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Sacred and Sublime: Art from India and Southeast Asia

CARLTON ROCHELL 65 works of art beautifully illustrated in full-page color plates. Thin folio, stiff pictorial wrappers. New York: Carlton Rochell Asian Art, 2007. A near fine copy.

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Saints and Sacred Matter: The Cult of Relics in Byzantium and Beyond

HAHN, Cynthia & KLEIN, Holger Illustrated in color & b/w. 368 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks, (2015). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia.

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Books of the Body: Anatomical Ritual and Renaissance Learning

CARLINO, Andrea Illustrated in b/w. 266 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (spine a bit faded). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999). Reprint. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

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Veiled Brightness: A History of Ancient Maya Color

HOUSTON, Stephen & BRITTENHAM, Claudia, et al. Illustrated. 148 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Austin: University of Texas Press, (2009). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

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Turkish Handwoven Carpets. Catalog No: 2

TURKEY Nearly 100 carpets illustrated and explained. Folio, stiff pictorial wrappers. Ankara: Ministry of Culture, (1988). Internally fine, a near fine copy.

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Grand Design: The Earth from Above

GERSTER, Georg Beautifully illustrated with aerial photographs. 312 pages, 4to, green cloth, d.w. (faded and lightly edgeworn). New York: Paddington Press, (1976). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.

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Beyond Price. Pearls and Pearl-Fishing: Origins to the Age of Discoveries

DONKIN, R.A. Color frontis, and illustrated in b/w. 148 pages. Small 4to, two-toned cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, (1998). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper.

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A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge

NEUFELD, Josh Illustrated profusely in color. 193 pages. Oblong 8vo, pictorial cloth, d.w. (edgeworn, lightly soiled on back). New York: Pantheon, (2009). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author.

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The Musical Theatre: A Celebration

LERNER, Alan Jay Illustrated. 240 pages, tall 8vo, cloth, worn d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1986). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.

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Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

MACKINTOSH-SMITh, Tim A few maps and illustrations. ix + 351 pages, 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Welcome Rain, (2002). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

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The Dogs of the British Islands, Being A Series of Articles on the Points of Theor Various Breeds

WALSH, J.H. 51 fine black & white full page illustrations. Tall 8vo, rebound in older 1/2 black morocco, marbled boards, a bit rubbed at the edges. London: Horace Cox, 1882. Fourth Edition. A very good(+) copy, internally clean.

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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

MONTGOMERY, David R. Illustrated in black and white. 285 pages. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2007). Small damp stain on rear board and light spotting on outer page edges, still a very good(+) in a near fine dust wrapper.

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A Casual View of America: The Home Letters of Salomon De Rothschild, 1859-1861

ROTHSCHILD, Salonon & DIAMOND, Sigmund editor & translator 136 pages. Slim 8vo, cream cloth, d.w. (rubbed and a bit rough at the edges). Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1961. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Scarce.

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Germany

GOOCH, G.P. Introduction by The Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher. xi + 360 pages. Thick 8vo, green cloth. London: Ernest Benn, 1925. Lightly worn at spine ends and with some scattered penciling in margins, else a very good solid copy.

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Testaments of Israel: Words of Yesterday, Images of Today

WAGNER, John Foreword by Professor Markham J. Geller. Extensively illustrated with photographs. 174 pages, large, oblong folio, blue cloth, d.w.; some minor scuffing to dust wrapper. London: Photo Publishing Company, (1988). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author on title page.

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Hector Guimart: Architect Designer, 1867 – 1942

VIGNE, Georges Photography by Felipe Ferre. More than 100 illustrations, including many color photographs. 396 pages, folio, blue cloth, d.w.; some red pen markings on lower outer foredge, not effecting text. New York: Delano Greenridge, (2003). But for the pen markings a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

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The Correspondence

BENTLEY, Richard 2 volumes in one. xxxii + 828 pages. Short thick 8vo, green cloth; minor wrinkling to cloth of upper rear edge. Hildersheim: Georg Olms, 1977. A near fine copy. Facsimile of the London 1842 edition. Letters in Latin, Greek and English

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Nuns as Artists: The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent

HAMBURGER, Jeffrey F. 116 illustrations, mostly b/w. 318 pages. Tall 8vo, brick red cloth, edgeworn d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1997). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

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Dreams of Subversion in Medieval Jewish Art and Literature

EPSTEIN, Marc Michael Some illustrations in b/w and color. 180 pages. Tall 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1997). First edition. A fine copy of this uncommon book.

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Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire

PETSOPOULOS, Yanni, ed Extensively illustrated, with many full-page color plates. 224 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w. (some taping of minor tears). New York: Abbeville, (1982). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.

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Untitled (Crossword)

EISENHAUER, Lette Etching with aquatint. Signed in pencil in lower left, artist's proof. Image measures 5 5/8" x 4 1/4" Playful crossword puzzle, by the fluxus artist, the only female to be included in the rare series. From "The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered." Printed by Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris. MoMA 324.1967.16. Lette Lou Eisenhauer (born 1935) was an American visual and performance artist known for her free-spirited Fluxus performances during the 1960s.

$450

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Brunelleschi’s Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence

KING, Ross Some illustrations. 184 pages. Small 8vo, gray boards, d.w. London: Chatto & Windus, (2000). First edition. A fine copy.

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Ikat: Patterns from Indonesia, Malaysia and India

PEPIN PRESS Filled with color photographs of patterned textiles. 128 pages, square 8vo, pictorial wrappers; minor fold to upper rear corner. Amsterdam: The Pepin Press, (2004). A near fine copy with the accompanying CD in envelope inside rear cover.

$26

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De Horologiis in Arte. L’Horloge et la Montre a Travers les Ages, d’apres les Documents du Temps

CHAPUIS, Alfred 212 illustrations, 2 in color. [iv], 154 pages. Slim 4to, gilt-stamped teal cloth, white printed d.w. (yellowed at edges). Lausanne: Scriptar, 1954. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. Scarce. A cultural historical study using illustrations of clocks and watches in art, including famous paintings and engravings.

$150

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Goddess Durga: The Power and the Glory

PAL, Pratapaditya, ed Chapters by several authors. Many illustrations. 200 pages, folio, pictorial boards, d.w. Mumbai: Marg Publications, (2009). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.

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