signed by 11. 53024. New Burlington Galleries / Women's Printing Society, Ltd unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis3 250,00 $US≈ 2 749,83 €

[BRITISH ARMOUR - TOWER OF LONDON - DUTCH MANUSCRIPT].Biblio.com

Beschrijving van de paarden wapenzaal in de Tower te London.

1825ABC_47921The Netherlands 1825. Ca. 21.5 x 17 cm. Contemporary green paper over brown cloth with a calligraphed title on the front in a floral frame and a drawing of a knight on horseback on the back board within the same floral frame blue speckled edges. With 12 large colourful ink drawings of knights on horseback depicting various British kings and nobles and a smaller ink drawing of knights in battle on the title-page. 1 1 blank 105 pp. Remarkable manuscript with beautiful illustrations and descriptions of the displays in the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London. As the armoury was engulfed by a large fire in 1841 the largest in the history of the Tower of London some of the depicted armour has been destroyed making the present manuscript a unique source on these objects.The work shows the armour of various British kings and nobles including that of Kings Edward I and VI Henry VI VII and VIII James II and V and military officer Horace Vere. They are all on horseback which is how the armour was displayed in the Tower of London at the time. The illustrations are beautifully hand coloured which gives a good impression of how the armour must have looked. The included text describes the objects and gives extensive background information on the kings and nobles they belonged to.The Royal Armouries in the Tower of London is one of the oldest museum exhibitions in the world. One of the earliest recorded visitors was in 1498 when entry was only by special permission. The visitors in the 16th century who wrote about their experience often called the display "disorderly" suggesting that little attention was paid to presentation at this time. This changed when the Stuarts reclaimed the throne in 1660. Two permanent public displays were set up to encourage visitors to marvel at the splendour of the British monarchy. One of the displays was called "The Line of Kings" which placed figures wearing the armour of former British kings on life-sized wooden horses. In 1825 The Line of Kings was relocated into a new building against the south side of the White Tower where it stayed until the fire of 1841. The present manuscript describes this display during this time period.The edges corners and hinges of the boards are somewhat scuffed with some loss of paper on the spine showing the brown cloth underneath. With very mild foxing on some of the leaves. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Nederlandsch magazijn ter verspreiding van algemeene en nuttige kundigheden 1843 p. 224. hardcover

Asher Rare Books · Pays-Bas3 500,00 €

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