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2015107185Rio de Janeiro: Cobogó 2015. 31 cm. 240 pages color and b/w plates bibliographic references p.237 d.j. CONTENTS: Iran do Espirito Santo: Desenhis / Jacopo Crivelli Visconti -- Lista das obras = List of works. Brazilian artist Iran do Espírito Santo born 1963 is known for the subtle minimalism of his paintings sculptures and installations. This gorgeously produced substantial overview is dedicated to the artist's drawings--some abstract and monochrome others figurative reflections on daily objects all technically masterful. Os trabalhos feitos sobre papel deste que é um dos maiores representantes das artes visuais brasileiras no cenário contemporâneo: Iran do Espírito Santo b. Mococa SP 1963. Presentes em toda sua trajetória artística os desenhos revelam a escolha por uma paleta precisa de cores tons e sub tons com destaque para o branco o preto e o cinza e um viés conceitual e de ironia sutil anunciado pelos títulos. Sua produção sobre papel é realizada com os mais diversos materiais como carvão caneta pastel aquarela e grafite. A seleção das mais de 130 obras que compõem o livro feita por Iran e pelo crítico e curador independente Jacopo Crivelli Visconti que também assina um texto sobre a produção do artista privilegia o recorte cronológico. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Cobogó unknown books
194959241NY:: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Bilingual edition - French and English. Translated from the French by T. S. Eliot. Revised and corrected edition. First printing thus. Very good in a very good large chips at the spine ends age toned dust jacket. . Harcourt, Brace and Company, hardcover books
194930807NY:: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Bilingual edition - French and English. Translated from the French by T. S. Eliot. Revised and corrected edition. First printing thus. Very good in a very good age darkened dust jacket. . Harcourt, Brace and Company, hardcover books
1966Embry 35514Pantheon 1966. 1st U.S. Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with one short tear to head of spine and publisher's slipcase one spine seam splitting. Four color illustrations by Georges Braque. Pantheon, 1966. 1st U.S. Edition. unknown books
196515063NY: Pantheon 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Third Printing. Very good hardback in a lightly edgeworn jacket. Non authorial ink gift inscription on front free endpaper. <br/><br/> Pantheon hardcover books
195819209New York: Pantheon Books The Bollingen Series 1958. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY SAINT JOHN PERSE USING HIS REAL NAME "ALEXIS SAINT LEGER" TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1958 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine just a touch of light offsetting at the front inner hinge in a crisp price-intact Near Fine dustjacket with very mild chipping along the spine ends and the top-edges. Tall quarto wonderful dustjacket design by Paul Rand. Translated from its original French by Wallace Fowlie part of the formidable Bollingen Series in this case LXVII. <br/><br/> Pantheon Books (The Bollingen Series) hardcover books
1966549321966. ST.-JOHN PERSE. TWO ADDRESSES. "On Poetry" translated by W. H. Auden "Dante" translated by Robert Fitzgerald. With the French texts. Bollingen Series LXXXVI. New York: Pantheon Books 1966. First edition. 8vo. brown boards over black cloth stamped in gilt. Fine in slightly worn price-clipped jacket. unknown books
1953225014New York Pantheon Books 1953. 1953. First edition. 4to. Bilingual edition. Translated by Hugh Chisholm. Dust jacket unclipped; long tear. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Advance review copy with slip laid in loose with publication date of March 17 1953. F. Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books [1953]. hardcover books
194619265Paris: Librairie Gallimard 1946. Original wraps. Very Good . WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ST.-JOHN PERSE TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the front free endpaper. A solid very presentable copy to boot of the 1946 1st edition. #2236 of 2350 copies "sur papier de chataignier". Bright and VG in its off-white wrappers with very light soiling to the front panel and mild offsetting creasing and soiling at the rear panel. Very small paper cuts along the fore-edges of the preliminaries otherwise clean as could be internally with no writing or markings to speak of. Tall quarto one of the Nobel Prize winner's long poems written during his American "exile" <br/><br/> Librairie Gallimard paperback books
196628816n. p: Bollingen / Pantheon. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket Bollingen LXXXII a bi-lingual edition with damaged box split at all joints. ; Oblong Folio; 71 pp . Bollingen / Pantheon hardcover books
14694Collection of four large vintage black and white photos. The first three photos depict Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Shah of Iran and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the lavish Crystal Room of the Palace of Tehran in 1959. Images are approximately 9.5"x6.5". These photos are taken during the Tehran Conference. The first and second images show the full landscape of the palace's Crystal Room capturing its shimmering mirrored walls. The third image is a close up of the dignitaries. In all three the Shah and President are accompanied by Queen Soraya and Zahedi. The fourth photo shows the Shah and his new wife Farah Diba in wedding attire following their marriage in 1959. All 4 in very good condition. unknown books
15164Mohammed Reza Pahlevi Shah of Iran before the revolution. Very rare signed vintage photo inscribed in his hand in ink "To my dear sister. 1332." The photo is notably dated 1953 the same year as the Revolution. Black and white photo measures 6.5x9" and depicts the Shah in full military regalia with medals and epaulets. Minor rubbing not affecting signature or image. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown books
17133Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. King of Persia. Original albumen carte-de-viste CDV photograph. c. 1860-1870. By Makzamoff after unknown artist. Naser al-Din Shah was the first shah to have his picture taken and was very interested in the new medium of Photography. Image depicts the Shah seated confidently in full royal uniform including elaborate jewelry on his jacket and headgear with his jewel encrusted sword prominently displayed. Naser al-Din Shah was the Shah of Qajar Iran from September 5 1848 until his assassination on May 1 1896. Light foxing. 1/8" closed tear along bottom right edge. In very good to good condition. unknown books
WN3929Tehran: Kayhan Press Original light blue leatherette gilt. A little grubby on edges of pages and covers. An undated title concerning Iran under the Shah. First Edition. Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Kayhan Press Hardcover books
14562Beautiful Engraving of Mozaffer Ed Dine Shah of Persia Iran published by Pellerin & Cie circa 19th Century. Edges of the sheet with small imperfections minor losses Nice contrast in beautiful colors. In very good condition. unknown books
14569Rare Chromolithograph depicting the front cover of Ganjinh I La'Ali Shahwar Khakan I Namdar Al Sultan Padishah Fath 'Ali Kajar"- " The Treasury of Royal Pearls of Iran Being a Collection of the Poems and Verses of Fath 'Ali Shah of Persia" written by H.M. Secretary Mohammed Mehdi 1801. Lithograph was published by William Griggs in the Journal of Indian Arts. London: 1894. Size: 10.5" x 14.5." Very rich illuminated lithograph. In very good condition. unknown books
14410A collection of 3 French Illustrated Magazines on Qajar Kings of Persia Iran dated 1896 1900 and 1909. The first two magazines are from the French "Petit Journal" published in 1896 and 1900. They include two colored magazine covers of Mozaffer-ed-Din Shah with accompanied articles. 12" by 17.5" Magazines are eight pages. The third magazine was published in the French " Le Monde Illustre" in 1909 and boasts photos of Shah Ahmed Mirza along with the article "Chah of Persia Ahmed Mirza The Revolution of Persia." 11.4" by 15." Magazine is sixteen pages. Both magazines in very good condition. unknown books
14568Collection of 3 chromolithographic prints from The Illustrated History of Costume : period styles and accessories by Albert Racinet published by Firmin Didot & Cie in Paris in 1888. Titled: PERSIA - PERSE- PERSIEN. 7 ½" x 8 ¾". These lithographs beautifully depict Persian costumes and interior décor from Iran. In the first lithograph we can see 10 men and one woman dressed in the various traditional Qajar attires of Iran. The second lithograph shows the beautiful interior décor including very intercate and vibrant Persian rugs elaborately scrolled door and window frames of a Kajar residence. The third lithograph captures five musicians playing various instruments and four women dancers. In very good condition. unknown books
14421OLD PRINT VINTAGE ORIGINAL FRENCH MAGAZINE "LE MONDE ILLUSTRE" NUMERO OF THE YEAR 1909. PHOTOS WITH ARTICLE "SHAH OF PERSIA AHMED MIRZATHE REVOLUTION OF PERSIA".has images of a yong Prince and a Shah with his huge crown. COMPLETE MAGAZINE 16 PAGES.SIZE:29X385CM. INSIDE has aother ENGRAVINGSand PHOTOS and ARTICLES . Dates from Iran's Constitutional revolution of 1909 that divided the power between the Shah and the new Parlemant majles Meli. unknown books
14408Beautiful original engraving with five scenes of Persian Iran cultural and historical importance. Page is 11.75" by 9.5." Image size is 10" by 8." Engraving by Henry Winkles. Published in 1851 in New York and Germany. An intricate image depicting unique and dramatic aspects of Persian life in the 18th and 19th century presented in five panels on one lage page. The first image depicts a veiled bride riding a horse to meet her betrothed. The second image depicts a Persian woman traveling in a caravan supported by two horses. The third image shows a group of musicians playing wind and percussive intruments in a courtyard. The fourth image is of six men feasting on a decorative carpet. The fifth image depicts a war scene; one horseman aims his rifle at an awother warrier with a raised spear. The other half of the fith image shows a man who is beeing punished for his deeds with blows to his feet. Beautifully engraved with a rich contrast between light and dark. In very good condition. Scarce. unknown books
14586Two original antique steel costume engravings of a Persian Iran Royal Officer and Noble woman printed in 1864. Overall size: 9" x 12.5." The plate illustrations are brightly colored and intricately detailed characterization of the traditional costumes of a Persian Royal Officer and Noble woman. In the engraving of the Royal Officer titled "Khatchadour D'hohannes: Officier du Prince Royal de Perse" his attire entails a vibrant green coat with gold trimmings which covers a gold-colored ensemble with a purple sash that stores his dagger. In the engraving of the Persian Woman titled "Dame Persane" she is depicted in traditional costume as imagined by Europeans in the 1800's. The woman is shown leaning against a banister wearing an embroidered white satin gown with a pink silk and fur trimmed coat and a feathered headdress. General age related toning. Overall both prints are in very good condition. unknown books
14368Large Original Engraving of the ancient Persian necropolis Naqsh-e Rostam. Printed in 1720. Titled "Description des Tombeaux Autres Monumens Anciens que l'on trouve non loin de Persepolis dans une Montage de Roche Appelle La Montagne des Sepulchres." One large image of the Naqsh-e Rostam tombs. Two large detailed images of royal tombs with the header "Tombeau des Anciens Rois de Perse." French calligraphic text in the middle describing the tombs. The incredible series of ancient tombs known as Naqsh-e Rostam are located in central Iran outside of the city of Shiraz and were constructed over three thousand years ago. Naqsh-e Rostam consists of five different tombs belonging to the Achaemenian Kings Darius 1 2 and 3 as well as King Artaxerxes and King Xerxes. The tombs are known locally as the 'Persian crosses' because of the shape of the facades. The entrance to the tombs is at the center of each cross which opens onto to a small chamber where the king lay in a sarcophagus. There are seven enormous relief's chiselled into the mountain depicting scenes of victorious battles and royal life. 17" x 21.5." Several small tears on blank margin not affecting image area or text. Two original folds. Overall in verygood condition. unknown books
17100Vintage Optical Lantern images of school students in Iran circa late 19 cent glass size is about 4" x 3.25" . One image hand-labeled "Persian School" in ink and "Teheran" in pencil show around 40 students and their teachers in traditional Persian Qajar era outfit and hat. Many are seated on a carpet and some standing in behind them all are in front of their schoolhouse. In the front we see the typical water basin "hose" that would be found at the center of most courtyards of that period. The studentsrange in age from children to young men the older ones are probably the teachers. in very good condition. Original images of the Qajar period are scarce. unknown books
14563Collection of 2 Vintage Optical Lantern images of Iran circa 1900. 3-1/4"x 4." The first photo captures a daily scene in a caravan square of an Iranian village. A crowd of villagers is immersed in the daily business and social routine. Sacks of grain are stacked beside a mud village wall and people stop to speak to each other. In the background a wind tower typical of Yazd region and Southern Iran rises over the village. In the second image a caravan of camels rests wearing saddles and bridles having completed the day's journey. The camels rest in the courtyard of an Iranian village with a group of villagers gathered in the background. Scarce and in very good condition. unknown books
1771007867Paris: Ch. Antoine Jombert Pere Librairie Du Roi 1771. With engraved frontispiece by Cochin stain lower edge to margin only . Original mottled calf back stamped in floral gilt wonderful marbled end papers edges stained in red ribbon marker. xxvii 1 224 2 pp. Very Good calf darkened with age corners rubbed spine title gilt rubbed interior pages clean and bright. . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ch. Antoine Jombert Pere, Librairie Du Roi Hardcover books
