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200475032México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia 2004. 19x19 cm. Colección Alquimia. Traducción Isabel Victoria Anaya Ferreira 278ip b/w and color plates facs. ports. appens. bibl. cat. bibl. color fldg. wrps AUGMENTED REVISED AND EXTENDED SPANISH EDITION. Little has been said about Hercule Florence his research and inventions until this presentation. A lost genius in the Sao Paulo hinterland he was an excellent draftsman and painter and invented photography in an independent isolated manner in 1833. According to his diary the idea of printing by light came to him on August 15 1832 he was familiar with the camera obscura. His experiments are noted in 5 handwritten diaries. There are many who feel that he invented photography and never was given credit. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000. Primera edición en español modificada y aumentada. Libro dedicado al estudio de la labor de Hercule Florence precursor y descubridor de la fotografía y famoso recopilador de la expedición al Brasil. Este libro presenta parte de sus notas como expedicionario y descripciones de su libro de notas sobre fotografía. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia unknown books
200977667Paris:: Galerie Daniel Maghen. Fine. 2009. Hardcover. 9782356740175 . Text is in French. Illustrated by the author. First edition. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Galerie Daniel Maghen, hardcover books
201477666Paris:: Galerie Daniel Maghen. Very Good. 2014. Hardcover. 9782356740373 . Text is in French. Illustrated by the author. First edition. Boards are slightly splayed else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Galerie Daniel Maghen, hardcover books
2008124719New Brunswick New Jersey: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum Rutgers The State University of New Jersey 2008. Softcover. VG. Color illus. wraps; 90 pp.; 45 color and duotone figures. Accompanied a 2008 exhibition of work by French artist Honore Daumier 1808-1879. "Highlights both Daumier's crucial role as a sculptor and lithographer within the Romantic and Realist traditions of nineteenth-century French art as well as his captivating genre scenes made after the political journal La Caricature ceased publication in 1835." foreword With illustrated essays by Florence Quideau and Edouard Paper. The exhibition checklist cites 105 pieces and many are pictured here. Includes an artist chronology and selected bibliography. A scarce catalogue. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey paperback books
2009034973Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2009. Lynn McDonald editor. xii 907p. stiff wrappers Collected works of FLrence Nightingale 1. Wilfrid Laurier University Press unknown books
2004265623New York: Algora Pub 2004. Paperback. Two volumes xi 292p. & xi 243p. foreword introduction statistical tables appendix bibliography index footnotes volume two has Review copy stamp on bottom edge else very good first edition trade paperbacks in white pictorial wraps. Algora Pub paperback books
2014180460New York: The Monacelli Press 2014. Hardcover. VG/VG. Green boards with silver lettering on spine; color illustrated dust jacket; green spine with white lettering; 382 pp profusely illustrated in color. "A fully revised reissue updated and enhanced with new color photography of an influential work on American textiles and their British antecedents regarded as a classic text on both sides of the Atlantic. Printed Textiles was first published by Viking for the Winterthur Museum in 1970. A history of the cotton and linen textiles printed in Britain and America between 1700 and 1850 discussing their design methods of manufacture use and means of trade. Building on research that has come to light since 1970 and utilizing the technical and scientific expertise of the conservators and scientists at Winterthur and adding pieces acquired by the museum since 1970 Senior Curator of Textiles Linda Eaton presents a thorough and sweeping study enriched by the diverse approaches to material culture today. The book illustrated with 600 photographs offers a full appreciation of the beautiful fabrics that are an intimate part of the Winterthur Museum Collection"-- publisher's description. Contents include: The British Calico Printing Industry -- British Trade with North America -- The Use of Printed Furnitures in America and Britain -- Textile Printing in America -- Designers and Design -- The Chemistry and Technology of Calico Printing -- The Catalogue. The Monacelli Press hardcover books
2014405049Rizzoli 2014. As-new in original shrinkwrap. 8vo. 152 pages. Original black cloth with photograph mounted on front cover. FIRST EDITION. "Reaching beyond the intimate setting of the fashion show the photographer paints a portrait of haute couture that takes the couturier's intention to enchant the public and elevates it to the level of the sublime. The great names in photography the mythical photos that have constructed Dior's image and the emblematic subjects of the house's iconography--whether they are dreams of a faraway place or captured in the vast open-sky "studios" of Paris or Versailles--are all evoked in this vast panorama that takes us through more than sixty years in the history of fashion photography. Published to accompany the Dior and Fashion Photography exhibition presented at the Musée Christian Dior in Granville France this lavish volume presents a wealth of gorgeous photographs that bring the character of the couturier's dresses to life with each photographer interpreting them in his or her unique style. Legendary contributors include Horst P. Horst Richard Avedon Irving Penn Cecil Beaton Norman Parkinson Henry Clarke William Klein Helmut Newton Guy Bourdin Sarah Moon Paolo Roversi Nick Knight Ines Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin Tim Walker Willy Vanderperre Patrick Demarchelier and many more. Stunning glamorous and iconic Dior and Fashion Photography exemplifies how the haute couture house transcended fashion to enter the realm of legend" The Publisher. <br/><br/> Rizzoli hardcover books
2011130323Cap-Rouge Quebec Canada: Editions Les dames de Kamouraska 2011. Limited to 50 copies # 43 signed certificate affixed to p. 4. Hardcover. As new. Black faux-leather boards with gilt titling and mounted color illustration. No dust jacket. 109 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Addenda inserted an additional color plate. In French. The complete set will include 4 volumes. Editions Les dames de Kamouraska hardcover books
200626772New York: Abrams 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. A 430 pp illustrated history of chairs. A must-read for furniture lovers. Fine condition in fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A large and heavy book. Abrams hardcover books
20061176482Princeton NJ: The National Gallery of Art Washington and Princeton University Press 2006. Second Printing and first Princeton paperback printing. oversize Qto. VG/ -ndj. black spine with green yellow and orange lettering with reading crease down center of spine. softcovers are lightly shelfworn fingerrubs and faint chafing to softcover edges. illustrated profusely with 370 color plates and 17 halftones. volume is softly curved on right side else a smooth softcover exterior and well bound. interior gently read and no writing within. 293 pp. ISBN # 0691129045. Shelved FRONT TABLE. 1176482. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The National Gallery of Art, Washington and Princeton University Press unknown books
2006024066Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006. Gérard Vallée editor. xv 1024p. maps dj. Collected works of Florence Nightingale 9. Wilfrid Laurier University Press unknown books
2009030598Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2009. Lynn McDonald editor. xiii 946p. b/w illus. dj The collected works of Florence Nightingale 13. Wilfrid Laurier University Press unknown books
2012150552Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod 2012. Hardcover. VG- Security tab from ex-art library inside back cover; dj has average wear esp. at heel of spine; book itself is clean and plates are vivid. Fuchia cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover burgundy & color illus. dust jacket 336 pp. 250 color illus.; weighs 5.5 lbs. Text is in French. Offers examples of depictions of "Paradise" complete with wonderful animals from artists of the 15th-17th centuries. Stunning visuals. Some you'll have seen before. Others perhaps not. Citadelles & Mazenod hardcover books
2007012888New York: Norton Museum of Art 2007. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 412p. index. The major cloths identified with original documents to note changes commerical and artisitc aspects; merchants papers shopkeepers advertisements and pattern books. Profusely illustrated. Norton Museum of Art unknown books
201630623Reims and Milano: FRAC Champagne-Ardenne and Mousse Publishing 2016. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Very tall and thick paperbound quarto. 258 pp. Text in French and English. A major retrospective of Denes' output over the period 1969 to 2013. Denes contributes an essay entitled Evolution and the Creative Mind. Additional text by Florence Derieux who has INSCRIBED this copy on the front endpaper. Near fine condition. Illustrated mostly in color. One of the better books we have handled on Denes. Very large and heavy volume. Additional shipping charges may apply. FRAC Champagne-Ardenne and Mousse Publishing paperback books
