SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND HOLLAND
Written by Peter Thornton.
Stock no. 1831566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first book to survey and analyze the development of European interior decoration in France, England, and Holland following the stimulus of the Italian Renaissance while relating it to the changes in the political structure and social habits of the landed classes at the end of the sixteenth century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0300021933. Boards clean. Very light browning to endpapers. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, scuffed to rear panel.

THE VISUAL AND VERBAL SKETCH IN BRITISH ROMANTICISM
Written by Richard C. Sha.
Stock no. 1830913
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With their broken lines and hasty brush-work, sketches acquired enormous ideological and aesthetic power during the Romantic period in England. This book investigates the varied implications of sketching in late eighteenth - and early nineteenth - century culture. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 277 pages including index. ISBN: 0812234200. Text block slightly dusty. A few neat annotations to margins else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed with some discolouration and a few small marks.

THE VORTICISTS: MANIFESTO FOR A MODERN WORLD
Written by Mark Antliff; Vivien Greene; et al.
Stock no. 1829628
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of Vorticism, born in London during the summer of 1914. The Vorticists set out to break decisively with the past and to forge an art that expressed the dynamism of the moder age. Published to accompany a major, touring exhibition of the same name. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781854378859. Light rubbing to cover corners. Rear cover scuffed with a small mark. Contents clean.

THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Stefano Zuffi.
Stock no. 1829202
Published by Collins. Circa 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue cloth boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0007164572. Unable to date as book is still in original shrinkwrap. Shrinkwrap is worn and split open at corners, also split lower edge, is a little grubby and scuffed.

PONTORMO: PORTRAIT OF A HALBERDIER
Written by Elizabeth Cropper. Illustrated by Jacopo Carucci Pontormo.
Stock no. 1828569
Published by Getty Museum. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Getty Museum Studies on Art series. Monograph. A masterpiece of Italian Mannerism, Pontormo's painting of the Halberdier is a poignant image of a heroic youth. But is this proud and beautiful youth the Florentine duke Cosimo I de' Medici, or is he Frencesco Guardi, unknown to history except for Vasari's mention that he was painted by Pontormo during the harrowing seige of Florence in 1529-302? The author examines the many problems surrounding this mysterious portrait, discovering new possibilities of meaning within the volatile politics of the period. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 132 pages. ISBN: 0892363665. A very nice copy.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN CAMBRIDGE PART ONE (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Stella Panayotova; Nigel Morgan.
Stock no. 1827178
Published by Harvey Miller Publishers. Circa 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Volume One: The Frankish Kingdoms; Northern Netherlands; Germany; Bohemia; Hungary; Austria. Volume Two: The Meuse Region; Southern Netherlands. Large format. Blue cloth boards. ISBN: 9781905375479. Still in original shrinkwrap! A few minor marks, scuffs and a tiny hole to shrinkwrap. A few minor knocks to board edges. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

THE ALBERTINA: THE PALAIS AND THE HABSBURG STATE ROOMS
Written by Christian Benedik.
Stock no. 1827130
Published by Christian Brandstatter Verlag. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Albertina in Vienna is one of the most important art collections in the world. Furthermore, it has since 1802 been housed in one of the most magnificent neo-Classical palaces in Europe: the Palais Albertina. Large format. Duck egg blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9783850332446. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

LANDSCAPE INTO ART
Written by Kenneth Clark; Will Gompertz.
Stock no. 1827024
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. xiv and 188 pages including index. Introduction by Will Gompertz. Still in original shrinkwrap with some light scuffing.

IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD: THE JAPANESE PRINT
Written by Richard Lane.
Stock no. 1826414
Published by Alpine Fine Arts Collection. 1st UK 1978. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e containing cross-referenced entries for artists, schools, techniques, historical periods, etc. This book sis an extensive history of the development of ukiyo-e in its sociological context and of the lives of its masters, with particular emphasis on the innovation in style and techniques that each one contributed. Large, heavy format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations, some colour illustrations. ISBN: 0881688894. Text block slightly grubby in appearance and a few small foxspots to top edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to front flap edge, lightly browned to spine. Musty odour present.

LEARNING FROM THINGS: METHOD AND THEORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES
Written by W. David Kingery.
Stock no. 1826224
Published by Smithsonian Institution. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 18 essays linking material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. Edited by W. David Kingery. Grey cloth spine, black paper boards, black title to spine. x and 262 pages. ISBN: 1560986077. Text block slightly grubby. Light vertical crease to prelims. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap, has the remains of label to rear panel and is lightly scuffed.

ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1826223
Published by Routledge. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellry and silverware to give us a unique insight in to the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415120314. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

PORTRAITS: A HISTORY
Written by Andreas Beyer.
Stock no. 1825477
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating overview of portraiture in all its manifestations: individual and group portraits; official and casual settings; sitters ranging from the famous to the anonymous; renderings of lovers, friends, and family; artists' powerful depictions of themselves; idealized visions along with warts-and-all realism. Large format. Red cloth boards, blind titles. Colour illustrations throughout. A hefty volume. ISBN: 0810945398. 2nd printing. A lovely copy in a pictorial dustwrapper which is lightly faded in places.